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kindheartedgummybears · 4 months
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I feel like I've collected all the infinity stones
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fuxuannie · 1 year
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* pairing : dan heng x gender neutral reader
* prompt : dan heng is so painfully awkward, to a point march 7th herself had enough.
* authors note : this is such an old draft that it still had my idv divider.. IM SO SLEEPYYYY T_T
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DAN HENG grumbles as he's sitting in The Archives on his.. rather sad excuse for a bed. He's staring at his phone, typing something out before letting out an unsatisfied sigh and deleting it in the same minute it was written.
March 7th walks in without knocking, again. Doing her signature walk towards Dan Heng and sitting on the floor infront of his blankets and pillows that were laid down on the floor. "What's up?" She asked, staring at him as he looks at his phone and back up at March 7th. "Uh.. how do you.. talk to someone?" His question sounded stupid but it was genuine, he wasn't entirely sure how to strike a conversation with you. He asked for your number, you happily gave it to him, but now he wasn't sure of his next move.
"..Is that a serious question?" March 7th laughed with a baffled expression, but Dan Heng's forced cough as a response was not helping his situation. "Okay. It's a serious question.. Oh my stars, I can't believe you're asking me how to hold a conversation.." She wiped away a non-existant tear from her eyes, before clearing her throat and acting all serious-like.
"So give me your phone."
"What??"
"Do you want help or not??"
"..Okay."
Dan Heng hands her his cellphone, and she stares at the screen before letting out an almost comical gasp. "YOU'RE TEXTING-" And before she could even finish, a hand was quick to cover her lips and a hushed 'Shhh.' followed right after. "You don't need to announce it to the whole damn station, March!" He hissed, slowly uncovering her mouth as she lets out a giggle. "Sorry. A little excited is all."
She stares at the little phone for a while, raising it up in the air and staring at it from various angles. As if a painter trying different angles to view their creations. "What are you doing..?" Dan Heng asked with a sigh, only gaining an index finger against his lips. "Have you tried saying 'Hello'? Maybe add in a 'This is Dan Heng, I wanted to ask how you were.' And such." March 7th suggested, handing the phone over to him as he stared at it in his hands. It was that simple, why was he overthinking so much?
After an unnecessarily long conversation about what to text, Dan Heng just groans into his pillow and March 7th sighs in defeat. He hears her type out a message, and doesn't completely mind, until he hears the 'Ding!' of a message being sent.
He slowly lifts his head up from the soft and comfortable pillow, eyes wide as he stares at March 7th. "What. did. you. send."
His surprisingly serious tone made March 7th burst into laughter. He immediately tries to reach back for his phone, but she's pulling away to try and keep it away. "I'm doing you a favor!!" She said inbetween laughs, but he eventually gets a hold of his dear device, but she's is far too busy clutching her stomach with how much shes been laughing.
His face shifts from shock to despair, his eyes go from his phone and back to March 7th, then his phone and March 7th again. This repeats a few times before he sighs in embarrassment. He leaves his phone ontop of the table near his bed and pinches the bridge of his nose, "Atleast they haven't seen it yet." He says, trying to remain positive. He hears March 7th stand, and she leans a little to stare at his phone. "Uh oh. They should really add a feature where you cam delete messages."
Maybe this is a sign to jump out the nearest window without a helmet.
It doesn't help that theres a knock on his door, you peek your head in and chuckle awkwardly. "I figured that this message had something to do with March, especially with the commotion you two were causing literally a few rooms away from my own."
The pink haired girl giggled, rubbing the back of her neck as she didn't bother to deny the accusation. You give her a small 'Can I have some alone time?' look, and she understands immediately, hopping off the small platform and walking past you with a wink. Somehow despite her playful nature March 7th truly had good intentions at heart, she saw Dan Heng as a brother, and she knew more than anyone you were the best candidate for his heart.
You sit next to him, as he buries his face in his knees, mumbling and grumbling random incoherent words. "Dan Heng?" You say softly while placing a hand on his shoulder, he lifting his head up but refused to meet your gaze. You chuckle slightly, ruffling his hair. "It's not as embarassing as you think, I promise."
He sighs, turning to look at you. "..It's not that it's embarassing.. I just, I really wanna talk to you but.. I'm not really good with the whole.. socializing thing." Dan Heng says with slight hesitation as he spoke, but you gently grab one of his hands, using both of your own to hold onto it. "It's okay, just take your time and talk to me when you're ready. But I mean, I'm here, aren't I? We can start there."
Finally, a smile seems to find it's way upon his lips. "Yeah.. You're right.
And right outside his door, March 7th and Himiko both do a silent high five as they finally got Dan Heng to do something about that damned crush of his.
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murdrdocs · 1 year
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you should totally write another enemies to lovers w ethan but like fem!reader and him get paired into a project we’re they have to take care of an egg together as if it were a baby? (like those cheesy movies LMFAO) and maybe they constantly argue about it and even try to convince their teacher to get paired into different groups but they’re forced to work together. then one night, reader has been taking care of the egg all day, she decides to go to ethan’s apartment but as soon as she leaves her apartment building she gets a call from ethan!gf (to mess w her) and at that point she’s just running to ethan’s apartment and yeah you can do the rest.
description. you're paired with ethan landry for a silly, 2000s-esque 'baby project', forced to reckon with the troubles of parenthood, and your inconsiderate feelings towards the brown haired boy.
includes. GN!reader, allusions to sex but no smut, reader curses a lot, chad's here :D
word count: 1.6k+
a/n: im so sorry it took me so long to write this but its here now :) also i changed this a bit just bc here we have the fake babies that cry and stuff and it adds drama yk and this was not supposed to be this long but enjoy nonetheless (also x2 this isn't proofread at all and it's written like an extended blurb)
anytime you said your life "was a movie" you were never serious. which is because before ending up in this class, life for you was nothing but usual teenage and young adult endeavors; parties, hanging out, spending entirely too much money.
but now, your life literally is a movie. an early 2000s movie that the production shouldn't have greenlit because it desperately flopped in the theatres and digital release, only to become a cult classic 20 years later.
however, you're stuck in that flopping at box office point, coming in the form of being assigned a project where you had to take care of an egg, then a fake baby, in a class you shouldn't have been in in the first place, and being paired with ethan landry out of all people.
you don't have anything against ethan per se, but you don't like him either. on a scale of dislike, neutral, and like, you're in the lower end of neutral with your feelings towards ethan.
he wasn't a horrible guy, but he just reminded you of the guys back home. the ones that were always unnecessarily rude and help "opinions" that were really just hate speech waiting to be turned into hate crimes. and sure, he hadn't done anything in particular to be compared to those people, but you're better off being safe than sorry.
you're sitting across from him now, a brown egg sitting between you two, and your eyes switching from glaring at the egg to glaring at ethan.
