#some kind of human interaction

[radialarch]

have you considered that vampire (human) is actually much lighter even than a human child, accounting for how in some mythologies vampires are able to levitate or move with superhuman speed?

excellent, excellent. if we do not want to commit to the destructive power of fifty thousand nukes we should examine other possibilities.

the density of a human person is apparently very near water (1000 kg/m^3), so a human weighing 60kg has a volume of 0.060 m^3. what if the vampire (human) weighs the same as the vampire (bat)? that would give vampire (human) a density of 0.0024 kg/m^3.

things that are denser than our extremely light vampire:

air at stp (~1.2 kg/m^3)

air at the top of mount everest (~0.55 kg/m^3)

helium at stp (~0.17 kg/m^3)

hydrogen, the lightest gas, at stp (~0.089 kg/m^3)

air on mars, mostly carbon dioxide (~0.015 kg/m^3)

six times less dense than the atmosphere on mars! no wonder they don't show up in the mirror

#the second simple trick to escaping a vampire is just running straight through them like they are a fog #some kind of human interaction

[commsroom]

i don't think early-series hera gets enough credit for how funny she is. "scans do indicate a percentage drop in the tank's capacity that is commensurate with the amount officer eiffel could stuff into a crewmember duffel bag"? she saw him do it. she probably talked to him while he did it. it's the tonal dissonance between highly technical phrasing and a very blunt observation. like when eiffel asks her for her top five 'stick it to the man' songs and she asks him things like 'top five lanthanides?' until he says "you're just yanking my chain, aren't you?" and she responds by quoting anarchy in the uk at him. sure, sometimes there are things she genuinely doesn't get and/or would express differently, but the way she frames it is playing with the false expectations people have of her. she knows exactly what she's doing.

#wolf 359 #w359 #hera wolf 359 #things like 'upping sarcasm to 74 percent' ... she's doing that on purpose #i'm trying to think of the right way to express this but like. hm. #hera is allowed to make jokes based on her being an AI and the perception people have of her because of that #but other people making comments or jokes about it clearly bothers her so it does. almost come across as a defense mechanism too #in the same way eiffel presents himself as an idiot to lessen the sting of failure #hera will sometimes play up perceived differences or assumptions because when she's sincere and people treat her as if she can't relate #that's worse. #and i think there is some kind of. way that aligns with autistic experiences like both that #the way you express yourself will be perceived as Different even if you are trying to relate to Normal Human Experiences #but also that people will make assumptions about the things they think you won't get or relate to without even asking #and there's. i don't know. there's something i see there #in the way hera navigates that and how intentional her framing is and how much of it. lessens over time #because the way other people see her and interact with her changes #more than anything about how she thinks or what she values. that's always been pretty constant. #i always kind of end up back on a version of this topic. and this was meant to be a lighthearted post. but you know... wolf 359...

[uncanny-tranny]

I think when people talk about things like desirability, they can miss the deeper point of why it can be important to analyze why people are seen as undesirable. It isn't just that a type of person is just... not hot... but often, it's the dehumanization of a person based on marginalized features.

For instance, I had a conversation with somebody about disability portrayal in media, and we had agreed that, historically, disability had been portrayed as a horrific ordeal. However, I think they missed the point as to why the "undesirable disabled" character was so appealing to a broader audience. The idea that disability is other, inhuman, and something that depersonalizes somebody from society is partly why those ideas were and are prevalent in mainstream media and culture. It is the idea that "nobody likes you. Nobody needs you. Nobody wants you" because of the person's marginalized body or experience or whatever it may be.

It isn't some superficial "oh why aren't I seen as pretty by everybody?" It is the knowledge that you are portrayed as undesirable in this way because it is a way to separate you from everybody else. It isn't about beauty, nor is it a selfish desire to be wanted by somebody. It is the desire to be seen as a person - an equal, regardless of who desires you or who does not.

