#just a little something niche

[leatherbootlace]

TrainTober2022 #04: Spirit

Story Blurb & Credits Below Cut

   I remember where I was when I last saw Glilah. Topham was having a word with me at Toryreck about how I needed to make a better example of myself to the younger Coffee Pots. And the minute he finishes his sentence, in xe comes, whistling for dear life for someone, anyone to help stop them before they crash before they were out of sight and into the horizon. I could have done something. I could have done anything and it might have saved them.

   Few minutes passed and we heard this horrible, blood-curdling shriek followed by what sounded like an avalanche. A couple of men ran up to us and said something had happened down at Knapford. At the time, I was practically biting at the nail to go and help, but looking back, it was all a blur. All I can think about that day is the look on Topham's face as his youngest engine went screaming into oblivion, and when he was forced to accept that xe couldn't be saved. We were built on the cheap side, you see? Put together on a hope and prayer. A.W.Dry didn't know jack about building engines. They just wanted something that would run. If any of us were to get wrecked, well... let's not talk about that, can we?

   They had to break Glilah up on site. Topham oversaw the operation. I have no idea how some engines can work in scrapyards, because just the sight of xyr remains made me sick to my boiler. I think a part of him died that day, amidst all the ice and snow as they cut xem up. Shortly after came the Great War, and then just crisis after crisis mounted on him. He was a kinder man back in the day - enough to call him a gentleman on his good days, at least - but Glilah's death was just the first in a series of crisis after crisis that tested him over the years. I rarely saw him in the last few years of his life, but I think he tried to get back in touch with his former self. At least, I hope so. I could never stand seeing him so sad.

       - Ex-TK&ELR No.1 'Glynn', "Memoirs of the Coffee Pot Railway"

Glynn has been a member of the Norramby Estate at Ulfstead Castle since the 1990s, and can regularly be found working demonstration lines at the Estate or along the Ffarquhar Branch Line.

Local legend around Dryaw says that on some nights in January, when the Moon is full, you can see Glilah's train race through the station again, on the way to xyr final resting place just outside Knapford Harbor. Most believe this to be nothing but local superstition, but some who claim to have encountered the spirit believe much, much different.

Original Sprites by Princess-Muffins , Cj-The-Creator , Diamond-Jubilee , SplendidEngine02 , RedEngineStudioNo5 & DemonOfNowhere .

Any & All Modifications made by Myself, LeatherBootlace .

#ttte #ttte au #traintober2022 #ttte coffee pots #rws #sprites #pixel art #ttte art #originally wanted to do something with toby encountering a coffee pot's spirit but couldn't come up with anything good #consider this like a lore post or something #just a little something niche #glilah is nonbinary and uses xe/xem pronouns btw #idk why but i like the idea of fat controller i being hardened by his troubles during his tenure only to soften by the time toby arrives #like yeah i love topham being a big softie towards his engines but the man Went Through Some Shit #also calling the tk&elr the 'coffee pot railway' because i like affectionate names for sodor ala gordon's hill or henry's tunnel #i dunno what i'm saying anymore i'm just tired and held off on posting this earlier because i had classwork i needed to finish up #Bootlace's TTTE AU

[soaptaculart]

Zelda & Link 🫶

#the legend of zelda #loz #tears of the kingdom #totk #zelink #i drew something #been a minute since i had something to post erm oopsie! #i'm done with my postgrad now :) i'm starting a new job in just over a week tho so i'll be busy again soon #anyone heard of this niche little game called tears of the kingdom i thought it was pretty cool. check it out sometime #is it really possible for a burger king boy and a pret girl to be in a relationship #just kidding. link is a girl too of course #sorry for the british exclusive joke i don't know a more international equivalent of pret

[houseswife]

if the target audience of house was middle-aged cishet dudebros then why are all the promo shots of him so sexually compelling to me personally. like what feelings are these meant to evoke other than “I need to fuck that old man or so help me god”

#I’m a little tipsy rn and I think I hauv covid… #that pic of him in the vicodin bath is making me feel the same way I assume playboy mag enjoyers feel #I need that printed out above my bed #like. WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT!!! [jerks off and dies] #house md #greg house #gregory house #hatecrimes md #hugh laurie #the only other fictional male character I have been this viscerally attracted to (as opposed to just gender envious/admiration) #is nbc hannibal lecter #that’s two evil gay doctors. is that my niche kink or something. #I need to see a psychiatrist #or not. considering that I might nut

[noecoded]

everybody knows ur right…everybody knows im wrong!!!!!!

