#lowkey this is a hill i'll die on

[sassy-bitch-since-2007]

Ok, but you truly want me to believe Cody did not punch Duncan once he found out he's the reason why Noah's dead??? Nu-uh. He totally did.

#Me in Trent's voice 'He totally did' #Anyway that guy punched duncan for kissing gwen of all things you want me to believe he wouldn't punch Duncan for lowkey killing noah???? #Bullshit. I'll die on that hill #sassy-bitch-since-2007 #Island of the Slaughtered #If they are as close as OP makes them sound to be then Cody totally punched Duncan #No hesitation

[liesmyth]

you are soooo correct Jamie "can you make my name on the back bigger" Tartt loves being Jamie tartt and he loves that when the entire country hears the name Tartt they think of him and he would NEVERRRRR ever ever change his name to Kent. The audacity.

disclaimer from the og unusual opinions post that this game is not meant to disparage popular fanon, only to share some less common interpretations

That said. YEAH. YEAH he would not. Not only he fucking loves being Jamie Tartt, we also get no inclination that he has any angst whatsoever about sharing a first name with his dad, and also personally I love that scene in 3.11 where the pub lads refer to Jamie as "James" because, in lassoverse... if you google "James Tartt", there's only ONE James Tartt that matters. I bet he loves that.

Jamie's dad probably can't introduce himself anywhere without someone going "Ah, like the footballer?" and I LOVE that for Jamie, frankly.

Even with all of that, I can get behind fic / other works where Jamie for whatever reason changes his last name, but he'd absolutely never ever EVER take Roy's. This is the hill I will die on. It's a much more cumbersome name to carry! That man wants to achieve success in his chosen elite profession, on the strength of his own talent and hard work, and he absolutely would never get that if he ??? changed his name ???? mid career??? to that of a much more famous player. I understand it's some people's id but personally it sends me into "You and I don't like these character for the same reasons at all" territory. He'd

#I'm biased af btw because changing surnames at marriage is just Not a thing in my culture and it lowkey squicks me #narratively... with Jamie... I'm like. so he's stepping out of his dad's shadow to step into the larger shadow of his famous bf? #I understand that it hits chosen family vibes for those folks but he just would NOT professionally #hill I'll die on etc #anonymous #ask #ted lasso #< for blacklist

[atlantablack]

You know, i've been reading a lot of steve/tony fic the past month and i love them both a lot but i've been seething mad all day just thinking about how so much of this fandom treats him and purposely mistreats his character and Steve Rogers is this skinny kid from Brooklyn who signed up for a war over and over again despite knowing it would kill him because he didn't like knowing that other men were out there dying and when Erskine asked if he wanted to kill Nazis he said no and he spent years fighting in alleyways and causing trouble and getting beat up and probably would have ended up dead if Bucky hadn't been there to pull him out of shit because he doesn't like bullies and he refuses to back down and "Whatever happens tomorrow, you must promise me one thing. That you will stay who you are. Not a perfect soldier, but a good man." and grenade get back get back and azzano and i have to put her in the water and "Yeah, we compromised. Sometimes in ways that made us not sleep so well. But we did it so the people could be free. This isn't freedom, this is fear." and "the price of freedom is high. It always has been. And it's a price I'm willing to pay. And if I'm the only one, then so be it. But I'm willing to bet I'm not." and "we're not at war, captain" "they are" and he gets up and he gets up and he gets up over and over and over and he's seventy years out of time and everything keeps changing and every time he gets comfortable something destroys that comfort and he's always losing people, losing friends, losing soldiers, and there's never a clean break with Peggy because he misses their dance and then has to lose her in a separate more permanent way as well, and he loses bucky and finds him and loses him over and over and wants to trust people and keeps getting betrayed and he's trying to be a good man but it gets so complicated but he's still trying even when it would be so much easier to just not try at all and he hurts people because he's human and unfortunately being a superhuman with superhero friends means the capacity for hurt is wider and deeper than anything you or i could dream of but he keeps going and keeps fighting and loses the biggest fight of his life and lives with that every day for years when there are reminders of the biggest failure ever around every corner and then he just keeps going. He's twenty seven when he's unfrozen in 2014, younger than i am now, and the reasonable thing for him to do would have been to get out. leave the fighting and the aliens and the bullshit to someone else. But he's a good man and to him, sometimes, that means being a good soldier and sometimes good men hurt people but that doesn't mean they aren't still good men, it only means they're human and i think people could stand to sit the fuck down and think about what it would feel like to wake up in a year where every single person you knew is dead or close enough to it that they might as well be. there's no option to go make up with a family member he doesn't like, there's no old friends to become new again, everyone he knew is dead and he is still reeling from the fresh grief of losing bucky and somehow, instead of having a perfectly understandable breakdown, he picks himself up and keeps going.

and while i'm here, Tony Stark wouldn't thank anyone bashing on Steve in his defense. You destroy his character in your defense of him and he wouldn't even thank you for it.

