#trivial matters

[doublel27]

One plot thing from lone star that I don’t entirely get is that they’re complaining that 18 months is such a long wait? That’s about normal waiting time for a wedding surely? At least there’s time to plan, make sure people are actually free, and arrange the whole shebang. I get they want to be married and this is weird timeline telly world, but I don’t understand how having to plan a wedding in 8 weeks is better 😂

Hello Nonny! Sorry it's taken so long for me to get here. BUT...

TK meant what he said when he said EVERY MOMENT WE'RE NOT MARRIED IS A WASTED MOMENT.

He wants a wedding that is nice and has like PEOPLE, but he also doesn't want to wait a YEAR AND A HALF. Do you know how many times TK nearly dies in a year and a half? He can't wait that long. He might be dead.

He won't actually be dead, but like...with the track record of parents on this show who knows who'll make it to the wedding. He won't waste time, and 18 months as fiances is too long for TK.

It's not an unreasonable time for normal people, but TK has never been normal. So...

His one track mind for the wedding is hilarious though. Cant eat carbs, have a wedding suit. Dad has a motorcycle - don't crash and ruin my wedding. Carlos has a wife...we've just gotta get him divorced because I am not delaying my wedding! Carlos is missing, gonna take Carlos's detective skills I've gained through osmosis and find my fiance, because we have a wedding to plan.

And Carlos wants TK to be happy, so TK is going to get what TK wants. He's not having pouting at the wedding.

[mordenheim]

Interview With A Size-Shifter

This is just a fun little thing I wrote many years ago and just recently updated to fit more with my current version of Victor.  I hope you enjoy! ========================================================== The slender red-maned zebra clops in, his white lab coat trailing in the breeze of the air conditioner.  His seven foot form dwarfs the interviewer as he settles into a chair built especially for him in the reception area of Trivial Matters Incorporated.  He takes a moment to adjust the patch covering his right eye as he relaxes.

What do you think of people who abuse their size?

His voice is a deep bass rumble with a hint of Scottish lilt as he speaks.  “Ah, you get right to the root of things.  Wise..”

“At one time, I couldn't care less whether macros abused their size or not.  I was simply in the business of giving others what they want.”

“However, I came to realize that those who abuse others for pleasure are truly weak.  They disgust me.”

So may I ask you.  Are you a natural giant? Or were you transformed into what you are today.

“I'm a bit of a self-made size-shifter.  Sometimes I change size out of my own control, but that's just how things turned out.” How do you feel about other giants?

“So long as they don't bother me or those I care about, I leave well enough alone.  In fact I have several close friends who are macros or size shifters. However…  If you get in my way…  I guarantee the results will not be pretty.”

How do you feel about the relationships of big folks mating smaller folks?

“I don't have a problem with it…  In fact…  some of us don't have a choice in the matter.”

Do you think your views on the small/large folks will change?

“It is hard to say.  Considering that once, long ago I looked on every living creature as nothing more than a test subject, my views on everyone have changed over time…”

What is the relationship between you and this world/its people?

He leans back in his chair, the metal frame creaking a little.  “Ah, there’s the rub…  I listen to others' troubles and I give them solutions.  Perhaps not always the solution they were looking for, or even wanted…  but I give them precisely what they ask for.”

Are you susceptible to the same moral standards here that you were at your previous place of residence?  Why/Why not?

“I try to obey the laws for the most part, so long as they aren't overly restrictive.  Luckily, with a few exceptions in the interest of science, my own morals are mostly what one would call “good”.”

Is there still that same search for purpose or have you felt you've ascended beyond such a need?

“Parascience is my dream.  The combination of science and magic into one glorious symphony.  Even before my accident that was my drive, and it remains my drive to this day.”

How do you cope with living in a world where things are tiny/large? Like clothing, housing, etc?

“I don't have much to worry about.  I have very large sums of money stashed all over the world.  Anything that I break, either personally or with one of my experiments, is quickly and easily replaced.  As for others…  I am generally very careful not to harm anyone not directly involved in my experiments, however, accidents do happen. As far as clothing, hologram generators are magnificent thing.”

