#like this is not your sandbox

[evviejo]

if you want to get a step-by-step manual how to get me to block you, here it is: 1. comment in the tags of one of my gifsets criticising the source material (e.g. the chibnall era of dw); 2. in those comments, say that you haven't even seen the entirety of the thing you're criticising (while criticising the whole of it); 3. express an absolutely ridiculous wish, which belittles the source material even further (e.g. that jodie whittaker come back in an rtd-created special)

congrats, you're blocked

#like can people fucking stop #sometimes it actually upsets me when my dw posts get more posts #because it invariably leads to people from the shittier corners of the fandom to surface #like this is not your sandbox #you're tresspassing get out #ugh #personal

[hrokkall]

ULTRATOBER DAY 28 /// MYSTERIOUS DRUID KNIGHT (& owl)

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#Ultrakill #Ultratober #Ultratober 2023 #Mysterious Druid Knight #(And Owl) #I AM SO SORRY MDK YOUR DAY WAS THE SAME DAY AS SCREENSHOT SATURDAY SO I FORGOT ABOUT YOU #So sorry MDK fans as well. Leaving you in the dust for [SPOILERS REDACTED]... shaking my head... #Anyway for such a simple design this guy sure is tough to draw. Took like 4 tries to get the helmet looking okay #(By which I mean I took the coward's way and took a screenshot in the sandbox. Whoops) #Anyway. Hopefully tomorrow's will be a little more compositionally interesting. See you then #Hrokkall Sketch

[chirpsythismorning]

S3 is underrated bc it comes off so meaningless the entire time, when in reality it’s the opposite. The jokes in particular were top notch and it’s because most of them went over everyone’s heads. Like, do people even know that they hinted at Robin being lesbian right at the start of s3???

#byler #stranger things #queer-coding #not Steve turning off Robin so much the entire city shuts down 😭 #peak comedy #s3 was so camp #like everyone thinks of it as filler #and it is #the duffers themsleves admitted s3 was them playing in the sandbox #but I think one pro to that #is they can hide really unhinged meanings beneath the surface #and get away with it! #like imagine having dozens of deeper references/meanings only for your audience to say it was boring and nothing happened??… #I would be chilling #knowing that when the story is complete with 5 parts #they’re gonna look back and go #holy shit #these bitches are gay!!

[angelsdean]

people will say stupid things abt dean winchester everyday. the good thing is we can just say "that's dumb" and keep on being so good and sexy at media literacy. and loving dean winchester.

#sorry but why are people projecting their personal experiences with shitty family members onto dean winchester ?? #all while ignoring canon and people literally pointing out that their takes and interpretations hold no weight #like everyone is entitled to their Headcanons. but that's all they are. and no one is required to share your personal (bad) interpretation #and also ppl need to understand that no one is going to bring their headcanon into actual analysis and discussions abt canon #also analyzing canon thru your headcanons and trying to twist canon to fit what you believe while ignoring anything that contradicts it #is bad media analysis point blank. and people having actual discussions abt canon are gonna rebuttal #and debunk your claims if you have a weak argument with little support #again. headcanons are fine. do whatever you want forever in your personal sandbox. #but don't bring unsupported headcanons into discussions abt canon and present them as fact. #because they're not #and also stop acting like dean winchester is your shitty dad / uncle / brother / ex / whomstever #vic.txt

[toruq]

#sso #ssoblr #my art #star stable online #sso anne #anne von blyssen #sso concorde #ive been dealing with the battle of ‘well if i hadn’t done this then x wouldn’t have happened’ #and i rationalize that #but then next comes ‘well if i hadn’t done this then it wouldn’t have caused y which caused x’ #but i warn you be wary because this mindset does not help you with anything #eventually you get back to the spot where you are a little kid who made a choice to play in the sandbox with someone #it was not your fault #the fate of your world and the world around you does not in fact rest on your own shoulders #sometimes things happen because they do #not because you caused it #or because you did something to provoke the cause #sometimes life is simply going along #like concorde says: ‘but evil may have the final say’ #it cannot always be the good say; or in other words your ideal say #it can cause more upset feelings but let it rest in you that sometimes there was nothing you could do #and everything you were able to do was enough

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Ahhhhh! I'm absolutely invested in your fantasy AU! I love it so much, and I can't wait to see more content of it! (Take your time, of course! Don't rush yourself!) I was wondering (sorry if this has been asked before or if this is a silly question) but would you mind if people drew their OC's in this AU (hope that made sense) and made fanart of the AU? Anyway, have a wonderful Morning, afternoon, evening, and or night! :}

Thank You! i'm actually writing an indulgent tidbit right now! no one is having a good time in it!

