#his nature says otherwise

[nanabanonana]

my issue w believing that ozai held zuko's face when he gave him the scar is that i don't believe that's the type of person he is.

#ozai seems like the kind of guy who would have touched zuko as little as possible #considering him tainted by the memory of his mother and her ''betrayal'' #i don't think he would have touched zuko #he was a proud man #touching zuko in what would imply a gesture of comfort would be considered showing weakness #and he's in front of a whole crowd #like??? yeah #i get y'all want poetry and angst and whatever #but like nah #his nature says otherwise #even when zuko went back w azula he didn't even deign to see him until azula lied and said zuko was the one who killed aang #so i'll forever believe ozai stood back when he did that #nana talks tag #notice i'm not using the fandom tags #that's for a reason #edit: this is also something cowards (and some abusers) do! they stand back so you can't swing back at them! #and if ozai was anything #he was A MOTHERFUCKING COWARD SQUARE UP BITCH

[beatcroc]

there's no way the bathroom at peppino's pizza is actually that big but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . hey ummm anyway.... i care them...... anyway there's a lil ramble on my take on fake pep's like psyche or whatever in tags on the og post if ur into that kinda thing :y

hey! it's a series! fake peppino world tour: [noise] [noisette] [peppino]<- u are here [gustavo] [gerome] [noisette again]

#ramble after realtags yeag. shoutout to serrangelic btw suggesting the silhouettes thing bc i would have Died otherwise #pizza tower #peppino spaghetti #fake peppino #gustavo and brick #arting #pizzaposting #so anyway i think fake peppino has like. a general awareness that he is supposed to Be Peppino and that he was Made to do that #and likewise he does generally try to...do that. the thing he does NOT realize is hes like really goddamn bad at it #not to be mean but like...c'mon. they are pretty distinctly different kinds of guys even beyond the physiology yknow. #he's neither on-brand nor fooling anyone dsjdsjjkgfsd. BUT! #since the rest of the cast generally likes him [at least as I play it] he thinks hes doing just fine #he's like 'oh they r happy with me so i must be getting a good grade in being peppino :)' #so getting told that 'yeah you actually really suck at that but that was never the reason people liked you' #and told that by og model peppino no less--yknow THE guy he's supposed to be living up to #who's already a bit intimidating for that and who ALSO totally wrecked him TWICE in the tower #making him acutely familiar with just how formidable the guy is and how much there IS to live up to.... #it's a Moment for sure. not really a sad or hurt one though. just... contemplative. #thinking abt people liking him for being the guy he's already naturally been being even though that guy is Not Peppino #i don't think he's gonna be super broken up about realizing he has a bad grade in peppino given everything else hes got now #nor do i really think he cares enough to go like reinvent himself or whatever after the fact #he seems to b pretty clearly having fun with it already so i think he just keeps doing that #and in some cases he still has the pre-installed peppino traits/instincts like to cooka da pizza. and that's fine #is this projection. yes. but if youve been following me awhile you know most of my character writing is ghdhfdgf #gonna kinda expand on all this in the gerome one which is...one after next. itll be a bit but man. #anyway peppino will never admit to anyone and especially not himself that he's gotten a little attached to the guy. hee hoo #pep tends to be kinda surly but he certainly has his ways of showing he cares. all of which are on display here #''that thing is not my son'' says man currently watching thing's antics with the 'bemused dad' arms crossed pose. yeah ok buddy. #gus is totally onto him already but hes not gonna say anything. #if u read all this ur prize is not having to go decode fp's rot13. his lines are ''meant to be you...?'' and ''wrong question.''

[vvitchering]

This excerpt from the letter Elminster sends to God!Gale post game has had me in a sadness chokehold for DAYS. I knew Gale was young when he was scouted as a new potential Chosen but he was EIGHT??? Eight years old. A child. A baby. And he was accidentally destroying property with fireballs that young? That boy was a sorcerer. The way that one moment changed the trajectory of his entire life.

Elminster watched a little boy cry over ruined flowers and so many years later finally feels regret.

