#people must know the POTENTIAL

[debatablyspicydurian]

Completely unrealistic dream but I hope Raul meets The Ghoul sometime. Just imagine it. The infamous ghoul cowboy of the west from prewar times and the one and only ghoul vaquero from prewar times. Cooper gave up on morals and does whatever he needs to survive, no matter how immoral, and Raul kept to helping people however he can and got himself imprisoned because he wanted to fix Tabitha's radio. Do you see the dichotomy? Imagine those two taking shit to each other for an entire episode.

It would be amazing, and also I only imagined this in the first place so Raul could go "Hey aren't you that movie star guy from before the war?" And freak the fuck out of Cooper

#fallout #people must know the POTENTIAL #fallout new vegas #fallout show #fallout amazon #fnv #raul tejada #cooper howard #the ghoul

[canisalbus]

I have a phobia of dogs like can't stand seeing images of them phobia but I love your work so much, I don't know what it is but there's something beautiful about how I can look at it without feeling that phobia. Like being on top of a mountain and seeing the view of the world below or how fire looks pretty close up. Your art to me feels like that scene in fantastic mr fox with the wolf.

Ah, that's both heartwarming and very interesting, I've never heard of any cynophobes liking my work! Thank you!

(I won't bother you about it of course, but I can't help but wonder if it's the same thing for all furry/anthro art you see or for some reason just me, and if it's the latter, what could be making my stuff more palatable for someone who is that intensely uncomfortable with canines. My style isn't realistic but it isn't super stylized and exaggerated either. Is it about the anthropomorphization and the humanlike features, expressions and behavior? When I draw actual dog-shaped-dogs, are they harder to look at?).

#Fantastic Mr. Fox is one of my all time favorites #number one comfort movie too #recommending it to everyone #answered #anonymous #it must be rough living with a fear of dogs #with many phobias you can limit your exposure to potential triggers but dogs are everywhere every day #and I know some (even otherwise sensible) people can react really badly when they hear dogs make you feel uneasy #for such a common and well recognized phobia it's often trivialized and sneered at #at least from what I've seen #one of my brothers has/had it

[uncanny-tranny]

Something I always wonder with the whole: "The lazy populous doesn't want to work!" is if it's only being said to keep minimum wage at the very, very lowest end of 'survivability.'

The "lazy worker" isn't truly a problem. The employers are.

#politics #this is my old man conspiracy theory #it's insane when you actually start job searching and you apply fucking Everywhere and it's crickets #job announcement: no experience required! we'll train you! you're actually PERFECTLY qualified #you apply and then NOTHING. and then you listen to the news or other people #and they complain about how 'lazy' the modern worker is and how employers are DESPERATE for people to work for them... #...and you'll end up knowing better if you haven't soaked up the individualist corporate shill propaganda i think... #...that propaganda (at least in the US) is the idea that the individual worker is always at fault... #...that if they never get a job - even 'entry-level' - that it is THEIR fault... #...if you don't want to work minimum wage get a maximun-effort job!!!!!... #...if you want to Get Hired then make yourself Hireable!!!!!!!!!... #...you must be Indispensable (but potentially for $7.25/hour)!!! it is Up To You!!!... #...make records! never ask for anything! never complain! never dare bite the corporate hand which feeds you!!!!!!!! #that's the type of shit i grew up with at least. and i cannot buy that it isn't propaganda in a world hostile to any layman #i wonder if the romanticized version of the 60s-70s working class in the US is completely true as well... #...i just wonder if we are idealizing a past which never truly occurred for the worker... #...simply because these tactics Aren't New and Aren't Considered Morally Reprehensible because of the Bottom Line #this last part is tangentially-related but i always question whenever people have rose-colored views of The Past

[arctic-hands]

Bad news: new mouse in the apartment. Again.

Worse news: we found this out because it was nuzzling @thetabirb 's hand as she slept

Worser news: after i had my initial freak out that made my heart melt and I feel bad that it has to die

Even worser news: I caught a glimpse of it as it scampered out of the bedroom to the kitchen and it had giant years and a short tail and now I feel really really bad about the fact that it has to die

Worst news: I can't capture it and adopt it

Good news: theta checked herself all over and no sign of biting or scratching (I was tucked under the weighted blanket so it couldn't get to me)

#really worried it's an escaped pet because what kind of wild mouse muzzles a human's hand? #i suppose it could have toxoplasmosis but i thought that just made it friendly to cats not people #it doesn't look like a fancy mouse aside from the big ol ears. it looks like a standard brown/gray house mouse #I'm not afraid of rodents for the record I'm afraid of the diseases wild rodents can carry #or the diseases any animal can carry #i have a healthy respect for wild/feral/stray animals and know to be cautious around them even if they are friend shaped #but on top of potential diseases my food budget is limited so i have to make sure a mouse doesn't spoil my meager larder #poor big eared mousie but you must die

[pocketramblr]

I didn't have AfO taking Kotarou out on romantic dinner dates and Kotarou being all giddy to see him on my bingo card for this year. Here we are however!

