#dumb but reasonable hcs

[bahbzxxx]

A fun HC I have for Kaeya is that he can't sing.

He just can't.

Once upon a time, The Cats Tail had hosted a talent show. All the little village people of mondstadt who weren't allergic to cats all gathered, eager to showcase their talent. The winner would get a TGC card signed by the Darknight hero himself(it's really not) so naturally there was a gaggle of guys, gals, and non-binary pals screaming their heads off in the corner at every act. Nine-hundred and twenty one fights broke out that night alone, and rumor has it that it got so bad that it made The Anemo Archon consider Tyranny (lolsies)

Anyway, when the Cavarly captain of the Knights of Favonius took the stage, the crowd went beserk. Flowers being thrown on stage, fruit baskets being thrown on stage, articles of clothing thrown on stage, hand-held children being thrown on stage...

The Cavalry captain had quite the fanbase. And now, he was going to share with the world his special secret talent...and win the talent show!

No. He did not win the talent show. But the teeny tiny participation trophy makes him believe otherwise.

#genshin short story #genshin hc #kaeya alberich #kaeya genshin impact #mondstadt #the people of mondstadt r cray cray #kaeya hc #dumb but reasonable hcs #hidden talent #keep hidden talent #genshin impact #kaeya #cringe #genshin #genshin imagines #crack fic

[bakubunny]

you make some stupid joke about him being a sly fox, not thinking much of it. without missing a beat, a smirk grows on his face as he closes in on you, getting uncomfortably close. “does that make you a dumb bunny?”

geto, itadori, aizawa, kirishima, bakugo, sero, shinso, midoriya, takami, chisaki

#that line has always stuck with me from that movie #this is abt geto and i should not have shared with the class #if he were to call me a dumb bunny in any context for any reason i’d combust on the spot #this one’s too specific why am i posting this #shut up bunny #jjk #bnha #jjk x reader #jjk hcs #bnha x reader #bnha hcs #bakubunny

[fungerhead]

people on the fear and hunger reddit can be so annoying ugh

#i've met some lovely people on there even made a friend but some of the users there get so pissed off about really dumb shit for no reason. #like who gives a shit #''tumblr is ruining the game waaaaaaaaah they making all the characters gay homos'' #i just saw a post where they screenshotted another persons post talking about their daan hcs and were going #''no he's not he literally had a wife'' like first of all the person hc's was that he was bi #so jot that down #or i get people that comment on my daanmarcoh drawings going like #''well i ship him with his wife :|'' like cool??????????

[designernishiki]

i rarely see people talking about the trans girl substory in y3 and like. yakuza may have its issues with iffy representation here and there but I’ll give them credit for that one, it was simple but it was sweet and kiryu was very in character. my only question is: where the hell did kiryu learn the word transgender

#he already knew it for some reason and I’m not saying that’s super unrealistic but like let’s be real #SOMEONE had to have told him what it means at some point #im gonna assume ako did but they never use the Word in her earlier appearances I don’t think #anyway this substory is funny to me and very sweet #my friends and I were saying it’s like. the follow-up to rina (the lesbian hostess in y1) telling him he can go out with a guy if he wants #to (because he just admitted he wants to) and him going silent and staring at the ceiling in deep contemplation #the follow-up being: he meets another queer person who’s confiding in him and he almost immediately asks ‘so you’re trans. that’s not the #same thing as being gay right’ #like he asks her that in game. and it just sounds like he’s been wondering about this for a WHILE like it’s been lingering in the back of #his head just waiting for the right situation #man’s figuring some of his own shit out #as dumb as it sounds I like to think that was him thinking to himself ‘okay… they’re not the same thing… so IF im gay… it doesn’t make me #any less of a man than I was before…hypothetically’ #hdjdjffjfjvn but anyway obviously hc/speculation but hey it’s fun #that substory was written for us queers anyway. we can do what we want with if #rambling #kiryu #y3

[localguy2]

Jay's definitely the type of guy to walk in and say something random and forgin to the ninjago universe

Whole team's training then he randomly says some dumb shit like "it's morbing time" and everyone looks at him confused as hell

He's also the type of person that suggests random bad on paper and execution ideas but it somehow always works like for example

"guys let's use Zane as a ram again"

"Cole, throw Nya at them"

"Kai, try talking to them about thier atrocious hair styles"

"pixal, just stand still maybe it'll stop attacking"

"Lloyd, just ignore thier existence entirely"