#and I hope it haunted him til the end of his days #this all but confirms my hc that Gale was born a sorcerer #what human 8 year old is casting fireball accidentally or otherwise #his wizard training refined his innate sorcery and made him a ‘prodigy’ #which isn’t to say he isn’t deserving of that title because he is incredibly intelligent and has A Way with magic #but I do think he was More than a wizard #and I also think that’s what saved his life when the orb happened #it ate through his innate power which satisfied it enough to spare Gale’s life #at least long enough to get through that first horrible year #it’s dire again by the time tav meets him because it’s burned through all of Gale’s natural magic #so the man tav pulls out of the portal is for the first time JUST a wizard #(how long does Gale mourn that lost part of himself without knowing what he’s mourning) #anyway #I sad #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #gale of waterdeep #mine

[dieanywhereelseart]

played around with a re-design for sissel in mixed media. watercolor, ink, marker, and highlighter. you can fit so many shapes in this dead guy.

#ghost trick #sissel #ghost trick fanart #my art #my blorbos are all so predictable. they gotta be dead or doomed #also yes I gave him sharp teeth no I will not explain myself #tho I Will explain why I gave him a ponytail #I like making hair flowy and I can’t do that with his banana hair #it also feels more natural to me #AND you can make it swoosh like the soul flame thing #other changes- loosened up the tie cause mans died he deserves to let loose a little #popped the collar a bit to give a little more edge to the silhouette and made his shoes timbs instead of loafers #otherwise it’s mostly just changing the shapes slightly. making his shoulders a little less pointy and slimming his face #anyways this isn’t to say Sissel’s original design is bad I’m just reimagining it a bit for my own art

[sideblogdotjpeg]

hello. everyone avert your eyes as i go into overthinking mode. idk. something rlly fucks me up abt the way sol quietly and resigned goes "but this isnt really you" and "okay" (at like 38 min 45 seconds or somethign. and then when they attack him sol has the alert feat and cant be surprised. hes not surprised. is it even a betrayal if you knew this was the way it had to go down. sol sees two versions of swag in his challenge room and is already steeling himself for what he has to do. anyway. obviously this is very small and insignificant . BUT. idk. with these themes of hope & potential vs denial & refusal vs acceptance & resignation. man it fucks me up okay. sol started out being so naive and openly trusting. now sols just mad at the world.

#this isnt my most objective analysis ITS NOT GOOD I JUST HAVE FEELINGS. #AND ITS SAD TO ME #... IDK HOW TO FEEL ABOUT IT . (I DO ITS FUCKED UP) #idk. its like the #i have to get through this challenge to save swag #to save swag i have to. kill swag. #....... #hugh. okay. typing that down. um. shoot me in the head man #anyway. not to say sol is a grizzled hopeless wordweary guy or something #he still talks to a knitted serpent on his scarf and ultimately his entire goal is still like. fighting against the inevitable #he has to save swag hes . he cant accept it otherwise #I FUCKING HATE THE DOOMED NATURE OF HIS QUEST #THE PEOPLE HE CANT SAVE??? #DENIAL AND RESIGNATION HOPE AND ACCEPTANCE #not gonna be any clean interpretation until his arc is actly finished is the thing so #IM JUST HAVING FEELINGS #ramble tag

[mishkakagehishka]

Sometimes i read an aita title and think "if it was me i would have killed myself" and so i, naturally, think that's the worst it gets.

And somehow it always gets worse.

#title was the husband told his wife his ex was hotter than her #the body? oh boy. #rapid fire: 1. she's pregnant 2. he's been avoiding sex bc nervous ab the baby 3. when she asked how come #they haven't been having sex he said SHE was the problem bc he never had that problem (no sex) with his ex #.... he says he feels hurt bc she's been cold to him ignoring him and acting natural and happy otherwise #brother she's already checked out that woman is gonna divorce you lol

[ride-a-dromedary]

Isaac really said that he did the surgery so people would like him even though he didn't offer until he heard Claire was going to give up her post on the ship... Boy we see you

Isaac is not slick in the SLIGHTEST and lemme tell you exactly why.

He only perked up and inserted himself into the conversation after Kelly says "[She'd] be saying goodbye to the Orville", and Claire states "We're talking about Topa's life. I think it's a fair trade. So I won't be a Union Officer. I'll be okay."

Which is otherwise an incredibly noble thing of Claire to be saying and offering to do, first and foremost, but it interests me in how it's framed in this case for one specific reason.

