#which is certainly a take I guess
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
Text
It's so weird that when 99% of fandoms take away a character's chest hair to make them more appealing, Arcane is the only fandom I've seen to give Jayce Talis chest hair to make him more appealing when he canonically doesn't have any
#jayce talis#arcane#it's such a dumb thing to be nitpicky about but chest hair on Jayce always makes me do a double take#WE'VE SEEN HIM SHIRTLESS#he doesn't have chest hair!#everyone is implying he WAXED before he went to the Anomaly future and then I guess stopped waxing?#which is certainly a take I guess#it's not like IMPOSSIBLE that Jayce waxed before it kinda matches his Shaving Every Day vibe#and it KINDA makes sense for the forge#but I see it in S1 fanart too where they give him chest hair and it's like don't get me wrong#I love chest hair#but Jayce doesn't have it canonically and I find that more interesting#it's so weird how often people give him chest hair when he doesn't have it
171 notes
·
View notes
Text
can't believe garak went from 'hope you have fun following my little breadcrumb trail of maybe-truths doctor it builds character ;)' at the beginning of the show to '*sigh* fuck it here's the whole loaf. the entire fucked up bakery of my soul. if you somehow still wanna have sex with me after this you know where I am, yours in infinite longing etc.' in a stitch in time. has anyone ever been so pathetically horrifically enduringly down bad as garak is for julian (laudatory)
#that's some real lodestar simp stuff you've got going on garak and I'm so happy for you/sorry . I guess that's the thing about love#garashir#elim garak#star trek#star trek ds9#ds9#I take the same approach to 'a stitch in time' that I do to deacon's final story in fallout 4 -- I'm agnostic on if ALL details are true#but overall it's certainly *emotionally* truer than even the truth could be sort of situation. genuinely emotionally intimate finally.#which I think is the more important part#and part of that is being weapons grade longing material fjdskjafsa. off the pining scale.
2K notes
·
View notes
Text
as much as I love batgirl 2024, I have to admit the lack of Barbara Gordon mentions in the whole series so far, especially with the first arc having such a big theme of motherhood/daughterhood and the things that comes with it, makes me soo sad. Barbara was the first person Cass actually considered as a mother! Barbara, although she wasn’t the best at it at first, truly did try to understand and love Cass unconditionally even when she was separated from the Bat mantle! And that panel where Cass overhears Barbara tell Dick that she doesn’t know how to really care for Cass could’ve been the perfect parallel to the whole “is a Mother just being connected by blood? No, Something more is owed/Being a daughter is more than being connected by blood” lines that Cass says in the last (current) issue because Barbara, though she did not physically bring Cass into this world, has sacrificed SO much for her, and in return Cass gave so much back.
#don’t get me wrong I love Cass and Shiva’s dynamic and how it is being explored.#however I DO think you can make an excellent story about the two and their dynamic without Shiva taking a traditional ‘caring’ mother role-#-she realistically did not want or care for at least since after Caroline-and essentially Shiva’s old life and softness-died#although I guess you could say that since Shiva is both reminded of her lost softness and Caroline through Cass-#-Cass symbolizes Shiva’s softness and Caroline reborn especially considering Shiva literally points this out.#I think Shiva and even Cass certainly ‘sacrificed’ for each other and Shiva does care for Cass-#-but it’s not really in motherhood hence Shiva is not ‘soft’ enough for that. And it is not sisterhood-#-because Shiva sees way too much of herself in Cass (i.e “im an open wound” line) so that Shiva cannot fully project Caroline onto Cass.#I would say it is something between those lines. But care and fondness/longing for something lost long ago does not equal motherhood to me.#anyways sorry!! back to babs and cass <3#mainly referring to that issue where Barbara says to Cass “People will forget about me [as batgirl] and that’s ok”-#while essentially handing Cass the title as Batgirl.#Barbara sacrificed the mantle she so loved-the mantle she was angry and devastated and overjoyed and is/was a part of her-#because Barbara believed in Cass and her spirit more than hers. more than anyone’s.