#they're both traumatized dorks

[empresskadia]

I couldn't figure out how to do Raya's face and hair for a solid three hours last night. Lowkey very proud of this

BUT IT'S DONE

Based off: Post

[inbabylontheywept]

i did wrestling in middle school. on one hand, i was actually quite good at it, which was nice. being good at any sport was a new achievement for me. on the other hand, i was bi, and i was trying very hard not to notice that i was bi, and getting folded into knots by very kind, very muscular dorks made that task somewhat difficult.

adding fire to the problem was that my parents and my grandparents wanted to watch my matches, because they were very proud that their Gangly Nerd Son was actually Sporting, and they wanted to cheer me on. which would've been sweet and all, but if there are four people you do not want there during a key part of your Burgeoning Sexual Awakening, it is your mom and your dad and your grandma and your grandpa.

right? i mean, imagine some guy's got your head in his armpit, and you're going you know, old sweat smells bad, but fresh sweat has a sort of and then you make eye contact with your grandpa in the stands and you remember you're swearing spandex so if you pop a boner people aren't just going to be able to see the outline, they're going to be able to count the veins, and the only way you will be able to restore your family's honor after that would be by moving to siberia and renouncing joy, forever. that, or lift your entire body up by your kneck then twist 180 degrees without paralyzing yourself.

it’s a lot of pressure, is what i’m saying.

still it did motivate me to win my matches really fast. because i was so tall and skinny, i was stupidly good at the double leg takedown, and then once someone was knocked down, i'd just do the half nelson and kind of flip em over for the pin. then the ref would count to three and i’d win. EZPZ.

i had one match where that went great. won in the first ten seconds, sat back down, and prepared myself for a good hour or two of doing fuck all. didn't even feel bad the parents/grandparents were gonna be bored. the matches went up from me in 5 pound increments (i was in the 115 lbs division) and it was going great until we got to the 145 lbs division. the other school's wrestler stepped onto the mat, and she turned out to be a girl so our guy flipped, because for straight guys, wrestling a girl is not a pleasant experience.

i'm not entirely unsympathetic. my experience wrestling dudes was definitely a little traumatic. but also, i dealt. guy could've dealt too. instead, he refused to wrestle, and the coach went - fine. not even worth fighting over.

so he went to the 140 pounder, and that guy said, nosir, my mom said mormons can't wrestle girls. next guy down, 135 pounder, now he knew he could pull the same card and thus did. 130 pounder, 125, both tapped out. he got to the 120 guy, and that guy was catholic, but he said he was considering being mormon, and thus would have to pass. as a precaution.

coach blew up a little at that. he said "is there anyone - anyone - on this entire goddamn team that is willing to wrestle a girl?" and then he pointed at me and said "YOU. MAT. GO."

and i'll be real, if i'd been paying more attention, i'd have pulled the mormon card too, but i'd just been putting all that audio into a buffer file because i was reading, so i was halfway across the mat before i even processed what had been said and by then it was too late to turn back.

still i had a plan. and my plan - my beautiful, perfect plan - was to do what i'd always done. tackle, flip, pin, win. sit down. read. bore my family to death. move on.

i got the first part right. she was bigger than me, but she wasn't taller. just an incredibly stout woman. god built me like a snake with glasses, just as he built her like a combat cube. the problem was the half nelson. soon as she was down, i tried hooking my arm under hers from behind and for both genders, the defense for this move is just clamping your arms really fucking tight against your sides. if you're a guy, that's whatever, but if you're a girl - especially if you're god's chosen combat cube - that pins your opponents hand right against your boob.

so, i got the hook in, she clamped, my whole arm pressed against something soft, my coach was yelling THE HALF NELSON. BABYLON! JUST FINISH IT! FINISH THE HALF NELSON! and i was just trying to press hard enough to finish, when then my brain went

...oh.

and i flipped out. of course i flipped out. i like girls, and touching a boob is an elemental experience, and i was not ready. i was not prepared. i had not committed the sacred rites. i recoiled like i'd just brushed my arm against the surface of the sun, stood up, and backed away. nobody in the room knew why i'd given up. all they saw was me, right about to win, suddenly flailing around and scrambling. so everyone started screaming at me to just get the half nelson again, and i couldn't really yell back there's a fuckin' boob in the way and it was very distressing, and the only way i could think of to make them stop was just doing it over again the right way.

so i did.

i hunkered down and prepared myself for Wrasslin' Attempt #2: The Sequel.