Is there still a sort of symbiosis with the world and its people or are you of the belief you're a god and beyond that need for cooperation?

“They don't meddle in my affairs and I don't meddle in theirs…  much…”

In this world of smaller beings, do you still feel there's someone out there for you?  A Mr. or Mrs. Right? A soul mate?

The zebra leans forwards, resting his elbows on his knees, staring down at the floor.  “There has been…  But outliving your love is hard…  and wearing on the heart and soul…  It..  It  changes you… Irrevocably..”

What's your bias in regard to species?  Size?

“I have no bias to anyone great or small, regardless of species, sexual orientation, race, religion…   All are the same to me.”

What do you do to impress a date?

“It’s been a long time…  However, I usually show them my laboratory.. And we have a bit of fun…”

Do you ever wish you were smaller?

“Lately? Often..”

How do the smaller creatures react to you? Friendly? Fearful?

“Usually most others react with fear, once they know what I am.  Smaller or larger.  There have been exceptions over the years, however.”

Where/what do you eat?

He smiles a bit, flashing a mouth full of sharp, interlocking teeth, like a porcelain bear trap.  “Me?  Being a zebra I'd of course be an obligate herbivore, wouldn't I?” How to you practice intimacy with others of different size and were you educated in the risks involved? How do you feel about intimacy with those of different sizes in general?

“I have learned to be very cautious.  You see, that’s where my own problem lies.  Physical pleasure causes me to grow involuntarily. However, I have learned to be gentle and cautious, and still to show my partner a good time, regardless of sex or size.” Do you see merit in those smaller than you?

“Of course.  Only a fool would not.”

How do you feel about others of your same size that have different views than you?  Do you ignore them or confront them?

“So long as they do not interfere with myself or those I care about, to each their own.  However, don't cross that line…  Ever…”

Is there a sort of camaraderie with those of your size regardless of the differences?  Do you still worry about trying to fit in?

“I tend to keep to myself for the most part, so I would say not really.”

Where do you get tools, clothing, or items for your size.

“For tools, I stay at my normal size, for clothing, as before, hologram generators are wonderful.” Do you miss your old life? Or are you enjoying the power you now possess?

“I did miss it once…   however, once I found a way to recreate my condition temporarily in another, things got far more interesting…”

If you are somehow given a serious injury, do you have a physician?

He chuckles softly as he leans back in his chair once more, “Ever heard the term, “Physician, heal thyself”?”

Do you carry any sort of agreements or truces with those smaller than you?

“Oh yes, many all over the world.  It is only natural in my line of work.”

At your size, is there anything that honestly scares you? Be it a physical threat, or just more mental worries?

“Only insanity and boredom frighten me.  When you've been around as long as I have, one may easily lead to the other.”

Do you sometimes find it hard to not give in to abusing your stature among those smaller than you, what do you do to keep those impulse in check, rather if you bother at all?

“At times, at times.  Then I remind myself that losing control would be a very bad idea as I would have to pack up all of my work and relocate in secret, costing me time, money, and possibly friendships…”

When you first realized your size versus the rest of the world around you, what were your thoughts?

“The first time I grew involuntarily?  My first thought was how great it felt, so hot, so tight, then too tight…  then the screams, oh gods the screams…”

“She is alright now, though…  She came to accept what happened us as an accident and we still see one another from time to time.”

Has your size ever been a liability for you?

“Yes, OFTEN…” A common argument is the ant hill defense, a reply that states a belief of willful disregard for those smaller, weaker than you in the scheme of life. Do you feel that those smaller than you are beneath notice simply because of their size?

“Not at all…”

How do you see those smaller than you, then?

“Everyone is smaller to someone else in terms of size, of power, of intelligence, so really we are all the same.”

Some worry about those of your size, some fear the stereotype. Is this a justified thought line, if not what would you like to explain, or point out to change that view, if at all.