#steve rogers #should i post this? #i meannnnnn #no probably not #but still mad about it #he just doesn't deserve even half of the hate he gets #and for what? because he wouldn't fucking sign the accords #he wouldn't fucking hand his best friend over to the fucking government #has is not been established by that point in the universe that we can't trust the fucking government??? #the same government that was like yes we shall simply bomb NYC :D that's a totally reasonable solution to an alien invasion #like lowkey not sure i trust anyone who thinks people should go blindly signing government agreements like a good little citizen #anyways i'll die on a hill protecting steve rogers #which is hilarious because i think i'm most like tony and i get him i do but i get why he was behind the accords and why Nat was #and they had points but they went about it wrong #and if you think Steve “let me run off to azzano to save Bucky” Rogers was going to do ANYTHING #except exactly what he did #then you have literally no understanding of this man #marvel

[todayisafridaynight]

Thank you for doing dubbed, because I find Ichi’s English voice so cute 🥰

kaiji tang is The Goat i love his performance SO much and it's so perfect

#snap chats #and i love how tang cosplayed as ichi for an interview 😭😭 #ichi's english voice is so good- a lot of the english dub cast is it makes me so happy #like there's no better VA for ichi than tang his energy and performance and emotion is just spot on #i love his voice so much i cannot stress this #BUT ON THAT NOTE i also did the eng dub because i also really like aoki's english voice #i remember the first cutscene he was in i paused cause the fuckin whiplash like bro why do you sound so CRUSTY #but its what also makes his 'aoki voice' so neat because it's just slightly less rough #its most notable during his scene with ichi- idk how its just you can really tell he changes his voice from that scene #its kinda funny will yun lee also lowkey reminds me of aoki face wise #not perfectly obvi its mostly the lips and nose but anyway #i could gush about the english cast all day if given the chance honestly #i'll die on the hill of defending them like i dont think too many people complain bout the Y7 eng dub #but still i'll gush bout it #i did the japanese dub too 1.) so i could include ishin 2.) so i can show love to the japanese voices too #i never gave them a fair shot since i always play in english cause im a filthy american #but the japanese cast Of Course is just as lovely- i esp love adachi's voice #and it's always nice hearing hints of nishiki in ichi's performance :')

[misteria247]

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FIVE????????????????? 😭😭😭😭😭😭

#oli talks #ooc #muns ramblings #mindless ramblings of a madman #asks #anonymous asks #ask and you shall receive #ask chains #ask games #FIVE PEOPLE THINK THIS AND I'M LIKE LOWKEY BAWLING BRO #IF ANYONE'S WONDERFUL AND AMAZING IT'S ALL Y'ALL AND I'LL DIE ON THIS HILL

[rittz]

yeah um i'm a bangtan sonyeondan fan? idk who BTS is

#seriously though i get why ''bulletproof boyscouts'' became a less socially acceptable name but it still goes hard #their hip-hop era was their best musically even if it was cringey and lowkey racist sometimes #school luv affair was my fave album before wings #exo still sounds better than BTS and i'll die on that hill

[risingsouls]

[I’ve said from the start of really writing in this rpc and starting my fic that I was going to try and do Bulma more justice than the writers offered her, but I’m honestly getting to the point that I don’t care to with all the shit they keep pulling with her. Like deep down I absolutely feel this is not the character we should be getting. Sure, she’s not as great of a person as the fandom and even canon tries to make her out as (i.e. canon basically making her untouchable, perfect, and a Mary Sue at this point), but fuck man. It’s getting hard for me to even care enough to want to give her moments that make her look even halfway decent when the damn writers themselves can’t even do it for five minutes.]

#.:ooc:. #SIGH it lowkey fuels me to want to pick up bulma #but dude i can't #no matter how much deep deep down i know she deserves a fair shake #and a fair characterization #i've said it before but Z handled her well #not the best or perfect #but her characterization felt realistic #but she is literally a caricature now and it's maddening #even more so when the fandom continues to praise her as OH QUEEEEEEEN and as EST GIRL #best girl even #ive also said this fandom enables the shit writing of this series and i'll die on this hill

[jingsyuans]

My Jing Yuan thots™

He's so lowkey weak whenever you playfully call him stuff like tough guy/lover boy/etc, giddy like a schoolboy lol

I'll die on the hill that Jing Yuan's got a praise kink that not even the Aeons could destroy but he's so extremely picky about the praise 😤 after all he deserves only the best

One time you bowed to kiss his knuckles when you two first met at a formal event and like a menace/minx you swiped the tip of your tongue against him and he was flustered for hours, especially when you kept eye contact with him when you did it, the fiery passion in your eyes broooo he's swooning like a lovesick maiden and had to use so much restraint not to act unwise in public

Secretly loves it when you compliment him on being so handy or reliable, something domestic it

Absolutely sulks quietly when you can't have lunch with him, he's such a giant baby and I love it

Still carries Mimi around like a baby, he's a strong boy 😤😤😤

Lowkey flustered when you help him with chores that are more personal like dusting in his room because t

Absolutely will die on the hill that he's secretly a sucker for romance novels and shows he loves the chilches, please his irl life has had a lot of hardships and he just wants something happy

-✨anon, what's poppin fam?

