#nici rambles

[napollya-inspiration]

You hear muffled screaming. It is me, having listened to A song and having had An Idea that will not leave me alone but I do not have the time to sit down and actually write it...

So "One of your girls" came on shuffle and I cannot help but imagine a fic where Illya is hiding a secret and Napoleon being nosy investigates and finds out that he does drag (and can you imagine how hot she'd be omggggg) and Illya thinks that Napoleon is straight cause he has terrible gaydar (Napoleon being a serial womanizer etc). Cue misunderstandings until Napoleon convinces him that he wants Illya whether she's in drag or no...

#YES I JUST WANT HER WHAT ABOUT IT #nici rambles #tmfu au #napollya

[jondoe-inspiration]

You ever take a step back from the multimedia fic that you’re creating and wonder if you’ve made too many meta layers…

No, me neither.

#nici rambles #TBITB fanfic #nici writes #Hockey au #joe rantz/don hume

[witcher-inspiration]

I’ve not been able to watch the second half of season 3 bc I know I would have no self control and I needed to wrap up my thesis but I’m very close and I’ll be back with my unhinged takes and regular blogging next week!!!

#nici rambles #just a little update for y’all #I feel bad that I wasn’t in the trenches with y’all #but I needed to get shit done

[stabbyfoxandrew]

I haven't talked to y'all today so hi :) <3

#diaerie #the other shelf got here and jess and i spent all afternoon and evening getting it put up. #like we had to clear out the stuff where it was gonna go then put it together then we had to fuck with the curtain rod #and then we finally got it up there and it's behind my desk and it looks nicies but it's also mostly empty bc #the stuff i am gonna put in it aren't here yet: #andreil plushies and an astarion one and the rainbow crate aftg :) #and some other things im sure #sighs dreamily #i like having shelves #once again i know that this probably sounds depressing but if you knew my entire backstory you would get it :') #(un) fortunately for you I won't ramble about all that #you're welcome

[boxofcreampuffs]

Me when people I consider myself friends with consider me a friend also:

#you mean you weren't just being nicies to me????? #you like my company too??????? #rambling #oughhfghgghj

[phoenicafleecity]

I keep seeing that fucking figgy pudding video on my dash you guys are gonna kill me

#IN A NICIES WAY LOL #literally wrnt from 14 this week to 20 #diego rambles

[the-chaos-goose]

THERES A RASH FROM A GODDAMN MOSQUITO NEAR MY MOUTH

#rambles from my nonexistent basement #sprinkles of thought #yknow i know these things are important to the environment but OH MY GODS. PLEASE. BE NICIES TO ME

[arrowpunk]

Definitely experienced more blatant directed homophobia today than I probably ever have before so that's fun

#ramblings of an arrow #I shouldn't be laughing but like #the lady that crossed herself and then said 'go back to hell where you belong' #and kept saying things insinuating that either I was a demon #or possessed by one #was just... so much #like I think she was trying to exorcise me and my wife in the thrift store?? #and then had to uhhh sit thru a sermon b/c my parents were in town #this one does not make me laugh #it was... it was so bad #i couldn't tell if the pastor preaching it kept looking at me when he was talking about queer ppl too #b/c i was definitely the most overtly queer looking person in that church #talking abt how queer ppl are going to hell but like u gotta be nice to them anyways #b/c maybe if you're nicies to them they'll convert #how about you fuck right off sir #if my parents and in laws weren't there I would've walked out #or kissed my wife full on the mouth in front of everyone #it was just....... extremely upsetting #SO YEAH HAD A FUN DAY TODAY #lots of homophobia #the terrible part is that it's almost surprising none of it was from my parents

[magdaclaire]

if i start academia posting again y'all will still love me right

#and be nicies to me? #if i'm able to be Passionate about school here i might actually be Adequate at school when i attend #i'm only taking subjects i absolutely want to take but i'm still Scared <3 #also if my ethics professor fucks my GPA i own a tire iron #she's a notoriously hard grader but apparently so was jessica and i made a 95 on her hand graded final #(i wrote a nearly 2k fanfiction rewriting of edgar allan poe's the fall of the house of usher when the requirement was 250 words) #she could have given me SUCH a deduction for length. and she did not #i'm just hoping magfirah likes me bc if she doesn't i'm fucked #tho if i do need to drop it her class is the only class i have t/th so i would only have to go m/w in that case #to be clear that's not exactly ideal as i need to be out of my house. but it's an option. if shit sucks i tend to hit the bricks #mer rambles

[cornflowercanine]

alroight everyone my irl frient follows me now so 8EHAVE!!!!