#theyre in.the band. #this whole thing is like . its 2007 and ur going to the afterparty and the band is there or something lord #for a very niche audience of like 2 other ppl muabe #the asmo.one with the white jacket was part of like a longer cringe comic with/.my obey me oc. u know the one. i cant even say. #idk . i hated thee asmo fir one so i took it down and fixed it a little its still kind of busted but now the other things hidee it #idk why i didnt draw beels boxers like in the bottom one ik they shld be there and i didnt notice and got lazy so maybe hes just like comman #do or something idc #mine #asmodeus obey me #beelzebub obey me #ill be normal after valentines day after seeing.this show. but hollywood undead falling in reverse escape the fate papa roach is like insan #e lineup........

[formosusiniquis]

Modern au Eddie gets brought in to do a special dm/dnd episode of um actually with Brennan and Matt. Steve is there behind the scenes because they don't go anywhere without each other and he also wants to meet Emily -- he likes her chaotic player energy, one guess to why. He's hanging in the back of the studio quietly watching production, just hanging out and watching Eddie banter with people who are as obsessed with his thing as him and can match his intensity even if it's at different energy tones. Eddie and Brennan would be an unstoppable force and unmovable object I can just tell.

A question comes up about 1e or something, they deliberately made the questions strange and finicky cause they knew who they were having on and really the show isn't people getting answers if you wanted that you'd watch jeopardy. The show is nerds getting pissed and argumentative about the things they like. No one gets the answer, though they go to the fact checker booth a couple times over it. No one gets it except for Steve, who has listened to every loved one he has talk about this game for the last forever. Steve who has adhd/autism brain and it holds onto strange factoids and weird snippets of longer conversations that he has forgotten. Things like Erica and Dustin arguing about the validity of gender limiters on player stats. The cast have already danced around the answer, and the set has been so relaxed and lively he doesn't stop to think about why he shouldn't call out from behind the camera "um, actually." Cause they can always cut him out, he isn't even mic'd.

He does immediately regret speaking up. Not because he isn't right. He always knew he was right. But Steve learned a long time ago that him being right isn't always worth the scene that it then causes. Like now, Eddie is perched on the furniture like a gargoyle on a church roof, "I get that point right? That's my husband, what's his is mine." They'll never get invited anywhere ever again.

So he is surprised when the email arrives in his influencer inbox; but politely turns down the invitation to play in the next season of Dimension 20. And not just because Eddie is seething next to him when he gets the invitation.

#steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #listen its 1:30am and the worms in my brain wont let me sleep #its a cross over of all my stupid niche little things #i can 6 degrees of seperation get you from eddie munson to brennan the pieces are there #this is everything and nothing #i just like how modern or pop culture aus invite the introduction of real people #in this case its eddie munson yelling at trapp #steddie fic #literally wrote this in 15 minutes so if theres something wrong with it dont correct me

[autisticaradiamegido]

day 38

it was 3 hours. i had to lay down immediately.

#day 38 #year 5 #it me #and look it was not the fault of ANY of the actors. they all did phenomenally well. #it was a bad script. it wanted to be a comedy so bad.... #the lines were all delivered with the cadence and attitude of something that SHOULD have been a joke but just. was Not. #there was also no plot it was just A Series Of Things Happening #in the interest of not being a shitty little hater i will not name it but suffice it to say it was kind of niche anyway #AND IT WAS THREE HOURS. I DONT KNOW IF IT WAS MEANT TO BE THREE HOURS OR IF THE ACTORS WERE JUST TALKING SLOW. #they took so many long breaks for laughter that simply was not there.... i felt so bad. #i wanted to leave at intermission but the crowd and venue was so small it would have been incredibly fucking obvious #i couldnt do it to those poor actors #WHO AGAIN WERE ALL DOING REALLY WELL THEY HAD INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE VOCALS FOR BEING IN THE WORST COMMUNITY THEATER PRODUCTION IVE EVER SEE

[apexious]

me: *about to come back to writing fics*

just dance: *about to potentially ruin all of my previous fics and my favourite ship*

me:

#can i have anything in this fucking house #praying hes just a mentor or something #i aint asking for them to be canon just dont completely destroy it #let us all argue on our little niche corner of the internet #just dance #just dance 2023 #jd2023 #just dance 2024 #jd2024

[martyrbat]

people who get mad over tone tags are so weird imo.. like nobody is putting a gun to your head to use them, why are you being whiny over people that do use them. its literally just a quick way to convey tone, especially when talking to a someone who may not know when you are being serious or joking or if you say something that might be misinterpreted. it isnt a big deal if somebody uses them and its weird how much shit they get, especially when theyre most used by autistic people/people who struggle with tone indication