I LOOOVE that idea of kissing his hand upon meeting and the teasing lick with the EYE CONTACT…. ✨ anon that’s golden and I will probably steal it for a fic bc 👀

And sulking when you can’t have your lunch date 😭 that’s so like him…. Big general baby

And!! I love the domestic stuff. Sharing household chores….. that’s another thing I may steal…. Simple things like that catching him off guard because he hasn’t had someone to share with since he ran off from his family. Is this what it’s like? He’s been missing out, and…. Watching you hum a little tune and fold laundry, he doesn’t want to miss out on these things anymore.

#jing yuan #welcome!!! sorry I haven’t talked for 100 years #your ideas are all so good and lovely #jing yuan x reader #hsr x reader #jing yuan reader insert #honeyed gifts #honkai star rail

[rc-imagines]

Could we get some cute wesker headcanons please!

Like if we (the reader) were a umbrella scientist working along side him and birkin when we and wesker accidentally catch feels for each other!!

A/N: This was honestly kinda fun to do and it's kinda short, but I hope I did okay! 💖💖💖

He is definitely the type to really act like he doesn't feel at all, so you'd probably never know (unless he said something or you asked)

You will notice subtle changes, such as him orbiting around you more than usual

Always seems like he's watching or listening to you

Now, I don't want to say he's emotionally constipated or has the inability to show emotions, but he absolutely lowkey has troubles with it

Go figure, his entire existence has just been science and nonstop work, so it's not like he's ever had time to just dissect the concept of stuff like that, so you can't really fault the guy

Would try to show his feelings through actions, such as constantly bringing you something to drink, under the guise of "You should really stay hydrated."

Or something he'll help you work, but only because, "You just looked like you were falling behind. That's all."

He immediately clocks when you reciprocate and return the kind gestures

It makes him realize that he could lighten up just a tiny amount, so he tries (keyword being tries)

Would he attempt to talk to you about it? Multiple times. Is the type, imho, that seems to get a bit tongue tied when it comes to stuff he doesn't understand

So he is relieved, and a bit surprised, when you stop him and respond with, "I get it. I feel the same."

"Very well."

Doesn't elaborate

Leaves

Once that's all settled he is absolutely never leaving your side Not in a smothering way, just in a "I like being around you." way

Meanwhile Birkin just has to witness all the awkwardness and has opted to not say anything because he's just too tired for that (If he decides to say something, it's definitely scribbled on a crumpled sticky note and left somewhere that you two would see. Dying on that hill.)

Bonus I wanted to add because my brain conjured it up: So long as you're with Wesker, you will always be safe. Nobody would ever mess with you and God help them if they tried.

Bonus 2 just to be silly, but I'll die on this hill as well: You would had to ease Wesker into any sort of PDA, mostly because it's a foreign concept to him.

#resident evil x reader #resident evil imagine #albert wesker x reader #albert wesker imagine #albert wesker headcanon #wesker x reader #wesker imagine #wesker headcanon

[dipplinduo]

How would you rank the gens?

Ope I feel like I'm gonna upset some people LOL so disclaimer remember these are just my takes.

But this is how I personally see them (counting remakes as being part of the gen they remaking):

Gen 9 - Paldea Region

I've been thinking about this since the games came out, so I'd like to say recency bias isn't as much of a factor here. Bugs aside, I genuinely, genuinely love the storytelling, characterizations, and open world approach. FRIENDS THAT FEEL LIKE ACTUAL FRIENDS?? HAVING THE LEGENDARY WITH YOU THE WHOLE TIME, AND IT TOO HAS A PERSONALITY & BACKSTORY??? THREE SEPERATE STORYLINES THAT CONNECT TO A CANONICALLY DEAD PROFESSOR AND AN "EVIL AI" FINAL BOSS??? Like omg. I was amazed. I honestly usually dislike the "gimmicks" each generation brings, but terastilization caught my interest and I have a strong feeling nothing will personally top it as a gimmick for me. The DLCs really sent it all home for me for the #1 spot, like oh my god LOL. Past DLCs always just felt like something extra, but I literally cannot see this game as being complete without Kieran, Carmine & the rest of Kitakami/Blueberry peeps & their storylines. My interest in the games only grew because of all of it - and that's a massive compliment given the fact of how hard it is to accomplish such a level of monumental significance with only a few hours of gameplay. I've yet to replay the game with earlier access to The Teal Mask, but I feel like this would make it even more immersive. Just pure chef kisses here.

Gen 2 - Johto Region

A very close second. Heartgold/Soulsilver is the most elite remake in existence and idc if it's old school, I'll die on this hill. Johto is just so full of life - the continuation story is amazing, the immersion into culture and legendary stuff??? Mwah. Silver is an excellent rival, RED being a thing (the ultimate level of iconicism), and the double region will always hit. The soundtracks HIT and my god hearing them remastered iS INCREDIBLE. I even get obsessed with the pokeathlon dome and I'm usually not someone who gets into that kind of stuff. But THEY MADE IT FUN. And I love all the cute activities you can do with your team that can follow you around. So glad they brought this feature back. :')

Gen 5 - Unova Region

Oooooh I loved the reset of Gen 5. It's based on where I'm from and there were so many refreshing aspects of Black & White. From the new pokemon, to the NYC culture, to N & the whole beautiful storytelling there, and a sequel that somehow made everything even MORE polished. I literally remember referring to this region as the "Isshu Region" before the English names dropped becuase of the hype LOL. 10/10, cannot wait for these remakes. Gamefreak don't mess this up.

