#but it is similarly easy

[german-enthusiast]

In my L1-acquisition class two weeks ago, our professor talked about how only 9% of the speech a baby hears is single words. Everything else is phrases and sentences, onslaughts of words and meaning!

Thus, a baby not only has to learn words and their meanings but also learn to segment lots of sounds INTO words. Doyouwantalittlemoresoupyesyoudoyoucutie. Damn.

When she talked about HOW babies learn to segment words our professor said, and I love it, "babies are little statisticians" because when listening to all the sounds, they start understanding what sound is likely to come after another vs which is not.

After discussing lots of experiments done with babies, our professor added something that I already knew somewhere in my brain but didn't know I know: All this knowledge is helpful when learning an L2 as well:

Listen to natives speaking their language. Original speed. Whatever speaker. Whatever topic.

It is NOT about understanding meaning. It is about learning the rhythm of the language, getting a feeling for its sound, the combination of sounds, the melody and the pronunciation.

Just how babies have to learn to identify single words within waves of sounds, so do adults learning a language. It will help immensely with later (more intentional) listening because you're already used to the sound, can already get into the groove of the languge.

Be as brave as a baby.

You don't even have to pay special attention. Just bathe in the sound of your target language. You'll soak it up without even noticing.

#this is not “learn a language while you sleep” #but it is similarly easy #german #langblr #deutsch #learning german #language learning #deutsch lernen #german language #german learning #german vocabulary #language

[youngchronicpain]

EMG test today ✌️😔

#zippity zappity! #neurology #emg #I've had one before but it wasn't bad #so hopefully this is similarly easy peasy #spoonie

[coldgoldlazarus]

Watching a Portal 2 playthrough a couple days ago in current year is interesting

Because the Chell/GLaDOS dynamic is at once way more overtly gay than I remember, but also way way more toxic lmao. GLaDOS definitely has feelings for Chell, but in the same way an abusive ex still has feelings. The blatant double-standards, (my attempts on your life are fine, you successfully downing me before will never be forgotten) the constant insults and gaslighting and attempts at inducing body-image issues, and so on and so forth. It gets better after the whole Wheatley turnabout but never becomes good; in particular is a moment where she defends Chell from Wheatley's fumbling attempts to emulate her insults, only to immediately undercut it with "actually all of that does apply to you and that's terrible, but I have to spite him somehow". GLaDOS sucks.

I'm not saying this to undercut the ship, mind you, because what a beautiful trashfire it is. But it is just kinda funny to realize how far my recollection had drifted from that.

#not a reblog #portal #portal 2 #chelldos #glados is a petty problematic bitch #and we love her for it #but oh boy is she problematic #similarly easy to forget that Caroline was 1000% on board #with all of Cave's horribly unethical experiments #(and his classism and ableism) #up until it affected her directly #so basically thats a characterization thing to keep in mind I guess #the comedy still works #because their exaggerated terribleness is the point #but yeah

[good-beanswrites]

I remember seeing a fanart on Twitter of Mahiru and Shidou jumping Kazui after they found out his crime. Can you do a fic of them beating his ass after finding out his crime

RIP Kazui sdfasdf -- thank you for the request pal!! (I assume you mean the cheating theory and not homophobic 06 09 LMAO) Mikoto is always down to stir things up, though it took a while to picture what Mahiru would be driven to. In the name of love I think she'd become a force to be reckoned with 👏👏👏 I hope you enjoy >:3

Some occupants of Milgram are excellent at lying. They hide a great many things, and pull a great many poker faces. Other occupants are the very worst at it. They wear their heart on their sleeve, for better or worse. Kazui was one of the excellent ones. Mahiru was not. 

When Muu asked if he understood any of the celebrity news they were discussing at dinner, he convinced her that he knew everyone they’d mentioned with a grin. When Mahiru told Fuuta his hair looked “perfectly stylish” after he tried cutting it himself, she got a much rougher reception as he saw right through her.

When Es declared Kazui forgiven “despite his infidelity,” he had maintained the perfect expression to hide the fact that they were a bit off. When Mahiru waved her fingers and told Kazui nothing was wrong, he could plainly see there was bitterness underneath her words. 

