#depends on circumstance

[gertritude-art]

Hey everyone! In my time zone, it's currently the last day of the global strike in support of Palestine, and I wanted to do something before it ended. So, I'm offering up donation doodles! If you donate at least a couple of bucks to careforgaza, you will get a lovely doodle in thanks.

(feel free to check the doodle tag of my blog's archive for more examples.)

For those who don't know, careforgaza is a grassroots organization that's distributing food to displaced families in Gaza. As an estimated half a million Palestinians are facing severe famine, and funding has just been cut to the UNRWA, getting supplies to people is more important than ever.

Although the strike ends today, I will be doing doodles throughout the week (1/28 - 2/04). Just DM me a screenshot of your donation to the careforgaza paypal, and I'll doodle whatever you want, within reason. Let's help out how we can!

#there was going to be a drawing at the top of this but they all looked very stupid. i apologize. #Depending on circumstances it may take upwards of a day to get back to you + doodle quality will vary! #If you need an example of what a 'proof of donation' looks like then let me know #Palestine #Donations

[the-ace-with-spades]

This is related to one of my fic ideas, but all you need to know is that Bradley and Jake have four kids that Mav didn't know about until he saw them all together first day in the Hard Deck because he and Bradley haven't been talking

When they come back from the mission, they don't talk talk for a while, there's so much happening in the med bay and then Jake, Bradley's husband Mav hadn't even known existed three weeks ago, is always with him.

Then Ice is in the hospital, still, and Bradley comes to visit but they don't really talk either. They don't ask about the kids, but Bradley himself volunteers that they wouldn't be able to visit the hospital anyway because children are not allowed on the wards.

Finally, Ice comes home and Bradley and Mav talk.

And then, the next afternoon, Bradley comes with their two youngest, a seventeen-month-old baby boy called PJ and two a half-year-old girl named Ronnie. And they each get to hold a baby.

It's something else.

The babies are cute enough that Mav can almost ignore they're half Hangman.

The real surprise, though, is the twins.

Tommy and Nicky (no, Mav is not jealous that all Bradley's father figures but him have a kid named after them, not a lot, anyway, he gets that Bradley was really angry with him) are almost six, identical to the smallest detail, clothes and hairstyles included, and somehow Bradley, Hangman and Jake's mom (who takes care of the kids when the boys work) still can tell them apart.

They are loud and bouncy and so energetic and yet, the minute Bradley walks them through his front door, both the girls both hide behind Hangman's — their other dad, his Bradley's husband, Mav still can't get over it — legs, so shy.

And Mav haven't been around kids in so long, he doesn't know what to do.

And it takes a minute but eventually one of them — he really can't tell them apart — asks, 'who is that?' and Bradley wriggles her onto his knee and pointing a bit at Mav, says, "This is your grandpa, baby. you think you can try saying hi?"

And Mav, no matter how hard he tries, can't blink away the tears.

Because it only settled just now — that this all means, Bradley forgiving him, talking to them again, inviting them to his house, introducing them to his family, to his kids; this all means Mav is a grandpa.

(Mav cries again, weeks later, when he finds out PJ stands for Peter Jacob — even though he still can't believe Jacob 'Hangman' Seresin is the other father of his grandchildren and his son-in-law.)

#look i think mav either adores hangman or hates hangman depending on circumstances #no in between #Ice does not like him *ever* but he's better at not showing it #thank you tumblr user @indybob for reminding me this was in my draft with your grandpa mav post #mavdad #hangster #implied icemav #pete maverick mitchell #bradley rooster bradshaw

[the-final-sif]

what is your opinion on the situation?

I've been at work all day so I haven't been able to sit down with stuff fully, it also seems like Caiti is planning to release a statement later today with more information I think? So I'd like to get her response there, but based on what I've seen so far I think I fall more on the side of "people made some dumb choices and should learn from them" than anything else.

Consent is messy and it gets messier when people start lying or are drunk. In this case, both Caiti and George were drunk. From what I understand, either Caiti had a 21+ wristband from the vidcon party, or her friend group did and assumed since she was drinking with them, she was also 21+.

Honestly, when it comes to the matter of underage drinking, I don't think it's even remotely fair to place blame on Dream/George for that. The blame there lies with Caiti deciding to drink while under 21, and on her friends, Ghostie and the other person present who were both over 21. Unlike Dream/George, both of them knew Caiti and knew exactly how old she was and were letting her drink. They were also letting her drink with no one sober and no one making sure she got home.