“Unfortunately, it IS justified.  Others have every right to fear macros and they should.  Fear is a good thing.  After all, isn't it right to fear a creature that could wipe out a skyscraper simply by tripping and falling into it?  Common sense, there..”

When you came into your new stature, size what was the first thing you did?

“Made sure my partner was alright…”

What mistakes did you make and learn from?

“I rampaged a single time.  The toll on life and property was devastating.  Never again…”

Did you think on using the power you gained to make a change in the world, or for personal gain, revenge?

He laughed a little darkly as he leaned in closer to the interviewer. “All of the above, to be brutally honest….  I may be one of the nicer size-shifters or macros you may meet, but I am certainly no angel..”

It's inevitable that your appearance around those smaller, perhaps caused a military response, would you care to enlighten us on an experience if that has at all happened?

“It has, however the details of that affair are classified information…” Do you go out of your way to not harm others?

“Yes, I don't intentionally harm anyone without reason.”

If yes, how far would you go to prevent them from being harmed?

“If they are a true innocent, I would risk personal injury to help them. A friend or a loved one?  I would risk my life…  even my soul…” Would you ever intentionally harm others?

“Yes, and I have...”

What were the circumstances?

“To defend those I care about, or in a few cases to avenge them…” How has your size affected your social life, or current love life. Have you lost or gained an admirer? Have you lost a long time love because of your new status? “I’ve tread this earth for a long, long time.  To say I’ve gained and lost friends and loved ones is an understatement.  However, directly related to my condition, yes, I’ve both gained, and lost…”

Has your size brought popularity?  Has it brought you annoyance, or those only seeing you as a sex object given the number of micro/macrophlia lovers that seem to gather on forums and what not on the internet? Do you enjoy this attention, or do you go to lengths to dissuade what may be objectification.

“Actually, there was a I enjoyed the attention.  It meant there was no shortage of partners when I was alone, or volunteers for my experiments….”

What would you wish for most as far as interaction and socialization with your kind, or those smaller? Some things you wish they'd take into account when they encounter you?

“Just… just keep an open mind.  When I first became a size-shifter I has hated, hunted, and feared simply for what I was.  Nobody cared WHO I was, just WHAT I was capable of…  I just wish that would end…”

Smiling, the zebra slowly stands and shakes the interviewer’s hand, his own engulfing it with a surprisingly soft and gentle grip.

“I hope you have all the information you need for your report.  If you will excuse me, I have a few experiments I need to tend to…”

“Unless you would like to get a little more hands on, of course…”

“Answer me a question…”

“What is it YOU desire….?”

[deadsetobsessions]

Sea Cryptic! Danny AU- Pt. 5

[Pt.1] [Pt.2] [Pt.3] [Pt.4] [Pt.6] [Pt.7] [Pt.8] [Pt.9] [Pt.10]

“So you’re that dead kid everyone’s talking about.”

Danny smacked a trash bag into the purple clad vigilante. “You can pick up the glass.”

“Wait, I’m just here to-”

“Bother me when I’m working? At least the litterer brings me cash. You can help clean or you can leave. Plastics go over there.”

Danny pointed at a pile of plastics, ignoring Spoiler’s bemused look. Hard to tell, really, considering her mask.

“I’ll help clean if you answer some questions!” Spoiler chirped, already moving to pick out the glass in the general trash pile Danny’s managed to gather. He nodded.

“Alright. At least you’re helping. The other one just bothers me and leaves his stuff on the beach.”

Spoiler snorted. “I’m Spoiler. Is the litterer Batman?”

“Sure. I don’t really care what his name is,” which was a complete lie, Danny was a fan. It’s just that messing with Batman (especially after he couldn’t clean up after himself, honestly!) overrode his fan behavior. “But if I catch him leaving shit in the waters again…”

Danny frowned, eyes glowing. He could feel- even with his partial tangibility, the muck of Gotham's waters seeping into his boots. It was not giving 'Live, Laugh, Love' to Danny, and he needed it gone.