Gen 4 - Sinnoh Region

Oh, Gen 4. You hit good. The lowkey dreary vibes of Sinnoh is very nostalgic to me, and Piplup is one of my best buddies. Cynthia being the very first female Champion, and being as fearsome as she is, was such a big deal to me. Definetely Barbie'd her a bit in my mind because I look a like her and loved how much of an academic she was (but I def do not have her length in hair, lmao). Soundtracks are fire, of course. The way legendaries were integrated in the story without going too Dragonball Z was IMMACULATE, and the lake trio will always be my fave lil buddies. The only con I'd give this gen is that I disliked the HM reliance & D/P are practically unplayable to me since Platinum exists. I had low bars for the remake once I heard it wasn't Platinum, and ugh, they really dropped the ball. HOWEVER: while it isn't main line, I fucking love Legends: Arceus and would rather have that over an excellent remake, tbh.

Gen 1 - Kanto Region

This is another nostalgia one for me because of the fact that I quite literally was introduced to pokemon since before I can recall most memories (this is what happens when you have an older sibling with a gameboy, lol). It's probably tied with Gen 4, tbh. Firered wasn't my first game, but it hit really good because I "played" so much of R/B/Y. I know Gen 1 has its faults, and it's often seen as being pretty bare bones in comparison to other generations. And while I completely agree, god damn, what a good foundation for a franchise. Every town had a personality to it and is very memorable to me. The soundtracks are FIRE. Smaller pokedex, but damn does team building hit (and the starters are elite). Blue was also consistently my favorite rival until Kieran, lol. #oldrivalshipping/conflictingshipping was the original OTP xD

Gen 7 - Alola Region

So there's a lot of things I liked about Gen 7. It took a really big risk by breaking the formula, and it really immersed me into the Hawaiian culture & seeing your pokemon more as friends. I loved looking at pokemon in a different way and some of the pokemon introduced in this region are among my favorites (e.g. Ribombee, Bewear, Shiinotic, Mimikyu, Rockaruff, to name a few; starters also HIT). NEBBY AND LILLIE ARE ELITE. The professor is so lit, and Team Skull is the funniest team organization alive. AND YES, GET RID OF THE HMS. I honestly think a remake would make this gen jump up a bit more for me - the 3DS could barely handle this game, and it was showing. The facial expressions also need some work LOL, and I honestly dread the tutorial of the game. I like the ultrabeasts conceptually, but the execution of their involvement in the game is very DragonBall Z-ified. Ultra Necrozma lowkey would've been an amazing time for a "light" type even if it didn't make much sense, but hey, it was an awesome nuzlocke-killing moment anyway. xD

Gen 8 - Galar Region

I actually have a lot of play time for this gen. I was very obsessed with it when it came out, and could probably get glued to it all the same nowadays. But in hindsight, I realize a lot of my attachment to it was because of the semi-open worldness & ability to create a lot of different kinds of teams with a lot of new and old pokemon I like (I also liked having access to things earlier, like Ice Types before the end of the game lmfao). I still have a few things I really enjoy outside of it, though, like Hop's storyline & the setup of the gyms being in this stadium, sports-esque setting. But the plot? Eh. I have a lot of constructive criticism on how some shortcuts were made, and especially with the whole darkest day stuff lol. The only thing I liked about that fight was the dogs coming in and being cool; I wasn't impressed by or interest in Eternatus at all. The Leon fight afterward was fun, though! But oof, those weird men with the sword and shield hair afterwards were also just...no. :D DLCs also didn't quite hit that hard - it was more about having more pokemon than anything for me. So overall, it's fun to play, but I'd definitely change up the plot to make it better.

Gen 3 - Hoenn Region

This is where I think some people might wanna fight me, and to that I say you're probably valid. I don't know what it is with the Hoenn region because I actually don't have too many critiques about it (e.g., let's have less water routes); I just have never been able to get into it quite the same as I can others. I should honestly give it another shot, but I think I'd wanna do Emerald over Omega Ruby/Sapphire given the route they took everything with the remake lol. That's about all I have to say on this one since I never really connected with it as much!

Gen 6 - Kalos Region

This one feels like an especially hot take to have atm given where the pokemon community is in general LOL. Critical opinions ahead......Listen...no offense, but Gen 6 just ain't it for me at all. xD It's probably the one gen I actively dislike. The games felt way too easy with too much hand-holding/handouts, Team Flare & Diantha were a joke (and I'm not even a competitive player), and the whole group of friends felt more like an annoyance to me more than anything. They just weren't flushed out right. Neither was the plot. Like what was that plot. Outside of that, a lot of things just felt like "Look! Pokemon is in 3D now!!" over and over again because of how rushed the game was. So other than introducing fairy types & having pretty protagonists with some new clothing options, this gen is pretty forgettable to me. And that's a shame, because I like pokemon! I was one of those people who were curious on if we were gonna connect to Kalos for Gen 9, but I'd geniunely pick the DLCs we got any day of the week. I don't think Legends ZA will change much of my opinion on the mainline game, but given how much I loved Legends Arceus, I'm hoping it can be used to retcon & generate more interest/connection to the Kalos region in general.

