#I Do Not Have The Energy To Care
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Hello hello if you want more info about the rusty quill stuff here's the other side
a good breakdown: https://fataldrum.tumblr.com/post/703490177324220416/whos-afraid-of-bad-attempts-at-journalism
from an rq affiliate: https://www.tumblr.com/malevolentcast/703493906802868224/you-probably-already-know-about-this-but-an
more on reactions from others: https://eliias-bouchard.tumblr.com/post/703479494816743424/real-quick-summary-of-all-this-fay-fable
focusing on a misquote: https://dadhuddle.tumblr.com/post/703488191401984000/journalistic-integrity-re-newt-schottelkottes-rq
arc has a lot of solid posts but especially this one: https://callmearcturus.tumblr.com/post/703483865829949440/since-you-and-others-in-your-inbox-have-been
I'm not say rusty quill is 100% squeaky clean but it's more a business with growing pains during a pandemic and living cost crisis than some horrific "no ethical consumption under capitalism" corporation
oooh fascinating, fun to hear the other side of the story, I.... expected that it was probably not quite as one-sided as the medium article would make it appear, mostly because I have a fair number of friends in indie ttrpg design and between designers and writers and artists and editors and people who run gaming communities I have Seen Things Go So Messy So Many Times always in the splashiest ways
funny but not surprising to have nice evidence gathered for me that podcasting is the same, and also that Rusty Quill is not necessarily Pure Evil as the article would imply, I enjoyed tma and had a lot of mutuals who enjoyed their actual play stuff and while at this point I'm jaded enough by internet callout of Problematic Authorship being sensationalist and one-sided enough that it takes, like, JKR levels of The Author Is That Bad for me to decide to Drop A Fandom Over It, nice to know that I should categorize this in my head as 'petty small community infighting' and not 'large organized problematic institution'
#sorry if this answer is flippant I do not mean to be I am just So Tired in general in life#like the mood is running on five hours of sleep and three cans of coffee astral projecting#I'm a grad student and it's the end of the semester and I'm doing this instead of grading bc fuck my life#but like. generally defs good to know that the story isn't one sided#if I were less lazy I'd go and track down and personally source everyone's claims in all of the threads but like#I Do Not Have The Energy To Care#I'll leave both on my blog and people can reach their own conclusions
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i think marinette is worse at resting when she's sick but adrien is worse at sitting things out if he's injured. i have no explanation, these are just the vibes
#ml#marinette dupain cheng#adrien agreste#okay i lied i do have justifications#adrien probably just. would love being taken care of if he's sick#it's maybe something his mom used to do but not ENOUGH#and marinette would absolutely spoil him#but marinette is all I AM FINE IT IS JUST A COLD I AM FINE meanwhile she nearly falls off a rooftop in a dizzy spell#but adrien hate being kept away from ppl he loves. hates not being able to protect them. and an injury is more long-term and isolating#meanwhile...idk marinette feels to me like an injurt would leave her more defeated. she'd feel like she failed somehow#like she is SUPPOSED to be ladybug she is SUPPOSED to keep herself together to keep the city safe#so i think that would take a lot of her energy she'd be frustrated about it yes but also sort of...admit defeat#adrien would find ways to cheer her up though 🥺
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Introvert adoption
[First] Prev <–-> Next
#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#wei wuxian#wen ning#jiang cheng#(The actual name of this season 2 extra is 'First meeting with Wen Ning' but I ran out of space.)#I am obligated to try and wiggle in Wen Ning scenes whenever I can. Our baby boy needs his screentime to grow big and strong.#This whole scene is very good and does a lot to show us several important traits about wwx:#1) He has no hesitation to put his own face or life at risk to help someone (even if they have never met).#2) He does not care for what others say or think about him; he will do what he thinks is right.#And he is smart enough to think is is always right about his judgement. This will be a problem later.#I also think the silly energy in this scene is top notch.#Wen Ning is the wild chipmunk wwx managed to catch and wants to keep as a pet.#Jiang Cheng is gently easing this boy out of wwx's extrovert maw and saying 'put him back outside'.#Can you imagine being blindsided by the full force of wwx out of nowhere? Getting his support and then archery tips?#You're done. You've been caught in his snare and you aren't getting out.