i knocked her down again, EZPZ. i went for the half nelson again, but she knew what i was about to do so she super clamped, and i knew she was gonna super clamp, so i wound my arm back like a pop-eye cartoon punch before swinging my arm through the gap between her bicep and her side, but the amount of time i spent winding back super signalled what i was about to to do, which gave her time to clamp even harder, which somehow redirected the entire force of the popeye punch to the bottom of her bra.

it spat out a single boob the same way an action hero might spit out one single tooth after getting a solid crack across the jaw. as if to say:

*ptooie.* "that all you got?"

i did not actually see this. my experience was that first there was an arm, then there was a bit of boob, but i was braced, i was ready, forward at all costs, tatakae motherfuckers, and then the boob went away, and i didn't know where it went but my team, and the audience, and everyone who was in front of me, they all gasped like i just kicked them in the stomach. except for my coach. he was behind me, and thus one of the four people in the room who did not see the boob. now my mom, my dad, my grandma, and my grandpa, they all got flashed but nooooooo, coach thunderbutt was behind me, and he didn't see shit so he was still yelling NOOOOOO BABYLON WHAT ARE YOU DOING JUST FINISH THE NELSON! GO FOR THE KILL! BABYLON! BABYLON!

but i did not go for the kill. i stood up and she stuffed her boob back real fast, and we just kind of circled each other awkwardly until time ran out and i won on points. that's not technically allowed, but the ref had some mercy on me.

my coach did not.

i barely had time to sit down before he strode over to the bench to chew me out.

"babylon," he said, in that very calm way people get when they're too pissed to yell. "why didn't you pin?"

and i didn't know how to say well coach, i tried, but there was a boob, and it kept getting in the way, and my mom was watching, and so was my dad, and so was his dad, and his mom, and god (like bible god) and that's a can of worms because i'm pretty sure he was already mad at me, and i'm wearing spandex, and i think i might have to move to siberia, so instead i said

"i uh. i forgot how to do the half nelson."

which is actually impossible. forgetting how to do the half nelson is like forgetting how to swallow your spit.

and he looked at me, like i was the dumbest person in the entire world, and i looked through him like i'd just survived my 250th day in a trench at verdun, and he said: fine.

fine.

but we're all going to practice it for an hour tomorrow because you forgot.

and then he left.

and my buddies had the gall to be salty about it. i got so many comments saying "dude, why didn't you just tell him the truth?" and i said "you can if you care so damn much. you could've wrestled the girl too. maybe someone else should do the hard thing today."

but they didn't. so the next day, we did an hour of half nelson drills, and i spent a decent amount of time getting thrown around the mat, and it was pleasant in exactly the way that i hated and the year after that, to the surprise of everyone but myself, i quit wrestling and joined the trivia team.

and if you want more reasons to love my mom, my grandpa joked after the match that i might have to talk to my bishop about it, and my mom told him he would be allowed to make jokes after he stood in front of a crowd of 110 people in spandex underpants while wrestling a woman that was not his wife.

he paused for almost five seconds after that. then he said: aw. hell. sorry babylon.

and i'd have preferred my apology from god, but getting it from him was pretty good too.

[hellspawn-enjoyer]

Another thing I need to rant about because I find it incredibly adorable is how these dorks have the nerve to have elements of a reincarnation romance in their romance together.  

What do I mean by this?

I mean having dialogue that lampshades that one feels like they’ve met before and the other feels like they’ll meet again. Karlach’s dialogue in her date night romance scene you get in Act 3. You and each companion get a different special response to asking her if being mysterious suits you.

This is her response for Astarion-

Karlach mentions feeling like there's something familiar about Astarion. The second picture is a common dialogue other characters can get, but it does add various meanings to her line specific to Astarion. Overall adding to their special connection and how they just sort of click when they first meet each other.

Feeling something familiar between them also plays nicely into them having similar woven parts in their unfortunate traumatic history. As well as them being a sort of mirror to each other. One that shows what they could've been, but also what they can still become since they can either improve or descend into becoming worse versions of themselves down the road.

This dialogue on its own is cute because of the fact it shows that she feels connected and understood by Astarion to the point that she feels they’ve been together for longer even though their time together at present is so short.

So the fact that Astarion has a similar feeling, but with her death makes it all the more gut-wrenching.

When Astarion tries to convince Karlach to go with him to Avernus to look for a way to fix her engine, if she declines Astarion will tearfully accept her decision but remain hopeful that somehow their paths will cross again. Basically, saying that maybe her death isn’t the end of their love, but instead the beginning.

So now we're getting into the whole Reincarnated/We’ll meet in another life romance trope. Obviously, you can roleplay this with any romance, but it just makes me particularly insane that it’s hinted a few times as a theme in their romance with special dialogue between the two of them. That they have a connection so deep to each other that they can feel it from another life.

