#words do not suffice

[dragon-subway]

the worst part of being online friends is my inability to lovingly headbutt their shoulders or lean againt them as we sit together

[ohitslen]

Happy birthday TRIGUN STAMPEDE!! 🎉

[marc--chilton]

i dont care what anyone says, house saying he loves wilson after wilson ups his pain meds was for real to me. it just slipped out and house's unserious nature is the only thing that let him get away with it

[bearotonin-international]

Hey team! I'm always fascinated by how many extremely specific pictures you have of bears. So out of curiosity, and if you'd be willing, do you have any bears in a casino?

(I just like seeing bears in places they really should not be in.)

not sure if this is what you wanted but

also there's this beautiful beart by Colleen Mitchell-Veyna that you can buy here

[heres-to-all-that-is-mine]

Fun theory of mine I’m sure someone smarter’s thought of before—

Juniper is the way he is, evil monologue and all, in part because he approaches his role in Zoraxis as just that! A role. The role of a villain, specifically. And because of his frankly terrible method acting practices, it started to bleed through until it was just part of him as a person.

[compacflt]

I was wondering if you had thoughts about how Ice and Mav's politics don't fully align with their actions? There was a post where you said Ice's politics are more socially liberal than Mav's but Mav is also the one who goes out to La Jolla to hit on guys before Ice, and later again when he's broken up with Ice, but Ice only goes out with women out of fear for his honor or whatever. Same with their respective thoughts on feminism, with Mav's mild respect for Charlie (telling Ice not all women fit the stereotype) but later Ice is the one who sends Juno to Mav's Top Gun class without telling him she's a woman and Ice has a respectful friendship with Juno. I think you said Ice is vaguely on the ace-aro spectrum (demi-homoromantic) which is a sort of fascinating irony that he doesn't have the words for it whereas Mav is the one with the theories about Ice's sexuality. Though with their hypocrisies and inconsistencies this all just feeds into their characterizations of the fact that they keep divorcing their actions from their spoken words from their identities.

okay going to take this point by point

1. yes i have addressed their politics in relation to their actions before, so maybe read this post and this post before you read this one, just to see where my other thoughts line up

2. gay republicans and conservatives do exist (at the very least certainly republicans and conservatives who have gay sex in secret)

3. before maverick is a political actor he is a human being, and the characterization that we are primarily given for him is that he is impulsive and reckless and doesn’t think through his actions. As ive written about many times before—from a story construction standpoint, his thoughtlessness is his number one most important character trait. He is both thoughtlessly dangerous (his hero’s “fatal flaw;” he can’t stop himself from making bad decisions) and thoughtlessly brilliant (the navy’s best and most daring and heroic pilot). He does what he wants without thinking about it; and he makes excuses and hollow promises whenever that plan doesn’t work out (“I know better than that. It will never ever happen again;” [it happens again] “I’m not gonna let you down. I promise.” [goose dies shortly thereafter]). His thoughtless impulsiveness overrides everything else. Maybe the act of having gay sex (to address your “he gets fucked in La Jolla before ice” point) is politically subversive, but for Maverick’s thoughtless character that we are shown in Top Gun, the most subversive possible thing would be to LABEL the gay sex and think through the consequences of it. To call a spade a spade and call himself gay or bi or queer or whatever. That would be the most subversive (and with mav, entirely unbelievable imo) possible thing. That takes conscious effort of thought, something maverick is near-incapable of doing. As long as he can get away with it without thinking about it, he’s politically in the clear, with regards to his character & character arc. If that makes sense. “Don’t think. Just do.” That’s literally his motto lmfao. He represents thoughtless action as an archetype; his politics come secondary to his desires

4. Their “respective thoughts on feminism” are divided into two camps: 1. “Professional as required by the law” and 2. “Sex pest mode.” They’re naval officers in the 1980s. Whether republican or democrat, that’s kind of par for the course. How men treat women can be a performance to other men. Any respect i made them show towards women had broader, more metatextual “need to move the conversation/story from A to B” reasoning behind it. See the first post I linked for much more on that.

