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carnivalcarriondiscarded · 7 months

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Since the Neighborhood are adventurers, I'd like to imagine they travel by sea a fair amount of times too! A nice boat trip while occasionally breaking out into a sea shanty, eh? (And for gits and shiggles, to keep up with the whole.. Eddie in water joke, I imagine the poor guy is clumsy enough to go overboard. He may not be unconscious during it, but it wouldn't make it any less funny with the group desperately trying to pull him back aboard-)

OH OH OH allow to ramble at length about this!!! what an idea!!! i fucking love boats & the ocean & being on the water so this ask is checking all my boxes rn

first i imagine that the length of their trips varies wildly, along with the quality due to the glorious variation in weather & bodies of water. and i'm choosing to believe this universe uses tall ships instead of like... fantasy steam ships. because i fucking love tall ships. the sails, the rigging, the elegance... an absolute bitch to maintain and maneuver <3

i imagine that depending on the ship, captain, and size of the crew, the Neighborhood may be required to help out to earn their keep. especially since they're a crew of nine eight, and some ships are woefully understaffed!

I'd imagine that Poppy sometimes takes the cook's job if the crew is currently lacking one (or if the cook wants a fucking break, jeebus it's a demanding job. there's a reason ship cooks in moves/tv are always stern & serious). Barnaby can probably charm his way into doing nothing but provide music/entertainment (much to Sally's aggravation). everyone else are plain deckhands

of course i imagine that that doesn't always happen! plenty of ships are probably content to just take their coin and tranport them. some of them (Eddie, Poppy) may still wheedle their way into helping out though. they strike me as characters that can't Not help

who i imagine loves their little water journeys: Barnaby, Wally, Sally, Wormie

neutral: Frank, Julie

hates it: Poppy, Howdy, Eddie

allow me to provide reasoning!!

Barnaby's impeccable balance probably means that he's stable as a rock even in choppy waters, and i'm reasoning that he doesn't get seasick either. his vestibular system is as solid as his sea legs! he probably finds the whole experience relaxing as anything. He gets to just recline on the bowsprit's base or wherever he isn't in the way & smoke/play his accordion/nap.

Wally just has such a love of life and new things, so why wouldn't he love being on the water? it's different! it's new every time! there are ample things to learn about and do! Home probably keeps his systems stable so that he doesn't have to deal with seasickness. though it probably takes him a little bit to find his sea legs... catch him stumbling around like a lil newborn lamb. sometimes he is facedown on the deck <3 i imagine he'd enjoy going aloft!

Sally would probably love the inherent romanticism and adventure of it all. Who knows what dangers and glory they may face! I bet she writes up a storm during this time - plenty of story material! food for the imagination! what does Anne say... Scope for the imagination, i believe! i bet she also loves having a captive audience. Literally. they're stuck on this ship with her <3

so many lines for Wormie to climb... so many little places to crawl into... new people to trick into giving her treats... down time where the Neighborhood is relaxing in one place. abundant time for affection!

Frank probably doesn't have strong feelings about it. It's a boring ship with no bugs or things to do. Except when he manages to rope crew members into having a lil impromptu fight club. Or when the Neighborhood is put to work - i wonder if he'd find the maintenance soothing or pleasant... or if he'd relish in the hard work of pulling lines

Julie is likely in a similar boat (ha) as Frank. once the initial "wow! whoah!" wears off, it can get boring! and games are limited - there's only so much you can do on a ship (depending on the size of the ship of course), and there might be strict rules to keep passengers out of the crew's way and to lower risk. She probably entertains herself by "bothering" her friends and the crew & cloudgazing.

Poppy... do i need to explain? wooden ship on the ocean, which i understand can be terrifying. who knows what lurks below the waters? if the weather will change on a dime? if one of the flammable things on board catches fire? if the ship hits something? etc. I imagine it's impossible to get her to go above decks. They have to literally push her statue-frozen body onto the ship when they first board

Howdy! honestly i just think it'd be really fucking funny if he gets Violently seasick! like, curled into a ball in his bunk & involuntarily making agonized noises. he sounds like a ghost w/ all the pained moaning. his sea legs suck unless he stances all four at the right distance to anchor himself in place. he's a weak, sickly, fragile little thing, take mercy on him... he doesn't even have the strength left to swindle or sell...