Now, of course, I've got to talk about Ascended Astarion's dialogue if Karlach declines his offer to go with him to Avernus because it's interesting in it's own way as well. He essentially says the same thing to Karlach, but the way he says it comes across as being more confident that they'll meet again.

This, of course, can be read similarly with him planning to find her reincarnation and romancing her again or as Astarion willing to do some questionable things in order for them to be reunited with each other. You can see this as sweet, concerning, or both. All valid takeaways from this scene. Either way, he holds on to the feeling that their romance has only just begun and that they have something more awaiting them in the future.

Karlach's origin epilogue if she chooses to die on the docks also adds to this with Withers coming to her and saying that her death isn't the end of her story.

So even if you play their romance in a way that ends with her choosing to go out on her own terms their dialogue and this ending scene connects in a way that reinforces that they'll have a chance to meet again someday. Also implying that they're a fated pair, soulmates, romantic or platonic that have met before and will meet again, that just gets to me.

Overall another reason why I'll never be normal about these two and their relationship with each other! 😭

[eldritch-spouse]

If you combined Nebul and Patches I feel like you'd wind up with a very sexually confused litch.

I actually really like that concept.

That poor thing would be the most unstable, identity crisis riddled, dangerous undead.

Both Patches and Nebul died in traumatic ways, feeling as if their time alive was either incomplete or they were wronged too harshly, meaning this undead has twice the will to live, but his goals are incomprehensibly scattered, as are his tendencies.

Like Nebul, this lich wants utmost control and power. He wants to have people crumble before him, to dangle their existence at his crooked fingertips and have them quake in the presence of his might. Like Patches however, he cannot act composed for very long around someone he genuinely finds attractive and amazing, he has you in a restrictive trap, but he can hardly stutter why he has done this to you.

He begs you to beg him.

In the most confusing twist, your incredibly domineering and frightening kidnapper is a near-virginal dork who is either using toys to fuck you into incredibly powerful drops, or cumming in his robes at the feeling of your bare skin on his cock. And that lack of control angers him, at the same time that the midly disgusted look on your face makes him harder.

He can't even decide how to punish you consistently.

One moment you're allowed to top and hurt him plenty, the next he decides this is all wrong and your face is pressed against a patterned carpet.

He's so incredibly mad at you that he wants to tear you into pieces and rip your mind from your body, but all he does is turn the whip on himself and felt his back.

The moon still triggers some kind of slightly feral impulse on him, and Lord knows the sunlight is like a persistent itch that causes his throat to tighten- He hates gold and loves pearls, horses, astrology and animals in general are his sweet respite.

At the same time that he's wrapped around figuring gods out, a part of him thinks he ought to focus on being the god of his little corner instead.

There are, though, certain things that complement each other here. Both are very studious monsters who share an interest in bizarre lifeforms. So there's the theory and general talent/draw Nebul has with freaky monster-animals paired with Patches' drive to do insane field work and concerning experiments.

They're both quite bright, so if you ever make it out of this lich's hands, it's not because you outsmarted him, it's because he was too conflicted (once again) on what to do and the time window of hesitation doomed his efforts.

[stillfrownyclownlol]

Hiding in the bathroom from a man rn lmao

Aidlyn headcanons because...please? Please? They make me sick /positive

These aren't all fluffy or whatever because they traumatized af and relationships like that are...difficult... but not impossible.

-he's 8-ish months older than her and like, 20ish cms taller (sorry I don't know how American feet work lol 😭)

-He hyperfixated on the relationship lmao.

-Clingy...they BOTH are. In different ways I mean but. They are both clingy. They're scared the other is gonna die when they aren't around lol 🙃 Aiden is ofc very touchy and grabby, he just has to FEEL that she's with him. Also type of guy to call at 2am "hey bby u good?". Ash gets antsy if she hasn't seen or heard from him in a while (a while means like 2 hours) especially since he like spam texts her every 5 seconds. But he also hyperfixates or disassociates for a while and will forget 🤡 like she will yell at him about why he didn't call her for 17 hours and he'll just be like "um sorry. I was. Staring at a wall."

-he has a lot of weird/cringy ass pet names for her that makes her want to slap him; probably calls her Bae or whatever. Ash nicknames for Aiden: Idiot, stupid, dumbass, public safety hazard...called him "dear" like once just to try it and hated it. "Mr. Durable" if she wants to annoy him.

-worlds worst pick up lines. Ash NEVER understands them.

