#geek touch

[liya4kar]

AU masterpost

Sorry for the lack of Mind' O Wave content for a bit, life got busy and I've been working on a ref and a fic for the AU, but I managed to get those doodles done!

With the mind link connecting 2003 Donny, 2012 Mikey, and Rise Raph, they get a lot of stuff from each other, be it thoughts, feelings, visions, etc. This also includes Donny's techno-geek midnight brainstorm, Mikey's craving for jellybean anchovy pizza, and Raph's love for wrestling.

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Transcript because my internet handwriting is not the best:

Doodle 1 (top left)

Rise Mikey: You ask me for a jellybean anchovy pizza again and I'll KILL YOU

Doodle 2 (top right)

Panel 1:

2012 Leo: Donnie? It's 2 AM, shouldn't you be...

Panel 2:

2012 Leo: ... Mikey???

Doodle 3 (Bottom)

2003 Raph: Hey Don, since when do you like wrestling?

2003 Donny: Oh, you know, it just came like this.

Close-up:

#mind' o wave au #tmnt 2012 #tmnt 2003 #rottmnt #tmnt crossover #tmnt au #tmnt 2k3 #tmnt 2k12 #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt 2003 donnie #tmnt 2012 mikey #rottmnt raph #doodle #my art #I love how Donny"s techno-geek midnight brainstorm are not only canon #But if needed he will wake up his brothers for it (which is also canon) #And while Donny get some sweet siblings bonding out of the link #2012 Mikey just gets a very concerned older brother #And Rise Raph unleash Dr. Delicate Touch

[rubenesque-as-fuck]

I'm here to touch ass and smoke grass. And I've been out of ass for like, most of the last decade

#touch ass and smoke grass #stoner geek chic

[rollingaroundin-bread]

I absolutely adore My Sweet Ride because 50s outfits are everything to me so here’s some dancing because fun!!! :)

#canderemy #phinbella #phinabella #idk which one it is and at this point I’m too afraid to ask #candace flynn #jeremy johnson #phineas flynn #isabella garcia shapiro #phineas and ferb #my sweet ride #link to my old designs/me geeking out about 50s fashion in the tags #not tags- notes?? comments???? idk just look under ‘my sweet ride’ on my account if you’re interested #also if you want my dance reference look up ‘50s dancing styles drawing reference’ and you’ll find them :) #my art stuff #gonna do more of these eventually but I’m just trying to ease myself back into drawing yknow #I forgor if I wanted to talk about anything else so I’m just gonna assume I touched on everything! bye hope y’all are having a good day!!

[hellborg]

Fallout fans needed this W

#fallout #fallout 2024 #fallout tv show #talking to myself tag #show is very good btw #8/10 #four corner opposition my beloved writing tool3 #norm is the GOAT #cooper Howard I need you carnally and emotionally #anything Emil writes is trash I’m so glad he was just the producer and they didn’t let his grubby hands touch the writing #Lucy i LOOOOVE YOOOOUUU #up there with raegan Ridley #I have some qualms with timeline choices and world lore that they fucked with <:) also the NCR changes are a choice for sure but it didn’t #take away my enjoyment from the show at all #I’m about to geek out

[author-a-holmes]

The Indie Ink Awards Are OPEN FOR VOTING!!

The voting period runs until the end of December, so head on over to the Indie Story Geek website and cast your votes!

This is also a great way to find indie books you may not have read yet. I know I've definitely got a few new books I want to read in 2024 from the list of nominations!

In case you need a reminder, you guys nominated Changeling for four categories! (Thank you so much!) Those categories are;

Best book cover and cover artist

Best Friendship

Prettiest Book Interior

Side Character MVP

As a nominated author I’m unable to vote, but there’s some truly phenomenal books from my fellow indies throughout ALL the categories, so be sure to browse and maybe add some more books to your TBR piles!!

