#one big enough to fit all of us in

[wabblebees]

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#ok while i think the resurgence of kungpowpenis is usually pretty damn funny + i love it in theory #its also been popularizing/spreading a lot of fucked shit that i dont WANT to see the main post for. #like i was already having a bad brain moment so. seeing transphobic bullshit ((especially in this case targeting nonbinary people like me)) #was. Really Fucking Not what i needed! #idk. it just. im so fucking tired. ive blocked tags ive blocked blogs ive unfollowed and done shit to ~curate my experience~ etcetcetc #but i still wanna explore and poke around and find new interesting things and learn new povs and like! add enrichment to my enclosure! yk? #idk. ig this is just me complaining again #people are shitty and i get that! ive known that! im just. really fucking tired of the reminder ig #theres been. so many of those lately #''lately'' i say. as though its still semi-new... idk. hhhh. #i miss my people. not just bc they Arent Shitty but bc they help me put into perspective that people in general arent all shitty and are #often!! good!! and kind and loving and fun and and and #and i need that reminder... much more often than i like letting on #id like a bubble to hide in for a little while #one big enough to fit all of us in #and one that would keep us all safe #bc. fuck. #for now ill settle for just. keeping the brainrot at bay #holding onto the whole ''these feelings arent peer-reviewed'' ''its long after 9pm'' thing and its helping some! but sleep would probably #be more helpful but uh. also dont trust thAt at the moment lmao so. i think imma switch from doomscrolling + brainrot-posting to #playing stardew valley + listening to different music until im so tired i at least Probably wont have dreams lmao #bee speaks

[maegalkarven]

"Player character can't be the cleric of Bhaal, Myrkul or Bane."

Ok coward

#bg3 #bg3 spoilers #we have been robbed!!! #imagine all the additional content #IMAGINE durge who for some reason is a cleric of Bane or Myrkul??? the drama #probably Myrkul bc it fits with the plot. Kressa vivicected durge a lil too close and accidentially gave Myrkul a new follower #happens with the best of us #trying to set one of the dead three against the others #all the possible cunty options #robbed i say #ad content if you play as cleric of bane and side with gortash #shaddy can be a priest of shar but we can't be priests of Big Bad??? unfair #battle with Ketheric having the same vibes as the battle with Orin as Durge #aka the battle between two to settle who is the final chosen of their god #there is so much content about bhaal but not enough about myrkul and bane #let other dead gods shine evily too

[baronessofmischief]

Rebel Moon on Netflix is sooooooo soso bad guys 😂 like at least there’s space Charlie Hunnam with a Scottish accent and sometimes the main character has a flashback where she has a better haircut AND there’s a sibling duo who have the best costumes in the movie but the story? The script? The movie structure? Cohesiveness? Absolutely terrible. And there’s still 45 minutes left

#and it’s only part ONE #and it’s not interesting enough to compel me to watch a whole second movie of this #there’s a billion things going on but none of it fits together and they’re all just mostly disconnected events or ideas or just STUFF #and none of it is the basic things we need like. character connections and relationships. #it’s ALL flashbacks and EXPOSITION and world building #those things should be there when necessary. give us the minimum we need to know and move ON. #if there’s so much backstory that needs expositioning you should have made that movie instead of it was relevant buildup to THIS story #worldbuilding should be there for flavor - boundaries - and establishing the rules for how the story happens within its structure #this universe just. doesn’t seem like there are any limits. so there’s no tension or cohesive feeling to it. so I just end up not caring lo #at least Jupiter Ascending was CAMPY bad #Rebel Moon is just BEGGING for you to take it seriously and BEGGING for you to make it the next big sci-fi cornerstone in culture #but I swear it is just. so bad. #I don’t even know where to start with it 😂 #there’s also like. some things they don’t warn for that they defo should have included in the rest? idk maybe that’s just me but #if you warn about attempted assault against a woman you should also do it for one of the men later #also I said ‘main character’ in the post but it really seems like they’re trying to make EVERY character the main character. #they’re too individual to come together. it’s just random ingredients not one dish. #it’s not structured the way an ensemble movie is supposed to be so it just doesn’t work 🤷‍♂️

[deva-arts]

Testing out CSP Assets hehehe

The city can be pretty beautiful with enough distance and a nice view.

Oh. I forgot what kind of story this was.

She ends up short circuiting the main terminals and letting it crash into a processing facility. Then she takes a stress nap and worsens her insomnia.