In Episode 2, Isaac clearly states to Admiral Christie that "[Claire's] career as a Union medical officer is also a crucial part of her identity. She is highly empathetic and takes great satisfaction in helping others." Isaac knows Claire like the back of his hand, so to speak. He knows everything about her down to the minute detail - he is a literal bank of information (remember how he dumped it all to "get to know her" organically? That means he actually got to know her - all of his information is genuine from the source and observation rather than a file). He knows that being a Union officer is a *very important* thing to her, and that her giving that up:

 A. Is a result of her being an extremely empathetic person (sometimes beyond reason), and 

B. Would affect her self identity as an individual (and would most likely affect Ty and Marcus as well in the long run), change her standing with Fleet members (not all members would look upon her actions favourably regardless of it being the right thing to do - there is a possibility for being outcasted, and who knows what that’s like?), and thus change her and eliminate the accomplishments she is so proud of (and Isaac, whose identity was also turned on its head, very obviously does not want the same to happen to her). 

And if he can step in and prevent her inevitable upset or protect her from getting into any trouble, regardless of noble intentions, he damn well is going to do it. It's only logical.

He also says "Excuse me, Doctor" directly towards Claire. Not "Excuse me, Captain." Not, "Excuse me, Commander." as would have been appropriate, but "Excuse me, Doctor."

Claire. He did it for Claire.

We see you from outer space, Isaac.

#hell i'll put this one in the tag #The Orville #clisaac #orville spoilers #Jemi gets asks #flapperwitch #like i don't doubt isaac saw logical sympathy in topa's situation - to him that's like well yes of course #that is the reasonable course of action in this case - to him he would see absolutely 0 problem in any way #topa would be topa #and - good on him - mocks klyden's cultural indoctrination for saying otherwise #i am able to help so i *will* help #but the ultimate reasoning for doing what he did was to do a good thing so that people would like him #but *more specifically* appeal to claire's highly empathetic and helpful nature by doing what she needed to do #for her so she can be happy and stay the person she is and retain what she values most in her life #so *she* would like him again #like...the way this season specifically is framing Isaac's very obvious longing for claire and his affection for her #in a way that is entirely calculated and the best he can manage with his limitations is so *heart wrenching* #like this ai *is* the first ai in history to fall in love - ed was right

[lucalicatteart]

Poll adventure (paventure? lol) Day 4: read the small story tidbit below the poll for more details, OR just vote based on initial impression

(✦ see past poll results + further information HERE (link) ✦)

The winning option of yesterday's poll was that the adventurer should offer the Well Creature some bread and soup ….

"Completely unsure how to even begin to interact with the strange creature from the well, The Adventurer recalls reading in a book once that 'food is a universal language', or uh.. something like that.. thus, some hearty soup and bread would surely bridge any communication barriers... probably. He serves the little cannister of broth cold, straight from his bag just dumped into a wooden bowl, mostly because he's far too nervous to try and start a fire with someone watching.. hopefully they won't mind the food not being warmed..

After gently placing a single bread roll next to the soup, he steps back, gesturing towards the meal with an uncertain smile. The creature pauses, sniffs around, then promptly disappears back into the darkness. Just as The Adventurer begins to sulk over his apparent rejection, something stirs behind him... With a rush of creaking and plopping noises, the creature resurfaces, revealing it's massive serpent-like body as it hoists itself over the crumbled stone of the well's edge with it's many arms. It cracks open it's mighty jaw just far enough for a tiny blue tongue to slither out, then politely slurps at the soup, delicate enough not to spill any.

Stumbling backwards in shock, The Adventurer simply sits there staring the entire time whilst the creature happily (and rather quickly) enjoys their meal... Seemingly appreciative of his kind offerings, another strange slinking arm creeps up from the depths of the well, daintily opening a velvet sack with it's claws and laying out a small assortment of items onto the grass. Still a bit shaken, but also never one to turn down a free gift, The Adventurer senses that the creature intends for him to take any single item of his choosing... but, which one?"

