#no this isnt even amusing

[xysidhe]

On the topic of Regulus' patronus, since I won't let this die until I see it in a fic even if I have to write it myself.

Regulus: Why can't I get this bloody charm to work

Remus: Happy thoughts, Reg. Happy thoughts.

Regulus: What part of my upbringing gave you the illusion I have those?

Remus: Happy. Thoughts

Peter: Think like that fairy! Tonker Bells!

Remus: Tinker Bell. Purebloods.

Regulus: Could you two stop arguing over muggle cartoons so I can focus!

Regulus: Expecto Patronum!

Sirius: Bloody hell Reggie, is that a lion?

Regulus: Oh.

James: Oh.

Remus: He's beautiful Reg, what are you going to name him?

Regulus: Helios

Sirius: You're going to name your patronus after the sun?

Regulus: It keeps to the family theme doesn't it?

Sirius: Mother would have a fit. Looks like both her sons are more Gryffindor than Black. This is bloody brilliant! Told you Reggie, you should've been sorted into Gryffindor!

James: I think his patronus is perfect for him.

Regulus: I think so too.

#just imagine its an AU where Regulus ran away with Sirius to the Potters #Regulus likes to hang out with the Maraduers in the Gryffindor Common Room #James was trying not to cry after he saw the patronus #James did in fact cry after he heard the name #James remembered all the times Regulus called him 'my sun' and 'sunshin' and he KNEW #they havent said I love you yet but this was somehow even more profound #Remus is just eaying his chocolate amused by Regulus and James being idiots in love #remus knew they were in love and thats why he convinced Regulus to practice the Patronus in the common room #Sirius isnt actually unaware of the secret romance between his best friend and brother but he has a bet going with Peter #they want to see who will confess to him firsr #itll be James #while drunk #jegulus #marauders headcanon #incorrect marauders quotes #dead gay wizards #regulus deserved better #regulus x james #regulus arcturus black #james deserved better #james fleamont potter #james x regulus #starchaser

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Hey do you think ya can explain Barnaby and his illusion smoke a bit? It seems really cool and I don't remember if ya talked about it in depth before

sure! this got a bit longer than i expected!

so i was thinking that Barnaby seems like more of a hands-off kinda guy when it comes to altercations. would rather sit back and make funny commentary! so if he Had to get involved, i imagine it would be from a distance and still in an Entertaining Way!

thus - illusion magic! for this au i've been picturing that he got his paws on some illusionary herb in his early teens. for making people laugh, you know! and help out with the farm - illusions could distract animals, convince them to move on to different pastures, calm the chickens for egg-collecting, etc!

Ms. Beagle didn't really approve, since smoking is harmful, but lucky for the both of them this particular plant doesn't deal as much damage when smoked as normal smoking materials would - like tobacco! something to do with the magic properties! so Barnaby mostly used it for chores (when his mama wasn't paying attention, ofc - it's still a bad habit in her eyes) and entertainment purposes.

how it works: on its own, it doesn't do much when burned. it's not like illusions will waft out of the pipe's bowl, or that sniffing it will give someone hallucinations. in order for it to work properly, the user has to inhale properly, form the Intent of what the illusion should be / look like / behave, then purposefully blow the smoke out with that thought firmly in mind. the reach of the smoke depends on the force of Intent, and the intensity depends on the amount inhaled. those that breathe it in / are surrounded by it will see hallucinations of whatever Barnaby - or whoever the user is - wants them to! it can be literally anything! whether or not the target is fooled depends entirely on the individual, but the herb is potent enough that most are convinced that what they "see" is real (auditory hallucinations only occur if the target breathes in the smoke)

upsides: this form of magic is great for distractions, cover, deescalation, and that kind of thing. if needed, Barnaby could stop a fight with one exhale! it's a pretty powerful trick! it also means that Barnaby has built up a tolerance to illusion magic over the years, so where most of the party would be tricked, Barnaby would be unfazed. the only one with total immunity to the form of magic is Wally!

downsides: if Barnaby uses too much in too short of a time, it will get to him. and since he breathes in the largest amount - undiluted at that - it can fuck him up! using it sparingly / using repeated small amounts doesn't do anything. the most it will do is make him feel slightly untethered, but he has an easy time ignoring it / shaking it off.

in mild cases of the magic getting to him, it's like a bad trip. his proprioception is messed with (basically he gets uncharacteristically clumsy & off-balance), he feels like he's falling, anxiety spikes, and his vision is just... off! there are blind spots (im talking actual blind spots, not spots of black), things are moving in ways that they shouldn't, he has mild auditory hallucinations. the others can help ground him by talking to him, touching him, and confirming what's real and what isn't.