5. i never said ice was on the ace/aro spectrum, or if i did i DEFINITELY meant it sarcastically. That could not be further from what i believe. This isn’t something I’ve ever discussed on this blog before, but a MASSIVE part of the philosophical discussion I’ve been trying to moderate within this project over the last year is the question— “do labels even work with characters under these very specific and extraordinarily extreme conditions and societal pressures?” It’s a question I took from my time studying early American history—the contexts of certain environments, and I would definitely count the elite officer ranks of the navy in the 90s and 2000s as one of these certain environments, simply Are Not Conducive to the easier (path of least resistance maybe) ways we civilians handle sexuality and friendship and trauma. There are so many variables and external and internal pressures within an environment like the upper ranks of career navy officers that sexual orientation labels lose all nuance and accuracy. I don’t think Ice (as i have written him) is gay. I don’t think he’s straight. I don’t think he’s bi. I think he’s an unlabelable product of too many variables for labels to have any effect on how he is perceived. Which, in our society built around labels and categories, is admittedly difficult to wrestle with. But doesn’t make it any less worth wrestling with.

6. Yes, ice and mav’s hypocrisy is the linchpin of the entire story.

They’re both trying to have their cake (“honor” and moral superiority based on the harmful traditional subjective morals arbitrated by elite navy officership) and eat it too (a fulfilling relationship with the love of their lives). & the point is that they cant. they have to settle for one.

[imaginarypasta]

i’ve been trying to get through hoh for literally like a week now but it’s so hard bc the way my fave nico is treated is absolutely ABYSMAL and i know it only gets worse

[marinaiguess]

i love my friends so much i literally dont deserve them. 

wish i could do more to show my appreciation. wish i could support them in more ways than one, wish i could make them gifts or buy them things. maybe i will get better at showing how much i care abt them gradually. 

[darabeatha]

@cyneris replied ; WHAT ?? ur telling me this beautiful man is that weirdo of a sheep ???

❝ Yes, since this is our first time interacting in this form, allow me to introduce myself once again. It is I, the 𝐒 𝐡 𝐢 𝐧 𝐧 𝐢 𝐧 𝐠 sheep, Dumuzid. Though calling upon this name .. More than half the time, nothing particularly special will happen. But it's worth the try nonetheless. ❞

[miabrown007]

a minute of silence to my skills to estimate how long a project is ever going to take

[boobchuy]

Do you have any complaints about how characters were handled in s3?

i loved the goofy plantars shenanigans but i wished we saw a bit more regarding their feelings towards the boonchuys, something like thai feud, but a bit more in the feels and personal (but i wouldnt want them to remove what we got to get that, and, once again i really wish we got s3a and s3b as separate seasons)

anddd i think i would have wanted to see marcy saved a few episodes before all in, a scenario where the girls actually talk and have more conflict shown on the screen, instead of 'lets talk about it later'. it would have been nice to give marcy a chance to shine and show her growth that isnt just in a timeskip, and isnt hindered by hiding the secret of the box being her fault

[difty-dift]

Hmmmm actually 🤔

For new people who wanna know your ocs, how's a brief rundown of your lovely guyss?

Sure! and thanks for the ask!

First is K-1! First guy i finalized. He's based off of beefy orc designs (and yes his primary inspiration is Knack from Knack but shut up we're moving on). He's essentially a cyborg, a combination of goblin and human DNA (which is a simple way of explaining the orc like appearance) along with cybernetic enhancements and mysterious ancient technology (seen in his spikes and core). He was created government contracted bio laboratory with the goal of developing a unbeatable super soldier. And they succeeded! He's incredibly strong and dependable, and has never lost a single battle. But he's also easygoing so he knows not to take things too far. The most likely to walk through a entrance sideways

Next is Ing (no torso cause i just love this headshot so much)! He (and Cho) are also products of the same laboratory experiments, but to differing results than K-1. Ing is the combination of the elusive blood of a shadow dragon (the most rare, impervious, and violent species) and the DNA of various beasts needed to keep him alive in the early stages of his development (mainly tiger). Because of all the other elements diluting his draconic essence, the end result was a great lack of any desired traits (wings, protective scales, immense strength, etc.) Deemed a failure by the governement for his lacking potential, he spends his days at the facility at which he was born, helping the researchers and training to be stronger while his friends go off into battle. I made him cause the urge for a tiger oc overtook me, but i couldn't just make i tiger, i needed more. My first 'fursona' i suppose. He is more reserved and quiet than the others but he loves learning and isn't shy about his appearance (though intimacy does get to him sometimes~). Has the least noticeable yawns.

