#honestly needed that combination

[comradekatara]

> be zuko

> try desperately to ingratiate yourself within the avatar’s friend group (to no avail, of course, because you have terrible social skills, and previously tried to kill them, also)

> try to fight off the human wmd you previously hired to blow them all up

> fail miserably, because he is indestructible

> watch as sokka effortlessly kills him with a very precise boomerang throw to the brain

> suddenly recall every single time you got hit in the head by his boomerang

> feel immense gratitude for what you had previously dismissed as uncle’s obnoxiously stringent and paranoid over-emphasis on the importance of helmet safety

#zuko #sokka #combustion man #iroh #sokka could’ve taken down all of unanimity with his boomerang #he and yangchen would’ve been the fucking dream team fr #altho i guess jujinta also has rly precise aim so he basically fulfills that role #but like. sokka has precise aim AND everything else kavik has (except for waterbending but like. he doesn’t even need it) #anyway. these tags are not relevant to the post at all #also i think zuko would like the helmet bc a) they’re regulation so he feels more militaristic in them and b) they cover his scar #but for the purposes of this joke of he hates the way they compress on his skull and he also whines before iroh makes him put it on #honestly both are equally plausible to me #so let’s just say it’s a combination thereof

[shittyakechiweekly]

p3 protag and more fiddling around with akechi's metaverse outfit

#akechi goro #p5 #persona 3 #persona 3 protagonist #I finished watching a p3 lets play and ough it scratches my brain so good #i want to play fes and the reload so bad #ive also just been reading a fic that combines p5 and p3 #and so they have been sitting together in my head #lets ignore the fact i havent finished p5r and I also just started p4 a few weeks ago #i need p3 now #honestly if i ever get my hands on a copy of p3 fes or reload i wouldnt be surprised if it became my new top game of all time #just the THEMES and the MUSIC and the AESTHETIC i just lfkjdfhkjdhjdh #give me now #it scratches my brain #anyways im totally normal

[lyxchen]

Willie and Alex would for sure dress up as Crowley and Aziraphale after Julie showed them Good Omens

(they would also recreate The Kiss infront of her and she would be pissed at them and love them at the same time)

#i honestly don't know if my grammar is correct right now #but you know what #it's fine #anyways #will anbody even see this? #cause it's so early in the day for me #i usually post my art in the evening #look i combined my two favorite shows <333 #i started this around halloween but wasn't able to finish it so now i finally finished it shortly before karneval <3 #jatp #julie and the phantoms #good omens #lyxchen's art #willex #alex mercer #willie jatp #my willex art is exquisite and i need to make more of it again <3

[taxi-boi]

the vees are so funny because you know val would say some aphobic shit like "what do you MEAN someone can form meaningful bonds that transcend sex and even romance but especially sex. what do you MEAN not everyones lives revolve around fucking and sucking or atleast like loving if your into that shit"  (romance nuetral arospec allosexual)

meanwhile his on again off again boytoy fuckpartner vox has never truly been sexually attracted to anyone in his life (high libido sex positive ace demi-aro with a propensity for alterous attraction *cough one-sided radiostatic cough*)

and the both of them are in a commited platonic/business relationship with velvette who has absolutely no sexual or romantic interest in either of them (idk if shes a lesbian or aspec or bi and they're just not her type in that way; but its all the same result)

and yet none of them view their partnership as anything below or lesser than compared to the romantic and sexual relationships they do have. if not outright being more important than those (QPR-cule) 

and ofcourse vox and vel will be standing right alongside valentino as he says this, nodding along without a hint of sarcasm or self awareness because they also genuinely think they believe the same thing.

and if you try to point this out to any of them (and somehow convince them that what they have going on is queer platonic and aspec in nature) they'll just be like "yeah but we're The Vees, we're overlords, we can just do whatever the Fuck (or lack there of) we want" and you know what they're right