Or else..

#clove rambles #yes i trust a real person who goes outside and touches grass to look at my Four Year Quirktype 8log #8ecause theyre nicies :-) so it otay

[napollya-inspiration]

A week or so ago I forced my best friend to sit down and watch tmfu with me and I stopped at all the important moments and pointed things out that they would’ve missed if they hadn’t been watching with me - a seasoned scholar.

Now, they’re a writer and a nice side effect of this is that I can use them to fix my plots now. 😌 in other news, I might actually get around to that rowing AU I’ve been mentally trying to write for a year now.

#nici rambles

[jondoe-inspiration]

Send me an Ask and I'll post a Snippet

With me working on longer fics, I haven't been posting as much so I wanted to do a fun little game. I'll give you the titles of my WIPs and you can send me the corresponding number of what you are most interested in and I'll post a little snippet of it.

1 - I heard he said, she said (Hockey AU)

2 - Training Season (One-Shot)

3 - in sickness and in health (the sick fic)

#Nici rambles #tag games #pls feel free to do this too fellow authors of the TBITB fandom and tag me! #TBITB fanfic #Don Hume/Joe Rantz

[playstation-lichenthrope]

Fun fact! Elden Ring Gordon was inspired by The Gibbon Pose and that one post of "Wow these soldiers keep coming at me with my comically large mallet" + this one ginat hammer weapon Wayne got in the game that was bright red and I was like "Oh hey that reminds me of the funny crowbar lmao". So yeah all of that mixed with sleep deprivation got me that </3

#Caged Chirps #Just righting this down before I go eepy so i dont forog the yoy #Btw shout out to gr33nthund4rf4n and my dear sweet boyfrond for leaving nicies tags on my post b4 i sleep <3333333 #You guys rule and are awesome :) #rambles

[theforesteldritch]

Forgot I needed a teacher reference for one of my supplementary uni applications so I emailed my psych teacher a few hours ago but it’s due tonight and I haven’t heard back so like. Fuck everything

#moth rambles #I made brownie in a mug which is helping #But like she’s the only teacher I think would listen if she got an email on such short notice #One would chew me out for being unorganized and I’m an academic disappointment in the other two #And I want my ref to be someone who will at least might be nicies about me #Ahhhhhhgvghh

[the-owl-tree]

meowdy! my name is deer (they/them). this is my xenofiction rambling blog with a heavy focus on battle cats. i enjoy being critical of things i read so if that isn't your thing, this might not be the spot for you. you can find my rambles under the tag #deer rambles. i generally rate this blog 16+ (though im not gonna go out of my way and check tbh) as more mature subject matter sometimes does arise during discussions.

i also really enjoy art! you can find stuff i've drawn under #deer scribbles. My commissions are currently closed.

other links:

twitter/x

my carrd & tos

main blog (general warning for suggestive and sexual humor on there) & art blog

I get a lot of xenofiction recommendations and Tumblr’s search system is straight up ass, so I’ve compiled them into a post! Click here to read through and feel free to send suggestions :)

blog specific info under the cut

Important Documents Pertaining to Warriors:

Warrior Cats and Anti-Indigenous Writing

The Feather Issue Doc

byf

i’m very loose with tags but i do try and get the general stuff, feel free to shoot me an ask if you need something tagged

if you want me to reblog your art, feel free to tag me in it!

i like to complain about this series a lot more than praise it. i find warriors really fun to pull apart, i think it's awful and deserves every nitpick it gets.

