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theokusgallery · 4 months

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Since you have a lot of opinions about Sunflower fics, do you have any recommendations :p? I do generally agree with you about the derth of good works on them - kind of hoping for something I've maybe slept on.

Okay, I'll try,

First of all — I want everyone, and I mean everyone to read Coda for a Crestfallen Caitiff by MercuriallyApathetic, who also wrote The Strange Summer of Sunny Whatshisface (still one of my favorite longfics to this day but a lot more lighthearted). Coda is a masterpiece, it makes me insane, it is criminally underrated, I want to inhale its essence, and when I first read it it gave me a panic attack and a mental breakdown that lasted three straight days (/pos). Definitely read the tags and prepare yourself mentally but JESUS CHRIST I need everyone to read it. Please. You will regret it for a few hours but it is... an experience. To me at least. And to the two people I recommended it to who gave me feedback.

Then there's sunflower seeds in the rearview mirror by @andrewwtca which remains probably my favorite multichapter OMORI fic of all time (you might spot my essay-comments in the later chapters, I love this fic so much. I didn't end up writing one for the last chapter but man did it hit me hard). Very intriguing with a captivating style and an unreliable narrator mechanic that I am absolutely in love with. Everything by that author is excellent.

We have, of course, literally everything by BetweenDisorders. Arsenic is partly inspired by one of their fics ! (you know the one.) Their characterization of both Sunny and Basil (but especially Basil, because I'm gay) makes me froth at the mouth. Their style is very recognizable and honestly one of the best I've ever seen. But more generally, they have really original and intriguing ideas (like communication, in which Basil and Sunny are two computers... Did I mention how I'm a sucker for original/unique plots and premises enough yet) and everything they do is something you've never seen before. It's amazing.

Note to Self: Don't Be Gay in Faraway Town by witheredahlia is also very, very good. It's a lot lighter, but it still made my gay little heart ache, because I'm a sucker for misunderstandings done correctly (fight me).

Detective Sunny by Det_Sun is genuinely one of the most creative, fascinating OMORI fics I've seen, and also way too underrated. It's an excellent read, and there's a bunch of ideas in it that you know go deeper than what is shown, and it makes my brain go at the speed of lights. Many many thoughts about this one. (Side note: I fucking love it when there's unexplored ideas in fics. Makes my brain go brrr. Not everything has to be shown and when I see hints of "behind the scene" thoughts and character background that isn't discussed much but still implied, my brain becomes a feral animal. I don't know if that makes sense...)

#im recommending fics that can be morally be read by/recommended to everyone because i know my demographic #but i literally just went through my bookmarks and ooh'ed and ahh'ed at every other fic so i linked them lol.#i'm not linking 'the telltale of a recovering megalomaniac' by shootingstarlightt because im trying to link underrated things #but it's also very good.#there's also Drying on the Steps by DeepFriedBasil but i can't recommend it because i haven't finished reading it !!#but it's so intriguing and unique and you can spot me in the comments of the first few chapters trying to make sense of it all.#I didn't link Culinary Conversations for the same reason (I have yet to catch up on it unfortunately) but it's MAGICAL it's INCREDIBLE #I NEED MORE FICS THAT WRITE STRANGER LIKE THIS. PLEASE. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE #on the topic of characterization: Sunny & Mari Edition™ we also have Mari Doesn't Die At The End by CoreyWW #and The Very Best by nullmeh. both are very very good.#Deep Down We're Still The Same Kids by witheredahlia is also great from what I remember but I... don't remember much #there's some fics in my bookmarks i just... don't remember. oops.#...i hope this post isn't too long. i'm leaving some stuff in the tags because linking them in the post would've made it 3ft long #and also because when i give fic recs I feel like I have to arguments it and for some of those I don't really know what to say except Good #please read Coda for a Crestfallen Caitiff. please.#rant #omori #ask #ephemeralspirit-blog #fic recs #most if not all of these are sunflower btw ! i basically only read sunflower.#sorry to my fellow ze[...]ae lovers btw. i'd recommend them but. again. i know my demographic #arsenic #<- i tag every single mention of him for someone who had it blocked sorry

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strawberrybabydog · 7 months

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"go to my main blog to read my pinned poat before interacting" nevermind its actually not worth following anymore

why am i being asked to go out of my way to give you support? just copy/paste the same pinned or put the link on the side blog too? its so much less work than asking every single new follower to leave your sideblog to search for your main blog to click on 1 link just to go all the way back? just put your link on the side blog?????

