#the group im going with are going for funsies which is fine bc i was gonna do that last year

[veeaziel]

any tips for a closeted queer person going to their first pride with a group of people they met two weeks ago at work who they have no reason to believe are queer??? asking for a friend

[desceros]

me: [looks at calendar, gets a wicked idea, looks into the camera] happy springtime, turtle fam! who's ready to celebrate the season?

...mating season, that is. hehe. [dodges the tomatoes]

so! i had the idea that it would be super fun to have a community-wide event where we all have a prompt and then everyone fills it in their own way.

...i then decided all the prompts i came up with were too good not to use, but also none of them were Good Enough to use exclusively, so i changed my mind and the prompt is now just MATING SEASON. with a few suggestions at the bottom of this post if you're looking for some.

since spring is coming upon us, i hereby invite everyone to join in the vernal festivities... which in turtle parlance, of course, means only one thing: write, draw, whatever your version of "mating season", then join me on march 1 to post it with the tag #TMNTSpringShellebration. we then shall browse the fine selection of our mutual artistic efforts, and basically just have a good time as a community.

here are the prompts i came up with as starters-slash-things-to-include if you're looking for a place to get started. feel free to use these at will, or use them to come up with something of your own:

“Please don’t make me explain this. It’s humiliating as is.”

Oops, Looks Like Mating Season Came A Week Early This Year

“…In all of my mating seasons, this has never happened before.”

“I told you not to come by! It’s mating season!”

Probably should have expected it to be different now that he’s not going through it alone.

Because of Shenanigans, you have to wait. Wait… Wait… ok now.

They’re not the right person for mating season… but they’re the one who’s here, so…

“Show me where it hurts."

so yeah! see you all on march 1 for the, uh, spring shellebration. party popper emoji

questions i imagine will be popping up and i hope will clear up here before my askbox swells beyond capacity under the cut to keep this post from being Way Too Long. also it's really not that serious it's just an excuse to write slash draw for everyone Please Don't Take This Thing Too Seriously It's Not That Serious:

"can i participate?" yes! it's literally just an invitation to do something. nothing fancier than that. no need to be following me or in my friend group or whatever.

"can i write (insert fic idea here)?" yep! so long as it's related to the idea of mating seasons, it flies. reader insert? hell yea. oc? hell yeah. solo turtle and his favorite pillow? go for it.

"can i draw (insert art idea here)?" yep! uh. i know tumblr has the cops watching for sin bin material, but you art people know how to deal with that. and if you don't, uh, ask the other art people. im just a feral cat in a trench coat

"how do i participate?" write/draw/collect songs for/whatever. then, on march 1, post it and tag it #TMNTSpringShellebration. also, for funsies, keep it hush hush what you're working on so we can all be super shocked when the day comes! except, y'know, that you're planning on joining in. totally do that.

"when do i post it?" march 1. whenever on that day. waves hands around in a vague gesture at time zones not mattering. seriously don't take this so seriously it's just me wanting to create cool shit with my friends with a little more structure to it

"does it have to be horny?" i mean. it's an event about mating season. so by definition it's going to be at least a little horny. but however you interpret it is cool. even if it's just. idk. leo sitting sweatily in a chair looking longingly at a glass of water bc he's thirstier than usual. be smart about things, people. i'm not your dad.

"which tmnt verse is this for?" whichever one you want it to be for!! rise! bayverse! 2007! your fan iteration! your friend's fan iteration! your mortal enemy's fan iteration! yes!

"will you be reblogging everything?" absolutely not, but this isn't an event About Me. i am incidental to the thing. it's about Us. coming together as a community. for horny turtles. puts my hands on your shoulders. do it for you. for your friends. for the community.