you guys can Absolutely fuck around in this fantasy sandbox! i don't mind people having fun with my aus, cause they're here for that reason - for fun! to play with characters like they're dolls! to practice worldbuilding (tho that's just a special treat For Me)! I'm not very serious about aus <3

#this sandbox is large anyone can play yk yk #this is good Timing actually #cause just the other day i went 'hm. what about My wh ocs in this au' #like... mairy but more Minotaur... derry remains derry... jes is in their element... what is everyone up to! #but yeah go ahead <3 #toss your guys into this world! let them have fun! it's Enrichment! #rambles from the bog #wh fantasy au #this tidbit im whipping up is directly related to the laughingstock snippet i posted a few days ago #and its got Warnings attached! gore warnings! blood warnings! yippee! #i decided to treat myself to my favorite form of gore and my favorite character <3 #ohhhhh maybe. maybe maybe maybe #for tomorrows stream (coughcough 4pm pst coughcough) ill try and make wh-style versions of fantasy monsters #for the fun of it and bc! hey! we need monsters! #what would different dragons look like! classic monsters like hydras and gelatinous cubes! what would Wormie look like all grown up! #those could be some fun warmup sketches... #i do love me some monsters... #fantasy aus are my bread and butter #i make one for each Thing i get involved in (unless its already fantasy) #and its fun and Different each time! ill never get bored of it! #side note have any of you listened to marcus warner's music? go listen to A Tale Of Sea Dragons - no need to thank me!

[angronsjewelbeetle]

Based off a comment from @nevesmose that I haven't been able to banish from my brain

#ive been thinking about this nonstop since i read your comment #morty is australian and he sounds like paul hogan #warhammer 40k #mortarion #his scythe reminds me of a sandbox tree #or a rosebush #wh40k fanart

[quorras]

every time i see someone call tron 'cyberpunk', i lose ten years off my lifespan

#note to self literally never read letterboxd reviews of movies i like i cant do it anymore kdjfgkdssd #say you saw the movie and the plot and visuals went right over your head without saying it #like. in what world is tron dystopic?? cyberpunk in itself is an offshoot of dystopian fiction. tron is not about an imagined future #tron is about an imagined PRESENT. thinking about our PRESENT relationship with technology in relation to the times each film was released #tron is in equal measures hopeful and critical about technology. that is NOT cyberpunk #the only CyberPunk that matters in tron is the Tron2.0 character of the same name #i will admit that tron's plot is cyberpunk derived but its. idk man its not the same thing #thematically its different. visually i think tron shares developmental artists with blade runner where the cyberpunk visual stereotype was #- established #but blade runner is more pure cyberpunk thematically than tron is. does that make any sense #and. and. listen to me. i am number one retrofuture fan. i love syd mead. i love moebius. but listen. just because they worked on tron - #- does NOT mean tron is thematically OR visually retrofuturistic either!! the visuals match the time it was made!! thats not retrofuturism! #thats normal scifi based on the every day!!! #tron is a sandbox and at the end of the day anyone can do whatever they want its all just for fun #at the same time. the entire story of tron is being severely misrepresented when labelled as cyberpunk. and it makes me sad #these are very shallow thoughts i just miss literary thematic analysis sometimes. my film studies classes cannot come soon enough #rex speaks

[mamawasatesttube]

as we all know i don't like rebirth and especially not its handling of kon. but if i do consider rebirth kon, i really think everyone should shut up with the tired jealousy/pining jokes and embrace the truth: kon and kenan are absolutely making out. dude that is a bro4bro relationship and theyre having a GREAT time. WHY is there literally no kon/kenan tag on ao3 what the fuck!!! look at them!!!!

BRO 4 BRO RELATIONSHIP. LOOK AT THEM.

#rimi talks #im torn because i DONT like rebirth i dont particularly want to write rebirth fic #HOWEVER what if i read new superman and then write kenankon (konkenan? kenkon???) fic-- #theyre just so cute in action comics every time??? they are besties whats better than this guys being bros #kon #kenan #long post #in theory i could just bring kenan into my postcrisis sandbox. #the thing is that in my postcrisis sandbox kon's relationships with his friends and family still mean something. they do not in rebirth #except for bart who still actually is his bart (mostly..?) (man i literally read yj19 where they explained this and it still makes no sense #(well it's because bendis was incredibly inconsistent explaining anything about kon's situation lmao but anyway) #ANYWAY THE POINT IS. i think kon and kenan should kiss. thank you for your time

[fauvester]

wiat are garak and bashir married in your au?

the castellan of cardassia living in sin? with an ALIEN??!? AND THEY HAVE CHILDREN!??!??!?