-he loves surprises! Surprise him! He wants to surprise Ash too! She kinda hates this. They decided to "compromise": he will tell her beforehand that there is a "surprise" and gives her little clues/puzzles so she can figure out whatever it is. He has like 0 patience tho so he always helps her figure them out 🤡 Ash likes watching him get excited about the puzzles and doing them together more than the surprise half of the time.

-Him infodumping is like white noise so she can sleep lol.

-they try to do things the other likes since Ash thinks this is important for a "healthy relationship". Almost died when they went to an indoor rock climbing place 💀 but she got to see Aiden in a leotard when they did ballet together so it was a fair trade (blackmail)

-he is her hypeman at ballet recitals, will probably cheer when she comes on stage and has a sign and everything, the rest of the gang (and Ash) is just like "...we don't know this guy"

-she wishes he took care of himself more. Sends him stuff like "did you drink any water today", "Ben told me you're gonna skateboard down the hill please dont", or "IF YOU SET YOUR BOOKS ON FIRE IM GONNA CALL THE POLICE" <3

-sometimes if she's sad she just kinda. Falls on his back. Like a koala or smth. She has that "I literally cannot do anything" sort of depression (which to be fair Aiden also has sometimes). Aiden carries her around.

-when nobody's looking she kisses his cheek, cuz she knows his face is usually sore from smiling so much.

-pretty low key on her part, but Aiden is so obvious everybody knows 💀 She doesn't like PDA (more so the fact that people stare) but Aiden will usually put his arm around her shoulders or waist/give her a smooch (not on the mouth) <3 it's honestly not that different from how he was when they were just friends ngl 🤡

-he says "I love you" easily, because it genuinely is the easiest thing in the world for him. He has 0 doubts about how he feels for her. Ash doesn't say it a lot cuz she feels weird saying it, so she does her best to show it in other ways.

-he gets jealous easily *siiiiigh* It's cuz he's insecure!!! Help him! 😭 He doesn't get annoyed with her because like. Ash pays about as much attention to other guys (I mean besides Tyler, Ben and Logan) as she does to dust. But he will death glare at any guy they don't know that's staring at her 💀

-kinda codependent... *looks at the floor* they are working on it. Sometimes Aiden feels like he's only alive for her. (I- Look at episode 61- IVE BEEN IN HIS POSITION. AIDEN BABY THIS AINT HEALTHY)

-absolute dork. Draws "A.C. + A.B." in a little heart in his note margins because he's goofy like that.

-he fell first she fell harder NO I will not be taking any criticism for this.

Anyways it's raining outside so I'll just post this now

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

Take your votes, folks:

Propaganda:

Centross and Ocie: .. its them! they're such a fun duo and they have a great dynamic. Also wouldn't you like a bit of Ocie and Centross fluff in these trying times? Ignore the fact Centross is dead and a god now. We don't worry about that-

Percy & Dawn: two birds- (bird-people/avians) one quite small, the other quite large, absolutely adorable dynamic, very trusting, very good. Dawn's a baker, and Percy is a... prefect? fancy bird government thing. Also Percy has said the line (maybe slightly inaccurate) "I had everything I asked for growing up. The only thing I didn't have.... was love. Not like this." [them baking together?? mayhaps???]

Wolfgang & Dawn: dogboy and a bird- what more could you ask for? this is not a confirmed romantic relationship, unlike pretty much all of the others, but their characters are very fun. While banter is common, there's a distinct understanding of when things are wrong and to sort of chill a little bit. ('Dog got your tongue?' [Percy] "Not yet! [Wolfgang] )

(Highly recommend Siege in general)

Rae & Wolf: NightingStar! what more do you need than a traumatized scientist man and his slightly-larger boyfriend with a funky little wolf tail? Very caring, very fluff, etc- pretty sure any of you guys voting would know who these two are

Orion & Theo: Orion and Theo Vods are actually some of my "fall asleep to" Vods! Their dynamic when it comes to being both absolute dorks but the two's understanding of when things are serious is very cool- also they're just great

Rune & Vast: ..birbs. well. one bird. one human with a pretty shiny jacket. A rambling inventor and a quiet soldier.. what's not great about the two? (quote: "one day... one day I'll be too much." (rune), "I don't believe that." (Vast))

[selfshipping-haven]

Can you please info dump about your ships? :]

I've mostly been thinking about A.nakin and Vail a lot lately since they're a comfort ship. They're just this hotshot J.edi and this badass singer who are both actually a lot more tired and traumatized than they let on. A.nakin just kind of fell instantly, whereas Vail, at first, just thought he was gonna mess with them, so they messed with him right back. But oops! They fell in love. They don't really go out and have fun NEAR as much as they want to, having to keep this a secret, and with how busy they both are, but they always really value whatever they do, even if they're both too wiped out to do anything. They're both just really touched starved so they're really physically affectionate with each other. They really like to goof off and make jokes with each other too. I really like to stress how they really just like to let loose around each other. P.alpatine will never lure him to the dark side when Vail is too busy luring him to the dork side.