Now, Caiti is 18 and also I'm not a goddamn square, I'm not gonna stand here and be like "oh no drinking at 18 clutch my pearls" but like, if people are going to blame other people for that situation, that very much lies with Caiti's friends who knew they had an underage person drinking with them. I feel like people are weirdly assigning blame to Dream/George for not like, iding every person they hang out with (particularly if she had a 21+ bracelet at vidcon, which would mean she already got IDed). While completely avoiding placing any blame on the people who 100% knew they were taking an 18 year old drinking without a doubt.

Putting that aside, from my understanding George's side is he believed at the time that she was having fun, and the most they did was cuddle on a couch with other people there. He believed at the time that everything was cool, and that she later decided she was uncomfortable with what happened.

Honestly, I don't really think that's an unfair reading. At this same party, her best friend was there and from Ghostie's own words, she also didn't realize Caiti was uncomfortable until several months later when Caiti told her. If her best friend didn't notice she was uncomfortable or see anything wrong, then I find it hard to think anyone else would pick up on it.

There's certainly risks taken here that I wouldn't have taken. I think that George needs to do better with checking for consent and maybe vetting the people you're hanging out with. Although I also understand that doing a full background check on everyone you ever meet is an absurd requirement and if, at the time, they trusted the person that they actually invited, I get how that shit happens. Per consent, given that he was also drunk, I get how it may've appeared to him that he had consent. I do think it's still something to work on, but I'm also perfectly aware that in real life, people are often going off vibes and social cues, and sometimes those don't mash.

I also think that Caiti's friends have been pretty shitty throughout this. They take no responsibility for having let an 18 year old drink and then ditching her. They are absolutely milking drama out of this shit and they have a weird obsession with blaming Dream for shit he had no fault in.

As for Dream, I don't think he did anything wrong here. Full stop. If Caiti's best friend didn't notice that she was uncomfortable or unhappy, it's insanely unreasonable to expect Dream to have managed that. He was also drunk and hanging out with people, and he had no way of knowing Caiti was underage. None of that shit was his fault, and his statement seems very measured and reasonable. People are trying to blame him for things that he had absolutely no part in, and the UK group are absolutely trying to pull that shit.

Overall, sounds like several people involved made dumb choices, I hope they learn and grow. Otherwise all of this honestly sounds like shit that should've been talked out privately and not tossed to the internet for speculation. Human beings are messy and will fuck up sometimes. This feels like a case of miscommunication and people making risky choices that left people with some hurt.

Again, I may change my mind with further evidence presented, but that's how it feels to me.

#dreamwastaken #georgenotfound #discourse #sif speaks #sif answers #idk man I think I just have more irl experience with these sorts of situations #like #shit happens in real life #and I think maybe part of the problem with like twitter #is you have a lot of 15 year olds that have never been drunk or fucked in their lives #who are totally sure they know exactly how consent works and how sex goes in real life #I really liked the greendot talk I got about it back in college #I should find a recording of that sometime for people #It laid it out really well that consent is not an on-off switch #It's a door that you're opening #and depending on the circumstances you take risks with how you're opening it #0 risk is like the two of you have a formal plan #and have signed contracts #and then you start to move up through situations that can be more risky that something goes wrong #and someone gets hurt #And honestly for irl consent I found that was so much more of a valuable framework to look at things through

[blinkpen]

i thought "what if zoetrope was a pokemon" and started doodling but it turns out there's so many ways to go about that and it is a rabbit hole with no bottom so i had to stop

#mog art #character design #monster #demon #zoetrope #triclops #cricket #chameleon #mantis #bug #he'd definitely be one of those 'evolves into like 5 dif things depending on Circumstances' mons #but i cannot dwell on this all day or iterate on these i have other things to focus my brain on #bottom right is probably my favorite in terms of uniqueness i don't think it'd need much workshopping #'bug gyrados' wait i forgot wimpod exists nvm

[cinamun]

The Essentials:

emergency cash | her husband's car keys

9mm with the full clip | burner phone

her husband's wallet | single credit cards 1 & 2

Non-Essentials:

lotion | lipstick (t$r) | gloss (t$r)

okay okay, obviously inspired by those cc rec posts you always see on your dash, I just put a little stank on it! hope you find this useful!