#and vox wonders why alastor rejected his -business- proposal #alastor also doesn't really know hes aroace but he knows enough not to show up in val-centric episodes #i need to write fics for those fr fr #ok so tags.... #hazbin hotel #the vees #polyvees #valentino #vox #hazbin vox #hazbin velvette #hazbin valentino #velvette #staticmoth #voxval #wont tag individual velvette ships since its explicitly platonic #onewaybroadcast #asexual vox #i sidnt mention it in the post so i wont tag it but broker doll is part of this in my soul #mythinks #aromantic #asexual #aroace #aphobia #god what a combination of tags #suggestive #this is honestly my least deranged take / headcanon for hazbin #not my fault every character is aspec thats just a coincidence #diversity win the worst people you know etc etc

[emblazons]

He is more of myself than I am.

Day Seven of @bylerweek2023 - Soulmates aka: Byler x (Emily) Brontë + how he looks at you when you're not looking

#design forward #bylerweek2023 #byler #mike wheeler #will byers #I've seen these moments paralleled so many times but not seen them giffed? hence the inpo for these lowkey #BUT !!! you need to understand that me making gifs like these is a revolutionary development courtesy of byler week #the masking and blending and sharpening and style of editing was all learned in THE LAST FOUR DAYS #so I combined all my lessons into these as a simple ‘final hurrah’ #Honestly for someone who learned how to gif SOLELY on a whim four months ago I’m pretty satisfied with myself rn lol #anyway. this week was so fun and I'm so glad I did it! #stranger things #my gifs #the me tag

[itzrafee]

A thing on Uran and Helena in Pluto

Okay a short little thing on Pluto. Uran and Helena are my absolute favourite characters in Pluto. Urasawa has always had amazing side characters, from Mr. Rosso in Monster to Lee Harvey Oswald and Jackie in Billy Bat to God in 20th Century Boys, but very few have tied off the emotional ends of the story like Uran and Helena.

Maybe I'm projecting here but much like myself I feel like Urasawa is absolutely obsessed with Frankenstein. And he recognizes the influence Frankenstein has on Dr. Umataro Tenma. Or at the very least, the similarities between the two. And so when he made the protagonist of one of his most popular works Monster, Dr Kenzo Tenma, he solidified that connection. Kenzo Tenma calls back to Victor Frankenstein needing to end his creation while also calling back to Japan's other famous Tenma, thus making the connection explicit. Another throughline between the three of them is that all three are father figures to their creations and have obligations to their children, though all three have varying levels of success with them.

I've only read what I like to call Urasawa's "Core Four", conspiracy minded thrillers that are essentially road trips featuring usually two main protagonists that we see the world through, Monster, 20th Century Boys, Pluto and Billy Bat. Though I still haven't caught up to Asadora and that could still possibly fit this mold, Urasawa's Core Four share a lot of themes and ideas. One of the most important being the responsibility for one's creations, whether it was Kenji Endo and the Book of Prophecy or Kevin Yamagata and Billy Bat or Dr. Kenzo Tenma and Johan, all of his protagonists could arguably be seen as someone with the need to take up the responsibility of their creations. So where do the protagonists of Pluto fit in there? That's where Uran and Helena come in.

But first, we should take a look at Pluto's themes. While I could be wrong, at a cursory glance, I feel like the general consensus towards it's themes is that it's about hatred. I don't really think that's what it is as I feel like Urasawa is more trying to show us what it is to be human and what it is to be alive. And in that, he has a hidden protagonist in Pluto. Someone who's influence snakes through the plot and isn't seen much, but without who the story's themes would remain incomplete. Pluto tackles what it is to be alive through many things, such as memory, sadness, grief, hatred, love and parenthood. But none of that works without the realization by Tenma of his own mistakes. And Uran and Helena bookend these revelations and are absolutley key to understanding that.