"so ... how do you wanna do the schedule?" ethan asks, fiddling with the sticker on his smoothie cup.
your glare intensifies and you sit back in your seat, crossing your arms over your chest. "i want you to know that i don't wanna do this with you."
ethan looks slightly shocked by your blunt statement, which infuriates you more. and then he says, "...okay?" like he doesn't care. asshole.
you decide to be the bigger person, taking a deep breath before you continue speaking. "okay."
it's silent for a few moments. "now that we have that cleared up, how do you wanna do the schedule?"
you and ethan decide on who should take care of the egg-baby for the first week, until you upgrade to a fake baby. that night when you go home, you send an email that is a mix between begging and demanding your professor to switch your partner.
the week was fine. it could've been better if your professor switched your partner, and if you didn't have to communicate with ethan landry more than you would have ever wanted to. but apparently, people can't always get what they want.
by the first class the following week, 3 groups have broken their egg and failed the first half of the assignment. you sit and listen to your professor lecture each and every one of you about the importance of good child care, and how taking care of the egg was the easy part. as she hands out doll babies in a carrier, and understand how lifelike the not-toy is, you start to realize just how much harder this is going to be.
"who would've known blackmore had this sort of money." chad marvels at the doll in the stroller. he has his hands on his bent knees, his brown eyes shifting to notice every detail about the doll in the stroller.
"it fucking knows how much time each of us spends with it, chad," you complain through a mouthful of burrito bowl contents. you have a little time alone since ethan had class, so you took the time to take yourself, and amelia/janice (you and ethan couldn't agree on a name) to the dining hall for lunch with chad.
"just spend time with ethan. i do it everyday."
your eyes roll so hard that you have to pause and hold a hand to your head. "easier said than done."
chad laughs a bit, sitting down in the seat across from you once again and starting to dig into his own burrito bowl.
"what's your problem with him anyway?"
"oh don't even get me started–" but he did get you started. you detail all of the things that deems ethan to be insufferable in your eyes. his abercrombie model body, his nerdy persona, his "well actually" moments, his need to correct everyone, the way he seems like he actually hates tara and sam, his not-so-subtle superiority complex. chad stops you whenever you start to mention his hair.
"just sounds to me like you're hiding your true feelings behind anger."
you don't have a response, instead opting to check your email to see your professor sending a third denial to switch partners.
you're thinking of a way you can convince her whenever ethan texts you.
'my shift? '
"gotta go," you tell chad, sliding him your tray to dispose of with a grin, feeding him an excuse about being a "busy parent now" whenever he tries to argue.
okay, truth be told, ethan landry wasn't that bad. he offered to take up shifts whenever you even alluded to being stressed about other things, he offered to buy you meals in return for watching amelia/janice for an extra half hour. he seemed like he both cared about passing this project, and you.
"just so you know, i also tried to switch partners," ethan admits with just a hint of shame in his voice, and a light pink tint to his cheeks. but you don't know if that's from his confession or the alcohol in his system.
it's the end to another grueling week taking care of amelia (ethan let janice go) and you decided to celebrate by opening a bottle of wine. you were feeling oddly good that whole week, so whenever ethan came over to drop amelia off, you invited him in for a drink.
which turned into two. which turned into a late night kitchen makeout session.
the alcohol was obviously hindering your thinking abilities because not only were you pressing ethan landry back against your counter with your body and letting his hands roam all over your figure while he kissed you, you also pulled back and stared at him wildly to ask, "wait, amelia's down for the night right?"
ethan smiles big, playing along, "yeah, she's down for the night".
his hands find the end of your shirt and the slide underneath to feel the warmth of your skin. your room was occupied by your daughter, but your roommates were out for the night and the couch was available.
you let ethan lead you there and decide that yeah, ethan landry isn't that bad.
this, is the climactic point in the film. it's so cliché that you can predict the next moments, and you don't like them.
you were walking from your apartment to ethan's, preparing to drop amelia off for ethan to take care of now that he was out of econ. you've done this same walk safely many times before, so you weren't worried about yourself at all. you had your headphones on, playing music at a low volume just in case, and there were only a few minutes left in your walk. when your phone rang, you didn't think much of it. you answered it without checking your phone, a chirpy "hello?" being your greeting.
the voice on the other hand was unrecognizable. "hello." he said it like a statement, not a question, as if he had an upper hand.
"who is this?"
"i'm ... an admirer."
a chill runs through your body and you quicken your pace. "okay? what's your name?" you're looking around, searching for people on the street to witness something just in case. but there's only 2 to 3 people walking at this late hour. what are the fucking odds.
"i go by many names. some people call me the boogey man, others their worst nightmare." he speaks slowly, methodically, with a smooth tone, a direct contrast from the fast shakiness in your voice.
"oh, yeah? why do they call you that?"
"because ... i'm known for gutting people like a fish."
you don't say anything, going to reach for your phone and hangup instead. which, you do. you hand shakes as you go to call ethan instead, but before you can click on his contact you're getting a call from him.
"ethan? thank god, i was just about to call you. some fucking weirdo called me and he was freaking me the fuck out but i'm almost at your pla–"
"you think i'm a weirdo?" the same voice.
you glance down at ethan's contact, blinking, making sure you didn't read it wrong. but it's right.
"... ethan?" you ask softly, your heart thudding intensely behind your chest.
