#UHHH. okay yeah

[astrxealis]

prommmmmmmmmm i'm fine w not going w anyone but i kinda do bcs !!!!!

#⋯ ꒰ა starry thoughts ໒꒱ *·˚ #no one in my school interests me lol. + we're all girls but also not rlly bcs gender but yk. afab all #ughhhhh i wont say any more than that but <//3 grrr my school and the parents!!! <//3 ANYWAYS. #man idk much people from other schools. n the ppl i do im not interested in that way at all #but theyre nice friends so if ever As Friends sure but also LOL sorry but rather not T___T #lowkey tempted to just quickly meet other people or ask my friend from another school to introduce me to yeahs LMFAOOO #LMFAO wait idk if i finished writing for that tag #me and my friends have a couple of ideas mhm #UHHH. okay yeah #idk i wna have a good prom :] its kinda uhhh Shy #but also i want the experience even if the ph is boring and so is my school!!!!! #i like girls but i do sorta prefer guys but also idk i may not have a preference #it depends fr. also idk if i even experience romantic attraction properly so thats that too #but yeah hopin for the best <3

[sunshines-child]

Circe, Witch of Aiaia

I have drawn Circe so many times and i've finally settle on a design that is largely different but I like a lot

#on that note who the fuck thought Aiaia was a good name #it sounds like an asian parent when they look at your report car and see an A- #aiyahh repeated twice #like what were they doing #"I've created this cool character she's a witch and she's part of Odysseussy's journey! #okay Homer where does she live? #Uhhh Aiaiaiaiiaiaiaiaiaia #Oh Aiaia? Smart #...yeah #epic the circe saga #odyseussy #circe #circe saga #epic the musical #odysseus #the odyssey

[feniksido]

What did they think was going to happen if they won?

#my art #enver gortash #the dark urge #durgetash #bg3 #baldur’s gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 spoilers #UHHH SO YEAH LIKE I KINDA GAVE UP HALFWAY THROUGH BUT ITS OKAY IT LOOKS GOOD STILL AS LONG AS I DONT LOOK TOO CLOSE #zenith #forgot to tag the man himself #WELL #OH YEAH special thanks to mr the fuckitwebhaal for letting me bounce ideas off his dome (brain) ((skull)) #theres just so much i wanna say and yet im blanking on the words #tumblr please dont kill the quality im begging youuuuuuuuuuuu

[scificrows]

Okay, my brain refuses to think about anything other than Murderbot, so I looked at every use of the word "friend[s]" in TMBD and... created some pie charts. Normal human activities.

Some Thoughts™ I had while putting this together (under the cut):

In All Systems Red, Murderbot notes that the PresAux crew are all close friends (twice! and goes on to explain their internal relationships which I think is very cute). This is pretty much the only use of 'friends' in ASR, except for when Murderbot says that SecUnits can't be friends with each other.

It seems that this may be one of the first times Murderbot has ever really been around a group of friends before? Murderbot notes that this is not the norm for its contracts and admits that the fact that they are all friends and the way they interact with each other make it actually enjoy that contract (before!!!! the hostile attack, so it already enjoys this contract before they start seeing it as a person etc ghghhhh). [Inference: Friendship seems enjoyable.]

The first character that calls Murderbot its friend is ART in Artificial Condition. Murderbot immediately refutes this (and then goes on to call ART its friend to its clients for the rest of the book). [Inference: Maybe ART is Murderbot's friend. And maybe that is... agreeable]

Rogue Protocol has more than twice as many instances of the word 'friend' as any of the other novellas. Why? Miki. Friendship and its implications for non-humans are a central theme because Miki is friends with everyone. Murderbot initially scoffs at the notion that Miki and Miki's humans are friends. At the end of the book, after witnessing how desperately Don Abene tried to stop Miki from trying to save them, and her grief after its death, Murderbot has to admit that she had in fact been Miki's friend. [Inference: Humans can be friends with bots and can sincerely care about them]

In Exit Strategy, Murderbot tentatively uses the word "friends" for its humans for the first time (several times actually). It questions whether it can actually call them its friends or not and later realizes that it had been afraid what admitting that the humans are its friends would do to it. At the end of the book, Mensah tells Murderbot the PresAux crew are its friends, which is the first time a human has directly said that to it (at least on-page). [Inference: Humans can and want to be Murderbot's friends]

In Network Effect, Murderbot seems to be more habituated to the word 'friend', confidently calling ART and Ratthi its friends, like it is no longer just trying the concept on unsure if it fits. There are many instances in which other characters refer to MB as ART's friend or the other way around and Murderbot's humans refer to Murderbot as their friend several times. Generally, there seems to be less hesitancy, because yes, all of them are Murderbot's friends, why wouldn't they be. [Inference: SecUnits can have friends. This SecUnit has friends. They care about it a lot.]