#beauty culture #desirability politics #ableism #ableism tw #i brought up media but it doesn't solely apply to that and the same with disability #i just thought the conversation perfectly encapsulated my frustration with how people interact with desirability #because some people go at it with the assumption that it is shallow and vapid and vain to want to have people change their perspective... #...about how they view a marginalized status #like when trans people have criticism of desirability favouring cisnormativity fot instance - people assume it is vapid and vain... #..but it is us asking to be seen as PEOPLE even *if* we aren't fucking ~desirable~ by everybody. your desires shouldn't impact us like that #our lives shouldn't hinge on us fighting to be seen as human beings - we shouldn't need to fight tooth and fucking nail for it #i've been thinking about that conversation for a while now and it's kind of nice to somewhat flesh out my problems with it all #i have no ill-will to the person i was talking to and about. we just went at the premise in different ways and i have different ideas #i don't think the person is Bad and Horrible. i think that they AND i are impacted by this and we have different experiences

[betweenblackberrybranches]

I think it is time for me to tell you all that i love you again

Doesnt matter if your a moot or someone who shows up in my notes regularly or just now and then, i see you and i love you and i hope you are doing good! I am having so sappy feelings for every one of you!!!

#i ramble #guys you dont understand its about the human connection #i am so happy that people look at what i draw and say and at my silly stories and even if its just a little bit like it #i feel like i am some kind of small creture who made some stone stacks in the woods and now and then people come by and look at them #or even interact and i am watching from behind a tree trunk and just lose my mind every time #thats the vibe

[sleeve-sleeve]

ok first murder drones now spooky month depression

#did indie animation wake up and choose angst #not complaining it’s yummy but #I wasn’t expecting angst fromSPOOKY MONTH????? #and the priest character is actually really cool like a lot of media portrays priests as villains and im glad they didn’t do that here #these past few days in indie animation have been actually insane #yesterday was the lackadaisy anniversary and the release of murder drones 7 which was a ROLLERCOASTER #and then the day after that spooky month releases with DEPRESSION #indie animation is so good it’s not even funny #I hope more people become aware of indie shows so they become the new standard #like I dont want all of these plain movies/series we have been seeing from these major productions (with some exceptions ofc) #and with indie animation rising I hope it dis encourages AI use in creative media #because AI can’t make something with such a detailed and in depth plot as humans can #I mean it could eventually(?) but if you have ever interacted with AI you may notice many flaws #this has turned into an essay it’s not even tags anymore but im just psyched for indie animation #murder drones #spooky month #lackadaisy #indie animation #kind of a rant

[hooligans-holiday]

Depressed Patient and Creepy Doctor Meet Again (part 1)

(Yu Yu Hakusho ep. 99)

#yu yu hakusho #hiei #shigure #mukuro #my gifs #this is a monster post but I wanted the episode to be all together #I have this fascination for Hiei and Shigure's relationship #that unspoken mutual respect #that dysfunctional father/son dynamic where Shigure was the first demon who was not scared of Hiei and who showed him some kindness #IMO both are absolutely TERRIFIED of “human” interactions #Shigure has this weird god complex where he lives alone but wants to control other demons' lives #and yet he decided to take care of Hiei. And he had nothing to gain from it apart from the pride of saying “look how strong he is” #(Hiei had already paid for the operation when he accepted not to tell Yukina the truth so the rest was free from what we know) #and anyway if that's not unconscious father-like behavior on Shigure's part I don't know what is then #on the other hand I'm ready to bet Hiei was starved for affection and when Shigure offered him some he immediately jumped on it #look I have FEELINGS for this okay?