"yes?"
"is that you?"
"uh-huh."
fucking asshole.
"you fucking asshole." the entrance to ethan's apartment building is in sight now, as is the boy himself, standing in front of the building with his phone held in one hand, and a white object in the other. the closer you get, the bigger his smile gets, and the narrower your glare gets.
you stop in front of him, shoving the stroller into his foot and pushing at his chest for good measure. "you fucking asshole!" you repeat, as if he hadn't heard you the first time.
ethan laughs, he cackles, like he just told the best joke in history. the dial tone of ethan ending the call is barely heard over the blood rushing in your ears.
"c'mon, babe," ethan tilts his head as he pockets his phone and the white object. his hands reach for you, and you flinch away the first time, but the second time you let him rest his hands on your waist and pull you into him. he places a kiss on your forehead, then your nose, before pressing a soft kiss to your lips.
"i fucking hate you." there's no bite behind your bark.
"yet you decided to have a baby with me."
stupid fucking assignment.
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biggiedraws · 11 months
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okay i just finished rewatching fma brotherhood and can we please talk about how fuckin 15 ed is. like lots of anime protagonists are 15 but ed is *so* 15.
like- he needs to disguise the car so he makes it into a 15 year olds idea of a really cool car, and its so cringe the adults force him to change it. he makes ling a sword and puts a little skull on the handle (for literally no reason except that he presumably thought it would be cool, even though they were in the middle of getting their asses kicked by envy) and then gets defensive when ling calls it lame. he gets riled up unbelievably easily over NOTHING. his fighting style is scrappy- hes experienced but not disciplined, and he'll use whatevers on hand to get the job done. he'll mess around in the middle of a fight, use unnecessarily flashy moves/weapons, and hes just generally a nuisance in combat. he gets really flustered when people insinuate that winry is his girlfriend, and then when he DOES confess to her 2 years later he uses a fucking alchemy metaphor because hes a NERD.
im saying all of this with affection by the way- hes a cringe 15 year old because 15 year olds are cringe! i feel like most of the time these high school age protagonists are basically just adult characters with more naive ideals, or theyre a bit more emotional, or they have "childish" interests. ESPECIALLY with these high stakes action-adventure stories, where the fate of the world is in their hands. but a kid can have the weight of the world on their shoulders and still handle their emotions poorly, act recklessly, goof off at inappropriate times, and generally think and act in a way that adults wouldnt. and still be mature and competent characters! i mean, ed is a GREAT protagonist. he has a full understanding of the stakes and he knows how and when to get serious. but he also does shit like breaking into a secret government laboratory, alone, in the middle of the night, with no plan, and nearly gets himself killed in the process. because hes a reckless kid! and if he HADNT done that, they never would have found out the enemys plan in time!
and its just so perfectly executed- instead of childish traits being sprinkled on top of adult problem solving and emotional regulation, him being 15 informs how he acts all the time! sometimes this is a good thing because he solves problems in a unique way, and sometimes it causes even MORE problems. its a fundamental aspect of his character that contributes to both his strong and weak points.
and my absolute favourite part is that hes still treated like a person worthy of his title and reputation- not only by the adult characters, but by the narrative itself. but he isnt treated like an adult either! the adults around him dont talk down to him, but they also dont have adult expectations of him. theres a whole bit about how the adults shouldnt stand by while the children are on the battlefield- insinuating that while the children are worthy of standing on the battlefield alongside them, they also feel some responsibility to lead them since theyre the adults. which is super reasonable! its probably the best take on adult mentor figures for child main characters ive ever seen.
and yeah theres an argument to be made that it was pretty fucked up of mustang to recruit ed to the military at 12 years old. but he was super upfront with him about what it would entail and didnt force him into it. so watching it as an adult, yeah, its fucked up. but the target audience is kids and thats how kids want to be treated! yeah its a lot of responsibility, but ed knew that going in AND he has a huge support network of trustworthy adults who are looking out for him. hes fine. and hes DEFINITELY better off than most high school age protagonists, who are just sort of thrust into high stakes, life-threatening situations with little guidance. the dynamic is less "you are The Chosen One who will singlehandedly save the world" and more "i mean you certainly have the skills and we really appreciate you working with us but what the fuck is a child doing in the military. who authorized this?? youre going to get yourself killed PLEASE be more careful!" and like. if youre gonna have a show about a 15 year old saving the world, then thats definitely the way to do it.
and what really seals the deal is how pissed ed gets when people treat him like a kid. thats the most 15 year old thing ever! he FEELS like hes being talked down to and disrespected just because hes not given the same expectations and responsibilities as the adults. watching it as a 20 year old im super impressed by the way the adults treat ed, but i can also understand why ed gets so frustrated. its the nature of being a teenager and thinking you can handle more than you can. which really just solidifies how fuckin 15 he is
btw im not saying ed is the only well written teenager in the show. hes just the clearest example- hes so LOUD about who he is and it makes it really easy to talk about his character traits. also hes like my favourite character ever and i just have to talk about him. so like al and the rest are also really convincing kids, and a lot of this stuff kind of applies to all of them! im just talking about ed because i want to lmfao
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delulluart · 4 months
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you stole sirlsplayland recent painting and you now it or are you saying its a coincidence lol
hi anon,
on one hand i appreciate that you care (as i do too) about copyright, but on the other hand i beg all of you to take 2 seconds to learn how the platforms you use work.
because then you wouldve noticed that this is the date of my original post: 06.09.2023.
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what you are referring to was yesterdays reblog. the reblog of my FOUR MONTHS OLD artwork.
Sirlsplayland (not gonna tag her and drag her into this drama unnecessarily) posted yesterday, 14.01.2024 evening (my time).
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so please tell me how i stole anything? (and even IF it hadnt been a reblog, it wouldve been pretty impressive to make my painting in under an hour, dang am i a fast painter!)