#Barbara gave Cass giant leather wings to take to the sky with. SHE LOVES HER SO SO MUCH SHSHDHSKSMSN#Barbara wanted Cass to experience the same joy and freedom she got out of being Batgirl. and in response Cass states-#-“I will never be as good as you” because Barbara IS batgirl still in spirit. And as far as Cass was concerned she will never be as good-#-she will never be as self sacrificing as Barbara no matter how many bullets Cass takes for people.#AND THIS IS SUCH A BIG AREA OF CONFLICT BECAUSE BABS WANTS CASS TO BE HER OWN PERSON SO BAD#SHE WANTS TO LEARN WHAT CASS LOVES AND WHAT CASS SMILES AT SO SHE CAN MAKE CASS SMILE ALL THE TIME#SHE WANTS CASS TO BE MORE THAN BATGIRL BUT ALL CASS WANTS IS TO BE BATGIRL#WHICH IN TURN MAKES CASS WANT TO BE MORE LIKE BARBARA-OR ESSENTIALLY MORE UNLIKE HERSELF-#WHICH MAKES BABS INCREASINGLY MORE DESPERATE TO LEARN ABOUT AND LOVE AND SEPERATE HERSELF FROM CASS-#WHICH THEN MAKES CASS SO DEVASTATED BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO BE LIKE THE PERSON WHO ESSENTIALLY BIRTHED HER. AUAGHSHSJSBDN#yes. you understand.#anyways….idk being connected by mutual sacrifice and mutual love. THAT is the mother and daughter relationship that BG24 was getting at!!!!#this is where I shamelessly endorse CassCainMainly and their meta posts on Babs and Cass btw <333#cassandra cain#barbara gordon#lady shiva
199 notes
·
View notes
Text
I am making great progress with Yasmin's scene tonight after a number of adjustments and rewrites. The best part is that I'm playing one of my favorite games: "How many sets of choices can I nest before CSIDE starts crying".
#author posting#currently at three#the indentation will almost certainly murder me#but i inexplicably hate creating new labels#give me nested choices any day#i keep second guessing the direction I want to take her scene#which is why i keep rewriting it#but i'm finally happy#once this scene is done going to speedrun my edits#and then it's update time 😌
55 notes
·
View notes
Text



Small compilation of Charles looking kind of cunty in X-Men: Children of the Atom
#brieuc reads comics#charles xavier#marvel comics#Like I said I am kind of conflicted on this Charles#There is certainly an ableist undercurrent with his character because of how overtly manipulative he is#They sometimes draw him very malevolently so there is an idea that he is meant to unsettle you which inevitably feels part of his disability#But he is undeniably an entertaining character to read in this comic. His attitude his impulsivity his militaristic nature#they're all very interesting takes on Charles in a time where he was still by and large the kindly old schoolteacher.#I don't think the ableist undercurrents are particularly egregious in the grand scheme of X-Men comics but it IS there.#I do wish we got more of him and Magneto despite myself because the comic never really picks a side in between them.#There are comics where Charles is clearly meant to be right and comics where Charles is clearly meant to be wrong.#But this comic doesn't ever really choose? And Charles in it has moments of righteousness and of being deeply incorrect#Which is a human trait but isn't a nuance we often see applied to him#I dunno. Basically I think I enjoyed it all things considered.#Probably my favourite of the O5 comics I've read so far although it definitely needed more Jean#But I guess to be fair given Jean is the last one to join it makes sense#She just feels like an afterthought or narrative device more than an actual character which is a shame.
22 notes
·
View notes
Text
That moment when you have to let people be wrong about you because correcting them would make you seem like an unbearable show-off
I was at a bookstore with a friend the other day and I was looking at a book in German that I was interested in buying, but then I saw that it was a translation and had originally been written in French
I commented idly to my friend "Sometimes I don't buy a book because it's a translation and I always prefer to read in the original language when possible" and she said in an agreeing-with-me way, "Yeah it would make more sense to read it in English"
and I realized she assumed I meant English when I said "original language"
but I couldn't bring myself to say "Yeah, or French or Dutch or Spanish or Italian or Portuguese or one of the other languages I read..." because like. who says that kind of thing.
