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carmineskiesandspidereyes · 5 months ago

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ok so I had a thought. Dick is both the first of his kind and the last of his kind. (Meaning: The first Robin, but the last of the flying Graysons.)

I can’t articulate it as good as I want to right now but I’m just. having feelings. about how he carries around the weight of BOTH of those legacies. Similar and yet so separate.

And the order of it too. The end has to come before the beginning. He was the last vestige of one thing before he could become the first spark of another.

He’s lived a life and walked a path and seen so many now-gone sides of people and of places that it’s… it’s literally impossible to replicate his experiences. Like—on the one hand, in a meta sense, they could never create another comic book character like him. But also, in-universe, so much has changed. And he’s been there the whole time, changing and growing right along with it. I just.

There can never be another Dick Grayson.

He was the last of his kind. And then he was the first. And then he lived to become the Only.

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nugatorysheep · 10 months ago

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This damn comic is fucking A N C I E N T but as far as like, the content of it- not necessarily the art because I always hate my older art, but the presentation, what is objectively here- still feels right to me, so I'm sharing it. again

#I do not have it in me to even begin explaining the layers of this horseshit lmao #one of these days I can try to actually like. talk about this thing #this beast of teeth and turmoil and shimmer and shadow #something so wonderfully beautiful and sickly foul #genuinely irritates me that i struggle to talk about them at all because I have drawn them. So. Much.#More than any other fusion. even the ones canon to the show lol #yes that includes garnet #Like in-universe sure i can explain. Karma is a manifestation of the one thread druid and sven share- control #Druid has had none. His corruption- the withering- took away most of his agency. and Sven needs control like he needs air #and both of them whether they admit it to themselves or not are more afraid of themselves than of any external force #Sven fears his emotions. fears feeling them. Druid fears his illness and what it does to his body and mind #And so Karma is fragmented into the parts that they want the world to see and the parts they're afraid of #Keeper is that fear. that need to contain. to control. to suppress. to hide. to mask.#Unbound is all inhibitions removed. it's the release. the freedom. the desire. the exposed. the raw.#Unbound is everything that Sven and Druid would never tell anyone. Desires buried so far down that they themselves don't recognize it #But that's all in-universe. That's not quite the scope of what they mean in a grander meta sense #that is too intrinsically tied to me in a way that I can't explain #because if I could explain... then I wouldn't need them #fucking. what the fuck do I tag this i cant keep shoving Karma under the SU tag lmao #nugget rambles #my art #au/niverse

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steevejr · 4 months ago

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truly so baffling to me to hear people complain about their electronics like my coworker was complaining that her 2017 Mac was so slow its barely functional and it’s like what do you MEAN your 8 year old Mac is dead? mine is from 2013 and runs flawlessly?? what are you doing to your $1000 machine ??? filling it with peanut butter and TikTok viruses?????

#and I’m fairly callous with mine. I’ll download anything. (although I am a tech guy so like I can think critically but #I do tend to download a bunch of random shit from like Reddit threads and forums lol) and yet my Mac is like practically mint.#his only crime is sometimes he dies at 20% and gets hot and can’t run 32bit programs (<apple’s fault)#he’s still running max graphics stardew valley with 900 mods and Minecraft mid graphics with 200 and like 30fps (<good for modded mc)#Apple truly making solid products considering every midrange windows pc I’ve used became garbage in like 4-5 years 🫥#ive spent more on my 4 windows PCs in the last 20 years than this one Mac that will probably keep trucking for another 10 years.#Like sorry im not an apple freak but considering how many devices I’ve bought used and fiddled with…… kind of incredible how Apple has #somehow managed to come out on top in the longevity/ease of use/privacy departments.#if windows didn’t force you to update and use their bloatware bullshit and not let you CONTROL THE MACHINE YOU BOUGHT id be less mad #but every time I use win 10 or 11 I want to shoot myself in the head. win1011 softwares practically feel like malware.#a day in the life of steeve #only reason I would ever have a windows device is to play sims 2. (works on Mac but no utilities which are indispensable these days).#and I’m thankful Emily has a top tier gaming laptop for me to use for sims <3 #if I ever need another pc I think I’ll venture into Linux. my steam deck runs Linux and it feel so pleasant and friendly compared to win11.

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inkshadow · 4 months ago

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some back and forth maybe for @ameliiorate

"you weren't expecting a compliment, were you?"