I've also been thinking about candy apple cookie and dark choco cookie. It's a really weird form of self love to me. There are times where I project heavily onto dark choco, as I have a lot of things to battle myself. And the fact that someone is loving him unconditionally makes me smile. I also just like to think about him being super gentle and soft with candy apple because I feel like he'd hold them like precious glass. they're my most tender and sweet ship. They first met him briefly before the curse, and they insist that he's just as beautiful as they day they met(because he is)

Dark Choco Cookie: I've changed a lot. Am I still as strong as I once was? I'm so exhausted. I look so different now. I lost an eye, my hair is shorter, I'm not as muscular, and it seems I'll never be the same again.

Candy Apple Cookie, with a big stupid smile on their face: Hehe look at my mans he's so pretty I'm the luckiest cookie on the planet

[darkvioletcloud]

It's Halloweeeeeen please ask me about my vampire OCs~ I'll give an overview of the main four to give a feel for them. They're for a book I'm trying to write.

Dante

he's the dude who's currently in my icon!

Turned into a vampire at 30 against his will.

The most special boy ever and if you don't hype him up then his girlfriend, Bettie, will kill you

Traumatized to bits by being transformed. He wishes he were still human. He wishes he died when he was bitten.

Loves to draw, paint, cook, and hoard books

Suffers from chronic spinal pain, a perpetually broken leg, and only has one eye

Frequently dresses up in both traditionally women's and men's clothing. The other vampires kinda raise their eyebrows at him but he's so comfy and having fun!

Vinea

Turned at 21 after escaping from an arranged marriage. The vampire who turned her had a romance with Vinea for a good while until dying.

Basically a spoiled princess

Party girl

Loves eating sweets because they remind her of her first taste of blood

Hires a bunch of human servants to live in her castle. All of them are girls and she loves each and every one of them.

Rather noncommittal. She's not interested in settling down with a partner, though she's had flings with Belial and other vampires.

Belial

Turned at 50 years old, has been around for over a thousand years. Very vague past but you can tell he's seen things.

Dad Vampire™

Basically his castle is a giant city populated with people who would've otherwise been left to die. He knows everyone's name and loves them and wants to be their immortal protector.

8 foot tall, chub-buff, dad bod. Gives good hugs.

Aorobas

Turned in her 30s. She doesn't talk much about her past.

Lives with her wife and their dogs and does not want to be bothered

A contender for being one of the most powerful and influential vampires in her circle. Very battle-oriented.

Secretly a huge dork for romance, despite her gruff demeanor.

[zombeegutz]

Freed from the art folder: The aforementioned weird multifandom RP art

If you saw my Junia and Alhazred meme when it was making the rounds you'll notice I said something abt how it was my (at the time) only contribution to the Darkest Dungeon fandom aside from weird multifandom RP art.

Nobody asked for it, but here is the weird multifandom RP art. I am cringe but god dammit I am FREE motherfuckers come get some.

Dork ass pan4pan losers.

They're the server's top (and only i think actually) red and blue couple. They are both deeply traumatized but they stay silly

You might recognize Fuji from the piece I made when I beat Darkest Dungeon for the first time! I named my first estate after her bc I was stupid obsessed with her (I still am I'm just normal about it now). I might go into more detail about her later if I can remember to.

[powerpolyculeshowdown]

This is not a poll you can vote on but I'd like to introduce people to the polycule ship of Willow/Hunter/Gus from The Owl House. Personality-wise, they are all really smart, sweet, and strong and help each other through trauma and anxiety because they love each other.

Canonically, Hunter and Gus are bi and Willow is pansexual.

Hunter/Willow is canon but most of the fandom doesn't like Hunter/Willow/Gus because of a two year age gap between Gus (14 - he's super smart and skipped grades) and Hunter (16) (Willow is 15) but the fandom literally calls them The Emerald Trio and people adore them as friends. But I am here to convince you that they are in love !!

Willow and Gus are best friends who first bond over dealing with anxiety and not having any friends. Very sad but they become besties and support each other! Gus is also very protective of Willow when they first meet Hunter.

Hunter has had a lot of trauma in his life that he thinks is totally okay and normal. He has never known anyone around his age (16) or had friends until meeting Willow and Gus by joining their sports team at school. The teamwork!!

