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good-beanswrites · 6 months

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I have questions about that last fic. How did the prisoners alter their uniforms, and what were the consequences? What did they throw at Es? What did they trick Fuuta into eating and how? How did they try to catch Jackalope?

LMAO murder aside these ten know how to cause problems on purpose 😭 Hehe thank you for your curiosity, I genuinely had visualized some specifics for these while writing >:3 So --

Mahiru started sewing patches and ribbons and things onto her uniform dress. She got very bold very quickly, though, completely replacing whole sections with colorful fabric (like swapping out the entire skirt/bodice/sleeves) so it was pretty obvious. Es replaced all her uniforms with the standard ones and limited her requests to only small amounts of fabric at a time. (Who’s to say she isn’t secreting these away to patch together later, though…)

I was influenced by seeing two “what are the limits of Milgram’s no-violence policy, really” posts very recently. I think if the object could cause absolutely no harm, it’s possible to hit Es with it. I’m thinking basic crumpled paper or even a lightweight food -- something harmless but very sticky and gets in their hair… either way Es is Not Pleased. I feel like this could have been anyone except Haruka and Mahiru, as even the more "mature" prisoners would just be curious about what would happen.

My original thought was cake, but now that I’m fact checking I see that it grows mold pretty quickly… So maybe pudding: the eggs and milk spoil a bit before you see actual mold. Whoever has decided to be a menace (my guess is Yuno or Mikoto) puts up a whole farce about food preferences and whether or not they can identify specific flavors in this special dessert Jackalope secreted away, and unfortunately Fuuta is a hungry boy and it’s not very difficult to get him to take a big bite 😔

Jackalope lounges around the prison, chilling with the prisoners and taking naps in whatever place he finds comfortable. They try sneaking up to where he’s settled in, distracting him with treats and gentle words to see how long they can keep him in place as they give him gradually more noticeable pets. Muu has coaxed him into enough peace to take off his hat and pet his head, but no one’s managed to give him little scritches before he tries to regain his dignity and scurries away. Little do they know, he forces Es to scratch, pet, brush, and cuddle him every single night under the pretense of their official duties.

#milgram #mahiru shiina #es #fuuta kajiyama #yuno kashiki #mikoto kayano #jackalope #muu kusunoki #asdfsdf thank you so much!! i was having so much fun with that drabble and just thinking of all the shenanigans theyd get into #while the other girls like to accessorize i think mahiru would go full with the sewing #she and haruka are too nice to throw something at es but the others do it for the meme or for science #theres a rowdy celebration and surprise when it actually works followed by them Getting The Hell Out Of There before es kills them #rip fuuta but im pretty sure they could just be like 'heres some food' and he'll be like 'fuck yeah!' and just chomp down #but then again the fact hes being offered a treat out of the blue might be suspicious and require some finesse #i hate jackalope with a burning passion but whenever i see that one art of es petting him i am suddenly overcome with the urge to #pet and scratch him like a little baby..... im sure the prisoners feel the same on occasion #analysis/thoughts

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jesterguy · 3 months

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#sent by a friend without tumblr #its gonna go in #tagged for me #and #on brand #heavy is the chest that wears the breasts #thanks rowdy (:

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tobeyiscooliohoolio · 24 days

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i need to freak him in the booty

#rowdy roddy piper #sorry #thank you mr wonderful

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sacred-algae · 3 months

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Hi! I'm new to the Dirk Gently fandom, and I haven't watch the series in its entirety yet, but I have a question: Do the Rowdy 3 eat? Like, I know they feed off of energy, specifically fear and confusion, and we've seen them drink beer, but can they eat human foods, even if it doenst actually provide them nutrition?

Hi!!! I’m honored that you came to me, like… me? You think I’m worthy of answering a question???

Anyways! Welcome to the fandom! It’s genuinely my favorite show so I’m so glad you’re here and to hear more people are getting into it even in 2024.

Honestly I think it’s up to interpretation. Personally I think it’s a bit like they have additional nutritional needs. Like we have the food groups and need to eat fruits and vegetables as well as have protein intake. They have a need for psychic energy.

At the same time, though, I think they need much less food than us. We see this in season 2, but I won’t elaborate further since you haven’t finished the show.

