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assorted bodies doodles (transcript of that messy relationship square under the cut due to my handwriting/incoherency)
TAKE THESE W A GRAIN OF SALT i am like 90% joking:
hillinghead -> hasan, and vice versa: immediate mutual respect
hillinghead -> whiteman: he's incredibly smart, deceptively cunning but very kind. but he is also so annoying oh my god--
hillinghead -> maplewood: "please someone explain science fiction to me"
whiteman -> iris, and vice versa: two friends secretly think of the other as the sidekick
whiteman -> hillinghead: annoying him is quickly becoming a favorite pasttime
whiteman -> hasan: will not admit it but he wants parenting tips from her
hasan -> whiteman: has slipped a parenting book to him
hasan -> maplewood: deja vu about their future weirds her out a little, but she trusts her
iris -> hillinghead: fond of him from the time they spoke in the prison. enjoys fucking with him
iris -> hasan: SHE'S THE GOAT
#re: while i like whiteman being a funny comic relief type character in this lineup (less comic relief and more witty and funny)#i do recognise that he's not rly like that in canon. much more cunning and able to blend into whatever situation he can#able to say the right things when he needs to (right after farrell dies) and deflecting of any real observations (with calloway)#its very chameleon like to the point of giving up a very integral part of his identity to safeguard himself--#even though he cares very much about it (the way he reacts to antisemitic comments and his face drops when farrell mentions the synagogue)#now what is actually annoying to hillinghead is that he knows karl can actually be very gracious he's still choosing to fuck with him LOL#the annoyance spreads to iris too. i rly think iris-karl buddy cop duo could be so funny#i actually really need more fic or art of them all interacting . here's how bodies s2 can still happen.#bodies netflix#karl weissman#esther jankovsky#sharara hasan#alfred hillinghead#iris maplewood#and sorry to hillinghead who is not drawn well. kyle soller 1 treasureplcnet 0#my art#and im not quite sure why theyre having breakfast tgt in that first comic. perhaps bc the original meme has them like that LOL
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deeply refreshing to see someone critical of Swift who also like, genuinely likes her. Like i'm neutral to positive on her, but the online discourse has been absolutely rancid. flipping between "Taylor Swift has never done anything wrong ever and she's a fucking genius" and "Taylor Swift is the worst lyricist of all time and also a bad person" is exhausting, so thank you for like. nuance or something lmao
not to make it serious for a sec but i genuinely think that being able to like things that are bad is really important. like I think that it's an important skill to be able to look at something and see what you personally enjoy about it and then take a step back and acknowledge that objectively it's flawed. and to also be able to acknowledge that liking something isn't necessarily an identity or a moral stance. and i think that fandom space in general could really benefit from more people taking the time to learn how to do that. it's okay to like things that are bad
#people ask me sometimes why ill occasionally talk about something i like and then go 'but it's bad' and the answer is usually because it is#i love teen wolf. i love genshin impact. i love detective conan. and i fucking LOVE taylor swift. that doesnt mean theyre good#it just means i like them. and recognizing their flaws actually helps me better identify what i like about them!#it's like. in my mind bad > good is the x axis and i like it > i dont like it is the y axis yk. they're not mutually exclusive#tldr it's not that serious. we can all relax a little#irt taylor swift i do also think she has done some real harm to her fans in enabling them to deflect all criticism of her as misogyny#and i don't think it's fully the fault of these people who are parroting that response bc so much of her marketing has deliberately#reinforced this idea that to be a swiftie is to be a part of a sisterhood and that any attack on taylor is an attack on all of those women#who are in that in-group. when that's obviously not the case. but she's marketed herself as. for lack of a better term. 'girl music'#to the point where it makes her fans feel as though any criticism of the music or the woman responsible for it is an attack on their#personal experience of womanhood/girlhood/sisterhood/etc. and that's how you get all of thess bad-faith accusations of misogyny#i don't necessarily think this was her deliberate goal with her marketing tho because like. on first glance such a strong sense of communit#among fans sounds like a great thing. the friendship bracelets i got at the eras tour movie are really genuinely special to me.#but it does present a problem when your fans are unable to separate how they feel about the community and experience your music has fostere#from how they feel about you as a person. especially when you are a billionaire who absolutely CANNOT be above criticism in this economy#anyway. tldr i love taylor's music and i don't think swiftie hivemind is as deliberately malicious as it may seem#but it's obviously necessary to be able to take a step back and look objectively at what you're participating in.#anyway stream ttpd or don't idc <3#taylor swift
