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persona misogyny is so fucking wild. ignoring literally everything else about the entire rest of the games, every single s.link with a female character is like “entirely for having been born a woman i have had to work twice as hard for a fraction of the benefit. even now, i am stripped of my agency in a position i never wanted in the first place” and/or “i’m put on a pedestal by the people in my life because of my looks. men see me as an object to be conquered, women hate me for ‘stealing’ ‘their’ men. if i’m withdrawn i’m a bitch, if i’m friendly i’m easy. because of this, i’m alone” and/or “because of my personality or hobby or lack of cooking skills, i feel like i’m failing at femininity. if being a woman is something i can fail at, then where does that leave me? i’m scared at the loss of my identity and place in society”

like very consistently they present female characters with complex thoughts towards their place in society as women, femininity as a whole, and facing issues stemming from misogyny, and then the payoff is always “my problems were entirely my own fault. i wasn’t strong enough, i was a coward. but now, i’m gonna work hard to be exactly what society expects me to be (which is what i want to be)! i’m gonna do better at femininity (which is still something tangible i can fail at)! i’m going to try hard at making friends (which was my fault for not doing)! all my problems are solved through personal responsibility (that im totally culpable for), effort (which i previously was not putting in), or you, a man! i am Happy and Satisfied with this outcome, can i be Your woman?”

and like hello? why are we here. what the fuck are we doing. why do we keep doing this every single time. can we not do the constant lukewarm attempts at criticizing misogyny so you can jerk off to your own thoughtfulness, while ultimately reinforcing patriarchal systems and brushing off any deeper misogyny-bred issues as a lack of deference to one’s rightful place in society? like maybe don’t do that? for fucking once? just an idea

Alrighty let’s get this over with

I decided to try designing a Metadede child and a Taransusie child, this is Meta Knight and Dedede’s daughter Cintia and Taranza and Susie’s daughter Clover. Before anyone asks how they exist, my lore for them is that both of them are clones, but instead of being cloned from one person they’re cloned from a combination of two people. I have more backstory about them and explanations for their names under the cut.

I wanted to give Cintia a moon-themed name (because of the moon theme in the final battle against Meta Knight and Dedede in Kirby Fighters 2), and I also wanted her to have a Spanish name because of Meta Knight’s accent in the anime. However, I didn’t want to call her Luna since she’s a princess and I didn’t want anyone to confuse her with the My Little Pony character Princess Luna. Cintia is the Spanish version of Cynthia, which means moon/is related to the moon goddess Artemis, so I called her that instead of Luna. The little gold and black design on her crown is supposed to be a crescent moon to further convey the moon theme. I feel like Meta Knight would call her by her full name most of the time but he might call her “mija” (“my daughter” in Spanish) or “pingüinita” (“little penguin” in Spanish) as a little affectionate nickname lmao, Dedede and most of the other characters would just call her Cindee.

For Clover, I wanted to give her a floral/plant themed name since she’s the princess of Floralia (in my AU of things Taranza becomes the king of Floralia after the events of Triple Deluxe, so that makes Clover a princess). Four leaf clovers are also symbols of good luck, and each leaf of a four leaf clover represents luck, faith, hope, and love, so I thought that it would be a nice meaningful name for her. Her full name is Clover Maxine Haltmann, she has Susie’s last name since Taranza doesn’t have one and her middle name is Maxine in honor of her grandfather Max.

Clover is the first one to be cloned, when Taranza and Susie are engaged and are preparing for their wedding. They go visit another planet to establish diplomatic relations between Floralia and the aliens on that planet, and after they mention that they’re getting married soon the aliens ask them if they’re planning to have kids. Taranza and Susie explain that they can’t have kids the usual way since they’re different species and that wouldn’t work, but the aliens are experts at cloning and have technology that allows them to clone children for couples who are different species. The aliens clone Clover as a wedding gift for Taranza and Susie, not realizing that the two of them saying that they couldn’t have kids didn’t necessarily mean that they wanted to have kids lmao… it all works out though, Taranza and Susie didn’t expect to get Clover but they’re still happy to have her and they return to Popstar with her. After seeing Clover, Dedede and Meta Knight decide that they want to have a kid, so they go visit the aliens and ask them to clone one for them, and that’s where Cindee comes from. I drew Cindee and Clover as little kids here so I could give them some outfits and convey their personalities a bit, but I’ll have to draw them again as babies.

