#please….. a canon name. please……..

[ectochoir]

still figuring out how to draw this lil bastard consistently but I love him so much. He’s just doing his best. 🥺

#my art #hazbin hotel #vox’s assistant #please….. a canon name. please……..

[muffinlance]

Wait, what’s going on with Embers???? That fic has been on my read later list since 2021, what’s happened with it???

Brief overview, then I'm likely never touching this topic again, because this is not a Drama Blog:

Context: Embers is a super old AtLA fic that was written during the early fandom days, read widely at the time, and was the origin of the widely-used fanon name of "Wani" for Zuko's ship (kind of by default that it was one of the first popular fics to give his ship a name, I think?), even though most fic writers don't seem to realize it's from there anymore.

"What's Going On": I used to include a link in all my stories to it, because I believe in crediting other writers for borrowed elements, and I was using "Wani" in all my fics. But BOY did I not want to be sending readers that way anymore, so I've adopted a new name for Zuko's ship, and removed all Embers links.

None of the criticisms about Embers itself are new; I'm assuming they date back to when the fic was being written, because this isn't an "it aged badly" thing, this is an "actually yeah this gets worse the longer you think about it and I shouldn't have ignored my bad feelings just because some of the worldbuilding was interesting" thing.

An Incomplete List of Why I Made the Change:

I don't actually like the story that much anymore, and don't want to rec it

I tried to re-read it recently to see if some things were as bad as I remembered and it turns out they were So Much Worse Oh Yikes. More specifically, the treatment of Katara and Aang and their respective cultures has... rather a lot going on. One example: The Fire Nation and Air Nomads are both given multiple backstory elements in an attempt to make the average Fire Nation soldier's participation in the genocide/war in large part the fault of the Avatar and the Air Nomads themselves, and also fully justified from the Fire Nation perspective. And I do mean fully. One of its core tenants is "People from the Fire Nation (and only people from the Fire Nation) who don't follow orders Literally Die, therefore murdering pacifists and babies and continuing the war (and their regularly scheduled war crimes) is the only thing it is physically possible for them to do". I cannot emphasize enough how literal that is.

Also the name "Wani" means "Alligator" and is... objectively a pretty lame name for Zuko's ship? Where's the personality, where's the deeper meaning, where's the resonance with Zuko's themes? @tuktukpodfics initially thought I was calling the ship "Wanyi", and that's what I've switched to, because it is Objectively So Much Better. In their words: “Wànyī (萬一): Literally ‘one in ten thousand,’ ‘perchance.’ Used grammatically in Chinese to mean ‘what if’ or ‘just in case.’ I think a ship called ‘The Perchance’ is perfect for a boy clinging to false hope.”

TL:DR; I don't rec Embers anymore, because I don't actually like the story anymore, and there are things about it that get worse the more I think on them. I've removed links to it and renamed Zuko's ship to "Wanyi" ("The Perchance") because our boy deserves a ship name that reflects his character arc.

#for the record if you ever find something kind of rancid in my fics #do please let me know #EX: I've rewritten scenes to be better Actual Blind Rep for Toph based on blind reader feedback #and I'm debating how hard it would be to ignore/re-write the canon issues of Water Tribe sexism (for the Southern Tribe at the least) #because that is a common complaint I see from the people who's RL cultures the Water Tribes was based on #probably I can do more interesting things with that going forward #in other words justice for Hama and Hahn #at least the show itself made Hama excellently complex #anyways back to doing actual writing #please no follow up questions #though I will say anyone who wants to update their own fics to use Wanyi (or any other name): go for it! #all you need to do is plop your chapters in a word editor and find/replace the ship name! it took about 40 minutes to do literally #all of my fics and I had some other editing to do besides! it'll be even quicker for you! #let's sink the Wani #avatar the last airbender #atla #Zuko

[mustasekittens]

power puff girls

#parksbornson #ot3 #can someone smarter than me make a better name for them PLEASE im begging ill do anything #mustasekittens #parksborn #petermj #harrymj #insomniac spiderman #insomniac peter parker #insomniac harry osborn #insomniac mj watson #spiderman #earth 1048 #sketch #high school blorbos #im kinda just makin shit up for mj #whatever whatever she had frizzy hair and braces its canon now #guys i love them so bad

[nerissalmao]

two sides of the same coin

She’s afraid of being considered a monster, and acts chaotic and spunky but is actually extremely vulnerable.