ALSO, and this is very important: she didnt steal either, alright? Artists use reference pics all the time. 2? 3? years ago i got a screenshot from some smutty clip sent from a friend among a bunch of ref pics to choose from for a drawing and i saved the rest for later use (as artists do; you always think youll need /that one pic/ later, like a dad who keeps pieces of wood, screws and random chargers just in case - and then used it for this requested painting. she just had a similar screencap from the clip and had the same idea. its funny, it happens, theres no bad intent by anyone here. shes an amazing artist with a big ass portfolio of great artwork and i like her version of the same pic (and love to see how all of us find creative ways to fight the nipple police)
Im sorry if i come across a bit rude here, but there has been so much negativity going on and with a VERY simple check of the time stamp before accusing someone of something that serious, you could have avoided this drama. i DO appreciate that you confront people on possible theft, i really do, but please, please, check the time stamps.
tl;dr: nobody stole anything; artists use reference pics. we are all cool. the end.
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cartoonrival · 1 month
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3 15 16 22 smirks
3. screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr
ok if im being honest im STILL thinking about ytp/exploding hotdogs inthe micrwave-amy. NO SHE WOULD FUCKING NOTTTTT you guys just think that any girl liking traditionally feminine things automatically = no personality so the only way you can wrap your head around "fixing her" is making her less "girly". im still going to war over what ppl are doing to amy. literally no one on the planet understands amy like i do and shes not even one of my faves. i dont even enjoy understanding her like she's my own daughter i do it like its an obligation like im legally required. i also recently learned that "does naruto having blonde hair and blue eyes mean he's white-coded" is legitimate discourse and i fr think you all need serious help
15. that one thing you see in fanart all the time
ok this is my biggest hater opinion and i KNOWWWW its like unnecessarily pissy so i havent said antyhing abt it until now but i think you might understand me. I DONT LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE GIVE SHADOW SOME LITTLE THING TO TAKE CARE OF. I DONT LIKE HIS CHAO AND I DONT LIKE [expunged for my and others' safety] AND I DONT LIKE WHEN PEOPLE JUST GIVE HIM CATS. HE CANT TAKE CARE OF LITTLE CREATURES HE DOESNT CARE TO DO THAT HE DOESNT WANT TO HE JUST DOES NOT HAVE THE CARETAKERS SOUL LIKE HES NOT DOING THAT. HES NOT DOING THAT. BUT PPL DRAW IT ALLLLL THE TIMEE.......... IS THERE NO OTHER WAY WE CAN SHOW HIS SOFT SIDE THEN GIVING HIM SOME LITTLE CREATURE. HES NOT DOING THAT SHIT!!!!!!!!!! its so stupid bc its not even like ooc NECESSARILY i mean his chao exists in at least some canons and theres nothing really saying it COULDNT happen and its such a harmless thing to be a hater about BUT I HATE ITTTTTT also when ppl make the hedgehogs wag their tails BE SO SERIOUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)
literally every ship with amy. i think you guys just are desperate to ship her w someone. AROACE AMY SWEEP. ASK ME ABOUT MY AROACE AMY AGENDA!!! also i know youve talked about this 1 million times but i cannot fucking stand how the greater fandom talks about scourge bc none of them even KNOW HIM AT ALL and miss literally EVERYTHING that makes his character interesting and fun bc you didnt even READ ARCHIE you just decided to take this one dude out and sand him of everything of note so you can make him a sad little meow meow ToT SONIC HAS PLENTY OF SAD LITTLE MEOW MEOWS CANT A GUY JTSU SUCK??? CANT HE JUST BE A TERRIBLE LOSER? COME ONNNNNNN but ofc you wouldnt understand bc you didnt even READ ARCHIEEEEEE.
22. your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores
JULIE SU. JULIE SU. JULIE SU ALWAYS. theres literally so much that could be said and expanded upon w her family and background and not even in the way that canon didnt give her anything at all and you gotta diy everything, shes SUCH A FUN CHARACTER shes so funny and such a jerk and everyone writes her off as "girl knuckles" so fast that they wont even LOOK at how much unique personality she has and how UNIQUE her relationship w knuckles is LIKE.... ken penders actually gave js a fun and unique and dope personality, the FANS are the ones writing her off as girl knuckles. ummmmm its not looking good for you people! and theres the assumption ig that all the romances in archie just suck bc theres sort of a lot of them, obviously i dont like every one COUGHken and sallyCOUGH but like ToT KNUXSU IS SO SO SO GOOD.... THE WAY THEY TALK TO EACH OTHER IS SO GOOD like you guys wipe every characters personality to put them in a ship, then talk about knuxsu as if thats the issue with it and why you dont like it, but. ITS NOT EVEN LIKE THAT. AND IF IT WAS SHOULDNT YOU LIKE THAT SORT OF SLOPim sounding like lorillee rn. QPR KNUXSU AGENDA WILL NEVER DIE
and in the same vein as js, lien da also. ppl just in passing say that either shes hot or shes ugly and no one talks about that creepy as fuck issue where eggman surgically put her back together. that issue was so fucking dope. shes so awesome. i love you lien da you are terrible and i love you.
obviously literally just all of archie. nobody talks about archie. i fucking love archie but everyones too scared. i wish i could make that au
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pigeon-toes · 1 month
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SORRY I AM IN YOUR ASKS AGAIN IM SOO NERVOUS ABT WHATEVER FAMILY FUED SEEMS TO BE GOING ON AT THE HEARTH BC ARLE ISNT GOOD. BUT ALSO GIRL WHY ARE YOU FIGHTING YOUR KIDS ⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️ she’s got a solid 5.5/10 on the dad scale but I’m scared it might go lower 😔
I’m also really excited about arlecchino’s character alone like I’m huffing my copium on the fucked up vigilante justice maybe oriented arle agenda but I know it’s not happening but like??? Something something she judges the sins of the ones who’s wrongdoings are so bad they can only be judged by a fellow sinner. Her grim reaper vibes are off the charts istg
HAPPY TO HOST YOU IN MY INBOX!
My interpretation from what we can see in the trailer is that freminet and the others do something that directly goes against a mission Arle has, a mission so important that she told neuvilette she wouldnt do any other missions in fontaine unless absolutely necessary if given the permission to go forward.