i found these on Nelnal twitter acc

OOOOUGHHHHOOOOOOOOO. points. capn chewing gum moment

Eddie would have a pair of crocs that eventually Steve starts wearing but won’t admit that then turns into crocs used by anyone that comes over to the house. Every fights over which charms are used and if sport mode is better ‘on’ or ‘off’.

the most surreal moment for me last night was getting to literally sit right behind jason sudeikis, james lance, and billy harris, whilst watching sam ryder and hannah waddingham belt out “fought & lost” together

In the gentle light as the morning nears (you don't say a single word of your last two years) 

Some Stucky horse whisperer vibes for my darling T @otp-holic — remember when I promised you a most likely ugly drawing of a horse for finishing your gigantic Shelter AU? Well, I thought this might do instead. 🐴💕

Steve Rogers leads a peaceful life in rural Montana, homeschooling his daughter Mackenzie and tending to their horses. That is, until a riding accident upends their lives, leaving Steve with a traumatized and heartbroken eight-year-old and a fidgety American Paint, Sunflower. 

Enter Bucky Barnes, a renowned horse whisperer all the way up from the mountains; young but somehow wise beyond his years, with an air of melancholy gentleness about him. 

True to his reputation, Bucky’s way with horses is nothing short of magical, and over the coming weeks he works tirelessly with Sunflower, slowly but steadily earning his trust. What’s more, as Bucky’s soft voice and softer hands coax the horse into lowering his guard, it eventually seems to draw Mackenzie out of her shell, too.  

Steve tries his best to ignore the way his chest tightens at realizing Bucky isn’t just great with horses and kids — he’s great with Steve’s kid. 

Still, as weeks become months, the trees starting to turn and September washing the hills in slow, honeyed light, Steve finds something long-forgotten stirring in his marrow under these wide, western skies.

met a real life byler stan tonight and i have quite literally never been so thrilled

Gonna potentially ruffle some feathers here and say that I think the people who disliked s4 are mostly those who think the only important character is The Captain. I get that you want specific things to happen for certain characters, and trust me I’m not without my biases towards certain (other) characters or storylines, but I really do think that objectively the writing is still really good, funny and emotional like always. The Idiots clearly know that The Captain’s storyline is going to be a big one for people so I have NO idea why people expect it to be addressed directly this soon? Like, we basically know there will be a series 5 at this point, it seems like a no-brainer to me that The Captain’s storyline will be one of the LAST ones they do, because they KNOW people are waiting for it. So I was surprised anyone expected anything deeper this season for him. They’re setting that up, playing the long game, and I think it’ll pay off when they do but it’d be a waste to do that and then have another season without a big emotional reveal left to explore… then series 5 would really feel like filler. So I get why they’re obviously intentionally saving it, it hasn’t been ignored and they’re NOT queerbaiting by not having explicitly having him ‘come out’ yet (I saw someone actually say they were and it pissed me off like crazy because they’ve not made his sexuality at all ambiguous, he’s clearly gay and it’s not queerbaiting, he’s just still as a character working through a LOT of repression and hasn’t been able to vocalize it in specific terms yet which MAKES PERFECT SENSE for the characterization and does not mean he’s not actually gay just because he hasn’t said the words ‘I’m gay’). Ugh genuinely bugged me to read that, people need to stop thinking that there’s only one valid way to show representation.

