#which is a grumpy old man

[wyldblunt]

okay new tag game: what's the cutest tiny detail abt ur commander/fav oc(s). the little fussy trivia bits that YOU'VE been careful to weave in but that most ppl probably don't know. list those charm points!!!!

#for glyn it's the fact that his flowers close up when he's irritated/uncomfortable + bloom when he's at ease or interested in something #which often blows his grumpy bitchy act wide open. he'll be putting on his best nasty old man face but bc alan is nearby or whatever -- #--u can tell he's fine bc his flowers are all WIDE open and glowing. silly old bitch #(on the other hand if he's pretending to be civil but all his flowers are clamped shut like little barnacles.) #(someone is Making Him play nice here and he hates your guts.) #ANYWAY #gw2

[megpricephotography]

A frosty start to December! Flynn's really been enjoying wearing his little coat these past couple of days. He's a happy old man... much more enthusiastic about being outside now he's warm!

Yummy frost!!

You got enough leaves there, Flynn?

#Flynn's not actually THAT old but in some ways he has been practising to achieve “grumpy old man” status his entire life #he IS technically a senior dog & now he's got his own jacket I think he counts as an “old man”... albeit one with a spring in his step ;-) #he already wags his tail when I pick the coat up at home - which for a dog who can still be wary of handling is pretty impressive! #he LIKES being warm #flynn #border collie #dog #frost #winter #england #light

[esmes]

gonna do a load of laundry and watch a sweeney 🥾 and i think that’s a fine way to spend a christmas, don’t you?

#suddenly thinking abt sweeney lovett and toby spending a singular christmas together #grumpy old man sweeney surprises mrs lovett with a trinket of some sort which moves her to tears #sweeney is utterly embarrassed but secretly a little pleased with himself #mrs lovett knits both of her boys scarves and spends the entire day making more food than the three of them could possibly hope to eat #toby and sweeney spend most of the day trying to avoid each other #but sweeney (at mrs lovett's urging) gifts toby an entire bottle of gin all his own which thaws toby out considerably #toby passes out drunk in front of the fire with a belly full of mrs lovett's cooking #mrs lovett breaks out a bottle of something nicer she's been saving once she's sure toby is out for the night and shares it with sweeney #for once she doesn't talk too much and nothing spoils the moment #idk just let me have this

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads / storygraph

The Pomegranate Gate

start of a trilogy set in a high fantasy version of Spain 1942, where Jewish people are being forced to either convert to Christianity or leave

follows a young woman who, when her family are being driven out of the country, stumbles through a pomegranate grove on the full moon and finds herself in another world with two Maziks (mythical magical people) living in a ruined castle

and a young man who saw Toba disappear, who’s left in the company of two old women, trying to figure out what happened to her, and why he dreams of the Mazik and their world

multiple worlds, dreamrealms, politics, learning magic, m/m

#The Pomegranate Gate #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #oooh I enjoyed this a lot #it took a little to get into it but very interesting magic and rich fantasy world #great characters #old grumpy woman + young man dynamic !!!! #I feel like. there's so much but I don't know what to say about it. it also def feels like the Start of something & I need to read the rest #‘shes gonna have to swallow the fish from the pond’ omg imperial radch reference #not a ton of romance. which i like. but also some pining gays #(toba.....kinda has a thing with a dude? but like barely? and also. is it even her) #also The Courser??? i want to know more about her. #also toba def a bit autistic coded #it reminded me of dosab a little. like on very vague vibes kind of way and also i havent read dosab in like a decade #(I guess it’s the. european. multiple worlds. something about the magic. thats probably it LOL) #mlm books

[steine-druff]

great news everybody

they're getting along

#kitty cats #idk if i ever said it here but kasi is a grumpy old man who hates other cats. except for when hes sleepy. then he doesnt really care #and pumput usually likes to lie on top of other cats or at least touch them in some way which kasi hates so. this is a rare occurrence!!!

[bumblingbabooshka]

