#and this isnt speculation

[lemonlovemeanslove]

I believe that a big motivator behind the "I wish I had been born a boy" tiktok trend is not actually driven by any form of gender envy, but rather by the desire to be skinny and conveniently attractive. For a lot of these girls, because yes, it is mainly cis girls who post these, what their really looking for is to be as beautiful as the pictures of models/actors/Pinterest pretty boys they show in their little slide shows. And it makes me sad. How badly people want to be pretty

#this obviously doesn't apply to EVERYONE #but once youve seen enough you start to see the trend #also a lot of it is also probably driven by internalized misogyny #like an alt guy is cooler than an alt girl #or that being a guy and breaking gender norms is somehow more groundbreaking #and this isnt speculation #go in the comment section #and youll find people outright stating that men who break from the gendernorms are more desirable than when a woman does the same #and again #im only talking about the people who are cis who engage with this trend

[filurig]

i rarely ever get the Anatomy Worldbuilding Brainworm but suddenly i was struck by it bcs i had been thinking about the weirdness of basilisks and in particular how the whole Ability to change sex through shapeshifting works so. Yippe

#worldbuilding #creature lore #speculative biology #spec bio #speculative evolution #bestiary #pareidolia tag #this is why arvo is like the transiest cis trans guy ever. he was born female but has a male human form #at the same time the human form is still very different from a real human so like #despite being “cis” in that form hes still trans af. You get what i mean #also ik the anatomy here probably isnt 100% accurate or makes sense im no anatomy expert just erm. I just wanted to roughly visualize

[streetcorner-2inthemorning]

Thinking about how in season 2, the Doctor asked Rose "How long are you going to stay with me?" He could have asked her that in so many ways. "How long do you want to travel with me?" "When do you want to go home?" But he chose those words specifically. And Rose could have answered in just as many ways. "As long as I live." "As long as you'll have me." But instead she said one word. "Forever."

And the sad thing is that her answer was truer than any other answer she could have given. Because whether she realized it or not she wasn't saying how long they would be together. She was telling him how long she would be with him. As a memory, as a ghost, in his hearts. No matter who the Doctor is or how old they get, somewhere deep inside their soul, Rose will remain. Forever.

#This is not a new speculation and im sure plenty of people have talked about this already but i dont care #I want to talk about it now and again because its in my mind #And no im not saying rose is necessarily more important than the other companions because that isnt true #and every companion the doctor has ever known and loved will stay with them always #but im just talking about this specific interaction here i guess #doctor who #oughhhhhh im still not caught up on the show so if for some reason someone does interact with this post #please dont talk about the later 13 seasons or the new specials. i havent seen them #retro thinks aloud #rose tyler

[cosmobrain00]

I think mike not reaching out to will is important actually. btw

#listen I rmber seeing all the phonegate shit n being like “yeah yeah ok I see..” but never being fully convinced for a few reasons #1. there's no actual evidence to support it. its speculation at the end of the day #2. if we're going w the “mike totally realizes hes in love w will” thing at the end of s3 it would make much more sense for him NOT- #-to reach out. do u feel me? #3. its a way for character apologists to point at smthing n say “see! look! he rlly isnt tht bad!” bc theyre allergic to their faves- #-fucking up/ being hurtful #anyways #mike wheeler #byler

[pandoratheprocrasticreator]

I wonder what the kids and teachers in luz's school think of her now. Shes stopped "terrorizing" other kids, mainly because she seems to have stopped engaging with most of her classmates period. She no longer brings live animals or taxidermy to school. She even participates in english class occasionally, even if she doesnt "get" the point of the book. Her rants only clock as suicidal if you know about her time in the boiling isles which the people at her school do not.

I wonder if luz's teachers and schoolmates think that luz mellowed out over the summer. If the principal/counselor that suggested she go to the camp patted himself on the back because shes "improved."

