#yeeeaaahhh

[castlevera]

ive seen people compare escape room, saw and cube together. i have seen all 3 franchises. which means if you're like "they're all basically copy and pastes of each other" a little too close to me, I WILL PERSONALLY BEAT YOU UP

[futuremrscameron]

just watched dinners in america and W O W. romance is so back

[okcoolthanks]

THEOOO

[ciceroartwork]

Certified in the eyes of the clown 👍

🎉🎉🎉

YEAAHHHH

🎉🎉🎉

💥

[thyme-in-a-bubble]

i feel very cool and very powerful rn because i am 40% finished with a thing that i have been working on for fucking ever

[juniette13]

HAPPY EASTER AND TRANSGENDER VISIBILITY DAY CHAT‼️‼️‼️

[princessweetkiller]

reading girl, interrupted

[subjectnamemissing]

https://x.com/hnoj31130/status/1753574184549240936

[talkfastcal]

AQUA!!!

[novahazard24]

I PASSED MY LATIN MIDTERM EXAM

[castlevera]

watching little hope gameplay with the bf

[maslinych]

UTSU-P TETO SONG REAL???

[bumbleblues]

Interesting observation! I think it's for the same reason there's so much smut about Sherlock Holmes. Both are depicted as not having any obvious sexual inclinations whatsoever, yet people still ship them passionately. Maybe there's something about smart, chess-player type characters that make readers go crazy imagining what they'd be like in a situation where we'll never conceivably actually be able to witness them. Like, there's potentially a whole aspect of these beloved characters left to explore, so people fill in the perceived gaps with their own imagination. Mind you, that's just a guess. Personally, I don't mind or judge the whole shipping thing, but I do wonder why some characters can't just be left with an amorphous or even non-existent sexuality.

Like, maybe Vetinari is ace? Maybe he isn't? Maybe his relationship with Lady Margolotta isn't just on an intellectual level? Same for Sherlock, are his feelings for John really just those of friendship? Maybe, but maybe there's more to it. I suppose people like to find answers to all the maybes. Exploring that which seems like a possibility has a certain draw to it. It's just unfortunate that by doing so, the version of vetinari and characters like him that are explicitly asexual get ignored more often than not.

Ok, maybe it's my asexuality, but why there's so much Vetinari erotica/smut? Not speaking about any specific ships, just in general. I absolutely don't mind people enjoying it, I would just like to understand as someone who loves Vetinari as a character but is often oblivious about anything connected to sex.

[linusbenjamin]

Breaking Bad (2008-2013) Created by Vince Gilligan

[amerricanartwork]

RW Headcanon: How Arti Gives Back

In the RW community on this site, I’ve heard quite a few Artimand thoughts about how Gourmand would help Artificer heal from her trauma and grief. And while that’s all good, something that’s continuously puzzled me when shipping Artimand romantically is, “but how would Artificer help Gourmand?”

Let me tell you, one of my all-time favorite qualities in a ship is the characters helping each other improve themselves, especially in ways no other character pairing can. And while it’s easy to see Gourmand helping Artificer improve, given the vast amount of grief and lust for vengeance she has to overcome, and since Gourmand probably has a natural inclination to help others in need, what would she give to him in return? And to add to that, why would Gourmand fall in love with her and choose her as a mate, as opposed to just casually looking out for her and straight pitying her at worst, especially when she’d most-likely appear very un-qualified for romance initially?

Well, I’ve developed some thoughts and headcanons for that, and I’ll put them below the cut! Please let me know if anything could be improved, or if you can add to it! I’d love more reasons to think of these two sweethearts!

Option 1: Combat

Arti would help Gourmand improve his combat skills. The way I see it, Gourmand is a very strong warrior, but doesn’t often engage in combat simply because he doesn’t see a need for it outside of defense. Even then, due to his kind nature, he typically only fights back enough to deter predators, not kill them. However, with Arti being a carnivore, and having LOTS of experience with more complex combat situations than just defense (mostly from scav encounters), I like to think that Arti would give Gourm more combat tips and they may even end up bonding on occasional hunting trips together. And it would circle back to Arti because Gourm, with his cooking skills, would make the resulting meals from their hunts taste SO much better than what Arti is used to, allowing her to slow down and really enjoy food in a way she hasn’t been able to with her warrior lifestyle!