He couldn't fathom what he'd done to upset her – they'd had pleasant conversations during meals, and played games in the common area. The pair never spoke about it, though; there was no need to make her any more angry. Kazui had nearly forgotten about it by the time Es disappeared. 

Mikoto proved a slightly better liar, but Kazui caught some odd expressions from him as well. They were smoking in silence together when there was a knock at the door. He answered with his cigarette still resting between his teeth. He was surprised to find Mahiru glaring up at him.

She drew herself up, appearing taller and more intimidating than usual. There was a fire in her eyes he hadn’t experienced before. “In the name of true love –!” she cried. She squeezed her eyes shut and wound her arm back. Kazui looked at her quizzically. It wasn’t as if she was going to slap anyone. 

She slapped him. Hard.

The force knocked the cigarette from his lips and sent him coughing on the smoke. Suddenly Mikoto was behind him, holding his arms in place. 

“Woo! He’s all yours, Mappi!”

Seeing the sudden turn of events, Shidou leapt in to help. He tried to wrench Kazui away by his right arm, but Mikoto held fast to his left. He didn't particularly enjoy being the subject of their tug-of-rope. His legs stumbled between them, falling a bit to one knee. He was left sputtering for breath, pinned between them and facing a fierce Mahiru. He didn't know when she and Mikoto planned all this, and his mind was spinning too fast to think too hard on it.

Kazui looked frantically to her, but her rage was rapidly dulling. She slowly returned to looking exactly 154 cm short. Her mouth twisted into a wobbly frown. “W-what do I do?”

“Eh? You said you wanted to teach him a lesson! Let's go, throw some punches! A few kicks!” 

She covered his face with her hands. “I've never hit anyone before!”

“But, you just did?” Mikoto adjusted his hold. 

“Not like that!”

Shidou bristled. “Why is she hitting anyone?”

Reminded of her reasons, Mahiru uncovered her face. “Kazui Mukuhara – this is what you get! This is what you get for being a dirty, rotten, cheater!” She tried again, bringing her arm back. The movement seemed to pain her more than anything.

He was met with another stinging slap, despite Shidou’s protests. Kazui gasped for air, finally catching his breath now that the smoke had cleared from his lungs. His hair had fallen in front of his eyes.

“We know what you did,” Mahiru said. “Oh, we know everything.”

Mikoto made a sound of agreement from behind. “It’s pretty fucked up, comforting Shidou about loosing his wife like that, while you’re a cheater yourself.”

Kazui opened his mouth, but Mahiru interrupted.

“I don’t want to hear any excuses! Es may have forgiven you, but in the name of true love, I’m going to punish you all the same!”

Although Mikoto was stronger than Kazui had given him credit for, he didn't have the muscle to completely hold him. Kazui pulled himself from the grip, grabbing Mahiru’s wrist as she swung for him again. Shidou took a step back, as the situation fell under control.

Kazui smiled gently. “You don’t need to punish anybody. Es didn’t get the full story.” He released her.

“Oh yeah?” came her incredulous reply. She lifted her fists as if preparing for a brawl, but she had one of the worst forms he'd ever seen. She bounced on the balls of her feet, brandishing her fists. She looked like she was going to start crying.

“Mahiru, I didn’t cheat on my wife.”

“Oh thank god.” She dropped her fists. 

Mikoto raised an eyebrow, either from the turn of events, or he was annoyed at how effortlessly Kazui had escaped him. “There was no other woman?”

He let out a deep laugh. “Not at all.”

“Oh, I just knew it!” Mahiru leapt forward to hug him. 

“If you knew it, why did you slap me…?”

“I’m sorry! I hope it didn’t hurt! Oh, and I was going to try and hit you again… I’m so sorry!” 

She pulled back from the embrace, looking to him with horror. He continued with his warm expression.

“No, no. I was just surprised. I wasn’t afraid of another hit.”

She turned to Mikoto and Shidou to express her excitement, and Kazui reached up to rub his burning cheek. His eyes flicked to Mahiru with uncertainty. He was, after all, an excellent liar. 