#sera in her big girl suit- one she designed herself for once #Reddish Burgundy has always been her favorite color #And the gold comes from the suit's integration with her weapon #There's a very specific reason why all of her weapons are made of that “gold” #One of the rare times you get to see her back for once #That big weaponized drone is an OVR-S; also known as overseer sentinels. They are the eyes in the sky keeping count of everything for OS. #They are rarely used for combat due to the size and inconvenience in battle #but certain exceptions are made for threats like Sera. #She took something far too important from the main OS to be left with all her limbs in one piece and a head full of eyeballs #No opportunities will be wasted. Sera hates these because they rarely have a pilot and often take ages to hack into. #plus they fail spectacularly #one crash from these ships is enough to destroy a city district- they're easily the size of a football field #Even worse yet are the rotary blades used to rudder the ships. They could easily slice her in half- armor and all #She has thankfully managed to avoid dying to them thus far. they usually end up crashing into the ocean and ruining variant imports #sentinels will usually monitor under a more advanced cloaking than the kind given to protected variants #Just under the cloud cover. Sera's cloaking functions the same way if not better thanks to her personal touches on it #Hers is a mix of both illusion and cloaking. in an emergency she could technically walk into a human space as long as she isn't touched #she would be okay unlike most variants who have trouble fitting in because of the city's mandated infrared cameras. #suffice to say there's a lot of things going on in this city that most people- humans and variants alike are none the wiser about. #ARK_SYSTEMA #Seraphinatag

[lesbiansanemi]

The kny fandom never really irritated me THAT much about anything until their reaction to the stupid Hantengu clones

#‘oh you want us to talk about Kanao or Tamayo or Daki or Nakime or even mitsuri shinobu or nezuko in in depth ways?’ #‘sorry I just can’t do that 😩 but I can make five billion posts and write meta about these characters that are LITERALLY created to be #one-dimensional aspects of another characters personality!! isn’t that so cool!!! also they’re hot guys :D’ #like I actually fucking hate it #and I have hit a point where I block literally everyone who talks about them lol #like there really is just no saving some of y’all #I already unfollowed a shit ton of ppl for never posting about female characters but it’s not enough #I need to unfollow and block everyone who likes me At All this is getting so fucking annoying #like idc if I sound bitchy about this it’s genuinely so frustrating and honestly kinda alienating #like I get it it’s fandom it’s not actually a big deal #but for it to be so clear you don’t ‘fit in’ #because you aren’t attracted to men or because you actually like female characters #is EXHAUSTING #(not that I want to be attracted to men or be like them lmao absolutely not its just annoying to deal with) #kaz rambles

[iknowwhereyousleepatnight]

i had a dream last night where i was trying to put together a piece for an art final in one afternoon (because apparently i was taking an art class? i kept having lucid moments of hey i’m not even taking a real art class but i was content to still do the project) and actually i remember very clearly what i was planning and i have all the stuff for it i think i should recreate the dream art final piece

#i was doing a giant collage and i was cutting up bits of colorful + textured paper and running them through a printer over and over #again so that the words were overlapping to make an interesting texture and i was moving them around to make an image and i don’t #remember exactly what it looked like but it was an underwater scene and i can remember a few of the fish and coral structures in relative #detail so i think i’m gonna do it why not i do not have a big enough canvas (it was bigger than me in my dream) but i do have some #30in x 40in canvases (originally bought for giant self portraits of me bc i’m vain lmao) but perhaps one could be spared for this? #i also do have a giant sketchbook but i’m unsure if the paper could hold the weight of what i’ll need to do to it. hmmm #i also have a wall….. but i think i was only granted permission to paint over it smoothly and i hate painting smooth i need texture and i #doubt glued paper would be easy to take off if needed. sad. i really do want to do something to a wall some day. maybe i should just build #myself a giant canvas so it can be moved? it would have to be able to fit through the door though :/ #what about a bunch of smaller canvasses that slot together to fill the whole wall? that would be kinda cool i can work with that #maybe not for this project though that would be a lot of work bc if i’m gonna do a whole ass wall i’ll need to measure it n shit and then #i wouldn’t want the canvases to fit as squares i’d want them to be cool and interesting shapes so i’d have to build them myself #hmmmmmmmm. i will think about that later perhaps when i get my own place . it will be epic though i assure you #so i can add some supports to my giant sketchbook paper to keep it sturdier or perhaps i could use a giant canvas. decisions decisions #i will think abt it after i get her up how much colored/printed paper i have (a lot bc i get some every time they’re on sale at micheals #because i have a problem) and i should cut them all to like 8x11 so they’ll slot through the printer so i can cut them up after? #or perhaps i will cut them up before so i can get the vision right? there will be a lot of layers to this i know the pov of the one in my #dream was from the sea floor but near a reef so i will need to work on perspective a bit so maybe a nice big preparatory sketch for a rough #placement of everything then extra details i can come up with as i go? the fish and things will need to be layered a lot but once the base #colors are on i can’t really sketch it out. hmmmmm. i’ll contemplate some more i think