#dee s 9 #in my sandbox i play it either as. #1.) bashir comes to cardassia to help out and stays in garaks like living room. and over months and years they get closer and closer #until they are basically platonically married in everything but name and dont realize it until julian tries to adopt a cardassian kid #and has to become a naturalized citizen in order to do so. and then they quickly realize their feelings for each other and get married then #or 2.) epistolary LDR betwixt cardassia and DS9 a few months postcanon #and bashir comes to cardassia both for humanitarian aid and to be with his bf #and they have a proper relationship and get enjoined at some point. to make it Official. #i do get the feeling that garak would be old fashioned like that. like god FORBID everyone knows that they're fucking #outside of the conjugal bed(/desk/kitchen table/couch/floor) #cardassians prewar about orphans outside of cardassia: fuck them kids #cardassians postwar about orphans on Prime: HOW DARE YOU PUT YOUR UNSCALY HANDS ON OUR PRECIOUS NATURAL RESOURCE. WE HAVE SO FEW LEFT

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

"im all sonic and tardis and timelord, take that away... take away the toys. what am i?" & "you dont have a tardis, or a sonic" & "doesnt work when i do it" & "i played a game and let him in" & "this is not a game" & "you gambled and you lost" & "life's a gamble" & "games dont have a memory" & "is that not the game?" & "lucky at dice" & "tag, youre it"

youre like a kid sometimes

#a kid #'what am i?' a kid babe #did you listen to her #i know you do #takes years for it to sink in but you do listen to her #just gotta remember #at the right time #youre like a kid. sometimes. #i was just checking some 14 scenes for writing purposes and i remembered #how fucking fun this is gonna be #the meta sandbox we're in #its great

[vimbry]

man bands have got to be one of the most difficult interests to find other people over. it's such a goldilocks situation. this group is lighthearted and sociable at first but too creepy about real people. this group is critical of that behaviour but so pretentious and gatekeeping it hurts and scrap with each other at the slightest disagreement. this group has an average age of 12. this group is fine I guess but they'll hit me with the "ha ha! What are you on!?" if I make a joke because their only exposure to the internet is facebook. where is just right.

#I'm gnawing on the side of this sandbox #weirdly enough tumblr is the one space on the internet I can count on to be decent and it's probably because you can curate your experience #I imagine the second most difficult is anime #holding hands in solidarity with everyone who has a hobby/interest where trying to talk about is like balancing the chicken/grain/fox puzzl

[odysseys-blood]

some of you really took the concept of people telling you to diversify your work as "every culture i see that i dont belong to is now my personal playground to make blorbos with"

#cliffnotes/.txt #like please learn to have some modicum of respect #there are real people who are oftentimes facing prejudice for their cultures and youre not helping by seeing it #as some exotic culture that you can appropriate and be a tourist of #sometimes you should just leave shit alone #real people living their lives are not here for your little fantasy sandboxes

[cawcawbak]

I have already said it but I want to clarify :

Warning, this is a rant, but why do Zelda fans feel the need to mock those who dare to offer a critical opinion about their favorite game or character?

Especially when it comes to Ganondorf. I can't count how many times I've seen people mocking those who criticize the storyline of TOTK and how the antagonist is portrayed, saying completely narrow-minded things like "duuuuuuuuh, but Ganondorf is pure evil," "those who think he's redeemable are easily manipulated," "he's the villain, and the others are the good guys, end of the story, haha, I'm so much smarter than you, LOLLOLOLOLOL."

Let's make this clear: NO ONE SAID THAT TOTK GANONDORF IS GOOD OR THAT HIS ACTIONS ARE JUSTIFIED.

The problem is that the storyline of TOTK is poorly written, and many people expected a WW Ganondorf but ended up with a TP version of him.

While personally, I didn't expect anything, I understand why some people are frustrated. Once again, let me repeat it:

Critiquing Rauru and Hyrule doesn't mean Ganondorf's actions are forgiven.

Furthermore, there is absolutely nothing ridiculous about complaining about how Nintendo treats Ganondorf (or any other character, for that matter). I've already made a post about this, but WW Ganondorf is one of the best antagonists they have ever written in the Legend of Zelda franchise. That's because they gave him a more human and realistic dimension compared to his other versions. I'd also like to add that originally, Ganondorf was meant to have a good side, much like Raoh in Fist of the North Star, and therefore, he wasn't meant to be 100% evil. But unfortunately, they changed their minds.