if you send me an ask and you want it to be answered privately, please tell me

this is a WC SPOILER ZONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! currently i am only tagging spoilers for the newest wc arc, you can block the tag #asc spoilers to avoid spoilers for it!

some general requests for when sending me asks/messages:

#1 rule is always be nicies to me

please avoid personal anecdotes. i understand sometimes discussions on here veer into personal territory but i am a stranger and i don't always know how to handle responding to that.

it takes me a bit to post some asks. the longer it is, the longer it'll take me to get to it.

i might not respond at all if i don't want to deal with potential discourse and/or i just don't know how to reply to it.

sometimes this blog veers into topics outside of battle cats/xenofiction, i don't really want to discuss general discourse if i don't have to. i do not want to argue about online lgbt+ discourse, that's exhausting.

you can disagree with me, i like to hear other people's opinions. but don't be nasty about it, that's a one way ticket to get yourself booted from here. i love discussions, not people trying to rag on one another.

banned topics: nightheart, mapleshade's vengeance

here are some stories i have going going that i love to talk about:

#honey's horrible time - A work-in-progress story about a human being who is killed and reincarnated into a warrior cats rip-off series where she possesses the body of one of the minor antagonists in the book. All information on this story is available in this masterlist.

#poolverse - An nextgen AU revolving around an alternate AVOS cast. It's set in the aftermath of a very different OotS where the Clans decide to abolish the borders and attempt to live peacefully...to mixed results. This is a soft reboot of my older "new generation au"!

#fallen stars au - An alternate universe for The Darkest Hour in which Firestar must flee the forest with friends. All information on the story + archived art from the former ask blog can be found here.

#ask bean - my wc oc named bean who becomes the clan's mediator after the events of squirrelflight's hope. i used to run an ask blog for her but i didn't have the energy to maintain it. you can see the old asks here.

#pinned post #idk how many ppl actually can see my about page #so i thought i might as well just turn it into my pinned post

[transfemlogan]

Think I could ask what you think of Logan’s character and where you think his character arc will go (or at least, where you’d like to see it go in the series)? Honestly I’m just interested in hearing you talk about him

I found this rlly far down my drafts. Somehow. Idk how it got there. But at least I don't have to rewrite the entire beginning 🧡

NOTE: I have Aphasia. It's a language disorder that affects my ability to understand and use language and it affects me both within writing and speaking. This is going to be a little incomprehensible and all over the place, but be nicies to me and feel free to ask for clarification.

This is more of a ramble, than a nice and neat analysis.

Everyone is allowed to add on :3c

ALSO SORRY TO ANYONE TAGGED</3 You're most likely tagged because I was quoting/linking a post by you.

OK. LET'S TALK ABT LOGAN (FT MY BAD SCREENSHOTS):

[ID: a screenshot of Logan Sanders from the Sanders Sides episode "My True Identity!" He is smiling at the camera and making finger guns. /end ID]

This might be incomprehensible I love logan sanders. So much. Its so hard to put into words i jsut love him OK. He is perfect in every day & also a little nerd. & Beautiful. & handsome. & my babygirl.

I feel like a lot of fans treat him as if he is... like any other glasses wearing character in fiction. Byakuya Togami is the first to pop into my mind, same with Kusuo Saiki from The Disasterous Life of Saiki K, Freddy Riley from Identity V, Charles Offdensen from Metalocalypse, Kyoya Ootori from Ouran Highschool Hostclub, ETC. THERE'S A LOT OF GLASSES GUYS. (Note: these characters do not completely fit each other, but you get the point.)

The trope of "smart, unemotionless, rude/blunt character wears glasses" is something fans will shove Logan into, but the thing is Logan's character takes this trope and completely snaps it in half and throws it in the trash.

Logan is smart. He is blunt and can be the biggest asshole at times. He is """unemotional""" (stated by him).

[ID: a screenshot of Logan Sanders from the Sanders Sides episode "Dealing With Intrusive Thoughts". The captions reas, "Everything is okay." /end ID]

But he's also compassionate. He is hopeful. He cares so much for the people around him and he holds so much love in his heart.