And now Chocoa! You know him, you all wanna fuck him, i get it, it's understandable. He's a bull/bear hybrid, and a chimera like Ing. I saw a artist's interpretation of the mix, thought "Seriously? ", and created him in a feverish stupor. Though the third oc, he was the first successful experiment and had many years of victories before K-1 came along. Developed in a separate facility than the others, he's a an arrogant, bullheaded, boorish, crass, and unpleasant guy, just a right asshole. And his lovely personality shines just as bright on the battlefield, earning him many wins and just as many injuries. There's not really much to him past that; loves to fight, loves to smash, he's a jerk, but can get real soft with enough time. Takes the longest showers.

Onwards to Beryl. He's a lynel, those vicious dudes from Breath of the Wild, yeah? But he was born with a mutation, so his horse half is a lion half instead. Which made him docile as a result. I saw art on twitter of a beartaur i believe and was stricken by a mighty need. And i remembered that lynels are like, so fucking cool. He spends his days mining for jewlel and ore, and trading with passerbys for rupees (which he also admires (cause shiny)). He doesn't really like company and finds being friendly with others awkward (especially cause he cant talk). Never wins a staring contest.

(and yeah just his torso doesn't really do him justice but i very bad at drawing animal legs so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

And finally it's Mozi. He's a forest cryptid, mainly a moose dude. The idea for him sprung up randomly from chatting with a certain someone (⬆) and it stuck in me brain from how good it was. For 7 months. He was so hard to finalize for some reason oh my god. But I managed eventually and i freaking love him. He's just a silly moose guy, wandering the woods and napping. The slowest walker and the fastest sprinter. Though, no one has seen him do either...

And that's that! For now. My mind's always working on new angles and ideas after all. But let it be known i fucking adore all these dudes and seeing other people be like "whoa that's cool!" never fails to make me smile~

[bonerot19]

I know it's a well known fact that writing short stories is very difficult because you have to tell a whole story in a small amount of space. anyway it's hard and I am long winded.

[starxscream]

Hmm a part of thy wonders if a system blog may be in order.

[subtlelifeblog]

When you are in a room full of talented people, you are left to compare yourself with them. You judge your abilities with theirs. You judge your weaknesses with their strengths. How did you forgot that maybe you are not good in a particular field but you are the best one in anther field. The cycle of self -doubt is vicious, it's never ending.

Know that in this garden (life) every flower is unique ❤✨

[wullu]

tis been a while but drama watching update!

I dropped Delivery Man. Yoon Chan Seung's cuteness couldnt save it for me in the end. I did read brief recaps so I do know how it ended, but man, talk about wasted potential.

I finished Missing: The Other Side season 1. Heo Joon Ho and the humbled detective man (who lost his fiancee) really hard carried the drama. For me personally that is. Like, it was not a bad drama but I liked it better when it was focusing on helping people (and their loved ones) find solace/moving on. The overarching mystery thing got a little tedious for me after a while. I did enjoy the concept of Duon Village as inbetween spot for spirits and how despite its idyllic nature, it too was not exempt from serpents in its paradise. I might give s2 a try. I do know Heo Joon Ho is back and goddamn (his character had me feeling all the feels, and bawling my eyes out).

Through the Darkness is presently on hold. Despite the allure of soft, somewhat misunderstood Kim Nam Gil, I do not have it in me to stomach slimey cops and murderyness presently. I think I will come back to it later.

Things I'm gonna attempt to watch:

Black Knight - Despite the so-so reviews I have seen of it, my mum has expressed an interest in watching it and I'm gonna grab this opportunity to take my mum down the drama rabbit hole with me, with all my available limbs and teeth if need me.

My Perfect Stranger - It's an alluring admixture of time travel, murder and romance which could be garbage in the end but the siren song of time travel calls to me, so.