#it's odd but i've suddenly been noticing a lot of people underestimating me lately#like i told a friend i was studying compsci/programming#and she started sending me like... links to absolute beginner 'how to start learning to code' resources#which of course is very sweet and i really appreciate her supportiveness!#so i certainly don't want to say 'lol i passed that point 10 years ago but thanks'#or my friends know perfectly well that i'm a language professional and have spent time studying many languages#but somehow they don't seem to make the connection that that translates into having actual abilities?#like i can piece together the meaning of a sentence in russian or chinese and they'll go 'wtf' like i'm a wizard or something#or i've mentioned a few times that i read for fun in various languages but that seems to just go in one ear and out the other for most folk#and they still can't conceive that i would read a WHOLE BOOK in a language that's not german or english#these are just two examples but i've seen it happen with several other things too#and i'm just... not sure how normal people handle this sort of thing?#how do you let your friends know what you're capable of without coming across as an arrogant prick#i'm not seeking approbation and so i don't tend to boast#but i think maybe i err too hard in the opposite direction?#maybe i've been accidentally implying all these years that i'm Very Amateur in all my interests/hobbies#i don't know how to strike a reasonable balance#but it does feel kind of. weirdly alienating. to suddenly realize most of my friends really don't Know me in this way#cosmo gyres#personal#tag rant#i guess what annoys me is that i'm very careful not to do this to others#if someone tells me about a certain interest or hobby of theirs i assume by default that they must know So Much about it#and if i dare to send them or suggest them anything i always preface it with 'you probably already know this but...'#or 'this may well be something that's painfully obvious to someone with your expertise but...'#and i would try to never make any statement or suggestion that implies i think they're at a low level in [whatever that thing is]#so it bothers me a bit when other people don't take the same consideration. i guess.#(not enough to do anything about it beyond blogging with mild annoyance. but hey)
15 notes
·
View notes
Text
do imf agents (excluding ethan hunt who is an insane man) live relatively regular lives when they’re not doing missions? with homes and neighbors and loved ones? how long do they go between missions? do they Go To The Office (headquarters) everyday? iirc mi3’s kind of the only one that really is like yeah the imf has this specific building where everyone works. it’s a lot more decentralized in like all of the others i think but i may well be forgetting something i dunno. i also imagine it differs between field agents and tech but by how much and in what ways? many such questions. mostly i wonder because i want to know how much halo benji has time to play when he’s not actively fighting for his life
#text#like they Have loved ones. who they have to keep the true nature of their jobs secret from but like. idk. How close can they let them be?#u could certainly take ethan in mi3 with julia as a model of ‘regular life while working in the imf’ but his circumstances#are a little different in that situation. And also it’s ethan so i’m hesitant to generalize his Take on the matter across the board#to all other agents. lol.#like okay ethan semi-retiring (only taking on a teaching role instead of active field work) means imf is willing#to change an agent’s position to accommodate changes in their personal out of work life#but ethan semi-retiring in the first place in order to Build A Life with julia means that like#well an active field really couldn’t do that <- which feels very ‘well fucking duh’ but like#idk. i guess my image of the average active imf field agent when they’re not globetrotting is like. well i guess i’ll sit in my one bedroom#and watch tv and go the gym. can’t do much else because at any given moment i’m gonna be called into work and be out of town for two weeks#two weeks minimum . tbh#again i think this is all probably very self apparent and also doesn’t matter. my mind simply wanders
4 notes
·
View notes
Text
okay so since we've basically finished the draft of the first chapter of this fic we're working on and since we're going to be posting it exactly a week from now on may 30th as planned (unless something goes horribly and i mean HORRIBLY wrong), i figured that i may as well finally start posting a little bit about it here because this thing's been cooking for a few weeks now and man are we excited about it.
without further ado, everybody get ready for... salt and the sea!!! (named after the Lumineers song :3)
so about a month back our dear friend quincy @starry-storm-main watched a mianite s1 clip we sent xem in which tom did one of his signature Tom Things and tucker (whom he was living with irl at the time) muted himself in the call but could still clearly be heard screaming in agony from upstairs from tom's stream. and xey were like "hey what if you interpreted the fact that we could still hear tucker as an in-universe psychic link between him and tom" and we were like YOUR BRAIN IS HUGE AND I NEED TO WRITE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS NOW.
things very quickly got out of hand past that point and since then the idea has expanded into a full study of tom's loyalties being split between his friends and his god, with the mental link between him and tucker kinda accenting everything that's going on on that side of things.