#milgram #kazui mukuhara #mahiru shiina #mikoto kayano #huh - i have another drabble that starts pretty similarly... #LMAO thank you for the request!! this was so fun asdfsdf #its not quite an ass beating - i couldnt swing it for either of them - but Trust Me he didnt get off easy 😂 #those two slaps were with the power of god and anime on her side -- its gonna leave a mark RIP #hell hath no fury like a woman defending a woman she thought was scorned !! #from that day on kazui vows to never make mahiru upset under any circumstance 👍 #and you know i bet shidou and mikoto have the same thought 😂 #also LOL if you have the art still id love to see it 😂 #drabbles

[shirkers2018dirsanditan]

I am an abolitionist I do think that the term "violent crime" as it is actually used is less than useless and that people convicted of so-called "violent offenses" should not be excluded from reform measures. I do believe in the actual total dismantling of the prison system. I do, actually, believe that the way that the label "sex offender" is applied and how the sex offender registry works in reality is a reflection of the injustices and inequities of our system. I don't think that formerly incarcerated people are disqualified for being advocates of their own cause by virtue of the nature of their crime. but there are limits. I don't think we should be overly permissive toward men with a history of rape and domestic violence nor that we should allow them to downplay what they actually did. and I think that abolitionist spaces have a rape and DV apologia problem. I think many activist spaces have long had a problem of protecting predatory men and downplaying violence against women in the movement(s). and I think liberals and moderates and conservatives jump on this to dismiss abolition as a political framework and movement despite the fact that their spaces have the exact same fucking problem. and I think that opponents of abolition are too comfortable with their indifference to the massive amount of sexual violence facilitated by the carceral state and systems of policing

#I don't buy that rapists are the least likely to reoffend of all incarcerated people #I think they're the least likely to get caught and the most likely to target increasingly vulnerable people #I think similarly of domestic violence #but I also do not believe that incarceration keeps women safe #on the contrary #it victimizes women and particularly rape csa and dv victims at an alarming rate #I do not think that prison is the most effective way to dismantle or even punish male violence #and I think we will never come up with a better solution if we pretend prison is the best we can do #incarceration itself is a system of male violence #and locking up rapists and domestic abusers does not solve the issue of domestic abuse. it merely puts it out of view #at the same time. if your violent boyfriend is in prison then he's not hitting you #but that does not mean he can't abuse you still #the afterlife of domestic violence can persist even if an abusive man is dead #and so on #I think this is a very difficult issue with no easy solution #demonizing dv and rape victims and oversimplifying their desires and motivations is not one of them #neither is carceral liberalism or worse #tough on crime conservatism #unfortunately we actually do literally live in a society where nothing exists in a vacuum and no issue is one or two dimensional

[sysig]

Okay but what if (Patreon)

#Doodles #TSP #Stanley #Me while reading: Now don't make a papercraft okay? Don't make a papercraft don't make a papercraft don't make a- #Predictably lol #It's the kind of structure that invites speculation! Who would you choose and what would their name be and how would they adapt #And The Stanley Parable wasn't even out at the time!! FJkldsafdf #Me when anything: I want to #Stanley would be so fun to play as ♪ Small but close-knit cast and since it's an institute it should have accommodations for his mutism #And he's no stranger to painful and confusing situations haha #You can see my indecision on which sign language Stanley knows haha #He never speaks so we don't know what accent Stanley would have but we know the Narrator is British! So #But I also don't know any British Sign Language and I know it's different than ASL òuò; #Granted my knowledge of ASL is far far far from fluent but I do know some at least so if /I/ was the one playing as him- #Anyway moot point since languages are directly translated anyway :P Though I wonder about sign language #I assume there were some nonverbal patients I just haven't seen any myself :0 #I have also made a Narrator card to match Stanley 😔 #Actually - hehe - I had a lot of fun picking their ''real'' names ♪ #The Narrator's was pretty easy honestly I knew I had to give him the first name Kevan and then I wanted to keep his last initial #So I went with ''Baker'' since it's a common name :) Very cute! #And then for Stanley since I headcanon him as being Greek/Latino - heavier on the Greek side - I gave him a Greek name! #Again same first initial - couple letters even for that ''St-'' sound :) - and scanned through some Greek last names #And liked the sound of Psomas with Stefano - but ♪ You'll never guess ♫ #It's a similarly common name for a reason - ''Psomas'' translates to ''bread maker'' #Kevan and Stefano Baker they're husbands fr your honour #Hghhghh I just think it's so cute!! And I didn't do it on purpose it was just a happy accident!! I love them <3