This post (link) by @intrulogical probably phrases it way better than I ever could + this post (link) by @nesushii

I think that's what makes Logan such a compelling character. He's not someone who needs to "learn how to feel" (which is an idea in fiction I dislike) (it can become a little ableist), he is someone who does feel and know he feels and feels so much all the time, but he can't express it well due to both the environment around him and how he shows his emotions.

A lot of Logan's asshole actions, I think, are less him actively trying to be rude and more him just struggling really bad.

In Moving On, he is "rude" but it's because he realises his actions were Wrong and he's trying to Fix It. He recognises Virgil's panic attack, how this room is affecting Thomas, and realises that he should have listened to Patton. But because of the affects of Patton's room and Logan's tone and phrasing, he comes off as Mean. He becomes defensive as everyone blows him off and it affects how he's trying to help everyone.

In LNTAO, Logan is confused about the entire situation. He doesn't understand why singing or puppets would help Thomas and, as Logic, it is terrifying to not Know when it's his entire job to know. His confusion turns into defensiveness, and because he already struggles to express his emotions in a way that the other sides like/understand, his confusion (& defensiveness) comes off as anger and purposeful ignorance. Which is why the sides and Thomas treat him the way they do— they're assuming he doesn't want to know. Which is entirely untrue!

I know I've talked so much already about how Logan is unintentionally autistic coded (I'm even writing an entire essay about it), but like... HE IS SO AUTISTIC CODED!!

This character that struggles with expressing himself. Who lives in an environment where he feels like he has to exist a certain way, or else he won't be accepted. Who doesn't understand tone or sarcasm or the "big picture". Who struggles with other people viewing him as some sort of unemotionless ""monster"", bexause they don't understand him. Who wants to be heard and understood.

In DWIT, he feels like he's finally doing something right. That he's on the right path. And then it immediately get snatched away in POF and then again in WTIT. And that's such an inherently autistic experience. You feel like you're masking right, you're fitting in, people are accepting and loving you— only to act "too autistic" and the false comfort you wanted is snatched away (a little more complex and nuanced than that, but you know).

He is... So Autistic and it HURTS. (He could also be viewed as neurodivergent in general— I can relate to him outside of autism, with my schizophrenia and speech impediment.)

I also relate to him heavily as a child abuse victim. I've brought it up a few times, but I haven't been able to express entirely what I mean by calling him "child abuse coded" (WHICH IS A PHRASE I KEEP GIGGLING AT).

Logan's entire situation with anger feels so... similar to my own anger issues and trauma. The way he will get so angry and explode only to calm down and realise his actions.

[ID: two screenshots of Logan Sanders from the Sanders Sides episode "Working Through Intrusive Thoughts". In image one, he is pointing at someone out of frame and looking down at the floor with a confused expression. In image two, he has a hand on his tie and looks upset. /end ID]

Hurting those around you because you're hurting is something I feel like most, if not all, abuse victims struggle with. And especially with child abuse victims, I personally always feel on edge. Like I have to defend my actions 24/7 and I need to express myself perfectly or else no one will understand and I will "get in trouble" and "punished".

It reminds me so much of Logan. After he gets angry and explodes (partially due to the Orange Side, based on how the series is being shown), he immediately is confused and shameful and scared.

Logan is scared and ashamed of his own actions and is trying so hard to fix himself and not be that, not be an angry aggressive person. But it's not as simple and apologising and moving on and it's definitely much harder when those around you will not let you / don't understand fully.

ANYWAY Logan's character means so much to me as an autistic, abused guy. //slaps Logan// this guy can hold SO much trauma!

This post (link) by @orbmanson7 I think puts some of my thoughts into better words about Logan's anger and boundaries and everything (which also helps us segway into talking about his arc)

The thing with Logan's arc is that it's a little more complex than just "Logan wants to be listened to". All of the sides want to be listened to, that's the entire point of them. They all want to help Thomas.

