#Well more like 2 and a half

[aphel1on]

i have such a love for characters who descend into madness or villainy out of deep, deep empathy. characters who fundamentally cannot cope with the cruel realities they find themselves in and blow up about it in spectacular fashion. fallen angel type characters with tears of outrage in their eyes. characters who break before they bend, and break so badly they splatter blood all over their noble ideals. every variation on it gets me so good

#getou suguru #kaneki ken #abyss twin #i know there are others who im not thinking of rn #feel free to reblog with more examples #aphelion.txt #tropes #WAIT I REMEMBERED MORE #jaina proudmoore #dimitri alexandre blaiddyd #phosphophyllite #i just spent like half an hour trying to find this on tv tropes but it must be. Too specific of a thing i have in mind bc #I just kept finding similar and related but too broad categories #despair event horizon. fallen hero. well intentioned extremist. etc etc etc #like specifically i'm talking about when the character's EMPATHY is the CRUX of the problem. sosooo crunchyjuicytasty #edit: #also just know that i am reading every tag on this post #and enthusiastically scribbling down the names i dont recognizr #so i can check out their series later #edit 2 wow this post blew up 🫡 godspeed fellow villain likers #the amount of people tagging this as 'me lmao' is concerning to me #wwx #how did i fucking forget this was also yllz era wwx

[bixels]

While I do think anon was rude, I do think it's pretty shitty to set up all this stuff you were going to add the au and then just drop it. It's disappointing. Definitely unfollowing.

Bye.

#ask me #anon #once AGAIN. #I am not dropping anything #the au is not getting cancelled. more than likely i'm gonna take a break from it until i find motivation again #But I've been drawing the AU for half a fucking year #In that time I've only drawn 5 things that aren't mlp related #I'm getting tired and my last few posts didn't do as well as I'd hoped #And I'm not about to burn myself out on mlp au art even if I really do love making it #I'm still gonna make comics. I have a bunch of ideas. #Tulli and I still wanna do the limited run merch shop #Discord is still coming. Sunset is still coming. Sombra is still coming. I have so many ideas #But I need to do something else for my own sake. Did you know I was supposed to get the background 6 designs done by now #But I didn't because I'm TIRED #I've been keeping myself on a schedule to keep content pumping despite travel and school and family and I'm tired #what i'm getting isn't matching what i'm giving and that's nobody's fault. i'm not frustrated at anyone. a slump was bound to happen #drawing the au was fun until it become my Thing. Because when your Thing––your identity––starts to faulter #it can really make you freak out #And that's not healthy for the project or for myself. I need to find the fun again and I'm sure I will #I'm really appreciative of everyone's support in my inbox and replies it really does mean a lot especially given that about 2/3 of my #followers followed for mlp. But if you're gonna react to me saying “i'm gonna cool down on mlp art and draw my own stuff” with “i'm #disappointed in you." then Leave! I think it's good you're unfollowing #you are not obligated to stick by my side! But don't act like I'm doing you a disservice by turning my attention elsewhere #I didn't promise anyone anything and I definitely didn't say I'm breaking any promises.

[hedgehog-moss]

My top 10 nonfiction reads of 2023 (the asterisked ones are in French with no translation as of yet) :

Belle Greene, Alexandra Lapierre

The Indomitable Marie-Antoinette, Simone Bertière

Reporter: A Memoir, Seymour Hersh

Red Carpet: Hollywood, China and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy, Erich Schwartzel

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty, Patrick Keefe

Servir les riches, Alizée Delpierre*

La Comtesse Greffulhe : L’ombre des Guermantes, Laure Hillerin*

Le Courage de la nuance, Jean Birnbaum*

The Book Collectors of Daraya, Delphine Minoui

Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement, Hawon Jung

#book recs #i haven't finished the last one yet but it's been good so far! i really admire these women's resilience and solidarity #some inspiring stories of political activism + insight into aspects of korean history i didn't know about #i wanted to do a half-fiction half-nonfiction list like last year but i've read mostly disappointing fiction this year :( #my favourites were probably kivirähk's the man who spoke snakish & catherynne valente's radiance; though it wasn't as good as orphan tales #i'm reading jacques abeille's les jardins statuaires right now and it's quite frustrating because on the one hand #it's well-written and interesting with original worldbuilding. on the other i'm 300 pages in and there have been #2 female characters. the purpose of both (so far) was to have sex with the male protagonist and only 1 has a name #which makes the read feel less original and more ''same old shit as far as i'm concerned''

[mortyenthusiast]

In theory i like the idea that rick is growing and developing as a person. In practice it ends up falling short though, because no one balances him out. rick is getting better while no one else is getting worse, and it causes the whole thing to end up feeling a bit stale. The biggest draw, at least for me, has always been rick and morty's shitty dynamic, but it barely exists anymore because rick has been so watered down.