Amanda Grayson with her Hubby and Stepson

#I wanted to redesign Amanda Grayson bc I like her flamboyant old woman look but when she's young they always style her look very bland #and proper...and I want her to look like kind of a hippie teacher mess #Amanda & Sarek - annoying girl x killjoy guy #we are each insufferable in our own unique ways #Amanda has a way of getting to people - whether it's good or bad depends on the person but she's someone you remember and who it's easy to #end up talking to for hours and Sarek realizes this too late...before he even knows whats happening he's grocery shopping with this woman as #they both complain about how BRIGHT the store lights are #Sarek: (on date number five) ..........I have a son by the way / Amanda: Aw shit. Let's go to chuck E Cheese. #Amanda goes into Sarek's quarters for the first time and is like this place is AWFUL!! and by the end of the week she's redecorated. #She built him a bedside table. He bought her a pair of gaudy earrings which she loved but didn't get herself during one of their shopping #trips bc she exclaimed 'Ugh! Who do I think I am!?' and speed walked away #Also last bit of personal lore but Amanda told Sarek (as a joke) that before they got married he should ask her father first #(she said this bc Sarek asked her to marry him on like the second date since Vulcans don't date - she said no) #so when Sarek meets Amanda's father he asks the man to marry him - misinterpreting her words (Amanda DIES laughing) #Sarek seems straight but tradition is tradition - if he has to marry Amanda's dad before he can marry her he'll deal with it #Stepmom Amanda swag...she's gonna give this grumpy lil boy a piggyback ride and giggle about his dad with him #anyway...I like this version of Amanda - she makes her own kombucha and insists you take a jar home with you #Sarek/Amanda #star trek #star trek art #Sarek #Amanda Grayson #sarek art #amanda grayson art #bea art tag #Sarek calls Amanda : dear darling beloved blossom my heart etc #Amanda calls Sarek: elbows knees bigntall sharpie etc #the times she calls him stuff like 'honeycake' and other such stupid-sweet things are times he pretends to find baffling but cherishes 4ever #couple that has a list of things to ask before they eat at a new place #Is it vegetarian? Is it kosher? Is it organic? Is it spicy?

[mansplainmanipulatemalewife]

I think the reason I like oldboy so much is because deep down I too an a bitter old queen

#yes I'm barely in my 20s what's the point #i mean part of it is also that i want to fuck that old man (thank you alex for the fic <3) #but also i love to complain about everything and all of my writing is fuelled by going on AO3 and dramatically going ''this is all dogshit'' #even though it all rules and I've read all the fics like 12 million times #but i get grumpy about it not being exactly the characterisations and ships and tropes (?) I like and therefore my brain has a strop #i still love it though please do keep making art & fic and stuff it's all wonderful #my brain is just a nasty little gremlin that occasionally needs to get beaten with a stick sometimes #though at least i don't immediately go online and start publically talking shit about people who #don't write exactly what i want how i want it #which is a totally neutral statement and definitely not referring to any one individual in the fandom hahahahaha #what was i talking about #oh yeah anyway if you ever want to talk shit about anything my DMs are open and my anons are on I love that shit <3 #uhhhh #disco elysium #jules pidieu

[pikkish]

I know I’m probably really late to this but if that ask game is still happening I’d like to ask desire for Caraval.

AUGH ITS BEEN LIKE 4 MONTHS SINCE I REBLOGGED THAT MEME but yeah sure I'm always down to talk about characters!

desire: What's one thing your OC wants more than anything in the world? Are they open with that desire? Why or why not? What would they do to fulfill it?

The one thing that Caraval desires more than anything else is connection. Family. People he knows he can trust to have his back in a tight spot, and people who, in turn, he can help pull out of their own tight spots. He wants to be part of something, not necessarily something big, or grand, or world changing, but something close and purposeful. He wants community.

Unfortunately, this has been denied to him multiple times, from the family he was born into dying to illness while he was away, despite the money and medicine he sent home to them, to his reputation with the family he made in his squad being destroyed after it was discovered he was using his status as a surgeon to smuggle drugs. Follow that up with a long period of only being able to find work with the more unsavorable crowds who don't care so much about morality, and he's gotten a bit bitter and cynical. He knows family is what he wants. He just doesn't expect to really be able to get it anymore.

As for what he's willing to do for that family, should he have it, well. It's no coincidence he was discovered smuggling drugs just around the same time of his family's illness.

#pikspeak #oc:caraval #which is to say #he joined the guard > his family got sick > he started smuggling them medicine from the supplies meant for his squad > #his family died anyway > their deaths messed him up enough that he slipped up in covering his tracks and he was found out > #he was dishonorably discharged from his squad and spent time in Space Jail and lost his medical license > the only work he could find was #of questionable legality bc. well. all he knew was medicine. and he couldnt do that legally anymore. black market surgeon. #and now hes a grumpy old man who v much does not endear people with great first impressions bc why bother when most are criminals anyway #(and he makes no mistake that he is not a criminal also. he has no delusions that hes better than them.) #so he just. doesnt expect to have family anymore. contacts and clients sure. maybe even acquaintances. but no family.