so yeah this is gonna be a longfic (or at least a multichapter) and it's also almost certainly gonna get into some pretty heavy territory eventually so uh. have fun everybody and be prepared to get ur titties blown off 👍
#apollo's tag#mcyt#mianite#we may not have signed up for the mianite 10yr anniversary zine in time but we're celebrating the gotdamn series anyways!#also disclaimer once we post the first chapter we are almost certainly going to wait a while before writing the second one#due to reasons that make sense but that i cant be assed to explain right now.#anyways you can tell we're taking this one seriously because we're getting someone to beta read it which we LITERALLY NEVER DO#so yeah! yippee i guess! Holy god im so fucking nervous about this but we ball 💪💪#s&ts
22 notes
·
View notes
Text
and then no one said anything about the fact that if i watched ONE MORE episode tenax pulls a "i'm not angry i'm just disappointed i'm hurt" about scorpus signing with the white faction.
#do you see the vision here <- guy who has a watch rate of one episode per month#oh the implications of scorpus not being there for tenax in his time of need... the death of the child who is not but is symbolically their#is that a separate fic completely yes but it is ALSO in some ways a divorce fic. tenax like i needed you but scorpus also needing him#OH MY GOD THEY LITERALLY DO SAY FELIX WAS HIM and i can do SO much with the concept of a “stray”. oh please. please strays instead of rats#one knife to the ribs one fixed race one apartment board THAT'S A STORYLINE BABY RISE OR DIE THE ROMAN WAYYYYYY#i do see your calla/tenax storylines i do. i could be swayed but we are not here for that currently this is the same as the chariot racing#like i KNOW what i said about the gold faction representing everything that scares scorpus a dream he never thought they'd reach#and then to have it ripped away now he no longer even has the dream untarnished i do understand. which is why the “i'm disappointed”#kills me even MORE because it shows he gets it. like on some level he does understand why scorpus had to but it's his pride that's wounde#so to continue from what i WAS saying with:#sets the bar so low because how else would tenax love him (as if tenax would not do the same thing if he lost) and they have even MORE#questionable celebratory reward sex. yes i assigned scorpus a degradation/praise kink the world works in wondrous ways don't question it#scorpus/tenax#those about to die#tenax making sure to care for the kids is what's killing me too because i REALLY want to draw a parallel with scorpus making sure he takes#care of the prostitutes. yes he's a notorious hedonist yes he has a lot of sex but he always pays well doesn't he. over-well. he pays too#much and ends up in debt he pays enough to buy girls freedom. so that they only have to if they want to. it gets him a reputation sure AND#it gets whole houses of girls under his (and therefore tenax's) protection. you can't bruise her up; that's scorpus' favorite girl.#she can charge more for being favored. he can pay for massive parties where no one else is invited and if he falls asleep midway drunk#off his ass after a race the girls would never say. they still get paid. if tenax comes to watch and give instructions they'd never say.#if tenax tells them all to leave and it's just him and scorpus in the golden room and all the girls see before they shut the door#and latch it behind them is scorpus on his knees in the soft plush cushions with tenax offering him grapes one by one from his fingertips#like a favored concubine instead of the champion whose laurels are tilted on his head they won't say a word. not even when the noise#inside the room continues for long after the hour runs out the girls still stand watch until it's quiet and then crawl back in around where#scorpus is alone in the big wrecked bed with a smear of blood or wine on his mouth who could say. certainly they wouldn't.#no matter what they still get paid. whether they did the work to wreck him or not.#ANYWAY#they take care of the selves they couldn't protect is what i'm trying to say. for tenax it's the child he was/scorpus it's the body he sold#only he hasn't stopped having to sell it. & i guess as we're learning with the extortion tenax is still a child running from a burning hous
8 notes
·
View notes
Text
to be fair arai started out with just one parent because his mom was a sex worker who was like. well first of all i don't know who the father is and second of all i don't really care
(it is possible my conception of brothel-based sex workers is based heavily in my wife's retail experience. so when i think "would she want to raise a child with a customer?" the answer is a resounding no)
#payment in kind#most of the brothel workers are close-knit enough to just go#well i guess we gotta keep taking care of our nephew#when arai's mom dies#which is not GREAT but could certainly be worse#arai has zero parents but like a dozen aunties
4 notes
·
View notes
Text
#castform#:)! they're so pleased..! they like the weather… it's so pleasant right now… (VERY HOT) (NINETY DEGREES) (TOO HOT)#they're smiling… :)! they like something you said you were nice to them :)!#this pokémon has that gimmick where they like. change types based on the weather which is. like cool i guess i dunno if it's good#in competitive but i never used it personally. i feel like i always got it at too low of a level to want to grind it up#it's like ok. i feel like castform's moveset kinda has to be weather ball or whatever it is and then three weather setup moves so you can#actually use it and utilize the type-changing ability to its fullest extent. because if your opponent sets up weather then they're probably#already benefitting from it and you don't want them to benefit from it. because that means your weather ball probably isn't going to be good#against the theoretical opponent's type. and then it takes two moves to use any given type's version of weather ball so i just. don't#see how it could be that good. i will look it up on smogon cuz i imagine it's pretty decent in doubles bc then you can have the Other pokémo#n set up the weather so castform can use it but like if it's not even that strong to begin with#it certainly doesn't look it#yeah it's always been kinda mid it looks like. started off better around gen 4 and then just slooowly fell off up to gen 7#dunno! still don't care a ton about competitive but i don't even care about this pokémon in not-competitive. sorry‚ castform fans
85 notes
·
View notes
Text
.