The ideal solution is literally just to make morty into a bigger asshole. Essentially flipping the main characters' personalities would offer a wide variety of conflict into the show, and would also help keep it "fresh".

Instead it feels the writers are pretending that they can't possibly do anything with morty's character, that they have to keep him the same anxious idiot he was in season one. I've said this before, but it's incredibly frustrating to watch the show have no problem with expanding rick's character while struggling with keeping morty's heavily stagnated characterization consistent. Where rick has space to develop between multiple seasons, morty is constantly forced into one of two boxes (smart/stupid) depending on the episode.

#rick and morty #again i dont hate ricks therapy arc i just hate that morty doesnt have a parallel AntiTherapy arc #not to mention how. even if morty IS more bitter it usually only lasts for like an episode #there is no smooth progression or development. the show is just ping ponging between him being an idiot vs him being capable #this is why im sooooooososososo badly hoping the roy machine comes into play again. #otherwise this is genuinely offensive treatment of a main character #genuinely at the moment i feel like fandom understands morty better than the writers. #this is a half vent post to be honest im just so tired of the rick bias within the staff. Like make. a new show at this point #i also have thoughts on the way rick has been written these past few seasons and um . #well it feels lile fans are in the writers room and im afraid this is a negative. it sort of seems like the show is trying to- #sweep ricks past actions and behaviors under the rug #as if he isnt literally the worst person ever. up until recently i guess. #like its just frustrating seeing mortys abuse being handled so haphazardly? like the s5 2 crows episode #it just feels like the writers are trying to fill out a checklist instead of writing them as people. #“what we had was abusive dont you see?” who talks like this #okay im over it(lying) #rick sanchez #morty smith

[smoshidiot]

a small masterpost of my fave old smosh pics:

#some of these are obv older than others #a lot of these are well known but some are scraped from like the 2006 smosh site #i hope you enjoy! #i might make a part 2 if i find more good ones #smosh #ian hecox #anthony padilla #ianthony #shut up.txt #beardier half #not your girlfriend

[pup-pee]

slooper!!!!!

small doodle i decided 2 digitalize

goodnightyy now :3 queueueing tjis weee

#i dont think bart would snore but i do think he drools #this makes sense #i sweeear #im having a moment where im just like damn…ppl like my chibi art more than my regular art #ehich is kinda downer till i realize OMG PPL LIKE MY ART!!!:D!!!!!! #ty ppl who like my art it makes me :3 makes me rlly happy!!! #my thoughts r like i might as well post my art even the 1s i dont like as much bc some1 will like it i think! then i try my hardest not #2 delete it lol #usually the art i dont rlly want ppl 2 see tho i just dont tag @ all #which always makes it scary when ppl do find it cause like WOAH ok skdhkskjcks notes on old posts is like the same thinf #idk y im typing about this stry im sleepyyy #bart finally sleeps 4 half an hr after rolling & wiggling 4 hrs b4 #then he wakes up & just enters daydreaming land idk #brrrrtgbnnnnbbbgfg aasaaaaaaaaaa #bart allen #puppee art #queue #or scedrulee?? im choosing a tando. m tome hehehehe

[ride-a-dromedary]

The thing that I find interesting to think on, is that Halsin isn't wrong about framing himself as old, even from an elf perspective. Not just operating under the framework that he's a survivor, and seems to have likely been the eldest in most groups he found himself in, so it's a habit to assume younger unless informed otherwise (especially considering he's the last of his line, and suffered through the deaths of his similarly aged fellows and elders during the Shadow Curse), and not just operating under the premature maturation that seemed to stem from this, thus him likely feeling older than he really is.