And somehow in all of the mentioned cases, it has somehow worked out perfectly well for them with not a single injury or scratch, they don't know if Jay is actually a genius, or if he and them are so stupidly lucky that his ideas actually work

And best part he doesn't know himself

#jay walker #ninjago #i hc this man is straight up shit post mode 24/7 #He's so dumb #But he's also so loveable #We love the dumb comic relief softie in this house #i also hc him as the guy who immediately acts on his impulsive thoughts without hesitation #Which seems to be a part of the reason as to why his plans always work

[rohirric-hunter]

So in LotRO, typically, if there's a prison/torture chamber where prisoners are being visibly mistreated and there's no way for the player to put a complete stop to that, the prisoners being mistreated will be orcs and goblins. A good example of this is Naerband, where you free a few Nurnhoth, but ultimately no matter what you do, every time you go back to the place there will still be torture actively happening -- however this torture is always happening to orcs, goblins, and a few trolls. The Nurnhoth you free for the repeatable quest are hiding in corners, and not being actively mistreated.

Compare that to the Fane of Screaming, where human characters are being held captive and tortured, but after you complete the quest to rescue them, they don't respawn, and any subsequent visits to the location will reveal no further prisoners (and a bunch of orcs just absolutely wailing away at nothing at all, but it's an MMO, we don't expect amazing continuity from it).

This is a pretty classic example of evading the censors, and it's present in basically every fantasy video game ever, and not in and of itself a huge deal, except it did make me think of something kind of dark. One of the reasons why this tactic successfully evades the censors is because the player does half the rationalizing for them; these guys are enemies, and statistically speaking Probably Bad People, and even though we disapprove of torture in general it's easier to ignore or look past when the people suffering are Bad People, right? They're probably just here because they Failed Someone for the Last Time (not for lack of trying) or due to some kind of delicate political situation.

Except. Not too far from Naerband, you meet Viznak. And Viznak is -- he has the more mischievous and chaotic personality traits common to goblins, but he's not cruel. Even other goblins in the game that you're able to reason with and strike a deal mutually beneficial deal with, like Sorrog Crows-eye, have cruel streaks to them -- and Viznak stands out in that he never once, not even for a moment, takes any sort of delight in the misfortune of the player or their friends. And it's not written like he has cruel urges but has realized it's not right and is struggling to overcome them; Viznak is just. Not a mean person. And given that this goblin lives in Mordor itself and still managed to outlast all the cultural indoctrination he must have been subjected to, to be cruel and horrible, isn't it possible that there might be others who also managed it? And obviously the armies of Sauron have no place for individuals who don't delight in cruelty and evil, so if they aren't like that already and it can't be taught, they're going to be got rid of... but maybe not ALL of them got banished to Agarnaith.

It's most likely not a huge percentage of them, but the game does definitely lead the player (or me at any rate) to consider that maybe some of those ambiance orcs & goblins are being punished for the crime of Not Being Horrible. Which is a little bit of a miserable thought to have, so I don't think about it often, but it does occur to me sometimes.

#lotro #long post #viznak is a bit vague on why exactly he got banished #he was 'too smart' and 'wouldnt follow orders' #but my hc is that he was killing his enemies quickly instead of Being Horrible about it #and maybe even stopping other goblins from Being Horrible about it #which is the smart thing to do! why give them more reasons to hate you AND leave them alive for a while? dumb plan #but also he clearly just. doesnt get a horrible enjoyment out of it like most other orcs and goblins you talk to

[griponthenews]

Not necessarily a new take but I dislike it when certain fans take a pair of characters and point at the quiet/clever one and go "they're the autistic one" and then point at the sociable/energetic one and go "they're the adhd one" without actually thinking about it further

#beyond the obvious dumbing down of real disorders it's also just boring in my opinion #like I love imagining my faves as autistic bc I'm autistic. But sometimes it's evident that other people only do it bc #they want a autism/adhd ship or something. and not because they're actually interested in examining the character #dont get me wrong. you don't *need* a reason to hc your faves as nd #but some ppl invent a weird binary of “autism/adhd” and force it on every ship based on what are often straight up stereotypes #don't know who needs to hear this but autism is not a synonym for introvert and adhd is not a synonym for extrovert

