#the crop nerfed it i think

[boxdstars]

this boytoy ass stance he does makes me lose it every time. baby what are you doing

[ollyollyaxe]

heard your boyfriend was away this weekend, wanna meet at my place?

- full nsft under the cut -

can't believe i almost drew full frontal for this,, maybe someday..

[aroaceleovaldez]

was thinking about next-gen kids and decided to doodle a couple. elaborated thoughts below:

Iphis is named with the same naming conventions that Sally used when naming Percy - primarily, mythological figure who had a good fate. Nice for Percy to honor his mom by naming his own kid the same way and Annabeth gets a fun nerdy mythology name. Also sending good vibes to their kid. Plus middle name directly in honor of Sally, of course.

Specific myth is Iphis and Ianthe, with the idea that a.) it's gender-neutral so works regardless of kid's gender and b.) not only does Iphis have a good fate, but arguably nothing bad happens to them ever and they get helped out by like three whole pantheons who show up in a literal parade and they live happily ever after. Percy and Annabeth are pushing for the BEST vibes possible.

(Also I am a very strong proponent of the "I don't think they'd name their kids after dead family/friends" so none of them have that)

Iphis of course inherited the Jackson family early grey hairs <3

Virginia is named after Juniper (cause Juniper is specifically implied to be Juniperus virginiana). She's probably been childhood bffs with Iphis since Iphis was born.

Chuck is Chuck. I gave him a Yankees jersey cause you know he's being raised as a sporty kid.

Do you ever think about how OP Frank and Hazel's kid would be. It's ridiculous. Quadruple legacy, including 2/3 of the Big Three. Frank by himself was already so OP the gods had to nerf him. Hazel came back from the dead and Frank kinda just said "nope" to dying that one time. Hazel presumably has every power that Nico has which is. A lot. Not to mention what Hazel has been shown to just be able to do on her own (including but not limited to SINKING AN ENTIRE SMALL ISLAND). Ares/Mars kids can functionally be completely invulnerable sometimes and also have some limited necromancy. Combo that with Hades/Pluto kids also being hard to kill and having necromancy as one of their main powers. Not to mention how Pluto geokinesis might combo with Chloris (goddess of spring) powers? And this kid is 100% being protected by both Nico (who is probably a deity by that point) and probably Pluto himself as well? Hello?

Anyways Hazel and Frank's kid is a total powerhouse. Possibly functionally immortal. Easily strongest demigod of her generation.

I like to think the latent Chloris legacy would crop up (probably in combo with Mars and Poseidon's plant aspects) and give them an accidental Persephone-type theme and that's fun. Frazel's goth daughter who takes after her grandmother (and uncle).

Figured since Frank is Canadian and Hazel is from Louisiana they'd go for a French name. The flower theme was not intentional on their part it just happened. Law of demigod naming conventions appears nonetheless.

I figure Leo might not have kids of his own but he probably still hangs around with Hazel and Frank so of course he's going to make their kid a cool thematic robot pet. He's probably her godfather or something.

Ronan is literally just some kid who showed up at the Chase Space who coincidentally was a legacy of Freyr and could shapeshift. Magnus and Alex obviously can't have kids cause they're dead, BUT some orphan with essentially a combo of their powers just shows up on their doorstep? Their kid now.

The ironic part is of course their shapeshifting powers just happen to be because they're distantly related to one of Annabeth's friends. Ronan finds himself suddenly gaining two parents and two cousins (Iphis and Lily) in rapid succession.

He only picks up Magnus' last name though cause Alex has 100% disowned her mortal parents.

He has a seal flipper cause shapeshifting and apparently "Ronan" means seal. I just wanted to draw those two showcasing their shapeshifting a lil bit.

Might try to doodle the other next-gen kid thoughts I had at some point but idk when. anyways yeah.

[sporkandpringles]

my problems with discovery's spore drive have nothing to do with the wacky mushroom science. Like this is Star Trek™ not some bonefide diamond on the Moh's Scale of Sci-Fi hardness like The Martian. I know to expect the writers playing a bit fast and loose with physics and how the real world works. I'm here for that wackniess, actually. Love me some technobabble about mycelial spores or tetryon particles or whatever! the thing that doesn't work for me is the way the spore drive acts narratively, and how the technology was introduced within the timeline of the series. Like it's just obvious that the writers aren't willing to let anyone else but Discovery have access to the spore drive. They twisted up the Glenn in season one, so Discovery is the only ship with a spore drive. They hemmed and hawed about genetic modification in season 2 so no one else got a spore drive. They purged records of the spore drive's existence from history and claimed that no one else had tried to make anything like it in 900 years despite a massive dilithium shortage and canonical search for other methods of propulsion in season 3. And then at the very end, just when you think, oh hey maybe the entire population of Kwejian will make for a nice crop of new spore drive pilots, the writers fucking blow up their whole planet just so they don't have to let anyone else have the spore drive. And to be fair, they can't really let anyone else have it, or else Discovery loses it's right to be "the only one we can turn to in a crisis". And that's really all it has going for it. So, I get it! Still hate it, though. And, even moreso than all the silly narrative contrivances that are used to nerf transporter technology so that the plot can still happen, this bothers me. Because sure, all the ion storms and interference can get a bit stupid. We all make fun of star trek for inventing a technology that could immediately yoink our blorbos away from their problems, only to turn around and force it to not work when it's needed most. But at least there isn't just one ship that has the ability to use the transporter at all. That would be ridiculous. Everyone would want their own transporter. And yet, that's the situation we have in Discovery. Only one ship can travel across the galaxy in the blink of an eye. The show writers keep contriving to keep it that way. And given how useful instantaneous travel is, the fact that it hasn't been replicated once, by any species in the galaxy, not just the Federation, in 900 years is just stretching the limits of my willing suspension of disbelief.

[thesmpisonfire]

okay im here with actual headcanons this time, no misclicks fortunately

soulfire

bad is the pillow of the group because even while freezing cold he's still somehow the warmest, so he is buffered by the whole team. he's always got an arm around someone (usually pac), wings covering as many people as he can and tail wrapped around anyone farther away. pac, tubbo and tina are usually the ones situated close to him

tina and bad are usually the ones make food or drinks that aren't alchoholic. tina obviously brews a bunch of tea during the day and theres not a lot of food but they make do with the crops and resources they have. now that the greens have merged, forever helps out now too as well as fit!