[countess-of-edessa]

the world is so fucked up and i can't help but think the damage is irreparable when i see people talking about how unusual and prudish it is to wait six to ten dates before having sex with someone. ten dates??? roughly like twenty five hours of interaction????? ten old timer burgers and mango iced teas from chilis equals sex?????? the possibility of pregnancy, STDs, emotional devastation, lifelong consequences, not to mention just straight up the possibility of getting murdered, with a STRANGER you have hung out with for maybe like two months???? and that's a LONG TIME???? and if you feel weird about that and don't want to do that that makes you NOT HETEROSEXUAL????? THATS AN ORIENTATION???? BECAUSE ITS SO OUTSIDE OF THE NORM OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR ????? i hate all of you i hate you i hate you i hate you every day i hate and I hate and I hate you

#i genuinely genuinely don't understand how everybody who tries to date hasn't killed themselves yet #I'm not saying they should I'm just saying I don't get how they're able to continue on #i see women on social media talking about how they had to cry for a day because they slept with a man they'd been seeing for a while and #then he never called again #no joke not trying to be dramatic I would just kill myself??? i do not understand how people can keep going after something like that #i mean I would never be in that situation because everything about it is bad but like. still #I hate to kind of agree with the 'women over 25 are too bitter for love' twitter man even in a very roundabout way #but i think men AND women participating in modern dating culture have to in some way become so hardened and kill some part of themself #just to survive??? that sounds so melodramatic but like. I can't understand how else people could continue to function as human beings #when they interact with each other in the way modern dating culture dictates

[wordstome]

peace and love in the cod fandom if we learned to stop getting personally attached/invested in the voice actors and intrinsically associating them with characters we love

#cod #call of duty #cod mw2 #mw2 #mw3 #cod mw3 #this is NOT about finding the actors hot or supporting their other work #and also not about them directly interacting with the cod fandom because that's very lovely #that's all fine #but some of you guys need to fucking CHILL #stop saying weird shit to warren kole and barry sloane! #and also simultaneously stop letting va's shitty behaviors/opinions ruin your enjoyment of a character #literallly I saw jim boeven's shenanigans and went well. enough of this guy! #and kept on making konig content #'he kind of ruined the character for me' CAN'T RELATE #nick martineau has NOT disappointed me by posting zionist content because I don't know him <3 #im just disappointed in him as a fellow human being lmfao #necessary reminder to stop stealing peoples' voices to use with ai btw #no matter how rancid their vibes are #bucca speaks

[tvuniverse]

Listen i just want to preface this by saying I don't even personally hate Tommy, but that's not really the point i want to make so here goes nothing.

The way a lot of people act as if it's impossible to dislike him because the characters have moved on so so should we, right? and that's the thing right here, as poc we're always being told to move on. We can't express our feelings, we can't hold grudges, we can't complain about issues without making it something more than it is, we always have to just... move on.

I know people are going to say it's just a show, it's not that serious, but the issues it touches on and the way fandom speaks on those issues are.

I've seen a lot of comparisons between Tommy and other mains, how each of them are flawed and have screwed up one way or another, and you're right, but it's still unfair to compare him to them. We've seen each of the main characters experience guilt, or be ashamed of their action, we've seen them apologise, put in the work to actually grow, and they have. There's not enough time in an episode for us to see that for side characters. In this case, Tommy didn't do any of the above and that's normal, he was a plot device to show some very real societal issues, and especially what people of colour/women might go through in the workplace, and once he served his purpose he didn't get much more beyond a few scenes where it seemed like everything was fine between him and chim/hen. It would be more appropriate to compare him to the buckley parents, (who appeared in more or less the same amount of episodes) like if people suddendly started saying no one is allowed to hate them because they got their redemption, their kids more or less forgave them, they more or less tried to be better parents. And yet it's still not enough for a lot of people, because how they treated their children, the shit they've said to them, hits a little too close to home for a lot of people and so no matter what the show says or does, they'll still be mostly hated by the audience, and that's more than okay. But if margaret buckley is your favourite character than by all means be my guest. And listen, i love this show, it's all about hope, and it means everyone gets a redemption arc, as short as it is (sometimes even just a sentence lol), but we won't always be satisfied with these arcs, especially if they don't feel proportional to the hurt the characters may have caused to our mains, so we'll all have different reactions to them.