In my favourite chapter of the series, Chapter 37, Uran goes from person to person as she finds a way to deal with her grief and eventually comes across Tobio's grave, Tenma having left recently. It's an absolutely beautiful chapter that shows Uran's humanity and Urasawa's love for sharing these kind and soft moments. But it also sheds a light on Tenma as Uran realizes someone who was grieving has just left. Without saying much at all we realize that Tenma has finally realized his mistakes. In the process of grieving one son, he lost the other. While remembering Tobio, he let Atom go. His grief towards Tobio is clear in the following chapter, Chapter 38. All of the things he wanted Atom to be; Tobio come back to life, Tobio's ghost punishing him, Atom rejected. And Tenma could only see that rejection, and not what he had, another son.

Uran shows us very clearly what Pluto, the story, is. It's a chapter in their lives. And we've come into a story nearing the end for Tenma. And it's through the humanity of two absolutely amazing characters in their own right, Uran and Helena, that we are able to so fully understand Tenma. Despite being robots, these two characters are the most alive of everyone. They love fully and freely and are catalysts of change. Uran's vibrant and full of life in a way that really sticks out. And Helena has such depth that it's evident in every scene she's in. She's not pointed out to be made by any famous scientist so all the life she has is her own. These two represent the life of robot's more than any other characters in the series.

So it's that much more poignant when Helena finally breaks down after putting on such a strong front of everybody. Grief intersects and she brings out Tenma's sadness as well. They've both been putting up such strong fronts that it's heartbreaking to see them collapse. It completes Tenma's growth and strikes a heartbreaking contrast between the two. Tenma became the way he is through the loss of his son whereas Helena doesn't even get to remember her own loss. It makes you wonder if the grief for her and Geischt's child compounds her sorrow too.

Without these two and their grief, a large part of Pluto becomes inaccessible. Pluto is largely about death so when two characters come in who've never had a hand in the grim work of taking life, you see the world through a lens that's absolutely crucial in order to fully connect with all of the character's and their situations. Death and Grief has scarred the characters in Pluto. Time and time again they've chosen the worst path. They've chosen revenge and hatred. But Uran and Helena are different. Without them, the story is incomplete. They provide an alternative. They provide the path towards healing.

im sorry for this one:

#naoki urasawa's pluto #helena #uran #pluto #pluto anime #umataro tenma #astro boy #this was supposed to be short #also its largely unreasearched #i would need to read the original atom and read all of urasawa's other works and read up on the gulf war before tackling a proper piece #random thoughts I didn't put in: #something i love about Pluto is how each robot is a reflection of their creators in some way or another with Uran being Ochanamizu's love #the combination of jackie and lee harvey oswald will probably throw off so many people who don't know(totally not why I did it) #also God #honestly though no side characters feel insignificant in Pluto #Some more shared ideas between the Core Four are the burdens we carry and share and the importance of stories in our lives

[nerdie-faerie]

I'm once again thinking about the missed opportunities to have Klaus and Kol bond more. Part of Klaus' whole motivation as a vampire is to get his werewolf part back and to finally be stronger than Mikael (sort of, I'm simplifying) both of which can be obtained by breaking his curse. But Kol? Kol is the only other original that can relate to having a fundamental part of themself ripped away from them. Klaus might not have known he was a werewolf until he killed, but he likely still had a connection he couldn't explain, as evident by him going to watch the wolves transform. And something he'd never been able to explain was now gone. He might only be able to realise the connection afterwards through its absence.

Kol though. Kol had grown up with magic, a connection to nature and the world around him in a way the rest of his siblings supposedly didn't have. And then he gets turned. And not only has his baby brother died, his father has just murdered him and the rest of his siblings after forcing them to drink human blood, which he'll later learn. Now, not only does he have to deal with the grief of Henrik's death and also his own but also the loss of his magic. A loss that's likely only worsened by Kol being a self-proclaimed child prodigy.