since they couldn't go home before the bounty hunting nerfs, everybody still managed to flock to each other. or at least anyone who wasnt being tracked. and when it was finally time for every to rest, they all curled up in a hole and made it as warm as possible for the new wolves joining them

they have a specific corner for sleeping in and, once everyone is awake or those who aren't can be moved, tina always makes sure that the bedding is fixed. now she has bagi to help her :]

pachalo

because i can never stop thinking about it: bad's collar was handmade by pac but was originally a bit of a joke gift considering the joke about bad being soulfire's guard dog. unbeknownst to the rest of the team, bad wears it constantly underneath his bandanna, expertly hidden. pac's the only one who knows and teases bad lightly for it

before purgatory there were very few people who got to see bad's hair, much less be able to touch it. but now the list of people allowed to touch it has pac added to it

bad likes to rest his head on pac's chest to hear his heartbeat, to make sure he's alive and to pick up on nightmares. he's very careful of where he puts his horns

fitpachalo

fit sometimes, mostly when they've exhausted their energy, bridal carries bad or pac back to base to get proper rest. this happens less with bad cus he's cautious of his energy. the first time it happened though it spooked him completely awake because he was so flustered, pac laughed at him (albiet very sleepily)

considering bad and pac are the more teasing by nature, they make it just a tiiiny bit of a game to see who can fluster fit more. pac is usually the winner 9 times out of 10

when bad gets growly, fit is the only other team member aside from maybe tubbo who's allowed to come near pac. the downside of this is that bad proceeds to get growly over fit as well. -screamingallium

YEAAAA

Under read more bc it got long :]

About the soulfire one where they can't go back home and have to huddle together somewhere, there's actually a secret nook in Soulfires old farm!! Bad made some ghost dirt blocks and hid a small room with emergency chests and a fireplace in case of need. They all huddle there when they can't be safe at home <3

ALSO YEAAAA SLEEP CORNER. At first the new members from green find it weird that they're that rich but all sleep together on a bunch of mattresses and pillows, but soon they notice its because they feel safer and comfier and warmer (even if it's just an illusion) when they sleep on a pile <3

Now to pachalo.

Omg the fucking leash thingnsnfnekgsocksfm yesyes. They know this thing will only last 2 weeks and they're gonna get freaky with it‼️‼️ pac doesn't mind bad being the mad dog but he loves to tease and wait for when bad gets too blood thirsty and he goes "don't make me leash you, bad"

It usually makes bad worse :]

Hgghhhhhh okay so in brazil we have a word called cafuné, cafuné is when you caress/play/scritches someone's hair with lots of care. Pac making cafuné on Bad and listening to him purr <3

Also aaaa bad making sure pac is alive and he will stay alive the entire night... The fear something will take Pac away from him on his sleep bc nothing is sacred in Purgatory

FITPACHALO FITPACHALO

Bad being a flustered mess when Fit just YOINKS him is such an imagery. He immediately tries to squirm away like a cat but eventually gives up

Pac is the KING of making Fit flustered, but Bad and Fit tag team to make Pac a flustered mess

Those are HIS humans (or partially humans) NOW!!! GET AWAY!!!

[its-elvie-innit]

Dsmpblr stuff in one big archive post

The fake ranboo arg (run by a blog some people thought was ranboo or a kinnie. It never was, but instead was some sort of arg surrounding the ranboo lore. Multiple characters, like the Duke, duchess, and a discord server where people started translating the posts (which were all in ender, or minecraft galactic) (link to doc)

Minesonas, and then subsequently citizen memes. This was contained within three non-consecutive weeks, where people were discussing whether lmanburg had citizens or if it did, what would it be like?

People upset over ghostburs library being blown up. There were a lot of books in there important to a storyline, and some blogs were very upset they couldn't be archived

Mcytblr awards, which had a doc and everything (link)

DSMP sexyman!!!!! The competition one blog held to go over all the supposed sexymen in mcytblr, and if they were or not. The doc for this is here (link)

Dilfcourse (world sluttiest absent father) this went on prior to philza eventually finding out he was being called a dilf, and I think there may have been a poll (?) About who was the biggest dilf right after the one mcc with all new art of certain male ccs, but it also basically ended when philza got temporarily mad about tumblrites not wanting him on tumblr, and discovered dilfza. Then when he said he didn't like it, the entire "titty window" philza design disappeared and everyone stopped posting dilfza.

Philza nerfing a blog for an url (I think it turned out that tumblr did it? But it was still WEIRD) and EVERYONE got mad about it.

The one quackity kinnie blog? During this time, a ton of kinnie blogs popped up and the quackity one sticks in my head because it was kind of convincing

Drinnie. Another kinnie blog, I actually never knew if this one was real. It was more activ3 before I joined, but it was still a pretty large thing in small mcytblr.

Whatever we had going on with piss. I think dream started the pissbaby thing and it stuck. That was so big for so long

The split between dteamblr and dsmpblr. Also the protectiveness we kind of handed off between them. Being such a closely related fandom in the publics eyes, dsmpblr and dteamblr would both get hate anons about Dream and I still recall going to bat for them sometimes. Also the discussed "gnf sickness". I don't want to mention him because he's a horrible man and deserves jailtime but it was a part of it.

Mcytboundaries. Does anyone else remember that blog? That thing was so important in the first seven months I was here.

The death of kinnies. When those few kinnie blogs that cropped up started getting really upset over getting tons of copypastas and took them seriously. I remember being so annoyed at them because if you make a kinnie blog (NOT a roleplay blog) thats the culture!!! You knew that was going to happen!!!! Put a disclaimer in your bio or something gosh.

Beacon lamps sudden ubiquitous posts. Similarly with 420technoblazeit, sometimes there would be a joke that just stuck around because it was them who posted it.

This one's more recent, but those sootblr bloggers who kept having almost e-sex in random peoples notes. Even bloggers outside of mcytblr. What was up with those guys

Not wanting ccs on tumblr. Not an event, just the overarching opinion that it would be a bad thing. It slowly died off as an opinion during late 22, something that made me and a few other og mcytblrs very sad or hesitant because people would start sharing tumblr posts with the ccs. I remember It felt like the final death of og mcytblr to me

Does anyone remember if there was that one dsmp citizen server and if it actually happened???? That might be a fake memory.

Tubbo tumblr!! This is multiple events, but he mentioned he had one in early dsmp, and it kind of overjoyed people. Then, months later, he started scrolling on stream and people made posts (INCLUDING myself) about being so genuinely scared of him being online. Out of all of the "dsmper makes a tumblr" instances, I think this was the one with the most positive reaction.

Fuck dream hoodie (instagram) and mcytblrs reaction. Went in a really funny direction

Youtooz stealing mcytblr artists fanart

Hermitblr theory stolen by matpats yt channel and no reply

KARL HATEPOSTING. When for a month in 2021 everyone just HATED him for no real reason, maybe because of tftsmp?. I think it stemmed from two blogs, and then got its start in og mcytblr circles. I remember my ex mutual squid got too into it, it was really crazy. Why did we even do that.

Love or hosts.....love or hosts and the liveblogs...

The like, Hermitcraft vs Dsmpblr sudden dichotomy. One day I remember all of a sudden there were hermit blogs, and a few dsmp blogs after them, that started getting really pissy over people referring to dsmpblr as "mcytblr" because it wasn't the whole of mcytblr. Gosh that was so stupid and funny.

Those days people posted about crying over lost vods. Whenever someone did, it would catch like a virus and EVERYONE would start talking about how sad it was.