#the owl house #toh #shut up pandora #luz noceda #something something people see a neurodivergent kid having depression and breathe a sigh of relief bc now theyre finally 'normal' #people speculate maybe luz would have been fine going to the summer camp and while i agree she would have made friends #she would not have been fine! she would have just learned to suppress her identity like camila did #but going to the boiling isles was her only option bc she either gets suppressed quickly at the summer camp #or she keeps acting out at school and eventually society wears her down and shames her into conforming like it did to her mom #something about how even if the camp helps luz act like a 'normal person' she still would have been miserable bc she couldnt be herself #it temporarily benefits her by giving her friends and benefits ppl around her by making her act 'normal' #but the kids there are still weird at heart! they have a community to be weird around now but society at large will still look down on them #unless they put on a front all the time to fit in #and the boiling isles isnt perfect either its society still looks down on luz for being different #but it accepts her neurodivergence and her new friends are all neurodivergent like her so she still has a community to be herself around #and while it looks down on her for having no natural magic it isnt something shes been shamed about growing up like her neurodivergence was #anyway the camp wasnt as catastrophic as luz thought it would be and vee benefitted from it #but it still represented a slow rot. the kind that eats away at neurodivergent kids as they grow up #slowly shaming them to hide away parts of themselves deemed unfit for society #and when you hide behind a front and are exhausted and miserable from it #everyone applauds you for your 'recovery.' youve improved yourself. they never liked the old you #good job on destroying yourself and shoving the pieces into a facsimile of what the people around you think you ought to be

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

saw some speculation on FranklyDear in relation to the audios and i want to toss my two cents in

so all the thing's i've been seeing have been people talking about how they're a couple, but they're not acting like it, so that must be Playfellow's influence making them put distance between each other

but i immediately interpreted it as - they're not there yet. there might be feelings, but they aren't Together. cause in the 14 bug audios, i feel like it's pretty clear that these are snapshots of the neighborhood outside of the show. cameras aren't rolling, there are no influences, it's the neighbors just Existing on their own dime

'cause the conversations are more natural! the characters seem more nuanced! there aren't any sound effects! so if FranklyDear is already established, wouldn't we have "seen" that in their shared audio 8-14? wouldn't Eddie have just called Frank Frank, without the immediate (and somewhat flustered) correction to Mr. Frankly? and wouldn't Frank call him Eddie instead of Mr. Dear? plus, idk about y'all, but that scene was a lil romantically charged. a little flirty - especially from Frank's side. the kind of tension you get from budding emotions, not fully-realized ones

they just seem to be in a before state. the beginning stages. and anyway, i remember Clown saying that revealing FranklyDear as an endgame couple was sort of an Accident? i think we were meant to watch it evolve and figure it out along with the characters, the way we will with any other relationships (that we Definitely are not aware of / confident about yet).

we're still only in the prologue of the story, so it'd make so much sense if Frank and Eddie are not yet Involved. we're on this journey With them

#in a parallel universe there are people arguing over whether or not frank & eddie are a Thing #im kinda thankful that's not our reality lol #i think it's going to be fun just sitting back Fully Aware and watching these two Go Through It #i just highly highly HIGHLY doubt they're already together #plus how much more fun would it be to watch it Happen? #to see them experience the conflict and feelings and realizations and how their interactions will likely Change Accordingly #homebogging #welcome home theory #welcome home speculation #before the audios i had a feeling that it would be eddie being the more up-front flirty go-getter of the two #based on clown's art of them & such #but then with the audios eddie is a little more... reserved isnt the right word.... #polite? restrained? trying to keep things Amicable and Professional? #cause in 8-14 frank was the more relaxed teasing one while eddie was a bit of a flustered mess #which might've been because of the bug #but yk... he Did rush to correct himself on how he addressed frank... #and the way frank spoke... idk it just sounded like a slightly different Tone than what they usually speak with #more of a casual drawl. more forward - there was a Weight to it #and the 'you don’t need to be that familiar with them in order to get to know them better' #imo that line stuck out as a kind of a wink wink nudge nudge thing #like a Hey. We Could Get To Know Each Other. #twas a classic 'talking about one thing while saying another' phrase - again imo #oh and also its just occurring to me #if the bug audios are 'present day' like i suspect #its entirely possible that franklydear can only 'now' develop bc theyre - well theyre not exactly Free #but playfellow is no longer 'ruling' over them. the influence and pressure - no matter how subconcious it was - is no longer there #freeing them up just enough to maybe... just maybe... truly Feel and perhaps Express interest in each other #just a thought! #that would be another tally in the box explaining why their interaction in the 8-14 audio was Different #there isn't anything holding them back anymore beyond their (possible) own internalized biases & fears & expectations etc