[izzy-b-hands]

Reason number idk to keep my shot day more consistent (tho tbf i had been doing really well on timing up until last week lmao):

Shot day being off means i get extra weepy over just. anything. everything. My brain looks at anything and goes 'oh yeah, that's like (horrible traumatic memory), you 'member that? Yeah, sure ya do! here's a recap of that particular time for ya too.'

and like??? I am not a fan of it today. i mean i never really am but, I have shit to do rn lmao (dishes and i keep having smutty ed/izzy and nathan/pickles ideas that refuse to actually flow on the page once i open a word doc.)

#text post #typing this up more as warning that i might be extra messy the next few days #there's an in person work thing this Friday im terrified of bc my transphobic supervisor is gonna b there and like #it's abt four hours counting travel time so i know I'll need the bathroom at least once while im there and he made a Big Deal of it b4 #and i just. am not looking forward to figuring out how to handle this in addition to it being So Many Ppl in One Small Room w/me #my brain deciding that anytime i have even a minor hormonal shift means weeping and constant memory reliving time is not helping that either #all the more reason to keep next week's shot on fucking time!!!!! #but. yeah. might be some sad lil text posts like this and reblogging a lot of my usual fixations to distract myself #but for now: dishes while i consider my ed cockwarming Izzy's strap idea & #my nathan panic proposes to pickles post apocalypse w/the ring he made for Abigail idea #that one is actually mostly written but. doesn't feel quite right yet #i do like the detail that nathan got it in pickles size & planned to resize it for Abigail #bc he didn't know her ring size but he has pickles' memorised along with all his other measurements tbh #so it just. fits right away and is revealed that they designed the ring as their shared dream engagement ring during a frienderbender #and 'whoever finds the right person first can use it with them' but oh. it was made for the right person all along. right there #a stitched up charles officiates while they're just. sitting in a pile of burning rubble aksndjfngn #anyway enough of this i must dishes and address the anxiety stomachache starting now that i thought abt the work thing 💀

[dandyshucks]

the dollar store did not have much for felt or fabric but i managed to scrounge everything i needed except for guz.ma's skin colour :(

i CAN make the janitor since they had a peach colour but I'll have to look around the house again to see if i can find anything that might work for guz's skin tone

#mannn dhfjfl unfortunately mother just did an amazon order the other day too #I could've added a bolt of the right colour felt to her order but i thought the store would have their big selection of felt sheets still 😭 #they just had like... a big pile of felt and fabric all mixed together ?? idk what happened to their nice organized shelf :( #and they only had a little bit of felt fjdkdl it was mostly random patterned fabric #which would be fine and fun IF i had the skin bases done already bc then I'd just make silly little clothes for them #but unfortunately i need... the skin bases first fjfkfl to fit the clothing to #i dont have a good yarn colour for him either bc then I'd just crochet a base fhfkdl but AUGHH #I have ... acrylic paint thats the right colour or a little darker i think. and pillows that im going to use for stuffing #so maybe if i take the stuffing out of one of the pillows then i can dye the fabric with acrylic paint ... #I've done that before when i couldnt find the right colour fabric for a project a couple yrs ago #so i know it works decently well 🤔 depends on how sturdy the pillow material is i guess hmmm #i think i might have a spare white pillowcase if the pillow fabric itself isnt sturdy enough ... HMMM this might still be doable #theres nothing like having very little access to supplies bc of money and small town to inspire creativity LMAO #u learn how to do a lot of weird shit dbdhfkfl necessity inspires ingenuity or whatever the saying is #(with all that said - if anyone ever has a craft project theyre stuck on and want help figuring out how to do smth i may be of use LMAO) #dandy.cmd

[setaripendragon]

Born For This by The Score - in Mando'a

Ahaha, here's another one.