#duri thread.#I HAVE DRAFTS TO DO BUT #IF YOU WERE ONLINE IM JUST THROWING THIS OUT FOR THE NIGHT #another test of self control aka #how short can we keep things lmfao #feel free to ignore this by the way #it's just to break the monotony of drafts #ameliiorate

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mabaris · 6 months ago

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i am just being picky here but i feel like i keep seeing a reticence to create new things, not just in the fact that most npcs are cameos and the fact that a lot of the worldbuilding we know is just getting reframed, but also in the little things.

i think about it every time i look at the lighthouse monuments. “the warrior: a paragon who was the first woman in the warrior caste” and no one came up with a name?? same with the book bellara’s writing where the main character is just called “the hero.” idk man, i like getting details for shit that doesn’t matter

#i know the stuff from books and comics is technically New in that it wasnt in the last game but it also wasn’t invented here #the whole thing feels like it’s just trying to be referential because fans like when they see thing they like already #but this game mostly feels like it’s giving closure on inquisition and recycling the things we already had on the table #like they forgot they were the ones who have the ability to add new things #just odd for the fourth installment in the series to only be a direct sequel to the third #when the first three games had connective thread but were new stories #it feels like a fanfiction yknow? a little bit?#this may again also just be a result of. ive been keeping up with some of the things that have come out in preparation for the game #and that was them setting the table #im just also like. i haven’t read the newer comics. how much of that is also in here without me noticing #i dont even object to the idea of them reframing the worldbuilding. i think some of it is kinda cool #they just also havent followed through. we’ve met anaris and i still don’t understand what the forgotten ones’deal is #i still dont understand what the significance of an old god soul is. if it’s just a big dragon #(i guess MAYBE it could be the shard of the elf who enthralled it and thats how they exerted control??)#mine #datv liveblog #datv spoilers

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byanyan · 7 months ago

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playing around in my drafts tonight but threads are going into the (paused) queue, meanwhile i'll be posting any asks i finish

#i have some answers like. half written. so i might get to those tonight might not idk #rn i'm working on starters i haven't replied to yet but after that it's probs gonna be whatever vibes i'm feeling most #but i think doing it this way will balance out the need for instant gratification vs saving things so i can get caught up #might end up needing to drop some stuff again ngl.... drafts are almost at 70 again bc i keep collecting new stuff #but in my defense!!!! i can't get enough threads with y'all!!!!! i want to write everything with everyone all at once!!!!#and i'm severely lacking in impulse control!!!!!#but yeah i'm. i'm trying guys i really am #━━ ˟ ⊰ ✰ ooc ⋮ don't @ me.

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littlcfreaks · 9 months ago

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closed starter for @wormful based on

"you can't be serious. you can't be here. you have to move out." dante's already turned around on his heel before he finishes - only to turn back around, "are you like following me or something? i know i'm handsome but you don't have to follow me around."

#i could have made this so long but i'm trying to have self control but i'm thinking they don't like each other but keep running into each #other like throughout their lives? like red string theory kinda thing and this one maybe one of them just moved in across the hall #✦ threads ⇀ dante #✦ wormful

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king-carnivore · 2 months ago

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do people not understand how the established religion of christianity and its many branches have been popularized using propaganda and enforced the same ways many cults enforce their beliefs?

the modern definition between religion and cult is whether or not the IRS gives them tax breaks

#guys. scientology literally harassed the IRS into giving them tax exemptions #so they're not “offically” a cult. even though they run EXACTLY like a fucking cult #and if you compare scientology to christianity or any of its sects the line differing them is a thread thin #modern religious establishements exist to keep the status quo and control populations of people #idc how “good” any given pope at any given time was. they're still the leader of an authoritarian group #that tells you queers are sinners and predators to distract from the fact pastors and cardinals are molesters #carnivore talks

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sakurarisen · 11 months ago

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So just as a heads up, I'm being forced back on to semi-hiatus once again, this time permanently. My health has taken an awkward turn yet again, and the last couple of weeks have been appointment, test, and illness after appointment, test, and illness, and personally, I'm tired - Enough so I've just been working on a project pertaining to Halcyon Era in the background with @yoroiis more than anything else just to keep my sanity. Added onto that is the fact there's a storm coming over the weekend and that's spiked my storm anxiety something fierce.... It's not been easy.

On top of that, my future online in general is currently up in the air; we're looking at dropping our current provider and we have one other choice given where we live, and the chance of losing just about everything I have going online, from comfort games (Genshin, Star Rail, Beat Saber...) to my ability to be here, because of this second choice is incredibly high. I don't know when we'll be switching providers, but the choice has been made, and I have no say in the matter whatsoever, so... Better to just hit the semi-hiatus now and make it permanent.

My stress and anxiety levels are through the roof and there's literally nothing I can do about them. I'm still doing behind the scenes work and replies when I can get to them, especially since I'm still technically here and just lingering in the background, but there's a lot on my plate and everything I have for myself personally is up in the air, in ways that are entirely out of my hands, and I'm not doing well with any of it. I'm hoping things turn out well, but I can't say anything on it at the moment other than I hate it.