Check out all the nominations, and cast your votes, over on the Indie Story Geek website; https://indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-awards-2023

#Indie Ink #Indie Ink Awards #Indie Story Geek #Awards #Book Awards #Books #Book Voting #Voting Period #Nominations #Nominated #Changeling #Fey Touched Trilogy #Arista Holmes #Indie Books #Indie Author #Indies #Independant Author #Self Published #Self Published author #Fey #Fae #Vampire #Vampires #Fantasy #Portal Fantasy #Romantic Fantasy #Contemporary Fantasy #Writeblr #Writeblr Community #Writing Community

[tomscottsredshirt]

☆★ when the babygirl is babygirling

#oh to be the key of a laptop so tom would touch me... #okay im down bad guys that wasn't me #tom calling colin furze “col” in gadget geeks makes me so unnecessarily happy like that's such a simple but cute nickname?? #mwah [the sound of me kissing him on the forehead] #single 30+ mother of two lookin ass in the 5th one #tomscottposting #tscott

[angeloftheodd]

When you finally touch grass. 💚 I relate to Chikorita being fascinated by a leaf. 🍃

#touch grass #chikorita #johto #johto journeys #pokemon #pokémon #pokemon memes #anime #anime memes #otaku #otaku memes #otaku girl #geek girl #pokemon community #anime community #wholesome memes #cute memes #memes

[oflgtfol]

we are so back (in my star wars era)

#unlocked a core memory yesterday everyone #might join a local cosplay group. #brot posts #sw posting #literally have not touched anything star wars since mando s3 that shit was so bad it ruined the entire franchise for me #but uhm. yeah. being pure unabashed adult geeks in a group. Is so fucking fun

[thatonegeekygirl]

UR BACK

OMG UR BACK

I WAS BOUTA GO ON A BIGFOOT HUNT FOR U

NO DYIN

IVE SAID IT BEFORE AND ILL SAY IT AGAIN

NO. DYIN.

Gurl u scared me bc u post regularly

and when a mutual goes missin

and they ain't reposnindin

imma start making funeral arrangements

glad ur back tho!

yes yes! im back!! agh im so sorry i scared you i was going to make a lil "im going camping" post but then i forgot to do it before we were out of cell range. i will definitely do this next time so as not to spur you into going on an impromptu bigfoot hunt! although if i do go silent for a couple days again, take note: im probably just being a dumbass and forgot to tell ya'll i was leaving again.

#jupiter im touched you would employ your cryptid powers to find me #luckily i've returned from the woods unscathed and a-okay and there is no need! #although we did see a log that we thought was bigfoot for a solid 5 seconds #transformative experience #the geek answers #the geek's mutuals

[homo-phoneic]

Some doodles of jerm featuring my insanely inconsistent art style

Also featuring one from my silly fantasy AU

#be more chill #bmc #jeremy heere #bmc musical #art #be more chill jeremy #touch of the tism #bmc jeremy #jeremy heere art #doodles #gay #my little meow meow #loser geek and the skrubkle

[rubenesque-as-fuck]

The blissful feeling of realizing the weed man definitely overweighed these eighths 💚

#bless the good budtenders #went and stocked up on flower #and i kept an eye on the scale and they were definitely well over 3.5g but i was only charged for standard weight 😊 #i miss working in a dispensary sometimes #i don't miss the shitty owners or bullshit work politics or trash conditions #but i miss working with the product and learning new stuff and interacting with the nice customers #i wish there was a way for me to work at one for just like a few hours a week #enough to earn a discount and some free samples and to keep in touch with the community #life of faye #stoner geek chic #weed #420

[jellogram]

Literally how did the whole "teenage virgin geek" stereotype even get started. Every high school has at least one group of kids who wear zelda hoodies and play yu-gi-oh or mtg at lunch and they're all constantly fucking each other. Meanwhile a good percentage of the cheerleaders were saving themselves for marriage. The person in school who got laid the most was always the girl who made cat noises and knew who solid snake was and this is a DRASTICALLY underrepresented demographic in teen movies

#mean girls touched on it with the sexually active band geeks #just cuz you're not fucking the popular kids doesn't mean you're not fucking #I mean I wasn't. But that's because I was christian and gay.

[varlaisvea]

bastian is my favorite accessory in the game. we do not start our quests until we look sooo good.

(image id: seven screenshots of my elder scrolls online character with the npc companion bastian hallix. each image is a different set of coordinating outfits.)