Again, these are all just my personal opinions. I hope you all can enjoy pokemon in any way that feels good for you :) <3

#asks #pokemon

[twaigsayswhat]

HCs about the Scream (96) cast seeing FNAF

I've had some time to think abt this, so say the murders never happened and the kids are just a dumb friend group. Btw this is mindless self indulgence. (Stuilly, Tatum/Sidney yk) WARNING FOR POTENTIAL SPOILERS BELOW THE CUT!

Sidney-

Is actually highkey a little nervous to see it. She isn't big on scary movies but wanted to go cause it seemed good and she had a vague idea of the lore (blame Randy and Billy)

Dresses up with Tatum

Sits between Tatum and Billy

gets startled during specific scenes (iykyk) but otherwise enjoys herself.

Her favorite was probably either Max or Vanessa.

Tatum-

Tatum wanted to see this purely because it was a big thing. She doesn't know the lore (And prolly doesn't really care tbh).

She and Sidney dress up and Tatum goes all out. (She's prolly glam rock chica or roxy)

Is next to Sidney with her bag on the seat next to her.

Sits unphased through the suspenseful bits and thinks the movie is goofy. Is moreso glad that Sid liked it.

Thought Vanessa was hot.

Randy-

Not the biggest FNAF fan but knows all the lore and is so pretentious about it.

Dresses up as either the purple guy (I really feel like he would and I don't know why...) or a security guard.

Is next to Stu with a random person on the other side.

Is inches from strangling Stu with every comment he makes throughout the film.

Doesn't get scared at all and thinks the scares are lame. (the only thing that gets him is the scene with Max)

Didn't like how the movie strayed from the lore but isn't against watching it at home to rip on it. (loved the special effects and technical work though)

Is a Mike fan, but in the non thirsty way. Also thinks Vanessa is hot.

Stu-

He was ready to see this movie from the moment it was announced. Is a fnaf fan, knows the lore because of Billy and Randy. He will say things wrong around Randy to piss him off, but will ask Billy to explain it to him just to watch Billy ramble.

Dresses up as Springtrap. (come on. You know why.)

Is between Billy and Randy.

Will lean over to make comments to Randy throught the film. Let out a loud laugh when MatPat was on screen and cheered at Cory's cameo. Kept making jokes about William Afton and Shaggy, and calling Mike hot.

Thought the movie was great. Keeps saying "I always come back" whenever he enters a room though.

Die hard Doug stan. A Mike fan, but in the thirsty way

Billy-

This man knows the fucking lore. He was secretly kinda excited for the film to come out. He gave Stu a crash course of the lore the month leading up to the films release.

Dressed up but very lowkey. (shirt with the color of the animatronic) Looked very out of place next to his four overdressed friends/boyfriend, but didn't mind.

Is between Stu and Sidney.

White knuckle grip on Stu's hand during the first half hour from excitement. (his face was fully stoic though)

Liked the movie enough but probably wouldn't watch it again. (He and Stu see it another six times) Thought the animatronics were cool looking though.

Liked Afton (yk why), Mike and Vanessa. (His favorite animatronic is either Bonnie or Foxy and I'll die on that hill.)

Okay thats all, sorry I'm insane.

#scream 1996 #stuilly #tatney #sidney prescott #tatum riley #randy meeks #stu macher #billy loomis #shut up twaig #mindless rambling of an insane mind #don't mind me

[k1rameki]

THE TIME HAS COME EVERYONE. ITS TIME TO TALK ABOUT MY EXTENSIVE LIST OF TABI HEADCANONS (hcs are under the cut plus this also counts as a little debrief of his human design bc jesus christ i put so much effort into making this man's design it went through a LOT of trial and error before settling on what i got now considering ive gradually made him less and less "human")

also quick thing b4 i proceed – please please PLEASE ask before making things w my tabi design bc ive seen a rlly cool papercraft made w/o my knowledge and that was kinda sucky so ya thats around it (other than the basics of no nsfw and such)

APPEARANCE HCS

first and foremost — hes half japanese because i remember his aside counterpart being japanese iirc and i thought that was really cool and wanted to implement that into my own little hc (also he speaks like a dozen languages bc of another thing i'll go into detail with in a bit

so many different facial features, scarring (theres a very elaborate reason for this tbh), moles, freckles, etc all bc why not?? (freckles is primarily bc of my bestie crow and now im obsessed)

lashes bc why not, give every man a pair of lashes i think theyre pretty

PIERCINGS. so many piercings. this is primarily because i am a very firm believer that tabi gets piercings done because he wants to feel human again so he finds comfort in decorating himself as much as possible for that reason and also the aesthetic

broken horn bc of the mod events, damage beyond repair and whatnot

HE HAS LONG HAIR BC I SAID SO ‼️‼️ i figured considering he's been invisible for so long he never really knew what to do when it came to cutting his hair, so eventually it grew out to around his waist, and he kept that hairstyle ever since (he prefers wearing his hair in a ponytail or smth bc sensory issues when it comes to hair touching his skin)

a lot of tater's hcs infected my brain hehehehehe especially the tail and his hands still being what they were when they were cursed (also. paw beans. /vpos)