Is it really that hard to grasp? I'm sorry for being so upset, but this is really beyond me

#my best bet is those people are trolling #but even though I wanted very badly to say it #and the lore and universe in loz tend to be inconsistent #but it's actually an extraordinary sandbox #everything could be canon even good ganondorf or evil zelda! #the only limit is your imagination #and I don't see the problem if you want to write a fic or draw a comic making totk ganondorf good #like why not #that doesn't make you gullible #rant #my thoughts

[zoeythebee]

Does anybody else find themselves sitting and thinking and suddenly, they get an idea. Let's say for an idea for a game. Then you suddenly realize the game idea you had is vaguely similar to another game idea you had a long time ago that you had to scrap because of something fundamentally wrong with it's concept just didn't work. But then you realize if you transplant this random new idea into the old idea you basically have that old game back but better because it's not fundamentally broken.

#basically one of my dream games was a game where you played as a hermit in the woods and it was a sandbox crafting game #its fundamental issue was you had no motivation to do anything #and players won't make their own goals if there were wasn't something originally there to subvert #even the earliest versions of minecraft had “go find diamonds” and “build a house” #this game didn't have anything like that #I had some vague ideas about your achieving enlightenment through researching the environment #but it was poorly concieved #and it was a bummer because the rest of the game was pretty solidly thought out #anyway I had an idea for a game where you play as a wizard #and its a sandbox crafting game #and I figured your goal as a wizard is to achieve some great feat #and then I realized #hey this sounds kinda similar to my hermit game #anyway that is now a wizard game and if I ever have the time I would love to make it #gamedev #codeblr

[spider-man-2o99]

various fucked-up sm2099 (1992) canon divergence aus that people at marvel COULD be exploring instead of just inevitably rebooting e-928 for the umpteenth time every six years under the guise of “modernizing” 2099:

- literally Anything to do with aaron not dying in the aftermath of miguel’s Spidering   seriously. how WOULD miguel have dealt with having an unpredictable witness running around who not only saw his whole transformation, but also literally tried to kill him--? there’s a lot of room to throw a massive wrench in the early plot of sm2099; the change could be little, or it could send the whole thing off the rails in an entirely different direction!

- the Spidering Machine That Spiders People doesn’t blow up, but, for one reason or another, miguel still no longer has access to a full and uncorrupted file of his DNA anymore.   now he has to work triple-time to sabotage his previous life’s work to keep his little accident a one-time event, while at the same time struggling with his new powers that are getting harder and harder to keep secret. spider-man takes the heat off miguel, and gives him a plausible excuse for any mysterious property damage.

- i dunno, like. maybe actually using the fucking Vulture in an interesting way--   i mean the potential is RIGHT THERE--

- indulge my fanfictions. lean more into The Horrors   it is so casually implied and referenced, earlier on in sm2099, that:   there is always the nonzero potential that miguel could, within certain reason, spontaneously mutate further Spider-bits, and he plumb just doesn’t know whether he will or not at any given time;   alchemax legally owns the people they bring in for Unethical Experiments. that is canon in the text. kasey nash as a person likely does not exist anymore, after issues #4-5, in the eyes of the law;   if spider-man slips up even once, he could go from “vigilante” to “various antagonist’s lab rat” faster than you can say fwizz fwizz;   nueva york is an incredibly blatant surveillance state and the only reason that spider-man can mostly dodge Public Eye cameras Uptown is because george o’hara worked on developing and placing the ones that are around in miguel’s lifetime;   and i could go on and ON-- there are so many horrific implications in 2099 that are just completely disregarded without a second thought, and sm2099 is no exception. there’s so much goddamn Juice for storytelling there PLEASE dig into it a little put that beast (comic) in a situation (horror-focused arc).,,

- idk have the incredible hulk show up or something   he’s my friend i miss him   (really just about any immortal character could show up, but because i hate the maestro with a burning passion, i think it would be a fun “fuck you!” to future imperfect by having bruce banner still just be a quivering wet meow meow of a man with a deep and quiet righteous anger in his heart 100 years later instead of digivolving into some evil dictator fucker. plus i want to know joe fixit’s thoughts on the casino scene by 2099)

#talking tag #spider-man #spider-man 2099 #spiderman 2099 #miguel o'hara #marvel #marvel 2099 #spiderverse #meta #yes . i know . 2099posting on main at spider-man-2o99 dot tumblr dot com. who could have predicted this or seen it comin' #anyways look at my spider-man aus boy #nobody ever wants to break 2099 for the Fun reasons (deconstructing the parts that Don't work and reinforcing the parts that Do) :/ #it's always all like #scorched earth or bust or whatever #i can't say i'm not disappointed. if youre going to entirely reboot the damn universe every time its mentioned at last do smthn INTERESTIN #don't pick this dang sandbox if'n you don't wanna play in it. go build a goddamn new one ya lout