#eso #the elder scrolls #my screenshots #bastian hallix #quest completer #this is a bastian hallix stan account! anyone touches that lil dweeb it is on sight #entoloma blue used to be my signature color until i got sunforge patina #where'd he have time to sit for like 40 hours to get those siqq tats #why would this friggen geek have bitchin dragon tattoos #enigma wrapped in mystery that bastian hallix!

[minjintea]

The only reason Steve and robin would have abysmal love lives in a soulmate au is bc they're each other's platonic soulmates but Hawkins thinks that soulmates who are not related are romantic and so everyone thinks they're dating on the down low

#platonic stobin #platonic soulmates stobin #soulmate au #I'm thinking more of a finding out you're soulmates at first touch #but imagine if it was at first glance #they'd be like #my soulmate's this douche/geek???

[jrueships]

alpey and jabari's immediate matching taunts & matching decision to dramatize the Too Small because aaron is so tiny to them that only a mouse can be smaller

#THATS OUR MUNCHKIN!! #THATS O UR MUNCHKIN🗣📢‼️‼️‼️ #lebron voice #to little men #this is a dunk #i love you aaron u are so cute #the holidays impact on the nba is greater than mjs adam silvers the logo etc etc all combined baby #aint got nothing on the squat to skinny siblings #jabari glancing over and copying alpey #nearly tripping and falling on his face over his stickbug legs #dillon geeking 😭 #jalen screaming like LETS GO OOMPALOOMPA 🗣‼️‼️ #yes the rockets may be the chatty mean girls #but they are also #the out of Touch chatty mean girls #pretty vs spacey in his own world jalen #girl who lights ants on fire for fun (dillon) #h*rry p*tter obsessed foreign exchange student alpey who the mean girls swept too late imto their friendgroup&are now suffering the effects #(alpey has like 20 nerd friends from his first day there and they keep hanging around the popular table now) #aaron is the youngest always in the shadows quiet girl who always gets hyped over nothing bcs his friends want him to have a sense of worth #youngest sibling anyways #jabari is that one girl you hate for always beating you in everything (won first chair over u in band) #but never talks to anyone when it's socializing time for the activities bcs no one wants to talk about band when theyre free #they wanna talk about getting freaky in the hallways #and jabari physically does not have the social skill points for that #theyre very dear to me

[burr-ell]

Honestly, imodna would be a good ship if the shippers/stans weren’t so damn insufferable. I also hate how they act like they are already canon and you can’t ship Imogen or Laudna with anyone else in the group. People got so mad when the conversation in the dust storm happened with Ashton and Laudna because people thought they were flirting. Or when on the first episode of 4 sided dive Marisha asked Robbie if Dorian’s crush was on Imogen, people got so mad at that! I also hate that they call them lesbians when THEY HAVE BOTH EXPRESSED HAVING FEELINGS FOR BOYS! Why can’t they be bi? Or Pan? I also hate how people read into Laura’s micro expressions/ movements, like last episode with the whole leaning shit “oh what was that lean Laura?!! Imogen wanted to kiss Laudna because look at Laura’s lean!” I dread the day that Imogen or Laudna fall in love with someone that’s not each other(especially if that person is a man.) because Marisha and Laura will harassed and hated because they didn’t give the people what they wanted.

oof. that's some frustration you really needed to vent, nonnie, and honestly i get it. full disclosure—my mutuals who are into imo/dna are all lovely, and none of them engage in this behavior. if imo/dna becomes canon, i'll be happy for (and potentially even happy with) fans like that. but enough shippers are doing things like this that it's becoming more and more of a source of frustration and friction as the campaign goes on.

i think a lot of fandom—in general, not just cr—still doesn't want to acknowledge that at the end of the day, they are looking at things like shippers, with a particular kind of confirmation bias. it doesn't make them necessarily wrong or right, but as easy as it can be to get swept up in it, i think it's important to take a step back every once in awhile and re-evaluate.

now admittedly, generally speaking, it takes a lot for me to get really invested in a ship; i usually only have one or two per fandom, even fandoms with tons of characters. i'm generally pretty passive about most ships if it's not the otp; like, vax/leth and pike/lan, for example, didn't need to be romantic endgame for me to enjoy CR1 (and honestly might have been more interesting to me if they hadn't), but perc/ahlia absolutely made the show for me and i honestly think them being together actively strengthens the narrative as a whole.