[annelidist]

grit gate is the worst story dungeon i think

#red rock gets a pass for being an optional starter quest #rusted arch is similarly optional but a nice combination of brief+worthwhile for true kin #grit gate is just huge easy & bland. its comparable to the tomb of the eaters in size but with no real implications following from that #which is extra weird given the mandatory section of the dungeon is only 5 floors #just a lotta filler to it i guess. at least it can be a good spot for finding gear #also crazy enemy density. you're not gonna get killed unless you're there super early but it's like the fucking thunderdome down there #(omitting story dungeons i think are cool [everything post- grit gate] from this discussion) #caves of qud #bones.txt

[unproduciblesmackdown]

speaking of drawing people's faces and lifting any art of [will roland role based] characters overhead when you can tell the artist was actually trying to meaningfully use that inspiration beyond "brown hair. glasses" like wow once in a lifetime unsame as it ever was

not coming up a lot that Professional Illustrators are drawing will roland as [role] or like, in general, but that in fact there Are the examples of professional illustrator justin "squigs" robertson drawing him several times and it's like, doing stylized portraits of people working in theatre that are indeed focusing on distinguishable individuals versus, say, the style being more abstracted

all drawn differently but various gists are there, and none of the people in these group collages look interchangeable or like oh and this person gets thee "generic/default" look

there's also the fact i'm like 99% sure there's a squigs-drawn larger portrait of will roland just as himself that i love to think of / sure further encapsulates that "thank god this artist drawing Features" but i can't find it or remember exactly what context it was in. augh

but also there's this other deh illustration ft. wrol jared i found lol. bonus

#sooo replenishing #and like the issue pointed out that the excuse of [skill issue] is offered like It's Really Not A Skill Issue #someone can be very inexperienced at say; drawing; and still Evidently be actually trying to capture something Actually There in whatever #their model is. me as a like 5 yr old on the level of [yes all faces Are abstracted as =) ] still for example clearly depicting my mom's #usual hairstyle in my crayon portraits there #these examples here the polar opposites of The Nose Issue lol like stylized simplified And Yet still all clearly downturned #even the stylization leaning more convex nose bridge than that concave upturned nose slapped on anyone's face #deh #will roland #bmc #and forever the idea that Stylized Simplified drawing techniques are easy / bad but like it sure af is neither #you can note 'ah i see that this experienced artist's drawings are not photorealistic; formed of what i can tell are simple lil lines even' #but then be thrown off b/c of course it Looks easy but their lines are afforded a Casualness in their execution from their experience #knowing how to form and place them to give it that [Looks Good] without it being a painstaking &/or [9000 tries & errors] process for them #and like sure then anyone can Recreate it but you can throw yourself off thinking you Ought to be able to straightup Create It similarly... #like copying these obviously simplified stylized Faces made up of varying Shapes as seen here? prob a fun & neat & helpful exercise #especially if one's just working on breaking out of the ''i draw a Default Face for Everyone'' kind of situation #the exaggerated swoops and hard angles Geometry of compositions and forms overall is also a v fun element used here

[eggs-can-draw]

“Are you ok?”