[gwenlena]

i definitely think that the statements that read aloud are and will continue to be jon and martins attempts to communicate, or (depending on how conscious they are), some kind of reflection of their own fears

jons concern at the end of tma was that no one else get hurt, no one else becomes a victim of the eye in the same way he did, the first statement he makes is telling people to stay away from the magnus institute

martins concern was that jon not be hurt, that he wouldnt have to go on without him, both of his statements have been people losing/killing/being afraid of their partners

i could bet that the third voice is jonah original and that it reads statements out so infrequently because it only read statements that would lead to him becoming free or powerful, i have a feeling computer jonahs gonna be dangerous

#this isnt anything i just needed to get it down i have SO many thoughts #sorry for potential tmagp spam #tmagp #the magnus protocol #tmagp spoilers #tmagp speculation #do i tag this as tma im not sure? i wont anyway other than #tma spoilers #just in case

[entityredacted]

Hey. You want to see the esmp s3 version of Scott Smajor I hallucinated in my sleep

I don't know what happened but I dreamt that esmp s3 was announced and Scott looked like this, also his entire Thing was that he lived in a part of the world that was constantly night time and all the colours were fucked up as if void/space texture had been applied to everything, and he would look all cute and innocent and lure people places and when they went there he would stab them and run away giggling and dematerialise similarly to how endermen teleport, leaving behind star particles and a bleeding and confused victim

He also really liked flowers. I don't know.

#mcyt #my art <3 #empiresblr #empires smp #empires fanart #empires s3 speculation #scott smajor #dangthatsalongname #empires scott #i have to stress again that this isnt based on any announcement or teaser i just saw this in a dream and drew it #i cant remember anything else from the dream it was just that

[tea-kettlezz]

Okay

So if the Princess you leave with at the end is Shifty's heart and not Shifty herself. What happens to The Shifting Mound when you leave with the Princess at the end? Does she cease to exist without her heart, or does she remain trapped forever?

Or, like, does she just become that Princess you leave with?

#slay the princess #the shifting mound #i assume theres no canon answer for this so im mostly looking for theories and speculation type stuff #i like to imagine shifty becomes the princess you leave with #but i just have like a gut feeling that isnt it #btw i should probably clarify bc this could cause confusion #but when i say shifty ceases to exist i dont mean the concept of change so much as i mean like the individual #just now realizing the way i worded that might confuse other ppl

[whimsicmimic]

Once again thinking about Meryl’s fear of worms in tristamp and how that can be taken as a one off “haha funny joke” or how it can be viewed as another way that Meryl’s (supposed) middle/upper class background impacts the way that she interacts with the world.

Worms are one of the few readily available/“staple” proteins (and just food sources as a whole) on No Man’s Land that aren’t sourced directly from Plants. That she reacts to worms with fear, and reacts to the idea of Eating worms with disgust/revulsion indicates either a lack of exposure to the idea of people eating worms (possible if we run with the idea of her being middle/upper class; perhaps the people in her social sphere can rely on Plant-produced proteins and other food), or a degree of separation between the meat she eats and the source from which it originates (something very common with middle/upper class-raised people. There’s a degree of separation between buying a plastic-wrapped steak at a supermarket and butchering a cow).

Either way, that she Is repulsed by worms shows her privilege as someone who can Afford To Be repulsed by worms — someone who maybe hasn’t had to rely on worms as a food source before — and I just think it’s a fun little detail to think about.

#trigun stampede #meryl stryfe #trigun meta #is that what we’re calling analysis now? meta? #regardless #i love meryl stryfe with all of my heart. she is my beloved #also the idea of meryl being middle/upper class is speculation but its something i think can be inferred from the show #given. a lot of things abt her #how she dresses (white clothes in the desert). fear of bugs. being from november + having a journalism degree from a university #which isnt to say she is 100% for sure #honestly im really curious about the class divide in NML as a whole and whether there even IS a prominent middle class #buuuuuut. whatcha gonna do! #originally this was a much much Much longer rant.