“Whatever. They dropped a lot of guns down here. You can deal with those too, yeah?”

“I'm pretty sure that's evidence?!”

“If you could call it that.” Danny plucked away the Styrofoam and the hazardous (more than regular, anyways) materials away from the trash pile so Spoiler could dig through with her gloves without contracting sixteen different sorts of illnesses.

“So, what brings you to Gotham?”

Danny pointed at the water. “Came for school. Stayed because you losers polluted the water with dead bodies and gross chemicals.”

“You go to school?”

“Hey, that’s discriminatory.”

“Oops! No, sorry! I meant-”

Danny waved her off, irritably separating a bottle cap from the crushed bottle. Seriously, what’s the point of putting the cap back on if you were going to throw it in the bay anyways?

“It’s fine. How else am I supposed to learn about the advancements made in the scientific industry otherwise?”

Even if Danny wasn’t too sure that science could sure stupidity, but a halfa could dream, right?

"So... do you just... listen in on lectures?"

Danny stared at her. "What else would I do in a class??"

"Oh. I just thought since you're dead and all, you'd do something more... fun?"

"I mean, I could terrorize the local villains for kicks, if that's what you meant."

Spoiler brightened. "Actually, yeah! That would be helpful! If Mr. Freeze keeps bringing the cold during my latte Thursdays, I'm gonna snap and wring his cold little chicken neck."

Danny snorted. "Alright. I will keep an eye out for this Mr. Freeze." Danny paused. "Hey, tell your friend to come down and help us."

"What- oh. Black Bat!" Stephanie waved her partner down. Black Bat gracefully slipped down towards the bay, casually knocking out two goons gunning for Spoiler.

'Careful,' Black Bat signed.

"Thanks!" Spoiler bounced on the heels of her feet. She swept an arm out. "Wanna help?"

Black Bat tilted her head and, after placing Danny under quick but thorough scrutiny, nodded.

'You can get the salvageable stuff. Anything you can't lift, leave to me.' Danny signed clumsily, placing emphasis on can't.

"You know sign language?"

"I'm not too good at it, I just learned this version."

He knew ghost-sign first, after all.

"Chop, chop. I don't have all night."

----

Danny learned that Black Bat had the skill to knock cans into their designated piles if he threw them in the air so she could kick at them.

"You two can come back anytime."

Spoiler whooped while Black Bat leaned back, smug.

"Wait, tell the litterer he owes me $200. He was short last time."

"...Are you telling me Batman owes you money?"

"Yeah. He might be in financial straights, so I gave him some lee-way."

Black Bat and Spoiler looked at each other.

----

"Hey, so guess what I learned about sea boy!"

Bruce's head swiveled to her with startling intensity. The rest of the clan tuned in.

"He knows sign language! Maybe he even knows ancient sign language! And goes to school, but since he's like, dead, he could only listen to the lectures."

"Bruce, Bruce, do not start a ghost-education plan. Stop. We don't even know if he even-" Dick tackled Bruce, who was already writing a petition as Bruce Wayne to give partial credit to students that diligently goes to class.

"Oh, yeah!" Stephanie shouted over the unraveling chaos. "He promised to fuck with our Rogues for a bit so we can get a break! And we also got a bunch of guns!"

"Where? Gimme!" Jason demanded.

"Do not give Todd more firearms!" Damian cut in.

"Also!" Stephanie grinned as Cass shook with laughter. "Batman's a debtor! He owes Phantom $200!"

"Ain't no fucking way." Tim cackled. "Hear that Bruce? That's karma! For not defending me when he called me broke!"

[murderballadeer]

[probablybadrpgideas]

Just came up with the concept that elves have a larval growth cycle and their larval stage is a goblin.

Then I came up with the better concept that goblins have a larval growth cycle and their larval stage is an elf.

[nimpnawakproduction]

Bonus:

Vashwood comic: Concave

I saw this picture of the new Vash’s figure and I HAD to do something about it.