#its the same with those dni banners that say read my pinned before interacting #it basically just means scroll away please #i am not going to visit your main blog's hidden link just to you'll allow me to heart your post #im honestly just tilted about this because they never say anything unique or specific either #it always says read my dni before interacting and then their dni just says 'basic dni criteria' like. why did you make me waste my time #not dog

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vonaegiremblem · 8 months

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@amiiboacid Actually, Bigfoot is a really US-centric cryptid. Sure, if you ask any American what the most iconic cryptid is, they'll probably say Bigfoot. If you ask anyone from any other country with the exception of maybe Canada, they will say a cryptid that is native to their country. Here's the thing, though, if you ask someone to name a cryptid that isn't from their country, they'll probably say Nessie. That famous 1930s picture of Nessie was international news at the time and has kept Nessie in pop culture ever since due to being the first well-known "photographic evidence" of a cryptid. Bigfoot really hasn't had anything to bring him to the international spotlight. Also just from an aesthetic perspective, if someone knew nothing about either, they would probably choose Nessie because Nessie is effectively a dinosaur and Bigfoot is just a big hairy guy

#splatoon 3 #splatoon #splatfest #I had to reply like this because this is a side blog #anyway; also nessie gets a bit of a boost for being a more unique cryptid #lots of cultures have a big ape; lost ancestor type of cryptid (e.g. yetis). Most don't have a dinosaur in a lake #also also; there a literally two reoccurring Mario side characters that are references to Nessie #there ain't anything like that for bigfoot #regardless; this is all a moot point since Aliens won both the votes and the sneak peek #which are the only two results that are meaningfully affected by team count #there also isn't a ton of data on this kind of stuff; unfortunately #but I would bet my bottom dollar that Nessie is known more internationally

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adenthemage · 1 year

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Okay fine I’ll do it

[rattles you]

Tell me your thoughts on Bishop!!!!!!! I wanna hear!!!

— Trauma

[Is rattled!!]

Oh boy I am so sorry my dear friend but as it happens pushing the Bishop button is even worse than pushing the OC button. I have done extensive historical research for this asshole, and I am totally using this ask as an excuse to infodump about it. God Forgive Me for the length this post is about to be.

Anyway before I get into all that, first the catalyst! The thing that got the part of my brain dedicated to analyzing Agent Bishop turning in the first place: in the post I tagged, you brought up the idea of how much power Bishop actually has, which is something I find super interesting! To me, there are two especially relevant pieces of evidence to consider, and they are as follows:

The first and most compelling to me is that Bishop seems to report directly to the president, which suggests-- as far as I can tell-- that he is pretty high-ranking within the government, or at least takes some priority in getting meetings with important people. It was also shown, briefly, that Bishop worked directly with at least one other president in the past, very early in America's development iirc. However, we know for a fact he does not outrank the president and relies on them for funding, so we can at least draw a hard line there. (There is another discussion to be had from Bishop's relationship to the presidents, which I'll come back around to after this point.)

Second, the level of technology at EPF's disposal. Now, some of it can be said to come from scrapped alien tech and indeed I think some of it is very much implied to be so. But it's clear from the numerous bases, modes of transport and level of defenses that EPF is and has been well-funded. The amount of resources at Bishop's disposal is kinda crazy, and he is also able to fund his own research projects, when the money's not used on the field.