Conclusion: The Murderbot Diaries tell the story of a construct that does not seem to consider the possibility of friendship for itself and is fine with that - until it accidentally starts caring a little too much and suddenly more and more people annex it as a friend (ew) to the point where it can no longer deny that this is happening and has to begrudgingly admit that yes, it has friends now and maybe that is actually not a bad thing.

#the murderbot diaries #murderbot #𓄿 #hi i'm READY to write a thesis about murderbot i am having way too much fun with this #i created a pretty excel spreadsheet and everything #i don't know why i did this but now i can look at them while i think about this more! so i figured i'd share them haha #i didn't count uses of 'friendly' but special shoutout to when MB is all alone in its cold cubicle missing 20% of its body mass #and starts putting on a show because 'the friendly noise would keep it company' 😭😭 #i feel sick thinking about murderbot all alone on its own not knowing what its like to have friends watching media for 'the friendly noise' #also YES okay i wanted to make a point about miki there but i just #couldn't bring myself to talk about that more so... yeah #also uhhh this data is very subjective #i didn't count particularly ironic uses of 'friend' and generally did not count every instance of friend and sometimes it was a hard call #also i probably shouldn't have counted the times murderbot refered to drones or secsystems as its friends (often after hacking them) #but murderbot does seem to care about them and shows kindness and respect and sometimes points out that a system is friendly #so while i don't think MB means “friend” in the same way referring to them as when it refers to ART for instance #i still think its CUTE and also kinda funny how many times that happened so i decided to keep those!!! #but yeah take my data with a grain of salt lol

[agropuff]

my shawty from the test tube

#guardian tales #knight #female knight #guardian tales female knight #gt knight #does she have tags or am i just balling #uhhh #yeah okay #jacks.art

[koddlet]

taipril day 20! drawing with reference and... without? i really can't think too hard about how i'm stylising otherwise it gets me. ALSO realised i haven't actually drawn taivan yet so there's a mini them

#taissa turner #yellowjackets fanart #yellowjackets #taipril #uhhh the taivan is so small... is it worth tagging #yeah okay sure #taivan #analogue art #drawing #yes i was writing in pencil but i couldn't be bothered to erase Day 20 to write 20 days instead

[beanghostprincess]

*holds you by shoulders*

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE THING ABOUT 1082 I WAS SURE IT WAS SHIPPY THING AND NOW I NEED TO KNOW

*starts sobbing while slowly falling to my knees*

…….please

I SAW THIS YESTERDAY NIGHT WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO FALL ASLEEP AND I JUST WOKE UP EARLY TO REPLY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR AGES FOR THIS QUESTION I AM GOING TO KISS YOU ANON-

I do love and adore the shippy part of 1082 because I am a very intense Shuggy shipper and I had been waiting to read their break-up for sooo long. But it's not exactly what made the chapter life-changing for me, tbh.

Buggy's speech is... Is incredibly beautiful and encouraging. It explains so much about his character, the dynamic he has with Cross Guild, and why he's so resentful toward Shanks. Throughout the manga, we've seen him in serious moments, yes, but usually, Buggy is pretty much used for comedy relief more than anything. This is one of the first times we've seen Buggy realize the position he has now and say "Fuck it. Already on the verge of dead for these two, might as well do something with this shitty situation because for once, I have the opportunity to be brave and be more than what people think of me". There's literally nothing stopping him right now, and he prefers to risk his life enraging Crocodile and Mihawk than letting this opportunity of showing who he truly is slide.

And tbh, we haven't seen them ever since (I am starving please-) but I am really hopeful his speech somehow makes Crocodile and Mihawk have a little tiny itty bitty of respect for him at least. Because out of the three? Buggy is the one who deserves the title of pirate more.

Mihawk and Crocodile don't have dreams or ambitions and see pirating as a business. Even when Crocodile did have ambitions (remember when the silly rubber guy destroyed all of his dreams that was a funny arc haha) his whole personality has always been more of a mafioso than anything. Mihawk is a simple man and is bored with life being at the top of the top, he clearly wants something interesting to happen but doesn't see any use in looking for it himself. They care about their commodities and wealth. But out of the three, Buggy is the one who had to give up on his dream and now he has the opportunity to fulfill it.