#my psych who prescribes my psych meds is a resident and is moving on in a couple of months#i don't even remember the names of them all at this point#this happens over and over and I cannot find a clinic that will put me with someone who intends to stay#thst will also prescribe my adhd meds#and my anxiety meds#and the real kicker is that twice now they have LIED about it and said they would#only to reveal after all the hoop-jumping that oops sorry they didn't really mean it#so it's a risk i have to take any time i leave#and rhen there's the issue of new people almost always wanting to DO something#but instead of talking to me about it they just decide that my meds need overhauling and pressure me to go off shit that works#but that they morally object to i guess#and my psych for some stupid reason has decided she wants bloodwork for my cholesterol and blood sugar stuff and im just like#what hell does THIS presage because if she harasses me about the results or tries to put me on drugs for that#I'll give her a nasty scrap about it#im not interested in those meds at all#and im certainly not messing with my diet since food is the only pleasure i get most days and even that is marginal at best#and removing that would just make me worse#but medpros for the most part really don't give a fuck about that#and so now im afraid - because i do not and cannot trust them - that if i disapprove of the meds they will retaliate somehow#which good luck proving that when management and oversight often don't even care if they course of treatment will HARM you#if it relates to being fat or having bad numbers#they just gotta pathologize!#so yeah im sick of everything and just kind of want to bury myself in a bog forever#i shouldn't have to deal with this
22 notes
·
View notes
Text
One thing I feel is often not mentioned about pokespe is that it really loves its weird special elderly people and will take any opportunity to show them off
#and that's awesome.#pokespe#mandibuzzing#i may elaborate with more concrete examples in a different post but for now in the tags#off the top of my head taking examples from the first three generations we have#blaine of course (the GOAT of weird old guys in pokespe imo)#and then there's agatha oak briney and ultima who all have major 'these elderly folks could still fuck if they wanted to' energy#(i say this 100% platonically. i don't have any wish to think about it further i just know it's true)#also they even gave us the backstories of the daycare couple in johto and tied it to more old folks like kurt & pryce#OH & spenser is a more discrete example but still counts.#the stuff with him & the blue orb. & i seem to recall them trying to make him a red herring by him being suspiciously cagey abt it#wattson ftr does not qualify as an example of pokespe's love for weird old guys tho.#he's weird and old and fun but iirc he doesn't have any secret relevance to the plot beyond the scope of the average hoenn gym leader#oh & i guess pryce exists. they certainly went out of their way to showcase their weird old guy (which would normally be based)#but he was just executed SO poorly.#anyways. HUGE fan of pokespe's love for its old characters.
3 notes
·
View notes
Note
Whats your opinion on alters (did/osdd traumagenic systems) formed from your aus? Since alters can't really control their source asking for a friend/lh
Go off, do your thing, feel free, etc etc etc. It doesn't bother me, if that's a concern. I've had a couple people tell me they have fictives from some of my AU's chilling in their heads and if anything I think it's kinda fun and funky and exciting to hear about? So far I'm aware of a Gemini!Mikey and a Swanatello out there in the world.