Eddie. now we get to the point of anon's ask - his sea legs would be nonexistent. he's staggering and stumbling all over the place. the ship just barely tilts and he's smacking into a mast or careening across the deck. and of course, hitting the guardrails at precisely the right speed/angle to allow him to tumble overboard. i bet this happens enough that every time the Neighborhood is so much as on a dock, there is at least one person either holding his arm or acting as a barrier between him and the water. as soon as they get on any ship, he's immediately sent below decks. any attempt he makes to come up is instantly blocked.

there's a lot of both comedic and angst potential there. small ship, calm waters? comedic. some neighbors are playing cards, there's on off-screen splash & Frank immediately sighs and gets up all "god damn it, Eddie-". lmao im imagining him floating there and rapid-fire blabbering in fear 'cause there's a shark (it's not a shark. it's a dolphin. everyone on board is so unimpressed.) he's sobbing in fear as they pull him in <3

but angst? imagine there's a storm. imagine it's an all-hands-on-deck situation, every available hand is needed, and Eddie is strong as fuck - he'd be a monster at pulling lines. probably wouldn't even need to sweat them. but a violently rocking ship, slick decks, maybe even waves splashing over the deck... oof i can so easily imagine Eddie slipping & sliding right over the side. maybe while the others watch. maybe they try to grab him, but they're too late. and in such a horrible storm, there's not much they can do - it's dark, the water is incredibly turbulent, the ship can't turn around easily, there's torrential rain. a high stress situation! i'm imagining Frank grabbing a lifebuoy, firmly fastening it to a pin, and then throwing himself overboard after Eddie. something to think about! (i'm imagining that after the storm clears up enough, everyone rushes to the side to check. Eddie & Frank are trailing after the boat, lashed to the buoy and exhausted. maybe a little banged up, but overall fine!)

and then yeah.... oh the shanties Barnaby could lead... the whole ship sings! and then them all in their bunks (or in their hammocks!) in the [insert term for living quarters here, it can vary] when its sleepytime. y'all would not believe the shenanigans that can occur in the fo'c'sle (or the main hold, basically wherever the ship's sleeping quarters are), especially before actual sleep occurs. peak silly time.

there's a lot of potential here, thank you anon!

like now i'm thinking - what about sea monsters? or jobs that Require them to go on the water, as in the job takes place on a ship? ocean battles! ocean searches!

#since eddie is pretty much banished to the holds no matter what #i imagine he & poppy are the main neighbors looking after howdy in his frail sickly state #im imagining eddie sitting on the bunk with howdy in his lap #howdy feels someone petting his hair and blearily cracks his eyes open to be all '...barn...?'#barnaby: *is actually eddie*#howdy: *groans & squeezes his eyes shut* oh god not You...#eddie: *mildly offended* hey now...#im also having a lot of fun imagining frank & eddie after they get reeled in after the storm debacle #they'd just flop onto the deck. exhausted. waterlogged. still holding hands though #they'd probably end up with colds... snifflin and sippin tea while cuddled up in a bunk under the same blanket...#everyone hovering nervously because for quite a while there they actually thought they Lost them both for good....#SO MUCH POTENTIAL #i imagine that howdy actively avoids jobs where he knows they'll have to take a boat #oh his dismay and horror on the times he comes along and they have to unexpectedly go on the water....#even if its just a short trip across a river you know howdy is bent over the stern & feeding the fishes #LMAO WAIT #im imagining wally going over too but in a really funny way. he's standing normally but when the ship tilts too hard #he just slides across the deck and right off the ship. not even blinking or moving. he just goes 'oh! im sliding now'#and everyone turns just in time to watch him vanish over the side w/ perfectly posture #i think this is a situation where barnaby would toss his hat to the side and jump right in after him lmao #but in a funny way! the waters are Calm! the ship is Slow! he climbs right back on with wally (perfectly fine) slung over his shoulder #home lectures wally the best they can w/ the language barrier <3 and barn resolves to teach wally how to swim #because apparently that's not in his skillset! he just falls in the water and Sinks! well. he floats for a minute until he inevitably sinks #& he does not react to it at all. he's exact opposite of eddie on the 'how they handle being in water' scale #eddie: lowkey panics. swims for safety #wally: lets it happen <3

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rahabs · 4 months

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The Tudors ran so Wulf Hall could shuffle awkwardly around reiterating the same tired old Tudor stereotypes while claiming to be something new.