Hey I know the mario movie is a lot of people’s intro into the franchise and that’s all well and good but I’m begging anyone who thinks that Kamek and Bowser’s relationship w one another is the same as Stone and Robotniks to play a mario game please I will literally pay you 200 dollars to never ship them ever I’m bleeding profusely

tell me abt pruk proposal headcanons

Yessssss, thank you!!!!! Hopefully at least some people agree with me on this, if not do feel free to tell me your headcanons ✨

PrUK Proposal Headcanons:

I lean more towards Gilbert being the one to propose. Partially because I think he’s the more traditional of the two.

However, Arthur would definitely enjoy having a physical reminder that Gilbert is his (for himself and everyone else).

Regardless of who asks, the actual proposal would be something private though.

I’ve seen other takes on this but I just cannot imagine Gilbert wanting to make a big spectacle about something so personal to him. (I also think Arthur would probably be slightly mortified if they had a crowd of people watching them.)

I could see the proposal being a spur of the moment thing. Like Gilbert’s had the idea of marriage on his mind for a while, debating if he really wants that or not, and it all just clicks into place while he’s watching Arthur do something mundane, like washing the dishes or putting away some groceries, so he just blurts it out because he realises he wants to spend the rest of his life with this man.

In that scenario, Arthur would probably look slightly bewildered and assume he was joking until Gilbert doubles down on it. And ring or not, of course Arthur will marry him.

Another way I could see it going is Gilbert actually asking friends advice and actually planning a nice date, or a fancy dinner at home where he pops the question near the end or something.

Oh actually! I could see him doing both, like he asks him first in the heat of the moment and then goes and gets a ring in secret and plans out a nice proposal because he knows that the kind of thing Arthur would love (even if he’d deny caring about that kind of thing).

I actually like the idea of him doing both because I don’t really view Gilbert as someone whose especially romantic? I’m still working this out… but I don’t think Gilbert goes out of his way to do anything romantic, it just wouldn’t cross his mind. Yet if he sees a flower stall he’ll stop and buy Arthur flowers, because Arthur likes flowers. (On the walk home he might realise and declare the most romantic person ever but I don’t see him thinking about it in the moment beyond a ‘oh Arthur would like that.’)

The only reason I think he’d plan a proper proposal at all is because Arthur would like it and if he’s going to propose anyway he wants to make Arthur as happy as possible (and Arthur’s a romantic sap) whereas Gilbert never put thought into that type of thing and would be just as happy being asked while they watch telly, do you get me? (I might change my mind on this but idk I think I’m making sense.)

I could definitely see Arthur proposing in bed after convincing Gilbert to have a lazy morning with him instead of getting up at the crack of dawn and Gilbert would be more than happy with that. Could also see him planning a day to just spoil Gilbert and do everything he likes before asking him to marry him which is probably the more likely option…

Ahh imagine, Arthur would be acting at least slightly nervous the whole day and denying it whenever Gilbert questions him on it and he’s just getting more and more concerned until Arthur finally just bloody asks him and he’s so realised and happy… it’d just be cute yeah?

Or they could also just get drunk, one of them pops the question and suddenly they’re married in vegas or something lol.

I’m still not over them by the way

i wish i was better at making online friends there are so many ppl that i dont even see on here anymore i thought were sooo cool and then was just too nervous to strike up conversation until it all died down

all your tags have been so lovely and omg #i love the mcu (myra cinematic universe) im gonna be crying about this one specifically 😭 i feel so honored i swear <3

i’m 100% serious about the mcu. this is what i see when i log into tumblr and watch your gifs:

Some Thoughts on the Black Brothers, Dysfunctional Family, and the Good Kind of Hurt.

TW: abusive households, sibling separation, childhood trauma

I’ve been seeing some discourse about the Regulus and Sirius situation (specifically Sirius leaving Grimmauld without Regulus) and as someone who has lived through a very similar situation, I wanted to (project and over share) explain some of the intricacies that I don’t see talked about a lot, particularly in regards to the effect that this kind of trauma had on me and my brother’s relationship. Hopefully this can serve as inspo for people who are writing the Black brothers if you haven’t lived this dynamic and/or don’t have siblings.

Background: I am the youngest sibling. I have a brother who is two years older than me. We were raised by our mother, in a household that was difficult and tumultuous. Our parents are separated and my dad lived far away.