I swear liking a morally ambiguous/grey character says absolutely nothing about you, but making excuses for them, antagonising people who might dislike them (for good reasons) or acting like suddenly triggers don't exist for people, does say something about you. One of my favourite characters is literally the worst person ever, an actual bigot, but i won't ever write essays about why people are not allowed to dislike him actually because he's my babygirl.. i very much understand why people would.

All of this to say, everyone will have different opinions about Tommy. Some might love him, some will be completely neutral or at worst slightly uncomfortable/bothered by him, and some will straight up hate him, and all of these are fine. Live and let live, love whoever you want to love, and hate whoever you want to hate, but please stop trying to dictate how others should feel, i'm begging. And this really does go both ways.

#i never ever get involved in fandom discourse. ever #my blog is my safe space and so i just want to reblog some silly gifs of my silly little characters and move on about my day #but nothing gets to me more than being told to 'move on' #anyway i know the casual (and not so casual) racism is rampant in this fandom but boy has this week been hell #but just another week in this fandom i guess #(also i know some people hate him just because of buck/eddie and this is a whole other discourse i won't get into) #anti tommy kinard #not really but just in case #fandom discourse #also i said dehumanisation because that's what he did to chimney #acting like people don't exist until they do something that's beneficial to you and that's when you'll finally treat them as human beings #that shit hurts like crazy but it doesn't get talked about enough tbh #and that's also kind of why i think it's hard to know if he's really Grown or if it's just a case of 'these people are the exception' #and we can't really know until we actually see him interact with other minorities #but that's just my opinion #also i know we're all tired of this discourse and i'm sorry to bring it back but every day i've opened this app and saw something about it #and closed it right up lmao #i just needed to get this off my chest once and for all #i'll go back to never getting involved in fandom discourse again #anyhoo #i'll probably delete this at some point knowing myself

[princesssarcastia]

.

#sometimes i wonder how much of my existence is insulated by like #my detachment from physical reality? #not in a psychosis way! i do not have any form of psychosis #(am i spelling that right?) #but like. there's so much repression going on #also i don't interact with people very much #and im kind of out of touch with how my emotions sit in my body #and i don't come into physical contact with other human beings #more than like. once every two weeks if not once every two months #idk #obviously a lot of this is just self-inflicted bullshit #but still. i wonder #are other people actually Experiencing things #while i am sitting here with earplugs and a blindfold on #in some kind of sensory deprivation tank #....probably if im getting this kind of introspective #i should go to sleep #alrighty its bedtime now

[radialarch]

so I can't actually look at your taskmaster posts straight on bc it's like looking at some sort of like higher being and I'm simply not strong enough. But I still want to ask you about it bc I really like TM!

Do you have a favorite season? A favorite contestant? Do you have thoughts on Liza Tarbuck's final task?

asdfa;j;kl anon i'm so sorry for the unhinged tweets but this is so funny to me. how do you watch the show. liza literally said alex had "a greedy bottom" on air & i HAVE to assume alex enjoyed this because it aired! on the television show which alex executively produces! god fucking bless.

also THE TASK was to "tell the taskmaster you love him in the most meaningful way" and at no point did anyone feel the need to pause & explain why having alex sit on a cake would be meaningful to greg, presumably because every single episode prior to this one had already made it perfectly clear.

there are such delightful moments in basically every series and if i talked about them all we would genuinely be here all day but here's some quick standouts:

series 5

the songs about rosalind were SUCH bangers? mark & nish's in particular was a triumph, loved when they revealed their musical talents. overall greg's dynamic with nish was SO funny. i really enjoy when they have secret contestant-specific tasks & want every single cheeky text revealed. sally is also... so hot, my god. nail that watercooler.

series 7

everyone had such a good dynamic, greg had a fantastic time, rhod tried to strip alex every episode, just chaotic as hell. james absolutely breaking in studio, phil leaning into the dick, everyone was game for anything & it really gelled wonderfully. sidebar the nearly-nude picture of greg is GREAT, i won't let anyone say anything otherwise.

series 15

"this is a show about pedantry" frankie is so correct and his delivery is impeccable, he made me cry-laugh so many times. ivo is a hopeful puppy and i loved it every time anyone suggested he needed a refund from eton. mae is obviously the hottest of them all but kiell subbing in for coc was also a delight. a lovely cast.

series 16

how are the sues so adorable???? i love that they became bffs immediately. also susan is the CUTEST, her outfits were incredible, and rada was obviously worth all thirty grand from the way she mimed every idiom to perfection. julian's dynamic with alex, also unmatched. genuinely the unhinged energy in this one was off the charts.