Option 2: Motherhood

This one’s pretty self-explanatory. Given Arti was a mother once, and Gourmand’s story ends with him getting 2 pups, I could easily see him wanting Arti to stay around to act as a mother for them. Not only would that give her the chance to embrace motherhood again, but it would take some pressure from Gourmand because he has a partner (and an experienced one at that) to help him with parenting! I mean, don’t get me wrong, Gourmand is undoubtedly great with pups, but even so it’s good to have some help! Even more so since (depending on what general age you headcanon the pups as) he’d likely have to leave his pups alone while getting food; it’d be nice to have someone with her own experience caring for pups who can look after them during those times and, to add onto the first option, even help teach them how to hunt and survive on their own!

And heck, I personally actually like to imagine that, a little later, after she gets comfortable enough and fully overcomes her grief, Artificer would actually have a second litter with Gourmand (naratively-speaking, this would signify the completion of her character arc)! Of course it’d be a big deal for Arti, but just imagine how much fun Gourm would have exploring the new experience of getting to raise biological pups this time! And I can just see him being so, so thankful that Arti somehow managed to give him even more family to love!

Option 3: Passion

So this one’s the most personal-headcanon-based, and built off my personal depiction of Gourmand as a character. In my headcanon, Gourmand starts out as a rather reluctant leader of his colony. I have this whole idea of what specific event led to him becoming the leader, but to summarize, it seemed like a very sudden chance event at the time, yet from it he was more-or-less unanimously chosen to lead by the other Outer Expanse slugcats due to him having shown great creativity, survival skills, and protectiveness. Gourmand himself, however, doesn’t really feel he’s fit to be a leader; he’s used to an easygoing life just peacefully surviving and doing his own thing, not managing and defending an entire colony! He’s so used to seeing the simple parts of the world that he often underestimates himself, so something as “grand” as leadership often appears too great for him.

That’s where Arti comes in. I like to imagine that Artificer is extremely passionate, but that for a long time after her pups’ deaths, that passion was manifested almost exclusively as immense rage, grief, and desire for revenge against their killers. But imagine if, once she gets comfortable with Gourmand’s colony, she begins to show that passion in positive emotions! Not only would she, after seeing what he’s capable of in hunts, help him see that he IS the perfect leader for his colony, but just IMAGINE: Arti hyping Gourm up as the biggest, strongest warrior in the Expanse, just before the two prepare to take down a king vulture; or Arti patching him up after a really tough battle and assuring him he’ll be even better next time; or Arti teasing Gourm and them chasing each other around as they spar together in the OE fields; or Arti getting all dramatic as she recites tales of her epic scavenger battles to his eager pups; or Arti showering Gourm with kisses after he makes a REALLY good meal with her favorite meats!  There are SO many possibilities for hypeman Arti, and I figure that, once Gourm sees her fiery spirit used in a positive way, especially to help him and his family, he can’t help but fall for her! And this idea is part of why I like the Spicybun ship name so much - while Gourmand helps Arti mellow out, Arti literally spices up his life! They just compliment each other so perfectly!!

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MAN do I love these two so much! This is about all I have right now on this subject, but again, I’d LOVE to hear any other ideas for how Artificer would help Gourmand, or additions to these ideas! I just adore the “opposites attract” ship trope (although I personally prefer to call it “inverses attract”), and I think Artimand is easily one of the best examples of that in Rain World! 

Thank you to anyone who made it to the end of this wall of text! And let me know if I should share any more Rain World headcanons, because I’ve definitely got more!

Oh, and if you've found this, @melissa-titanium, hope you like it again! Let me know if you ever want me to stop @-ing you with these Artimand headcanons, by the way!