Kol is pretty much the only one who could understand what Klaus is going through with the binding of his wolf. We know Kol searched for ways to get his magic back/carry on practicing magic in the same way that Klaus was looking for ways to break his curse. While Klaus likely could still feel his wolf there despite being bound, Kol has no access to his magic anymore. I just think they should've been able to bond or connect over their shared loss of an intrinsic aspect of their selves at the hands of their parents

#TVD #The Mikaelsons #Kol Mikaelson #Klaus Mikaelson #briefly back on my the originals shouldve gotten to be a family goddammit and as someone from a big family im personally offended bs #i did right a lil snippet about them bonding over this that i havent posted yet for the joml verse but still think its an unexplored concep #need more witch!kol acknowledgement honestly. just need more content of my boy #anyway. klaus having a fascination with the moon and kol telling him about celestial events and how it affects his magic when theyre boys #klaus losing that connection to the moon feeling lost & extra tempermental feeling his wolf claw at its binds and vowing to break his curse #kol determined to get his magic back at any cost relating to that devasting loss and promising to help him find a loophole for his curse #kol who becomes extra reckless and determined when he learns that theres a way to break klaus' curse so maybe he can get his magic back too #that knowledge and recklessness combined with his loss of magic driving him to become the volatile vampire that we see #that leads to him being daggered repeatedly but that first time breaks something in that bond between him & klaus that never fully recovers #it makes him bitter and resentful only fueling his reckless behaviour particularly when there seems to be no leads on reclaiming his magic #that he becomes distant from his siblings in the process especially with finn still daggered but that distance only cements the idea #to his siblings that hes a danger and cant be trusted that he needs to be daggered if theyre to stay safe from mikael #the loss of his magic leading to his spiral as a vampire and him being ostracised by his family > actual tvdu kol canon #klaus being trapped in a room staring at the corpse of his little brother knowing he never repaired that relationship with him #and now he never can so he refuses to look away as penance and a reminder of his failings to his little brother #*edit: one of the reblogs on this post is the author of big bad wolf and honestly she does an amazing job at portraying the mikaelsons #as actual siblings if you havent read it its one of my favourites for characterisations but we need more 😭 i want it to be the norm

[fate-defiant]

These four wormed their way into my head last night and would not leave me until I spat something out so here's some assorted headcanons, a comic that I'm not sure I understand the punchline of myself and the youngest inn-bling(ba dum tss) in ten to fifteen years.

#princess tutu #author #malen #i didnt really stop to think of the tots' names. #i honestly dont know what their parents would name them! #i mean so far we've got an author and we've got a malen. absolutely bonkers combination mama and papa innskeeper what were you on #also i just found it hilarious if they had a ridicilously small age difference for siblings thats it #like not even a full year and he's acting all high and mighty lmaooooooo #i fear i am genuinely being too mean to author this time #i am sure he didnt mean to alienate himself from his family- #-by diving headfirst into researching its dark spooky past- #-to the point of forming his own self-contained cult of a sort. #thats just puberty. teenagers need to be agressively weird its enrichment. how else will they find themselves? #no seriously i am asking #so far i havent seen a different method #anyway #fanart #my art #i think ill tag stuff specifically tied to these four as #the inn-blings #i feel like i had more to say in the tags but i forgor #OH OH OH #i didnt! say anything! ABOUT MALEN #like hwllo this makes her involved in the whole spooky fucking writer drama?? osrt of? #.i mean #its implied that authors father was adopted and theres no direct blood relation #or something of the sort #either way the innblings have no hereditary powers #author is just a big fucking nerd #so like.

[alinelie]

early mornings at ventura's

#ts4 #its so blank.... #i definitely need reshade #I have also been unable to find reshade for myself for a long time #my problem is that I usually like the base game + sunblind lighting combination #but I know it could be better #i was going to edit these pics but honestly ...... im lazy #btw this house changes every week xd so I decided to show only a part of the interior #first pic is Graham's office #and I swear I love the painting behind his desk #since he is a painting forger and illegal trafficker #he has so many paintings in his residence #It's time to post more pictures of my baby girl aka graham . #ts4 screenshots #simblr #ts4 maxis match #ts4 build #the sims 4 #ventura:extra