What

#i abandoned canon after you know what #this cannot be how horikoshi tries to get me back #there's simply no way #....... but really i mean i suppose 'the father of his 'adopted son'' is one of the more tame choices for afo to be a manipulative bf to #but no you must simply be referring to a fic one of my friends wrote #that i didn't notice getting posted #maybe around the time ao3 was a little down #pocket talks to people #anon #.... potentially actually #bnha manga spoilers #bnha manga leaks

[autumnoficarus]

i can't stop listening to the 'purpose is glorious' track from this season's ost and thinking about how lovely the title and its meaning are. it's just such an amazing underlying theme in this show, and - while i do have criticisms about some of the choices made for the series finale - i really do feel the writers wholeheartedly delivered in sending that message home. for me personally, loki's ending is so gratifying and a large part of that is solely from viewing their arc's conclusion with the perspective of this theme in mind. to have spent years watching this character i hold very dear to my heart struggle to find belonging, to feel as though they matter and there is reason in their existence, finally get a chance to show - and recognize - their worth was so, so rewarding. and honestly, i think the message behind the phrasing of 'purpose is glorious' is all the more meaningful because of how loki's arc finished. yes, the outcome was bittersweet; yes, we're left knowing loki didn't get the happiness they undeniably earned after everything they'd gone through. it smarts something fierce to know their journey up until they deviated from their timeline and became a variant, as well as seen their eventual intended fate. the ache is only worsened after witnessing everything that happens within the TVA and the entirety of loki's character growth leading up to a redefining moment where they willingly choose to undergo a nightmarish amount of time in the endeavor to do the right thing. of course we want them to emerge victorious when they've struggled for so long, but that's not the point. loki's final moments are them forfeiting their right to a happy ending to preserve the stories of others because all stories matter and should inherently reserve the free will to be written; as sylvie says, loki makes their choice so their loved ones and life across the multiverse still have a chance to belong somewhere and embrace their place in the world. the take away is that even burden can be glorious. even with all the hardships of life - all the inevitable heartache, disappointment, and grief we encounter just by being alive - we have meaning in our existence. there is meaning in the trials we face, and the suffering we endure in order to overcome them. our pain gives us purpose; it gives us the ability to love, to grow from and for each other, and choose to sacrifice our happiness for the benefit of another. loki's purpose was forged in the bonds of those they met in their time at the TVA and the sense of value they gained from their companionship. their sacrifice perfectly conveys how the human capacity to love is one of cosmic greatness, which can ultimately surpass our instinctual desire to preserve one's self. we can move immovable mountains and challenge insurmountable adversity in behalf of the ones we love and their welfare. if that isn't an act deserving of glory, I don't know what is.

tldr; loki's purpose is the friends they made along the way = as the saying goes, 'tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all'. or: our own lives have purpose because of the connections we share with others, even when we are met with great loss.

#also this just shows the depth of love loki derived from knowing mobius and how they were changed for the better because of it #how mobius' initial - and repeated - acknowledgement of their potential is what gave them the necessary tools to rewrite their destiny #when loki first watches their fate on the sacred timeline their devastation is palpable; they now know they are meant to die - #at the hands of thanos after failing to save their brother - #after losing one last time #they see their final fate and know they were never meant to win; never to reach the respect and admiration theyve been chasing all this tim #but they're given a second chance at an ending - one they can be proud of and has meaning #and they SUCCEED; they ascend and take the throne not for power or control or even glory but because of the people they care for!!!!!! #loki accepts their burden with grace for the benefit of others; they escape the harrowing demise once preordained for them - #and while they mourn what they must leave behind they are fulfilled by the triumph of saving EVERYONE this time #the parallels between their sacred timeline ending and the finale's makes me way too emotional i am not okay #i have so many thoughts about the ost guahahauffh ignore me #i am obsessed with this track specifically like i want to write even more meta abt the significance of being used during mobius' last scene #okay these tags are way too long i'm shutting up now i'll see myself out #txt: icarus foaming @ the mouth analysis #char tags: #god of stories and faking death #peepaw from outerspace #loki meta #lokius #loki s2 #loki season 2 #loki spoilers #loki series #marvel #mcu #loki #Spotify

[airbenderedacted]

I'm tired of this comedic goldmine being slept on!!!!!