There might also be something to be said of Bishop plausibly being head of EPF for 200 years, and being implied to have founded it. It could suggest a high level of trust and effectiveness, though that's more speculation than evidence. Otherwise, that's mostly why I feel Bishop and EPF do indeed have pretty strong influence within America and its government (wish I could say I had any solid thoughts on his influence outside of the US but tbh what we have suggests he absolutely does not lmao)

As for how Bishop may view the Justice Force, I think your read on it-- him not having much concern because they originate from Earth-- is pretty accurate. Bishop's main priority is protecting Earth from forces outside of it. When it comes to strife within, he doesn't seem too bothered. Despite his greater goals aligning morally good in theory, he very much believes the ends justify the means, and we've seen him dismissive of possibly causing the deaths of innocents because there would be overall long-term benefits. (Which is also why I think an invalid reasoning would be that he leaves JF be because they help people; he doesn't really care about the plight of the individual.)

Them appearing clearly humanoid helps, of course. He is definitely also xenophobic.

On that note, actually! It's also worth noting his interest in the turtles wanes a little after getting their DNA. After that first confrontation most subsequent run-ins with him tend to be the turtles crashing in on an unrelated op. Would he be chill with them getting endorsed by JF, though, that I'm not so sure ghdgdg. There might be a case to be made that vigilantes who regularly screw with government operations should not be getting a JF stamp of approval, and I think he's vindictive enough to press that.

Also on that note I just wish we got to see Bishop's thoughts on those more fantastical parts of the 03 universe more. How much is he aware of the Y'Lyntians and other non-human races native to earth? How aware is he of other dimensions, and did his knowledge and/or protocols change following the events of Turtles Forever? How about time travel and Time Keepers and all that? Given s5 I'm inclined to say he has some awareness of chi, mystics, and/or spirits because he's armed and ready with an arsenal of weapons that are effective against True Shredder's ghost demon army. Things to consider.

Also also! To loop back around on the presidents point: one thing I found really interesting about that is that it suggests the American government has Bishop on record as being alive for 200+ years and counting. So I think it's funny to imagine that after a certain point, every new president has to be sworn to secrecy and let in on the fact that yeah, one of the black ops leaders is functionally immortal, he reports directly to you, have fun.

Anyway those are all the thoughts I had based on that one segment from the radio post ghdvshs I warned you I warned you it's ridiculous

At this juncture I will now be rambling about various other observations, until the event that tumblr forcibly stills my hand:

-Bishop will chameleon into whatever his job requires of him. This is something that became obvious to me (and my captive audience of friends left to suffer my liveblogging my watchthroughs on discord,) after finally learning what the fuck was up with Bishop in Fast Forward. When I originally watched through, I was having trouble reconciling this Bishop with the one I knew and loved, even with the explanation we were given to why he changed his tune. So I posed my issue to The Gang (captive audience) and we stumbled upon a Great Truth on the nature of Agent John Bishop

Bishop, at his core, is fueled by the trauma he experienced when he was abducted so long ago, and it turned into a strong motivation to keep Earth safe so no one would ever have to experience that again (and also revenge. Revenge was a big part of it, too. But I digress.) At the core, Bishop's motivations are morally-good. And here's the other thing about Bishop, he's willing to throw away ANYTHING to achieve his goals. Nothing is sacred, not even human lives. As such, it follows Bishop will become whatever is most needed of him to accomplish his goals, too, including overhauling his behavior. This has likely already taken place numerous times in the "present," given Bishop comes from a different time period and would have to be constantly adapting to modern etiquettes and sensibilities. But this becomes even more likely in the event that he wanted to achieve and maintain an elected position, like the presidency he holds in Fast Forward. And indeed he succeeds, as we hear through Cody that he's extremely well-respected and beloved by the public.