Arlecchino is obviously a strict parent, but it's reiterated more than once in the hearth siblings' voicelines and character stories that she isn't unnecessarily harsh. She scolds, but there's no note of her punishments being violent in any normal circumstance.
Freminet's character stories even say that, after she succeeded the previous head of the Hearth; "Even if they [the children] failed, they wouldn't be subjected to the searingly painful punishments they had previously."
That on top of similar comparisons to the previous director, where Freminet feels that under her control, the Hearth became a place of refuge.
All that to say, I believe that there has to be something serious at play here for her to actually fight them, probably related to her core goals as a character-- which we don't know yet, so who's to say what it could be.
Whatever it is, its definitely something very significant from Arlecchino's perspective.
[Also, I don't think youre all that far off with your vigilante idea considering Lyney's story about how she saved Lynette! Shes very "angel of death" coded to me.]
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Ok, wait. Im currently on my third relisten of TMA and I'm at Mag 107 Third Degree. Jon is poking around America following Gertrude's trail and he just found out about Gerry's death and subsequent skin book entry.
And that has always bothered me to a degree.
I just couldn't figure out why Gertrude would do that. It seemed unnecessarily cruel and oddly pointless. At first I thought it was because she needed him for something or just didn't want to lose him, but when Jon interviews him he doesn't seem to have much in the way of information, and Gertrude doesn't strike me as the overly sentimental type; and if she needed him, why would she leave America without his page? She was able to talk herself out of being arrested, and she had plenty of determination and resources as well as a good six months before her own death if she wanted to get the book back, but it just... didn't happen. I just didn't understand why she would go to all that trouble to put him in the skin book and then just... leave him there.
And then... I had a thought.
Did... did Gertrude put Gerry in the skin book to prevent him from coming back as an avatar? Because Gerry died of a serious brain tumor and Trever Herbert had lung cancer when he gave his statement and died in the institute and then just got up and went about his business. And dying is sort of a right of passage into becoming a fully fledged avatar, right? Was Gerry becoming an avatar??? His entire life he was constantly surrounded by fear, (first as a child with Mary and her Leitners, then as an adult with Gertrude at the institute) so there is no way he wasn't affected by all that. The guy had a reputation! He was constantly interacting with people who were marked or in some kind of trouble! even if he wasn't in it to scare people, he was still around them while they were experiencing that terror. There is no way he didn't attract the attention of ONE fear entity that entire time.
And if he was becoming an avatar, what entity was he aligned with? I know The Eye seems like the obvious choice, what with his tattoos and working at the institute, but I'm not sold on the idea. Gertrude and Mary (and presumably Gerry as well) were very careful to walk the tightrope between entities, never giving themselves over to just one, and if Gerry was eye aligned I would think that Gertrude would not approve. To me the tattoos seem almost like a preventative measure of some kind? Connecting himself to Beholding to prevent another fear from sinking its claws into him. Personally, I feel it is more likely he was part of The Hunt (tracking down Leitners for Mary and rituals for Gertrude) or The Desolation (destroying things that are precious to other avatars like the Leitners or rituals). Hunt seems more likely in the long run, especially since we find Gerry's page with two avatars of the hunt. Just saying.
Idk. Maybe this has already been discussed at length somewhere in the community, but if it was I certainly missed it, and it has been bothering me for years.
tl;dr - Gertrude put Gerry in the skin book to prevent him being reborn as an avatar
I need to go lie down
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fluffiwrites · 1 year
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RAHHH I had to write these two im sorry they’re perfect💕💕
Lee!Link, Ler!Midna!! Tws: Tickle fic, empty death threat at the end. <33
The Hero? Ticklish?
“Do you not ever know when to shut up?” Link snarked, hopping over an unnecessarily big tree root as the two companions traversed through the forest.
“Do you ever know how to stop being a cocky brat?” She retorted, giving his side an emphasising squeeze.
Though, Link didn’t react how she expected him to..he laughed? ..Why would he.. Oh..Ohh.
His eyes widened, realising what’d just happened.
“My, my..what do we have here?” A wide smirk grew across Midna’s face as Link stopped in his tracks, completely still.
As frozen as his body, a nervous smile was plastered on his face as he spoke, “M-Midna…Don’t you dare.”
She snickered, “Wow, so serious! Why don’t you loosen up a little? You’re awfully tense, Linky~” The imp grinned, gently digging her fingers into Link’s sides.
He gasped & squeaked, shooting his hands to her wrists.
Midna giggled, “Aww is something the matter? Feeling a little ticklish?” Chills ran down his back once she said that word, stammering as he searched for a snobby comeback, his cheeks only burning more & more as Midna spidered along his ribs.
“I’m n-not —ah! t-tii-hihihi!!” He squeezed his eyes shut, avoiding the look on Midna’s face as he began to break.
She worked her way up Link’s sides, chuckling at every giggle & flinch she got out of him. The hero yelped, his knees buckling from below him when she reached that spot.
“Jackpottt~~” His voice continuously cracked as high-pitched yet muffled laughter bubbled from his hand-covered mouth, quickly lowering into an adorable sweet laugh, loud & genuine.
“Awww look at that~ you’re blushing!! Listen to your little squeaks!!” She cooed, “Do it again, Linky!!”
“Nohohohoo—MihidnaAA!!” He soon descended into a cackling blushy mess, desperately trying to hide his flushed face, squealing & kicking his feet into the ground, “Nohot thEHEre!!”
“Not where? Here?” She drilled into his sensitive hollows, teasing at the ticklish skin, her nails clawing unbearably.
Any attempts Link made to resist were useless now, shrill laughter pouring out as Midna skittered her fingers rapidly up & down his torso, bringing & pinning his hands above his head.
“My, is the fate of Hyrule really in the hands of such a ticklish hero?”
Link whined through his laugh, which was quickly becoming silent, reducing to quiet wheezes & a pounding chest. Midna let up, with a final flutter behind his ears.
Link took a moment to regain his breath before complaining through his leftover giggles, “You’re so horrihid!!”
“Oh, really?” She giggled, “Did you tell me to stop?”