[shopcat]

people will see two characters who are good friends ... best friends even ...live in each others pockets ... are incredibly important to each other and a really lovely and sweet and very simple example of friendship being important and fulfilling and meaningful and beautiful and not "just" friendship because there is no such thing... and then they will turn around and they haven't even finished the previous sentence before being like Oh but if this one wasn't a lesbian she would be in love with her male best friend and vice versa. obviously. or he has feelings for her but he "let them go" because she's a lesbian if she wasn't though they would date. in fact if this was a magical world where he was a girl all along they would be in love because all that stuff i said about friendship and importance was actually just words ?!

and like beyond the sheer lesbophobia and sheer CRUELTY for him to even consider either of them in that light on a regular basis i would honestly prefer people own the fuck up to what they're apparently trying to say here and fully commit to going "No, i DON'T actually think friendship that stays platonic and that factor of it will NEVER change can be equally important or MORE SO as other kinds of relationships and in fact i don't think the very idea exists i was just saying all that stuff about platonic nonromantic soulmates to just say it". right before the apparent mission statement of so many that is "if a lesbian is friends with a man i think her sexuality is getting in the way in one way or another". i wish you people just literally got your phones taken away and a parental lock put in place.

#i wish when you blocked people it hurt them. #he. and obv you know who i'm talking about. DOES NOT HAVE FEELINGS FOR HER #and she. DOES NOT HAVE AND NEVER HAS AND NEVER WOULD AND NEVER COULD HAVE FEELINGS FOR HIM #you're NOT going oh in another life we would've got married if i wasn't gay you're not DOING that #you're being WEIRD. STOP IT. ITS SO FUCKING EASY 😭😭😭 #if you seriously can't conceptualise any of those dumb hypotheticals where he's like a girl the whole time or shes Not a lesbian #where the end goal isn't ''oh so they can date now :)'' it's.... so they're still friends.... THEN YOURE INSANE ‼️‼️‼️ #AND POSSIBLY FUCKING EVIL‼️‼️‼️ #so they ''CAN'' date now sends shivers up my spine #this is what i mean when i say i hate that codependent shit now. no one can be normal about it and now i hate it all #i'm going to make anti codependent hcs to put negativity out there to balance it out. i don't think steve knows her last name #also anyone who thinks steve as of s4 has any sort of feelings for robin that is literally so gross 😭 why would you even like him if you #thought that. case in point and i'm NOT even exaggerating here that is what people who Hate steve say #as proof for hating him. cuz they think he has feelings for her. which is something you would hate him for #also literally do not doubt me for if some reason in s5 he says and acrually means ''i have feelings for robin still'' i would .. stop #liking him... it would be easy..... #sts #anyway. this isn't about trans content either that's a whole other . Thing. which i don't really care about right now

[limpfisted]

WYLL SEXUALITY (GREY ACE BISEXUAL WITH PREFERENCE FOR GNC INDIVIDUALS) AND GENDER (TRANSMASC “BLADE”, HERO, HEROINE, MAN, WOMAN, NEITHER, GENTLEMAN, HANDSOME WOMAN, PRETTYBOY, BABYGIRL, WARLOCK, CHAMPION, KNIGHT, DUKE, DUCHESS, DEVIL, WARLOCK, WITCH.)

an explanation of how i view the devil/darkness and “the blade” as symbolism about safely roleplaying sexuality and gender passions thar scare you (and ur asshole dad)

all the companions are bi/pan CRY ABOUT IT, however out of all the narratives, wyll’s narrative to me is the one that plays the most with sexual and gender “roleplaying.”

wyll comes at u and tells u his dnd character is human warrior, male. this is a persona he made up to cope with the fact he has an abusive, negligent “guardian”—whose dark magic he was always probably drawn to. (mizora rip bastard shes not dead but i wish she was Gone And Not Here)

his farher is might makes right, the baldurian tav can call the flaming fist a bunch of arseholes and blowhards. his father expects ten hundred percent from him. and when wyll is drawn to “darkness”, hes scared n punished for it to the point hes kicked out of the city he sold his soul to save

darkness in fiction is almost always evil. but thats not really true. and even in bg3 where killing all goblins is “righteous”—halsin says there are things in this world outside the boundaries of what we know. darkness, especially when writing and interacting with characters of color—is natural, good, a birthright

and the devil and sin? that which we are taught to be tempted by, and “owned” and “damned” by? are things that belong to US as queer people to reclaim the power of no-rules no-protestant limits of sexuality and gender under oppressive ideologies and gods which seek to harm our authentic, fucked up selves, in all the right and wrong and HUMAN ways

wyll’s father is ashamed of him for being queer, and soft. (metaphorically)

wyll is unique in his transness in that his father didn’t care what gender he was, as long as he was SUCCESSFUL, and worked IMPOSSIBLY HARD, and was perfect and stone tough in all ways.