My mother was raised in a very abusive household. I don’t say this to excuse her behavior, but for the sake of the conversation, I want to make note of this generational trauma. The Blacks are chock full of it. As a result of her trauma, she is volatile and quite emotionally reactive when she fears she is losing control. She has a very specific vision of the type of people her children should be, and if we defied her, and threatened what (in her mind) she had worked so hard to build, she lashed out. To my mother, she wasn’t as bad as her own parents, so we were weak if we couldn’t handle it. She viewed her behavior as normal.

Also, regardless of how difficult things were at home, it was VERY important that, to the outside world, everything looked perfect. Public perception was real to her, and whatever went on inside the house was just a means of keeping up that façade. Who we were wasn’t as important as how other people saw us. For anyone writing Walburga into their fics, this is helpful to keep in mind. Rather than just writing her as evil for the sake of being evil, understand this motivation, and you may find a bit more depth in your depiction of her.

But, like my mother, her vision of perfection was just that: a vision. It was unrealistic. It was unobtainable. Nothing would have ever been good enough.

My older brother was always the family scapegoat. Like Sirius, he is outgoing, charming, impulsive, witty, often unpredictable. He loves to have a laugh. He always speaks his mind. He doesn’t like to lose. As you can imagine, this put him at constant odds with my mother. If she was angry, he fought back. He questioned her, disagreed with her. Like Sirius, my brother knows who he is, and he wasn’t going to compromise that to live some life that didn’t even appeal to him.

I, on the other hand, didn’t talk back. Not when I was younger, at least. I was anxious, studious, a perfectionist in every hobby I took up. I didn’t know how to let myself have fun. I never felt like I had earned it. My mother was so loving when I had her approval, and so I chased it. I thought love needed to be earned. I had to be good enough. This is how I view Regulus, especially in their younger years.

As for the sibling dynamic as children… it always gives me a little chuckle when I read a fic where Sirius and Regulus are constantly soft with each other. Imagine them how you like, I don’t want to be condescending to anyone. But there’s no way those two didn’t fight like cats and dogs. Pun intended. My brother loves getting a reaction out of people for fun, and he knew how to press every button to make me mad. I look back on this fondly now, though. He’s my big brother, of course he thinks it’s funny to piss me off. asshole.

But when I was upset, he always knew just how to cheer me up. Not with some tearful heart-to-heart, or a long loving hug, or any of that. More like, he’d force his way into my room, I’d tell him to get out, and we would have an interaction in which he pestered me until I cracked a smile, then he would be ridiculous until I was laughing again and was sufficiently pulled out of my own head. He made it bearable, all the pressure. I didn’t realize how much I needed him until he wasn’t there. But more on that later.

My brother and mother were constantly screaming at each other. But when I got yelled at, I got distant and quiet, and I just said whatever I thought I needed to say to get the hell out of there, so I could lock myself in my room where I felt safe. It scared me, the yelling. And I didn’t understand why my brother always yelled back. It’s not like he was going to change our mothers mind about anything. And it made me angry at him, because he was always looking for a fight, and I always ended up feeling stressed and scared. Our mothers mood would be so sour after they fought, and the floor would be eggshells. It was misplaced anger. But I was a child.

To my brother, this anger made it seem like I was siding with my mother. I was not. I just wanted the fighting to stop. I don’t think Regulus would have been on Walburga’s side either. He was clearly aware of her abusive tendencies. I don’t know anyone with an abusive parent who is like, actually on their side and not just appeasing them so that they can be left alone. But who knows, maybe you know someone like that. There’s a lot of people in this world.

I often see people say that Regulus should have defended Sirius to their parents. Maybe. But also, it wouldn’t have really made any difference, other than both of them getting in trouble. In my experience, my brother knew me, and he never would have expected that level of confrontation from me. I think Sirius would have been the same way. I think he would have preferred Regulus stayed out of it, because he would have felt guilty if Regulus got hurt fighting his fight.