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directionless anger
(or, something like: the robin mantle is a curse, but that isn't inherently anyone's fault and someone has to wear it)
i adapted the two pages below the cut bc they were haunting me—tim having a nightmare the day of his mother's funeral, from Batman (1940) #455: “Identity Crisis, Part 1”, from this post
#dc#dick grayson#tim drake#bruce wayne#sart#long post#cw eyestrain#sometimes you’re 14 and the people who were supposed to take care of you hurt you but they didn't mean to#in fact it’s the last thing they wanted#and what do you do with that?#trying to exorcise all the brain worms before my semester starts and i inevitably have neither the time nor the energy#i would also like it to be known that i find his hair from the period very charming but BY GOD do i struggle drawing it
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yall i just KEEP doing back to mizu and taigen's wrestling scene in master eiji's forge and like i know that taigen literally got a boner from it BUT THE THING IS out of all the scenes these two have together, this scene actually has the least sexual tension ?!? cuz like the boner aside, this scene is actually very soft and emotions-driven rather than pure passion or lust.
arguably, a more passionate and sexually-charged scene would be their previous brawl in the snow with the chopsticks, which is tense and angry and also the scene that mizu thinks about when madame kaji talks about being honest with one's innermost desires.
but THIS scene in the forge? warm colours. their laughter and their smiles that both equally genuine. the WAY taigen looks at mizu in that scene, staring first at her lips, her smile, then looking into her eyes. and you can see by the framing of the scene and the look on his face that he is, for the first time, seeing her eyes as something beautiful rather than off-putting or frightening.
like before this point he's already come to not only respect mizu as a person and an equal but also admires her as an incredible swordsman and as someone who is kind and honourable* for having saved his life at the expense of her revenge quest. so as of the time of them tussling in the forge, taigen has already put aside his prejudices about mizu's blue eyes and no longer finds them as any cause for disgust. but in this scene he's not just indifferent about her eyes, but attracted too it.
and i'd also like to argue that his boner is not from the physical exertion or the act of wrestling itself, but from the intimacy of a playful spar, enjoying each other's easy company after having established a deep trust with each other (taigen endured torture for mizu and helped defend her from archers in the chasm while mizu saved his life from fowler's castle)
and all this while in the safety of mizu's childhood home while both of them are still recovering from near-death, amplifying their vulnerability with each other.
like when was the last time mizu cracked a genuine smile, let alone a laugh that's more than a little wry chuckle?? and for this to happen at such a low point in her life also speaks to the comfort this little friendly spar gives her.
because like, this is after she failed her mission to kill fowler. meanwhile her sword--the embodiment of her soul--is broken, and ringo who is her closest confidant is now angry at her and barely even looks at her. it just further lends to the inherent tenderness and intimacy in this scene. and i just. AHHHH i love them your honour....
* ALSO as a side note about taigen believing mizu to be honourable: he later realises that this assumption turns out to be quite false when she reveals that she'd not only allowed akemi to be taken away against her will but also has said nothing about fowler's impending attack on edo.
also i find it very interesting that out of the two revelations, taigen is less angered by mizu letting akemi being married off (he sighs angrily and marches off saying he has to go to edo to find akemi), but much more angered by mizu's refusal to save the shogun and the shogunate as a whole.
this is more proof that taigen's central principles are firmly rooted in the bushido and the concept of honour that comes with that. it's why he lashes out at mizu. because he'd believed mizu to be honourable and righteous, but was proven wrong. that's not to say that taigen is in the right for calling mizu a demon, not by any means. but i just find it a very interesting part of his character and it relates to his relationship and perception of mizu
also while rewatching the episode i found this very funny they just lyin there in the cart like this 🧍🏽♂️🧍🏽♂️
#blue eye samurai#mizu x taigen#taimizu#taizu#taigen blue eye samurai#mizu blue eye samurai#blue eye samurai meta#sorry yall but i prefer taimizu as the ship name so i'll probably just be using that from now on 🫡#also like.. the way im still recovering from covid while i have 2 deadlines back to back tomorrow and the day after#but im too busy hyperfixating on this show!!!!#if only i could channel all this energy into my actual literary studies papers that'd be great#but at the moment i be caring more about these fuckers than whatever william blake's got going on#jk i do still love william blake's poetry but my stupid ships take up way more space in my brain ykwim 🤒#anyway...#shut up haydar#meta dissertations.pdf#fandom.rtf
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doing one of these cause i think it would be funny !!
If this post gets 5k notes, ill finally completely cut ties with my toxic ‘friend’ who constantly victimises herself and is honestly the most infuriating person on the planet
#dont know how to tag this#notes game#toxic friend#???#sorrens rambles#id have already done it tbh but shes been hanging with her other friends so i havent seen too much of her#and a lot of my friends have advised against it lest it cause a friendgroup wide split#but i think i need to do it tbh#for my own mental health honestly#this year i am prioritising myself over anything and i have no mental space or energy for toxic friends who dont leave me feeling uplifted#and loved and cared about after every convo
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Domestic Witchy Things You and Solomon Do Around Cocytus Hall
Sweeping bad/negative energy out of the Hall.