#thanks for the ask!#dghda #dirk gently #dirk gently's holistic detective agency #rowdy 3 #rowdy three

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strawberri-draws · 1 year

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Pajama gals 🌙✨

#my art #fanart #strawberridraws #the owl house #toh #the owl house fanart #toh fanart #vee the owl house #lumity #unfinished technically #I didn’t clean the coloring lol #anyways they r having a sleep over :-3 #Gus willow and hunter are having an intense three person uno game in the other room but are being too rowdy lol #eyestrain #maybe #also Vee decorated this photo with the stickers thank you goodnight

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valetinesbrothers · 4 days

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Ohhhh! Okay!^^

First question: What is you’re favorite thing to do?

second question: (for the younger brothers) Oh. Hold on. [Kneels down] what’s you’re favorite game?^^

First question-

Wallwynn/Rowdy: "I'd say watching some of my favorite cartoons. It brings back memories."

Vincent: "oh oh, I like to draw alot!"

Ramsey: "Mine is always playing with my stuff toys."

Second question-

Vincent & Ramsey: "Our favorite game is jacks and hopscotch!"

#thanks for the ask!#Wallwynn Rowdy Valentine #Ramsey Rowan Valentine #Vincent Rose Valentine

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varsiathederg · 11 months

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Veteran tumblrer here giving some wisdom to r/196 migrators that I wish someone told me when I joined five years ago:

-Blogs with the default header and pfp are often bots. Every once in a while a barrage of porn bots will follow with some admittedly clever usernames and their bio will be something random like “19😪Chimpanzee💓Florida🪆” so just watch out for that

-Tags only work on original posts, not reblogs. Tags work just like they do on insta or twitter for your original posts, but for reblogs, only use the tags to write feelings or to categorize the posts on your blog. People can’t find you through reblog tags.

-You can block certain tags (settings->general settings->filtering (if you’re on mobile)). Put the same tags for both “filtered tags” and “filtered content.” Any posts with that tag or word will have a warning then.

-Dashboard preferences -> turn off “Best Stuff First”

-Tumblr still hasn’t gotten rid of “Tumblr live” which I think a collective 15 people use on the entire website. There’s no option to turn it off so you have to do it every seven days and it sucks. (Settings -> General Settings -> Dashboard preferences -> Snooze Tumblr Live)

-The little person icon at the top of every blog is where you can block them

-Reblog more often than original post. Especially if you’re reposting memes. Chances are it’s already posted on here. Lot easier for you to find people and people to find you.

-REBLOG!! Even if you don’t have a big following. Leave feelings and comments in tags. Follow back people who follow you who post similar content. Make your own little community of weirdos like the rest of us!!

Sorry your platform is out of wack. It’s not that bad over here since all the crazy people went to tiktok. Hope you enjoy your stay!

Thank you anonymous friend! I’m trying to do a lot of that kinda thing here so I think I’m learning but I’ll probably trip up - but it’s nice of you to come in and give some pointers!

#196 #r/196 #Been seeing a lot of very welcoming messages #And it’s nice so it seems like this’ll be the new place to stay #Thank you tumblr veterans for being patient with us rowdy lot

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howthesleeplesswander · 7 months

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@badboysupr liked this post for a starter! || ((IT'S TIIIIIME for the long-awaited reunion these sweethearts deserve! ;W;/ ❤️❤️))

"No way. No fuckin' way!"

Finn's crowing rang through the dingy alley and echoed up to the concrete overpass above. The rundown neighborhood was abandoned so late on a chill winter night, letting him enjoy the melancholy of cars rumbling overhead as a sluggish, fluffy-flaked snowfall coated the streets. He hadn't seen another soul on the way back to his hideout until the figure he'd just spotted in the distance—but he'd recognize that curly moptop anywhere.

Picking up the pace, he waved his arms as he trotted over, his grin wide and bright. "If it ain't Leo Valdez! Holy shit, man, are you a sight for sore eyes. Glad to see you're still alive and kickin' after all this time. What's it been? Two years? Three?"

Far shorter than it felt like, considering all that had happened since they'd last seen each other. Back then Finn had been an entirely different person, but damn, this kid hadn't aged a day! Was that a perk for all the world's magic kids? Lucky bastards.