He has an ulterior motive for joining the team but has a change of heart when he sees how much he's hurt Willow and he puts himself in harm's way to protect the team. Willow is smitten with Hunter after this and they canonically send cute photos of their "pets" back and forth even though Hunter is technically the enemy. (Enemies to friends to lovers!)

Hunter runs away from home and Gus gives him food and starts to try and understand him more. Then Hunter saves Gus multiple times and Gus helps Hunter understand and get through an anxiety attack. Hunter sees some of Gus's worst memories and they bond, becoming great friends. (Later on Gus learns a traumatic secret about Hunter's past that he tries to help Hunter cope with in a healthy way too.)

Hunter gets what is assumed to be his FIRST HUG EVER from Willow and Gus.

They are literally blushing messes around each other who are super supportive, caring, and protective of each other after that. 

Willow and Gus are Hunter's biggest fans when he is being his full geeky self! They are just so happy for him! They are also both really big dorks!

They also worry about and take of each other!

I hope more people get into this ship because they're so good together and I would love to read more fanfics of them in a relationship, but for now I will just have to write it myself and it's a challenge I accept lol

Thank you for letting me rant! I really loved seeing everyone write about their fav poly ships so I thought I'd make a case for one of my favs.

they sound rlly cute together whether u ship it or its just friends this is all adorable

i saw a few tags asking where gus is and im sorry yall but he just wasnt included in the nominations :( i didnt intentionally exclude any characters.

[ur-airheaded-lesbian]

Mike and Eleven are not in love, they love each other but they aren't IN love.

They met as children under extremely traumatic circumstances and formed a really special bond. Because that's the kind of bond that forms in children going through trauma together; it's strong and unique but not romantic.

Very early in their relationship, Mike felt this bond, didn't understand it, assumed it was romantic (because these kinds of special bonds arent talked about or depicted in media) and labeled his feelings for her as romantic. and all because he leeched onto her when he realized she was his only shot at finding Will.

You can tell, in the scene where they have their first kiss in season one. Mike is like the opposite of an overthinker, he never examines his own feelings or actions, he's very emotionally driven. So he starts speaking from the heart

"After all this is over, you can have your own room. And you won't have to eat junk anymore. And my mom will be like your mom and nancy will be like your sister."

and she goes "will you be like my brother?"

and he suddently realizes what he said doesnt match up with the label he's put on his feelings for her, so instead of re-examining that label, he just doubles down and starts going on a rant that doesn't make sense, and then to explain he just kind of kisses her.

And she's just going along with it like "okay i guess we're gonna express our relationship like this now, I don't know a lot about social stuff but I'm gonna go along with this because I assume you know what you're doing". Unfortunetely though, Mike is a dork and so neither of them know what they're doing.

And at first it's fine because they're young enough that romantic relationships and platonic relationships are almost indistinquishable. But literally as soon as they get into teenhood eveything falls apart and it's clear that their relationship doesn't work when it's expressed like this and they're both unhappy like this. it's so painful to watch.

i need them to break up, for my sake and for their own...

[justmenoworries]

I saw you reblogged an alphabet based ask meme so do you mind answering

J U S T M E O W R I N

Sorry but your url repeated some letters haha

J - Name a fandom you didn’t think about until you saw it all over Tumblr. (You don’t have to care about it or follow it; it just has to be something that Tumblr made you aware of.)

What We Do in the Shadows. Honestly, I still don't know much about it. From what I've gatjered it's a parody reality show with vampires instead of normal humans.

And one of the characters shares a name with my favorite director, is a vampire hunter but also dates one of the vampires, I think?

U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.

Soundwave from Transformers. Because he's cool and his bond with his little cassetes is adorable when it's done right. Even Evil has Loved Ones at its finest.

Shadow the Hedgehog from the Sonic franchise. He's cute and I love him and he's my blorpo and Sega hasn't treated him right since Sonic 06. Fingers crossed for the third Sonic movie.

Undyne from Undertale. Cool knight-fishlady who gets overshadowed by funny bone man a lot of the time. She's a badass, I wish the fandom would treat her as more than a one-off joke. Justice for the Murder Mermaid.

S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged)

Ummm, my personal headcanon is that Pokémon can communicate verbally with their trainers and their trainers will be able to understand them just fine.

This isn't based on anything, I just write my Pokémon ocs that way because it's easier than playing Lassie-pantomimes in-story.

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?

Not really.

All of my headcanons are pretty malleable.

(M was already answered in a previous ask.)

E - Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom? If so, what?

Not that I know of.

O - Choose a song at random. Which ship or character does it remind you of?

I Really Want Go to Stay At Your House by Rosa Walton

Reminds me of White Tiger, an OC ship of mine.

W - A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom.

Easily Forgiven.