[giyuulatte]

alright i finally finished the uncanny counter 2 and…

hmm

my thots and spoilers below

THIS IS ALL MY OPINION AND IM BLABBING AND IT IS YAP TIME

it’s 1am so i’m a lil coocoo

once again all MY OPINION if anyone sees this

honestly speaking this season was alright. it def did not compare to season one, which i was expecting. yet it wasn’t up to par with it either. it felt like too much and not enough at the same time so it kinda fell flat to me

in season one everything was connected and there were very clear motives. from the bullying, so mun’s parents, the evil spirits, ji chung shin himself, and the corrupt government. and chung shin’s backstory made me feel for him which is what made him a great antagonist imo. like i loved him

but hwang pil gwang (slick back), gelly (hongjoong variant LMFAOO), and wong (just wong tbh)….mmph

i can’t really remember the beginning it took me 2 months to finish it but, dude and his crew showed up outta nowhere and just started creating chaos for funsies???? now don’t get me wrong, i’m all for villainy for fun but i just couldn’t get into for some reason with them. it just feels like their characters weren’t fleshed out enough for me to actually like them no matter how fine they are bc the whole crew could get it

and then we move to ma ju seok my adoring and loving husband. now this was something i could get behind. him going on a rampage trying to get revenge for his wife and baby, having enough rage to summon an evil spirit on his own??? like that’s what i’m talking about!!! i felt for him and wanted him to succeed bc that con man was also annoying as shit. i really and truly wanted him dead bc he was the absolute worst jfc

if the story only focused on him, and getting his revenge and having to take him down. and only him. seeing how far his rage could take him and what would happen ON HIS OWN without any outside manipulation pil hwang *coughs* would have been a lil more interesting to me and i think i would have enjoyed it more. ik pil gwang wanted his power n shit BUT WHY. like give me a reason.

TO ME hwang pil gwang and his crew added absolutely nothing to this for me. and gelly betraying slick back and all that other stuff just felt unnecessary to me. gelly not being able to do anything and literally almost every single time the crew showed up, and bc pil gwang wouldn’t help her. GIRLY STAND UP AND HAVE SOME RESPECT YOU ARE A BADASS TF YOU DOIN???? GET OFF YA KNEES

AND ms chu’s newest child lim jae yeol….why was he there??? and be honest. what did he do for the plot other than give ms chu another child and show her backstory

and then do hwi, lawd my sweet piano man. WE WENT THROUGH ALL THAT JUST FOR HIM TO FORGET HA NA IN THE END I WAS SO PISSED bc once again. what tf did he add. i feel like he could have been good to ha na, genuinely. imagine getting dumped by ya not girlfriend after y’all done hung out together and have each other hiccup remedies, and then getting attacked by someone who finna rap they verse in bouncy i am so dead

i understand they were trying to idk, give their characters more depth but pls

mo tak punching so mun was NAWT on my 2023 kdrama bingo card. and he didn’t even apologize for it!!!! i understand he was angry and upset bc he thought lost his partner and so mun was doing a bit too much but i just feel like that was outta character for him to do…. and for him to not apologize for it was just, what???

and don’t get me started on jeok beong. i was um, expecting a lil bit more. yoo in soo is a FANTASTIC actor. if you told me he was gwi nam from aouad before hand i would have passed out. THAT MF RANGE IS INSANE!! but, but, jeok bong could have been more. i love him to death but he stayed the same person the entire time. granted towards the end he did start meshing with the group a bit better and throwing ideas out and stuff but i dunno bruh. i was feeling him and not feeling him at the same time.

the same goes for kang ki young. baby if you say that was myung seok from attorney woo i would have passed out pt2. like he did his thang bc i deadass hated his character even tho he was looking good as hell

the lack of so mun’s friends also bummed me out bc i really like them and they are an important part of his life. wanted to see more of those three together as well. my found family was not found with them this season

but the counters dynamic was still a++ like that’s real family. teasing ha na and do hwi, ha na having to save so mun while he was in a coma, then going to yung to ask why so mun leaving, jeok bong calling mun his brother just *wipes tear* magnificent

and why tf did mun have to lose his powers again. we did that shit in season one there was no need for that tbh

nothing to say about ms chu god bless.

nothing to say about jang mool god bless.

mun going over seas and seeing wi gen’s daughter like ENOUGH.