#paventure posting #polls #choose your own adventure #what can I say.. I like the trope of a smaller creature actaully being a much larger scarier creature which you just dont see because the #creature is in a place/position where most of it's body is obscured lol #sometimes a little guy is actually secretly a much bigger guy of mysterious origins that spans the length of an entire #underground cave system obscured by the facade of a simple well #AND MOST important of all.. the cat is scared.. :( bapy... #also I hate writing for these it's so impossible for me to be short and simple with writing. I always want to make it #extremely detailed and 500 paragraphs long. Giving myself a limit of like 3 paragraphs and a time limit of 20 minutes #is actually impossible for my brain gjhbjhbhj #but I have to post it anyway otherwise I'd spend forever on it and never actually get these done but..hhhh #Just know I am going into my evil vampire library to collapse onto the fainting chair in anguish each time after I hit post #Telling a chronically longwinded details obsessive rambler to ''keep it short'' is like telling a cat not to meow. not to run around the #house at 3am. not to be round and perfect. It is simply against nature #ANYWAY. These items might be useful later. As he continues on his journey - he does indeed have an inventory in my mind #like he can lose and aquire things. has a limited amount of money. Can change his outfit or etc. depending on the choices #people make in the polls. These may not have an immediate purpose (though some can) they'll be factored in down the road

[soumic]

About once a day I go through the mental gymnastics of going "god I should probably make an art insta, for ~professional purposes~ and ~networking~ and ~cultivating an audience~"

And then I scrunch my face up so hard my features cave inside my skull thinking about conceding to using an algorithmic social media platform in 2023, let alone a facebook product

(please don't take this as a call to suggest alternative social medias to me sdlkfjs I mega super promise you I am aware of them)

#you know what I'm fine actually with never being perceived #>he is having a professional crisis #I'm like do I really want to do that to myself again. to have metrics. to have randos find my shit and harass me and my peers? #tbh I really don't want too much discoverability I'd like to keep within my community- I want to be sought out not stumbled upon by whoever #twitter was such a goddamn hellscape- and I'm talking BEFORE the acquisition #I need it known that I was calling for everyone to leave twitter WELL before that chucklefuck pulled his stunt #he's easy to point fingers at but the thing was rotten to the core already- arguably he did us all a favor by derailing it so spectacularly #otherwise it would have stuck around and suffered a slow natural death like all platforms #I also wanna go on record and say I've been warning about discord for a while now too- she's reaching critical mass #the answer to all this is that I need to stop being a chump and just keep working on my personal website #text #personal

[pendr4gonz]

NEW HYPERFIXATION ALERT! made up bits of the outfit but whatever. rotatsu we love you

#sorry everyone i CAN NOT say alkaid. to close to alkaloid in my head <-enstarrie #anyways #downloaded the game as soon as i found out this guy is voiced by tachibana #(BIASED) #ive been a little insane about idolish7 and revale specifically and i rewatched kamisama kiss and argenti hsr came out and #anyways again. finished his route in like2 days.. #anddd now im Even more insane . hooray! #naturally also looked at merch on mercari and THANK GOD ITS OVERPRICED because. would love to buy otherwise #this is where i found the ref img btw #ok ramble over #lovebrush chronicles #lovebrush alkaid #alkaid #rotatsu #my art

[weepylucifer]

We only meet the students for such a brief time, just a blip in their lives. Like the other characters in DE, there’s no way of really telling what they’re like when we don’t see them and when they’re not interacting with a cop. With them, since they seem to mirror Harry and Kim to some degree, it’s especially fascinating to wonder what Harry-and-Kim-like traits they might have that we’re not shown. Like this,

*just gives depression to Steban* sorry my boy

#it's nowhere near as bad as harry's got it. but let's check back in on that in 20 years #sorry my boy! it's not all the time! i make you feel very good a lot of the time i prommy! #but look the guy's literally making a fledgeling Expression in his portrait. i am seeing it i cannot unsee it! #and the role of uli in this is very... he's NOT a caretaking person by nature. but he probably learns to handle this #he's not the voice of REASON he's a cheerleader and often that would make him an enabler #Sometimes tho he IS the voice of ''okay no today's class is exam-relevant so we're getting up and we're brushing our hair and we're going'' #posts by me #also i love the kind of love that is like. one person struggling to keep it together but knowing without doubt that the other person's there #like ''everything i ever believed in might be false. but i do know one thing. there's another little guy here and he won't leave'' #idk i just noticed like... when harry's asking all these questions like ''what's the POINT? is there ANY hope?'' steban is like... #really struggling? like he never says ''psh of COURSE everything's gonna turn out GREAT!'' #like his answers give a vibe of ''look we gotta believe in Something otherwise what do we get out of bed for'' #i'd really like to see what that looks like when he's harry's age

[valeriefauxnom]

Another Thing That Leonidas Didn't Talk About But I Would Have Rather He Did (Or That We Otherwise Got More Info About)

Three or four eternities ago (read, months) I made a post that speculated that Leonidas was keeping a pet panther that he never talked about based on a curious consistency in artworks, which you can see here if you, too, wish to see his panther he has put jewels on.