His face grew a even deeper red than it already was, & the expression on it was priceless, he threw his head into his hands, the other howling in the background.
“Yeah, yeah, hilarious. Just shut up & carry on walking.” He grumbled.
“Okay Grouchy sorry you’re so ticklish.”
“Sh-Shut up!!” She broke into laughter again,
“You’re just so easy!!” She teased.
“Yeah alright..don’t ever tell anyone about this, Midna.”
“Or what?”
“I’ll kill you.”
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justagirl-with-aphone · 10 months
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-My personal support- (Pt.2)
~Prohero!Bakugo x Support team reader (not proof-read)
It's been about a week give or take since your first encounter with the Pro hero, and let's just say he meant what he said. Most days, The blonde comes in, you take measurements, ask about what he's looking for and he continues with his hero work. But this doesn't mean that he makes it easy for you...
It's like he's trying to be as difficult as possible. Today was much like every other day, Dynamite making your job unnecessarily difficult, withholding information, moving while you're trying to take measurements, and just being an overall dick. But the worse part? The flirting. The lingering eyes, and remarks, the way he eyes you and leans in when talking to you... You know he just wants to get a reaction out of you, but you can't stop your cheeks from growing pink and hot.
"He's doing this shit on purpose!" you rant over the phone to one of your best friends. Mina. You've known her for quite a while and knowing that she's been around Bakugo since their UA days, you figure she'd understand better than anyone. "I swear he's trying to make me quit! I mean what does he gain? If I wasn't so worried about keeping this job, I swear I would-"
"You would, what princess?" A low voice breaths close to your ear.
Quickly you turn around only to have your wrist grabbed and pulled by the one and only, dynamite. "What? cat got your tongue? say it to my face why don't cha?" He smirks, taunting you.
"Let go of me." you struggle, a fruitless attempt against the Pro hero's grip. You weren't weak by any means, he was just THAT strong.
You fell quiet upon meeting his gaze. He stared straight into your soul as if he was studying it. The ash blonde leaned in to whisper in your ear.
"After all I've done for you? You threaten me? I could've fired you leaving you out on the streets. Yet, all that talk and you don't even have the guts to say it to my face. Pathetic." He sneered, pushing you to sit on your desk.
"But how could I drop a pretty thing like you? You're stubborn, I'll give you that, but I'm having fun with my new plaything."
You up at him, wide eyes, this man was a hero? Did he call you a 'plaything?' questions you didn't have time to answer before Bakugo grabbed your chin forcing you to look at him. He had a serious look in his eye with a hint of guilt. "I'm giving you a chance to quit right now, no guilt, you can go back to your old job and we can forget everything." YOu were taken aback by this. My old job? a chance to stop the constant teasing? It would make your job a lot easier but you knew, deep down that you liked the attention from the man...
The next day rolled around and you made it your goal to put Bakugo through what he put you through every day. As soon as he walked in, you greeted him by pushing him onto the couch.
"Pro heroes shouldn't be resting on the job you know. I could report you for this." You snickered, catching the Blonde off guard, he scoffed.
"You're more lively than usual, aren't cha? He rolled his eyes but smirked...
I wrote this at 3 in the morning, so bear with me ToT
Thank you so much for reading! also so sorry I haven't posted in a while, Im packing because I'm going to a convention!!!
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astrababyy · 2 years
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stans always say that antis moralize shit too much, bringing up concerns about the ic’s actions when it’s “not that serious”, but these are also the same people who will cry about how terrible tamlin and nesta are because he locked feyre in a house and nesta let feyre hunt.
meanwhile, feyre’s destabilized an entire fucking court and felt proud of that — which is not only a war crime, but caused the invasions of summer and actively contributed to the fall of the wall because she made the utterly dumb decision to destabilize the ONE court keeping hybern from his goal.
rhys terrorizes the vast majority of his court like the dictator he claims is jUsT aN aCt. he legit sold them all out to amarantha, letting her torture them so he could protect one freaking city that was already hidden from her view. he groped and debased feyre utm, and he twisted her broken arm and forced her into a deal with him. he is constantly lording his power over others, especially the other high lords, which is just freaking pathetic. he’s got no damn respect for others, clearly shown from his insistence on taking the book from tarquin instead of asking. not to mention that whole pregnancy subplot in acosf.
don’t even get me started on the rest of the inner circle. like, you wanna like them? sure, i don’t give af. im not gonna go around calling you an abuse apologist for liking rhysand. but don’t sit here and say we’re unnecessarily moralizing shit in a book about murderous faeries when, in the same vein, the author herself (and a lot of stans) legit does the exact same thing. like there is no world in which maas can stuff a moral scale into these books and not be a hypocrite without it being anything beyond the characters’ own spite. but guess what? SHE DOES IT ANYWAY.
so yes im going to keep talking about how terrible rhys is as a character. yes im going to keep talking about how much the ic sucks. and 80% of the time, idec when characters are horrible people, but when the author herself and the freaking fandom sit there and say with their full chest that they’ve done nothing wrong, that’s when im like ???no??? ESPECIALLY when they call other people abuse apologists for liking characters they constantly try to moralize like no just no.
so keep your stupid contradictory morality in these books idc, but it means that i am going to judge the absolute unapologetic fuck out of your favs.
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misspickman · 10 months
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curious about all of them but ESPECIALLY theory: existence is a mirror 👀
oh ive been wrestling with this one for a while and probably will continue to, its a tim's mental issues fic bc ive seen a lot of stuff about him being depressed/passively or actively suicidal but none of it really sat right with me so im trying to figure out how i think this would manifest with the character, but its tim and hes difficult. much to think about. so unfortunately this wip is a mess and im not working on it actively bc its so hard to get the vibes right and its frustrating. anyway heres a bit
“Don't you have anything better to do,” Leslie asks—complains—as she digs out a bullet out of his shoulder on a beautiful Friday night, “than run around clobbering people all night?” 
“Crime doesn't sleep.” 
“No, but you should. And you are not the only one for this job, are you?” she points out. Rightfully. Tim still feels unnecessarily defensive and just barely stops himself from trying to prove to her how needed he is out there, actually. “You're too young for this to be the only thing you do.”