I hate snapshot redemptions with all my heart.

Let redeemed villains face consequences for their actions instead of portraying them as misunderstood woobies who just need to have a good cry to make the heroes forget all the orphanages they burned down.

R - Which friendship/platonic relationship is your favorite in fandom?

Papyrus/Undyne.

They're both dorks, but one is also a jock. It's a really underrated dynamic.

I - Has Tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?

The Klancers (Keith x Lance shippers) really soured Voltron: Legendaty Defender for me.

They made practically everything about their ship and harassed anybody wo just didn't see it.

I'm glad Allurance got canonized.

Reading the dozens of salty Klancers crying about it was funny. Which is probably the only positive impact those people will ever have on my life.

N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).

I'm picking the Undertale fandom, just because.

I'd like more AUs that revolve around characters other than the skelebros. I've recently come across Undying Determination, an AU where Undyne in her Undying form goes up against a genocidal human after Sans dies and I loved reading it so far. More of that, please.

I want people to stop demonising Toriel. She's not perfect by any means, but she really doesn't deserve the hate she seems to getfrom the majority of the fandom nowadays. People seem to forget that at the end of the day she is a traumatized mother trying her best. She's not some heartless harpy out to ruin Asgore's life and I wish people would sop portraying her as such.

Also, I wish people wouldn't use Undyne solely to prop up other characters. Whenever she shows up in AUs you can bet it's only to get upstaged. Mostly by Sans, because even five years later the fandom is just obsessed with him. Undyne is a badass in her own right, stop reducing her to the hypeman or the character who gets beaten up to establish the severity of the threat. My girl didn't whoop the players' asses with nothing but her own determination in the genocide run to be disrespected like this.

[noveldivergence]

Siblings and Questions Tag!

Using the Havich brothers, Cana and Kristian, from the cult in Apostate.

thank you @alintalzin for the tag! <3

1. Who looks the most like Dad?

Kristian is a near dead ringer for his father.

2. Who looks the most like mom?

Cana looks so much like his mom its silly, he's just got his dad's general body shape/height.

3. Who eats the most?

Kristian, as he's a pro-athlete and has a lot more muscle than Cana to maintain.

4. Who has been in the weirdest situations?

Funny weird? Kristian. Traumatizing weird? Cana. Though both have had a mix of both moments.

5. Who sleeps the most?

Cana, as he has more chronic pain.

6. Most stable romantic life?

Both of them have fairly stable romantic lives, with a grand total of each only ever having one breakup under their belts before they got married (and Cana got back with his ex). Cana is only slightly less stereotypically stable than Kristian due to being polyamorous/polyfidelous, but he and his three partners are just as stable in their own way as Kristian and his husband.

7. Worst habit of each one?

Cana's worst habit is engaging in self-blame rumination.

Kristian's worst habit is engaging in anger-based rumination.

Also both are hair chewers. Kristian's got short hair to avoid this though. Cana's hair is long, and his partners (and his mother before them) all basically spray bottle him any time they catch him.

8. Who's the most dramatic?

Cana was the more dramatic one when younger, but Kristian when older.

9. Who had a weird phase?

Look. Look. They are both so so fucking weird. They're cult leader sons. There is no phase.

10. Best cook of the family?

Of the brothers, it's Cana for sure. Kristian cannot be trusted around appliances.

11. Best memory together?

When each of them become dads, the other is absolutely over the moon for his brother.

12. Worst memory together?

It will be when their father eventually dies, but until then it's when Cana's son Raleigh gets taken away.

13. Dream trip together

This is gonna be so funny when you have more context for both but these two dorks go hogwild nearly each year for Wrestlemania and get boxseats.

14. Would you rather not be able to shower for a month or have the same clothes for a month?

They'd each wear the same clothes for a month regardless, if it weren't for their partners (and ocassionally even motherly intervention). That said, both shower regularly (esp. Kristian, who is a pro athlete).

15. Who's the older one?

Kristian is about 2.5 years older.

16. Role model?

They both admire the hell out of their father.

17. Who usually has the worst ideas?

Kristian

18. A GIANT insect is on the wall, who's taking care of it?

"DORAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

@dyrewrites and @badscientist and anyone else who wants to do it!

[eldritch-spouse]

Which of you dummies would join a book club ?

Santi would join one that talks about erotic books, he'd read the back of the book to get an idea of the book. He doesn't actually read it. He just let's the dorky humans get themselves riled up discussing the book. He just sitting their planning on how he gonna rail all the little dorks and nerds. When they ask him about the book he describes sensual secen that vaguely resemble the book . Its not right but no one is calling him out due to being highly flustered

I can see Nebul joining one and actually does get into discussion because he actually reads the books. If the book club discusses a book with a master in it. He gets really into and imagines himself as the master of all the little humans in the group. It gets quite because Nebul got little into it and he just plays it off as joking. The group is a little quiet after that.