Kroger anon...Hearty anon...my loves. Hearty Anon was like the darling of mcytblr. I didn't even know they were a real blog I just thought they were like Kroger Anon. Always wanted one of those.

Finding out wooteena was like 11. Not actually eleven, but seriously everyone thought they were like an adult person I don't know.

Subtle, but the mcytblr friendgroups and different parts having beef with each other. It was really lowkey, but I'm sorry metfell and conarcoin and their whole deal had some real haters. thats probably because they were kinda mean sometimes.

INNITER OPRESSION. gosh I remember how giddy I would get defending myself over the url and saying it was just the first thing I thought of. If you had a certain url you were a magnet for sections of mcytblr in the silliest of ways I loved it so much. little cultural pockets for every streamer.

Mcytblrs reaction to the mcytwt trending writer. I thought that was so funny.

THE TUMBLR PODCAST. Those guys on tumblr that talked about us once!!!! On a podcast!!!! Similarly, all those times we dominated not only the trending page when there was a stream, but also the fandom reports tumblr put out about which keywords and tags were most popular. Whenever someone dropped down or moved up it was really "campeao del Mundo" in the mcytblr tags. And the slow decline and us being really really sad when a spot went -15...

DOES anyone else remember the triad. Mcyt reddit, Twitter, and tumblr. How Twitter thought we had a rivals to lovers thing but actually we just hated their guts. There was fanart and everything

When the Twitter refugees came over and the first wave was semi hate and semi welcoming. Everyone came around for the second wave, but the first exodus was 85% hesitant welcome and 15% vitriol and fear.

The discourse about calling them Twitter refugees??? Because refugees are "an actual thing" we couldn't call them that anymore. I just thought it was a little stupid.

Not a specific "event" but more a shift from analysis posts and liveblogs to art and headcanon posting. There was a time in the beginning where everyone theorized about anything and everything. As the dsmp aged and mcytblr grew it became so much more isolated, I still don't understand why people stopped using liveblog tags. Bring them back!!!!! Aurghh!!!!!!

When mcytblr (like nine people out of it) started going after some dude? I forget. But there was a harassment campaign, and death threats allegedly and some big blogs made a whole deal out of it and started saying how mcytblr was no different or better than mcytwt and I don't remember if it was justified or stupid. It was for sure after the first Twitter migration and possibly after the second.

Mcytblr crafting stuff. Such an awesome group of people. I think there's an archive for mcytblr crafts, btw, it's @mcytcrafts

Just about everything I remember, besides the discourse about tommy/others getting rid of the dsmp monuments or builds that had been there a really long time like the Wal-Mart and it being really heated for a while. By the time jack and tubbo started planting potatoes everyone was cool about the whole thing.

@mcytblr-archive

I don't want to write anymore :( I think like two of these are kind of my-circle specific but I'm unsure so I included them anyway. Hope it's useful!

Edit; Tapeworm post.

[jj-nhlgirly]

Summer of Love:- Bad Omens

Jack Hughes x F!Reader

AN I did originally have a different part planned to go first but I’ve decided to switch them around hence why this has taken me a little longer than I planned. This is gonna be a heavy one so please read with caution and look after yourselves. Anyone on the phone will be in bold.

TW:- mentions of divorce, car accidents, seizures, and abuse, mentions of ex’s and general hate

(Not my gif, credits to who made this)

On an average morning Mackenzie would wake up with Jacks arm draped across her small waist, his head resting comfortably above hers, hearing the soft snores and mumbling he tended to do as he slept. This morning however she woke up alone with her phone ringing out obnoxiously in the seemingly empty house. Reaching around to the nightstand, Mackenzie didn’t check who was calling and just answered, “he-hello?”. “Hey sweetheart” Mackenzie’s mom Angie replied. “Mom? Is everything alright?” Kenzie asked worriedly looking at the time and seeing it was 8:05 AM, meaning it was 7:05 AM back home. “Yes sweetie, Nerf and I are fine! Just thought I’d give you a call as I walked him before work” “awww how’s my little nerfie, give him a big cuddle from me” Kenzie giggled. Angie rolled her eyes, not that Kenzie could see it before huffing out “He was the worst and best thing I ever got you girls and he’s not little anymore Kenzie. He’ll be bigger than you soon.” Nerf was the family’s German shepherd, Angie was a nurse who often worked the night shift and she didn’t feel comfortable leaving two teenage girls alone in the house and so they decided to get Nerf as company when the girls were away for hockey matches and protection for when Angie wasn’t there. “That’s not exactly hard mom, I’m not exactly big.” Kenzie huffed rolling her eyes jokingly. After chatting to her mom for an hour catching up, Mackenzie wished her mom a good shift at work, exchanged I love you’s and Kenzie promised to tell Skylar that her mom loved her as well and hung up the phone.

Sitting up, stretching and climbing off the bed Mackenzie made it to the en-suite to shower. Whilst showering Mackenzie tried to rack her brain to figure out where Jack was, she tried to remember if he’d mentioned going anywhere last night but he didn’t. Mackenzie wasn’t worried, he was a 22 year old man he could go where he wanted and she felt comfortable enough in their relationship to not need to know where he was 24/7 however a heads up he was going out would have been nice. Stepping out of the shower and wrapping a towel around her, Mackenzie walked to the sink to brush her teeth and started her summer makeup routine which consisted of tinted moisturiser, a small amount of concealer, waterproof mascara, a little blush and tinted chapstick. After spraying some body mist she ventured back into their bedroom to get dressed into denim shorts, a peachy brown crop top and white high tops. Finally making her way downstairs she saw Skylar sitting at the breakfast bar eating a bowl of fruit loops, “Hey Sky, where are the boys?” Kenzie asked her sister, roughing up Skylars hair as she passed. “Hey Kenz, erm Quinn said they were going out golfing.” Skylar replied not looking up from her bowl. “Oh ok, did they say when they’d be back?” Kenzie looked over her shoulder as she reached for a bowl. “No? Maybe lunch time?” Skylar replied nonchalantly. Mackenzie turned around to face her, “ok what’s up?” She asked quirking her eyebrow up at her sister. Skylar sighed before putting her spoon down, “You ever think about dad?”. Mackenzie closed her eyes and took a deep breath, their dad was a tough subject for the two and whilst Skylar was fairly open with people about the fact their dad left them and their mom back when they were little, Mackenzie never liked talking about it, you’d rarely hear Mackenzie even mention her dad.