That takes him aback. This is the sort of conversation that Leslie usually unleashes on Bruce. It feels… painfully unearned to be getting it in his place. 
He doesn't want to be a part of this discussion. He'll leave that to Bruce, Leslie and Alfred to ponder over, and he can go back to his work as soon as Leslie's done wrapping up his shoulder. The only reason he's here and not doing it in front of his bathroom mirror anyway is because Helena decided to play protective and basically dumped him in front of Leslie's door, and would not let him leave even if he tried. 
It's really not that serious. It's just a shoulder. 
“With all due respect, Leslie—” 
“Tim,” she cuts him off, taking none of it, “with all due respect, you are twenty one and sitting in my clinic with a bullet wound on a Friday night. And I know you're out there every night. Do you even socialize?” 
Tim bristles. It's embarrassing, and makes him feel just as young as she's treating him. “That's none of your business.” 
It doesn't feel good, being rude to Leslie, but it's an instinctive reaction. Tim is well sick and tired of people trying to tell him how to live his life. 
He thinks back on his last attempt to talk to a person his age who isn't involved in any of his vigilante life. He even likes Buzz, he wouldn't mind reconnecting with him, which is what he assumes the sudden invitation was about, but there's nothing like a miserable social interaction where you can't think of a single non-incriminating thing to say to drive home just how unadjusted you are to having a civilian life. 
It had been easier before, back when he had dad and Dana to keep happy with lies, and was basically forced to keep a normal life. Scratch that, it wasn't easier; he agonized over keeping secrets every waking second, he kept two messy lives and never seemed to make enough time for either of them, but it did mean he had some semblance of a normal life. He hadn't thought of it that way back then, but he can see it now. There's none of that left. 
Now, he has more than enough time to dedicate himself to being Red Robin instead of Tim Drake. He thinks he's been doing a pretty good job of it—except, nobody else seems to share his opinion. 
“You'll run yourself ragged until there's nothing left but the cowl,” she says, and Tim has an inkling that this is far from the first time she's said those words.
(title from this poem bc u know. vibes)
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mbti-notes · 2 years
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Anon wrote: Hello, so i want to ask you something. I have been in a 'friendship' with one of my friend. She have lots of problem like trust issue, abandon issue, father and mother issue, also feel related to yanderes and etc. There times I try to ask her to go to a pyschiatrist and a therapist but she reject it cause of her not wanting to talk to a stranger and tell them about her problem but ya.
Everytime she vent it always drains me inside like at the first time she vent I try helping her but she always denies ir but now its been months she been venting to me and everytime i see her chat I always get drained. Idk what to do tbh, like im glad she feel comfortable to me to open up her problem but it also makes me guilty that i feel drained cause of her venting to me. I give her advice, she reject it. She has said that she knows her way of thinking is bad but she also says she doesnt want to change her mindset. Tbh ya i try my best to listen to her but its damn hard to do. Both of us is still young and I tbh dont know what to do anymore.
Soo I want to ask what should I do, I'm glad she's comfortable to open up but i felt guilty that I'm mentally tired hearing her. Im also curious on have you experienced like this ? And also I like to apologize if this doesnt make sense. Thank you in advance ^^
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Question for reflection: Do you genuinely believe that you are an equal member of a relationship? Are your needs, preferences, and wants just as important as the other person's? If you answer 'yes' to these questions, then your beliefs should inform your decisions, so where is the proof of your principles? What actions have you taken to assert your needs, preferences, and wants?
If you say "nothing" (so far) because you feared creating a conflict and/or hurting your friend, then it is a lie that you see and treat yourself as an equal member of the relationship. Her behavior is having a harmful effect on you and has been for awhile, but you kept putting yourself aside to satisfy her needs?
If you wait until you are close to "fed up" before doing anything, how do you think the communication will go, considering the pent up resentment/anger you then harbor? You are more likely to play a "blame game", which will make it very difficult for the both of you to discuss and negotiate calmly and maturely. This is why it is of the utmost importance that you learn to confront relationship problems as soon as possible. The longer you leave them, the more they fester. A lot of relationships break up for seemingly trivial reasons because those "trivial" things went unaddressed and became unnecessarily severe problems.
Healthy relationships need to have a sense of equal give-and-take. When your needs go unsatisfied, your preferences dishonored, and/or your desires dismissed, it is incumbent upon you to speak up and advocate for yourself, in order to right the imbalance. Ideally, this should be done through skillful communication, please consult the article about Communicating Through Conflict.
Two people are bound to run into some differences and disagreements at some point. A vital aspect of friendship is a willingness to readjust behavior as necessary to prevent harm and keep the relationship in a healthy space. If you meet someone who's stubbornly unwilling to examine the ways in which they hurt/harm you and refuse to change for the better, they are not your friend and not worth your continued investment of time, feeling, and energy.
It's neither your duty nor your job to be a therapist or a nanny for people. These caregiving tasks do NOT fall under the role of "friend". That said, an important part of friendship is lending each other help and support, but it has to be within reasonable and mutually agreed upon bounds. Psychological problems of the kind you list are serious matters that require specialized expertise to address. You do not have that professional expertise, and even if you did, you do not owe it to a friend to provide it, because there should be a healthy boundary between personal and professional life. Also, without the right expertise in psychology, your "help" has the potential to be harmful rather than helpful, because you don't know what you're doing.
Respect your needs and boundaries, which means you have to be aware of what is/isn't acceptable to you and where you will draw the line to protect your own well-being.
Communicate your needs and boundaries in a respectful, responsible, and matter-of-fact manner, as soon as the problem arises, before negative emotions get the better of you.
Make a reasonable request of people to fulfill your needs and honor your boundaries (out of care/love for you).
The rest is in their hands. You can't control how other people behave or react. All you can do is communicate to the best of your ability and hope that people meet you halfway for reaching a suitable compromise.
