#i can name two off the top of my head

[its-your-mind]

god I love it when a character is like “hello I’m a huge fucking loser nerd I have no idea how to talk to people I have no friends and I’m a loner” and then they ARE. they make friends and it becomes clear that all of their knowledge of how to talk to people comes from either books or movies or the internet or their immediate family members or whoever raised them. they struggle to turn their thoughts into something other people can understand. they get no bitches. they are so uncomfortable with any amount of external social pressure whether it’s people referring to them with terms of respect or the need to change their appearance to take on new responsibilities. so awkward in every conversation. if they have to be in charge of people they are simply incapable. either someone else takes over the giving orders part or everything goes to shit or they freeze up or they don’t stop talking. they have niche knowledge that they WILL bring up with little-to-no prompting and it WILL completely disrupt the flow of whatever conversation was happening. they wear a rotation of like ten graphic-tees and two pairs of old old old jeans and are flabbergasted as to why they might need more clothes. if someone flirts with them they are simply completely unable to reciprocate because they have no idea how it works. they are a loser. they are a geek. they are a nerd. they are a freak. they are a wierdo.

tl;dr: If you’re gonna make a character who’s a loner nerd, COMMIT TO THE FUCKING BIT

#sorry I needed to say this #let’s see how many of these I can name #off the top of my head #wade watts #(ready player one was the initial inspiration for this - both Wade and ogden and halliway) #kim dokja #(he was inspiration number two - this motherfucker has no idea how to express human thought and emotions) #harrowhark nonagesimus #I’ll come back and add more

[neechees]

Literally never surprising when a zionist is ALSO a massive racist to Native Americans. Like yeah I get it you're a colonizer all the way around

#wanting to colonize one Indigenous land wasn't enough you had to do TWO #i can name like at least 5 off the top of my head

[feldsparite]

#usopp #one piece #king julien #I GUESS #not a character flaw btw i love it when he acts like julien it's so funny #i think i can name two specific instances where they do the exact same thing???? off the top of my head #one is obvious the boy who cried wolf thing. there was a whole julien ep on that #the other was that episode with the batteries and the kangaroo #julien started jumping and taunting on their tightrope to freedom #which is the exact same shit usopp did in the initial portion of thriller bark when he nami and chopper tried to escape from zombies

[lawful-evil-novelist]

It will never cease to amuse me that Drizzt has gotten close to freezing to death more than once.

My buddy my boy how do you keep ending up in situations where you're prone to hypothermia and secondly how come you haven't figured out how to not immediately get it.

#legend of drizzt #drizzt do'urden #off the top of my head i can name two times he's gotten hypothermia and i know there's more

[zoueriemandzijnopmars]

People on here often make fun of US Americans, claiming that they know very little of the rest of the world, but I want to test that claim (on the topic of foreign politics)

(I say head of government below, because I’m not interested in people who know that Charles is the UK’s head of state, the prime minister is much more interesting. But for like France the president is totally fine. I want to know how much people know of foreign politics)

Bonus: put in the tags how many you know and where you’re from

#polls #USA #politics #I can name somewhere between 9-11 off top of my head #depending whether I count the two I had slightly wrong/wasn’t sure about) #and I’m Dutch #I am genuinely curious #like 3 should be easy for US Americans because like Canada Russia and China #or at least I would hope #Ukraine is probably also very well known but the 4th might be tough #for Europeans it would probably be easier I think do I have to admit no idea who the Belgian prime minister is and I’m Dutch #(I will look up the Belgian prime minister now) #and for other parts of the world I have no idea tbh

[redysetdare]

I think the reason warrior cats got so popular is because as cat lovers we were so starved for cat characters that weren't portrayed as the villains because they were cats.

like if u think abt it how many stories were there with cat protagonists? Cats constantly get villainized in favor of dogs. no wonder we got so attached to this badly written book series it was all we had 😭

#text #warrior cats #idk about u guys but i could never find cat books as a kid that didn't have cats as villains #i can only name two off the top of my head and thats Catwings and Warriors #It's hard being a cat lover #this is a non-issue i know but it's funny to think abt

[eldritchmochi]

I love when you talk about clothes. How do you shop?