"I wandered my way back to Pasadena on a whim a few weeks ago, but I sure never thought I'd run into you here again." He rubbed his hands together against the cold, blowing on his fingers before tucking them into the pockets of his tattered jacket. "You better not tell me you're squattin' in those same manufacturing plants again, or I just might think you missed me, too."

#badboysupr #《⭒✩⭒ || interaction: road warrior (finn) 》#AHHHHH THE RETURN OF THE ROWDY BOOOYS ;W;/#tysm for requesting a starter bby! X3 #finn was gonna pester leo no matter what so asfjlk 😂#I hope this works okay for you!#finn saw him in the distance and did the bIGGEST EYE-ZOOM like 👀👀👀👀👀 OH SHIIIIIIIIIT #I figured it'd be cute to hearken back to their original badboi thread and have them meet up in the same place again!#ofc it's entirely up to you if leo recognizes or even remembers finn!#he sure gave the poor bby pLENTY of reasons to block out the memories of him 8'DDD #i'm super stoked for this! uwu/ thanks again honey!!

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spookbot · 1 year

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IF YOU ENJOYED THE VIBES

OF THE ROWDY 3 IN DIRK GENTLY

MIGHT I RECOMMEND

Joy as an Act of Resistance by IDLES

#thank you to swagabodcrane's subconscious for making this connection #idles #dirk gently's holistic detective agency #the rowdy 3 #god i love this album the vibes are immaculate

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layzeal · 1 year

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wwx: *starts talking to him in 4-character sentences

lwj:

#IT NEVER ENDS WELL IT NEVER ENDS WEEEEELL #EVERYTIME WWX STARTIS ACTING POLITE AND FORMAL TOWARDS LWJ THINSG GET BAAAAAAD #like god no wonder lwj hates it so much when wwx thanks him. it ALWAYS feels so distant #like the whole ！“不过，是非在己，毁誉由人，得失不论。该怎么做，我自己心里有数” IS AWFULLL. wwx JUST opened up to him #and now he's pushing him away #meanwhile lwj is just like :(((((((((((#he misses that rowdy disrespectful boy so much. this isn't wei ying #modao #lace speaks

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britneyshakespeare · 8 days

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i have been working with kids for four years and i had to write my first ever note just now about a seventh grade boy being inappropriate towards me. i don't know what the hell this could possibly lead to or what. he was trying to feel my legs repeatedly to the point where i had to stop sitting next to him (and i was subbing for his one-to-one para!!!). he's got high support needs. in that kind of job, you're supposed to sit next to them all day and look over their work.

the teacher whose classroom this was happening in could also tell something was wrong. the whole class was acting kinda crazy because it was the day before school vacation week and there was another class coming in to share projects. so like, he was swamped with keeping order already. but we were sitting two feet away from his podium at the front of the room. the kid was giving him and me a hard time when he wouldn't take out his chromebook as he was instructed. and then when he did take out his chromebook, he immediately, for some reason, places it on my lap. he had been ogling my legs the whole time. he puts his computer ON MY LAP. and i'm just like, stunned, because what the hell? can you not keep it on your own lap, for some reason? i don't even know what to say, i just hold it a little above my lap while i'm thinking why on earth would this be happening? he would NOT do this to his regular para if she were here, would he? this can't be normal.

and the teacher sees this and within a minute places a stool in front of the kid for him to put his laptop on. and i'm like. oh ok. yeah. he notices exactly what's happening and that that's not appropriate. and then when the other class comes in to share projects he tells me "miss b——, you don't actually have to sit next to c—— this whole period if you don't want to." and he grabs me a chair for me to go sit with the other paras in the back opposite corner of the room. like he KNEW. and thank you mr. d—— for recognizing that because i was just kind of shocked and didn't know if i was overreacting in my head to all of this.

when there's a point in the class where the kids are discussing stuff, i privately mention what's happened to the para who's sitting closest to me. and she says that the thing about him calling me pretty is something he's been known to do, but the fact that he kept trying to touch my legs is new behavior. and that's a completely different class of behavior. i was telling him NO, don't do that, and he kept doing it. and the fact that he was calling me pretty repeatedly, even when i was giving him instructions that he wasn't taking. and this is the second to last class before the end of the day, so she says she'll take a walk with him before learning center and talk to him about it, and i'm grateful for that. she does. the kid apologizes to me as soon as i come into learning center. but like. WHAT the hell.