#ts4 cc recommendations #ts4 cc #might fuck around and make this a regular thing #you know hood chicks switch it up depending on the circumstance #today a 9 #tomorrow a blade #lmfaooooooooooo #extras

[royalarchivist]

🥲

#mod talk #This isn't Twitter so I'm not gonna say ''don't send hate to the admins'' because we're all better than that #TBH I had a feeling they'd make this one count since Bobby's counted and this was basically the same thing #but agh. still a bit gutted #at least it wasn't his last life #I'll be honest - I'm on team ''get rid of the life system for the eggs'' and I have been for a while now #I think the first week after the ''reset'' (it's not a reset they just moved to a different part of the Island) #was a great example of how much more fun things could be if Eggs can't die anymore #Other people have said it but barely anyone does dungeons anymore because they don't want to risk the lives of their Eggs #it's fun seeing them all hanging out and fighting together! #and even knowing they were immortal it was still scary seeing them get downed! A bit funny too depending on the circumstance but u know #anyways that's my two cents. I'm sad but I'm not gonna make a huge fuss about it #maybe the life system will change someday

[tj-crochets]

So my little brother and I are not allowed to be on the same team for family game night when we play games like Taboo, because most of the time we share a brain cell and the rest of the family has decided it's an unfair advantage. Today, I was trying to remember the word hummus but completely blanked, so what I said was: "Cabbage. No, hermitage" And my brother guessed "Brussels sprouts?" "No, it's a brown goo" I said, but my brother heard "it's a round goo" "Hummus!" he said "that explains the green from cabbage" "It was hummus, but hummus isn't green????" "Oh I was thinking of guacamole" So like. Even when he and I are thinking of totally different things we can still come up with the same word lol

#the person behind the yarn #the family calls it our twin powers (we are not twins) #today's confusion was compounded by the fact that my brother is colorblind #so I had a moment of like 'wait is hummus green to him???' #sometimes I can follow the logic of the alternate words my brain gives me instead of the word I want #not this time though lol #for the record when I blank on a word at work or another place where I can't just say random words #I just don't say anything #or say 'I apologize I can't think of the word' #or just let the subject drop. depends on the circumstances #my brother and I can also use our twin powers to find objects #in that if one of us loses something we'll say hey come activate twin powers #and then the person who asks for help immediately finds the missing object. like. 9 times out of 10

[toughtink]

just curiousssss 👀🩸

for the purposes of this poll, i’m not counting things like forms of birth control or other situations that stop menstruation entirely.

#i’m curious if i missed a form of period control beyond something that stops it entirely #periods #menstruation #people who menstruate #polls #oh yeah i also appreciate shares #this is just me being curious tbh #obv what i choose to use depends on circumstance but i think my fave is the cup #it’s just so nice to not worry about running out of pads or tampons #honestly these days my period ia rarely heavy enough to warrant it #one of the positives of having an iud

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Question for the Lights out Au:

I believe you mentioned before that at some point Wally learns to control some of the black goo in Home? how would the others react to this? (just ignore this if I‘m remembering smth you said wrong or just misinterpreting it completely 😭)

no yeah he found a Spiderman comic and went 💡❗

#i would say im joking but. im not #he does indeed find a couple of comic books and Fucks Around / Finds Out #thwip thwip... #as for how the others react! um! Variously! with Variation! various variables for a veritable vagary yk yk #i haven't thought about it enough to Say! #all around though. Not Well i think #it entirely depends on the circumstances of their discovery #rambles from the bog #wh lights out au #i think ill be doing a bit of Tweaking the Doc tonight... #thinking about this now! thank you!

[jojossillywalk]

the inherent homoeroticism of your rival's ability being fundamentally a hard counter to your ability but you beat them anyway through your utilization of the environment, understanding of tactics, and usage of their own ego against them

#avpol #''polnareff is afraid of magician's red'' silver chariot can literally deflect crossfire hurricane's multiples. #at BASELINE silver chariot can be a huge pain in the ass for magician's red #avdol however is just really really really really good at stand combat and polnareff is a fencer with telekinesis #which is why polnareff is either really really excellent at combat or he fucking eats shit with no in between #and also why avdol's confidence in winning is hugely dependent on extenuating circumstances and this is like #both a good and terrible thing

[descendant-of-truth]

My personal compromise between a Sonic who never shuts up and one who barely says anything would be to give him a constant inner monologue that he routinely forgets to share with anyone ever

#sonic the hedgehog #How often we as the audience get to hear that monologue would depend entirely on the circumstances #Sometimes it'd be more effective/funny to hear it and other times it wouldn't #I feel like this combination turns Sonic into a bit more of a space case than usual but I'm vibing with it honestly

[arsenicflame]

when will someone pick izzy up bridal style and spin him around? hm?