in bad cases, it's like that but 10 times worse. on top of all of the previous symptoms being worsened, he gets extremely vivid hallucinations, and they're very often not fun! it's a simultaneous feeling of dying, going insane, and not knowing what the fuck is going on. Barnaby loses sense of where he is, who's where, what's happening. he can get lost in the hallucinations - he has no way to know that they aren't real. in these terrible trips, no one can really help him. they can't get through the hallucinations, and if they do, the magic morphs Barnaby's perception of them and they end up adding to the effects. honestly the best thing for him is to let him rest somewhere with as little sensory input as possible & leave him be until he starts to come down. physical contact does help, since Barnaby understands on an instinctive level that illusions can't touch him, but it doesn't help half as much as it does w/ the mild trips. and again, the presence of someone can make the hallucinations worse.

so! suffice to say! he doesn't like using the herb all that often, and it's why he Stays Out Of It unless absolutely needed. he has two pouches of the herb - one with the strong stuff, reserved for emergencies / one with just a tiny bit of it mixed in with Barnaby's own personal blend for recreational/everyday use. (he also has an emergency tobacco stash in his pack, but that's only for when he's completely out of his usual blend <3)

extra lil scribble that didn't make it into the lil doodle post... i broke his wrist...

#the undiluted one is the blue/purple/pink smoke #while the personal blend changes color depending on his mood #and the personal blend does Not cause illusions! #the herb is included in the blend for cosmetic effects - colorful smoke! - and it has calming affects #so its. yeah its rgb weed last person nailed it on the head #rambles from the bog #wh fantasy au #the other day i was thinking about howdy's first adventure with the neighborhood #and i was like 'ok situation where barnaby has to use a tad too much of the magic' #and i amused myself imagining howdy's shock and panic when barnaby - steady graceful barnaby #staggers a little. looks up at the trees/skies. goes 'oh no' and promptly stumbles and falls on his face. and then just does not get back u #he has to go get poppy to make sure he isnt hurt / also howdy would Not be able to half-drag barn back to camp on his own #that dog is dead weight and staggering all over the place - if they can even unstick his claws from where he's anchored himself #sometimes barnaby will feel the unpleasant trip Incoming and he'll just. lie down right there and then #facedown. gripping the grass like his life depends on it - and also whoever's closest #frank always leaps out of the way when barn starts to Sway bc he does not want to sacrifice his arm for a solid few hours #usually wally is the one to sit with him and happily get his arm bones squeezed into dust <3 #a common thing is barnaby will be like 'the trees/sky is melting and the ground is turning inside-out' #what does that mean! no one knows! he cant explain it when he sobers up!

[reverieaudios]

I just remembered the time in college when a guy was obnoxiously hitting on/ attempting to neg me so I tore into him and all he sent me the next day was a link to the song "she's so mean" by matchbox 20 and I think this might have been my greatest college achievement

#I attracted so many weird situations #this one isnt even close to being as weird as the professor on grindr incident #also the astigmatism thing #these dont make sense to anyone else but they amuse me

[gaemms-chamois]

Erato L

#arknights #arknights erato #arknights perfumer #erato #perfumer #this isnt even that bad of a thing to say out of nowhere #but the imagination of erato overthinking once she actually has the balls to say ANYTHING to perfumer is amusing to m #gaemms art

[mathlann]

I love how much Owlcat is indulging my love of having my shitty taste in video game boyfriends acknowledged. So many members of the crew have tried to kill Marazhai by now it's practically a rite of passage. And that was before Casimira built him a murder basement on the lower decks of the ship (the Lower-Deckers send in the troublemakers and annoying people during Warp Jumps so they've adapted at least). Does Marazhai even particularly want to be here? No! Human ships are stinky daemon bait and he's already tried to murder this crew multiple times. Is he still going to hold his untouchable status as the Lord-Captain's Most Special Boy over everyone else to provoke them into getting in trouble? Yes! Because there's enough emotional suffering aboard this ship that it probably has its own Warp presence and he is going to feed on that for as long as it's fun to do so.