“What about him?” Mackenzie asked. “I don’t know, like have you ever thought of what life would have been like had he given a shit about us? If he wasn’t an abusive asshole?” Skylar asked playing with her fingers. “Yeah I guess? I mean I’m glad he isn’t in my life, we’re better off without him. The only thing he ever gave me besides my life was my seizures. We have an amazing father figure in Kaylee’s dad.” Mackenzie replied walking around to hug Skylar from behind. “Yeah I guess, I just wish he would have actually gave a fuck about us. I mean we’re his damn daughters do we really mean that little to him? Why didn’t he want us?” Skylar asked with tears in her eyes, Mackenzie hugged her tighter “no no don’t say that sky, he’s a piece of shit. I can’t speak for him and tell you why. But I can tell you that he’s missed out on seeing the amazing woman you’re becoming, the amazing hockey player you’re becoming. I’m so lucky to call myself your big sister, I wouldn’t change you for the whole world. Fraser has been an amazing replacement dad to us and do you know what he would say if he was here instead of home in Nashville?” “What?” Skylar turned and replied. “He’d say “girllll why you crying? Why are you sat here crying instead of going out there and showing him you don’t need him. Show him how amazing you are without him.” Kenzie replied in a deep voice attempting to imitate Fraser. Skylar started laughing and soon Kenzie joined, “you’re so right, god I’m sorry kenz I know that it’s hard to talk about but thank you I needed that.” Kenzie turned Skylar so she was facing her, serious expression on her face before saying “yeah it sucks, but there’s no one I’d rather talk to about this than you. Sometimes we just need to remind ourselves of the things we have and not the things we don’t.” Kenzie walked back into the kitchen to make herself some cereal before joining Skylar again.

Lunchtime rolled around quicker than either girl expected, having spent the morning practicing their hockey a little in the backyard and changing to tan on the sun loungers in the midday sun. The boys arrived home just after one, dropping their bags in their rooms and venturing outside to find the girls. Jack came up behind Mackenzie leaning down to give her a kiss, smiling Mackenzie lifted her sunglasses to look at him. “Well hello there stranger? You kiss all your guests like that?” Mackenzie asked cheekily. Jack smirked “only the pretty ones” Mackenzie scoffed before putting her sunglasses back on. Jack walked around and sat on the spare lounger beside her, “how was golfing?” Kenzie asked staring out at the water. “Good, I beat Quinn this time. How was your morning beautiful?” Jack asked looking at the water as well. “It was good, spent some time with sky practicing.” Mackenzie replied choosing to leave the conversation about their dad. After catching up some more and tanning a little, Mackenzie looked up at the sky noticing how it was starting to cloud over. Thick black clouds were approaching them and the wind was starting to pick up which meant one thing, a thunder storm was approaching and quickly. Grabbing all their belongings and calling for the others to come in, they made it inside just as it started to rain. A bad omen is what Mackenzie thought.

As it was raining the group decided to play some card games before more people arrived, Kaylee and Trevor were due to fly in tomorrow night. Connecting his phone to the speaker Jack played his and Kenzie’s summer playlist, singing along as they set up cards against humanity. After a couple rounds they switched to Uno, which Jack wasn’t very good at causing Kenzie having to lean over and help him until he finally won a game. The evening was full of laughter and light teasing until Jack and Mackenzie decided to call it a night.

Jack and Mackenzie were laying on their bed, Kenzie’s head on his chest scrolling through Instagram she decided to make a post, asking jack to send over a picture of him golfing.

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Kenzie.Havener Summer Loving ☀️💛

Kay.Johnson dammmnn look at my hot bestie

Kenzie.Havener omg stopppp you’re gonna make me blush ☺️🫶🏼

jackhughes I love you ❤️

Kenzie.Havener 🥺 I love you ❤️

Trevorzegras I love you too @jackhughes

jackhughes I love you too buddy

_quinnhughes you look so happy to be golfing 😂😭

jackhughes bully me all you want I still won 😎

l_hughes06 I still don’t know how 🧐

Edwards.73 beats me

jackhughes what is this bully jack day? 🧐

Kenzie.Havener Isn’t that everyday? 😝

trevorzegras yeah basically 😂

Frey.Lodge YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL 😩🫶🏼

Kenzie.Havener THANK YOU GORGEOUS 🫶🏼

User1784 Jack deserves better than her

User1237 omg right? This is what I’ve been saying like who tf does she think she is?

User1790 the way she acts around other boys as well 🤢, like pick a boy and stick with them

User1784 right? No wonder her dad left her 😂 if that was my daughter I’d have disowned her as well

Kenzie sat up reading the comments shocked. This had never happened before, so why was it happening now. How did they know about her dad? What did they mean about her with other boys? Kenzie looked over to Jack who was still laying down scrolling through his phone before shutting it off looking at Kenzie and asking “why have I never met your dad?” Mackenzie was stunned, partly in shock from the comments and partly because this was the first time Jack had ever asked about her dad. Jack however sat looking at her expectantly, he was aware that there was issues considering Mackenzie had never mentioned her dad and when he visited Nashville it was just Kenzie, Skylar and their mom, but he assumed that he was busy or something. “What?” Mackenzie asked finally coming to her senses. “How come I’ve never met him? Are you ashamed of me? Embarrassed by me?” Jack was trying to find any form of excuse as to why Mackenzie wouldn’t want her boyfriend to meet her dad. Mackenzie was lost, she didn’t know what to say and yet she knew exactly what to say at the same time, “erm- I-I-I what?” Jack was getting frustrated “come on, there must be some reason. You’ve met all of my family why can’t I meet yours? Did your ex- boyfriends meet him?” “I-I I don’t — I can’t—“ Mackenzie was panicking there was so much to say but she couldn’t get it out. “WILL YOU JUST SAY SOMETHING” Jack yelled reaching up to run his hand through his hair, as he did so Mackenzie flinched away from him before whimpering “please don’t hit me.” Before Jack could get anything out Mackenzie was running out of the room down the stairs sobbing passing Quinn and Skylar before grabbing her keys and running outside in the rain. Just as she was pulling out of the drive way Jack came running down the porch steps, watching her speed off down the road.

With shaky hands Mackenzie called Kaylee from her cars hands free, “Heyyy Kenny-bear, How’s Michigan?” Kaylee asked before hearing her best friend crying “hey hey what’s wrong?” “J-jack.” Was all Kenzie said, “Kenz what about Jack? Is he ok?!” “He-he a-asked a-a-about d-d-dad, he-he g-got m-ad a-and ye-yelled at me” Mackenzie sobbed out, her hands were starting to tingle and her left leg was jolting sporadically, a sign she was going to have a seizure soon. “Oh kenz Im sorry, it’s ok. It’ll be ok, where are you?” Kaylee asked worriedly, “d-driving, my hands -a-are tingly” Kenzie replied trying to concentrate. “Kenzie I want you to pull over for me ok? You need to pull over, it’s not safe to drive close to a seizure” Kaylee replied, turning Kenzie on speaker phone and desperately trying to get a hold of Jack or Skylar, using life 360 to see where Kenzie was. “I’m sleepy Kay, my heads fuzzy.” “Kenzie pull over NOW!!” “I-I’ll pull over n-now” was the last thing Mackenzie said before all Kaylee could hear was crashing, tyres screeching, glass smashing and a car horn continuously beeping. “K-Kenzie can you hear me?” “Mackenzie?” “MACKENZIE” Kaylee screamed, alerting Freya and Maddy who were sitting in Mackenzie and Kaylee’s apartment in New Jersey. Running in they saw Kaylee sat on her bed, crying. “What happened?… KAYLEE WHAT HAPPENED?” Maddy shouted. “Kenzie, I was on the phone to her and I think she had a seizure whilst driving I heard crashing and she’s not answering me” Kaylee sobbed. “Omg ok, ok someone needs to call 911 and someone needs to call Jack or Skylar or LITERALLY ANYONE” Freya shouted. Maddy grabbing her phone called 911, looking at Kenzie’s location on Life360, Kaylee was sobbing trying to get a response out of Mackenzie. Whilst Freya went into the living room calling Jack.