#Wander Over Yonder #Wander #Lord Dominator #woy #savewoy #mine #LIKE FR /yes/ there's a lottt of angst potential when it comes to focusing on Dominator #and that is all Very cool‚ but when it's time to be Silly (which I know everybody in the fandom loves) #w h y must we ignore this... the potential hilarity is amazingg... #..........ALSO DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON HOW MUCH MORE INTERESTING THIS MAKES THE STATUS QUO CHANGES OF S2 #AND HOW MANY FASCINATING LAYERS THIS ADDS TO WANDER'S CHARACTER #AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT THE LESSONS BEING PRESENTED IN THE SHOW AND WHERE THINGS COULD'VE GONE FROM THAT IN S3‚ AND— #AOAUHGHHHH!!! ANYWAY!!!! This is seriously one of THE most interesting things that S2 brings to the table #AND IT'S INSANE THAT NOBODY??? PAYS IT ANY MIND???? #WHY DO SM PEOPLE SWAP THIS IN FOR 'and then Wander p much treats her exactly the same as he does all other villains hehe silly' HE DOESN'T?? #THE FACT THAT HE VERY MUCH DOES //NOT// IS WHAT MAKES IT A MILLION TIMES FUNNIER/COOLER/MORE INTRIGUING WHEN HE *DOES* DO THAT! #also the fact that he doesn't like a single thing about her says a LOT about how (excessively) selfless he is in wanting to befriend her #but i could go on for /pages/ about THAT and all things related to it and aoauighbgbh!! #it's all so cool and fun and interesting THIS SHOW IS SO FUN & COOL & INTERESTING I JUST! IT'S A HUGE SHAME WHEN ANY PART OF IT'S SLEPT ON!! #AND THIS ONEE LITTLEE YET P IMPORTANT DETAIL GIVES US SO MUCH IRT FUNNIE FANWORK FODDER AND CHARACTER ANALYSIS AND THEMATIC ANALYSIS AND YEA #anyway i went a bit too insane in the tags. i really just wanted to focus on how funny this shit is #and how i wish the fandom made use of all that potential for comedy gold ewopadyhands #angy wander funny #Everything abt him makes all of this inherently /hilarious/ #💀💀💀💀💀💀

[swampthing07]

WHEN THE CONNECTIONS YOU WERE MAKING IN YOUR MIND ACTUALLY WERE SOMETHING

#WHEN ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS (just nick) MAKES A (potential) REFERENCE TO ONE OF YOUR OTHER FAVORITE BANDS (mischief brew) #erik petersen's suicide is constantly on my mind #he was reported missing on one of my mutuals birthdays (looking at you aspen) #he didn't feel like his work was making an impact but I know many people's who's lives we're not taken because of his work #but it wasn't enough to preserve his own #AND I'M READING CATCHER IN THE RYE RIGHT NOW AND I MADE ALL THOSE CONNECTIONS BEFORE LOOKING AT THE LYRIC GENIUS #I was looking through all of just nick's work because I'm trying to find a specific song #but it must be by a different artist???

[samaspic31]

You can’t make this shit up you click on an article about how hamas hostages were treated (for the sake of checking yourself on bias and with the intention to verify it with multiple sources) and the headline will be « return from the horrors of hamas » and then the text is actually « they treated me rather well just didn’t have much food and i was in danger due to Israeli airstrikes” You know the shit the government claims necessary to rescue them. This world is bullshit

#sam speaks #idk what to tw this #let me know if it needs one. #the buas im media reporting is staggerring. the lack kf context. the misleading headlines. the biased picking. #oh yikes i typed hamas in the search bar and ‘’free palestine from Hamas’’ came up how fucking disgusting liberation has to come from within #anyways did you know people are incredibly politically shortsighted and bad at grasping scopes of violence and bias #(just in case yeah october 7 was an atrocity it must be understood as retaliation against colonialism tho) #the nyt article about a very moderately left newspaper going ‘’youre just jealous israel is successful (at war crimes ? sir)’’ FROM A FORMER #EMPLOYEE talk about bias broke me #also wikipedia constantly listing israeli deaths before and continuously giving credit to baseless accusations of antisemitism towards any #thing palestinian or even sympathetic. or even not violently against. sigh #also did you know the uk ambassador’s most ‘’progressive’’ stance ? that israel needs to ‘’harness the economic potential of its arab #community too’’ #im turning into the joker