#it Would upset his tummy but i think he deserves a little holding. as a treat #to be cradled. and spun around with joy #(honestly to me i see this only working as bellhands i dont think izzy would let anyone else get away with it- maybe ed but. thin thin ice- #and i see izzy being too stressed about eds knee to get to unbridled laughter. so sam . hes just appeared; for the first time in a long #time. he sees izzy [they have a little reunion (depending on ~circumstances~ that could just be yelling affectionately at each other like #hey i haven't seen u in a year- or if its after faking his death i see sam getting punched. just a little) they get to kiss a bit etc etc] #then sam just. sweeps him up in his arms. izzy yells in shock and demands sam puts him down but sam just. holds him tighter and #spins him around in pure joy. and izzy laughs #(this; more than anything shocks the crew. they thought the rest of it was shocking- sam bellamy likes izzy???? theyre married??? #people think positively about this man they all hate???? wtf wtf. izzy punched sam and got away with it?? the prince of pirates????? #but then izzy is laughing. and theyre astounded. they didn't think he was capable of that. maybe they never knew him at all) #djjdhdhdj ive been. thinking about this. A LOT. today so here #have a ramble about izzy (again) #if izzy not for cradling like lover; why small? #nyxtalks #ofmd #israel hands #izzy hands #bellhands #sam bellamy #i think i went off enough in the tags to quantify those fjdjnd

[waystarresourceco]

Kieran Culkin on Roman's intelligence and how that intersects with confidence. (x)

#Roman's confidence (or lack thereof in certain circumstances) fascinates me because it seems so dependent on who he's talking to #he clearly thought he was smart about the studio but...if the turkey movie is anything to go on... #Kieran has talked about the Roman's time in the studio a few times max and I wish more interviews would ask about it #I would pay to see what Roman's reign in LA was like #anyway #roman roy #hbo succession #succession #cast interviews #kieran culkin

[midnightsun-if]

Sorry if this sounds rude, but I have some things I need to get off my chest. Frankly, the whole Scarlett situation kind of sucks, and the way you’re handling things is not exactly helping matters. I get you have a specific vision for her character, and as a fellow author I would never suggest you compromise that to appease a bunch of sexist, entitled fans, but you’ve given so much attention to her character that it honestly comes as no surprise that people wouldn’t respect her sexuality, as bad as that is to say.

I’ve personally sent numerous asks in the past, and you haven’t answered a single one, so either you’re intentionally ignoring them, or tumblr ate them. If it’s the later, then I’m sorry for accusing you. You’re obviously not under any obligation to answer asks you don’t want to, but I admit it does sting a bit to see Scarlet Ask #523759690 on my feed when I have yet to see a single one of mine. You may not think you have a favorite character, but from an outside perspective, you 100% do.

The amount of attention Scarlett receives compared to the rest of the cast (seriously, when was the last time Caden got an ask dedicated to them?) is truly astounding. Fans will naturally have their favorites, but as an author you should remain impartial… which you really haven’t. In fact, it seems like you actively encourage the Scarlett attention. It’s like you keep showing off a fancy car that only a few people can actually buy, then get upset when people complain they can’t buy the car as well.

Anyways, I’m sorry for this rant, but I’ve been thinking about this for a while now. I wish you luck on your writing journey, and hope you have a happy holiday (if you’re in a country that celebrates any upcoming holidays)!

I truly don’t know what to say other than the fact that I haven’t seen your asks and that I’m trying to avoid Scarlett asks when it specifically involves the discourse with her sexuality— which also may contribute to the possibility on why I haven’t seen them, if that’s what they involved— as I mentioned in my one-and-done post about it… I don’t want to keep this as a reoccurring theme on the blog as I know that many people will grow tired of it just like I have.