Back in Michigan, Jack was sat in the living room explaining to Quinn and Skylar what had happened. “You’re an ass, you know that Jack Hughes. The reason you haven’t met our dad is because he’s not around, we last saw him when I was 2 and Kenzie was 4. He was an abusive asshole, he doesn’t give a shit about us and never has, the only real father figure we have is Kaylee’s. It’s not because she doesn’t want you to meet him, it’s because you can’t, we don’t know where he is and even if we did HE DOESNT WANT US.” Skylar screamed before leaving the room sobbing. Jack sighed looking over at Quinn, “I’ve truly fucked this up haven’t I? She’s never gonna forgive me. God I’m such a dick, why did I yell at her, I wasn’t gonna hit her I-I-I’d never hit her!!.” Jack cried. Quinn got up and put his arm around his younger brother, “Just give her some time to clear her head, don’t force her to tell you everything. Clearly it’s a sore subject for both of them, just be supportive, be there for her. Not every person in America has their dad in their lives Jack.” Before Jack could reply his phone started ringing, looking down he say Freya was calling him. Confused he answers “hello?” “Jack… Jack thank god” Freya spoke sounding breathless “Freya? What’s going on? Is everything ok?” Jack was growing more and more concerned. “No-no Jack it’s Mackenzie!! There’s been an accident” Freya answered crying, Jack shot to stand up, looking at Quinn with wide eyes. Quinn titled his head, his own concern growing at his brothers reaction. “What-what do you mean an accident?” “She was driving on the phone to Kaylee, Kaylee thinks she had a seizure and crashed. She’s not responding, we’ve called 911 and I’ve sent you her location. Please-please go go look after our girl” “FUCK NOOO ITS ALL MY FAULT” Jack was tearing up, running to put his shoes on as Quinn followed Skylar running down and following close behind as well, grabbing his keys he guided Jack and Skylar to his car, driving as quick and as safely as he could to the address Freya had sent. They got there in 15 minutes the longest 15 minutes of their lives. What they saw. None of them could have prepared for a two car crash. A bad crash. Mackenzie’s car was front ended in a tree, and another flipped on its roof near by. Ambulances, police and fire engines everywhere. Quinn turned Skylar’s shaking form into his chest, hand shielding her face away from the scene. Jacks heart sunk when he saw a stretcher with a body bag being wheeled into an ambulance, he wasn’t sure who it was but he was suddenly over come with nausea , whispering “Mackenzie please no, not her, please not her” out for the wind to carry wherever it wished as tears rolled down his cheeks.

[padawansuggest]

Guess who might have a hernia pushing into my stomach and intestines at the same time it’s me lol. God I think all the stress this past week or so has nerfed me lol. I can’t even eat what used to be, for me, a full meal (which for others is less than a full meal cause I have NEVER been able to fit all that much in my stomach to begin with) without like. Actually throwing up a bit. Like legit just burp and it’s not air coming out. Idk how people who truly stuff themselves do it like nah, if I reach close to full capacity I will eject it back out for my own health. But also whenever I have to Go Potty it’s like… so painful because it’s like my intestines are being squeezed????

Anyways. I’m prone to hernias and the stomach and bowel issues have only been like this a little more than a week so I think it’s like… just a stress hernia?? Idk can they come on from stress? Cause my stomach muscles tense up tight and I get a led feeling in my stomach when I’m stressed and I’m thinking… maybe that’s enough to shift your insides.

I’ve gone through a checklist of what this could all be lol. I’ve been like throwing up daily if I eat too much, only just enough to get that extra out, so it’s stomach def, but it’s also bowels because of bathroom issues making that clear, but it’s not allergies because I don’t have any allergy symptoms when this comes on- it’s all a big mess rn lol.

Anyone else prone to hernias and know how to help relieve them? I’m thinking muscle relaxers lol. I am prescribed to take up to two a day so it’s probably not a BAD idea. Yeah I’ll see my doc in the new year too lol, I go every 3 months. Something always crops up by that point. As stated above lol.

[quartarcade]

Crazy shit my friends have said but as inbox starters part 2

Part one. you are allowed to adjust these in whatever deems appropriate to your muse!

"I'm psychically passing on my brain hemorrhage onto you."

"You're at a ten I need you to being it down to a three."

"You deserve everything I send to you."

"You will die in six seconds, and I forgot how to count."

"God gave him his last breath and right now he's holding it."

"Burn in the bowels of hell like the shit you couldn't take on this day."

"Start chucking buckets, buddy."

"I'm playing 3d chess while you're out here playing baby checkers, stop eating the pieces, dumbass!"

"I hope you're in a gaming mood because you're about to speedrun the rest of your fucking life."

"Change the card color one more time and I'm changing your birth certificates date to never."

"May your fate not be the same as Icarus, you waxed-winged bitch."

"Why are there potatoes on the floor?"

"I've had just about enough of your crusty ass in my realm!"

"THAT WAS SO CHEAP IT AINT EVEN ON THE DISCOUNT RACKET. THEY'RE GIVIN IT OUT FOR FREE."

"I'm proud of my feet, they brought me to a lot of places."

"Sorry, the demons came out."

"Those nuggies are mine and that clown's a wash."

"It's not gay, it's tactical bro."

"You've stolen from my people! You've poisoned my crops!"

"I wouldn't be in your shoes, we wear different pairs of shoes."

"Your ass would have been grass and they would have mowed it."

"I'm gonna get so close to his face he's gonna see the whites of my eyes before he sees the whites of the pearly gates."

"Rome wasn't built in a day, but this ass-beating will!"

“My knees! God broke them to nerf me!”

"These arrows can tell me where to go, but only god can tell me how close hell is!"

"I took a ton of Demerol and I thought I became religious."

"She's/He's/They're dying and my lean is mixed. Let's get to work."

"I don't care what you look like so long as you look like you've met god."

"I've inserted a cow with sunglasses and now time is unstable!"

"You can't prove I lost if I'm dead."

"Instead of frozen, its colden. It was really hard breaking it together."

" I hate to tell you this, [name], but Papa John is real and He Can Hurt You."

"Everyone knows the C in Chess stands for Cuck."

"You don't know what that pufferfish did."

"I like my men lean and mean.. and preferably a machine."

"I GOTTA SHOOT BACK TO CHRISTMAS."