[pinkeoni]

thinking about what the possibility could be of other characters not trusting will off the basis of his connection with vecna. on one hand they have no reason not to trust will on his own but on the other hand a lot of these guys experienced vecna’s terror first hand and knows how manipulative he can be.

#and not to bring the aids metaphor into this buuuuuuuut #i think about that story of a high schooler who contracted the virus through a blood transfusion and was barred from school #it mightve been a middle schooler i forget #but anyways #will is ‘infected’ by vecna so he isnt trusted in a similar vein #will byers #stranger things #st5 speculation

[azirafuck]

still haven't thought too much about how the wall slam will inevitably change context if they did indeed have an aborted love declaration or sorts in the 40s

#better not to think abt it. #this isnt a spoiler its just speculation we dont know shit abt the 40s as far as i know #good omens #gonna eat glass

[ourflagmeansgayrights]

loving the toe scene discourse 2.0 i love having the same argument over and over again.

anyway the comment section on this reddit post pretty much sums up where im at with the leaked scene and with what we know abt s2:

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2 speculation #izzy hands #dizzy izzy #edward teach #ed teach #edward teach born on a beach #israel hands #txt #link #sc #og #mine #if this post is in the izcourse tag no it isnt u just dont know how to use tumblr #im not actually doing toe scene discourse 2.0 im too tired this time. i'll reblog shit but im not fucking getting into it. #i want to enjoy this show not fight over whether ed doing violent pirate things on a violent pirate show makes him evil #my prediction is that however they handle “redeeming” ed is not going to satisfy the ppl who are so fucking horrified #to find out that the guy who said he used to feed ppl their own toes for a laugh. is feeding a guy his own toes again #ed is going to do physical violence to izzy and the show is not going to spend its precious 4 hours of screentime #dedicated to an extensive storyline about ed earning izzy's forgiveness. it's just not. sorry.

[mebis-art-dump]

The Gunslinger spider

Name pending

Species: Temnoceran

My first ever monster hunter monster oc! inspired by boleadora spiders, this large monster keeps a herd of common prey monsters (such as aptonoth) within its territory in order to attract the flying wyverns it preys upon (and as livestock in case of emergency); extremely territorial about its herd, will not just attack its preferred prey but also anything that threatens them.

The boulders it stacks in its back and webbed bag act both as natural armor and camouflage as well as its ammo, as it attaches the rocks to threads of silk in order to hurl them at its prey both to knock it down and to entangle and pull at it.

Around its mouth there are pores that produce threads of silk which help detect vibrations in the air, and also can be combined with the sticky substance produced by its fangs (gets more viscuous when in contact with air) to quickly weave threads in the middle of a fight. There are accounts of older and more experienced individuals using smaller, ignitable stones with its front limbs to directly engage opponents in close combat, causing burns and concussions from the blasts (an action very reminiscent of one of Qurupeco's abilities, perhaps these older individuals have engaged in fights with them? to predate them or to take advantage of their call?)

#monster hunter #monster hunter oc #monster hunter monster oc #monster oc #temnoceran #spider #mebi's art #digital art #krita #rkgk #spec evo #speculative biology #speculative ecology #this is also inspired by cowboys if it isnt obvious lol

[sparring-spirals]

its very crunchy, how this party discusses and shares so openly, and sometimes it seems like it does nothing, against the weight of everything that presses upon them.

they are- affectionate and curious, they poke and pry into each others issues and casually bond over- oh well this bit of my life was terrible. this loss was tragic. this experience sucks. i can't sleep. i feel like i don't like how people refer to me. friends is a complicated word, i try to avoid it. im kind of worried about the woman in my head. i didn't feel like i needed anyone. most nights i miss him. im angry. im angry.

they talk, and talk, about their issues, more than anyone can expect, but the things they talk about don't just go away after. Imogen grits her teeth through another shitty nights sleep and a wave of thoughts crowding into her head, and her hands spark with solutions that are harsh and final. Laudna smiles and compliments and the whispers aching at the back of her skull keep getting louder. Chetney takes hits and feels bloodlust growing through his skin. Ashton lives and breathes his rage, keeps himself moving with it, kindness lining the edges of it. Fearne walks a line only she can see, and the anger that swells up is so foreign it seems like it can only burn out of her. Orym wears his heart on his sleeve and his grief in his sword, duty and protectiveness honed to a deadly point. And F.C.G, now- silent numbers, cutting blades and cutting words, locked away until they suddenly aren't.