#its all dont shame disabled ppl or be ableist until theyre using something that makes their life a little easier that you think is cringe #'well I'll NEVER make fun of autistic people using them but other people' widespread accessibility and knowledge is good #and people shouldn't have to disclose their medical information to you for you to not shame them lol #its the same as 'ill never be mean to quirky autistic people' but youre still making fun of people who struggle with volume while speaking #or are too excited about something or have weird/niche/childish interests. #or do anything that you think is cringe or whatever. youre not entitled to anyones personal information #just for them to avoid getting bullied or shamed by you. get over yourself. #anyways. not to be vague but something happened (people are being so annoying) #ransom note

[megamindsupremacy]

Hello! Fan of your blog for a while now, and I've been meaning to scream about Billy Batson to you for some time, too.

I'm curious, what are your favorite personal headcanons for Billy Batson? And what D&D class do you think Billy would take/fall under?

Oh hi!! I'm a huge fan of your blog too, I love the Billy content <3

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One headcanon I am constantly rotating in my brain is the whole "Billy is immortal and Captain Marvel doesn't age" concept. Because we all love Billy for his special power of Kid Turning Into Adult but also kids do that anyways after enough time so him dealing with adulthood and immortality is just.... so good....

I LOVE the communal Twitch Chat AU the Billy Batson fandom has created. The idea of all these gods just constantly yelling at Cap is so funny this poor guy cannot catch a break. I also like the "the Wizard put a magic filter on Billy" headcanon specifically for the surprises the League gets when a depowered Billy is suddenly swearing like, every other word. What do you mean you usually talk like that? What do you mean "A Wizard did it??"

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I'm going to be honest. Despite being part of a ~2 year long D&D campaign (we're really bad at scheduling, it really shouldn't be this long), I know like... nothing about D&D. One moment I'm going to google some stuff.

Okay, so after a quick skim of the D&D Beyond class page, here's my Billy class headcanons:

Cleric: Because "A priestly champion who wields divine magic in service of a higher power" seems pretty spot-on to what Billy does in like. Base canon

Ranger: "A warrior who combats threats on the edges of civilization" would be accurate for a Billy who's more focused on the supernatural side of things (as opposed to the Punch Alien side of things). Especially one that focuses on honing the magic in his mortal form and not just relying on his Captain Marvel form to get out of trouble.

Rogue: "A scoundrel who uses stealth and trickery to overcome obstacles and enemies" would be great for a less magically-inclined Billy who has to deal with all sorts of bullshit on the streets. Especially if he's of the "I shouldn't become Captain Marvel for anything but the most morally correct of causes" because then he has to like. Pickpocket or steal food and run away from cops all the time.

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And now, for a reverse Uno card... What are YOUR favorite Billy headcanons? Who's your favorite CM supporting character?

#i should make an ask tag #billy batson #captain marvel #shazam #hes a little guyyyy #something thats great about billy is that he has No consistent canon so you can just do whatever with his powers or character #you just gotta stay true to the Vibe and lbr the Billy Batson fandom is REALLY GOOD at staying true to the overall Vibes #also! i didnt put this in the main post #but @noras-dc-shenanigans has a great shifter!billy thread going rn #and i think druid billy would go great in that AU but that's super niche so I didn't put it in the main bit

[rewritingcanon]

#tw grooming #this one a little more niche bc its hpcc. so instant smaller circle #bc i used to think delphi didnt do much more than *nudge* albus a little in the direction #albus had all of his issues with his dad from YEARS of build up #and it could be argued that delphi only pointed him in the direction and he did the rest #but then there was…. the kiss scene in the forbidden forest. a twenty-something kissing a 14yo 😟 #thats so creepy why was that written in 😭😭 #like if she is a groomer im pretty sure its accidental bc scorpius makes a joke abt it later but. #its just SO weird #and it puts every other thing she does in a diff context but idk if its enough to straight up call her a groomer 🙏😭 #harry potter #hp #hpcc #cursed child #scorpius malfoy #albus severus potter #scorbus #albus potter #delphi riddle #delphini riddle #delphi diggory #harry potter next gen #harry potter and the cursed child #delphini diggory #hpng #hp nextgen #delphbus #hp next gen #scorose #rewriting

[hella1975]

me: yeah i didn't project too badly onto taob haha *sees a quote from taob randomly on a tiktok webweave about girlhood*