#some kind of human interaction #i started the back catalog at s4 so going back to see the early dynamics has been SO fascinating #just a dude about to embark on a journey of self-discovery; and also alex #he claims he's only there to be eye-candy and admin in series TWO #like congratulations on training your perfect top #did you have to drag the whole nation along though #a completely normal television show

[deoidesign]

Will we ever see the camp and the campers again? Even if it's just in the background?

I don't think so, at least I have no plans to. The comic is much about exploring the concept of loss and learning to appreciate the time we have with people despite them not being a permanent part of our lives. Friends come and go, we break up with people, and loved ones die. But to fear this so much that we never make a connection with others is no way to live, we have to learn to meter that risk for the rewards of being loved.

Adam has to learn he can love again, and to do so he must fully let go of the man he lost. Adam sees solutions everywhere, but his partner is gone. No amount of research, time travel, magic, or rebirth can bring his partner back.

Steve has to accept that his condition inherently will limit his time with others, and he needs to learn how to not let this stop him from connecting with people regardless. He also needs to learn he is capable of positively influencing others, and that's worth making himself vulnerable for.

Because of what the characters represent, need to confront within themselves, and ultimately need to overcome there's a few things that I don't want to write.

1: Steve will never regain his memories

2: he will never be able to fully control his time travel

3: he will never get to see most of the people he has loved again.

This includes the campers, the pirates, everyone so far besides the vampires we've met. While of course I love these characters all deeply, I think they've fully served their narrative purpose, and offering them a return will undercut my themes.

#when making these characters they do feel like little dolls to bonk around to an extent! #but ultimately within the narrative they represent themes and aspects of humanity i want to explore. #theyre dolls to me outside of the narrative and i explore them getting to all hang out snd eat poptarts or whatever #but when jt comes to the canon my themes are king! #if its not serving the themes then it's gotta go #otherwise i dont see much point to including it #that's just how i write personally. #ill probably do some kind of 'where they are now' epilogue but for the interactions adam and Steve have with everyone #that's pretty much done #anon #asks #writing rambles

[zvaigzdelasas]

"AI can make art without human interaction because at the end of the day, it does exactly what humans do with art - break each new piece of art down to the quantifiable basis vectors that you've implicitly constructed about 'art in general' and then faithfully reproduce a new observation of that 'art in general' by smoothly interpolating between observed instantiations of those basis vectors.

You know, like how humans do"

#the joke is that it can be argued that if you do art like an ai youre not necessarily doing art youre producing commodities #assumption being that 'art' stands in an internal tension with a society whose subjectivity is shaped by the commodity form #which i think is pretty inarguable - the argument is over how that tension can be reconciled #i think a salient difference to point out that distinguishes human from ai is the countability of the set of basis vectors #i wouldnt disagree that humans do 'break down' art in some capacity - otherwise 'style' would be entirely singular #the point is really 'how many numbers are there between 0 & 1?' #'how many subcategories are these qualia broken down into?' #i think creativity & externality depend on uncountably divisible qualia #some kind of infinity needs to sneak in somewhere to point to the outside #all this to say @ anon lol for thinking ai is like an ontological evil #but also lol @ anyone who treats the form of AI as isomorphic to the form of human activity #taylor series can absolutely objectively represent certain analytical functions - as long as the error is monotonically negative #ie so long as each subsequent member of the series 'gets closer' to a natural representation of the analytic function #mandatory disclaimer for new followers: #human use of ai for artistic purposes is art - ai cannot generate art without human interaction at some point in the sequence #ideology of the blackbox is the same as the ideology of plug-and-chug #(i know theyre the same because they transform similar inputs to similar outputs!) #& im on mobile so cant move this tag back up but i dont necessarily agree w the maximalist take of 'commodified art isnt art' #but i also think there is a qualitative difference between commodified art & non commodified art #& the ai form is actually pretty isomorphic to the value form in general imo #it cant replace all human labor but it couldnt replace any concrete human labor ... #...if that concrete form of labor hadnt become reducible to that which can be reached through gradient descent #also if u argue that the black box of 'ai breaking down art to make new art' is isomorphic to 'human breaking down art to make new art' #then an implication of that is that ai ***can make art without human interaction*** #otherwise if the blackboxes are isomorphic then why have humans in the loop? whats the qualitative difference? #the proper framing is seeing ai as an augmentation of the decision cycle of humans instead of having a 'decision cycle' themselves