[pls-just-let-me-marry-yeung]

Omg this is the first time I get this dialogue from him afshdiejjd

Look at him, he looks so sad man 😭✋🏻 He deserves to be able to play catch with Alex

#Ik people lowkey hate him for being homophobic or whatever (idk man i'm not THAT deep into this fandom) #But i actually like George. He's nice to me (in his grumpy way) and yeah he made that comment about two guys getting married BUT #He does adds that maybe he's just too old to understand. Which is normal. That wasn't happening in his time is anormal for him to see two #Guys getting married. The important thing is that he's lowkey accepting despite not fully understanding it #He's trying #However I might have missed some dialogs and that's why I don't hate him looool #Anyway don't mind me just crying over granpa wanting to be there for his grandson #sdv george #stardew valley george #Sdv #Stardew valley

[pocketramblr]

Like yeah. You read that book and are enjoying a light romp through the cosmere corner teen anime romance, but then get to The Explanation and you have a Vasher Moment, which is just terrifying

#not 'being a grumpy old man' vasher moment #not 'being a pacifist with anger issues' Vasher Moment #but an 'oh dear god. is this what he felt when he and Shashara- oh no.' Vasher Moment #which. is a fun thing for Brandon to hide in this book! #sp3 spoilers #yumi and the nightmare painter spoilers

[toastsnaffler]

my flatmate asking me the day before "do u want to hang out w me and [old friend] everyone else cancelled so I can invite u now" is not the heartfelt offer she thinks it is :^/

#what am i sloppy seconds. fuck off man #i like them both but im not in the place to socialise rn + also it just feels kinda mean. theyve had these plans for weeks #and i wasnt invited bc some of their other friends (who ive never met) didnt want me there which is fair enough ig #even tho their friends complained abt someone else bringing her bf but they both blocked the veto for that. pretty sure ik them- #better than some guy but whatever. i dont rly like their friends anyway bc they only ever have bad things to say abt them #like damn they sound like they have the emotional range of toddlers plus theyre all into shit like genshin. so i wasnt fazed abt it #hope they have a nice time etc but wow sure now theyve cancelled the day before u can invite me as a replacement. yeah thatll do wonders #for the social and self esteem issues i have around being single use and disposable and always on the outside etc yippee #the thing is if i go theyll just talk to each other anyway and leave me to be the fly on the wall like they always do. they dont want #me there they just want an audience i literally have nothing else to contribute i dont think they even like me that much so! #anyway complaint over. genuinely i hope they have a nice time im just annoyed at being treated like that + probably projecting a bit too #its not like i could go if i wanted to anyway bc i have shit to sort out + mail to wait for. maybe next time invite me from the start huh #we had another old friend visit last weekend but those plans were really made without me too and i was just added bc i Live Here so its #kind of unavoidable. but oh well whatever it was nice to see them either way #im too depressed rn to fix my social life or even rely on existing coping strategies in social situations so im having to temporarily #cut it back bc i get too trigger sensitive + dont want to hurt myself or others bc of an arbitrary emotional overreaction #its usually one of the first things to go when im Going Thru It not in a self isolating way but more bc its one of the hardest things #for me to maintain + im pretty self sufficient so its not absolutely crucial. like of course i love my friends but socialising is a #want not a need yknow. eating/sleeping/exercising/hygiene are all more fundamental parts of the engine so i gotta prioritise them #and it sucks but ill survive. anyway sorry for venting on everyones dash so early in the morning i woke up grumpy 👎 #i need to get breakfast and then go out. ughhhhhhh okay. #.vent

[arsonmurderandjaywalking]

Thinking about my magical girl ocs again. Imagine you're Helena Lichtenberg and you're fourteen and you don't have any friends and your parents don't really care that much about you or your life or what you're doing and you're pretty miserable and pretty mean and every day you're just going through the motions, until— boom, like a lightning strike (ugh, you're really spending too much time around Arin), suddenly you're magic and powerful and important and special and suddenly it feels like you're alive and here and present for the first time in ages. You want to run across rooftops, with electric arcs following you and propelling you forward and so you do, and it's instinctual and right and so much damn fun. You haven't been this giddy in forever. But then you run into two others— girls, your age, and in the exact same situation as you. It stops you in your tracks a bit. Kicks your brain back into gear, and makes you realize, fully, that this is insane and fucking weird. The girl in the red, with the fire and the bad nicknames and enough piercings to set off a metal detector, doesn't seem to realize this yet and is almost more psyched than you were. (the mirror to your own foolhardy emotions makes you uncomfortable.) The girl in the blue, with the ice and who looks like she wants to sink into the ground whenever someone looks at her, seems to have realized how fucking bizarre this all is, and is the one to connect it to the Old Gods and their Champions. The Champion bit, the expectations, is what seems to make her the most uncomfortable. You want to say that that's impossible, but this entire thing is impossible, and it makes the most sense. That revelation brings with it a boatload of questions (why now, why them, why did this stop in the first place, etc.) but none of them you have answers to, so the three of you drop it and leave because it's late and you have school in the morning and you can feel your magic kind of... flicker, just a bit, which makes you nervous, and you don't want to be caught unaware with these strangers who you're cosmically entwined with but still don't know the first thing about. The three of you agree to meet up at the same place the next night, and you try not to think about what's on the horizon and try not to dread having to interact with these strangers.