But because Leonidas and the rest of his family passed communications with a D- when it comes to familial relations (their father couldn't help them study, having failed the class himself), there's more than one thing hiding in the margins of their lives that they just don't talk about. This time, it's hiding in Gala Mars' story:

Namely, that Mars does not seem to be Leonidas' first dragon.

So essentially Mars killed Leo's pactwyrm (judging by the 'new pact'), and Leo essentially said: Cool, wanna join up? This is a video game, after all.

Oh, Leonidas.

PS: I always will find it funny that Mars, underneath all the mana cylinders embedded in his flesh and what-have-you-not, really just looks like Red Midgardsormr, judging by this Dragalia Mini art. He's even got a yellow highlight under his eyes!

Even his chibi style is pretty similiar to Midgardsormr's!

I do appreciate though that at least Mini!Mars is being fed Leo's curry enough to have cravings of it. Then again, this may not be a special privilege since I'm guessing Leonidas does indeed wish to demonstrate his superiority in all things, including curry-making.

#Seriously we don't even get a NAME for his old dragon(s)? ...How many dragons has Leo gone through? #Speaking of Mids remember how he dropped randomly in like chapter 24 that all the Greatwyrms are both sterile and have never been children? #Imagine just popping into the world as an adult legendary dragon maybe with a faint memory or impulse but otherwise just being like: #“Okay I'm a cool famous dragon sweet. We can make this work.” #Leonidas though man you gotta stop violating the natural order and giving your dragons steroids. It's not good for them! #Even if they say they want it. Like giving your dog antifreeze. Look at poor Mars with his molten chest that looks like it's gonna explode! #The concept art of Mars is cool though in the artbook. I almost wish we got the more salamander-like design with all the chains.

[brittlebutch]

brennan trend of characters who view their bodies not necessarily as themselves but as a Tool they can use to earn favor from / a place with other people (often as an Apology for who they are) has me thinking about Zelda's Ending of All Things vision again

#N posts stuff #eg: Sean who is most at peace Explicitly when he allows other people to order him around -> tool for others to use #or Nikhil who includes himself in the worldview of 'every living thing is Inherently selfish and cruel' and so uses his body for Sex #bc that's an act that can bring him some pleasure while also getting him Favors from other people bc he doesn't think anyone #would be willing to help him / be decent to him otherwise -> bargaining chip to earn favor #or Hob who views himself - as his superiors say - as a 'blunt instrument' wielded best by other people who are smarter than him #his entire self-perception is cornerstoned by his ability to follow orders regardless of what he wants -> tool for others to use #following this thread we have Zelda - whose Vision is defined only by a concert where she is just Tearing Through iterations of herself #we know she struggles w/ self-image and self-deprecation -> pondering the potential that Zelda ALSO sees her body as #something of a Tool she can use to gain favor / friendship bc she doesn't feel capable of offering any Social benefit to others #her body as a Shield she can put in front of her friends and a Weapon she can wield to defend them - regardless of the damage #she risks posing to herself -> Zelda tearing bloodily through her own body w/ no regard to the consequences bc What Else Does She #Have To Offer? ; so she can't stop Attacking and also can't stop Taking The Hits -> this building into the scene the maidens glimpse #Zelda who kills / dies for her friends bc she isn't worth anything outside of that -> bargaining chip to earn favor #interesting though how Zelda does not necessarily seem to Confront this as much as she Flees from it; due to the nature of #the gameplay focusing primarily on the Player Characters as opposed to Zelda as an NPC #the others find some degree of Peace w/ their vision but Zelda leaves snarling 'i Super don't like it here' as she flees from it #anyway i Will write a fic about this one day but first we have to Ponder it more lol

[13eyond13]