i'm STILL like what the hell. this is unfathomable to me. the other adults who i told about this or who witnessed it were supportive of me. but. what to do??? i wrote a long note to his regular para about this, because i knew she was going to hear about it at least from the first para i told. the second para i told about it after school had a kind of... i'm not gonna say enabling reaction, but i suppose since it had already been "taken care of" (or at least, he had been spoken to and apologized) she didn't really have much to add in the way of discipline. i told her what happened after school and she was just like... a little bit, laughing? like oh, yup, that dog. she at the very least confirmed he KNEW what he was doing, that that was not an accident. she said to me "i had a feeling he was going to develop a crush on you" (me and these other paras were together for most of the beginning of the day too). but it's like. it's not about that.

i have worked with children for FOUR years. children have had crushes on me before; i'm quite unfazed by it. boys from the ages of 5-to-15 have told me i'm so pretty before and asked me to marry them. i've never had them feeling up my legs before. i've never had them making me physically uncomfortable. it's NOT about this seventh grader having a crush on the pretty substitute. he is NOT unusual for that, at all. but i've never had a boy of any age or education level repeatedly touching my knees and thighs. THAT is problem behavior!!!

because what if i wasn't assertive enough with him to tell him to stop? what if i was a girl his age? worse, what if i was an adult who encouraged this behavior? i don't come to the middle school to be a seductress. i had no intention in putting on a pair of tights and a skirt this morning of being viewed as an attractive object, especially not by a pubescent boy. what if i did though? what if his interpretation of me wasn't so incorrect and offensive? what if i let him keep touching me inappropriately and saying flirtatious things to me? me, an adult in my mid-twenties, towards a middle school boy?

in no world would that be ok. if i had been feeling up and overly-complimenting a CHILD at my place of work, holy shit would there be reports about me. so a child acting that way could never be ok either. if it'd be firable for me to be reciprocating that action, then that action should not be happening to me. ever. and that child should never repeat that action again to any other adult again.

like i am simply not there to be treated as an attractive young woman. i put on a skirt that shows too much knee and get paired with a boy, though, and that's apparently just a natural consequence. hooo-ly shit. like i don't know what to do. first of all, the more time passes since this has happened, the more i am just unable to stop thinking about it. i wasn't "hurt" or too emotional in the moment but i'm just still processing it and it gets worse. i'm just more and more disgusted.

i don't know what i expect to come out of this, or the email i sent to his regular para. like, am i gonna have to attend a fucking meeting? what is the precedent that this sets for him? WHY do i feel BAD for him about this? well, because he's a child, of course. a child who has done wrong he may not be able to understand. but he knows WHAT he did. he just doesn't know WHY it was wrong.

and i couldn't even say something to him that was like, "well, how would you like it if i was touching you like this?" because young boys do not understand how inappropriate it'd be. i'm sure this kid thought he was gonna get away with what he was doing at the very least. but probably not unlikely he (being a child with no concept of how wrong it'd be) thought he could get some sort of "positive" attention for treating me like this. either way he was simply doing what he wanted to do, with no perspective of how it would make me feel or that it could be classified as harassment. teenage boys think it'd be awesome if the older attractive woman would reciprocate their affections. they're wrong. i, as the older attractive woman of his affection, cannot be the one to convince him of that, though.

i don't know. i don't know. like it's just so not ok. but if i didn't tell another adult about this, he would've gotten away with it. he would probably do it again. and him being in trouble for it is not the same as him understanding that it was wrong. unless someone has a REAL talk with him about inappropriate attention and consent, it's not unlikely that he'll just repeat the behavior in a setting where he thinks he won't be caught or told on. THAT'S the problem. me, i could just never have to be this boy's para again. in my email, i didn't say that i would never be ok working with or around him ever again. he already knows i didn't like it and i'm not afraid to tell on him; as far as that lesson applies to me, individually, i think he's become too ashamed to repeat that.