[ourhouseishaunted]

my brain for the past like 2 weeks

#.txt #trigun #specifically #trimax #i am rotating her in my head always she is so fascinating to me i have so many thoughts i could write a novel #shes captivating to me. as a person #tbh her and tesla and the dependant plants as like. catalysts for so many emotions in the story but we dont get real insight into #their internal lives #and rem captivates me specifically bc shes so complicated wrt her actions with tesla but also the way she talks about leaving earth #and the idea of giving up on her home planet and putting her whole fresh start into seeds and then immediately making #the worst mistake of her life (tesla) and then starting over blank Again with vash and knives and how that all turned out #like!!!! the emotions going on there for her must be insane. i think about it Literally Constantly #and how it all ties into the mangas theme of the potential to be better vs the people you hurt before getting there #im literally obsessed with her #also she dresses like a lesbian electrician and i really like that vibe for her. im not immune #rem saverem #holding her in my hands i just think shes neat #also i have a whole incoherent google doc filled with random scenes from idk iguess the rem pov novel that lives in my brain?? #maybe ill clean them up and post them one day that is a threat #also i love fat baby knives in the itty bitty manga screencap i chose. i just know hes the densest baby alive #normal looking baby who you pick up and handles like a bag of wet cement

[duvewing]

little pet peeve of mine is when a person’s only idea to make kyrie a ‘stronger character’ is to just give her a sword

#saint.txt #and before anyone misinterprets this i think that kyrie being given more agency by at least knowing how to physically defend herself #and her loved ones is good. there is no reason why she cannot be able to defend herself in some way #there is nothing wrong with making kyrie a fighter too #but also i am a bit ? when people seem to think that giving her a sword and making her be good at wielding said sword #is an inherent improvement over her current character #like yea it could at least give her more potential for agency but i just don’t think kyrie being a badass on the same level as the others #is my cup of tea. and i mean ‘badass’ in like the physical combat oriented way #bc i think part of the appeal of kyrie for me is the fact that she is ultimately the most ‘normal’ of the cast #i like her from a more grounded human perspective and how that interacts with the world and other characters around her #i am generally more interested in seeing kyrie’s pov abt this world and the everyday things she does to deal with it #and help others deal with it and playing her own role outside of the battlefield #and fighting only when necessary to defend herself #than i am in kyrie being made out to be the same combat focused badass that all the others are #like again before i get misinterpreted i think that ideas where kyrie is indeed a good fighter are nice #there is nothing wrong with them and i indulge in them from time to time too #it’s just this particular attitude about ‘kyrie must be a fighter to be a better character’ #that i take issue with #and also i’m just generally not a fan of ‘generic girlboss kyrie’ when it’s taken seriously lol #that being said i think giving kyrie a sword would be funny #once again i just think there’s other approaches to take when it comes to building on kyrie’s character #but of course i’d much rather have that than the people who think kyrie is completely useless and boring #and therefore she should get killed off. instead of like idk. actually wanting the series to develop her character more #or the people who claim she has no personality and try to twist the canon #to make that personality ‘abusive to nero’

[littlemissmeggie]

#narry #niall horan #harry styles #narry fanfic #just doing research #and my last poll was fun #i know this is a very much dying ship #but i do still get notifications from ao3 on my fics #so people must still be reading #just wondering about the tumblr fandom #and how much time i should put into my potential next fic #180k words? #or oneshots? #meggie talks

[basingstokemercury]

oh. it's going to be one of *those* nights again. not like I cared about sleeping properly or anything.

#adam why must you- no that's not fair #why must my brain attach equal 'staying up distressed' importance to a fictional character leaving a story sixty years ago #and awful things happening now in real life that could potentially affect me #(yes tonight it's the former again) #rationally I know he isn't even fairfaxing real and is a mature intelligent adult #but unrationally I think that emotional repression doesn't bode well for life in an unfamiliar environment without people to check on him #that's a pretty quick recipe for burnout #also I don't like families breaking :( #happy adams would be appreciated I guess?