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#been thinking about genetics and nature vs nurture and all this sort of stuff a lot lately #and just contemplating why people are the way they are and how much is sort of hardwired vs learned etc. #anyway I'm definitely wayyyy more like my dad than my mom and i think i have actually learned to become sort of the ideal companion #for people like my mom #because my mom is the harder to please and stronger personality in the household who is way more obviously emotional and sensitive #and i empathized with her automatically in a sort of female solidarity way as the household is all boys otherwise #but anyway i know im just naturally like my dad in disposition and humour and looks and everything else but i also know i probably studied #how he handles my mom and her outbursts and insecurities and learned to react to it similarly to him as well #she's a very odd mix of one of the most empathetic kindest people you'll ever meet and also incredibly critical and sensitive to criticism #and she barely ever will tell you you did a good job at anything and will point out mostly only the bad stuff or flaws in whatever you do #yet also HATES that her own mom is exactly the same way and was traumatized by that growing up herself #i honestly 100% believe her mom (my grandma) is undiagnosed autistic and simply doesnt even realize how she comes off but it really #affected my mom growing up and now she is constantly on alert for anything that could possibly be a critique of her and will throw you #under the bus instead if you ever say something even remotely close to negative about her or arent extremely thoughtful about showing up #to the multiple events she hosts every single week #anyway the way my dad usually reacts is just being extremely quiet and steady and dry humoured in reaction to this and when she starts #critiquing him and bringing up all his past failures as a way of making herself feel better about her own bad self esteem he kind of just #takes it and doesnt take it personally because he knows shes doing it for low self esteem reasons #even though its not really fair to him and she would absolutely hate anybody doing the same to her #when i think of my dad's gentle quietness and humour and how much he hates being aggressive or critical i think of when we played a #board game called qwelf once and in the game he was made to act like a drill sergeant and scold and yell at all of us as we moved #our pieces around the board and the best he could do was to mutter stuff like 'get your buns in gear there soldier!' #it makes me lol to remember it my god he simply can't it's the most unnatural thing for him in the world #anyway i always wonder how much of my similarities to him are just genes and how much are learning from him #by watching and admiring and mimicking #because having nieces shows me that kids are absolutely little sponges who try to do everything they see you doing without even knowing #if it's a good thing to be mimicking or not and that can be a bit of a terrifying responsibility as the adult #i am glad i learned good coping mechanisms from dad and how to handle unfair criticism and lack of praise in stride as well but #something i had to teach myself as an adult was how to have healthy boundaries and be assertive when i feel like im being treated poorly #because my parents are both huge people pleasers who struggle with it themselves

[faith--in-the-future]

some people just genuinely can't comprehend that not everyone has the same boundaries and just bc something makes you uncomfortable it doesn't mean it would make everyone uncomfortable and vice versa, I'm not saying this in a hateful way btw more in like , a surprised way, it's just that before this whole barricade debate started I had never realized how many people had this problem and how it really is the starting point of so many social controversies even beyond louis etc

#like before going into philosophical debates or political essays #we really need to address this first #otherwise its all pretty useless #also side notes but u cant say 'if this man was a woman' and call it a day lmao like if this man was a woman #the entire sociological background of this discussion would be different as well as the entirety of his life before this #and the nature of these interactions as well #its like saying if the ocean was radioactive we'd act differently towards it. like yeah lol but how does that enrich this debate at all

[eddtollett]

mostly i think powerscaling discourse is hilarious and kinda irrelevant but bring my blorbos into it and suddenly im redditor69 smacking my pepe silva board of who could beat who

#im sorry but jaime really WAS one of the best that's part of the tragedy of him losing it #arthur dayne with dawn could beat him for sure but otherwise he's pretty evenly matched with the best fighters #never forget barristan saying the kid he was training had the most natural talent he'd seen since jaime #this is is barry the brave!! this is high praise!! arthur dayne himself knighted jaime!! #so no ned stark would not stand a fucking chance. srry ned. #and brienne is not just a decent fighter she fucking beat loras tyrell??? jaime's minime??? #while i don't think she's at the level jaime was at his peak yet i think she WILL reach it and probably surpass it #she's not only stronger than jaime she's actually very agile and quick #and once she really hones those skills (lets not forget she's only 20 with very little battlefield experience!!) #she'll be the warrior reborn