I might reblog a meme here or there, both here and on @thundertide and @heartchip, but for the most part, my inbox and IMs are open while I tend to things in the background. I'm still here - Just quieter than normal while I try to deal with a lot, so catch me on the sidelines for a while while I work on Halcyon stuff and updating blogs. <3

~Pom

#Out Of Poms [OOC]#I HATE having to do this but I don't have a choice #There's so much on my plate I keep withdrawing into a shell and keeping to myself a lot #And while it's been like this for the last year or so #It's really come to a head in the last month-ish #I have no control here and that's making it hit me three times as hard #So I've been working on a Halcyon Era project with Kasa - Including the thread she and I started #If anyone's interested in that project drop me an ask and I'll babble about it? <3 #I'm always happy to babble - it's a good distraction <3 #But I didn't want to keep on being so quiet without a heads up so x.x' <3 #I'm largely okay right now just... Stupid levels of stressed and anxious #Hence the quiet

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acesammy · 5 months ago

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I just have to gush about this scene for a second. This is my favorite visual in the entire show I think. I mean how fucking devastating

#i wish this show was 3 seasons and focused on jinx and vi's whole deal in s2 #and viktors True villain arc in s3 #i would've liked to see more visuals of these hallucinations as they relate to isha #frankly isha felt kinda cheap to me in general.. i dont care for her really #so i think more time to flesh it out would've been greatly appreciated #also this maybe would've given more time to mel and ambessa and the blackrose #which i /do/ find interesting bc mel is absolutely fascinating #arcane #lea speaks #anyways i'm so so deep into this fixation now and i've been trying not to bother ppl with it so #also adding on to the whole 3 seasons thing #i think there may have been a way to more coherently incorporate the class divide plot #into the viktor plot #if it had more time #the threads are THERE and it could've been so interesting #it didnt even need to be happy. like i'm still open to the same ending #with sevika on the council #essentially defanged #and no true headway made into zaunite independence and sovereignty #the cycle keeps cycling #BUT there needed to be space btwn revolutionary jinx and the zaun uprising plot that was /started/ in s2 #AND piltover and zaun joining forces in the face of a bigger enemy -> viktor #maybe another violent uprising leads to insane casualties in zaun #healed then by viktor #who is becoming increasingly controlling #increasingly frustrated by the nature of humanity #his cult is increasingly uncanny valley and spooky #and then jayce coming back in the inciting incident #i am not even opposed to jayce being gone for like 2 entire acts lol #anyways i'm just noodling

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mbat · 9 months ago

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also tbh if i ever did make a relativity falls au where mabel was the author, i wonder how different the concept would be between bill staying as a man or if i made him a woman instead

i just feel like a small change like that would affect how the whole thing felt by... a lot

#it sounds like a wild thing but im thinking about portal 2 #portal 2 to me feels feminist but in a way that i dont even think was necessarily intentional? maybe it was idfk #cause theres these incompetent yet overconfident men that decide they know whats best more than the woman #and going as far as to control her and change her against her will. and then by the end she wins against both of them #and i just... no matter the gender the whole abuse thing between bill and ford or whoever is in that role. is a lot #but it being between a man and woman just feels especially all too real #dont get me wrong if written well it could be really good actually. like a really good story #but if *i* wrote it... i dont know if i would be able to use my words correctly to thread that needle #cause to me if mabel was the author she wouldnt do it for riches and fame. she would do it for something like keeping her family together #and this man comes in promising a solution and she goes along because its all she wants and this guy seems fun and cool #and then it goes... very wrong instead.#its such a fledgling of an au concept so dont take anything i say about it as concrete lol #my post #gravity falls #<- just for blog tagging purposes lol idrc if anyone actually sees this post im literally just thinking out loud

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monster-noises · 10 months ago

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Ooo.. ouch. Just got very, rightfully,.. rejected? Dismissed?.. yeah sumarily Dismissed and Blocked

By a guy i've been talking to from a dating site and he was very nice about it but Ouch..

It's completely my fault, I am not good at responding to messages in a timely manner at the best of times and the past few Months have Not been the best of times and I've been leaving longer and longer gaps between replies which is completely unfair of me to do and definitely not cool or nice but I just couldn't make it happen

And i feel So Bad because he was really nice, and really patient, and really kind, and genuinely very nice to talk to but there truly is only so much one can take and I really can't blame him if he reached his limit like.. yeah.