When her fear takes over, she wants to destroy the monster.

She’s afraid of ever encountering a monster, and acts stoic and calm but is actually extremely vulnerable and unstable.

When her fear takes over, she wants to destroy the monster.

They’re actually more similar than we give them credit for.

#the director #nimona #just something to think about #anybody else notice this? #am I thinking too deep into this? probably #Nobody talks about how nimona is also incredibly fearful of herself #or how the director is very mentally vulnerable through her instability #nimona film #duality #remind yourself that in my mind the director’s name is still lilith #Petition for her canonical name to be Lilith Morgania Steadfast please? It suits her #all the hashtags. ever.

[ryssbelle]

Poppy for N2 au, it took me so long to make her design cuz I didn't really know what I wanted to do only because I feel like her design is pretty perfect.

But then I just thought about fun outfits to give her or outfits that I would find comfortable if I was wearing them and it all came together.

Poppy here is pretty much the same as here movie counterpart, as nothing really changes on her end of things other than having more insight on Branch through his brothers, and through Lief. Shes also a bit more understanding a bit earlier on because of it but it doesnt do much to change her own character arc I would say.

Bonus

Part of Poppys design was based off a design I had made for previous rulers of Troll Village/Tree

Namely Queen Protea who I designed as Poppys grandmother

Named after the Protea flower which part of her design is based off :D

In the context of this Au Protea was the one who conceptualized the tunnels while her son, King Peppy, was the one to follow through after her death

#my art #dreamworks trolls #trolls #trolls 3 #trolls au #trolls band together #trolls branch #trolls poppy #trolls oc #trolls oc lief #trolls oc protea #its really hard to mess with poppy at least in the context of this au cuz like i said nothing really changes on her end #whats changed in this au was just stuff on Branchs side of things #Poppy can witness these things but she herself isnt really changed by them #she of course would have more insight on Branchs life through his brothers and the addition of Lief as a character #but idk if that would fully change her approach with him other than what ive displayed #where shed try to relate to branch rather than trying to force him to relate to her #which would then most likely make her more understanding going forward than she was in canon #im still figuring her out #also since im in the tags and nobody really reads this #i feel brave enough to say #that secretly #ive been kind of sort of #posting a fanfic of this au under the name not the only one #on ao3 #and thats where Protea comes from #its not well written in the slightest #but its just for fun and practice so in my mind it doesnt really have to be entirely #but i am having fun with it #so if you see this and check it out please be so very nice to me please

[cobaltfluff]

so i started playing persona 4

where are the QoL features

#persona series #art tag #ACK I FORGOR TO COLOUR THE BITS BEHIND HAIR nvm #i have no idea how to tag this!! #i fear what original p3 might have been like #i feel like a fake gamer man #like how did you guys do that #i feel like i would have given up if it was the first one i played #i am too stupid!! #im glad i have played through 5 and 3re #i am somewhat used to the flow of the game and the ability names #otherwise i would be STRUGGLING for my LIFE i tell you #like to be fair i dont think it's a huge world #BUT LIKE PLEASE IM LOST IN MY OWN HOUSE #also these protags are basically my OCs at this point #i borrow their canon personalities #and reshape them into something i like more hehehehe #edit: im crying im getting lowkey flamed on tweeter dot com #i just meant it as in joker spent a lot of time in tokyo!! one year changes a man!! #I KNOW inaba is small!! but QoL additions are always good!! #i get the appeal!! that you use your brain!! #you spend enough time to know the place!! but it's called QoL features not NECESSARY features!! #im cryin the boys ate just bantering #you can even read it as yu being like LOL you're a city boy now huh?? hahaha #now i really am fighting for my life and mental

[espighty]

Something something my au version of post-purgatory Kal is permanently sick and unable to work, but he feels like he needs to be useful in some way or else the lamb will get rid of him. Struggles to make it to a sermon. Gets noticed, reassured, and praised all at once. Love wins.

Happy one-day-after-valentines-day.