After my mother and brother fought, I would do my best to put him back together. But I wasn’t as good at it as he was. He always knew just how to cheer me up. I always felt like I was falling short. I think that he was hesitant to let me take care of him. I think it made him feel guilty, like he was failing somehow.

He would cope in other ways. Blow off steam at a party, get drunk or high or both. I’d stay awake to make sure he didn’t get caught, didn’t wake up our mother and cause another fight. And he’d let me take care of him then. Simple steps. I gave what I could. It never felt like enough.

He left when he was 16, after a huge fight with our mother. She made me stand in the room, and they both tried to get me to back them up. I clammed up, torn in two. I paid the price for it later.

My brother went to live with my dad. He didn’t ask me to come with him. I don’t think Sirius would have asked Regulus either, though I see that depicted a lot. I think he would have just wanted to get the fuck out. Completely understandable. Plus, even if my brother had asked me, I wouldn’t have gone. What, I was just going to move in with my dad and get on with it all, knowing that my mom was somewhere angry with me, disapproving of me, disappointed in me? It would have eaten me alive. Honestly, him asking me to leave with him never even crossed my mind. And I wasn’t mad at him for that. Devastated, sure, but more so because he was gone. I felt hopeful for him. I wanted him to be happy.

This is where things get tricky, and where I see a lot of people villainize Sirius unfairly. My brother built a new life at a new school. He leaned heavily into the new safety and acceptance that he had found, which he so desperately needed. Just like Sirius when he moved in with the Potters and began considering them to be his real family, and James to be his brother. He was traumatized from his past and didn’t like to think about it, so he built up a wall against us so that he didn’t have to. He was a child, reacting to trauma.

My brother thought that I was against him, because I hadn’t vocalized my support when he asked me to. So I got cut off as well. It fucking sucked, and it pissed me off so much at the time, especially because I had also gotten into trouble with my mother when I didn’t back her up either. And then we were both just pissed at each other. Hurt, and scared, and angry, and stubborn.

All of those feelings felt so grown up at the time, so righteous and justified. It’s funny now, looking back, seeing how immature it all was. If we had just fucking talked to each other, we could have saved ourselves so much misery. We could have saved ourselves.

But I was not encouraged to talk to him. And I had my mothers undivided attention. My brother always commanded the attention of everyone in the room (so Sirius Black coded of him) and suddenly he was gone. It was all on me now. My mothers expectations had been raised unimaginably, to compensate for the loss. I think that this was her insecurity coming in to play. She needed to prove that she didn’t fail. And I needed to be perfect. I had never wanted her undivided attention, just her approval. I never got her approval in the end. Like I said, unattainable. And I eventually reached a breaking point. Not quite as dramatic as defying a dark wizard, stealing a horcrux, and being drowned by Inferi, though i’m sure it did feel like it at the time. I survived though. Bagsy- 1, Regulus- 0.

I talk to my brother now, and we’re healing. We have had a few drunken heart-to-hearts. We love each other. But there’s an ache there, when I think of that time we spent apart. A mistrust that we’re both trying to unlearn, I think. It sucks, because I want to blame the whole thing on our shitty experience, but we were still part of it. It’s still part of us.

I think that even if Regulus and Sirius had reconnected, it would be very touch-and-go. They would remind each other of a very difficult time in their lives, an environment that they are both products of, even if they denounce it. They need each other to get through it, because no one else could understand what they’ve been through. But they hurt each other because of it.

And there’s a grief there, for the relationship and the trust that you want, need, but which feels so out of reach. It feels like it got taken away from us, and (petulantly, I often think) it’s not fair. Sometimes we fight, and I’m scared that we’re too broken by it all to ever be good for each other. I’m scared that I’ll only ever remind him of things he’d rather forget. Then we make up, and I’m reminded: despite the pain we cause each other sometimes, my life is so much better with my brother in it. And I know he feels the same. We’re so young. We have so much time.

Regulus and Sirius didn’t get that time.

tl,dr; call your sibling. go to therapy.