It's one of the damn things about myself that i Desperately wish i could Fix because this is Not the first time this has happened (though usually i just get ghosted) and i'm Fully aware of how it looks from the other side, and it's Gutting to be so aware that I must come off as such a fucking Asshole

Sometimes I can pull it together and it gets better but so So much more often I just fumble it and the executive dysfunction and Reply Anxiety just gets Worse and Worse and it just catastrophically Drops out when my mental health takes a dip, which funnily always matches up with when i'm trying to get to know several new people at once lmao, and I can Try and Try but it doesn't get any better.. and I've managed to get through it with a Handful of people to the point where i have Less reply anxiety and can message them back Sooner (though often still at a delay) but on the whole this is just... How this goes

And I just wish i wasn't like this, I don't want to do this people but I don't want to be Alone but I don't know how to Fix It either and it just Sucks on top of everything else Sucking right now

Blegh

#monster noises #if i loose track of a notification and then loose track of time that's It I'm Finished #but then if a notification stays on my screen too long i get Scared and can't reply to it #the window is Soso small and Sososo precarious #and I feel like such a Jerk!!!#i don't want to do this people!!!!#but i am genuinely Trying to not do this and it still happens!!!!!!!!#i either forget to reply or i don't have the time or i don't have the energy #i don't understand how people can have multiple active one on one dm's and group chats and servers etc etc #because i try to keep One Text Thread alive and i literally can't because there is not enough time in the Day #for me to do that and Also Other Things #sometimes it really feels like i Less Time than other people #i just hate that I'm like this #i wish I knew what to do about it #something that would Actually Work #manual control only works Sometimes and can only take me so far #it's just really really shitty in the mean time

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hcllishdreamer · 1 year ago

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staticgcne · 1 year ago

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shadowedresolve · 1 year ago

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And while I work on other replies, like this post for an Ann starter! I have a lot of muse for her right now so I want to take advantage of it while I can <33

#ooc #i'm so sorry i keep posting starter calls i have NO impulse control #but ann is so good and she deserves some love i think...........#i'm gonna go through my blog and see what I owe that i've missed; but feel free to like this even if we've already got something going on!#though only if you'd like; of course c:#i'm always up for multiple threads etc etc

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subjectsix · 7 months ago

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I don't know I'm not done talking about it. It's insane that I can't just uninstall Edge or Copilot. That websites require my phone number to sign up. That people share their contacts to find their friends on social media.

I wouldn't use an adblocker if ads were just banners on the side funding a website I enjoy using and want to support. Ads pop up invasively and fill my whole screen, I misclick and get warped away to another page just for trying to read an article or get a recipe.

Every app shouldn't be like every other app. Instagram didn't need reels and a shop. TikTok doesn't need a store. Instagram doesn't need to be connected to Facebook. I don't want my apps to do everything, I want a hub for a specific thing, and I'll go to that place accordingly.

I love discord, but so much information gets lost to it. I don't want to join to view things. I want to lurk on forums. I want to be a user who can log in and join a conversation by replying to a thread, even if that conversation was two days ago. I know discord has threads, it's not the same. I don't want to have to verify my account with a phone number. I understand safety and digital concerns, but I'm concerned about information like that with leaks everywhere, even with password managers.

I shouldn't have to pay subscriptions to use services and get locked out of old versions. My old disk copy of photoshop should work. I should want to upgrade eventually because I like photoshop and supporting the business. Adobe is a whole other can of worms here.

Streaming is so splintered across everything. Shows release so fast. Things don't get physical releases. I can't stream a movie I own digitally to friends because the share-screen blocks it, even though I own two digital copies, even though I own a physical copy.

I have an iPod, and I had to install a third party OS to easily put my music on it without having to tangle with iTunes. Spotify bricked hardware I purchased because they were unwillingly to upkeep it. They don't pay their artists. iTunes isn't even iTunes anymore and Apple struggles to upkeep it.

My TV shows me ads on the home screen. My dad lost access to eBook he purchased because they were digital and got revoked by the company distributing them. Hitman 1-3 only runs online most of the time. Flash died and is staying alive because people love it and made efforts to keep it up.

I have to click "not now" and can't click "no". I don't just get emails, they want to text me to purchase things online too. My windows start search bar searches online, not just my computer. Everything is blindly called an app now. Everything wants me to upload to the cloud. These are good tools! But why am I forced to use them! Why am I not allowed to own or control them?

No more!!!!! I love my iPod with so much storage and FLAC files. I love having all my fics on my harddrive. I love having USBs and backups. I love running scripts to gut suck stuff out of my Windows computer I don't want that spies on me. I love having forums. I love sending letters. I love neocities and webpages and webrings. I will not be scanning QR codes. Please hand me a physical menu. If I didn't need a smartphone for work I'd get a "dumb" phone so fast. I want things to have buttons. I want to use a mouse. I want replaceable batteries. I want the right to repair. I grew up online and I won't forget how it was!

#RAAAAAAGGHHH #anyway

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