just…. too much, and yet not enough at the same time.

but i still very much enjoyed 8.5/10 BAYBEE

[enlighten3d]

WELLL claps hand together

the story is about these teenagers trying stop an evil cult from destroying the entire multiverse, so they go to different dimensions to stop their evil ways. Also they are teenagers so they have to deal with personal angst, family issues, morality, school ect ect while trying to stop the cult leader and their right hand men

Caroline is technically the main character of my story, she is basically the bubbly, positive one of the group. Her family is rich as hell, they used to live in Taiwan as successful business people but they moved to America because they wanted to make more money. Her family doesn’t really like her and they emotionally and physically neglect her since she came out as a transgender girl and her older sister is kind of a coward and doesn’t stand up for her (fun times)

anyway she ends up having to do a group assignment with her childhood friend which she kind of drifted apart from (Andie) and some punk girl she probably has a crush on (Mimi), they eventually end up in an abandoned house and find out that their town is run by an evil cult that can teleport to different dimensions. So they feel guilty enough to stop it.

they think the best course is to beat the 7 plane hoppers who are in the way to kill the main cult leader, the stag. though out the whole thing Caroline is basically pushing through by toxic positivity saying everything is alright even though they have killed many people, she also kind of convinced herself that this is a video game and is probably more okay about sacrificing people and herself (for the better good)

Also her sister possessed during her 17th birthday party for funsies

HIII SO RRYYY IM ONLY GETTING SROUNF TO THIS NOW falls over and dies

thank you for the food that is oc lore, i am eating it om nom nom

that all sounds FUCKING AMAZING ACTUALLY. cults ?? universal travel bullshit ????? all while dealing with normal teenage bs ?? thats beautiful. poor little guys. they need a break. i CANNOT imagine trying to exist as a teenager while trying to take down a cult qyehdjdkkdks

dont worry.. your eldritch horror loves you... i am so glad to know that ! /silly

..fuck her family ! they can rot ! caroline )): you dont deserve any of this..

THAT MUSTVE BEEN A REVELATION ?? WOAH ?? just. doing a school project and ope government is a cult (/hyp)... insane

i actually fucking love the whole like. unwilling chosen one Vibe to all of this ?? yes theyre not chosen nor are they truly unwilling but. the Vibe is the same. the guilt (on thier part) is real...

caroline. love. youre fucked up. just like me frfr. agh thats. so cool tho ?? 'EVERYTJING IS FINE, ALL OF THIS IS A GAME !!' and ljke. fuck thats such a fun thing in fiction when a character copes using that ?? its the perfect level of fucked up bcs it rlyyy drives rhe point home and. im giving them all a shock blanket okay ?

oh boy !! thats fun !! poor sister..

what does the cult worship‽‽ i am so fucking curious..

lso like, whats the difference between each plane? is it an alternate reality sorta situation where things are relatively the same but Different, or is it judt flatout. different EVERYTHING (people, laws of physics, all that jazz)?? or somewhere in between or outside of this ofc.

do all the plane hopper guys like.. stay in different universes and have a branch of the cult established there..

why does the cult run the town in the first place ? was it a thing where like. they wrre the original settlers but then the town expanded aorund and beyond the cult ?? or did they move in and do a slow takeover.....

fuck i have so many questions /pos

this is. so cool. i love the Vibes. theyre so... Impending.. ahdjskdisjjdjsks

[mmmmulbery]

Hiii do you have any story suggestions where one could look a little bit more into Eichis and Yuzurus relationship??

Ok so there's a short answer to this and a long answer. Honestly these probably rent the best answers in the world, but this is off the top of my head!! Hope you're having a good day nonny!

1. Summer vacation (Undead x fine es! Story. However it is also the yuzuru racism story) there's an important bit here imo abt how yuzuru views eichi during this era!!!​ Something something leading him by the nose

1.5. This is not yzei centered but Hot Winter from es!! Was so very important to me and this also ties into the long answer but: we get a really good yzwt scene, alongside the context of eichi uh. Kinda inciting this whole thing anyways. Read hot winter anyways all of fine is a package deal sometimes. Also the one scene where eichis just watching the branco thing.