[designernishiki]

brings me great joy to remember the fact that (aside from serena) the main bar kiryu frequents is a queer bar hosted by drag queens and run by a trans lady. like legit that fact sounds too good to be canon but it literally is

#the main one he frequents by personal choice anyway as opposed to serena (and sometimes shellac) where he’s usually there because someone #else frequents it or needed to meet him somewhere or someone working there is connected to him etc #earth angel initially doesnt really have any predisposed big plot reasons for him to go there let alone recurrently for decades #he just. likes it. and likes ako’s company. and they never really explain anything further than that #honestly it screams repressed gay guy seeking community without knowing it to me. like as in: he’s more comfortable there than most bars and #knows that probably but doesn’t know why or doesn’t try to think too deeply into exactly why #I mean… he says to goromi he feels more comfortable talking to her/him than most women #so I mean. that tracks doesn’t it. #you could argue it’s has to do with him being incessantly hit on by straight women to an uncomfortable degree but I don’t really think #that explains it becuase he’s hit on/flirted with by queer folks as well- ako herself outwardly flirts with him #but of course never to that uncomfortable a degree in my opinion (especially considering he already knows her and whatnot most of the time) #but yeah so I think it’s a little deeper than that. #anyway gshgdshfh rambling. this is just. god I seriously wonder sometimes what the studio is thinking when they do these things #the combination of this + what he says/does with goromi??? ghagghgsggh how do you NOT read him as queer/mlm what the fuck dude #kiryu #yakuza #rambling

[shima-draws]

I just finished the One Piece live action and it was SOOOO GOOD AGHHFHFHHH

#There was a lot that they changed but honestly the story still flowed REALLY well even with the combined arcs #Also holy SHIT Luffy and Zoro are SO gay. Oh my god. #Why is Luffy always touching his face. And holding on to him. COINCIDENCE?? I think NOT #Also Sanji is so FUCKING cute oh my god. GOING to explode #Luffy is the cutest tho. Holy shit. The baby boy of all time. Light of my life my angel my blorbo #I love how close they all are at the end of the season too they’re really a crew now #Okay idk if there’s like. An equivalent of the Dekubowl in OP. But if there is. #LUFFYBOWL. Everybody adores Luffy and is a little in love with him. INCLUDING Koby #KOBY’S ARC WAS REALLY GOOD TOO #AFHHFHFHF I have so many Thoughts but I need to go to sleep!!!! #It was so good tho. I can’t wait for season 2 #Shima speaks #One Piece #OPLA #One Piece live action

[hmm-ctrl]

sluggy solidarity

#this thought has been stuck in my head all week. so #they r both slug. and who am i to pass up a good oppertunity to combine my two hyperfixations? #in other news. i finALLY beat both gourmands campaign (to unlock slugpups) and spearmasters. so i FINALLY unlocked saint. #i took a break from playing for like. 2-3 weeks cuz i was frustrated #so glad i finally got to. spearmaster is freeing when your not lugging a pearl around honestly #ALSO i finally figured out that only the HOST needs to own the DLC to play jolly coop... so finally tried multiplayer lol #anyways. enough ranting from me. pleease enojoy #soeepy #brutal orchestra #rain world #rainworld #rainworld fanart #rain world fanart

[questionablepastries]

If I was in armored core 6 I would be the first to sit my ass down and listen to iguazu complain his heart out and then things would Not have happened im just sayin

#armored core #sorry for putting this shit post in the tag but I think THE GUY JUST NEEDED A FRIEND HONESTLY #SHOUTOUT TO OTHER IGUAZU FANS WITH THE POWER OF OUR COMBINED COMPASSION YOU TOO CAN FIX HIM

[aro-culture-is]

Aro culture is being friends with the straight aro-spec cis man who's "stealing resources" that exclus like to fearmonger about and knowing that he's done more for the community than those whiny pissbabies ever have