"If they are the 1% they're gonna get 100% of these hands."

"Waste my time once more, Petty Man."

"FUCK YOU YOU WANNA TEST GOD? I WANNA TEST CHILLI'S!"

"Everybody knows that the perfect gamer cup is a red solo cup that has a bite taken out of it."

"I did kill myself once and won."

"Someone's fucking corpse just flung into me and reversed the polarity, the alignment, and the religious affiliation of my knees."

"I gotta go mow my drive thru."

"Does his mom love him? I sure hope so."

"Who knows? The power of fish is endless."

"I'm gonna dox you so I can beat your ass publicly".

"Because I saw the future, and you're not in it."

"Want me to cancel your heartbeat? There you go!"

"We got no time to fuck around, only to find out."

"What's stupid is thinking you need permission to ask questions."

[coolerdracula]

I've been trying to process that the adventure update came out in 2011. like, I know that, since I remember exploring it with my friends in the 5th or 6th grade, but I also... have held on to my annoyances with the update for over a decade. without realizing or internalizing that fact. like, I still think "man they really nerfed the way bonemeal works" whenever I use it on crops. and it's been TWELVE YEARS since they changed that. what the fuuucck

[bmodiwrites]

Do I Wait For Fate? | E, 3000

Steve Harrington is an old athlete who overdoes himself during a rec league basketball game. His efforts gain him a torn ACL and ten weeks of physical therapy. Upon arriving, Steve is dreading the whole thing but the therapist he ends up with changes his attitude about the whole thing. Eddie, who is doing rounds for OT school, puts Steve back together and brings him back to life... one dicking down at a time.

A Boy Named Xander | G, 1360

Nancy has seen Steve and Eddie fall in love, come together to make a family, and build the most perfect life. Now they're adding to it. She's only slightly taken aback that the boy she thinks is her daughter's age is almost fully grown. Funny now preconceived notions can change a situation.

Lost Boys Life | G, 2822

Twenty years is a big anniversary and Steve plans to go all out. He disguises Eddie's gift in a family trip to Disneyland where their daughter and Robin and Nancy's two kids reap all the benefits. It's not until Steve takes Eddie to a meet and greet that the truth of their trip comes to light. Read to find out what happens when lost boys grow up and add another member to their timeless crew.

Because Your Kiss (Is On My List) | G, 2017

Sophomore Eddie Munson has a secret… one that everyone and their brother knows. His crush on Steve Harrington isn't a quiet one, though not through Eddie's own devices. The popular kids love to mess with him by pairing him up with Steve at every turn. This time around, they invite him to a party in hopes of humiliating him further. Too bad no one knows Steve Harrington is harboring a crush of his own.

I Can't Get No Relief | E, 4049

Steve loves the summer months, the freedom and the heat. He's a fan of the pool and all the time he gets to spend with his found family. All is well except for the glaring lust that overcomes him whenever Eddie is around. Between crop tops and slight flashes of skin, Steve is going mad from the want. Read to find out what happens when Eddie realizes just how thirsty Steve really is.

The Night We Met | G, 2026

Steve Harrington is in the midst of a depressive spiral the night he goes out for a 2AM run. He's completely taken off guard by a car hitting him and has no real idea how that one event is going to change his life. In that moment, Steve meets Wayne Munson, who is both rough around the edges and apologetic for his mistake. Read to find out how found family changes the course of Steve Harrington's life. Happiness can be found at the end of every truck bed.

(Falling In Love) Losing Control Now | E, 2562

Eddie has been having a bad week. Maybe a bad couple of weeks. He's at his wits end when he walks in the door to find a surprise waiting for him. Steve knows just how to take Eddie's mind off his problems, proposing the most outlandish, off the wall, yet fun activity for them both. Read to find out what happens when Nerf darts and stripping come into play.

Something Borderline Sacred | E, 17479

Eddie is a struggling musician with a health problem when he meets Steve Harrington, a newly enlisted Marine. They hate each other from the start but a series of circumstances throws them together. Find out what happens when Eddie gets married to a stranger to scam the government - he's so sure he'll be able to use Steve & run the other way. What makes a marriage & when feelings become involved, can Eddie & Steve make it work?

You Drew Stars Around My Scars | E, 4456

Eddie Munson is a successful story board artist working in an office building. One night, drawing late, Eddie is interrupted by the new custodian. Never in his wildest dreams does Eddie ever think he'll befriend someone at work but here he is, getting swept up by cuteness and a detached attitude. As things progress, Eddie wonders why Steve never talks about himself or why he's never seen the man's home. He'll soon find out there's so much more to a person than the navy blue jumpsuit they wear to work everyday.

Worse Ways To Stay Alive | E, 3316

Steve Harrington's parents aren't total shits. They accidentally notice Steve's hearing loss and get him help. One form of that is a weekly support group that meets twice a week where a brown eyed, curly headed boy changes Steve's life. He's not completely sold on the silence but it grows on him as he learns to navigate life and where he fits in it without the harsh buzz of constant noise.

I Guess I Have To Fall In Love With Strangers | T, 4414

Steve Harrington has a secret. He's been obsessed with this band, Bad Wabbit, for ages. They're new and hip and only advertise for their shows through riddles and clues that must be found by their fans. One such occasion, Steve is on the hunt for the latest venue when he meets Eddie Munson, someone also looking for Bad Wabbit. Can something small and silly like a shitty drawing bring two people together for the rest of their lives? Read to find out!

All the Pretty Girls | T, 4193

Eddie Munson recognizes something in himself long before he knows what that sort of feeling actually means. It's curious to grow up in a time and space where everyone can have what they want but him. Yet, Steve Harrington is feeling the same sort of dissatisfaction. All the girls like him but he's enamored with a brunette boy with curls to die for. What happens when Steve comes to his senses and tries to become himself again? Read to find out!

[brisquad-unit-4402]

what up monsterfuckers ren has a tail now

ok so stream wanderer obvs it's my favorite ren release to date but more importantly REN HAS A TAIL NOW?????

⚠ vague nsfw thoughts under read more. content under read more is not intended for minors

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

hypothesis: ren's current humanoid form in wanderer is,, still not his original. he can shift from his natural original alien form to "human", and while taking on the appearance of a human he can also add any features from his original form

yknow. like the tail. or the exoskeleton. or the claws. or the many other claws that show up during the whispering part??? SIR?? WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE?????? better question can i hold them

the little protrusions along his tail and horns, i wanna feel them. like armor! and his claws against my back yes pleaaaaaaase. major league l that the fangs got nerfed but i am happily taking the tongue as a dub

guys do you think his blood is purple too,,, i just gotta say that bug kind of had a resemblance to his exoskeleton and growths. or teal, like the bioluminescence on his horns. if he blushes lavender or glows in teal i'm seriously gonna lose it. i'm turning in the kyomie status i'm selling my meet n greet tickets i'm throwing myself in the center of a crop circle i am begging for a tractor beam to swallow me up, i'm moving into renvader territory

but most of all begging that we get the implication that he isn't really humanoid in his original form. in my perfect world we'd never get a canon full body design so people can come up with their own ideas but i just REALLY hope the xenomorph inspiration comes through and there's even more monstrous traits. yknow ribs and shit. if he has natural armor with little designs embedded in his exoskeleton with rises and falls you can run your hand over i guess i'm gone!