#It's so funny but as a historian I will genuinely defend 'The Tudors' to the death even with all its problems #Because it did was so few other Tudor shows/movies/media have ever done #And that is: it focused on things BEYOND just Henry and his wives.#Yes Henry was the focal point which makes SENSE but that's just it:#HENRY was the focal point. Most other Tudor media pieces have one of the wives (usually Catherine/Anne) as the focus and doesn't delve muc #Into the history or what was happening in England beyond the King's Great Matter.#The Tudors went ALL out. Yes they didn't get everything right but the fact that they tried and spotlighted so many other #Historical characters and events? The Pilgrimage of Grace? Actually LOOKING at the religious issues even if they weren't always accurate?#(Like with Aske for example. BUT AT LEAST THEY INCLUDED ROBERT ASKE like good lord it's like other Tudor media forgets everything else)#Focusing on Cromwell but also the Seymour brothers? The politics behind Henry? Even Brandon as annoying as his storylines could get.#Even smaller characters like Tallis and Gardiner and other Reformation and Counter-Reformation figures.#The fact that they featured the Reformation and Counter-Reformation AT ALL let alone tried to dive into the complexities of England's #religious crises. The burning of Anne Askew even? People having to navigate England's increasingly unstable religious situations?#The series hit its peak after the CoA/Anne stuff was over imho. Yes Cranmer and Norfolk annoyingly vanished despite being major figures in #the R/CR and they combined Mary and Margaret but god the Tudors did SO MUCH that NO OTHER PIECE OF TUDORS MEDIA has EVER DONE.#It looked BEYOND Henry BEYOND his wives and tried to paint a comprehensive pictur of a deeply troubling and divisive time in English histor #And it did so without demonising one side and it was just so good for so many reasons that I forgive its errors because damn did they TRY.#Tried in a way no one else ever has (no Wulf Hall did not I'm sorry)#(Wulf Hall was just the same old stereotypes rehashed and branded as something 'original' because it was from Cromwell's POV but again.#Same old stereotypes. Nothing actually original about anything else.)#The Tudors is so underrated for what it tried to do and what it achieved and I am reaching the tag limit but UGH god. Amazing.#Not even getting into how wonderful they were with Mary Tudor/Mary I herself and showing figures around her #Because that would be another tag essay considering the subject of my thesis.#Flawed but wonderful.#text #chey.txt

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fate-defiant · 10 months

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I can't believe they put my boy Mytho "does fucked up shit to himself because his entire identity and self image relies on being loved(in the right way by the right people)" and my girl Rue "does fucked up shit to everyone else because her entire identity and self image relies on being loved(in the right way by the right people)" togehter in the same show and never did anything to meaningfully juxtapose and explore All That

#princess tutu #rue #mytho #this is a gross oversimplification but you get it you understand #unstoppable selfishness vs immovable selflessness vs unstopable selflessness vs immovable selfishness #these two coulda been so insane their dynamic could've blown minds #i can;t tell you exactly how but it would've #what if the show ended not on them leavig entirely intentionally but lik #e #in the commotion of the story ending they just sorta fall bakc into the story and vanish into the real world #and their ending is them realizing they've both ended up in the fairytale.its not delibarate the way it was in the show #and like. rue has nowhere to go and mytho is still kinda lost in the sauce but they're both unsure how to feel and what to do #so they just kinda. pick a direction and hope for the best #this at least is how i'd tweak it to give us space to imagine they'll have the time to work through everything the show ran outta time for #otherwise id fucking. id tweak the actual show dangnabbit #but yeag.#its just like. there;s this preconcieved notion of the person you are meant to be and sometimes that constructed self has all these surviva #all these survival mechanisms that'll cloud your judgement and someitmes actively harm you the living being the real tangible organism #because you are sad ape and big leaf you need love and sunlight #but the self is an aesthetic it can survive on bad decisions #and a cookie cutter self no matter how painful is better than the uncertainty of being potentially literally anything because in the end #you are sad ape and a big leaf and you can just live however as long as theres love and light and fun and sustenance #and you die either way but the self is a character with a neat narrative attached and the ape is real and messy and uncertain #so the self fights for survival and takes over the sad ape #you Get It. You Understand.#fate.txt