#HELLO?????? yeah zuko they girlhooded you. yeah no they transed your gender #idk if this makes sense but ur coping mechanisms are just sooo she/her #like do you have any idea how baffling this was like no tags no search no nothing it was just there by sheer luck #i saw it was a webweave about girlhood and i was like ohoughhee this will be good #got a few slides in. hello i recognise thAT FUCKING QUOTE WHAT IS HAPPENING #like it's such a niche quote and out of context like it was it could have been from ANYTHING #AND it wasn't credited which i'll get to in a second #but honestly i felt like a mother identifying her child through something incredibly niche like a single freckle or some shit #bc i was like 'this is such a nondescript quote and isnt a big enough moment for me to remember vividly and yet somehow i Just Know' #and low and behold i double checked with a cheeky ctrl+f on taob AND I WAS FUCKING RIGHT #WHAT THE FUCK #im a tad fuming there was no credit like the person used like 12 images and only 3 of them are Non-Tumblr Writing Quotes #and NONE got credited #like i get it's hard enough to get art credited but i feel with artists there's still a general conensus that you're SUPPOSED to tag them #but with writing people honestly just treat it like it's free real estate and the thing is it kinda IS especially if it's fanfic #but also..... why would you not just say who wrote that? like you clearly like it enough to put in ur little slideshow #so why not give credit where credit is due. annoying. bc now im like if this happened by pure fucking chance #then how many times has this happened when ive literally been totally unaware of it? #how many times have MY WORDS just been flung about tiktok without any acknowledgement that i wrote them? #idkkkk just how writing especially amongst tiktokers is treated as a lesser or watered down artform #that doesn't require the decency given to 'actual' art. i might just be being cynical bc i dont like tiktok tho lol #like girl (taob) what the hell are you doing at the devil's sacrament #taob

[caramelmochacrow]

happy birthday rei!!! (sorry it's simple)

#crow's scribbles #d4dj #d4dj groovy mix #rei togetsu #i had to rush this one because i need to design some stickers to sell for a school project #ik i can sell d4 stickers but considering how niche it is and people dont know idol and gacha games much it wont sell well. #i wanted to make it cool and swag like what i did for some guys but i didnt have time.... #im gonna need to make all of the birthday drawings in between the time i need to finish the project kinda simple.... #it ends a day after kurumi's so i think i'll be fine #anywya enough about myself i'll just point out a few stuff abt the drawing #rei's outfit is matching with rinko (from the bandoris) because i was lazy and i also thought it was cute she would match w rinko-- #bc of the fact they had similar vas #(emphasis on the had bc... yk) #the white blob thing is supposed to be a moon bc of the togetsu in her name #i wanted it to be something a little symbolic abt her name so yeah #happy birthday to rei togetsu!!!

[bbygirl-aemond]

hey, i love you all so much and the interactions with you guys are genuinely what make creating fan content so much fun for me. that being said, i'm not looking for constructive criticism on stormbreak and have in fact never asked for it. this is all just a silly little thing that i'm doing in my free time anonymously. i'm not trying to grow as a writer by crowdsourcing the editing and development process, i'm just having fun! as we all should be. 😌 plus, i promise the foreshadowing and character arcs will be better if i'm allowed to stick to what i've been planning for since the beginning!

i completely understand that this fic isn't going to be to everyone's tastes. but offering unprompted criticism of the things you don't like isn't really productive in the fanfiction world and won't end up impacting the pre-outlined story if that's your goal. if you're unhappy with something and reading stormbreak becomes unenjoyable for you, by all means please do click away. i promise everyone is happier in our preferred niches and it's completely fine if my niche isn't the right fit for you!

again, much love and please know i still love the comment discourse, there are tons of ways to discuss characters without insulting or criticizing my writing and many of you are very good at navigating this ❤️

#i knowwww the internet is all about having thick skin #and i promise i will shut up about this now that i've said my peace #but these comments aren't genuinely trying to improve my writing since i haven't requested them #they're just people trying to make displeasure known and that's unnecessary! #let's all please just enjoy our little niches and headcanons in peace i promise you don't have to believe something just bc i do #fic: stormbreak #hotd #house of the dragon

[poisonousquinzel]

sorry but if you actually think Cancel Culture ™ is a thing then you're kinda a dumb fuck. Cancel culture isn't real, holding people accountable for their actions is a thing, but this whole narrative around Canceling that's evolved over the past few years isn't real. It's never been an actual thing. Its just a fear mongering tactic to further vilify the groups who were being harmed in the first place and victimize the person who did something wrong.

Your fav being called out for playing an antisemitic video game that directly gives profits to a hugely influential TERF, who's said openly she sees getting profits / royalty cheques from her franchise as endorsements for her bigotry, is not "cancel culture". It's called the consequences for your actions.