No, he's just stuck in 2e DnD lore (which considering that is what BG1 and 2 utilized, he's not technically incorrect to be, as he would have hypothetically been alive in canon during that period of time - consider it as a generational gap in thinking what constitutes as "old", and how previous generations aged or viewed aging compared to current generations):

(Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition: The Complete Book of Elves, pp. 37 Table 4)

[Info: A chart taken from the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition Rules Supplement, indicating the age ranges of various types of elves, including Aquatic, Drow, Grey, High and Sylvan. A section of the chart is highlighted in reference to Sylvan elves. Sylvan elves are listed as being considered at venerable age by age 325+]

According to this chart, Halsin - by other elves' standards - would have been considered to be in "Venerable" territory, which is usually applied to those who are afforded a great deal of respect, particularly due to length of experience or age. And Halsin being in this category further informs his physical appearance, as according to the same manual:

"Only at venerable age do elves begin to show their years, yet they still appear younger than most humans do at age 50." (pp. 37)

and

"[At Venerable Age] the elf, at age 350 [on average] or older, begins to show signs of age. Wrinkles start mapping her face. Her physical condition deteriorates still further, but her knowledge and her wisdom continue to grow even greater." (pp. 39)

Which could partially explain *why* he refers to himself as old; by all technicality he's earned the right to do so.

And while the 5th edition of DnD does nuke this specificity of lore in favour of opening the floor to more creativity, and this is by all means technically outdated, it's still interesting to take previous lore into consideration in how it might inform choices and characters.

#BG3 Musing #Halsin Posting #Halsin #i'm just messing around with lore stuff while bored at work #yes bg3 operates under 5e lore but that gets more complicated when you consider characters like jaheira and minsc #were directly in 2e lore in canon which means it informs their existence to an extent #and then halsin astarion and minthara who hypothetically would have *also* been in it should they have been introduced in BG1 and 2 #so i don't think it can be discarded completely because previous lore informed current lore #so if your tav/durge/etc is older than halsin welcome to venerable age territory friend #he's also referred to as 'elder' in the epilogue and while that canon might be a lil debatable i think this may be a case #of actual elves viewing aging very differently than people on the outside do - their stages of life may very well #have someone 350 be considered older because they've reached that category #even if they don't look it to others and may not be considered so *because* they're only about half way through the average lifespan

[marta-bee]

I’m re-reading Good Omens, or at least making a start at it, and I really don’t think I was prepared for how profoundly melancholy the opening scene is. You expect it to be, I don’t know, funny or even cute if the miniseries is what’s first in your mind, and that version is lovely.  But this? is soul-achingly beautiful.

"I'm not sure it's actually possible for you to do evil," said Crawly sarcastically. Aziraphale didn't notice the tone.

"Oh, I do hope so," he said. "I really do hope so. It's been worrying me all afternoon." They watched the rain for a while.

"Funny thing is," said Crawly. "I keep wondering whether the apple thing wasn't the right thing to do, as well. A demon can get into real trouble, doing the right thing." He nudged the angel. "Funny if we both got it wrong, eh? Funny if I did the good thing and you did the bad one, eh?"

"Not really," said Aziraphale. Crawly looked at the rain.

"No," he said, sobering up. "I suppose not."

Slate-black curtains tumbled over Eden. Thunder growled among the hills. The animals, freshly named, cowered from the storm.Far away, in the dripping woods, something bright and fiery flickered among the trees. It was going to be a dark and stormy night.

They’re not enemies. They’re not friends, either, but they’re there, together, figuring it out for the first time side by side. And it’s not funny, somehow. It’s not happy. It’s not even something to be angry about. it just kind of is. And they’re just kind of they. But they’re figuring it out side by side, and that seems a worthy kind of start.