I answer Scarlett centric asks, barring when I answer scenario asks about the family and/or the ROs, mainly due to the fact that she’s the one people single out— if someone sends me an ask about C, or Blake, or anyone else, I’ll answer it… It just happens to be that Scarlett gets the most asks when it comes to that sort of thing— and those asks are typically much easier/faster to answer than the all-in-one asks— I’d be more than happy to answer singular asks about any number of my characters. And I have in the past when someone sends something in.

All I can truly say? If not being able to romance Scarlett is this big of an issue, and I truly am saying this as nicely as I can… I don’t think Midnight Sun is the right IF for you. I believe I know a couple more IFs with an Ice Queen type RO, or adjacent RO, that may suit you better if you’d like to me share them!

And, I’d just like to make this small point, I get upset, or am starting to, because it’s a point I’ve brought up over and over again— Scarlett isn’t a lesbian to create an inconvenience for the player… She’s a lesbian because it’s part of who she is. Sending me asks saying “I can change her” or “Give us Scarlett and the F!MCs Koda” (among other things) is absolutely abhorrent in the best case scenario. There are 7 other ROs for you to choose from— all of which offer their own unique routes and experiences within Midnight Sun.

Scarlett isn’t changing, I’m standing firm with this. I’m not going to ever change my mind about it— I’m sorry if that upsets anyone, but it’s not something I’m backing down on.

#midnight sun #asks #ro: scarlett voltaire #and if I haven’t answered your singular asks it’s either because I haven’t seen them #or I couldn’t figure out the correct response and decided to come back later… #and forgot 😅 #which is my bad #as I typically try to answer them whenever they first arrive due to the fact that they’re relatively simple to answer #and I can send them out quickly (depending on what it is of course) #which means this will also be the last one I’ll be responding to #barring special circumstances

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

One of my pseudo predictions/ideas for khml is that it could involve a manhunt for Master’s Defender

Let’s say that Ephemera passes MD down through his family—four generations after him as Nomura mentions, til we get to present day missing link. He gives the specific instruction that it must be returned to Brain whenever he’s destined to arrive in Scala in the future (which might be mentioned in the Book of Prophecies). At the end of khux, Ephemera said he still considers MD belonging to Brain, so he wants to return it to its original owner.

But by the time missing link takes place, and Brain appears, what if the current wielder of MD (aka one of Ephemera’s descendants) refuses to return it, firmly believing that it’s their right to wield it rather than Brain.

This causes a stir within the family, as certain members would find this to be selfish, unreasonable, and going against Ephemera’s wishes. Along with just being dishonourable to Brain, assuming they respect him. Meanwhile, other members of the family end up agreeing with this wielder, believing that MD should stay in the family.

I can see this drama getting so out of hand that it spreads to Scala’s wider community, causing the wielder to go into hiding with MD, and leading to a widespread manhunt alongside other various conflicts. Maybe the game is about finding a missing link to the past in the form of MD, assuming that the titular “missing link” could be a physical item and not just a metaphorical or symbolic thing. As far as I know, MD and No Name are also the only keyblades to have chain-related abilities? Just as an added layer

Brain’s whole role in this is up in the air. I’m going to assume that he’d want to get MD back because of it being Ephemera’s wish (and he will get it back eventually, so it can be passed down to Eraqus), but I can see him getting exhausted by all the drama caused by it. Either way, he feels a sense of responsibility to try and fix everything that goes down

#khml #you’ve heard of sharing a keyblade: get ready for KEYBLADE THEFT!! #technical ownership of a keyblade has always been an interesting topic to me #I miss when keyblades had more sentience and could actually choose their wielder depending on the circumstances #I was talking about this with my gf and it’s actually insane how much potential ml has #there’s gotta be some wack stuff going on in this city in that family in the society #I just think this can be a really fun set up #my theories #my posts #(also still feels weird for me to use brain buuuut here it is) #family feud scala edition

[the-ninja-legacy-whip]

Who out of everyone works the best under pressure?

Top Contenders:

Lloyd- Reason: Have you seen his life; being under pressure is like, his default mode

Cole- Reason: Is always constantly under pressure anyway (of his own making, but still)

Kai- Reason: Does some of his best work only when under pressure

Olivia- Reason: Have you met her boss

#info tag #legacyverse #ninjago #lloyd garmadon #cole brookstone #kai smith #oc: olivia omar #would not be Jay (too anxious) #would not be Jesse (too paranoid) #and would not be Nya (too easily frustrated) #Zane depends entirely on circumstance #ninjago headcanons