2. Jingle bells... (?) amazing and important fine story in general (?) also sets up a lot for how their relationship is at the moment.

3. Tempest!!!​ Honestly to everyone everyone but me this is wtei to me this was yzwt. Haha this one is just more context to how fine functions as a group. Very important yzwt development imo. Something abt how they go off. Return with yuzuru all black and blue and wataru doesn't stop it.

4. Butler of the midnight masion! 's story. Im gonna be honest this one is just more for the funsies but its a good story if u want to see tori tsukasa Little miss himemiya, yuzuru, and eichi all in the same room and hope no one buried a landmine.

5. Put them on your homescreen and click until they start being grossly domestic! I highly recommend this its hilarious. Yes eichi. The air con was on eichi.

6. This is a stretch but dammit. Sanctuary. Probably. Its painful but seeing eichi fall back on his old habits, including asking yuzuru to help him keep things from tori. Insane.

7. Scout! Military es! Era - blue hawk survivor yuzuru fushimi card -the nerf gun one. Yuzuru gets led by the nose willingly abt eichi

Ok so now we're getting into questionable territory bc i never remember what these exact stories r called but theyre good

A) they go on an amusement park date (this is during one of ryuseis stories, i think) and yuzuru acts both as a babysitter and as a wife weeping for his beloved gone in the war (tori was off training with wataru)

B) ive heard. Things about fist of shangrila. I have not read it myself.

C)​ day dream. U dont actually have to read this this is just where eichi calls yuzuru sexy.

D) hm. A Lot of stories in which yuzuru sort of mention fine as a whole exist, and in a very loved way.

This brings me into the long answer called eichi and yuzuru to me are characters so intrinsically in love with eachother by proxy of loving someone who stands next to the other. This is actually a triangle, rather, sometimes its a square. fine!! (applause sfx)

[puukkolesbo]

1, 5, 7, and 15 from the famed "not from the US” ask set!

1. favourite place in your country?

there's not much i miss from the west coast where my parents are living, but GOD i miss the sea. especially the Yyteri beach (one of the longest in all of the Nordics!) & the wind turbines and the breakwater of Reposaari. i have dear teenage memories of late nights spent driving to yyteri and reposaari and hanging out with a friend i most definitely did not have a big gay crush on

5. favourite song in your native language

hnnnnngggghhh fuck i had a real hard time choosing a fave bc my favourites are ever changing, but let's go with Liikaset by Scandinavian Music Group bc im feeling nostalgic and mildly melancholic on this fine saturday night & i just remembered the time i heard it live

7. three words from your native language that you like the most?

this. THIS is the hardest one. god. um. ehhhh. let's go with these three i guess. not bc i like them the most but like. just for funsies

1) myötähäpeä - bc obviously we have to have a spesific word for second hand embarrassment

2) saippuakauppias - one of the beautiful things in the finnish language is how high the palindrome potential is. this is a classic example & means "soap salesman"

3) sees/seesteinen - this one i actually like bc the short version just sounds very pretty to me idk. it means serene & is quite and olden word that most likely will not be used in a regular conversation

15. a saying, joke, or hermetic meme that only people from your country will get?

sairaan nopee

the phrase sairaan nopee (- ja värikäs!) originally comes from an old shoelace commercial & loosely translates to super fast (- and colorful!) but somehow it has evolved into a peak mainstream finnish meme

it's used in association w flame beanies and those ugly ass sunglasses (nicknamed as pirikiikarit which translates to... uh... amphetamine binoculars) and (stealing) cases of beer aka juoksukaljat (literally translates to running beers bc ya know, u take the beer and run)

many beautiful meme edits exist & ones w moomin characters are especially popular. googling sairaan nopee will give u this kind of shit:

[lovelymork]

ahhh im super confused abt my emotions kinda abt dis boy that i went to halloween haunt w my friendos last saturday which was soups fun !!