OH MAN valda my dude you have opened such a can of worms

so the tldr of it is: all over. it really depends on what specifically i'm looking for and like.... the size i need, etc. i get a god awful number of *really on point* fb ads for small clothing brands, plus i try and pick up shirts and such from indie artists where i can, plus a variety of fast/er fashion alternative brands, and thrifting. so much thrifting

however, i do have some pretty strict guidelines for what i will buy. ymmv on a lot of my specifics because a solid chunk of it is based off of how i like my clothes specifically to fit and everyone has their own jam, but the key things i think everyone should pay attention to are:

sizing/fit: do not compromise. there is some flexibility depending on the item and how willing you are to alter a thing, but it should always ALWAYS fit the way u like, or otherwise be comfortably tolerable in the ways it doesnt (sleeve length almost always gets me because i have very long arms, but i generally push my sleeves up anyway so its not a deal breaker, BUT the rise of my pants will absolute result in me never wearing them if it's not Right, hence ymmv)

everything you buy should either be immediately wearable in at least 3 full outfits from things you already own OR be a staple piece to build a new branch of outfit options off of that otherwise works with at least one key item already owned, like shoes

other things i really look at are under the cut cos it got long lmao

colour pallet (i own almost no bright colours; if there's colour, it is 80% of the time going to be pastel pink or lavender, though I've been branching out into brights and primary tones a little. i also own precisely Four brown items: two are CR merch, one is my vintage cat vest, and the fourth is a pair of absolutely gorgeous vintage boots that i got for hella cheap as a bootblacking restoration project)

cut/fit (depending on where i wanna present of the masc >< femme spectrum in that outfit; i like all my bottoms to sit on my (very high and narrow) waist, with skirts generally hitting at or below my knee and either very flared (circle or swing) or pleated. box cut "unisex" shirts should hit where the ball of my hips sit in my pelvis but femme cut shirts dont have to be that long they will be tucked in. i almost never wear something sleeveless, or if i do i wear a shirt under it, and the closest i get to a low cut shirt is shirts with keyholes, otherwise nothing lower than maybe an inch or two under my collarbone. my shoes are also generally high tops or boots and often have either a thick sole or a full out platform)

theme (this is how i wear really weird shit in very cohesive ways lmao; my tshirts are all generally ominous goth graphics OR cutesy kawaii vomit (or both lmao), patterns on my blouses and skirts (or pants, on the few patterned pants i have) are in similar veins (lotta halloween themes, lotta hearts) OR theyre very basic stripes/tartan that i mix and match with graphic shirts)

i also pay attention to quality as much as i can, and will absolutely not shop directly from the really aggressively fast fashion brands like shein, h&m, romwe, etc. they're always cut and made like shit and basically never look good on an actual person, but every now and then i'll find something cute in a thrift store that i can physically check for quality. vintage also tends to be better quality in general, especially if youre looking for natural fibers (the number of vintage silk dad shirts i own for summer is A Lot lmao), but can be cost and size prohibitive

aannnddddd some shops that i either routinely buy from or have been planning to buy from, for reference

"big" brands:

killstar, blackcraft clothing (generally traditional goth, better for straight sizes, decent quality for the price)

unique vintage, modcloth (vintage repro, both stockists for other vintage repro brands on top of selling their own things, generally pretty good quality across stocked and in house brands, most skirts and dresses have POCKETS, lotta killer sales, good size range)

smaller brands:

myviolet and foxblood (sibling companies run by the same people, myviolet is pastel kawaii stuff while foxblood is goth; they do sometimes carry the same cuts of things in different pallets. generally pretty good quality, does a lot of stuff in cotton or modal but not everything. size range is pretty stellar tho especially for a small brand)