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#Anonymous #aro culture is #aro #aromantic #actually aro #actually aromantic #ask #mod phoenix #honestly if someone thinks ppl are stealing resources from underprivileged groups it's usually pretty obvious they don't understand shit #like. 1) people using resources almost always means they get more funding #2) if it is happening.... lmao what money do you think these groups even have to steal from? #the majority of public services get funding based on a combination of limited private donations and public funding that's based on the #usage of the previous period of use #typically yearly #so - for example - if a university queer campus center of some sort is given 10k for funding in a year #(and i'm using a specific example i know of irl) #and they only use 5k of that? #most likely they will receive closer to 5k of funding the next year and not be able to meet any increased needs #using the money they are given means that they have the ability to take on larger projects #using those resources allows them to get large enough funding grants and shit to take on #the actual systems of oppression rather than desperately trying to keep individuals afloat #who are already aware of them and willing to ask for help #and knowing that a large portion of their community is unaware of those resources or too afraid of stealing resources to ask for help #which they not only *can* provide but *want to* provide #because it helps both those individuals and *that group* to be able to push for larger systematic change in the future #so yeah just. opinions. #if someone says they need the funding these groups are happy to do everything in their power to work with them #and honestly someone actually being malicious probs will stick out like a fucking sore thumb #and even then i've seen groups like these use it as a learning opportunity #to be like 'hey it's pretty clear you came here with this intention. now that you're here... how are you feeling about that? why?'

[searidings]

Hey there! Just curious if you’ve stumbled upon any new fanfics that you are loving?

hell yeah babey!!!!

if music be the food of love, play on and also you'll always find your way back home by lovepotionnumber5

also checking for updates on i want something just like this by @jazzfordshire and a history of wine by @seabiscuits-us and the bicep obsessed tennis au by ms huge rack @hrwinter like im checking the morning paper

#ok so. lovepotionnumber5. let's talk about them #if they have a tumblr i dont know it but fuck i'd like to #so they wrote a free solo au that is cinematic as all fuck and flawlessly combines two of my nichest interests #and i think i recced it already but honestly people are SLEEPING on it it's so so good yet so under-kudosed #so i was feeling my feelings today and felt like a reread and then i thought hey. i wonder if theyve written anything else #had a little look. saw another fic #read 'mob boss/jazz singer au' and promptly devoured the fuck out of it and let me just say #i was HOWLING #the funniest fucking dialogue in the world #'it's gonna be may' if you know you know and boy howdy i KNOW #go and read it like. i cannot stress this enough. wip or no wip. go and read jt #if i could eat a fic i would swallow that one whole #the characterisation i swear to god #i want to kiss lovepotionnumberfive's lillian luthor on the mouth #also kara and lena but we already knew that #i am reccing the shit out of this author don't try and stop me #lovepotionnumber5 if you're out there i'd die for you if you ever need it. jsyk #hope you're having a great day #asks #anonymous #my ficrecs

[yantao-enthusiast]

bring back youtuber AUs pls. i need to read a fic about someone anonymously posts on reddit looking for advice about their troubles with love or something and the person of their affections, who is on a channel like smosh pit or something, reads it and gives advice and they’re like “i totally get it” all vague and stuff while thinking about the person and said person is like freaking the fuck out. bonus points is the initial someone is also on the channel, and even more bonus points if the audience already ships them but as like a mostly inside joke but there are people who are hardcore about it. i eat it up.

#kind like this klapollo fic i read a while back? #like in vibes like klavier has a podcast and apollo sends anonymous letters bc there’s like a segment on his podcast #and combine this with like any social media au ever #specifically though i’m thinking the jegulus exes au by sebbianas #if any of those words mean anything to you #you know what i mean #i’m honestly just requesting a very specific tailored fanfiction order #my heart is thinking of wolfstar too like all the main ideas are there #i just need this hypothetical fanfiction in my brain to be real. no effort #writing prompt #fanfiction prompts #fic prompt #writing ideas #fanfiction ideas #fanfic ideas #fic ideas #feel free to write whatever you want to this though i’m just musing #the balls in your court now tumblr #disappears with a shitty smoke bomb. you can very clearly see me run away