my buddies for the mazes were funsies to go with, one found the jumpscares more funny than anything (luckily i could cling onto his arm for dear life) and the other (ze boy) was a new friend who transferred this year and was tripping out hella from a wax pen n was afraid of going in the mazes poor boy :(( but me n my friend toughed it up and put him in da middle so he could avoid the sides. before we went in i linked my arm with his bc he was hella shaking and nervous and he was playing with the ends of my hair so delicately it made my heart buRst!! but idk if it was bc i view him as you’re-kinda-cute-i-think-i-might-like-you or a you’re-so-precious-and-cute-i-just-want-to-protect-you kinda way you feel?? but i didn’t say anything n let him do his thang and i made sure to ask him every so often while we were in line if he was completely sure he wanted to go in while he was tripping out bc i was super worried he was gonna like faint or smt!! but anyway as we were going through the maze i linked my arm w his and he held onto my hand with his arm that was linked to our other friend and thru out the maze i was rubbing his shoulder so he would not be so nervous and luckily he did fine and realized it was not as scary as he thought!! and then after we got out the maze we still had our arms linked together bc he did not pull away so den i just let it happen bc i didnt know if he was still on edge or smt !!

he is kinda cute and his personality super sweet but he is kinda short :( WHICH i would not let determine a relationship in the end but for the start of one it kinda matters to me! also im not sure if he’s still w his girlfriend from back home and i dont even know if that’s my business to ask him ya know? uGh more complications when i think abt a possible relationship which means not worth it!!

anyway later in the night he sobered up and we talked more and stuff but now whenever i see him at school i feel awk starting convos w him or idk i dont talk to him as much at school as compared to when we actually go out and hang out with our friend group. will i pursue this possible romance? probably not. will i continue to let my thoughts run thru it on the daily knowing i wont do anything abt it? yep.

[gigglincactus]

12, 34, 66? :)

12: Have you ever stayed up 48 hours?…My record is 46 hours. So no, I haven’t irbgiajbgakj.

34: Who/what was your last dream about?OK SO I HAD A Rly loNG AND WEIRD DREAM BUT HEAR ME OUT

It was set on our world but with the ffxv characters what else lol.But whenever a person turned into a daemon they were… Basically vampires? Idfk, they looked human. But they would loose all memories of when they were human and yes they would kill and only go out at night. SEE??? VAMPIRES.

So I think the dream started with Noctis searching for Prompto, bc he was taken away by daemons from a refugee camp? He tries to talk with a few daemons bc dream Noctis is very dumb that he thinks that are less “violent” but they see it right away that he’s human and make him eat human flesh, for funsies. They do some other shit that i dont remember too and then… Something. IDK OK I WOKE UP A FEW HOURS AGO AND I DONT REMEMEBER EVERYTHING.

THEN IT CUTS TO PROMPTO, which was apparently turned into a daemon and had nooo idea who he was before. But seeing what the daemons did, he thought it was wrong. All the killing and using humans as slaves n idk shit like that. The other daemons didn’t like his thinking and decided… Something. IM SRY I JUDT DONT REMEMBER. I THINK THEYRE GONNA KIll HIM.

FINE SO IT CUTS BACK TO NOCTIS AND HES A DAEMON NOW WOAH WHAT A SURPRISE. He can fly lol im just fcuking with u. But he still remembers everything.

Then some shit and other shit happened and he finds Ignis and Gladio, humans. Gladio tries to kill him right away but Noct says he’s not “entirely a daemon” and could help them? Gladio says sth like “my ass” and continues to try to kill him but ignis stops him thinking Noctis could be useful for them? and they bring him back to wherever the fuck they were before bc i dont remember. I think it was a resistance camp.

SOME OTHER SHIT HAPPENED and the whole group managed to break through a slaughterhouse and free all humans they kept there, including Iris. Not seeing Prompto there, noctis assumes he’s already dead or was turned.

I think he managed to find him but then I woke up lol.

66: Do you have a friend of the opposite sex who you can act your complete self around?YEEES, I do have a few.