[meirimerens]

As someone that played through Fear & Hunger I'm very glad you aren't going to try it. it's really Disgusting at times in a "I know what you are, developer" sort of way and it takes so much energy to ignore the BAD that its just best to appreciate it from far far away and go "Oooooh cool art style". I do wish people brought that aspect up more at times. HOWEVER the art style & designs really do kick ass

haven't heard of any I Know What You Are allegations or rumors about the developer of f&h but frankly since i'm not touching the games i mostly didn't go look + not sure if i'm interested in knowing [but also i play + deeply enjoy + create fanart of pathologic & lead developer and writer of that has Freak allegations up to his neck, which i knew well before i got into the game(s) and i'm still playin & enjoying, and my critiques/criticisms of the female characters and their treatment is Explicitly informed by my knowledge of his Freak allegations] but i know from talking to like 5 different people at this point that the sexual/sexualized violence is not approached in a way I would find/those people I trust already find meaningful/well-handled. anyone and everyone is welcome to have their own opinions on it and think that this violence informs/fits within the content and the context of the brutal nature of the narrative, but from what i've heard and been able to discuss, even within the context of absolutely brutal ruthless narratives, it's just Not Handled In A Way That Is Well-/Meaningfully Written/offered the care it needs (yes even in a tragic cruel disgusting yucky evil narrative), whether objectively or subjectively, so i'm not touching that (also frankly i don't really care about turn-based rpgs. is just not my jam. i enjoyed whichever FF it was i had on DS but like. yawn a lil)

[this is no dig at people who play & enjoy any of the fungers btw many of my friends do play & like it + we're all able to enjoy like. horror. games. and movies and whatnot with yucky disgusting themes (that's what horror is. that's what the point of horror is) in the narrative & i greatly enjoy the art that comes of it but like. there's a reason even people who have played it tons + enjoy it thoroughly focus drawing the dynamics and interpersonal relationships between the characters and the found family aspect with The Girl and the web of bonds and not the ~allegedly~ Very Poorly Handled Graphic Omnipresent Sexual Violence]

#ring ring (answers) #anonymous #ask to tag if needed bc i have no idea what people usually tag for these kind of subjects #also re:what i could like if not for the [...] as someone who is “funny” in “the brain” the way it handles godhood and proximity to godhood #truly tickles a “funny” bone of mine. like that i can game with. as someone who [lore dump withheld] #at the risk of sounding painfully cynical if IF there were any I Know What You Are (/neg) allegations (and there are so far none that i can #think of) like. male artist/developer with skeletons in his closet (potentially/allegedly/in minecraft) must be a day ending in -y

[astro-b-o-y-d]

I need to write Hitomi and Bill's friendship soon or I will die

#Hayley Writes Triangulum #I will probably die because it doesn't come in until way later but augh #I wanna write them being the most cursed besties of all time #He's her most specialest blorbo and he loves it when people show him in attention so they should NOT be in the same room together #They will eventually be in the same room together #They're basically the platonic version of the Red Flags music video #She'd make funny little edit videos of him all while he's watching over her shoulder and telling her which filters to use #She's GOING to cut off his arm one day for scientific study- #-and the only reason he's against it at all is because he will be in a very specific scenario- #-the blood loss could actually kill him for realsies #When Ford tries to warn her about Bill's trickery she's just like 'It's fine uwu If he tries anything I'll just kill him~' #Ford has no comeback to this. That's a lie; he has so many comebacks but he has no idea where to start #Although in his defense; she IS aware of how dangerous he is #But also she was raised in a two-bit circus full of weirdos and dangerous people #She knows how to handle herself around people who could potentially kill her #The perks of being a surgeon is that you become VERY acquainted with human anatomy and how it works #And what makes it STOP working #Part of the reason she gets so interested in the anatomy of the supernatural is because she already knows so much about ours #But to truly conquer any fears of the unknown #She must make it known to herself and learn everything she possibly can #ANYWAY she originally started as a Toko/Mikan mashup character as a way to fill the numbers but I've really grown attached to her as an OC #She's so sillay

[gender-euphowrya]

days without people i thought i could trust to be at the very least decent proving me wrong 0️⃣

#MAN WHAT THE FUCK #if y'all watch asmr uh. idk if it's a matter of He Got Hacked or whatever but #ephemeral rift has been saying some fucking horrid shit on twitter #like. slurs & holocaust denial #it's all still up #i'm fucking. floored because like in his videos he Always made sure to be explicitly respectful of everyone #he's made several videos in support of lgbtq people and all like. just an example but y'know #this feels like it fucking comes out of NOWHERE #there's no reason to assume it wasn't him who tweeted those things other than the sheer disbelief that he would even Think that #given what we know about him and his beliefs from his videos #so i can't say ''oh he must have been hacked this must have been some kind of mistake'' #all the facts we have is that those tweets are up on his personal twitter and he has Not addressed them on youtube #which. if i was a youtube bigname and someone hacked my shit to make me say horrible stuff i would warn people it wasn't me #he hasn't. he's just uploading as usual #hell i haven't watched it because. honestly can't bring myself to right now. but his latest video feels uh #potentially transmisogynistic (again. haven't watched it so i can't say for sure) #:/