I think it is very likely a majority of the Bishop we see in FF is a well-practiced act to become as personable as possible. He decided the best way to protect Earth was to ally with other planets, and chameleoned himself into the perfect ambassador in order to achieve this. So because his ultimate goal aligns morally-good, he became good in pursuit of it, despite his true nature (which is a sadistic mfer.) I also think it's way funnier to think FF Bishop is constantly surpressing urges to choose violence.

And piggybacking off of that, the other really interesting idea here is that Bishop's ultimate goal will create a world were people like himself will have no place. Bishop is, again, a sadistic fuck, he enjoys inflicting suffering on others. And here he's so effectively created an era of peace that even staged wrestling is considered violent and barbaric. How bored out of his mind must he be on the regular? How must he feel knowing he can never sate those violent tendencies or the world he built will turn on him in a heartbeat? What keeps him working for the same goals regardless?

(I still think the execution was clunky in FF despite how great the ideas behind it are. Are you telling me Bishop isn't internally obsessing over how the fuck the turtles just showed up 100 years in the future looking like teenagers still? You telling me the turtles don't listen to Bishop go 'hey guys I'm good now want to work with me :)' and don't immediately have 20 million alarm bells going off cuz that is DEFINITELY A TRAP and HOW IS BISHOP HERE if he has access to time travel that's REALLY BAD)

-Despite being an antagonist, Bishop almost always succeeds. THIS RIGHT HERE is one of the things I find most fascinating about Bishop as a character. Motherfucker can't stop winning. And it's especially interesting because as an agent in the story he is aligned to nobody but himself; he's just as likely to come into conflict with the turtles as he is to pick a fight with one of their enemies. Sometimes he does both at once!

But like, when it comes to the greater goals Bishop sets out to accomplish his success rate is pretty damn high. The Slayer might be the most overt failure, he got skewered and his creation ran off to live with the rats so rip to that one. But like, he succeeds in getting the turtles' DNA samples, he succeeds in tricking the president into giving him more funding, he's able to blackmail fuckin Oroku Saki, he's able to trick the turtles into doing his dirty work, and so on and so forth. This goes hand-in-hand with his chameleon abilities. He is ruthless, willing to sacrifice anything to win, and he has been shown very capable of thinking outside the box. I think the fact that he's from a different time and lived through so many cultural shifts has a big part in the latter.

Also, this guy takes on 6+v1 odds multiple times and holds his own. Like what the hell. I could go into a whole other thing about his fighting style but this is gonna be long enough as it is-- all I'll say on that point for now is that Splinter is the only character shown to consistently give him trouble in a fight, which has an amazing effect of hyping both of them up.

-Bishop must have some level of medical background. This is mostly just speculation based on the fact that, when we're first introduced to Bishop and he's trying to perform vivisection on the guys, he's the only one in the room. I imagine you don't want to screw up your samples with something like a vivsection? Though I can't say I'm terribly knowledgable on the subject, considering the vested interest he has in actually getting the samples, I doubt he cleared the room without knowing he'd be able to do so. (The other reason is definitely just for his own sadistic thrills, of course.)

-I mentioned before, but Bishop seems to be lenient with scientists, even those not under his employ. Obv he's pretty indulgent with Stockman despite his attitude (at least, as close as Bishop can get to Not Terrible,) and he remains as loyal to keeping Stockman employed as Stockman is willing to stay in EPF. Bishop is also shown to have some level of respect or acknowledgment for both Donny and Leatherhead's intelligence, and iirc he's also seen to have some investment in Dr Chaplin Not Dying in s5.

This also could suggest Bishop is just a good employer in general, which I think would be a funny contrast to how we usually see him portrayed.

-Bishop's current accent is probably not his original one. This has no bearing on anything, but John Bishop was born in 1773 and they did not talk like we do, now. I'm not sure if he would develop a contemporary accent naturally, since he has been alive and actively working with people this entire time, or if this would be something he'd had to have worked to change intentionally.

-After running the math, Bishop was probably about 43 when he stopped aging.