[lanshappycorner]

Sometimes I look outside my scope of mutuals and I'm like.....I'm glad I'm not them (whole essay in the tags)

#im going to ramble about a very touchy subject here but it pertains to 🐉♠️ which i am very open about shipping #apparently its Problematic or whatever 😭😭???? according to Some People #you know ive been thinking abt this for a while now but people really like spouting rhetoric abt how this or that is problematic without- #-really considering the specifics of why things are bad. things being bad are not the same as things possibly being uncomfortable #like people have an aversion to adult/minor ships or incest ships because these are real and tangible things that happen and are disgusting #i do feel like people have freedom over what they want to consume/create in fiction although those topics are an ick to me and i avoid it #but also you have to understand people dont like it primarily because of the realistic aspect of it and how it connects to reality #not a one to one but because reality already has these preexisting issues we naturally have an aversion to it #you cannot apply the same logic to like a dragon man x human ship because a dragon man is not going to scoop you from the sky #the ramifications of shipping an immortal and human are nonexistant and do not pertain to reality and cannot be judged on the same scale💀 #well beside from the logic 🐉 is old in body but his mind develops in the way a fae would. and he is described to be young in fae #so up until now i assumed the normal assumption was to say that he is around ~18 in fae yrs by how he interacts with others in his yr #🐉 is like old in the way where hes lived for a long time and understands the passage of time #but hes processed it through the lens of a young person hence why he can come off as immature despite how old he physically is💀 #like are we playing the same game?? if he was a well adjusted fully developed adult with a complete understanding of the world and stuff #like idk trein. none of the events in ch 7 would be happening. its kind of like a huge part of his character that despite his physical age #he IS still learning as he IS still young #i could go into a analysis of his character but thats for another time </33 #anyways i see people . primarily young people. telling their mutuals you can or cant ship this and that #and im like its okay to not like ships if you personally find it uncomfortable but to police ur friends...for ships that arent even 'bad' #its insane to me...how do u live like this? #people really need to start thinking about the nuances and why things are the way they are in regards to fiction #instead of buying into that weird pr*ship/ant*ship thing 😭 ive always hated it its so dumb. my university professors wouldve hated it #theres no nuance like...none. personally i also think its why people have low reading comprehension these days too tbh #life is about looking at various viewpoints and coming up with your own opinion #not 'picking a side'💀 learn to form your own opinions. talk to people around you about it. do not constrict your opinions to black/white #its an extremely dangerous mindset to have even outside of literature and it makes you very susceptible to dangerous ideas/propaganda #anyways what im getting at is learn to have educated discussions with others and come up with your own opinions instead of picking a side #btw there is no right/wrong side in literary discussions. there is no good/bad side either. whatever you come up w someone will disagree #thats why its important to just believe what YOU believe in (and not parrot others💀). and also be open to change

[craycraybluejay]