You have every right to do and play whatever the fuck you want, but that goes both ways. If you go out of your way to build up and financially support these people who're openly advocating to take away trans people's rights, then you get to deal with people not trusting you because of it. You get to deal with trans and Jewish folks not feeling safe around you, not wanting to be around you or not wanting to talk to you. Because you have shown that you care more about nostalgia and temporary personal emotional gratification over the wellbeing and safety of those communities in the real world.

People have explained why supporting HL is wrong, people have explained why it's harmful, people have explained in detail the issues with this situation. You. Just. Don't. Care. You don't listen, or read, because in the end, you can't be bothered enough to put in the effort of having 1 moment of critical thinking.

It's not that folks don't have arguments or evidence, it's that it clearly does not matter to you. It's that the value of an antisemitic game full of one horrific thing after another is worth more to you than the real, living breathing people who are going to be, and have been, affected by this.

You come across as a bad person. Not because some person on Twitter determined you must be, but because your actions speak far louder. And they're screaming red flags.

I'm not going to argue with you over your own bad decisions and life choices. You've made your bed and are mad that people are telling you to lie in it.

#not dc #i need to not focus on this but it makes me so annoyed #and like the constant 'well hp has been a comfort thing of mine since childhood!' like bitch do you think Harry Potter was a niche little #thing???? #a fucking lot of us had Harry Potter as something important to us growing up #i remember getting all the legos sets for Christmas in 2011. getting the lego video games and i loved them! #but. that. doesn't. matter. #we're not children anymore and she's not on our side. #JKR made it clear that a large portion of her previous fan base are not welcome around her and that frankly #that she would rather them be dead. #she's a horrendous human being who is causing so much pain and anguish for communities that're just trying to exist #and its built upon the empire she crafted. the one full of stereotypes and offensive imagery and tone-deaf themes. #we aren't kids anymore and it's shameful to gloss over what she is actively doing Right Now because You have fond memories of her world. #a lot of people don't get the luxury of pretending like she's not an awful person because they're the ones she's harming #they're the ones she's spreading hateful rhetoric and stereotypes about. the ones that she's pushing to get their rights taken away. #just put down her shitty fuckhng series and read another book. #i promise you there's hundreds upon hundreds of better ones out there with better plots and better world building. #anti harry potter #anti jkr #anti hogwarts legacy #tw transphobia mention #tw antisemitism mention #figure I'll tw tag just in case ya got it filtered 💖

[ginkashino]

haircuts

#here comes ginka drawing old men the SECOND she gets free time #I really wanted to draw toni smiling-- he barely smiles in canon #he was little reason to but like idk #you know- i realize im drawing for a small niche of like 5 people #who care about idk seeing old men i guess #but i feel really shitty about my drawings #blah blah blah im rambling #if youre reading this- is there something recognizeable in the way i draw? #idk #i think im good at what i do- its my job after all #i just don't think theres people who see my stuff and go oh- thats ginka #ANYHOW #golden kamuy #hijikata toshizo #toni anji

[warpolomewdarkmatter]

so zurg text from lightyear does make sense and the guide to deciphering it can be found in the artbook (along with a warp shaped straw i can grasp). so i compiled some screenshots from the movie along with "translations"! :~) do with this information WHAT YOU WILL. and know that zurg can apparently READ BACKWARDS.

#the 73ghu screenshot made me want to kill people. #origpost #lightyear #lightyear 2022 #shoutout to my twitter mutual shiv for reminding me these exist! #i think the creators of lightyear really wanted the kids who watch it (and i say this sincerely and as an autistic person) #to get wicked autistic about it. hence this text thing and the intricate spaceship models sold as merch and nasa-accurate spacesuits #this movie wants you to rotate it in your mind so bad #but BROTHER. i am eating up every scrap of buzz lightyear related content yet this movie gave me INDIGESTION #AND I LOVE SCIFI & SPACE OKAY!!! man i dont know i just dont like the tone and the beat-to-death moral and the gritty realism of ly #woag ok. done being a little hater. anyway is anyones translated these before ill chew on some wires or something. IN ANY CASE ENJOY !! #also this thing reminded me of artemis fowl bc the paperbacks had the same cipher it was very fun for me to decipher (fun-ner than these) #BECAUSE THE CIPHER HAD ACTUAL BONKERS NONSENSE LORE / EASTER EGGS!!! these are just filler in half the cases:( #but also i was what. 12. undiagnozed. not a care in the world. of course repetitive niche fandom work was fun for me look at me.