disturbia clothing, straight to hell apparel (disturbia is more corporate goth leaning with a lot of business type wear in goth colors and patterns, straight to hell is very rockabilly leaning. both are pricey but their quality seems very sound (i have not bought from them though))

wicked clothing (sarcastic goth), two crow collective (chronically ill), thentvs (native american streetwear) (mostly tshirts, but really off beat ones. only bought from wicked clothing so far, just tryna decide how many more tshirts i need)

sleepy peach (retro repro but make it weird, lotta weird mens cardigans)

kei collective (stockist of a lot of indie designers in the western kawaii streetfashion scene, a wide variety of very cute to VERY WEIRD apparel and accessories)

die with your boots on (stockist, carries foxblood and a lot of other straight black goth basics. quality is on par with foxblood, size range can vary depending on brand, great place to peek for things like strangecvlt shoes or foxblood items that are out of stock on the main site)

art brands:

morning witchy (lot of botanical all over patterns on button up dad shirts, skirts, joggers, shorts, tshirts, and so on, with absolutely banger size range. gorgeous quality and absolutely beautiful designs. i want so many of their sweaters so bad)

stablercake (not specifically apparel focused but they do pretty frequent tshirt designs and theyre all great, ESPECIALLY if youre a furry. quality is always top tier unless its a bs manu error, in which case they typically offer a replacement or coupon when they find out something is fading weird, etc)

crescent creepers (weird goofy goth all over patterns, like 80s style cartoon bugs or deep sea creatures. sizing isnt great but if you're thinner, they have a lot of really fun overalls/shorteralls and button ups)

vetiver fox (very pretty goth patterns, has a lot of gorgeous swoopy skirts (with fuck off huge pockets) and some cool tank tops, is planning on maybe doing a run of regular tshirts too)

s2heart bunny (kawaii anime girl art shirts except soft and pretty and often sad or, as is the case with the ones i have, kawaii bunnies with nail bats and middle finger flags lmao)

egglien creations (weird bright very clowncore apparel, i have the cardigan from their collab with lulu van hoagland, who also does gorgeous work, just usually not apparel)

also a lot of the times, artists (especially tattoo artists) you follow will do tshirts and the like, which is where i get a lot of my really weird things

uuuuh yep thats it

#mochi rambles #cosleia #mochi talks fashion #yes all these brands are off the top of my head #no i didn't really have to look up the names of like #any of them #except two #because vetiver fox just recently changed their handle #and i can never remember the full part of lulu's name so i have to google them every time #other than that....

[mary-is-writing]

Wait wait wait I just realized something.

Ceasar Clown is the same type of human as Merry, Kaya's butler, that has sheep-esque horns!!!

#random #one piece #also they're the only two examples of this i can hink of off the top of my head #fo we have a name for this tribe or is it just the two of them?? #or maybe it's not a tribe is that they have mink ancestry #like how is a headcanon that very very tall people have giant ancestry

[thatagenderfreak]

Man, I love love interests with magic mothers who weaponize them and artificer dads. Just really sets up an angsty backstory for when you need more than "they're cute." The trauma also makes for a character who needs to prove themselves constantly, which makes excellent plot fodder.

#orion lake #a deadly education #scholomance #amity blight #toh amity #the owl house #Am I the first to make this connection? #Probably not. #But I will still make it #There are also so many other characters like this running around #But these two take up so much room in my head #And also are the only ones I can name off the top of my head #Ophelia rhys-lake #odalia blight #Even their names are similar.... #This is why we medicate children #When you don't you have zero processing power and jump rapidly through topics with no through line #God dammit #This was going to be an art Tumblr and now it's got my fucking tag rants #ack

[marinecorvid]

2.5.24 tomboyifies your lyra

#pokemon #my art #lyra #top left two are older but was using em as reference #sorry i simply do not vibe w overly cutesey designs #shes not the protag of hgss in my head #but post hgss - well or maybe concurrently idk - she goes off on her own journey #her bayleef starter has some sort of gene befuckery going on that means it'll never evolve into a meganium #which neither of them mind too much #but gold gifts her on of his typhlosion's eggs that fully evolves so she can get the fully evolved starter powerhouse experience #her quagsire's name is nessie #aaaand thats all i got folks

[blankerthought]

#quite honestly i'm pretty sure it's been more than twice #but there's two i can name off the top of my head lol #lo's stuff

[marypsue]

It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you all that a bot has taken the URL 'learnedfop'.