#tbh if at least half the party isnt going “Really? Him?” im not interested 😌 #i don't even think he really likes her (yet) but I love how his first invitation to hunt with him was like #“theres obviously something wrong with you and i think ill amuse myself by finding out how far you're willing to go with this” #and the answer is.....pretty damn far! apologies to the slaughtered crew #casimira von valancius #rogue trader #Marazhai aezyrraesh

[meteorherd]

im sorry the propaganda on that sonic poll is making me lose it. it’s literally “this character brainwashed and abused a character to self-destructive levels of hatred and aggression and made her a walking identity crisis” vs “this character IS the walking identity crisis created by aforementioned character” and the one who DID the psychological torture is perfectly tied with his opponent as the Most Pathetic and might just win. starline fans are insane

#வார்த்தைகள் #i dont even like hate starline like other fans do. ive pretty much only seen people who HATE or LOVE him no in between and im neither #he was a fun character who had his time in the spotlight and isnt needed anymore this is just. idk #just very amusing to me. and also sad. why do you hate women

[wendybergmann]

I cannot believe they are legitimately giving fuches a reverse barry arc where he is introduced to a life that appeals to him and there's a beautiful woman who wants to be with him and it's all painted like fuches can move on and become a better person if he just lets go of wanting revenge but he doesn't want to vs barry who wanted to start over, is introduced to acting and wants to pursue it, and meets a woman who he sees as the final piece of the life he wants but all of this is out of reach because barry can never escape who he truly is and the life he tries to have is constantly crumbling around him

#barry #barry hbo #mackenzie speaks #text #this isnt me defending barry as a person fyi because there's a reason what he wants will never happen because he can never face who he is #just tries to escape it and even builds a relationship with sally where it's based off deception and honesty never was beyond surface level #however sally thankfully now sees what sort of person barry truly is meanwhile fuches seems to just be stumbling into the life barry wants #it's amusing but i also am ready for fuches to die then we can see that barry no longer has someone to blame but himself #barry berkman #monroe fuches

[krash-8]

ok so I get the schools football team is great and you can afford to spend thousands of dollars on signs that glow when they play and shit but can you go back to not charging kids for pads. or at least stocking the dispensers that do

#rant in tags sorry lol i hate it here #anyways #I don't generally take change with me when i go to the bathroom mid class #believe it or not #and half the time the dispensers are empty or broken anyway #“but then kids will just take them all” 1) how would anybody casually walk out of the restroom with 50 tampons #2) i think youd live #use that money you're always bragging on for something thats NOT showy sports gear or a fucking ten thousand dollar chandelier #hate rich schools because they have so much money they dont even bother spend it right #dont even get me started on the band #i like band !!! band is cool !!!! however my former high school had a great band #and they didn't BEG THEIR MEMBERS to sponsor THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EACH FOR #on top of what they already have #AND THEY HAVE A LOT. #tbh ive never met more spoiled kids than the band ones at my school in my life #“we didn't get to have 5 field trips to amusement parks this year. just four. of COURSE im upset; they dont fund band enough” #that kid got jumped on by three art kids and a teacher when that came out 😭😭😭 #they just expect this shit #do they notice what its taking from everyone else #i have a teacher whos worked with this school for like 25 years. which is remarkable as this school isnt very old. or this town #compared to my other schools at least #and every day she goes on about How Much She Hates what theyre doing #but she wont leave because she likes to teach #shes watched the school slowly transfer more and more of its budget to showy extra things #and give less and less to necessities #more money does not help. #not only is there nothing more they can take from some families without driving us out‚ but they'll just keep wasting it. #theyre spoiled fucking rotten and you can't give them anything because itll never go where you want #out of tags but yeah i hate them and something needs to be done about the district #school problems

[i-bring-crack]

Pov: You caught me re reading the dossiers for the nth time

#solo leveling #sung jin woo #woo jinchul #they know each other and yet they dont know each other and the fact that the world is so tiny but so big as jinwoo tried to maintain #his composture when he was just 15 seeing his father dissapear from his life and woo jin chul never truly wanting to change his career unti #until the freaking momwnt where he is shown and like you can see it very clearly how this was the only time jinwoo had relaxed #and how destiny just stabbed him in the back like that and since then he would (probably) be in constant fear of ever loosing #his family again and you also see woo jin chul who is a man who works hard with his passions and wanted to not let all his work go to waste #yet he has such a strong attitude of doing what is right for others that just from seeing jinwoo he leaves his work all behind #and chooses to become a member of the assosiation going so far as even trying to study and learn as much things as he can about hunters and #gates and then even if he doesnt need it at the end he doesnt leave it behind #he isnt bothered by it #and like he still keeps going #and i better repeat #his only motivation his real dream was to be a detective #he wanted peace he wanted justice #and yet he still let it all go to bring justice in another kind of form im dead dying dead dying #and im not even crying upon the irony of Jinwoo bringing haein to relax in the same amusement park ONLY TO FREAKING DIE A DAY LATER LIKE #WHAT KIND OF CURSED AMUSEMENT PARK IS THIS #please this was the only time haein and probably jinwoo too had also relaxed AND BROTHER THEN YOU DIE— #solo sobbing #solo leveling spoilers