HES TRANS ‼️‼️ hes also very dumb and has very little regard for his health and forgets to take his binder off a lot (trust me he gets scolded a lot for that)

GENERAL HCS

hes autistic and has adhd — the autism hc i lowkey stole from crow but the adhd hc ive had for a long long while now — one of his lifelong special interests is performing arts and musicals

chronic insomniac — sleep? never heard of her

plays like 5 different instruments but primarily specialises in piano and guitar

safe food is anything sweet or chocolatey — he has a massive sweet tooth and is obsessed w cookies and pastries in particular which ayana baked for him a lot (ill prolly make a whole other post for her in the near future but guys. pastry chef aya. hear me out)

an absolute boss at board games, especially monopoly, and he constantly loves screwing everyone over

extremely hyperfixated on pokemon and owns a bajillion folders filled with cards worth a buttload of money, and a dozen plushies + figurines (projecting bc pokemon is one of my hyperfixes dont judge me) his fav gen is absolutely johto

his eyesight is pretty bad but like. not bad enough for him to be needing glasses (unlike a certain someone cough cough agoti)

speaking of said certain someone, he and agoti do each other's hair a lot simply because its really fun and provides some stimulation, and also because it helps tabi practice with self care and such

VERY SENSITIVE TO SOUND AND TEXTURES, often times he will probably start crying if something sounds or feels wrong

sometimes he forgets certain words in english and has to resort to using what theyre called in russian

has the goofiest sounding laugh ever and i will die on this hill. when you get tabi cackling he will start rolling on the floor and making the most UNGODLY sounds

can speak like 6 languages fluently and a dozen others in simple conversation (NERD ALERT)

he sucks so hard at writing essays but is (for some reason) really good at maths

despite being the more serious one among his group of friends, tabis a dumbass and does a lot more stupid things than one would expect

#hey everyone long ettie post real #tabi has taken over my mind #UUAUAUAGH GWR #fnf tabi #🦇 human!tabi #digital artwork #my art #battie chronicles

[sepublic]

I love the Castlevania show, but I can't help but be miffed by how much of the source material and colorful bestiary the show tends to ignore in favor of more vampires. I love characters such as Striga and Morana, but then you've got fairly generic ones like Dragan or Nikolai, who are just there to be obstacles and don't have any real personality themselves.

It's just a little confusing, because why do the writers keep trying to come up with OCs when they have plenty to pull from the actual games? In the games, vampires themselves are actually very rare; They're usually only represented by endgame bosses like Dracula, Bartley, Brauner, etc. Otherwise, the vast majority of enemies are night creatures, ghosts, haunted suits of armor, and the like.

But instead of embracing the weirder monsters like the Minotaur or Werewolves, the Castlevania show keeps defaulting to regular old vampires who are basically just humans with pointy ears and teeth. The show keeps defaulting to Vampire melodrama, like it's trying to emulate other pieces of Vampire media, instead of embracing what sets Castlevania apart from those stories. It has a concerning lack of weird castle exploration for a show called Castlevania.

Skeletons only appear in one scene, and I'm sorry but a common staple of a series should not be reduced to a mere fanservice cameo. It's like the Resident Evil live-action films making everything about zombies and reluctantly including a Licker as the ultimate monster. It's like if the Super Mario Bros. Movie barely had Goombas, they made the show too normal from the source material.

That isn't to say the source material is a perfect narrative, far from it; It can get pretty damn repetitive at times, especially with certain character roles and dynamics. I'll die on the hill that Annette's reimagining was justified, and Ortega and Hugh Baldwin are admittedly less interesting versions of Maxim Kischine.

The repetition makes sense! Castlevania's priority is gameplay, and each installment is meant to be its own thing. But when you're doing it as a TV show, a story, and having each story arc play a part in a larger narrative, you have to mix things up in terms of story and characterization, because you can't rely on different gameplay mechanics and levels to differentiate entries in an animated show.

But all that said, it's tiring how much the show will ignore aspects that wouldn't conflict with the writing at all in favor of more generic vampires. I don't want to see vampire politics and melodrama, but it's infinitely more interesting if its melodrama and politics between slimes and minotaurs!

I dunno, it feels like the show is limiting itself on an aesthetical level. What difference does it make in terms of writing if there's a flying Medusa head, or an Axe Armor? I think the writers are afraid of coming across as 'corny' as if Castlevania itself isn't crazy and anime as hell, but this just makes them come across as lacking sincerity. It's like how people complained about a bunch of 2000's movie adaptations of superheroes watering down everything to be more 'serious' and 'realistic' and 'believable', but it just made it grey and boring and cut away what made it unique.

The writers could've easily replaced characters like Dragan with, say, Sir Grakul from Super Castlevania IV, or had freakish looking night creatures be the ones to monologue (instead of treating Flyseyes as the one exception). There's acceptable departures from the source material, and then there's just straight up ignoring it, and then going out of its way to make up new things when stuff is already there to use. It's not as if the animators struggle with animating non-humanoid beings, considering how many unique night creatures they've come up with. So can we please stop being lowkey embarrassed of the source material???