Listening to people's problems, empathizing with them, comforting them, helping them, etc, costs you mental energy and brings you emotional hardship. When you are required to control and manage your emotions for the sake of other people's well-being, it is called emotional labor. A friend isn't entitled to your emotional labor nor should they demand it from you; you should choose to give it willingly, out of love and care.
However, you are just one person, with limited energy and capacity to perform emotional labor. Thus, when you have reached your limit, it's up to you to inform people and stop them from violating your personal boundary. Simply convey that, while you value the friendship and are willing to offer what help you can, there is a limit as to how much emotional labor you can perform, and you hope they can care for your well-being in return by not pushing you past your limits.
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laundryandtaxes · 2 years
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do you have experience w ppl close to you mis-understanding/interpreting your stances on gender critique? how did you resolve it? my friend agrees with the meaning of what i say but keeps calling me a bigot for not using the exact wording she expected to hear (literally just 1 word) even after i explained why & changed my words to fit her expectations... this isn't the first time she's done this and im tired
My current approach is mostly to just not lie about what I think. The advantages of this are numerous: that I never have to worry about someone uncovering some baseline bigotry in what I think because it isn't there, that I never have to worry about someone ELSE misrepresenting what I say because once I've said something I can simply refer back to it directly, that I never have to worry about accidentally or purposefully telling a lie. Of course it has caused some offense with people I know, but frankly it's been minimal, partly because I also just don't go out of my way to discuss gender politics with people I think are unprepared to discuss them, and when I do discuss them I take some efforts not to be unnecessarily inflammatory while also making sure not to just lie about what I think. If your friend hasn't absolutely just unfriended you by now and was even open to discussing your ideas, let alone is guilty of agreeing with them, that means she is likely open to discussing the ideas themselves at the heart of the questions you're discussing. If she likes to read, I think Material Girls by Kathleen Stock is perhaps the single best rundown I've read that seems to be designed pretty specifically with serious fence-sitters in mind. But there's not much need to push this in my honest opinion- if she's thinking about it, she will think about it more, and if she hasn't blocked you yet she will likely be very amendable to simply not discussing it further right now. Sometimes we just disagree with our friends, but this is one of those topics where so little questioning, even earnest and honest and good faith questioning, is allowed, that if she's allowing even a little bit she's firstly just about as guilty as you are and secondly quite likely to want to discuss this more with you over time. No need to push it aggressively, in my opinion.
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night-dark-woods · 1 year
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just finished the luminous dead by caitlin starling (scifi survival horror, the scifi is incidental to the plot tho), it was REALLY good. 4/5.
on a small mining planet a woman named Gyre fakes her credentials to take a dangerous but high paying caving job, and then the book is about the relationship that develops between her and her secretive handler Em, and the psychological effects of being along in the cave for weeks at a time inside a sealed suit.
REALLY fun premise, lots of details abt like, suit design and cave structures and stuff, im a big fan of survival stuff anyway (hatchet, my side of the mountain, etc were big hits when i was little), a horribly codependent relationship between desperate lying women, whats not to love?
i think my only quibble was there were a few repeated descriptive phrases that were only repeated Once, so it was rly hard to tell if it was a stylistic choice to represent gyre losing touch w reality, or just poor editing missing a repeated phrase? like a sump (water-filled cave) was described as a "murky hellscape" (the repeated phrase was longer but i dont have the book handy atm) on two consecutive pages, but it didnt feel like an important or weighty line that was worth repeating, and didnt come up again. thats not a serious complaint tho just me being unnecessarily nitpicky for no reason lol.
i have no memory of what my metrics i used on the last books were and tbh i care less about them on books i really liked so! good book. very cool.
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ask-the-seven-sins · 1 month
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my introduction losers
Sup nerds, my name is Zaki, also known as Zee.
some quick fire info about me before I start writing paragraphs:
my sin is pride, literally the best sin.
I’m an artist, mostly traditional, though all of my Sin art is digital because I felt like it lol.
I have a tendency to make terrible puns.
I have an incredibly amount of interests but we’ll save those for the paragraphs lmao.
I DESPISE painting I cannot paint for shit!^^ (don’t take this to mean I hate painters, I have so much respect for y’all like how do you do it?!?)
I play a rather unhealthy amount of video games.
I want to do cosplay but I’m also BROKE :P
anyway now for the paragraph of the shit I’m into, if you don’t like any of these things that’s cool but if you’re gonna force your dislikes on me I am perfectly happy to fight anyone:
ahem.
Guilty Gear, Art, Undertale, Deltarune, Omori (kind of), Bungo Stray Dogs, Hazbin Hotel, Rainbow Six Siege, Helluva Boss, Lackadaisy, Lego, Neon Signs, Star Wars, COMEDY DEAR GOD I LOVE COMEDY, Cheating past code (I can’t write code but I’m scarily good at beating others peoples code), Reading, sculpture (I can’t do it but boy do I love it), Cyberpunk as a franchise, Steampunk as an athstetivtcc idfk how to spell it yk what I mean, ARCANE holy shit I love arcane, I haven’t played a minute of LOL in my life but I love arcane, cool jackets, making unnecessarily complicated weapons out of cardboard, cosplay even though I don’t have the money or patience to do it myself, and finally firearms and mideival weapons, the more obscure the better.
hoo boy now I’m onto things I dislike (yooks, Gnash, cas, Ives, lamp, cath, I’m so sorry for the hate I’m bout to bring onto this blog)
I have a couple things I dislike, if you don’t like me disliking these things that’s fine, but I also don’t care.
Educators who see themselves as above their students.
90% of the current worlds governments. I’m not an anarchist, but the current governments haven’t a fucking clue.
politicians as a whole, with the exception of the Ukrainian president that man is a legend. (I love comedians)
Religious people who force their beliefs on others. It is primary Christians who do this so they’re the main dislike here.
spiders
children of any age below like 7 owning a console that shi wiilldd.
none of this is super serious, also I think I got slightly caught up in my opinions but my pronouns are He/She, I’m Bigender so use either He/Him or She/Her!! Im just a silly guy/gal so if you hate on me for my opinions get a life losersss!!! I’ll prolly be posting more here, so cya around!
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