#eggs can art #danganronpa #sdr2 #ndrv3 #izuru kamukura #hajime hinata #(implied) #kokichi ouma #and my dissection of his mentality in my silly little au #his situation is endlessly interesting to me #both in the ways he feels about Hajime/izuru and vice versa #I don’t think there’s an easy answer to any question he has (except for one but I’m not getting sappy rn) #I do think kamukura cares about him #in that unconditional inherent What Yiur Parents Are Supposed To Do kind of way #but I also think he struggles to understand/recognize that #kokichi Knows he’s loved #he Knows hes cared for because you just. learn to read the silent shows of affection over time #they weren’t a normal family unit by any means but neither really understood that concept or Cared #Hajime tries #he feels that same kind of Unconditional Parental Love but similarly struggles to express it #and this time Kokichi struggles to understand #this is the same person but it’s also a stranger #his mannerisms and tells and feeling is different #Kokichi struggles to understand how this Un-New person could care for him like that #they’re a little dysfunctional but time and communication go a long way #someone prompt me to infodump about them I need a springboard/hj

[crimeronan]

We know that inside the castle there are rumors that Belos didn’t *really* die of a heart attack, even if no one would dare mention their doubt aloud. Have these rumors gone out of the castle? Or is it only suspected by a couple of guards and the coven heads who now kind of fear Luz’s unpredictability?

i think that whenever a head of state unexpectedly dies, there's gonna be rumors about it. however i DO think that "what if the empress killed belos" is considered a pretty fringe and unsubstantiated conspiracy theory with the public. luz has told hunter not to respond to or try to stop conspiratorial bullshit bc that's the fastest way to legitimize it, and she's put a Lot of energy into maintaining a positive public image. she's also not faking her grief/pain, even if it's not related to the person who actually died. which makes it harder for people to call bullshit on her sincerity.

#similarly to how people followed belos bc they didnt want to believe theyd wasted their lives.... #people don't want to believe luz killed the emperor because she's pretty popular and well-liked as a leader #they don't want luz to have done that so she hasn't. easy peasy #if the coven heads start shit that can easily be construed as jealousy and flirting with treason if not actual treason #lilith has also put a lot of energy into maintaining the status quo during the transfer of power. so #replies #toh #princess luz au

[hinotorihime]

came to the slightly horrifying conclusion tonight that i would genuinely probably have an easier time nailing dirk's voice if i spent more time on reddit

#dirk's got a very unique cadence that for some reason is extremely difficult for me to write properly #his headspace isn't too hard to get into #his entire personality is abandonment issues and autism i can figure out how he thinks about something pretty easily #but god i CANNOT make it sound exactly like him #i have the opposite problem with roxy actually #roxy's got a distinctive voice that is both easy and fun #but jesus i cannot get into her head she is like a black box #haha insert void joke here #part of it's that she and dave talk very similarly #dirk and rose don't #like yeah they both kind of sound like they're vomiting up a thesaurus but i cannot imagine rose unironically saying the word 'fuckin' ' #in the middle of a string of philosophical navel-gazing #whereas dirk does that multiple times in canon #homestuck #dirk strider #original

[companion-showdown]

Option 1 was suggested by @intodarknes

Option 2 was suggested by anonymous

The generic line up will be changed to include companions who have been specifically requested (their may be other changes depending on the tournament, for example option 1 would be a whole new line up, or including robots who don't wear clothes wouldn't make sense in a tournament judging fashion)

Lucie Miller will replace Josie Day (requested by @thenugking)

Hex Schofield will replace Sabalom Glitz (requested by @thenugking)

Alison Cheney will replace Kate Stewart (requested by anonyomous)

If you want to suggest a companion you'd like to join the general line up or just the line up to a specific tournament, either leave it in the notes of this post (or any really, but for the purposes of me being able fo find it easily it'd be nice if you left it here), or send me an ask. This includes anyone who I've swapped out, who you think should stay. I'm especially interested in almost / could have been companions, theres so many I'm sure I'll miss your favourite whenever we eventually get round to that tournament

If you'd like to suggest a tournament then similarly

You can find all suggested tournaments, my ideas, and requested companions under the tag #future tournament ideas