It'd honestly make the show so much more memorable if we got to see Richter fighting a Skull Knight or Mummy. It's just so much wasted potential, especially when they ignore game Richter's compelling narrative of a Fallen Hero, in favor of making up something completely different. I can understand revising protagonists who barely have anything to them, like John Morris from Bloodlines, but Richter HAD a meaningful storyline to expand on, and one that deconstructs his role as a vampire hunter!

Given the show's attempts to be a grittier deconstruction and its suggestion that killing vampires isn't 100% good, I don't know why they didn't go with the idea of Knight Templar Richter whose desire to be needed in battle leaves him vulnerable to Shaft's brainwashing. The deeper, character-driven writing does not have to be mutually exclusive from fantastical and weird elements.

#castlevania #castlevania nocturne #castlevania netflix #netflixvania

[34saveme34]

okay but genuinely why are there so many parralels between smg34 and axolony, one of the only canon pairs, and pretty much the only one that was taken seriously?

like, the teasing, Mario teased both pairs with zero remorse (he also got punched by 34 and Axol as well for it), and Meggy also did a bit, you could argue she was kinda doing that to 3 in Perfect, not nearly as explicitly as with Axol though but, you get me- ngl I would love it if Meggy was the first one to find out if 3 had feelings (which is increasingly harder to say he doesn't. like. what the fuck man. I have trouble assessing his emotions in a friendly way)

also the fact that Mario teased 34 about looking gay the SAME arc he teased Axol when also axolony happened???

that kind of unparalleled care they show, Axol for Melony, AND I'll die on this fucking hill if I have to 3 for 4

ALSO THE FUCKING DRAWING. NOBODY else has it LIKE THAT

besides like, the mar10 drawing which might come close to that but it's rather bitter to look back on, unlike the 34 drawing, which was also drawn with a similar style to the axolony one which makes it even harder to ignore.

and they both carry that strong feeling of being fond of one another deeply

as if the drawing is supposed to show just HOW close the 2 characters are

and it's really funny how they only did that with the canon couple and another pair of idiots who regularly get shipped for their fruit vibes even outside of this stuff

like like like. you would think. THINK it might mean something. But lowkey it feels like the show doesn't want to commit yet or something

I also wonder if the notebook will ever come back buuuut probably not, why would it, it was just a siiiilly one time plot device

there's just so many things driving me mad about this ship- the cosmic link, the amount of care, that god damn drawing, the tsundere thing, the look they share the first time they transmute meme energy and the other people's reactions to it (Mario, Tari and Bob), also the fact that they keep sharing looks like that even today, like I noticed them doing it in wotfi 2023 too, they are so crazily on the same wavelength, also Forced To Hold Hands also has that, I can't recall any more from my memory right now but they probably have more

just Ugh, , if not gay, why tease to relentlessly and make half of the 14 episodes before puzzles about these 2 mfers

like what the fuck was it for then, why did they god damn do that

I hope it doesn't get conveniently ignored in the next 2 weeks

#smg34 #Idk if anyone else shares that last sentiment #sound off if you wanna in the comments or reblogs if you do #lowkey just want to know if I'm not alone with that feeling fhjkljdffd

[godkilller]

out of character. Frembly remembly that while I may write Gin and Rangiku being soft / cute, that doesn't change the fact that Gin commits a few problematique relationship crimes aside from his canon betrayal... including, but not limited to:

Stalking -- it's not always outright following her around, but keeping constant tabs on Rangiku via locking onto her reiatsu at any given moment is still lowkey stalking behavior in my book.

Possessiveness -- this is mostly my own interpretation and it's pretty subdued at most times, but there have been a few points in my roleplay where I have it flare up nice and ugly; this is the Ichimaru Gin who says he devours his favorites whole, this passion of his can easily become possessive and obsessive lust and fully envelop Rangiku in a strangling grasp.

Honorably mentioning Obsession in its own bullet point because of how potent that can be when blanketed across his entire vow to retrieve her soul piece being based entirely on him deciding, as a child, that this was the hill to die on, to murder for. For a girl he just met, that's a lot.

Murder! Gin killed those Shinigami that assaulted Rangiku as a child, they're shown to be the ones Gin plucks a Shinigami robe from in the blizzard when he tells Rangiku he's going to 'fix things' for her. The following murders Gin dishes out for the Third Seat and many unnamed others aren't directly linked to Rangiku/for the sake of Rangiku alone, so I won't count them specifically here, but those three/four guys? Hell yeah. We can argue they had it comin' and I'll agree, but it's still Problematique that he killed them 'for' her.

Emotional Withholding -- again, not quite in the outright and proper way that is prevalent in toxic and abusive relationships (often used to convey anger/punishment via that withholding), but he's withdrawn from her during the Rescue Rukia arc in a way that is specifically distressing and confusing for Rangiku, who knows Gin isn't behaving like himself, and he's refusing to communicate anything to her during that time. A blanket apology before abandoning her on Sokyoku Hill doesn't cover it.

Abandonment. Because of the lasting effect it had on Rangiku, this is considerably awful and something that could have at the very least been eased via him explaining himself to some vague degree rather than not at all, leaving her to wonder where he was going, what he was up to, and why he didn't tell her shit. The argument could be made that he didn't want to unnecessarily lie to her, but he's already lying to her in other ways.