#i can name at least two mutuals off the top of my head who deserve that honour more

[that-was-anticlimactic]

i just think that voice actors are criminally underrated and are more talented than any marvel could ever hope to be

#not to rip on marvel but it’s the fact that people tell me that their acting is more impressive all the time #okay not Theirs specifically but live action acting like bestie half of the famous actors aren’t even that great sorry straights just find #them attractive. voice actors are the Best. #this post is dedicated to diana kaarina and robbie daymond btw if you even care #i can prolly name over one hundred voice actors off of the top of my head right now #i just. they’re all so amazing #they just don’t get enough credit because people think that anyone off the streets can voice act #okay chris pratt fans #i made this post at two am this morning and i was so right for this

[overobsessedfanboy23]

You know what? Fuck this Jack harem rivalry bullshit, gimme more of these two being friendly with each other

#yugioh #ygo #yugioh 5ds #ygo 5ds #5ds #carly nagisa #carly carmine #stephanie 5ds #is there no ship name for these two? #I couldn't find one #can we call it teatimeshipping? #cuz carly spills the tea and stephanie serves the tea? #I dunno that's just off the top of my head

[squarebracket-trickster]

Happy STS! Do you hate prologues? Or do you sometimes use them?

Happy STS right back!

Ah, prologues... such a controversial topic ahahahahaha

To be honest, I have never read a prologue that bothered me. Nine times out of ten a prologue just leaves me curious. Generally they detail events that won't link back to the main story until much later and, dammit, I love me a good slow-burn mystery that all comes together in the end.

Every now and then I'll read a prologue that detracted from the mystery rather than added or that was only put in because it was an action scene and the next four chapters are going to be really slow, but idk, maybe I just have low standards, because I just read it anyways without forming an opinion. Text has to be outright confusing or uneventful for like more than three chapters before I get annoyed with it.

In my own writing though? If it serves the story, yeah I'll use a prologue. Sometimes setting up the mystery early means dramatic irony or increased tension. Sometimes prologues are a good way to tease the cool magical world that will appear later in the story, provide perspective, or show rather than tell backstory that helps the reader become more invested in a character.

And sometimes, they reveal too much too soon or do not add to the story in a way that will have satisfying pay-off.

I guess, what I am trying to say is, it depend

#ask game #sts #also off the top of my head I can think of one very famous example of a first chapter which was a really a prologue in disguise. #It occurred eleven years before the start of chapter two #and the main characters were not the person we would be following for the rest of the novel. #Sounds like a prologue to me... #but no one ever got mad at it (or used it to defend prologues) #it because it was called Chapter One rather than what it was. #It is a book that shall not be named. If you know #you know #if you don't #I won't give the book any more press. #But the prologue was iconic. #Most casual fans of the series new the first sentence by heart. #I think of that example every time someone argues that prologue will always turn readers off a story.

[smokestarrules]

Have you ever had a ship that you were SO SURE was gonna happen, and then it just didn't?

anon who hurt you

#seriously though. I cannot think of any off the top of my head at the moment??? maybe??? #that's how I'll feel is blake & yang (rwby) don't get together but like. theyre on a slowburn so I'm 100% sure it'll happen eventually #the only thing I can think of is from. lmao the newer mortal kombat movie #which SUCKED #but I was SO sure that two of the characters were going to get together #I don't even remember their names lmao. but it stuck with me bc I was so disappointed #so ?? that's one I suppose #but other than that I've gotten pretty lucky #sorry for answering only in the tags I just think my first answer is funnier on its own #smokey answers #anonymous