#idk i mean? i just think its very interesting and somewhat flattering to think that like#the characters ive created are impactful enough to ppl to exist in that way i guess????#and also like#go off i dont control y'all do whatever you want. as if i could. y'all dont rlly control it either so! who am i to have a take anyway?#if you have an alter formed from one of my AUs then like!!! cool good for you i certainly cant control that and wouldnt want to.#i also dont have DID so like? i wouldnt consider myself any sort of an authority or anything in the realm#and like feel free to correct me if i ever say anything out of line on the subject#but lowkey im fascinated to know if there are any other fictives based on my silly comics and fanfics out there in the world#coz id love to know which ones escaped containment so to speak#asks#anon
46 notes
·
View notes
Text
i think there should be a secret knock or password speakeasy-style to convey to healthcare people "i am one of you i am not some rando with webmd who thinks antibiotics will treat the flu if i am requesting antibiotics i have already tried all the other measures and have read the clinical practice standards for the condition in question to determine if antibiotics are indicated" anyway a pox upon the temp doctor i dealt with last week who immediately gave me a condescending "it's viralllllll" as i'm reciting all the clinical indicators that it is not in fact viral and all the blessings on my pcp who's known me for twenty years and was like amoxicillin be upon ye!
#this has been a useless text post you may now resume your normal programming#like i get that you guys want to avoid unnecessary abx scripts i do and i don't exactly want to be on them either#but alas they are on occasion fucking necessary and i wouldn't be here if we weren't at that point#why do i ever bother with anyone but my pcp tbh.#i mean i know the reason is 'could get an appt' with the other one at the time but lord#could have been treating this nearly a week agooooooooo#my doctor was like would you also like something for the cough bc respectfully kid you sound terrible#like yes. yes i would.#god i am in two new unrelated insurance battles now too#about - you guessed it - adhd meds and an office visit from the surgery days#the latter of which got denied by my insurance bc the 'services did not take place in a hospital'#like my brother in christ. where pray tell do you think outpatient office visits tend to happen exactly.#and i may have to get a new laptop soon which will certainly be an Expense too#lovely!! lovely!! i am both sick of 2025 and regular sick#me looking at those insurance battles like you will have to wait until the cillins kick in i'm afraid#if you waited half a year to bill me you can wait a week or two for me to argue with the insurance company about you#GOD!!!!#perhaps i spoke too soon some weeks back about things getting back to normal lmaoooo
5 notes
·
View notes
Text
in similar vein to reading watership down and being pleasantly surprised by how hopeful it was i have now finished reading haunting of hill house and have been kind of pleasantly surprised by how. sapphic. it was. i mean its a horror story and has left me with the correct sense of sort of quiet unease and like. im going to need to think about it for a while and like. damn. but it also was QUITE queer in ways i was not expecting going in. so thats fun! (said while thinking about houses and walls and unreliable narrators and dissolving sense of self)
#i shouldnt be surprised i saw this mentioned briefly but. i still am.#like the horrors are happening and are going to happen and thats what im here for but hey! gays. wow. crazy stuff#or maybe its just because i speed read half of verity and the amount of plot inextricably tied to the main character(s) being deeply in lov#w/ attracted to the leading man just makes this seem. refreshing. in comparison#like the gayness absolutely takes a backseat to the uhHhHhhhhH descent into madness and eleanor being consumed by(? merging into? returning#to? etc etc) the house. but. its also IN the backseat yk. like the obsession and the nature of the relationship with theo is an inextricabl#part of the story and its progression even if you choose not to read it as queer.#even if you dont percieve it as SAPPHIC per se its certainly. well. you know. its SOMETHING and IMPORTANT which is what i rlly fuck with#anyway. eleanor gets taken by the house and the walls and its all done using the maze in her mind or w/e. idk how to phrase any of my#thoughts abt this just yet but. fascinating. /fascinating/#sysreading#i guess#haunting of hill house#also theres a show? i knew bly manor was the . gay one but maybe? i should watch....? 🧐 horror show tho...#eleanor is so. flawed and so trapped in her own head and so much at the mercy of her own thinking. and it's hard to say how much of that is#the house influencing her vs the house simply using what is already there and amplifying#eleanor trapped- not just by the house but by her own thinking
9 notes
·
View notes