Hanging bells on the front door knob to cleanse the energy when either of you enter.
Keeping a jar of water on a windowsill overnight during a full moon to charge it and make moon water.
Having a shelf of different types of spiritual waters, such as - moon water, rose water, sun water, florida water, etc.
Using florida water when washing your clothes to energetically cleanse them.
Turning a broom upside down when there are unwanted guests in the Hall.
Having a few pieces of paper with the names of people who have done either of you wrong in the freezer.
Having a pitcher of wild violet lemonade in the fridge.
Candles on the coffee table, candles on the mantle, candles in the kitchen. Candles, candles, candles!
Keeping a large stash of birthday candles for quick candle magic :)
Painting the front door purple.
Bay leaves everywhere.
Sigils everywhere.
Spiritually cleansing anything new either of you bring into the Hall (clothes, trinkets, etc.)
Using rosemary to smudge and cleanse the Hall (Cocytus Hall always smells and feels nice because of this)
Having a deck of tarot cards on the coffee table that are almost never in the box.
Clapping at random times to sound cleanse a room that feels off.
Keeping a large shelf packed full of magic books, boxes holding herb/crystal chip vials, and other little (or big) trinkets.
Putting certain crystals (like black tourmaline) in the corner of every room.
Making your own black salt.
Hanging wind chimes outside.
Stirring your intentions into your coffee/tea each morning together.
#i like to imagine solomon sweeping the bad energy out after someone like mammon visits lol#i've been very in touch with my witchy side recently...which i have unfortunately neglected for sometime now 😗#i'm living vicariously i want to live out my dreams of doing witchy things with him NOW please 😩#lol sorry if no one cares#obey me#obey me nightbringer#obey me solomon#obey me solomon x reader#jo’s thoughts
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what is it with me and school/university settings because I can't stop thinking about having a nasty one night stand with König at some frat party and he becomes obsessed with you while you don't even know his name. you're just trying to get through uni without crashing and burning while coping using drugs and sex and there's just this fucking guy who you slept with once and now he's everywhere, caring about you to an infuriating degree
#OH MY GOD WHAT IF THE READER CHARACTER GIVES HIM THE NICKNAME KONIG WHILE THEY'RE FUCKING#and she just doesn't care enough to learn his name so she just calls him konig#i just have a thing for reader characters who like#do not match his energy whatsoever#but he's persistent and devoted and has a massive cock#and once she gets closer she's like oh okay. there's more to this guy than i thought#oh fuck do i like him???#it's fun having a cod writing sideblog i can just talk to myself#and have all my thoughts in one place#2am thoughts#König#König x reader#konig#konig x reader#cod#mw2#cod mw2#university au#fic: now playing
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perfect together
#smg4#smg34#hi guys😲🤚#hey look that's the outfit I've been meaning to give 4#I said fuck it he's just getting it#may my silly lil guy just get mauled by the bootleg plush#...... okay that's not what actually happened- but I don't really care anymore. I have so much on the mind n I already wanted to just#draw 4 in this and post him like this#the cute outfit was stronger than me#but yeah my#lil guy is safe they'r ehaving coffee at 3's cuz their energy got drained to shits n they need to get that shit back#weak ass mfer uses one ability and immedaitely runs out !!!#and the big ass plush would've been caught by these 2 together#because 3's slay would've been too much to handle for it#but I just. didn't quite have the passion for this like I do for a lot of other things that I want to do
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Starting to consider doing really shitty drawn animatics. God knows these robots take too long to draw to be effective or humane for animation..
#I have so many ideas#help#but I keep just abandoning them because I don't have enough time and energy to draw all those c u b e s properly#wanna do some bad animatics#I mean “don't give a fuck about proportions” kind of bad#“little arrows expressing the motion” kind of bad#I'm tired#I drew half of the animatic about Deadlock and Wing and I'm really to combust#after all no one really seems to care about those animatics even if they're pretty haha#okay no one exept one person#I should be sleeping but I can't stop thinking about making Megatron singing villain song don't mind me
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#i don’t. have the energy to make art that. takes a significant amount of effort but i needed to get this headcanon out there#homestuck#my art#gamzee makara#gamzee#i know this doesn’t make sense btw i do not care
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-- "It's plain she cares for you very deeply."
-- "And I her. Which is why I had to let her go."