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suntails · 1 year

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bad day by alvin and the chipmunks

#hi tumblr sry i consistently vanish for a month after posting art. it WILL happen again #i currently work 60hrs a week again bc im a capitalist who craves security so mu energy and time is an atl YIPPEE #i have some shit wip’d just yknow. blinks cutely. not done <3 alas the woes #also unrelated but iirc i had a notif of havign a q in my inbox and when i went to check like. all my inboxes were empty? incl all sideblog #so if that was ur q and it was very important i am super sorry i missed it!!! :( it was not ignored it was swept away #anyways yea alvin and the chipmunks amiright?#twst #twisted wonderland #malleus draconia #suntails #i wish i had time to draw ship art but between multiple twt shit and life i must unfortunately live without it </3

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artsygreeen · 16 days

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Sj2 au where bugs didn't come back for MONTHS

#I'm just thinking of all the baffy angst possiblities tbh #just daffy initially thinking bugs will come back sooner or later and it's only a matter of a few days #And then days pass on and the paranoia seeds are being sown in his mind #as more and more time goes on its dawning on him that there *is* a possibility bugs might never come back #the first time he's having doubts he mentally (or physically) slaps himself in the face #because there's NO possible WAY that bugs can just vanish like that right??!!#the next time he starts feeling bad because he's looking around and bugs. is. not. anywhere.#he hesitantly will go up to the poster stack pinned to that tree (just because he wanted and absolutely no other reason at ALL)#and he'll start pulling off the posters bc OBVIOUSLY he's just messing around and being lOoneY and it's definitely not a silent plea #for bugs to come back #A month and a half passes and he starts PANICKING #Too much time has passed with not much happening and the Burrow's still empty and the furniture's collecting dust #and there are cobwebs in the corners #and it's all too much because bugs loves cleaning but he's not here and his burrow is clearly as affected as daffy is #because daff's pretty sure cobwebs are forming in his heart too #I could write paragraphs about this it's so interesting #I'm so unwella about them #bugs bunny #bugs x daffy #baffy #daffy duck

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radjerda · 11 months

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Tron's Notes on User Children: Do not expect a child to wait to receive all instructions before acting on them. Any instructions should be delivered clearly and concisely before a child is given any opportunity to act on them. Expect particularly unforeseen results when the User children involved are related to K_Flynn82 or Alan-One. Especially when both are present.

Sometimes Tron gets more than he bargained for when he agreed to a task. Sometimes Flynn gets his questions answered in the riskiest way possible.

A big thank you (and nothing but compliments!) to @graedari for allowing me to use her Tron design in this piece!!

#Tron #Tron Legacy #Tron (character)#Sam Flynn #Jet Bradley #Tron Fights for the User('s children) AU #Given the premise of this AU this was bound to happen at some point #It just so happens that that point was sooner rather than later #Sam just wanted to spend more time with Tron (who may or may not have been his favorite character before meeting him for real)#Jet was just really confident (and a bit over-eager) in the whole following instructions to get them back out of the computer #And Tron underestimated the children (again) by letting Sam talk him into stepping into the portal at all #Not pictured: Alan and Flynn panicking when suddenly the majority of the Grid's security has just up and vanished with no warning #And Tron isn't responding to any location queries #(Don't worry he'll be fine - he's just going on an adventure)#Radj Draws

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descendant-of-truth · 2 years

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Another Sonic characterization thought(TM) that applies mostly to Sonic X but can work with other versions too - I want to see more of his independent attitude being both his greatest virtue and a notable flaw depending on the circumstance

A virtue in the sense that he's very true to himself - he doesn't care if people think badly of him as long as he's doing what he feels is right, and he has a way of inspiring that same self-confidence in others.