#at some point i'll have to draw the line on companion requests #but there's still enough tv companions i'm comfortable getting rid of #i don't know if there are any eu companions i've listed who i'd feel similarly about #so if there are any whose companion status is highly disputed that might also be a thing to let me know #heres the tag mentioned in the post #future tournament ideas #best fashion sense requires more work in set up #becuase i'd need more images for the graphics to properly demonstrate what we're judging #so if that wins it will take a lot longer for the tournament to start #tagging these polls #up next #from now on so they're easy to find if you miss it when its published #i am considering hottest companion as an option #so we'll see if it makes it on this poll next time #oh and current companions i'm happy to kick out to accomodate requests are #wilf. sara kingdom. chang lee. karvanista. mickey at a push. kamelion maybe. handles. adam mitchell. gillian and john who. katarina #at an absolute push romana i and ii could be listed together #these aren't necessarily in the order i'd get rid of them #i was just looking down the current bracket #i guess id also get rid of benton. yates. river. k9 #the line in the sand is if a tv companion is undisputed as a companion they're staying #those 4 are in the blurry middle where i definitely consider them a companion but their status is disputed by others #anyway ive talked too long in these tags #if any of those are must stays for you it might be worth letting me know so at minimum they move to the bottom of the list #the really important thing here is vote for the tournament you want to see next

[podracerbarrelroll]

I finished reading Evicted, and it made me think a lot about the concept of landlords and work. The argument from landlords that their job is property maintenance, vs. the claim that maintaining a property you own isn't a job at all.

Both of the landlords that feature prominently in the book manage their own properties. The author describes one that traveled around on the first of the month to collect rents from tenants, how she kept accounts, how frequently she had to appear in eviction court. How her husband quit his job to manage properties for her and spent his time renovating units, finding people who would work for cheap, and getting them ready for move-in. This encompassed their whole lives, and probably would not have left time for wage labor, even if it was something either one of them were inclined to do.

And they did have bills, taxes and fees they had to pay the city. The author describes a bill for over $11K one time, for $20K another time that almost cleared out the landlord's account before the first of the month rolled around and gave her more money. If they let the rent slide, they would be in the red.

The author also described how this landlord shirked on maintenance, how she rented units that were definitely not up to code to desperate people, how she evicted a woman who asked to have a broken window fixed because the woman's mother called the inspector. By doing as little as possible to maintain units and charging as much as possible, this landlord and her husband were able to make a killing off of poor, desperate people. They had a second house in Florida and took vacations to Jamaica while their tenants lived in apartments full of bugs and without appliances and with sinks and tubs that wouldn't drain. A young woman living in one of these units had never seen Lake Michigan, despite living 30 minutes away by bus.

I think the landlord and her husband would claim that they put a lot of work into their properties, that it's a job, and honestly, I think they're right, and I don't think that matters. What matters is the kind of work they chose. Before the landlord became a landlord, she was a teacher. One of her tenants was a former student. She decided to leave this work and become a landlord instead, a lifestyle that allowed her to keep a nice home she never had to worry about losing, with a fridge full of take-out bags in a kitchen she and her husband were almost never home to actually cook in. It allowed her to pay for vacations and second homes and stay at the casino until 4am.

It required putting her boot on other people's necks. Because if she lifted it even a little, if she let someone breathe, those bills in the tens of thousands would come for her, and she wouldn't be able to pay. But she chose that, she put herself there. She made the choice of the property owner, the choice of the capitalist, who may spend long hours managing a workforce or a business, but ultimately lives better by taking from others.

The work landlords choose is the work of exploitation, which makes them the enemy of the working class and the renting class in the same manner as capitalists. I find that a better and more important distinction than how we should categorize the nature of their 'work'.

#evicted #landlords #tenant rights #similarly: the police #I wouldn't say they don't work but I would say they aren't working class #their function is to control the working class so capitalists (and landlords) may continue exploitation for profit #this book also made me think a lot about how easy it is to lose everything and how hard it is to rebuild #it will make you look around where you live and try to picture what you would take if you could only fit it into your car #or worse if you could only take what you could carry #how much you'd lose

[waitingforsecretsouls]

So, uhh. The Sauron & Maedhros pitch pt.1, the comedic edition.