"How can you call yourselves pirates with schemes like that?! You're doing it all backwards!! [...] Way back when... What did you guys want to be?! [...] I wanna be king of the pirates!! Wealth? Power? Why stop there when we can have it all?!"

This is something a real pirate would say. He talks like Roger here, I am going to curl up and cry don't look at me-

What I like about One Piece is the constant use of themes like dreams and freedom etc, etc... That's something we all know. But you wouldn't expect it coming from Buggy, of all people. And I think I'm pretty fond of him being brave and finally acting upon what he truly wants to do. What makes it great is that you have this comedy relief character standing up for his dream in front of clearly two other antagonists that have control over him in, well, strength and everything. But Buggy has something they don't and it's so, so much ambition and a dream that could be considered childish but it's the representation of freedom and doing things because you want to follow your heart. This is kind of why I always say Luffy would be more fond of Buggy if he knew the whole story and would probably support him a lot--

What I like the most about this chapter is both Buggy's character development through a speech + flashback and Mihawk and Crocodile being completely stunned by it because they weren't expecting this to happen from Buggy of all people. I know I sound like a broken record but I really, really, want them to respect Buggy a little bit more after this. Also, Buggy doesn't do this only to announce he's going to follow his dream now that he's on equal footing with Shanks. He does it because the other two mention needing overwhelming power over the rest. Buggy isn't stupid and knows how manipulating people works. The thing that makes pirates work harder isn't money, it's a dream. And there's nothing a pirate desires more than the One Piece, so that's kind of why he announces it publicly. First, to establish power, and second, so that way Mihawk and Crocodile don't get rid of him because seriously, Buggy is a better boss than these two because their followers appreciate him and don't feel forced to follow him.

Not to mention that the whole thing also shows more of Buggy's relationship with Roger and how left out he felt because people thought highly of Shanks instead of him. But Buggy, even if he was jealous, was willing to follow Shanks despite his feelings because he accepted being less worthy of respect than him. Shanks shone brightly and Buggy decided that, even if he wanted to be seen like that too, he'd give up on his dream and support Shanks instead because at least they'd do this together, just the way they did everything back at the time.

But then Shanks hesitates, and I think that's Buggy's last straw because he sees giving up going for the One Piece as something disrespectful to their captain (dad) and thinks it's unfair that Shanks is so respected by everyone even though the one wanting to follow their captain's steps right away is him. It's honestly frustrating. And then you understand better why Buggy is angry at Shanks-- Yeah, he made him eat the devil fruit and lost the map because of him (not really but whatever), but the way I see it that's just a metaphor for the real reason why Buggy is so resentful. Shanks' existence, even if it was not on purpose, made Buggy feel so powerless he gave up on his dream. And eating a devil fruit means the sea hates you and you can't have any independence in the pirate world, and losing the map is kind of like losing the only thing that guides you. He left Buggy with nothing and let him carry the burden of a lost dream.

This is funny because Shanks did absolutely nothing wrong and everything is a product of jealousy and miscommunication, but I understand why Buggy blames Shanks and this chapter makes it clearer and explains it perfectly.

Basically, it's such an amazing chapter for Buggy's character and it's definitely my favorite for him specifically. Although the flashback does wonders for my Shuggy heart.

Also, adding more points for the revolutionary plot in the end and Sabo showing up because I adore him <3

#also for people who have given up on their dreams because their ex bff was better at fucking everything and now they feel worthless #this is their roman empire okay #definitely not projecting haha this has absolutely nothing to do with me relating to buggy here i swear #i love him quite a lot <3 #i could talk more about this chapter tbh this is a summary and mix of my thoughts but uhhh yeah i don't want to write a whole book rn #but this is my dearest most favorite and precious chapter #also sabo is really cute with koala at the end and i appreciate that a lot #one piece #buggy the clown #shuggy #op chapter 1082 #cross guild

[zarvasace]

Doodle without (much) context

#my art #four swords #vidow fairytale au #uhhh was that the tag??? #yeah okay cool #good #vidow #doodles #ill have a whole pan of brownies ready sometime #i keep adding bits so like its coming #i just got AMBITIOUS #like imagine that #me. ambitious.

[whatacartouchebag]

Alright, so like.