Deflection via Twisting, turning Rangiku's questions onto her instead of allowing her to properly drill into him when she finally confronts him on the rooftop, which then subsequently leads to guilt-tripping topped with a cherry of "you're in the way," that's overall an awful thing to say/do AND THEN POINTING SHINSO AT HER AND --

Threatening Bodily Harm. This one's getting put on here because at the end of the day, regardless of Gin's intent to skewer Momo and not Rangiku, Rangiku still put herself between them and it still happened where he almost hurt her instead. The second time being on the rooftop, where he pretends to kill her via a well-aimed Shinso with a simultaneous Hakufuku, but the act is so well guised that Rangiku, in that moment, thought Gin was going to kill her.

But joke's on you, Ginran makes me froth at the mouth and howl at the moon before barreling at you on all fours, so... if you can't get past these fictional flaws? Skill issue tbh.

#[ out of character ] masquerade; hide your face #anywaaaaaaaaays... #[ dynamic: gin and rangiku ] grow from the sorrow in me; the winter in us

[neoyi]

So

Elemental.

I think this movie handled the allegory of Asian immigration, first born generation, and the cultural ties and differences in a satisfying way that I didn't feel with either Turning Red and Everything Everywhere All At Once and yes, I think I will die on this hill.

Alright, alright, some bit of context is necessary and anything else to back this up is admittedly a personally biased one. Because I get that Turning Red's ending ultimately had to have a conclusion where Mei and her mother found a workaround. I get it. It didn't satisfy ME as an individual, because I just cannot get beyond the fact that at thirteen, I would have never changed my hardcore Asian parents the way the movie so neatly did, but I get it and if not a movie for young Asian kids to relate to so hard, then what?

And EEAAO is just, conceptually, a damn good, entertaining, thoughtful movie with a tried-and-true premise that feels especially novel for starring a middle-aged Asian woman.

In any case, Elemental doesn't push the boundaries or fill you with (intentional) emotional stress that either of the two films did: it's significantly more lowkey. And taken as a whole, neither the plot or its characters did anything for me - Pixar's second coming this ain't (and one particular scene where Wade supposedly died, but oh wait, he's aliiiiiiiive, feels emotionally cheap and something Pixar can no longer really get away with) - and in spite of its background and character design, the CGI is as bland and unassuming as the average big-budgeted western animated film.

No, what stuck with me was the little things that emphasized Ember's life as a first born gen:

It's the heavy pressure Ember feels, thinking her entire life was built to take over her father's shop because that place has been his dream for thirty years, and if she doesn't follow the path her parents expect of her, than she is a failure. The horrible guilt she faces knowing her parents sacrificed so much of their lives to give her a future means she has to drop everything and do the same for them, no matter how she feels. It's a horrible cycle, but so true of Asians, and something I've spent decades fighting off.

It's Wade's family praising Ember for speaking their language very well, spoken through well-meaning filters, but delivered in an unintentionally condescending tone. And Ember silently just takes it in, awkward as it may be, because it's damn clear this is probably the 14,000th time she has heard this and she is probably just so damn tired to do anything about it right now.

It's Ember's parents denouncing her romantic entanglement with Wade because they especially have it out for Water People through xenophobic, racist assumption of their kind; the movie doesn't sugarcoat that because they're considered minorities, they do not have prejudice and unjustified disgust of other people, too (sadly a reflection I have seen my parents carry, too.)

It's Ember and Wade's respective good-byes to their parents in the film's ending. Where Wade and his mother cry and hug and hug and cry (I have no idea if the crying thing is just a Water Person thing or just Wade's family, but I thought Wade was a total drip until the last act of the film because the running gag was so dang annoying) while Ember keeps a respectable distance because by comparison, yeah, we're just not as physically affectionate.

It's Ember repeatedly declaring she is a "bad daughter" because she thinks she's constantly failed her parents and the thought of disappointing them is a greater stab in the heart than anything in the world. That one hit WAY too damn hard (I'll kindly overlook that her parents never attempted to pressure her in any particularly forceful way, more that they just assumed she would inherit the shop because it's traditionally expected of their culture to do, when I know damn well if it had been my parents, they'd have been a LOT more emotionally anguished about it.)

It's the extra attention paid to Ember's culture that in turn reflects her lifestyle and how she and her family behaves. I also love how well they played with Ember's fiery abilities, showing a multitude of basic everyday necessities like sealing metal pipes in their basement home after a leak, or Ember using her flames to heat a hot air balloon, or molting glass to create artwork from (sadly, this level of attention is only marginally demonstrated by Wade, a little less so for the Cloud folks, and you might as well say "fuck off" to the Earth People.)

Elemental is a C-grade plot: I'm never gonna see this again nor am I aching to get it on home media. I was just awestruck by how well-tuned it captured the first gen Asian experience, and particularly in a way that compromises a respect for their culture and encourage change.

I admit that it hits me more because it does what EEAAO did not: it learned to let their child go. And I guess it offered a bit of catharsis.

#elemental #disney #neoyi talks