i say all that to say that for the most part, i very much consider myself to be along for the ride with respect to most relationships in most fandoms. if such-and-such pairing happens, great; if they don't, okay. and with CR in particular, it's such a long-form medium that i know going in that any romance is going to take a while, and most of them probably won't just reach out and grab me.

and as such, it absolutely baffles me to have seen shippers insisting, from the moment the characters first appeared in episode 1, that not only are imogen and laudna canon endgame, they're basically already together and just haven't admitted it yet. i feel this way about dor/ym and callow/moore as well—i saw a post making the rounds that claimed that all three of those ships are "not canon YET but let's be real" and like...why would you set yourself up for disappointment like that? because yeah! all three of those ships could be endgame! but they could also not be endgame. we're less than 40 episodes into a campaign that'll probably run well into the 100s.

i also fully agree with you re: the microexpressions and the cherrypicking, and i feel like a microcosm of this issue can be found in a conversation imogen has with orym early on—shippers latched onto the fact that imogen compares laudna's thoughts to music, something that finally brought her peace after the chaos of the world around her, and completely ignored the part immediately after where imogen says that the rest of the party also feels like that to her. i didn't even know that imogen said that about the whole party until i watched the episode, and to me it's an example of how shippers tend to warp canon interactions to suit a particular narrative in such a way that they become almost entirely divorced from their context.

and from the outside looking in, what confuses me about this sort of thing is like...didn't y'all already go through this? because if my understanding is correct, c2 ship discourse was full to the brim with beau/jes and wido/jest fans dissecting "laura's microexpressions" to prove that jester was for sure in love with our fave, really you guys we swear...and then not only was that not true, but jester also didn't even know about beau or caleb's feelings to acknowledge them at all, and from the actual words that came out of laura's mouth in various OOC moments like on TM, laura just...really really wanted to romance her husband's character in her dnd game and like, that's it. there was never going to be another romantic option for jester as long as fjord was on the table, and that was something that shippers always should have been taking into account.

laudna and imogen are canonically deeply important to each other. they love and appreciate each other very much. that love and appreciation could turn into a lovely romance with a great dynamic, and i certainly don't blame people for being invested in it. but it also could not be romantic endgame, and they remain friends or even get with other people. and as you said, fandom can and will turn nasty about their ships being sunk; we've already seen it happen. there's a certain smug, entitled undercurrent from that particular corner that i have very little patience with, and while i think there's something to be said for deciding to enjoy things in spite of the fandom and just be a cranky old curmudgeon shooing the wank out with a broom, i also understand the response of just "...aight, imma head out".

#the 'laura's microexpressions' thing is also why i really don't care for glasses!imogen #it's obviously not a bad thing in a vacuum but there's a tendency toward overriding specifically laura's choices and saying 'i know better' #such that even something as innocuous as glasses can be representative of a larger more frustrating problem #honestly i wonder if laura will even DO a romance this time around after two campaigns of her characters being reduced to: #a) the men in her life and then b) who she'll end up with #bc imogen has some strong vibes of like. arent u tired of being nice? don't u just wanna lose it? #like imogen reminds me very strongly of vex but specifically of the ways in which vex couldn't be unpleasant or unappealing #(mostly because vex puts up fronts to mask her flaws specifically from the party) #(while imogen is more trying to hide her actual powers and what they can do) #and i think some of that naturally comes from being a woman in geek culture on the internet as well as a woman in voice acting #but i feel like it might also come from her characters being constantly put under a microscope #and constantly told what they should and shouldn't do #and the second they make choices that make another better-liked character upset they're terrible people #like she's obviously a grown adult 40 year old woman but the constant scrutiny of your dnd choices has gotta wear on you a little bit #and yeah i didn't touch on this in the ask but. it has been 0 days since fandom did a bi-erasure #(the thing about having only 1 or 2 ships per fandom reminded me that out of all the dc comics ships i literally only care about dickkory) #(clois also has rights on account of dc can snort my taint and let two adults be happily married) #(i've had convos with friends who ship bbrae who are like 'but why would dickkory shippers dislike bbrae? they dont threaten you') #(idk man some of em just don't dig the vibe!) #cr discourse #cr wank #critical role #asks