Powder kegs. Powder kegs. Powder kegs. They can share, they can warn, but the gunpowder keeps accumulating.

Ashton says, Orym says, we're all pretty fucked up! We've all snapped! We can't let that rip us apart. They're all fucked up. they know that. they've known that, from the start. Sharing about it wasn't the issue.

We gotta keep it together. We have to be better together. Its not just about self forgiveness, its not just about facing your demons, its about grabbing them and wrangling them into line. We're all fucked up. We're all trying. It hasn't always been enough.

Its about- god knows we've each been fighting to keep ourselves in line. one way, or another, forever.

Its about keeping each other in line. Because we have to. A steadying hand- a firm one.

Being better together.

"Why don't we just try and fix each other very, very, fucking slowly."

#bell's hells: the party of 'talking about your issues isnt always enough sadly' #critical role #cr spoilers #bell's hells #meta #speculation #i might MASSIVELY disagree with this meta tomorrow #im trying to parse through all my thoughts after that encounter and orym and ashtons words #my meta #c3e31 #character meta #cr liveblogging

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

everybody stay with me im shifting back into speculation & analyzing mode, this time about everybody's favorite pair of besties. ill put this under the cut for everyone's sakes

and please, take all of this with a Hefty grain of salt.

so ive been... thinking about a thing. a maybe-possibility. which if this has some merit, the part of me that loves characters having a good time and feeling good feels is screaming in fear. but the louder part of me that loves angst and hurting characters is rubbing its little fly hands together.

short version: i think Barnaby is going to emotionally distance from Wally, if not outright grow to resent him. maybe temporarily, maybe not.

full version: *cracks knuckles* strap in folks. so.

first of all, an entire chunk of Barnaby's bio is dedicated to his character relation to Wally. everyone else only has one-off lines dedicated to their relationships to other neighbors - even Frank & Julie just have single sentences about each other (note that they're described as "partnered with" and "depicted with" respectively. more on that soon). even Wally's bio has his Barnaby mention tacked onto the end of his first paragraph instead of being its own dedicated section

and then there's their character designs - their bios explicitly point out that they share characteristics; color schemes, hearts on their soles, similar outfits.

they were made to be best friends. literally. this quote is what made me start turning this theory over in my mind (sourced from @ /theneighborhoodwatch's collected & absolutely fascinating livestream trivia)

it appears that Barnaby literally did not have a say in whether or not he and Wally are friends. their bios even say "illustrated pages note that they were best friends multiple times." they have to be best friends.

which brings us back to Frank & Julie. they briefly reference each other in their bios, but they aren't described as best friends. it's incredibly likely that they were meant to be a romantic couple - i briefly covered that theory in this post (dont read the first one i was going insane) but they managed to avoid that. Frank and Julie defied the script and chose to be best friends instead.

and then in the trivia document a few more character relationships are briefly touched on, like how Howdy considers Barnaby a close friend, and Sally considers either Barnaby or Poppy as her closest friend, etc.

everyone else seems to be choosing who they're close with. they're forming their own opinions and dynamics and relationships. & its interesting that Barnaby is stated for both of these - as if implying that he may return the friendship feelings, or at the very least he's developed enough of a relationship with them to earn their affection

Barnaby and Wally... i doubt they ever got that. they were best friends from the start, no development, no choice. it's written into them.

and then there's how their relationship has been portrayed so far. i believe i saw an ask where Clown stated that Barnaby is very polite to Wally, which struck me as odd. have you ever had a polite relationship to your best friend? have you ever seen best friends be polite? i'd be surprised!

best friends mess with each other! they tease and rib and roast! what is a best friend for if not mutual tomfuckery?! jesting around? playfully pushing boundaries? a Polite best friendship... that's a straight up oxymoron. no such thing. that sounds boring and exhausting.