#struggled so hard to get this done #this squid is pouring his fears out into the open and all the lamb hears is bwawawb bwa bwub bwuwa wuwb bwu #yes I KNOW canon is mean and nasty please leave me alone to my delusions PLEASE #in my mind they can be nice to each other #cotl #cult of the lamb #cotl kallamar #kallamb #cotl lamb #ivy’s scribblings #tag edit 5/9/24 I SPELLED HIS FUCKING NAME WRONG AND ILL NEVER RECOVER WHAT THE FUCKKKK HOW DID I NEVER NOTICE

[antlersign]

HOO i am so sorry, a couple busy days kept me from swingin by this account. have some dr elf as apology

#pregnancy / #pregnancy kink #tmpreg #he/him pronouns please! his name is margaux and this is not necessarily canon. but it brings me joy regardless 8} #drawtag

[crispycreambacon]

I can't believe a puppet got me to watch an ad read. What the hell.

#i think this is canon btw #i saw this in a prophetic vision right after i watched the latest watcher weekly #GAH last post of the new year!! may 2024 be awesome and splendid and cool y'know #puppet history #the professor #the professor puppet history #watcher #watcher weekly #watcher entertainment #watcher fanart #we are watcher #BY THE WAY IF SOMEONE KNOWS THE MAKEUP ARTIST'S NAME PLEASE TELL #art #artists on tumblr #fanart #comic #digital art #chris p fried art #EDIT: HER NAME IS MEREDITH EVERYONE GAODHWODHDWOWN

[fist-of-vengeance]

john locke is such an absolute nutjob and im obsessed with him. imagine having the world's most horrendous daddy issues and chosing to cope with this by forcibly adopting everyone you meet. even if they already have a father. john saw micheal's dysfunctional relationship with walt and went "okay, my son now." charlie's struggling with addiction? adoption time. oh claire's mad at him? i am her dad now and also im raising aaron. boone? my son. this random hitchhiker? my son. dude is collecting surrogate children like pokemon, and he's not even a good father figure. he frequently causes problems for the people in question. BUT BY GOD HE DOES NOT LET THAT STOP HIM

that cop eddie knew all he needed to do was get in john's car and trauma dump about his shitty father and john would immediately go "okay yeah you're my son now."

ben probably could've manipulated him twice as effectively if he used this strategy, but instead he was too busy projecting his own daddy issues by trying to make john kill his abusive dad like he did. meanwhile john is reliving the cycle getting conned by ben over and over again just like he trusted his father. they're competing in the daddy issues olympics and no one is winning

#obviously this is an exaggeration i know he did try to help micheal and walt bond #but still #what a fucking goofball #i love this guy #he skips all the steps of trauma recovery and then is shocked when people think he's unhealthy #JOHN THE ISLAND ISN'T GONNA CURE YOUR DEPRESSION #dude was canonically skipping therapy appointments SOMEONE PLEASE MAKE HIM COPE NORMALLY #just kidding hes more entertaining derranged #@symbiotic slime apologies for making you read cop and your pookie's name in the same sentence #lost 2004 #lost abc #lost tv show #john locke #ben linus #walt lloyd #lost

[nabwastaken]

the best starkid couple

#starkid #hatchetverse #team starkid #hatchetfield universe #dan reynolds #donna daggit #nerdy prudes must die #the guy who didn't like musicals #black friday musical #no elaboration #They're not even canon #But they are in my heart #My sad little heart #dan and donna my beloveds #Where tf did this screenshot come and why is it adorable #I'm determined to spread this all around the Hatchetfield tumblr community #Oh and for those of you wondering who I actually think is the best it's either Paulkins or Bauer when wet #Please give us more content on them nick and matt #Their ship name is literally Dangit #Like cmon

[pencilhattopy]

tHE GIRLS and a dIMPLE FROM REIGEN SPIN OFF MANGA!!!! also uhm. do not look at read mor

#zhiart #mp100 #reigen spinoff #kurata tome #dimple #reigen arataka #serizawa katsuya #serirei #misa mp100 #keiko mp100 #maki mp100 #theres no name for the long hair tall girl one.... i looked up the manga and wiki everywhere but theres none to it :( #if anyone found her canon name please let me know!!!