[daiseukiis]

SHARE A THOT ABOUT F/Os

i have no idea what you're talking about bestie

EDIT OH I AM SO DUMB

RE-EDITNG AND ADDING JSDFW

kaiser - i actually started liking this stupid koolaid hair dipped man because of a few smaus. yk those like scenerios of like 1/2 ss yea... fell for him there. i dont even know why i have so much appeal to him, probably because he's s smug cocky little shit and his tattoos honestly get me. but still, that little ass needs to be humbled and i am here all for it ;)

despite me and him like being so suffocatingly flirtly with him that almost everyone hates it, they also appreciate the times that i am the only one that can smack his stupid ass up right again and humble him. he really does listen to me, and he most likely admires my determination and super blunt ass lol. before games he makes sure to kiss me, he thinks it a good luck charm. we play pass sometimes, though i'm not any good at football he still enjoys playing with me ( or so he says he does ). he remembers the small things surprisingly, how i love the colour purple and though not into dresses, loves buying ones with blue roses ( ironically enough, a very pale or royal shade of blue rlly suits me so if he sees it he's buying it ) and he lets me use his card to go shopping!

kise - i cannot get this dumb blonde idiot out of my head like what the actual fuck. when i saw him i'm like oh he's pre cut, but omg the more scenes of him i ended up liking him and how determined he is. esp that scene of kasamatsu telling him off, this guy also needs to be humbled. i rlly liked his character development and i like how it shows that kise isn't just some 'good guy' everyone says he is. also, this bitch has been nerfed so many times in the anime like ??? HE IS UNSTOPPABLE HE ISTG THE STRONGEST GOM AND THEN BOOM INJURED.

me and kise is me turning down his flirtyass sometimes haha, he needs to be humbled like kaiser! he is another that most likely admires me for my attitude. i'm no gom player like him, nor am i like outstandingly amazing at ball, we play tgtr and this stupid asshole never lets me win! i give him pointers since i used to coach, he absolutely loves my dedication to the sport lol. i hate how he teases me, regardless of my competitive dancing background could not for the love of me survive dance dance rev. i hate him for that. we go shopping tgtr and when we go out we're lwk matching ! he dresses me up, i dress him up. he takes me to his modelling gigs sometimes and when they need an extra i model w him :3

sting - my first anime crush ! the owner of my heart, kise, kaiser and everyone else be renting ! ( real ! ) literally would melt again in his presence. pre gmg sting was such an asshole, like he was michael kaiser asshole it is so astonishing. but he actually does care a lot though under that masked cocky crop top he's always in. istg when lector disappeared and he cried for him back rlly stung, and i love how he cares so much about other post gmg !!! like omg, i could fall to my knees im so in love with him it's so crazy.

i would nag at him to do his guild work, because as guild master he really needs to get his shit together or else we can't go on jobs tgtr. he sucks at cooking, so i'm the one who cooks for him; depending on how busy he is doing paper work i'll feed him too! always pecks me a kiss if he has to go on a mission and will always come back with souvenirs for me. he's a bit forgetful, but i can see that he makes up for it for surprise dates, lots of cuddles and kisses.

[strwbrrypoundcake]

Now that I know daddy T didn't nerf me let's get into the bullshit

I find this disgusting. I don't know this person or their struggles but I know mine. I witness the people on ed Tumblr daily, interacted with some of them. They are the sweetest people on this earth, and they would never ever ever judge someone for their body size. Just because I struggle with myself as a human being doesn't mean I think fat people are gross. I am a bigger girl, have been all my life, runs in my family. I'm not gonna take this shit. I understand that fat people are scrutinized and singled out and constantly pestered. However that does not give you permission to play fatphobia police. I agree that fatphobia exists, but a person is fatphobic because they crave the acceptance of being considered "attractive" by the norm. Doesn't mean they can be rude, but it's not just a plain outright hatred of fat people for no reason, it's been taught. Edtwt has a reputation for being ruthless and disgusting and evil. But the entirety of the disordered eating population is not edtwt. Most of the time eating disorders aren't even entirely about weight. If you are a victim of edtwt and it's cruelty, speak on those people specifically. Not "thin people with eating disorders" or the general population of people with ed's. Because this is how we start demonizing things, by taking bad things people from a group have done and have the rest of the group be seen in that negative light. The people talking about this aren't truly body positive, they are fat positive. Which is fine, be proud of your body because it's wonderful. But when it becomes extreme like this anyone who doesn't fit your definition of "body positive" is fatphobic and deserves to be spoken about in a negative way. I went to ed residential which is a can of worms that won't be opened rn. But there were big girls small girls tall girls short girls. They would hype you up when you wore a crop top, said your pussy was poppin if you didn't feel confident. These girls had raging ed's and cried over muffins(I was one of them). At no point was there any shaming, whatsoever. Go for edtwt's throat, idc. But do not ever generalize eating disorders, because that's when people get hurt

[katatonicimpression]

I believe I promised a rant about Weapon X-Force?

So this is going to be a petty, negative rant about Monet's appearence in Weapon X (2017) but I've dispersed it with some edits of my girl to ease the suffering.

(This is a pretty Sabretooth-negative thing I've written so maybe just don't bother with it if you're not in the mood for that. CW for sexual assault)

1. The Art.

This is the simplest point. Monet is often drawn paler than she's supposed to be in the art for this series. I've tried to counter that in my edits but suffice it to say, it's pretty bad and it gets worse as it goes on. On top of that, her features are drawn in a very eurocentric way. The effect of this is that all it takes is for the colouring to be a little off for the half-hearted attempt to portray a multiracial Black woman to fall apart completely. A lot of the time she just looks like a white lady.

Monet has a long history of this, unfortunately. We could have a long and complicated conversation about the portrayal of multiracial characters in comics, and how often artists just don't even try - Monet herself has received the "white features plus paint bucket tool" treatment many times. Or we could talk about the portrayal of Black women in comics, and how they are often lightened and whitened, especially when they're being portrayed in a romantic role. But instead I'm just going to show you some panels:

Seriously. This is awful. It would not require any effort to do better than this.

2. The Damsel in Distress

This series started in 2017, and Monet first appears in #21. Chronologically, this is shortly after Generation X Vol 2, where the M-Plate 2.0 storyline is resolved. Monet has been psychically fused with her brother, becoming a separate entity which killed a bunch of people. She breaks out of this through the power of friendship with Jubilee. Honestly it's a pretty neat ending to a poorly developed storyline.

Apparently, she immediately gets mind controlled into a cult like straight after this. The girl can't catch a break.