Technically, this is the one I started first, but let me tell you, trying to fit Mando'a into the verses of this song? Absolute Hell. It took me forever, and I'm still not 100% pleased with it, tbh.

I'll try to put together a little glossary of made up words for this one, but I genuinely can't remember all of them. I did most of the work on the chorus-y bits… uh… a year ago? Give or take a couple of months.

But here, at fucking last, is the song:

Rugot* Par'bic (Born For This)

Aalar ner brok* (Feeling my pulse) Gaanader kyrbej (Picking the battlefield) Slanar akaan tugyc (Going to war again)

Aalar kaab o'r (Feeling the sound inside) Ner haalas meg (My chest that is) An ni lini (All I need)

Kar'mir… ni rugot par'bic (Knowing… I was born for this) Kar'mir… ni rugot par'bic (Knowing… I was born for this)

Atiniir grat* (Enduring the punishment) Ner jorad kotyc (My voice is strong) Nu lise kyrdir jii (I can't stop now)

Val nu suvari (They don't understand) Ni ven nu kyrdi (I won't stop) Kay ni parji (Until I win)

Kar'mir… ni rugot par'bic (Knowing… I was born for this) Kar'mir… ni rugot par'bic (Knowing… I was born for this)

K'urmankala (Believe) Mhi lise gotal ruyot (We can make history) K'urmankala (Believe) Mhi lise mandokar (We can be mandokar)

Mhi verde meg (We are warriors who) Hibira 'muur aaray (Learn to enjoy the pain) Mhi teh birov traate (We're from many teams) A'mhi solus droten (But we are one people)

Jorc'mhi- (Cause we-) Jorc'mhi- (Cause we-) Jorc'mhi- (Cause we-) Jorc'mhi rugot par'bic (Cause we were born for this) Mhi rugot par'bic (We were born for this)

Mhi shukla adate (We are broken people) Meg nau'u tracyn (Who light up a fire) Haa'tayl tracyn a'den (To see the fire rage) Cuun runise draar pel (Our souls will never be softened)

Jorc'mhi- (Cause we-) Jorc'mhi- (Cause we-) Jorc'mhi- (Cause we-) Jorc'mhi rugot par'bic (Cause we were born for this) Mhi rugot par'bic (We were born for this)

Par simire (For years) Adol an aaray (Through all the pain) Ni akaani dha (I fight the darkness)

Ni ven parji (I will win) Aru ner chaab (Against my fear) Ti kot be narser (With strength of will)

Kar'mir… ni rugot par'bic (Knowing… I was born for this) Kar'mir… ni rugot par'bic (Knowing… I was born for this)

Ni nu dargana* ner jorad (I won't lose my voice) Mey ara'novo an kaab (If I ignore all the noise)

Kar'mir… ni rugot par'bic (Knowing… I was born for this) Kar'mir… ni rugot par'bic (Knowing… I was born for this)

K'urmankala (Believe) Mhi lise gotal ruyot (We can make history) K'urmankala (Believe) Mhi lise mandokar (We can be mandokar)

Mhi verde meg (We are warriors who) Hibira 'muur aaray (Learn to enjoy the pain) Mhi teh birov traate (We're from many teams) A'mhi solus droten (But we are one people)

Jorc'mhi- (Cause we-) Jorc'mhi- (Cause we-) Jorc'mhi- (Cause we-) Jorc'mhi rugot par'bic (Cause we were born for this) Mhi rugot par'bic (We were born for this)

Mhi shukla adate (We are broken people) Meg nau'u tracyn (Who light up a fire) Haa'tayl tracyn a'den (To see the fire rage) Cuun runise draar pel (Our souls will never be softened)

Jorc'mhi- (Cause we-) Jorc'mhi- (Cause we-) Jorc'mhi- (Cause we-) Jorc'mhi rugot par'bic (Cause we were born for this) Mhi rugot par'bic (We were born for this)

Ibic miite (These words are) Par gar kar'mir (For you to know) Mhi akaani tome (We fight together) Ke'digu trikar (Forget sadness) Bal ke'tayli (And hold on to) Gar vercopaan (Your hope)

Kar'mir… ni rugot par'bic (Knowing… I was born for this) Kar'mir… ni rugot par'bic (Knowing… I was born for this)