I can’t decide how to draw Wolfwood so he’s a mix between the ‘98 and 2023 design. His nose and his cleavage are, as always, a real pleasure to draw.

[loidloid]

they keep on not animating loid’s little blushes and it makes me mad

#LET_LOID_BLUSH

[silvermarmoset]

meditating on the @hotvintagepoll bracket again, specifically looking at cary grant and james stewart and being like what is the appeal here?. Because running the bracket, you see a lot of people who have never met any of them before, so they're voting purely on looks—and looking through their eyes, yeah, what makes square-jawed Cary or chinless James worth watching?

and I think what I've come to is that Cary Grant is always outside whatever movie you're watching him in, which is his particular appeal, while James Stewart is always deeply inside the movie, and that's his. Cary Grant plays every role with a little wink and a smile, always a slight touch of artificiality, and he's always Cary Grant™—the suit, the hair, the tone. He could turn to the screen and wink at you because he never seems that trapped in what he's doing at any given time. He could step out of the screen and still be this creation Archibald Leach made.

And James Stewart, meanwhile, is always playing the same handful of characteristics—the voice, the swallow, the slight awkward tallness, the lowered brow—but no matter what is happening to him, he always conveys that he believes it. There's not a soul of a wink in his performances. He believes the 6' tall rabbit, the angel on the bridge, the murder in his lens. No matter how insane the story, Jimmy Stewart conveys that he is entirely involved in it, grounded to the point of no separation.

Maybe that's what makes The Philadelphia Story such a magic experiment in onscreen chemistry—Cary standing on the sides of the action, seemingly never that bothered that his former wife is running off with two different men, always a slight smile away; Jimmy, meanwhile, immediately entangled in the story, immediately getting into fights and bungling into things and 100% inside.

[a-x-ce]

Loved these OP leaks, while fanboys are doing what they do best which is whining and crying about pointless shit I'm over here like 'yessssss, YESSSSS, the world is now getting caught up on how corrupt the WG is!'

OP fans: OMG we already knew Roger's name was Gol D. who cares?!

In-universe characters who have lived 22+ years believing WG propaganda that his name was Gold Roger:

[dootznbootz]

Odypen definitely and equivalently adore each other BUT I weirdly can't see them as the type to actually say "I Love you".

They still definitely vocalize their love for each other but it's more so in "My Joy", and "Extraordinary Woman", "Strange Woman/Man", etc. And very cheesy lines (both say some cheesy shit in the Odyssey, and he definitely does in the Iliad as well. "Joy like a drowning sailor seeing land" bit???)

I could see "I adore you" but even then, that's probably during very specific moments but the actual "I love you"??? I just typed it just now for fic shit and... It weirdly just didn't feel right and I don't know why. 😅

Idk maybe it's kind of because I see them as over the top in ways, they love wordplay and riddles and I think they'd almost think "...That's not good enough >:( " about it??? I don't know???😂

[mordenheim]

Fictober 2022 14: Yes. No. I don't know.

Prompt number: 14. “Yes. No. I don’t know.”

Original Fiction: Trivial Matters Inc.

Rating:

Warnings/Tags:

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“Alright, so you’re sure that this is a result of products from our company.” The zebra sat on a stool, scratching at his eye patch before letting his red mane drape back over it. He studied the female goose sitting before him. Mildly soft featured and plus sized with the usual long, elegant neck, her white feathers almost seemed to glow under the cheap florescent lighting. She nodded and blushed a little bit. “My hubby and I wanted to… spice things up in the bedroom, ya know?”

“And before this you were how tall?” “Five foot eight inches.” “And now?”

“As of this morning, six foot three. I mean, this stuff had worn off like it was supposed to, so I dunno what’s going on.” Scribbling a few more notes, the zebra chews on the end of his pen. “So, have you thought about what triggers it?” She blushed a little, curving her neck around like she wanted to hide her head under her arm. “Anything that gets my heart rate up, I think. Look, I’ve already had to get two new outfits in as many days, can we hurry up a little bit?”