-Who tf is the monster to Bishop?? Seriously this is going to haunt me forever we never get any closure on that and it's the closest we see to Bishop having a personal life or connections outside of just his work. One thing I've extrapolated from this, though, is that he was probably working on a way to reverse whatever transformed that man, and this meant he actually had a bit of a head-start on a formula to reverse mutations when the outbreak happened.

-Despite my opining for more Bishop content, I actually love how ambiguous a lot of his personal information is. It makes him stand out as an audience member, especially before they reveal anything about him and we see this dude just get up and walk off being impaled through the chest. It also just enforces a sense that nobody really knows him. We're only even privy to the fact that he's from the 18th century because it's an opening stinger for an episode, none of the other characters are aware of it. I love that.

-If you ever need some vibes for playing out a scene with Bishop, I cannot recommend the Utopia soundtrack enough. Monarch's Pyramid, To You All Kids Will Come, Meditative Chaos, and Jessica Gets Off are the ones I give the most listens.

-Given how very little we're shown of Bishop outside the context of EPF, I'm partial to thinking he literally never takes a break. Every waking moment he's working, he hasn't had a vacation day in 200 years. That's just a headcanon, though.

-Whenever Bishop appears on-screen, you can usually bet the show is about to dip 20 shades darker. This is initially what got me so invested in him, he's a harbinger for when the show's like Get Fucking Ready.

Anyway. I think about him too much. I intend to rewatch 03 after finishing my binge of 87 and compile even more observations, too, so maybe I'll have even more to say by then, who knows loL. In the meantime please take some extra Bishop doodles from my sketchbook and this moodboard of what my discord ramble box has looked like for the past few months

#rip to my followers #agent bishop #tmnt 2003 #Thank you so much again for indulging me fr!! I can't express how stupid excited it makes me to be given free reign to ramble like this LOL #sorry for being a Bishop stan :pensive:#I feel it's also important to note I could have even more to say especially concerning his fighting style #because 03 is AMAZING at having consistent and unique fighting styles for each character so I pay close attention to those things #and then we haven't even touched on my man 2012!Bishop who is underrated as hell #Shoutout to The Gang for enabling me at every opportunity and making my obsession worse #We also have like. So many AUs. it's stupid #my favorite is a crossover with Invader Zim I think #marie says words occasionally #marie draws sometimes #hmm. do i put this on my art blog... hmmm....

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just-bendy · 1 year

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//howdys! already sent an ask to here before (unless tumblr ate the ask in which oops) but i have a lowkey suggestion for a name that you can call your AU with, i've noticed the word Flawed in the character informations and in the au's lore so perhaps the AU itself could be called "The flawed Au" or just "Flawed AU" in short since the main trio here seemed to be more or less different clones in a sense to the other cartoons, just a small suggestion, but anyways happy early christmas

(( :O !!

thank u! i've been wanting to get a name for this au for so long but i couldnt think of anything! i think "flawed clones au" sounds good! thank you for coming up with the name, this au really needed it 😂

bendy, alice, and barry are all flawed in some way, boris although given the Frankenstein treatment was a perfect clone. but all 65 bendy clones, most of the alice clones, and a handful of the boris clones were all flawed or imperfect so its a good name for the au! hope you don't mind me using the name 🥺️ ))

(( and yes i got your other ask! i will be posting it next ))

#ask #mun #nanon #ask-the-friendly-ink-demon #yay now i dont have to use ''noncanon au'' anymore!!!!#i can finally make a proper tag name for the au #flawedclonesau #<- there it is.... it looks lovely #byebye noncanon au #im not gonna go through my entire blog to change it tho im lazy #each imperfect clone has their own unique personality and features that are different than their perfect cartoon version #for example bendy clone number 14 will look a little different from bendy clone number 20 but they both will have their own personality #number 14 could be smart and wear glasses because his eyesight is flawed #and number 20 could have ink covering one eye and be a total grump #if these two examples sound specific then its because ive thought about what some would be like #a third one too but i havent drawn him out yet or assigned him a number #oops sorry for rambling thanks for the new name!! 💜

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the-cat-at-the-theatre-door · 1 year

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hello! i just wanted to ask how you feel about people writing fics or whatever inspired by your aus/hcs/etc.? For example, a henchcat!Alonzo au inspired by yours but not stealing the plot or indeed anything else? Does that make sense?

i love ur stuff btw <333

Hi! Oh, you are more than welcome to utilize literally anything I say on this blog in regard to HCs/AUs/ideas/etc. as you please, no permission required.