i don't know. i don't know. i very much expressed that i, i guess, "forgave" him in the email that i wrote. i clarified that i was writing it for the sake of having it on the record. i think that could potentially be very important for the purposes of preventing further similar or escalating behavior from him in the future. i don't want him to be in trouble. i don't think i will be blamed for this, especially not with how promptly i acted, although i don't know to what extent this will be framed as me thinking i'm a "victim." i'm not... i don't feel victimized. i feel disgusted. i feel afraid for the sake of what could happen to or with him in the future, if he thinks behavior like his towards me today is ok.

i feel like if i end up having to further respond to this, this will be made about me. in a way it kind of was. is? in the moment it was happening, it was certainly about me. because i was the one this boy was giving all this unwanted attention to. but to make the consequences of this about me and to involve me any further, i also don't want. because i said what i said already, i don't care if a student has a crush on me. this isn't about me being the pretty substitute. i'm the pretty substitute all the time, to tons of people. that's not really something i've been concerned about up until now.

but do i have to reexplain my personal embarrassment? that i was wearing a skirt? that he was ogling my legs? really? what more do i have to gain from sharing that, other than having the adults at my place of work confirm or deny me in their heads as the pretty substitute? i don't know. perhaps that's REALLY overthinking it. but i don't want to be the substitute that caused a problem for this special ed kid. i don't wanna be the reason that he can't be around me anymore, the person people think of when they're monitoring how he's acting around girls and young women. i DON'T want to be the one people think of when they think of his past misbehavior. i'm NOT here for that.

that's just fucking humiliating. and in this being a thing that could follow him, i have to be ogled and touched over and over again in people's minds for this to be taken seriously. but for this to be swept under the rug would be even worse, no? i don't know. i hate this. the principal is a nice guy; i wouldn't be surprised if he and/or people from the special ed department reached out to me sympathetically about this. but i don't wanna be reached out to. i don't wanna have ppl i work with tell me "sorry that kid was just so attracted to you he couldn't help himself" like come on. if the kid himself doesn't change then i don't really care to remember this incident. and no one reaching out to me and saying they've talked to this kid will actually prove to me he understands. this is the kind of inappropriate behavior it takes years for people to understand why it was wrong, especially a child who has no idea. i mean come on.

#tales from diana #long post #sorry i should probably put this under a read more but it was just a long stream of consciousness #and idk. im tired. im so tired #do you wanna be known as the substitute teacher a kid kept touching inappropriately? probably not #thank god for the first para i told bc she took it really seriously seemingly. i mean idk what she told him in their conversation #not EXACTLY what she told him. she obviously said this was wrong and she reiterated in learning center again #that if that were her daughter she'd be through the roof and that she'd be telling his regular para #i mean of course i had to tell the regular para directly. i would rather it come from my mouth #i'm the one who has the most information of how and why it happened. i think other ppl telling it would just reduce it to #'he thought she was so pretty and he kept staring at and touching her legs cuz she wore a skirt' like come on #the indignity of that!#i already feel undignified enough.#and also thank god for the social studies teacher. the more im processing this the more im like thank god #i dont know him well. he had already been a nice dude to me before in my interactions w him #like as a sub you notice the people who are really affirming of the strange and irregular work you do #earlier this week i was subbing for the math teacher across the hall for instance and he came in before class started and said #that if anyone's giving me a hard time to just send them to him. bc that group can be a little rowdy/wild #my classroom discipline skills are not that bad where i felt the need to have someone more experienced defend me so to speak #like i know i look young and am assumed to be new. but with most classes. i can handle most misbehavior #i can put my foot down in a way kids normally respect. i know how to keep em on task #and for MOST of the day with this kid that's what i was doing. but if that social studies teacher hadn't done what he did #i might not feel so bold in just straight up walking away from that kid. after saying stop stop stop repeatedly #like he had his own job to do independent of me but i remember the gestures and like. i could cry. he KNEWWWW #that's just a very trustworthy person i feel. he didn't want me to suffer through that any longer #a lot of teachers (unfortunately) largely ignore the kids with paras and/or expect the paras to communicate to the kid exclusively #that teacher is not like that. he was willing to mind that boy while i escaped that situation. so so grateful to him

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orcelito · 9 months

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🎶✨️when u get this u have to put 5 songs u actually listen to, publish. Then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool)🎶✨️