But a flaw in the sense that it can lead him to struggle with socializing. I think Sonic is so self-sufficient and values his own personal time so much that he's not always the most communicative, and tends to vanish on people without warning.

It gets to the point where Chris wonders if Sonic even likes hanging out with them (although this is still pretty early in the series)

The others assure him that this isn't the case, and I'm inclined to agree. But I also feel like Sonic might not quite realize that people want him around that frequently?

Not in a self-deprecating way, just in the sense that he assumes everyone else is as self-sufficient as he is. Sonic doesn't need to spend a lot of consistent time around his friends to know they care about him, so it just. doesn't occur to him that people are going to miss him that much, or that they'll interpret the lack of time he spends with them as him not liking them.

He's more of an "acts of service" guy when you get down to it, which isn't necessarily related to the independence thing but I thought it was worth noting. Like gee, no wonder he struggles around Amy sometimes, they show affection in completely different ways

I just think that's a really interesting angle for his character; the idea that he's this cool independent hero who lives by his own rules, but also doesn't know how to balance that with spending adequate time with his friends.

This also makes Knuckles, Shadow, and weirdly Big into good parallels to Sonic, seeing as they also prefer to be by themselves a lot and don't always make an active effort to hang out with their friends, despite caring for them and protecting them if they're in trouble.

In conclusion, give Sonic weird complex social interactions again I'm thriving on it

(Pictured above: Sonic, seconds away from ditching his friends to go pick flowers somewhere)

#sonic the hedgehog #sonic x #analysis #meta #And then no one explains to him that there's a problem #so he'll just show up with a plucky 'long time no see!' and everyone else is like 'why'd it have to be a long time though'#Again this is more noticeable in Sonic X because everyone's living together #so him vanishing all the time is something we see a lot more of #but I think the basis for these traits is also in the game canon

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ebbpettier · 1 year

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@stitchyqueer i THINK it's "It would help if I could sleep, but I can't, and I don't really have to-- I can just sort of get by, on catnaps and magic."

AND LIKE. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO NOT READ INTO THAT. I'M GONNA READ INTO THAT SO HARD.

@simonsnowichooseyou my thoughts exactly. i'm just stuck thinking about the implications of that. i feel like the sudden loss of it in wayward son DEFINITELY didn't help with the depression, but i'm also imagining him being really, truly fatigued for the first time.

if he's spent years skating by on fumes, with no more magic keeping him wired up, would simon even be able to accurately identify when he needs to sleep? did he get tired in the same way, back when he had magic? can he tell the difference between feeling physically exhausted (like after a long difficult fight) and actually needing to sleep? how unfamiliar was the feeling?

i dunno how well it applies to our boy simon, but if i was him? there would have been at least an 8-hour period where i thought i was dying.

and since the way simon lost his magic was pretty unprecedented*, that might not have been a totally unreasonable assumption. it was probably an option they at least had to consider.

*(we already know magicians losing their magic is 1. possible and 2. something that physically Feels Real Bad, but simon was THE magician, with the most magic. for all they know, that was load-bearing magic and he was hours or days away from collapsing like a puppet with cut strings. t e r r i f y i n g.)

@mostlymaudlin - legitimately, one of my favorite things about simon is that he just does this constantly in his narration

#I DUNNO HOW MUCH SENSE THIS IS GONNA MAKE BUT I THINK ABOUT IT A LOT #i lean hard into the headcanon that simon is always hungry/malnourished because his magic's basically trying to use him up as fuel #his magic is the snack that bites back!#going off punches a hole in the magickal atmosphere but the daily background hum of it is just slowly draining him #someone please give that boy a lot of snacks #simon not knowing what needin sleep feels like :handshake: me experiencing a normal human heartrate for the first time in ages as a teen #i can't imagine a period of uncertainty about whether or not you're gonna drop dead would like #HELP with the whole 'all the good things i currently have are definitely real and permanent and not about to vanish' thing #and so much of WS and AWTWB felt like simon refusing to believe that good things can happen to him

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