#good omens #well i say re-read #i think i got half way through it 2-3 decades ago #then lost my copy and never bought another and forgot most of that #the show was vaguely familiar but didn't hit like an adaptation for me somehow #so this is essentially a first-read with vaguely nostalgic undertones #i must say i quite like the feeling and love the gentle philosophizing even more

[skunkes]

unsure how to word this but there is something about having ocs with unsavory events happening in their past where it's like. talking about it, even when asked, seems almost gratuitous and inappropriate. and i'd much rather describe it through the oc themself and/or draw Them saying it. which is like. fitting for the subject matter? like of course its weird to talk about somebody else's business...!

and falls back into humanizing em/exploratory writing and development where u consider the impact of words said/words unsaid/HOW those words are said etc etc

#because not all real persons would give u every detail of their trauma obviously #which makes sense but im an overexplainer but also it feels inappropriate to overexplain when it comes to dis #i hope that makes sense #talkys #i once described what went down with al as just directly as possible and it still felt weird. ykwim?? idk why. #well i do know why! i dont want it to seem gratuitous or like That Cheap Writing Element. fine line #same with talon so he'll just keep implying it thru text + dialogue which is how it should be ! #the only difference is i think with al i wrote it like he would've said it bc he has more access to that side of himself #and is aware of how it affected him #whereas characterwise talon absolutely would just speak in riddles about and around it #i don't even think he's conscious about the direct effects of it #(but i wouldnt know bc he hasn't made that known to me in my brain) #people respond differently to different things and all that #also im so sorry if half the shit ive said recently is so like. Well Duh. i havent made a new oc in a decade gimme a break LOL #also i realize the. irony? of me even vaguely talking about it in the way i did but 1. i think that's also realistic when you #dont want to do a whole deep dive on someone else's business and 2. people are becoming #curious about my oc(s) and im just thinking about well; significant events and how to handle not speaking about em #FOR them. <- weirdly #idk. they're real to me. #its just so much more interesting to leave it up to them! people can lie people can downplay

[sergle]

how are duck eggs better for baking, do they taste better in sweet foods than chicken eggs? ive never had them before

OH man okay, so, duck eggs are very fun! They're bigger, they have thicker shells and membranes, and the egg itself is Eggier. It just tastes more like Egg. Egg Times Two. They're also a just structurally different- they have more fat and more protein, and the whites of the egg are a lot thicker. Chicken eggs, in comparison to duck eggs, are more... watery???? And the yolks are way smaller than duck yolks. So when we had ducks, I'd normally use duck eggs if I was gonna bake something, bc the lower water content and higher fat/protein content in them just seemed to really help things turn out better. More flavor and more structure.

#since they Are bigger I could also use them for unusual recipe conversions if I wanted #like a REALLY big duck egg #could be helpful if I want to 1 1/2 a recipe #where the recipe calls for 1 egg so time-and-a-half-ing it would mean I need an egg and a half #but a really big duck egg can work for that really well #but yeah. and people say they're healthier / more nutrient dense which like yeah I can see that #just bc like. that raised protein and bigger yolk has GOT to translate to different nutritional value #sergle answers

[chiropteracupola]

historically accurate trip to clifton's cafeteria!!!

[progress shots under the readmore]

#em draws stuff #SEND HIS ASS TO THE CLIFTON’S CAFETERIA! #I have been working on this image for More Than A Week and I feel like it has taken years off my life :] #look sometimes you get possessed by enthusiasm about fun comics you read and also nostalgia for bizarre novelty restaurants #due to the fact that clifton's no longer exists I cannot go there. but I can send the blorbos there by force if I so choose. #there's just something about old southern california restaurants with strange gimmicks and themes. take me away to there. #since I am very proud of this I will be using the full proper tags just this one single time [lying through my teeth] #swapping my usual format so there’s not just an absolute deluge of organizational stuff right off the bat #I think I said that the madness would probably go away soon but as you see that has not been the case (it's only gotten worse) #this is the most people I’ve put in a picture since I don’t know when #actually after a quick look-see through my files this might very well be the most people I’ve put in a picture Ever #the madness will do that to ya I guess. also the sheer raw clifton’s energy. #(altho' I got so tired in the end that about half the background is a very crunchy photo of The Real Clifton's...) #this is why my header is what it currently is and also why I posted that horrid 70s jello drink a week ago #many thanks are owed to jon dxppercxdxver for chatting with me about outfits and drink orders and such! #this is fanart for the weirder forefather of a rainforest cafe just as much as it is fanart for a videojame #I do not know what the typical tagging etiquette for this is but by golly I'm going to guess #clifton's cafeteria #team fortress 2 #spy tf2 #engineer tf2 #soldier tf2 #sniper tf2 #demoman tf2 #medic tf2 #heavy tf2 #pyro tf2 #miss pauling #scout tf2 #why yes I am tagging clifton's Like It Is The Piece of Media. what of it.