Mhi verde meg (We are warriors who) Hibira 'muur aaray (Learn to enjoy the pain) Mhi teh birov traate (We're from many teams) A'mhi solus droten (But we are one people)

Jorc'mhi- (Cause we-) Jorc'mhi- (Cause we-) Jorc'mhi- (Cause we-) Jorc'mhi rugot par'bic (Cause we were born for this) Mhi rugot par'bic (We were born for this)

Mhi shukla adate (We are broken people) Meg nau'u tracyn (Who light up a fire) Haa'tayl tracyn a'den (To see the fire rage) Cuun runise draar pel (Our souls will never be softened)

Jorc'mhi- (Cause we-) Jorc'mhi- (Cause we-) Jorc'mhi- (Cause we-) Jorc'mhi rugot par'bic (Cause we were born for this) Mhi rugot par'bic (We were born for this)

Mhi rugot par'bic (We were born for this) Mhi rugot par'bic (We were born for this)

[rugot = ru (past prefix) + goten (birth)] [brok = noun form of brokar (to beat rhythmically)] [grat = noun form of gratiir (to punish)] [dargana = dar (no longer) + ganar (to have)]

#mando'a #mandalorian language #star wars #conlanging #translation #I haaate the scansion in this one #hate hate hate #and I'm big mad about that #because this song gives me all the clones feels #and I wanted it to be riiight #but these fucking verbs are so long #and the verses! #do I use the same number of syllables? #or the amount I personally can fit into that tempo? #because that is not as many in Mando'a as I can in English #I went with 'the same or less BUT NOT MORE' #and I hope that's good enough #argh

[sysig]

*Shoots you with Point of View gun* (Patreon)

#Doodles #Deltarune #Pink Addison #Blue Addison #Set before the Spam re-meet up thus the casual link initiated by Blue #Little tasting platter of drama ♪ #I like to imagine they've all got their own connection cord - or they just have a bunch of spares thrown wherever lol #Marked with little electrical tape tags in their respective colours haha #They're used to this by now - one accidentally snubs the other (or on purpose!) and there's a protocol of how to calm each other down haha #Pink immediately getting heated lol I mostly just wanted to draw him with a big angry mouth - big emotions all around! #Oh yeah and some silly censorship this time - I know it's in the Mr. Saturn font but I actually imagined it as a car honk lol #Lots of cars around! With feet! Lol #Since Blue's specifically asking Pink to link he knows he was the one who did something wrong #Which means Blue trusts him enough to not only own up to it but also calm him down ♥ Otherwise he'd go to the others for support first #He's being a little intentionally bratty about it throwing a teeny bit of a fit but Pink puts up with it #They do love each other <3 #Drawing him all mussed up was fun haha ♪ #And then some reconciliation :D Pink was ignoring him without realizing it and it hurt his feelings #You get the money on top of it and it's a bigger insult to injury - sure it's not /about/ the sale but that doesn't help #They better understand each other ♪ Blue knows it wasn't on purpose and Pink will be more cautious going forward #They can be a well oiled machine when all the cogs are running smoothly in unity!

[teleport-warning]

Day 2: draw a static pose from reference

Day 3: draw a dynamic pose from reference

#improvement hell #sketch #the static one turned into #modern au Wen Qing #decompressing with a big glass of wine #the dynamic one turned into #shikanoin heizou #both references are from adorkastock on deviantart but I have not linked them because that would involve being organized enough #to have the links handy #which I am not #also: anyone feel weird about referencing something for just the pose and changing attributes of the body to fit the character? #i use myself as reference all the time and then mess with it to draw different body types and that feels fine #but I feel kind of weird doing it to someone else #even though that’s the whole point of pose reference #teleport warning draws

[thornshadowwolf]

DAN AND PHIL RETURN????????