Big massive Blue Eye Samurai spoilers that I'll tag appropriately if you're filtering for that, but I am freaking out about this single shot in the finale. The rest of it was delightful as hell, but that's a whole other post that I probably won't get to jkhdfjk

The fuckin... the sheer perfection of the narrative within this single shot is making me climb the walls and I immediately paused it to just draw a sharp breath at this scene.

Akemi, craving nothing more in her whole life than to escape from her life of royalty and suffocation and pressure and having every little thing decided for her before it's ever given thought. Seeking only freedom from men's choices. Needing only to be seen as a person.

Taigen, a man bound by incredibly strong honour, to follow the rules, to be a man amongst men, to be the strength he only wishes he could be. There is nothing about him that isn't for the supposed greater good that is so rigid in his mind (even in this scene, he comes around a little in his pleas to her, but give him time, he's still learning).

Both of them staring the other down on this bridge between worlds, knowing what lies at their backs, and knowing what the other sees over their shoulders.

And a thread that tied them both to their own anchors of their old lives now laying dead between them.

Akemi, staring into the beautiful and peaceful freedom that is finally within her grasp, seeing a pristine sky and flourishing greens, a life she's only tasted from the outside, now so close to her should she only walk towards it. A life of her own choosing. Her own destiny to carve and mould in her hands like so much potter's clay.

Taigen, seeing the very world he's strived for, the very person he's risked everything for; all of it haloed in a crumbling, fiery mess, collapsing on itself as she tells him no. All his honour, for nothing. A life of death and loss and little else left in his hands after all his work.

Everything behind her of this old life turning to ash as she tells him she's going to be the strength he wishes he could be.

Everything behind him feeling so devoid of life and the happiness he seeks as he watches her defy him, reducing him to nothing as he witnesses the sheer gods damned strength of this woman.

#Blue Eye Samurai #BES #Blue Eye Samurai spoilers #BES spoilers #spoilers #Akemi #Taigen #look i love the show and everything that happened in here #but holy SHIT #i did not expect to come out of it being a massive Akemi fan #uhhh. here we are tho. #girl took me out by the ankles and i just #yeah i'll just stay down here and stare at the ceiling for a while ta #watching her journey has given me shrimp emotions okay

[anghraine]

I love Austen's novels, obviously, but I do find the kind of worshipful, defensive takes from the fandom and some academia really frustrating. Yes, there are some really obnoxious Austen anti-fans and there are some bad faith or short-sighted or just extremely flawed criticisms. But.

There's quite a bit in Austen that I find bizarre and unexpected, even accounting for the differences of time and culture. It's uncomfortable in a way that I mostly find interesting. And I think some parts of fandom are in such a rush to defend her honor or stature that the fascinating oddities in her work—especially her work outside of P&P—get sanded down in the discourse around her.

Sometimes it's just like ... #keepaustenweird, you know? It's okay for the canon pairing or random asides or whatever to be genuinely strange.

#i feel this pretty acutely as a mp fan #yeah p&p is my fave but i love mp as this just. peculiar and ambitious thing #there's so much that's just 'uhhh what the fuck?' in there and i think a lot of austen fandom tries to fanwank it away #friends it's okay. she can do strange things without the haters being right #i know this is vague even for me but i don't have time for more rn so i'll just leave this here #austen blogging #austen fanwank #anghraine babbles #anghraine rants #jane austen

[sincerely-sofie]

Yes, we all know and love how Celebi’s flirting and blatant crush on Grovyle does not cross his radar whatsoever until she spells it out for him. But have you considered—

#all these PMD text posts need a tag I can’t keep combing through the entirety of my blog’s PMD tags to find them #uhhh #pmd2: text post boogaloo #okay yeah sure that works #stuff by sofie #pmd2 #pmd eos #pmd explorers #pmd sky #pmd #pokémon mystery dungeon #pmd grovyle

[tomuras]

I keep thinking about dottore who probably gives really good hugs but just doesn’t give them often. So, when he hugs you for the first time you practically melt into his arms, letting out a hum of pleasure as you wrap your arms around him.

“Better?“ He asks.

You say nothing. Instead you squeeze him just a little as you close your eyes and enjoy his scent. It’s a comforting aroma when combined with the firm grasp of his arms around you. You nuzzle your head into his chest and although it’s unusual, it’s not bad. Rather, it’s quite nice. The two of you remain there until one of you pulls away, which surprisingly enough doesn’t happen as fast as you’d think. Instead you hold onto each other for as long as you need.