seeing his son tempted—first by fantasy, then magic, then demons, was too much to bear.

the BLADE and “heroism” is a safe way to “couch” temptations, violence, vanity, pride, joy in temptation, and also his need for love and attention for his “goodness”, all things he was not allowed to have.

if he’s good—if he’s “one of the good ones” maybe his father will forgive him. maybe he can still be loved. maybe hes not as much of a monster as he feels he is.

in another world, perhaps, he can identify in every shade and saturation, every color of the rainbow, every light, dark, sunrise, twilight and shadow. he can be devil and angel alike and all exist in one brave, strong, true, authentic, heart

but the game doesnt allow that, makes u fill in the blanks of this lonely teenager banished, to sad adult “hero”, who still feels unworthy. even when he saves his father in a way his father would never save him

#i have not played the wyrm wuest yet i am still fighting for my life with gortashs DUMB bombs #insight check. ooc. hc #ooc #hc #homophobia te #transphobia te #its important that the duke is probably bi himself n not transphobic n actually has good in universe reasons to be scared of hell #but do not all parents fear their childrens passions? the worlds they go to that they do not understand? #so its all metaphor u see! all fun n games until someone is so repressed he waits until he proposes at the age of 24 to hv sex #wyll why does weird kenjammin call you babygirl?

[constantvariations]

gimme your top 5 hot takes about rwby

I'm afraid I don’t have an accurate gauge of what qualifies as a “hot take” (or even what it actually is. Is it merely a controversial opinion?) so if any of these are ice cold I apologize

Adam and the Rose family should be connected in some way. Visual cues are important and there's so much spicy potential, especially if the dynamic originated with Summer

For Roman, the best and longest standing villain of the show, to be one of the few on-screen Grimm deaths is borderline parody. Personally, I think Ruby should’ve had a more active role in his death, even if by accident or setting up circumstances like she did Neo

Ozma’s situation is far more horrifying and sympathetic than Salem’s. The gods proved that they could bring Ozma back to life in his own body, but instead he’s forced to be a body snatcher? That’s fucked up in so many ways. She may be able to die again and again, but I think it’s way worse to die knowing you’re dooming several people at once

May Marigold isn’t that great of trans rep. She’s so unmemorable and inconsequential to the plot that the only reason I remember her at all is because she’s The Trans One. Like, glad they made her trans, and the reveal was respectful and clear and not even plot-relevant!, but maybe make her a good character first?

If we’re going by the show’s queer golden rule of blushing = romantic feelings, then Ruby had a crush on Emerald in V3 and it should have been explored way more for angst purposes

#rwde #thanks for asking #i will never shut up abt adam/rose family connections and theres nothing you can do abt it #blake or weiss being the one to take down roman would also be interesting but i think the most effective dynamic is ruby and roman #honestly you could make a sitcom w those two and id watch the shit out of it #'my roommate is a mob boss' #(depending on how old Roman actually is. RWBY isnt great at depicting ages unless youre on an extreme end) #(idk age them up for college lmao) #also i 100% hc ruby as a trans lesbian #qrow took her to get her first dose of E #trans solidarity babeyyyyy #this is a completely different topic but yangs existence in canon makes way more sense if both tai and raven are trans as well #canon raven does Not seem the type to allow herself to be in a long term relationship much less get pregnant #or if she did she'd take the child to raise as a protege. a true heir to the branwen name #not leave the kid behind for... reasons #why did raven run again? i think the show ended on 'she was scared' or smth. or didnt trust oz bc... bird #idk the show was dumb abt the whole thing #anyway i'll happily explain if anyone wants more elaboration ^w^

[just-some-brainrot]

time: flora seemed kind of off today, is everything alright with you two?

wild: haha yeah she’s fine it’s just yknow…

flora: don’t you dare

wild: …that time of the month…..

flora: wild—

wild: ….the crimson tide….

flora: i swear to hylia—

wild: ….the blood moon rises once again…..

flora: WILD—!!!

time, who still doesn’t know what menstruation is: ……...are you talking about some kind of prophecy?