#idk what I'm gonna do abt this /srs #like. I thought their videos were fun but that was 5 years ago so who knows about if I still will #and y'know obviously toxic community and annoying fans. #whatever I'll watch some and make a decision based on that I guess. #idc if they're cringe #well I mean. idc if it's cringe to watch them. #but Dan very much was leaning into that 'I'm a weirdo normal people scare me' thing that people who are only one degree removed from #normality do. so if he's leaned into that any more I don't think I'll be able to stand his 'I'm not a normie' normie ass. but I also know #he's been doing a lot of self-reflection and healing and whatever so maybe he'll be better now. #like he was so desperate to distance himself from who he used to be that he needed to make fun of everything he could have been perceived as #and make himself feel like he's better than people like that. everything from being 14 to being alternative to being a furry he needed to #make fun of all that cringe to prove that he wasn't that. y'know? he desperately wanted to be normal while still capitalizing on the 'I'm #different' thing. like his merch/clothing brand was all minimalist quirky-dark aesthetic for example. stuff you could 100% find in a big #chain store but seems just different enough for people who want to fit in but also look like they're cool and edgy and have unique opinions #like. he's the *woman in a pink tailored pantsuit* 'she's so butch!' of weird and alternative. #last I checked at least. like I said; I think he's been doing a lot of personal growth so maybe he's gotten more ok with actual weirdness. #man I didn't mean to rant in the tags here O_o sorry lol. #ThornShadow.said #(also for the record Phil is a little cringey but it's genuine so it's ok. as opposed to Dan trying to make everything 8 levels of ironic)

[toytulini]

I barely moved you! you have such a nice spacious pot now thats too big for the spot your ridiculous little kcup used to fit in! you dont need to start getting Long about it you fussy little shit!

(image ID. in alt text, its a bit long tho sorry, i didnt know how to condense it)

#toy pic post #plants #stormageddon #gynura aurantiaca #purple passion plant #he was previously like 24in ish from it directly over him #and now hes like. 32in? measured diagonally. and throwing a FUCKING FIT about it #give or take #also cannot stress this enough hes not supposed to need THAT much light. i think hes supposed to have like Bright Indirect light? #the parent plant is even farther from the growlight and not. currently That leggy about it. maybe being that close to it at all was #spoiling him as a cutting? is that a thing? like he just got used to That Amount Of Light and now that hes moved hes like NOOOOOOOOO? #i Cant put him back where he was tho that pot is too big and heavy #also. BITCH ARE YOU EVER GOING TO BRANCH ? PLEASE? JUST GOING TO GO UP AND UP UNTIL YOU FALL OVER? #dont ask about the one in the seashell. every piece of that plant i have is growing exactly the same idk what it wants #i give up it just gets to be a fucked up long bitch

[oceanxveiined]

Special Dish: Sea God’s Catch

Base: Sashimi platter

❛❛ The fish and garnishes seem oddly cut, but nonetheless the meat is chilled, tender, and its fragrance holds a sweet zest to it and an odd hint of spice from the side made to go with it. With Danae’s usual lack of culinary skills, it seems she must have put lots of practice into this. And been a bit overeager in her efforts, the overwhelmingly hearty portion considered. Your expression seems to fluster her. “What?! A proper meal’s good to keep up your strength! So eat up! Wh–you want to share it?! I...ugh, fine, I’ll help you finish– ❜❜

#//Idk; fun hc bc why not lol #;mun has spoken #//Would you believe me if I said I struggled to find a dish she’d feasibly be able to prepare lmao #//And it fit her brand so yeeee #//Funny she would insist on making other people eat well to keep up their strengths considering how often she skips/forgets meals; innit #//But when she dotes on someone; she DOTES and she tends to overlook her own habits #//Hence the dialogue (smile) #disordered eating mention tw #//Tagging that jic #v; intertwined fates (genshin verse) #//Sharing food is a love language. Though she’s the one who usually tended to give up bigger portions of her food #//It's just how she got used to things while growing up. Big Sibling Responsibility and all that #//Then after they've parted ways; she's already gotten so in the habit of eating less; she gets a bit queasy actually eating her proper fil #//She no longer had/has to share; but she'll still chose to take smaller portions unless she's made to otherwise #//Whoops; that that's extra info #//Implied is that she essentially makes a Inazuma-Natlan sort of fusion #//It’s sashimi she sprinkled over with citrus juice; spices & then made something reminiscent of mango salsa to go with the sashimi #//Best eaten by scooping a bit of said salsa onto a strip of meat and rolling it to eat together #//Unconventional yes; but she likes it enough so she shares. Whether or not it's actually LIKED by others; That is up to interpretation lma #//Image set is an approx. idea of what it would look like. Might draw the actual one some time #//Uhhh; game stats would be...Increases all party members' ATK by 290 and CRIT Rate by 15% for 300s ig