He frames it as something you need at the time, but you see right through him. A part of him is consoled by the fact you trust him and enjoy the comfort of his touch so willingly. There’s not even a hint of fear detected when he holds onto you either. A fact that Dottore ends up thinking about for a very long time.

#uhhh yeah idk #i just think his neat #*pokes his cheek* #love this loser sm idk man #this all cause i wanna hug him lmao #is this ooc???? idk and frankly i dont care bc we all need dotto hugs i feel #okay enough yapping

[wiltkingart]

if we're on the topic of your OCs can i blow a kiss to miller. wistfully miss him and leo sometimes i hope theyre doing well

i think of them often. they are dancing circles around each other and playing homoerotic mindgames in my mind forever. they are having hot transgender monster4monster sex too

#maybe i will draw them soon! #trying to be okay with making more simple drawings rn while my health is still uhhh... tossing me like a ragdoll between a dog's teeth #so yeah.. maybe i will draw a little something :') #ask wilt #thank you for thinking of them!

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

farewell youtube... it was a Time...

#lmaooo it has entirely stopped loading for me #what a corrupt fucking site #'oh youre using firefox? adblockers? fuck you' #yeah okay. Sure. im not compromising so uhhh Bite Me! #sad i wont get to watch my favorite videos or creators' stuff #but uhhhhh i can live without it! and apparently i Will! #unless ublock gets a step ahead of YT again. fuckin Bye i guess #absolutely unprompted #im more amused than mad #rolling my eyes more than getting legitimately upset yk yk #we love to see sites and corporations shooting themselves in the leg

[cathalbravecog]

taco bell bong sfx

#color palette art btw!! i like didnt allow myself to add my own colors #all this is mixed and taken from the pallete #OR with the use of layer effects #looks nice that way i think... #it was like gonna be a painted experimental test doodle thing???? #bc ivebeen feeling a bit rendery again? except using the basic brush and adding texture with brush strokes #KILLS MY HAND BTW DONT DO THIS WITH BAD PAINS LIKE I DO LOOOL #(HAS NOT SEEN A DOCTOR ABOUT IT. BEEN HAPPENING FOR A YEAR) (IM IN AGONY) (KEEPS MAKING AMBITIOUS ART ANYWAY BC I LIKE IT) #BUT LIKE.. i was gonna do like. several managers #not just ben. several. i was hoping for at least 2 that day. just a painted doodle smthn nice. WRONG! #YOURE GUZMA CATHAL SPADES SPAMTONGENDER OF COURSE YOU OVERDETAIL IT! #BUT ANYWAYE... yeah.... i think the result is nice and im proud #ok what else did i want to say before i make these notes a diary again #uhhh #oh yeah. i plan other mgrs like this but i have other stuff in the works rn #that one brain doodle and high roller again sorry the obsession doesnt end with a few drawings #woops! okay to the actual tags hehe ........................... #toontown corporate clash #toontown #bellringer #guz art #oh thats it oop

[paigemathews]

abi’s three hundred one hundred follower celebration: choose your three favorite charmed ships | chris halliwell & bianca atwood

the absolutely chokehold these two have on me. enemies to lovers. changing sides and becoming a better person. finding love when you didn’t think yourself worthy of it. finding this one piece of happiness is a world destroyed and having to sacrifice it to the save the world that never did anything for you. risking your love on the hope that you’ll meet again in a new world.

#charmed #chris halliwell #bianca #chris x bianca #abis100fc #aesthetics #charmed edits #ogwork #usermargaret #hi! sorry i know i didn't ask before tagging you but i saw you going feral (affectionate) over chris and bianca #and you're the one who initially requested my three favorite ships like. two years (oops) ago so uhhh yeah #hopefully that's okay! okay cool yeah #fun fact here is my initial tags from like. two years ago when i fucking finished this bitch (current thots in pararentheses) #i spent eight hours on this on accident without moving #it's now 1:30 (i am queueing this for context) #the middle shippy bit isn't my favorite but i spent about four hours legitimately just trying to find aesthetics for them #and like i got a fair amount of quotes and stuff but actual aesthetic pictures? nope #which is why i ended up with the two edited screenshots in there #so if the middle bit looks bad: pretend it doesnt #the other two will. not be this detailed bc again EIGHT HOURS #(current me note: ha ha ha ha YOU DUMB BITCH) #i need to eat. and pee. and go to bed i have ignored literally every part of being a person for the last eight hours on accident.