“I’m doing my best here, I promise you. Now, you say that you are sure these are all of the supplements you took that night?”

“Yes. No. I don’t know.” Her feathers ruffled as her cheeks got a little more red. “Ohhh.. Would you stop asking stupid questions and help me?!”

Suddenly there was a soft creaking noise in the room. She looked down at her blouse to see the buttons slowly pulling apart as gaps formed between them. There was a soft popping noise and one of the buttons clattered tot he floor.

“NOW look what you’ve made me do!” She hissed at him, her body starting to visibly swell larger. Victor slowly rolled his chair back towards the door a bit but tried to keep his head. “Ms. Kitt, I’m doing everything I can for you, but you need to calm down.” “Calm down? CALM DOWN?!?!” The rest of the buttons on her blouse scattered across the floor as her increasingly useless bra was revealed. “When in the HISTORY of the universe has telling someone to calm down EVER WORKED?!”

Seeing that the goose’s head was nearing the ceiling, Victor set his notes aside and nodded to himself. “You are very right, Miss. However, I’m afraid I cannot be of any help to you while you’re in such a mood.��

Running for the door as the goose broke out in a cacophony of hissing and swearing, seams popping and tearing as clothing exploded off of her expanding form. He pulled the “MACRO INCIDENT” alarm by the door as he exited and locked it behind him.

“Third time this week, and it’s only Tuesday.. What the hell is wrong with people lately?”

[geekynichelle]

Aside from autism and morbid curiosity I don't know why I bother to still look into the Beauty and the Beast tag. Between the live action remake (boo/hiss) of the 1991 movie and AI "fanart" (yuck), there are also still people who are being annoying about the ending of the disney film and the Beast's human design (the movie is over 30 you could get over it), as well as the topic of Stockholm syndrome still being brought up. Such a waste.

[donut-entendre]

I say a lot that Wash isn't empathetic when talking about people giving him Carolina's personality, but I don't think that really explains my thinking. Empathy is too vague of a concept in discussion of character.

Wash cares a lot about people. Wash cares so much it hurts. He trains the Chorusans without being asked, on his own initiative. He doesn't leave the reds and blues at the first sign of trouble. He's traumatized by violence by his own hand that he still agrees with the logic of, he remembers what he's done to people and while he doesn't regret it, it still haunts him. He doesn't want to care so bad but he does, he cares so much that violence against relative strangers hurts. Even if it was his best choice. Even if it was his only choice.

Carolina doesn't want people to know violence like she does. Carolina wants to tackle the whole world to keep it away from the ones she loves. Carolina wants to be the one to handle everything, to keep war off the doorstep.

Washington knows violence, and well. He thinks it is something that sometimes is the best option. He knows how to make the people he loves capable of protecting themselves. So he does.

Carolina is someone who wants to protect. Washington is someone who wants to teach people to protect themselves. Carolina wants to be the one to offer shelter in the rain. Washington wants to burn the fire so hot and so bright the rain evaporates before it can ever touch them, so hot it never even comes down, so bright no one could ever get lost. And he wants to teach everyone he cares for just how to do it, too.

Just in case it ever rains.

[hope-ur-ok]

I have not eaten anything today and I frankly don't have the motivation to make anything, or even care that I haven't had anything

[onesidedradiostatic]

Apparently tiktok picked up on onesided radiostatic ship and are calling it radiosilence. And now that tag has started to spread on the tumblr side of things. And just when we finally decided on OneWayBroadcast too 😭.

I'm aware, the only reason I'm against it is because it mixes in with another fandom (and now I see that precise problem searching it up and seeing a mix of the oseman book and hazbin) if the tag was like #hazbin radiosilence I wouldn't have as much of a problem with it

like to me the whole point of a tag is filtering and if it mixes with something else popular it kinda defeats the purpose, it's like how young justice has a ship name called spitfire and it's a filtering nightmare because it mixes in with mlp

this is not meant to be anything against people who like the name, these are just things that concern me when it comes to tagging of specific ship names

[finexbright]

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