No but like every time I think about Splinter and what he had to go through just to keep the boys alive, my heart hurts for him so badly. Is he perfect? No not at all, but none of them are and by god does he love his sons.

The fact that all of them are alive, and grew to thrive despite the circumstances surrounding them is a testament of how much Splinter loves his boys. He raised four babies following the most traumatic time of his life, all alone with nothing but the sewers to house them (to hide them.) I feel like he’s not given the credit he deserves for all he’s done.

And I get that it’s easy to hold up his flaws and faults when it comes to parenting, I myself like looking into them because flawed characters are super interesting and said flaws make them more realistic and engaging, but he tries, and again, so many others would have given up on the boys or failed along the way but Splinter didn’t.

He’s their father, for all his faults he did his damndest to make sure they survived.

one thing about kurapika is that he loves to annoy leorio so so much. it's literally one of his favourite things to do.

kim dokja wants to die so fucking bad that he almost manages to convince you that it would really be more merciful to let him kill himself than to force him to live in his own epilogue, but the thing stopping you is the fact that at this point in the story you love him so much that you could never possibly allow that to happen and just by continuing to live yourself you keep him alive and and and

housewife in kitchin makin recips and food :)

i think the reason i always feel so lonely is bc rlly all i want is a romantic relationship that is kinda co-dependent but we love eo nd it works for us. idc that it's generally considered toxic. that's what i need nd want. like i do want to experience nd go thru life w someone always by my side. i need someone close to me all the time to seek quiet, verbal nd physical comfort nd reassurance from. i need to share the burden nd horrors of life w someone else. have their warmth nd closeness be an anchor for me.

Davesprite, if you let Lil Cal possess you out of your own hubris, you're giving the anons (especially myself) a new thing to tease you about.

- ScAnon

(OOC: Let me ramble for a bit. Feel free to skip this if you don't wanna read it.

I think it makes perfect sense for Davesprite to refuse to show the Cal-o-meter. For one thing, it provides contrast to how John's Grimdarkness meter and Rose's Radiance meter were always there when it needed to be shown, which shows the difference in how Davesprite deals with his problems compared to the other two. For another thing, it shows his awareness as a sprite as meters are typically a video game mechanic. The fact that he hides it means he's probably using his spritely knowledge as a means of protecting himself and what he believes to be protecting others as well.

Okay, ramble over, back to funny shenanigans.)

TG: how many fucking times do i have to say it TG: he isnt going to possess me TG: you know why? TG: because hes a stupid TG: goddamn TG: PUPPET TG: and honestly if you goddamn anons werent constantly fucking 'teasing' me about shit then maybe i wouldnt have to hang out with a fucking puppet TG: but here we fucking are i guess TG: thanks for that assholes

please tell me wtf ur username is on this blog. /lh 😭😭😭😭

Oh goodness! Yeah my username is pretty weird isn’t it XD

wellllll it’s a bit of a long story…

prepare for much nerding out about Greek history and also my very boring and irrelevant backstory under the cut :)

Oookay! so I’m homeschooled, but I had a co-op with other homeschoolers once a week in elementary and middle school. And my history and Latin teacher in said co-op was a HUGE FAN of Ancient History!

This being so, I took multiple years of Ancient Greek and Roman (and miscellaneous other ancient cultures) history and literature. And in my Latin class, history henceforth played a big role as well! One of my teacher’s favorite phrases, which she would repeat constantly with gusto, was “In umbra igitur pugnabimus.”

this translates to “Then we will fight in the shade.” The story behind this is one of my favorites in history. This was allegedly said by King Leonidas of Sparta at the Battle of Thermopylae. I’m not going to go into everything about the battle here but it is incredibly cool and always makes me tear up.

when Leonidas and his 300 Spartans we’re about to go up against around 150000 Persians in a fight that was ultimately to the death, the Persians offered him a chance to surrender. They warned him that the arrows of the Persian archers would block out the sun.

Leonidas responded by saying “Then we will fight in the shade.”

So, when I made this blog, I decided I wanted to do something Latin. Then I remembered this quote! And with a memorable story and the pronunciation of the phrase ingrained into my brain, what wasn’t to like? And, being the rather unusual person that I am, I decided to add “maybe” to the end of it, and take off the “igitur,” the Latin for “then.”

and now I have a really weird username! Woohoo!

I can’t believe it’s Oliver dialtown’s late real birthday

Finally drew dialtown fanart ;v; Hopefully I get better at drawing these guys because I want to draw a lot more!!

Version without words under the cut!

They're siblings

"Awwww yeah!!!"

"How'd you get that?"

"You could!! You could!!"

good morning 🥺

he said that if he had a kid he would name it keith.

chat, is this grounds for a breakup?

ON THIS BEAUTIFUL WEDNESDAY EVENING????

*dashes into your inbox* what are your favorite Half-Life theories?!

I'll be honest, I'm not really into the whole theory side of... any of the fandoms I'm in-- theorising just doesn't work well with my brain (it's weird! Hard to explain, but theorising is a damned struggle, lol!)

However! I do quite like the idea that The Combine is related to that world's version of The Great Filter.

Just, in case anyone doesn't know what that is; The Great Filter is a scientific theory! It's posed as a possible solution to the Fermi paradox, and states-- in simple terms, because I've just woken up-- that there's some kind of filter or barrier at some point on the Kardashev scale (measure technological advancement, based on energy use,) in which a species eventually is wiped out/wipes itself out. It's suggested that this is why extraterrestrial civilisations are yet to be discovered-- 'cause they got nerfed!! Apologies for the piss-poor explanation, Google it if you want to learn more, I'm not a scientist (unfortunately.)

ANYWAY.

To quote a Reddit post from, like, 6 years ago,

In Half-Life, humanity hit a major milestone as first contact with inter-dimensional alien life was established. With this, mankind proved its intelligence to the universe, but not its potential strength. Once this event drew the attention of The Combine (The Great Filter), they attacked in full force, defeating all of Earth's armed forces in a matter of hours and establishing their dominance over the Human Race over the next 20 years until Freeman would come back to ignite a revolution.

The idea that The Combine is something so terrifying, yet almost inevitable, is a real neat one to me!! c]:^)

I dunno, I just like The Combine. Studying these freaks isn't enough I need to explode. Anything related to them is bound to catch my attention and interest.

okay i’m back on writing this fic and it’s about 6600 atm, with still quite a bit to go, but i’m really nervous because it’s looking like it’s gonna be about 8k words, and the last fic i wrote that was about 8k ended up being my least successful cornley fic.

ok when Yamcha gets older he looks like a low level Yakuza boss. It’s that banana 🍌 suit.

i was about to say yamcha could never be a yakuza on account that he's too nice of a guy but then i remembered ichiban kasuga is literally right there so

I just realized I haven't updated y'all on some changes I've made to Riku specifically Noble (his thief self)