I could see Patches join one. IF THAT LOSER GOT OUT THE CELERGY MORE AND LET HIMSELF HAVE FUN. He just so happened to join one with a cute human in it.(he actually been stalking them for a month now.) He just so happens to start talking to the cute human and becoming their book buddies really fast because they have so much in common.

Maybe Obie if his crush is in one and their always food their.

I'm not to sure about the rest. But I thought of funny Scenario with Admin. It's silly canon. Never to happen in canon.

Admin in a club meeting discussing the romance of the two main characters.

Admin isn't agreeing with person in the group about a ship. But it's still pretty civil discussion . Krulu appears out now where.

Krulu: Actually your both wrong, clearly Kevin the leader is the better choice for the protagonist. He clearly the superior lesser. 🙄💅

Half of the group dies from shock, the ones that are alive are traumatized crying on the floor or are so shocked they can't move.

Krulu: Oh no, how sad the meeting must be over since everyone is seems to be so occupied at the moment. It's such a shame. 😔 let's go lamb.

Book clubs, huh?

Oh yeah, Santi only reads if it's something made by an author from the lust ring. And even then, his attention span can leave a lot to be desired if it isn't like, the raunchiest thing to ever be written. He brings volumes of filthy eroticas to every meeting, especially anything to do with incubi, so that he can then read nasty passages aloud and interrupt with:

" This is true, we can cum several times. " (Casts lidded glances at everyone.) " The vast majority of us also have slits, as you can see. " (Spreads legs.)

Or:

" Not everyone reacts the same to our saliva and the author explained this perfectly! Does anyone want to volunteer? I only want you guys to have the most immersive experience, of course. "

He will not rest until an orgy is achieved.

Nebul is usually one to stick to more philosophical books or anything related to astrology, even astronomy or psychology. He won't shy from an erotic romance once or twice however. Though he's likely to go on long-winded spiels about how most of these romances portray a flawed or lackluster interpretation of power imbalances in kink. Or how they're nothing compared to the true symbiosis of master and pet dynamics.

The wraith will likely sit next to the most timid or soft-spoken people and get off by exerting pressure on them. They're silently influenced to agree with him and get subtle praise when they do so, he's already working his magic without them even knowing. Any more dominant-presenting people will be challenged into backing down constantly. He wants to be in charge of the club.

Let's face it, Obie is more likely to eat the books when no one's looking than actually read them. Uhh... What chapter are we on again?

Patches knows every book you like and he's read them all before you. Do you want recommendations? Because the dullahan has at least twenty possible titles you'd probably love. Oh no no, you don't have to buy them! He'll let you borrow his copies, it's the least he can do for someone as cultured as you! Besides, the two of you seem to have similar tastes, how about you ditch this club and he can take you two somewhere calmer to read together?

Whenever you read any book, Krulu is also technically reading it, even if indirectly. He's probably complaining that you take much longer to read than him, which drives the higher nuts. If you do go to any book club, I assure you Krulu's going to be scrutinizing everyone in the back of your mind, and he will force you to criticize mediocre writing in the most possible insulting manner towards the people who enjoy reading it. Human literature bores him to the core, it's a complete snoozefest for Krulu. They'll get bored enough to fuck around with the surroundings, making walls deform or objects move on their own, touching people without them seeing his hands. Anything to speed this shit up.

Agner would love a book club, he's the only one that's normal about it.

[foulbearobservation]

buddy i see you're into rwby too and v9 being out, i went back to watch the end of v8 and came to the realization that winter schnee and our dearest sister lilith are adjacent genres of blorbo for me. massive traumatized eldest child vibes with brief villain arcs (i am a lilith redemption truther) following dodgy authority figure/cult leader. and finally, i truly believe that what they both need is a wholesome gal to put 'em on their knees for a while 😂

—👞

and you're SO RIGHT they're similarly blorbo-coded. the sense of duty. the eldest sibling-isms of it all. the way they're manipulated. the way they're both severely injured but still go fight the big bad because If Not Them, Then Who.

Also yeah. one of my bigger ships is still winter/robyn so like. yeah. "local mentally ill blorbo gets put on their knees by communist dork" describes a good amount of my ships tbh 😭😭

[allisanimatedarsenal]

((I went back and forth on this for a while but I’ve decided that I am going to add Varian to the muse list. I love him too much not too. What can I say? I guess traumatized child villains is a character type I’m attached to.))