#yes I'm gonna inflict it upon the tags #silm #Maedhros #Sauron #just to be clear the goofy and pathethic one is Sauron obviously :) #pretty sure I rambled about it under one post or the other already but they do have a lot of potential #both in the comedic sense bc Sauron is just...ridiculous even if he's evil #but if one want to go the darker 'they make each other worse' route that also #idk obviously Maedhros is a better person and all but there is plenty of room for similarities between them #it is not easy to find some way to force them to interact that doesn't upend the entire plot or feels like character assassination #particularly towards Maedhros #but I like doing it #the whole 'beware what you start shipping as a joke' etc. #not that they would have anything resembling a normal relationship #obviously the moral divide is pretty significant but if you either break Maedhros down enough or get them in an environment where it doesn't #really matter such as potential divergence where both end up going to Valinor after the War of Wrath or smng #there's a chance they would get along ! (<-- delusional) #Leaving potentials aside I do feel they would conceptualize what being a leader or having power means pretty similarly #I also love the theory about Maedhros possibly being the one who introduced 'Sauron' as the most prominent name for him #both bc it mirrors Feanor naming Morgoth and bc his impact remaining in that at least until the end

[sysig]

Contain yourself Captain (Patreon)

#Doodles #SCII #Captain Sterling #NEJ #KUP #Quickly! Before the end of 2023 notices! (The year has been over for two and a half months now lol) #So yeah I found some mid-'23 doodles that I realized didn't make it into the yearly roundup either! So here they are now! #Silly lads #Mostly just speculating about Sterling and my VUX lads' chemistry lol - they have a little bit of chemistry with each other as well #Mostly as friends tho mostly as friends - NEJ is not particularly inclined to be around other similarly sentient species lol #He taps out at plants plants are good for him #He is fascinated by plants communicating with the chemicals they release tho - don't let him near a Supox I don't know what will happen yet #ANYway this is supposed to be about him and Sterling! And KUP and Sterling! #Yeah NEJ doesn't feel particularly strongly about this Captain lol - he's just Some Guy who occasionally brings by plants but also talks #Take the good with the bad and all that lol #KUP is the type that's fun and easy to wind up so Sterling does lol - Captains are silly nuisances this is known #But is it just play or is it something more?? Captain Sterling are you picking on him because you don't know how to express yourself #He /is/ young #I am still labouring under the impression that VUX are generally taller than humans I just think it's Fun #If he's going to be this hom around KUP what the hell is he gonna be like around ZEX #I just think an openly flirty Captain in return would be fun! Space Faring Romancing! #Guess he'll find out once he gets there lol

[revengesworn]

okay i am making a wishlist of ideal mikey threads for Reasons

-i already mentioned this one recently, but members in toman learning about the things mikey's been hiding. generally cracking him open like a walnut, etc. preferably with lots of emotional vulnerability from mikey's side

- similarly to the above, threads set in the final arc timeline with members of toman. like that specific time period where mikey's trying to make everyone hate him, and they don't know wtf he's doing. nice.

- something related to mikey's frustrations with his lack of agency & feeling useless/a burden due to the dark impulses and being unable to help his friends??this would work well with a takemichi who he could openly discuss things with, but i'd be interested to see how it could work with other characters too. i don't have ideas for that yet unfortunately tho

okay i don't know why tumblr suddenly insisted on adding bullet points but. sanzu and mikey threads!! especially where sanzu knows exactly what's going on with mikey but mikey himself doesn't. i love that shit.

the problem with a lot of these is that they require specific characters to work, so i also want to think of ideas that aren't centered on toman. maybe something with post-canon mikey using his knowledge from the future to understand someone in a way they wouldn't expect?? or maybe... him being forced to go to someone for help with something?? idk. i'll update this post with more non-toman threads in a bit, i think...

but if anyone is interested in plotting any of these ideas out with me, please like this post and i will shimmy into your dms like. so fast. aksfhjdnfkjd >:)

#ooc #similarly if any of you have things you really want to explore with your muses #pleaseeeeeeeeee throw ideas at me i would love it!! #<3 #wishlist. #reading these again; a lot of them focus on the more supernatural aspects of tr #which doesn't surprise me but i'd also love like... #mikey talking about his more non-supernatural traumas too. or something in between; where he's talking about how easy it is to give in #to the curse because of his own beliefs about weakness and his own traumas/depression/grief and how they impact him #getting him to actually open up to someone would be a nightmare; but. #anyway. send post lmao