I hate the roulette of human interaction and the often ironic ways that people are in conjunction with your relationship to them. People you are close to, look up to, or even somewhat know end up disappointing or hurting you. Complete strangers end up making your day. In the past week, I've met two amazing strangers and a bunch of not amazing known people. Someone who was just doing their job and had no obligation to engage me in conversation was actually enthusiastic in chatting with me a little bit, and how flattered they looked when I complimented their accessories was such a mood boost. Another person who was also just doing their job noticed that I was sad because the place had something out of stock that I wanted and they could have ignored me, seeing as I wasn't making an issue of it, but they didn't. They told me what I could do to get that item later before it goes out of stock again AND engaged me in friendly casual conversation about flavours. AND complimented one of my Signature Accessories. Like. Not to be weird, but I wish I could tell a stranger "bro ur so cool, ily." Is it weird to instead say something like, "you made my day, thanks for talking to me"? Idk. Need to find the most socially acceptable but still strong way to tell someone "YOU ARE AWESOME I CANNOT IMAGINE HOW EXHAUSTED YOU MUST BE AND YOU STILL WENT OUT OF YOUR WAY TO BE KIND TO ME."

Having a moment.

#kindness #humans #human interaction #anouther mood boost #mood booster #wholesome #vent that turns into a happy rant within like a sentence #working class #class solidarity #bro to think what kind of day this person must usually have to work a difficult job no doubt with some annoying assholes #and then go and be kind anyway #insane. glorious #*shaking* #KIND PEOPLE ARE SO COOL BRO WTF #happy rant #anoutherposting

[waywardsalt]

i made this a few months ago for a discord and i figured i might as well share it here too

#loz #legend of zelda #phantom hourglass #bellum #bellum is kind of a nothing villain but i like him #this image is basically the framework for how i write bellum's relationship with linebeck a lot of the time #the severity and seriousness of 'ruined your life' varies between aus n shit #ironically post-ph is one of the ones where 'ruined your life' is a bit hyperbolic #im in a talkative mood rn so im gonna have a little tag tangent going on #bellum is fun and like with this image you can take him many different ways depending on your own tastes and readings n stuff #recently i pinpointed some character i mightve accidentally based my take of bellum on and it escapes me rn #but i like to have him come off as a sort of brash young god sort of thing whos been very gung-ho about what hes been created to do and #represent and ive def leaned into him acting differently in different aus but backing it up with the idea that. hes immortal and thinks its #fun to try different things hwne he earnestly interacts with and among mortals. like in my crimson king au (the uh. one where he has a #homoerotic relationship with linebeck) his purpose behind masquerading as human and settling for a decidedly slower and more complicated #method of obtaining food and taking control is because he wants to challenge himself after years of just smashing through and taking what h #wants and because hes more interested in the more minute details of mortal interaction and how he could play along for a while #hes a bit more... whimsical? laid-back? something for the most part with linebeck because he's used to being a fuckin demonic god whos #mostly just playing around and not making attachments bc fuck it if he gets bored he can just eat these people and this one guy gets his #mercy and support because he's interesting and useful as a tool (and eventually as a source of genuine friendship. a common theme i seem to #have with bellum [perhaps as an accidental parallel or smth to the spirits n oshus] is him stumbling into finally understanding why #relationships are worth it? like a lot of the time his interactions with linebeck give him a new understanding of humans and he learns to #care about linebeck despite starting off seeing him as just an interested subject to watch or tinker with idk how to describe it #like in post-ph [ig post ph spoilers] as the fourth member of the main cast his main arc is abt kinda being forced to mingle with mortals #and ends up really caring and supporting these people and considering his own role and place in the world after kind of isolating and #surrounding himself with effectively a literal hivemind and loyal monsters and just reacting to outside forces with the intent to consume #and eradicate all danger so ig theres some parallel with linebeck too? bellum is a work in progress he's kinda a weird oc at this point? #when does an existing character stop being that and starts becoming an oc idk. its a weird line here bc bellum has minimal characterization #) anyways. funny meme or whatever. the discord seemed to like it im not used to sharing memes or whatever. #my post