(hope i don't bother you with this ask ! have a great day/night/whatever)

oh i listen to so so soooo many songs . uhm. i guess i'll choose some of my current favorites? oh maybe a favorite song from each of my favorite bands! ...of which there are definitely more than 5. but top 5 favs i guess???? or current 5 favs??? i dont think i can call these necessarily my Top 5 favs bc i have so many bands & artists i like at different times for different reasons BUT IF I HAD TO CHOOSE... ok this is going by band order i guess for current fixation but:

Sorrow - IAMX. ive been obsessively into IAMX recently to the extreme. for months. and i love soooooooo so many songs of theirs. but this song? Sorrow? it's the one that did it for me. I Come With Knives was the initial one that kicked this off, but going to Sorrow is what made me like "man i DESPERATELY need to listen to more of their music". NOT my very first IAMX song, that title belongs to Volatile Times, which ive known for like some ten years :p but only recently listened to more of their music and i have NOT looked back. as a bonus Sorrow reminds me a lot of ITNL Vash. perhaps part of the fixation on it lol

Nothing Personal - Des Rocs. picking a favorite song from him was nearly impossible bc im obsessed obsessed obsessed with his music. legit last year on my spotify wrapped all of my top 5 songs were his. OBSESSED. 'A Real Good Person In A Real Bad Place' is still undisputedly one of my fav albums EVER & the reason for that top 5 songs thing. but Nothing Personal is the first Des Rocs song i ever heard & what made me go "Oh my God???" & it still makes me lose my total shit when i listen to it lksdjflskjdf. honorary mention to Why Why Why, which was the other one i considered for him. also love that shit sooo much.

I Never Told You What I Do for a Living - My Chemical Romance. just so you know picking a single favorite song for MCR was near impossible. so much of their music makes me absolutely insane in the best of ways & picking just ONE?????? impossible. but i chose this one bc it's one that makes me EXTRA lose my shit anytime i listen to it. like fucking Belting it out. this one's The One. i can't give you special mentions for MCR bc there are too many. too fucking many. god i still love MCR so much

Armageddon - Blue Stahli. fucking love Blue Stahli's stuff, it's SOOO fun to listen to, & Armageddon probably really is my fav of theirs. i end up just jumping along to this song so much. it's a jumping song !!! so much fun to listen to !!!! also really paints a picture of me that a fav song of mine is just "Armageddon, come come and get it! Armageddon, baby!" the whole The Devil album is soooooooooo much fun & also an album i had a Mood for. back in uhh oct 2021 i wanna say. around there. special mentions for Takedown, Kill Me Every Time, and Power Outrage (this last one especially, OH MAN this also makes me lose my shit in the best of ways)

Mr. Fear - SIAMES. in a dramatic tone change from the other choices, i really am quite fond of SIAMES's music. it's my chill music. & this song specifically is sooooooooo full of longing and wistfulness. it's the first one of theirs i listened to & it's so......... waaaaaaaaaaaaa.. special mention to Brothers, which i very nearly chose bc im obsessed with that song too, but Mr. Fear has had my heart in a chokehold since i first listened to it Years ago. had to answer that one.

uhm. there are 5! additional special mentions to Capricorn by Xan Griffin, Maniac by Stray Kids, and Lovesong by TXT, which are all individual songs i've had MASSIVE obsessions with in the past. the Repeat On End kinds of songs. im being a bad STAY by not including Stray Kids in the favorite bands list but i havent been listening to their music as much lately. feeling these top 5 much more rn

#ocelaw #ask #THIS ENDED UP SO MUCH LONGER THAN I INTENDED FOR IT TO BE #turns out when u ask me about my music tastes u have Released The Beast #special interest? maybe. i just love music so so so sooo much #and i have over 2k liked songs on spotify that i do listen to regularly so it really is quite difficult to only choose 5 lmao #i also didnt wanna do ONLY iamx even tho it's like 95% of what ive been listening to lately #variety! i have a widely varied taste in music actually! tho 3 of these songs here are rowdy guitar kinds & the other 2 r Sad #I Swear I Have A Varied Music Taste but my FAV songs are always a Certain Type......#anyways. im not gonna pass this on just bc i dont rly feel like picking out ppl to send to slkdjflsdjf but thank u for sending!#i am Always very excited to talk about my favorite artists and songs...

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