#new hc dropped guys #the reason malon and time don’t have kids is bc time hasn’t figured out what a period is and malon didn’t know she had to tell him #esp considering malon was raised mostly by just her dad #the two of them probably have no idea about fertility cycles and— #and malon probably doesn’t talk much abt her period and understand period slang so #yeah they both dumb #meanwhile i am 100% convinced wild and flora would use the blood moon as a period euphemism #and i will die on this hill #linked universe #incorrect linked universe quotes #lu time #lu wild #lu flora

[rosykims]

THE CHAMPION OF KIRKWALL

What can be said about Cillian Hawke that hasn’t been sung about in countless taverns, the source of endless drunken rambling and exasperated laughter? The Tale of the Champion lacks the traditional hallmarks of more classical folklore; indeed, Hawke is hardly a truly noble warrior nor a fully righteous hero. What he is – far-fetched escapades aside – is a person, lowly and ordinary, whose adventures have come to symbolize a triumph for the lowly and ordinary people. And it’s for that reason you won’t hear moving renditions regaled by court poets or prestigious bards. The wise know his is a story best joked about in the comfort of one’s home or ignoble bar of choice, shared between a few good friends and too many cheap drinks. [template]

[Except from ‘Faces of the Dragon: Figures of Fame and Notoriety Throughout the Dragon Age’ by Brother Genitivi]

#da2 #oc: cillian #before anybody asks. yes he is the least cunning rogue to ever exist lol #HES NOT STEALTHY HE'S SCRAPPY OK ! #anyways he started off primarily as a blue hawke but i think thats cancelled now.... the more trauma he accumulates the funnier he gets #i just love the idea that he's just as fucking mentally unwell as the rest of the kirkwall crew #the reason why he and varric become instant best friends is bc hawke's stories are INSANE and spoken about SO casually #his life in kirkwall honestly isnt even the wildest stuff hes been involved in (aside from act 3) #he just gets consistenly caught up in chaos through dumb luck and never staying in one place too long #kirkwall is the one place he felt he had permanency and purpose in. so having to leave really broke his heart tbh #ALSO fun lore for folks just tuning in ! #i hc he asks varric to lie about the ending of the book irt what happens with anders. and to make sure everybody believes anders is dead #and that cillian killed him. which he didnt <3 but <3 #he wants him to be safe and also uh doesnt want sebastian to launch an incursion into kirkwall lol #(i feel like that part fails instantly bc seb is immediately like Press X To Doubt but whatever points for trying)

[firedragon1321]

Why the fuck did I play a drinking game (with milk) on a Pokemon ship manifesto involving Ash? Rules were simple-

Take one sip for mildly incorrect info (Ash takes an obvious, romantic interest in girls)

Take two sips for REALLY incorrect info (Pokemon die in battle)

Down the whole glass if they use the 4kids dub or Pokemon Live! as evidence.

Ofc they used the dub as evidence and now my tummy hurts and I didn't even read it all.

#not mentioning the ship name #kinda obvious tho #i don't ship ash with anyone #boy only cares about pokemon and food #stupid choices #i have an ace ash hc for a reason but still #this is dumb on my end

[arolesbianism]

Ohhhh no it just occured to me that Im probably gonna be seeing a unbearable hoard of bad aro hcs in the dst tag this month huh. Uhhhh gentle reminder that just because Wx used to be human doesn't make hcing them as aro risk free pls be careful with that. Aro ppl who hc them as aro ur fine keep up the good work 👍

#rat rambles #dst #wx-78 #like theyre arospec in my hcs so I wish I could be happy abt the idea of seeing aro wx stuff but alas I do not trust ppl with aro hcs #in casw youre curious the quick rundown of potential wx aro problems #just because they used to be human the aro robot trope could still become a problem if you chose to tie it to their empathy module #like thats quite possibly the worst thing you could do like thats fucked on so many levels #relating to that is the risk of evil aro and emotionless aro shit #this doesnt necesarily mean saying their aro because their evil directly but I dont have time to go too into detail since I need to shower #oh but one last thing mean aro is also a thing #rly the big thing is just like. think abt how you would word your reason for hcing them as aro #for example if its like yeah I think theyre too busy planning world domination to care abt romance then I am very much not a fan lol #because that kind of stuff rly ties together romantic attraction and relationships in a way I rly dont like #like idk. if theres a character that considers friendship a waste of time we wouldnt say theyre incapable of liking ppl #it just heavily simplifies the aro experience in a way that can also easily lead to other writing issues #for example the framing of aromanticism as a personal disinterest in dating gives room for a specific reason theyre not interested in it #for example. being a robot. or being evil. fun stuff like that #ok god its late I cant keep going on like this idk I might talk abt it more at another point or if I see ppl being dumb lol