#oh thats longer than i meant #i love all of them but helena is just so fun to write. also the easiest #also i was intending to get to luna in this and her and helenas very messy relationship #not sure if it got across in this but helena is basically a grumpy old man in a 14y/o girls body #and also exactly as obnoxious as arin as soon as she gets the chance to be which is very hypocritical of her #shes just kind of a dick in the beginning honestly. but dont worry she gets better #also if it wasnt clear helena is lightning/electricity and yellow

[blue-hi]

old man gets walloped by the narrative

#starting a new dnd campaign and i get to be a grumpy old man which i'm SO excited about #i was the first to get my character info in to the dm so there have apparently been a lot of Thoughts about him wrt the game plot

[consultingskeletondetective]

My housemate: I'm having a bunch of friends over for a cheese and wine girls night! Want to join??

Me: no thanks

My housemate: aww it's gonna be fun :(

Spongebob voice: 3 hrs later

Me: *listening to drunk girl arguments happening in the bathroom while trying to edit chapters and watch the crow* 😴

#personal #don't get me wrong people can have the fun they want #but my god does it grate me #I kind of like being the weirdo who doesn't socialise much #seems more peaceful #im also a grumpy old man in the body of a 26 Yr old woman #also like 3 girls have tried to walk into my bedroom thinking it's the loo as well which is fun

[akkivee]

who’s that voice i hear in my gacha action adventure mobile game????? 🤭

#this is vee speaking #who’s that seiyuu-san????? iiiiiit’s hayama shouta!!!!! *pissy shorty sounds* #lol the pic of him i posted the other day was post this game’s launch livestream so i knew he was in it lol #because if i hadn’t i actually would have stuck with the eng voices they’re actually really good lol #casual police brutality and some design choices aside the game is pretty fun actually lol #this subplot so far tho is dealing with ai and the replacement of human labour and i’m not quite sure what this game’s stance is on it yet #rich man getting richer is using some nice words to say he advocates for human creativity #which is why he supports ai taking over mundane jobs so humans can focus on said passions but that’s kinda tone deaf to reality as a whole #even in game if there’s protestors lmao but enough about how this is hitting annoyingly close to home rn lmao HAYAMA-SAAAAAN~💜💜💜 #HAYAMA-SAN YOUR GRUMPY OLD BUT YOUTHFUL MAN CHARACTER IS FUN LOL!!!!!

[tragedykery]

just realised I have not, in fact, thought about the height of my ocs. like at all

#I think taituk is probably one of the tallest ppl on the ship #and sita is the shortest #but for the rest? I have no clue #elli rambles #oc tag #the birates #oc rambles #hmm I’m not incredibly fond of big height differences so hira’s probably tall-ish too #I do like the idea of nisha and iraluq constantly fighting over who is taller #either short king or lanky mallik #sumiyati & aki are short queens (but pointing out their height is uh. a mistake. if you want to make it through the day uninjured at least) #nuvuja’s a bit taller than sumiyati (perfect height for forehead kisses or teasingly messing up her hair) #li & xuan are Also constantly arguing about who is taller #so much that taituk has prohibited talking about it or measuring themselves with the threat of getting the worst cleaning duties #can’t decide whether I want tetsuo to be the only one taller than chusak & qian guo’s massive statures #or for him to have a shortness befitting of his ‘grumpy little old man’ vibes #which. oh god he’s kind of like jeong jeong isn’t he. ex fn navy. bitter old man. gay. #the difference is that tetsuo’s relationship with his bending is a bit uhm. healthier #anyway where was I. #tao’s only a few centimetres taller than aki and also the only person allowed to pester her about it #hae-jin’s medium height. then you’ve got the twins who’s only info in the doc (& in my head) is that one is tall and the other is stout #like that silent film comedy duo. de dikke en de dunne idk their english names #uhh than you have ‘the random sailer’ whose only purpose is to be Just Some Average Guy In The Background so he’s prob medium height #then I’ve got everyone I think #‘I haven’t thought about this’ they say then proceed to think out loud in the tags. the predictability of tumblr user maileesque