not only that, but the fact that Barnaby is often used for Wally's painting segments, and is the go-to guy for teaching Wally something new, is kind of concerning. it gives me the vibe that a big part of Barnaby's literal reason for existing is to be Wally's friend & guide.

which would make the fact of him being described as polite to Wally make sense. of course he's not going to push their relationship or try to deepen it - he's forming his own dynamics with the other neighbors. with Wally... it's already established. that is how they are with each other. that is what they are to each other.

and it's not like Wally can be the one to introduce nuances. i don't mean that as a slight or anything - he's just the way he's been described and the things stated about him that make me think that he wouldn't really... know how to? it just wouldn't occur to him. he probably thinks his and Barnaby's relationship is what a best friendship is and is how it should be.

but they have to hang out. they have to refer to each other as best friends. and while i believe that Wally does wholeheartedly think that they're best friends, close as can be... i doubt Barnaby feels the same. like - yes, he probably does care about Wally. everybody likes Wally.

but it's gotta be frustrating for Barnaby, especially as time goes on and he becomes more himself as a person over just being a character playing a part. it probably stunts his relationship growth with others, since his ~best friend spot~ is already taken and who would want to encroach on that? especially since its taken by Wally mcfuckin Darling?

their friendship might become less of a role and more of a responsibility. Barnaby might grow to feel obligated to stick with Wally as his "best friend". someone invites Barnaby to hang out and/or help with something? sorry, he has to pose for Wally's painting. Barnaby is trying to do his own thing? sorry, Wally is knocking on the door and asking for help with something.

i wonder if Barnaby ever hopes that Wally will go to someone else, or feels relief when he does. and then does he feel irritation/guilt over that denied hope or that granted relief? then does he get angry at himself for those emotions?

how would this effect how he treats Wally and acts around him? this confusing muddle of emotions and this strange growing resentment for his painfully earnest friend who only ever means well, if he means at all.

it makes me curious whether or not this theory has merit. and how this could come to a head. what would Barnaby, in this situation, do if/when he discovers that they're puppets on a set, and he's literally written to be Wally's bestie while everyone else changed their scripts and chose their own relationships.

personally, i don't think he'd be happy, and i doubt he'd handle it well.

#holy Shit this was tough to translate from my brain #i literally wrote it all out in my head while in the shower #and then i went to get it down on 'paper' and it was Tangled To Hell And Back #*taking a break from art* #brain: soooooo we're bored now. lets overthink and share these thinkings #welcome home theory #welcome home speculation #SERIOUSLY THOUGH IM SCARED FOR BARNABY AND WALLY #mainly for wally bc Ouch it would hurt him to have their relationship sour #barnaby getting resentful and wally not understanding why his best friend is acting differently towards him #and PLEASE keep in mind that im mostly talking outta my ass here #but like.... ugh #barnaby looking at wally walking over one day and feeling the urge to turn away or groan in irritation/exasperation #him posing for a painting and wishing he were anywhere else. #him wanting to be closer with other puppets but unable to bring himself to try bc of the Guilt #everywhere he turns hes called 'wallys best friend' and asked 'wheres wally? hes usually with you' when hes alone #and hearing 'if you want to find wally/barnaby go look for barnaby/wally. if you see one the other isnt far away' #that has GOT to get on his nerves over time #this constant stagnation of their relationship while everyone else is evolving and growing. hes Stuck. #even julie & frank who were written to be together find a way to circumvent that and add so much depth and uniqueness to their relationship #if you want a happy side of this. it could lead to barnaby & wally being really truly besties #barnaby could have an arc about thinking 'holy shit it was all fabricated. Fuck that and Fuck you[wally]' #and then going 'holy shit i Do actually love and care about him[wally] and i want us to develop a real meaningful friendship' #BUT WHO KNOWS who knows not me! #also it must be tiring to constantly have to explain his jokes and so many other things #bc wally Is a curious guy! he wants to learn! #but maybe barnaby just wants to have an uninterrupted conversation but he Cant bc wallys just built different #not said as a bad thing At All. #just... people are complicated. sometimes we have mean thoughts/emotions that conflict with what we really think/feel and our morals #we're only human. everyone is mean sometimes if only in our heads.& yeah theyre technically Puppets but lets not get caught up on semantics