It's not only that Logan wants to be listened to and isn't, it's also that Logan is actively listening to critiques and trying to fix and change. He is hearing and seeing that something he is doing is not helpful and is upsetting people. He wants to fix it and change and improve. But no matter what he does, nothing seems to "fix the issue"— Thomas still will not listen to him.

Logan has to unlearn this idea that he needs to constantly be improving himself, that he has to act a certain way, in order for someone to listen and understand him (AGAIN. WHY I RELATE TO HIM AS A ABUSE VICTIM). AND, the sides need to be actively changing how they are treating him. Because him unlearning this won't immediately fix the issue if the sides aren't working too.

The situation can't be fixed with a simple promise of "we will listen to you, Logan", because they've been doing that the entire series.

[ID: a screenshot of Logan Sanders from the Sanders Sides episode "Working Through Intrusive Thoughts". He is holding a notebook near his chest and looks dejected. The captions read, "Another day, Logan, I promise." /end ID]

ALSO, this doesn't fall completely on the other sides. Logan still needs to work on letting himself express things and learning how to cope with his strong, intense emotions like his anger. He's lashing out at the other sides and that's not okay. He can't hurt the people he cares about because he's angry and upset (see the ending of POF before Janus reveals his name).

Which... is one of the reasons I really do not want his anger to be "caused by" the orange side. I want this to be something he is experiencing and going through, because if it's "oooh a dark side is controlling him!!" then it won't be a "Logan issue", it'll be a "dark side issue". Which is not what he OR the viewers need.

Logan needs to overcome and cope with his issues without someone inserting themselves into his arc. The more people are thrown into the mix, the more the attention is drawn away from Logan, and I think his arc is something that desperately needs to be told and focused on.

And NO . I am not a fan of "Logan is the Orange Side" theories. There's a million reasons why that's not true if you actually watch and pay attention to the series (it's a very fun AU, but falls apart in context of the actual series). (Plus I don't want him to stop being indigo.......)

I also don't want Logan's arc to end up with him "turning into a dark side" for a MULTITUDE of reasons:

The "dark sides" aren't like... an actual, genuine thing...? It's not something you can ""become"", it's something you are forced into. It is a term created by Roman to describe sides that Thomas views as inherently bad or evil. The only way for Logan to ""become"" a "dark side" is if someone, in an episode, verbally, called Logan a "dark side".

Obviously, Logan can be treated like a "dark" side. In fact, how he is being treated in the series is very similar to how Virgil was treated in seasonn 1 or how Janus is being treated, ETC. BUT I don't want him to be called a "dark side", because I feel like that brings up an entirely new conflict? Now it's not focused on them ignoring Logan, it's focused on "Logic is evil?" "Thomas views Logic as bad?".

I'm struggling really hard to explain, but I feel like it just layers the conflict and I don't want that. I don't want Logan's arc to include the dark sides in any way. I want it to be focused on him.

(HOWEVER, I don't mind the connection between Logan and the dark sides through their similarities and finding comfort each other because of it. In fact, I love it. But I am not sure how to elaborate on that and how I want their relationships to be, so I skipped over it. If someone asks later, I can try to put it in words. In short, less of the "dark sides" affecting Logan, more Logan affecting the "dark sides"? I don't know if that makes sense.)

Also, I don't trust real-life Thomas to write it well! While he is very good at writing conflict, he sucks at resolving conflict (see: Virgil's reveal as a dark side at the end of DWIT and how it's handled in ATHD). Logan becoming a "dark side" already adds more to his already conflict-filled arc, I don't want to then see it be swept under the rug or handled really badly. Logan deserves a good arc. Don't bite off more than you can chew, or whatever, leave his arc alone. Stop it. Please.

I think that's all I wanted to say?

In short: Logan is full of hope and love and compassion and is so, so autistic coded and has so much trauma. I think his arc is more complex than "not being listened to" and he has to unlearn a lot. I don't want his arc to involve the orange side/him being the orange side, or any of the dark sides, because that brings the attention away from him.

#ask #sanders sides #logan sanders #blog tags -> #essays! #IT. COUNTS. OK. EVEN THOUGH ITS RAMBLY. #logan #revys essays! #sure whatever