[nomadjones]

#musings. #ft. colton wagner. #the way this isnt even dallas musing its literally colton in this aquarium thread w/christina but twas too amusing and timely to not post #JSHGFDSFGSHJK #walter the shark 4 ever

[thedevotionaltour]

how it feels to be someone who thinks silver age writing can be fun

#NOT NECESSARILY GOOD. NOT SAYING IT'S GREAT. BUT IT'S FUN. #that or i've become highly desensitized to it after getting a chunk of issues under my belt and have lowered my standards. #but as someone who also enjoys very good comic writing. acclaimed and admired comic writing. i still think there's delight to be found #among the many bad and poorly written bits (not just talking poorly hanlded of the time writing about topics but the style of writing) #i think some writing from that area is funnier than others will admit. again. not good. but it can be funny. an amused smile worthy #also this is specifically about superhero i cannot attest to other comics. #also the funny isnt even clever half the time. it's just highly amusing of the time writing. so it's just funny bc it's dumb. #but every now and then a clever line wiggles its way in there.

[fishandships]

i NEED to draw Rosario and Luchino as those new mugshot promos for the Barbie movie

#luchino isnt a himbo like ken but i think he would be very amused by being arrested #while rosario would Panik™️ #otp: amor fati #actually this would work even better with me/Jet or me/Reno #it’s the Redheaded Scoundrel With Open Shirt energy

[miguel-owhora]

The anons need to take their heat suppressants BECAUSE HELLO??? ASKING TO BE CHOKED????? 😭😭 you know what? Maybe being tall really isn’t a blessing, good luck bro ✊🏽😭

HEAT SUPPRESSANT ?????? 😭

#inbox.txt #asking to be choked isnt even that bad #it was mildly amusing at best

[digital-roots]

Cats are realistic in stardew valley

#stardew valley #This isnt even the first time thats happened. #The amusing part of this is that in my original run i had a dog and it NEVER did this #a-maize-ing post

[catboy-cyrus]

Every time someone genders a (genderless) legendary in my notes I take damage

#outside of my own posts its like. Fine i Guess. not a fan but that's other people's interpretations and they are entitled to them #but when I draw or write about a legendary or mythical I'm doing it in an explicitly 'beyond gender it/its prounouns' way #and as a weird little its its pronouns user I. am not enitrely sure I'm particularly amused by how much some people push back on using em #like sure most pokemon have genders so i can see that. but calling general types of pokemon by he or she is like. okay?? #not every lucario is male guys <- best example of that i can think of #and like. canonically genderless pokemon. they them them at /least/ but canonically most pokemon are it its #it just kind of bothers me #And I'm not saying its the biggest problem ever and EVERYONE should change because like. no its a personal preference #but still i take damage about it daily. look me in the eyes and tell me Arceus has anything even approaching human gender. #look me in the eyes and tell me that that thing uses fucking he/him pronouns. that is not a man. it isnt even a biped. #cyrus meows

[alchemiclee]

I didn't like blade at first for some reason. too edgy and emo and seemed generic like a sasuke (I never liked sasuke lmao) when I learned about yingxing, I really liked him but still didn't like blade. now I like both for some reason even if yinxing is a dumbass who did this to himself. but blade grew on me somwhow, and someone really needs to gently hold him or something. that poor man. he's so broken. give him a break 😭

#why do i often end up like the sad tragic characters #sometimes even ones that do evil shit because i feel bad for them or something lmao #words #hsr #if they really wanna make us sad they can end game give him a purpose and reason to live but then make him die permanently 😈 #because its what he askd for all this time ans its granted to him and he realizes in the end he made a mistake and isnt ready yet #(i doubt theyll do that but it would amuse me to see people's reactions fbfdhjsj) #i doubt blade will have a happy ending and it would be weird if they dont end him at the end #also dan heng needs a hug. hes also a mess and wont leave his room right now fhdjjdjjsjs #i hope he can open up to his friends more at some point and they become closer and rely on each other more????? #he has hope of moving on with them. but what if he also ends up tragically ending fhfdhjddj blade still wont let him go #tbh ive kinda lost faith in the writers writing a good story. they rush things and everything is disconnected and many holes #so idk if it'll end up being a good story at this point 😅 maybe my expectations are too high for this type of game idk #but they did show good potential and kinda threw it away imo fhbfdjjdjdkd #what am i rambling about