[cosmicrhetoric]

woh. finally got a good chunk of the way into ponniyin selvan and maybe it's just my translation but theres a little explanation section at the end of every chapter to help with some tamil words....but fr they explain maybe 1 out of every 5 bits that would be ILLEGIBLE to anyone who doesnt have a good handle on specifically south indian hindu myth and tamil nadu history. im doing ok language wise 👍🏾 like its been a few years since i was really in that world but if im struggling idk how non brown ppl would manage. even little things, poetics, word games....kuruvaikoothu scene was interesting though

#there was a line like 'wow youre a chanakya among men' and i was like???? ur just not gonna translate that????? #15 yrs of bharathnatyam were all training for reading this book fr. im literally only relying on what i learned in dance #this is not my actual family's bag #and the language/spelling is an issue theres a looooong passage in the koothu where i didnt know what god they were talking abt #cause i had never heard the name before. and then they mention the name of a slain demon thats similar to one i knew and i was like #OH. oh its him. okay. cool. but it took work #most of the language stuff im ok with though. a lot of the words are old enough that i can muddle thru with sanskrit roots #this is so crazy i cant believe going to a dance school that was so traditional my parents thought she was crazy is finally paying off #i remember going to kalakshetra and being like. yo this is wild why are we learning the same thing in the same way countries apart #i mean those dancers were better of course this was like. their whole life. but curriculum and vibe was exactly the same #like we had to show up hair braided formal dupatta and all. halfways thru she finally started letting us wear leggings under #a salwaar kameez top instead of the cotton pants they come with #learned nattuvangam too. and she didnt let us perform until we had a solid grasp on different talams #like when i got older half of class was sitting and listening to a tape and tapping out what beats fit #but yeah i just wonder if a more international translation exists! this really seems For south indians #but maybe this is why i had barely heard of it until the film came out my parents arent big readers but they should've at least known it #reading: ponniyin selvan

[journey-to-the-attic]

AAAAAA PIRATE AU!! Going with the idea of mermaids being a hunted species the original anon had, that gives us a reason to bring the side characters in too right? IIRC in the original event they infiltrated the Lamentation crew because there was like a bounty on their heads (as illegal pirates), because Diavolo's a lord whose land needed money... but-

Maybe in our Pirate AU Diavolo's like a naive prince, doesn't know much about the world, and Barbatos + the Purgatrio are members of the royal household. (Barb is his butler, Sol is like the court's sorcerer, Simeon is part of the royal guard, Luke's a trainee servant). Diavolo wants to win more of his father's affection, and he figures that he'll do that by capturing those famous Lamentation pirates. Except it's hella difficult to infiltrate that crew bc 1. you can't track em down, 2. they're very distrustful, 3. they're not exactly looking for new members.

Idk what the connective tissue here should be but somehow they do get acquainted with the crew, and Diavolo switches the plan to abducting IK since a prized (live) mermaid would be very valuable to the king and is easier to get than an entire pirate crew. Except it's nigh impossible to do and also now he's getting attached to his new friends and oh no IK's such a cute lil kid what's he supposed to do now--

oo cool concept!! maybe diavolo and his gang stage a shipwreck or something, where they study the lamentation crew’s movements for long enough to predict where they’ll be heading, and then pretend to have had their own boat capsize along the route they’re taking

and then the pirates aren’t heartless, so they do rescue them (and dia’s gang’s disguises are in like totally normal clothes, and the pirates don’t recognise any of them as associated with the royal family). they do keep their guard up of course, but sol was smart enough to stage their shipwreck in a place that he knows is far from land, so they’ve got plenty of time on board the boat to win the crew’s trust

and then in the process of doing this, the gang just ends up befriending them for real

#answering asks #anon asks #jtta aus #alternatively maybe diavolo's in a zuko type situation #where his dad exiled him for treason and he's trying to win back his favour by capturing the lamentation pirates #although in this case he probably wouldn't switch to the obtain mermaid plan since that doesn't seem like enough for his dad to forgive him #maybe the obtain mermaid plan just becomes part of the capture pirates plan?? #like he plans to use ik as bait since ordinarily there's like no way he and his gang could overpower the pirates #since 1. they're outnumbered and 2. only three people on dia's side can even equal any of the pirates individually in battle #in either diavolo situation the 'climax' of the story so to speak would probably involve a big battle #which could be between the pirates and the royals or could be one that forces them to ally against something else #that or the climax involves something happening that makes diavolo impulsively go through with the abduction #but then he decides against it last minute and decides he wants to leave the royalty for good #and then his gang joins up with the lamentation crew #wonder how they'll all fit onto the ship