This is where we meet her. She's giving her wordly possessions over to this cult leader, she's got her dad to hire Sabretooth in order to lead him into a trap (bc mind controlled) and like...? OK, fine. It's fine.

There are some good jokes about her being a spoiled rich kid in there. But the series seems to conveniently forget that she has telepathic powers when discussing this mind control thing.

And, when you look closer. It also seems to forget that she can fly. Or at least she doesn't fly during the comic.

We see her be super strong, but not noticeably stronger than anyone else here (Sabretooth, Deadpool, Domino, Lady Deathstrike, Omega Red), which is a little weird.

We see her healing factor... although we see it because half her scalp gets burnt off... which isn't very indestructible of her. (Although it does result in a fun new hairdo for her I guess)

Then there's the genius intellect which... Well she doesn't really seem to have. She instead is constantly turning to Sabretooth, at one point demanding he come up with a plan. Which is super weird, right? At the very least she should think that she knows best, even if someone else comes up with the better tactics.

So, this kind of a nuanced point but I'll try to explain. It is not a problem that Monet is only playing a bit part in this series. It is not a problem that Monet needs to be helped and rescued. It is not a problem that someone else is the team leader and the main hero of the story.

The problem is that it isn't necessary to nerf her powers so much in order to facilitate this plot point. Monet needs help and rescuing all the time in plenty of series - but they don't all do this to her.

And I think I need to stress how much she DOES NOTHING in this series. She contributes to big fights in a team player way but she is barely there. She's frequently absent from the page for long stretches during fights that she is literally in, only to crop up once to express concern for Victor. Seriously.

I can't read the minds of the writers and I can't say what is or isn't intentional. But lordy does it seem like they purposefully nerfed her powers because they didn't want her upstaging their faves.

3. The Love Interest-ification of Monet St. Croix

Yes, they did bring back the boob outfit from the latter part of X-Factor investigations. Yes, it looks bad. Hell, even Uncanny X-Men (2016) knew better than this. Speaking of that series...

Monet and Victor are portrayed as having A Thing in that series. It's certainly romantically coded, but they're never actually together. The storyline is pretty weak as written and- Ok actually, I'm going to try to get through this without complaining about that series. Let's stay focused.

But let's say you're writing a series of action-focused, X-Force-type comics. Wolverine was the lead, but he's left the series and now the main character is Sabretooth. This particular version of Sabretooth has some in-universe sci-fi reason for being a better guy than he used to be. So, he's still the same guy who raped and murdered Silverfox. He's still the same character who spent most of the 90s being coded as a predator and specifically a danger to young women. But he's nice now, for sci-fi reasons, so you want to give him a love interest. Someone for him to rescue, someone to be concerned for him, someone to love.

Domino and Lady Deathstrike are currently on the team. But they're off limits, arguably seen as "belonging" to Cable and Wolverine respectively. Mystique is around, but you can't see it making sense. So you call up the last character for him to have A Thing with.

It's a really transparent writing choice, roping Monet into this series. Honestly, it's actually kind of quaint. Nothing ever comes of her inclusion here. She's just around to be saved by him, have some awkward romantic moments, be uncharacteristically concerned for his well-being and be upset when he gets re-eviled at the end of the series. She appears on the cover of the final issue, cradling his torso tenderly. It's cringe, but like, it's fine whatever.

What's weird is how, like I said before, she is barely in this series. Most of the reacting to Sabretooth's storyline is done by Domino and the others. You know, the people who are actually on the team and who's reactions matter more. This makes it feel even more absurd when it occasionally cuts to Monet. Like, she's not even really worked into the story at all. She's just a random accessory because I guess the hero has to have a lady friend.

Obviously my bias is on show here. This is a pairing that I really don't like, I think their thing in Uncanny X-Men (2016) is part of a pattern in her writing where Monet is denied dignified romantic storylines and is saddled with oversexualised racist stereotyping. And I think it's indicative of the way women of colour are viewed as less vulnerable than white women that she gets lumped with these awful men poorly conceived storylines.

But honestly I think even if you didn't mind this pairing, or even liked it, I don't think you'd find this satisfying? Nothing happens. There's nothing here.

Conclusion:

Maybe this series is good for Sabretooth fans idk. It's not terribly put together or anything. But if I'm looking at it specifically from the point of view of how it treated Monet, it's pretty bad. It's a whitewash. Literally and figuratively.

She is portrayed as underpowered, a one-dimensional love-interest and doesn't even look like herself in the art. It's bad, you guys.

[ghoultyrant]

Self-fulfailing prophecy

No, I didn't misspell 'self-fulfilling'.

'Self-fulfailing prophecy' is a term I use in my head a lot in regards to video game design and storytelling intentionality to encapsulate a phenomenon whereby the creator(s) believing something to be true of their work directly leads to the work lacking that quality.

In a video game design context, you'll see devs convinced that, say, the mechanics of their game are such that swords are the best weapon type and axes the worst, whereby they proceed to give axes extra advantages and preemptively nerf swords with specialized counters and less access to cool bonuses on the swords. Often, even if their initial belief was right-ish (Which is far from guaranteed), the collective result of their efforts to counteract the intrinsic advantage they consider to exist results in the final state of the game being the exact opposite of their beliefs anyway: in this example, axes end up the best weapon and swords the worst. This kind of thing sometimes persists several games in a row, where you can tell the devs are so convinced of this belief that instead of making Game 1 where axes are king and going 'whoops' and course-correcting, instead Game 2 and Game 3 just stack on still more advantages to axes and still more nerfs to swords.

In a storytelling context, you get creators deciding that, for example, some character is a Heroic Good Person, and having decided this is so they stop scrutinizing whether they're really depicting a Heroic Good Person. Particularly common is deciding that some character is an Unsympathetic Evil Monster With No Redeeming Value, and as a direct result simply not noticing that they've actually written a complete human being in a crappy situation who, understandably, is unhappy with how awful their situation is, where their unpleasant behavior really comes across as, y'know, not evil.

Even aside morality per se, this kind of thing crops up pretty readily; a creator intends a character to be 'likable', so they don't stop and think about how the behavior they're depicting fits into its context, and suddenly what's intended to be an affable and friendly individual ends up coming across as callous or mocking because they keep up their friendly routine in circumstances it's pretty inappropriate for.

I often get the impression most people are more willing to 'meet in the middle' than I am, when it comes to characterization and so on, where they see the signals a character is meant to be X, so they read them as X unless the narrative is particularly dissonant on that point. I've never been able to make myself do that, though; you can't 'meet in the middle' on game design. If the devs made axes godly and swords garbage, no amount of respecting the devs' intentions is going to make those facts stop being true -not unless you hack the game to make them true.

And honestly, this applies just as well to storytelling; if you're reading a character the intended way by filling in with things that were absolutely not intended by the creator(s), that's in some sense the storytelling version of a romhack: you're changing things to make them work in spite of the creator(s)'s intentions.

The original material is still a self-fulfailing prophecy.