[seawing-vibes]

Some sillay doodles!! Qinterwatcher + trans jade-winglet doodles <3 I tend to do these silly (very off model & probably real out of character) jade winglet doodles as warm ups & cool downs after bigger drawings !! They’re fun to do

#(also when I say off-model i mean of my personal designs for them . canon designs mean nothing to me lmao) #it’s taken me weeks to build the confidence (?) to post these i do not know why #i did most of these during artfight 👍 theres a lot more but its mainly just little doodles of them standin around #either way I headcanon the entire jade winglet as trans in some way <3 you can put your own headcanons onto that as you please but my #personal headcanons are - #winter (trans man) Turtle (transfem) Moon (transmasc / nonbinary) Kinkajou (genderfluid is the best descriptor maybe) Qibli (nonbinary) #Peril (nonbinary) !! that first ‘’’’comic’’’’ w/ winter is him just tellin everyone because he transitioned before they met & he was comfy #enough with them all to let them know thar part of his identity :0) !!!!!! or at least thats how I interpret it #doodle #winter #qibli #moonwatcher #qinterwatcher #<- is that they’re ship name ?? Im not really sure #turtle #kinkajou #peril #hopefully ill post the other doodles maybe !!!! dunno why im so scared to post art online rn pghj so many artfight attacks …. never posted.. #TideArt

[starrysharks]

"everything's connected, you know! all those unsolved deaths in this town - it was ghosts, i'm sure of it!"

onion, the tritagonist of reassassination. a nerdy and somewhat naiive teen with a deep obsession for everything paranormal, they run the blog 'surREAL investigations' to tell the world - or their 6 followers, at least - the truth about the supernatural.

#zeno's art #ocs #reassassination #ONION *canned applause* #theyre my fav child i fear. cute little investigator who doesnt realise a good chunk of these unsolved deaths are octavia's doing #theyre probably one of the easiest characters to draw thanks to their round shapes #fun fact - onion was a placeholder name that stuck. but who names their kid onion... so its a nickname! real name is emery #also please let me know if i used the correct symbol for intersex! they are canon intersex and i used the symbol that google brought up #emery onion reliquary #I FORGOT TO FUCKING TAG THEIR NAME 😭

[rhymesswith]

20 year old Rin ilysm

(The demon/human cultural dissonance of Rin wanting to learn self defence so that she "doesn't have to rely of Lord Sesshomaru". To demons, the stronger ones in the clan protect the weaker ones and that's how it's supposed to be. The idea of Rin not wanting to be a burden doesn't quite compute to poor Sesshomaru. He's like tf? does she not think me capable any more ?? What have I done to lose her faith ??? )

#usual preface i have never watched/read yashahime #i'm simply obsessed with the post canon adult rin that lives in my head #inuyasha #rin #sesshomaru #jaken #sango #kagome #my arts #rhymeswithinuyasha #i feel like a classic older-rin trope is having her train to fight with sango #i'm feeling sess commissions her a pair of tanto knives made from his claws #please forgive me if i've botched the names but i like 'full moon' and 'new moon' #'Mangetsu' and 'Shingetsu' #both have poison blades #one is lethal the other is temporarily paralyzing

[starfruitsomething]

s2 Charles x Edwin

Okay so as we all know romance is definitely a large part of Dead Boy Detectives s1. There is Edwin and Monty, Edwin and the Cat King, Charles and Edwin, Charles and Christal, Jenny and her murder date, and lets not forget that Edwin literally died partially because someone had a crush on him-

My point being that when we get a season 2 (It will happen guys Im manifesting it) Romance is bound to be a large part of the plot just like it was in s1. And you're not about to tell me that Crystal and Charles are going to have a smooth perfect relationship- this show is all about romance, drama, mysteries and out of this world monsters. You can't seriously think that throughout an entire season Charles and Crystal are just going to stay happily together with no issues or drama.

Also there is Edwins confession in hell, Charles's response was left really open ending saying "we've got literally forever to figure out what the rest means" which defiantly makes me think next season they are going to be "figuring out what the rest means".

Charles loves Edwin in every way possible except romantic at the moment. More likely than not he just never considered them being more than friends and that's why his response wasn't that straightforward. (straight forward hehe..)

I think part of the reason that Charles and Edwin didn't get together in this season was so that the creators could drag it out for another (possibly even more) seasons. Because now a fandom is forming, a community is gathering, and once they finally kiss we will all be right back here screaming and crying tears of joy.

#I dont normally make posts like this but I have a lot to say abt dbd lol #These are just my own silly ideas please share ideas that you have abt them! #if we this show gets canceled I will cry for at least a week 🥰 #dead boy detectives season 2 #dead boy detectives #dead boy detective agency #charles x edwin #edwin payne #edwin paine #actually tho how do you spell his last name? #edwin x charles #chedwin #charles rowland #starfruit has a thought #also would just like for it to be known that I love Crystal sm- I just need my gay ghost boys to become canon <3 #RenewDeadBoyDetectives #dbda #dbdshow