#joshua rosfield#ffxviedit#final fantasy xvi#jote#ffxvi#i have so many feelings!!#i think it's really interesting that jote and joshua have never had an equal dynamic in their relationship#jote has been a protector of joshua's since she was little#even before he regained consciousness she was caring for him#the undying weren't sure he would ever wake up and when he did they must have been so afraid to lose him again#the undying in general are really fraught with their approach to the rosfields and the phoenix/the all-too-willing self-sacrifice#joshua never stood a chance of having a normal childhood regardless of where he grew up#and presumably jote also grew up in the undying so she has never truly experienced a peer to peer relationship with joshua#as soon as joshua woke up she was helping him to stay well and accompanying him on his journey#and in this scene she can't imagine not being by his side#she's scared for his safety but also probably very lost#what does she do with her life now? where does her energy go if not to protecting the phoenix?#i wonder about how jote and joshua feel about each other romantically#i know that they may not feel that way toward each other at all#the romantic shipper in me would like to think they do#it's just such a complicated and special and tender dynamic between them
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What did/do you like about Pharah?
Uh, gameplay-wise, I really love characters in shooters who rely on three-dimensional movement techs. Chaining together hover and jump to stay in the air for as long as possible and keep momentum is so satisfying, and picking enemies off from the sky made me feel like a bird of prey. I was a good Pharah main.
Story-wise, there unfortunately isn't much to canonically go off because Pharah is so underutilized and neglected. Her personality's pretty boilerplate "heroic hero" (she's literally inspired by Captain America).
But it's the crumbs/bits and pieces that I really latched onto. Pharah's a confirmed lesbian; her short story with Baptiste implies she harbors a crush on Mercy (fucking thank you.). She's biracial Egyptian/First Nations. She has major mommy issues, having grown up both admiring and resenting Ana. She's the bridge between Old Overwatch, inspired by the idealized heroes who surrounded her childhood, and New Overwatch. She's one of the only inter-generational characters in the cast; someone whose experiences span the gap, which is why I seriously believe Pharah would make a great main character.
There isn't much to go off of, though; she's a very uncomplicated character (she's a soldier for a private military corporation, lol.). But that just means she's a blank slate character, so I've seen fanfic writers run wild and create some really interesting takes on her. My favorite interpretation of her's a dense, herbo gym-bro type (a lot of her liens are about work outs, exercising, and playing sports) who's easily excitable under her seemingly self-serious, armored visage. We see how she tends to gloat and hype herself up when she's on a streak too, so Pharah definitely has a competitive and boastful side under her more professional and militant performance.
Now Mercy? Mercy is a real complex character.
#i was a diehard pharmercy shipper back then btw#the inherent homoerotic experience of pharmercy gameplay.#the homoerotic experience of looking to the skies to fly to safety under the protection of your knight in shining armor#the homoerotic experience of feeling white hot murderous rage at an enemy trying to pick off your pocket mercy#i still kinda despise gency lmao. you cannot convince me mercy would be in love with genji. at all.#he'd make her feel so uncomfortable and guilty. in my head. the canon is obviously different#gency is sexless. absolutely zero bite or tension.#i could go on about mercy and how her character has so much missed potential#i'm no longer in my overwatch fandom phase but#i still think about that new flirty line they added in ow2 where mercy goes “ahh you're like my knight in shining armor!”#and pharah goes “that's what i'm goin for ;)” and i sigh dreamily#really happy that pharah outright says she's a lesbian too but it's hard to feel good about rep when you know blizzard uses it for pr#to be honest i'm willing to bet cash that blizzard's keeping pharmercy in their back pocket as ammo for the next controversy#last year we already saw logs about pharah fretting and taking care of mercy and the two talking about how good it is to see each other#tbh pharah has the same energy/demeanor as applejack. cheerful and competitive in a can of whoopass#but yeah overall pharah's a pretty shallow character. i have IDEAS on how i'd go about deepening her but. whatever#that's sorta what happens when you have to juggle a cast of 40 characters. a lot get left with the bare minimum#ok so i wrote this entire post up saying that pharah isn't in ow2's storymode when she is. she's in the story i just. forgot#because she doesn't do or contribute anything interesting#ok i'm stopping here. overwatch's story is such an interesting narrative mess i could go on for hours#i dunno how you come up with such incredible character designs and give them such an unincredible story#it's also so so so interesting seeing the conflicting takes on characters the writers have#mercy in gameplay and voicelines is peppy and cheerful and optimistic#but mercy in the storymode journal logs is tired. jaded. a total shut in who forgets to leave her room and social#and YES! THAT'S WHAT I WANT!!! THAT'S MERCY TO ME!!! THE DOCTOR WHO FORGETS TO TAKE CARE OF HERSELF#ask me#anon