[monerelluvia]

Public announcement: the gays have kissed I repeat: the gays have kissed

#I know not all of you are into someone elses ocs' romance #i wasnt sure i was into roleplaying romance at all a while back #but then that character became more and more important and man #HOLY SHIT #this has been brewing for literal YEARS #years of playing at least - for the characters it's been maybe 2-3 months #but looking at how much has happened to them in that time it could just as well feel like years #i love them so much and have been waiting for that to happen for so long I- :'))) #btw the background is from dungeon alchemist only edited #the exact room/library the scene was at #i love ttrpgs #monerelluvia #The Revenants #original character #dnd #dnd oc #dungeons and dragons #drow #half elf #ranger #dark elf #sorcerer #artists on tumblr #lgbtq artist #Iri'thiel #Llelyth #digital art #kiss #sapphic #TR: Awakening

[rosemaryyuri]

one thing i’ve noticed in those polls or posts about fandom misogyny and widespread favoritism of male characters in fans of fictional media is that people will always blame their consistent gravitation towards men on the media itself? which can be reasonable depending on the media but i think maybe as a response to that you should invest more in media that does have well written and fleshed out female characters. i promise there are some out there. and also a lot of the time it just feels false something something for a male character people will fill in the holes in the story and flesh him out where the media doesn’t while for the female character it’s crickets. like idk i feel there should be at least a tad more self awareness with this kind of thing? might just be me though.

#mostly as far as i know this is Kind of a non issue anyway at least comparatively to other things fandoms #could definitely work on #and just in general #but it’s something that’s always bothered and still very much bothers me #idk. Again more self awareness more effort it’s seriously not hard #also people using their gender/sexuality as an excuse? #if the only way you’re going to like a character is if you’re attracted to them/the gender then. Um #well nothing wrong with that you do you i guess #and i kind of do it too (<- raging lesbian) #but #also it just doesn’t work to me who hasn’t heard of the Lesbian And Their Favorite Male Fictional Character #whatever honestly this is just me spitting out my thoughts to my like 2 and a half followers #talk tag

[levil0vesyou]

When one of your posts starts going viral

#i can't go even half a minute without getting a note on the death of tumblr meme 😭 #like i'm glad about the free serotonin but y'know. over 2.5k in less than 2 days? i haven't done numbers like this in years #hope strange aeons doesn't reblog it or it's basically over for me /hj (she can if she wants lol but i'm just not used to it anymore y'know #wish people gave this attention to the edgy sonic fandub edit (pinned rn) since i spent way more time on that and am actually proud of it 😔 #oh well #mine

[etherea1ity]

birthday month 🥲🤞

#personal #i would say june please be kinder to me #but i know it wont happen #finals week is coming up annnd a bunch of assignments are due too #my bsf of 11 years is leaving to go abroad #:((( #oh and if u saw my last post tagged with personal #you'll know that we have this creative assignment m #yea so it's sucking the life out of me fr #and i have to make the whole model...with wood...in 2 days.... #saying im stressed will be an understatement #well the carpenters will make it but i have to actually sit with them to make sure everything is perfect #and i have to make sure they finish it in 2 days #not even 2 days...more like a day and a half #heavy heavy sigh #i have an exam on my birthday 🥳 #anyways

[pocketramblr]

Still can't believe All Might is canonically an orphan, another thing the English translation left out is that the specific word in Japanese he uses suggests he may have had a sibling who was also killed along with his parents. Forgot where I read it, but I was like 🤯 when I saw it.

HE HAD SIBLINGS?!?

#i know i said i wasn't fact checking but uh #i will take more details on this please and thank you #what do you mean this guy has dead sibling(s) #hey hey hey do you think #since they're really going all in with the afo and all might slapfest #did toshi also have a little brother. or was it his big brother that died #did he have a sister???? i mean statistically more characters are guys in this series he's probably got 2/3 chance of brother #and 1/3 chance of anything else #but w h a t #when did they die???? how much of a part of his life were they??? #he had such only child vibes. i knew he was an orphan but i never would have thought to give him siblings #... well ok. not full siblings in nondfostick aus #since he does have half siblings he never met in averse #but like. you know what i mean #pocket talks to people #anon #bnha manga spoilers #of what chapter? who knows i find out everything via anons now