All I really ask is you tag me so I can read/look at it! (Not even for a credit thing, I genuinely would love to see whatever you make).

(And thank you, you're so sweet <3)

#jellicles ask because jellicles dare #anonymous #honestly if anyone wants to use anything i have ever made on this blog you are *more* than welcome to #i'm genuinely flattered - please feel free to play in the sandbox that is my hyperspecific universe XD #i like to think of myself as self aware enough to understand that in 40+ years nothing i have ever said is unique lmao #i think creativity blossoms when we share ideas we like and build upon them - i've absolutely do it with hcs #universes and aus and hcs are more fun with friends <3

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ihamtmus · 2 years

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gosh, first you pulled me into yuzu-world, and now I’m finding myself more and more fond of hobi’s face. (not to mention I can recognize his face in the first place now)

!!!!!!!!! YASSS !!!!!!!!!!

i'm still very proud i managed to get you to appreciate yuzuru, and now it's happening with hobi?? those are my two favorite famous people that i've never met! wow the power of the tumblr osmosis haha

seriously tho, becoming a hobi biased bts fan is the best decision ever, please don't stop yourself from growing even more fond of his face and of him! he makes it so easy to be fond of him. this guy is an insanely talented and hardworking perfectionist and i admire him so so much. i could watch him dance for hours. he's seriously SO good at dancing and rapping and writing lyrics and performing and making people happy (it's me i'm people). he’s honestly so versatile it’s ridiculous. and from what those who know him have told us, he's also an incredibly kind and selfless human being and it makes me respect him even more.

actually, it's the best time to start loving him. his first solo album comes out on friday (which i'm sure you're aware of because it's the only thing i've been talking about) so when would be a better time to get to know him? i encourage you to listen to his new album when it comes out!!!!

i'm glad you're fond of his face because you'll keep seeing it on your dash for a looooong while, my queue has never been this full haha! <3

#it's loving hobi hours but it's always loving hobi hours nowadays #hobi #bts #my post #asks #circumference pie #we keep liking similar things #nirvana in fire yuzuru and now hobi (or at least hobi's face)? good taste yes #a lot of bts fans tend to sideline hobi but let me tell you they're missing out #no chance for that on my blog tho because 95% of bts posts i reblog are about him haha #what can i do. not my fault he's so good at everything #he actually reminds me a bit of yuzu when it comes to his work ethic and being an insane perfectionist and an all rounder #also they were both born to perform and engage the audience`#and there's this depth to their creations #no wonder i love them both so much #also ahhhh i'm sorry for answering this so late!!!!!! it's still before his album release tho so i hope you'll give his music a chance!#i know it's not everyone's cup of tea tho. especially now that he's taking his music in a completely new direction #but you can just keep being fond of his face haha like i've said you'll see much more of it #i think he's such a unique and dedicated artist tho it's definitely worth to at least give his songs a listen #(and watch him dance too because omg)#btw i'm a bit surprised because i thought all my mutuals blocked the bts tag ages ago haha #i think a huge majority of them did tbh because not that many people have unfollowed me since i started losing my mind in march #sorry for ramblingggg i'm tired #but also it's on you. you should have realised i could talk about hobi for hours #haha thank you for this ask it's good to know not everyone is annoyed when i reblog my silly little bts posts #it's just such a great group of lovely talented hardworking people who make good music and put on great performances <3 #they're all so talented and great i hope you'll grow fond of everyone else's faces too :D

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