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im back
#bungo stray dogs#bsd#fyodor dostoevsky#nikolai gogol#bsd fanart#my art#what do you mean I wasn't gone#but I think it's been a while since I've posted anything#I'm slowly getting back to making elaborate drawings in color and all not just doodles#well these are doodles but#It's been a long time since I've really allowed myself to take the time to properly draw#I didn't have the time to really get seriously into it because of school#the school drained me of all my vital energy I'm not even being dramatic this time ugh#uuuh it's been a rude end of school year but now I have time#I will be able to rest and I really want to get back into drawing#the motivation is slowly coming back I think#so have these for now ! I'll post some other stuff later#take care everyone <3<3
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Guys that go bump in the night
(minorly inspired by @karniss-bg3 's response to this ask)
#bg3#astarion#rhylolin/lobo (oc)#kar'niss#drider#baldurs gate 3#driftoodles#alternative titles thst were suggested have been: the monster mash; two charlatan party crashers and their plus one#a drider a lycanthrope and a vampire walk into a bar#etc etc etc i could keep going#i imagine this would be a post bg3 plot thing . dunno what trouble theyre getting into but#whatever theyre up to someones probably gonna have to bail them out. my moneys on gale#with how ive been sketching kar'niss ive been drawing him more emaciated during bg3 bc i noticed his abdomen wrinkles at the bottom which#is a trait of dehydration in arachnids. hes probs not eating very well in moonrise lmao. but i imagine lobo heres been taking p good care#of him. also i think karniss still isnt used to being complimented so every time anyone says he looks nice he throws a fit about it#arachnophobia#but yeah so i try to draw him with rounder n softer features if im drawing him doing smthn post bg3#anywayyys i have a big day tomorrow i wish i had more energy to put smthn neater out but. for now. woe drider#i actually planned on replying to the og ask with more refined doodles but i may do thst later shdkdnkd
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smth smth about 'the thing that the character did that you thought was rly rly funny in the moment is actually linked to a terrible trauma that lies within said character.' or wahtever.
#jrwi show#jrwi fanart#jrwi riptide#gillion tidestrider#made this within a short span of wahtever bc i gotta go up to the mountains for my stupid gay job tonight n im trying#nnot to frrRREAAAK THE FUCK OUUTTTTTTi dont wanna work but. get that bread we fuckin shall i guess#ONWARDS TO THE FISH TORMENT!! sometimes flowers feel pain when you trim them before their blossoming. atleast i imagine so#i used to draw gillion with loooong hair tied into a big ol braid. and then it was confirmed that he had short hair when he was little.#AT FIRST I WAS SAD. but then i realized the duality of. when they were little. gill had short hair. edyn had long hair.#AND NOW THEYRE OLDER. and gillion has long hair. and edyn has short hair#both mirroring eachother. looking up to eachother. subconsciously or not. they most certainly care. and most certainly miss eachother.#GILLION ALWAYS LOVED HOW LONG HAIR LOOKs. atleast i imagine so. he hasnt cut it since he left the undersea. sure he wanted to go back home#but even at the very start. he knew he was free in some way now. free to grow out his hair. an adventure would await him before he returns.#he knew it would be a while. so he cant let this go. he cant let this sought-after hair-length get cut away from him again#not yet. not yet. i like to think he loved music too. I SAW SOMETHING INTERESTING A BIT AGO#i see alot of ppl commenting on my baby gill comics like;'i wouldFIGHT this teacher i wanna KILL EM i want them DESTROYED#all very good and nice sentiments! i LOVE the energy here! and it would be nice. to have that catharsis#but the story of young tidestrider is not a story of catharsis. it is a story of agony and being so so small and so special and also so dum#and sucking so bad. and just being a kid and doing the things that a little kid does and so many tired tired people reacting badly to it#youre supposed to be the hero that will save us. our world hangs in the balance and you are the one who tips the scales.#YOU are supposed to SAVE US!! you NEED to SAVE US! CAN YOU PLEASE STOP SQUIRMING IN YOUR STUPID CHAIR!!#you'd think that young tidestrider ought to prevail. and be tucked someplace all safe and sound.#elders gone missing and rotting in a jail. their cultists nowhere around. but theres no happy endings. not here not now.#this tale is all sorrows n woes. you may dream that justice n peace win the day. but thats not how this story goes#BIG ideas for this lil baby gillion series. if anything i make ever gets disproven im killing myself in a well as to poison a water supply
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