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Late Night Talking
[First] Prev <–-> Next
#poorly drawn mdzs#MDZS#wei wuxian#lan wangji#This scene had massive 'we are the only two people still up at the sleepover' energy#thought let me set the record straight; wwx doesn't open up in the scene. He fully deflects#Nor does LWJ play with ants B*(#I wanted to merge the two scenes a bit that's all#My OG script was a bit funnier but it broke continuity so rip (i.e: wwx outright stated 'remember when YOU...' in reference to the ants)#also rip to lwj saying 'hey U up?' like he's texting his crush. I hope the spirit is still there#We all know lwj sticks to his 9pm bedtime no matter what#and wouldn't be traditionally texting on a cellphone#He wakes up at 4:30 am to go for a run#gets home at 5:30 to use the lan household computer to go on his shared google doc with wwx and comments 'are you still awake?'#cause lets me real. wwx might also keep a steady sleep schedule but at least he *can* pull an all-nighter#Can you imagine lwj at a sleepover? I admit to being the kid who went to bed and woke up 3-4 hours before the others#you either get fed up and wake someone else up for enrichment - or plan ahead to bring a book - or Walk Home#I fully missed out on all that deep heart to heart stuff. I usually was the one to go 'guysssss we are gonna get in troubleeee go to sleep'#wait this is too much sleepover talk I need to talk about wwx in the last panel. It's a mix of panic and pride.#He's just at the beginning of realizing this guy has changed a lot in 13 years#gonna be a while before more comic pages get posted but they're ready to go in the queue!#(I'm still posting other stuff daily though!)
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one thing that stands out to me about the IVF arc is the way that, for as much as i make fun of her for asking her coworker if she can have his babies, scully asking mulder to be involved in the biggest process of her life (and the most important thing in the rest of her life) is such a healing and reverent experience. like he says “i’m absolutely flattered,” but it’s so much more than that. it’s like…spending your whole life feeling like you should’ve died at age twelve and then being told someone just wants more of you, more and more and more, in everything.
#it reminds me of 'sixth extinction' / 'amor fati'#when he quite literally was tied down and couldn't speak#and the way we hear him try to SCREAM when his mother just leaves him there#but his mind is Silent from the moment he hears scully in the hall begging to see him#and he couldn't crack a joke or run out the door#he literally just had to lie there and feel it#feel it on his Skin#her hand holding onto him#her tears falling onto his face#listening to the overwhelming depth of her fear that she is failing him and her devotion and her dedication to finding a way to help him#her Pleas for him to just 'hold on'#'i think that...if you know...if you could just find a way to hold on...i need you to hold on...please...'#everybody go listen to the civil wars' cover of 'talking in your sleep'#i don't think it can be overestimated how much of an impact that had on them and the lightness and healing in s7. that he Had to hear it#and then with the baby thing it's like...he CAN'T deny her that. he HAS to say 'yes'#there's no part of him that's capable of denying her something that she desires this badly. enough to ask for outright#and so he HAS to let himself be wanted and be invited into this unimaginably important and personal thing#let himself be a part of something bigger. be SEEN as someone who is valuable in a way that's bigger#and again he can't run from it and he can't deflect it and he can't hide from it. he has to just accept it#txf.txt#per manum
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THEY DEVASTATINGLY WALLOPED ME FOR THESE BRIEF FEW SECONDS
#leigh's magneto hours#THERE'S SO MUCH TO UNPACK HERE. ESPECIALLY THE ALMOST TOUCHING FOREHEADS BIT.#magneto's 'my path is too littered with error'#;WWWWWWW;#and rogue's 'you have to earn people's trust'#LIKE!!!!! AND THEN HE DIRECTLY GOES FOR THE 'ooooo i feared you'd do your best to avoid being alone with me.' WITH THE HAND GRAB!!!!#YOU FEARED???? YOU FEARED?!?! FEARED FOR WHAT. OLD MAN WHAT ARE YOU SAYING#AND THEN HE GOES TO TRY AND TAKE OFF THE GLOVE. AS IF WE DIDN'T JUST ADDRESS TRUST#dnvjdxbvjhdbvhdx. this man. i swear. you are giving me signals that you want to be more open and then YET YOU BRING UP OLD BAGGAGE#he's like 'oh i just got rejected. well now time to deflect.' LIKE AAAAAAAAA#this moment coupled with the moment at the end is making me crazy#sorry to my followers who never expected me to be into xmen???? im here now. im so ill with it.#i can probably assure there will be more rogneto on this blog here in the future. this is your warning#i just feel like ive been fucking SPOON FED oh my god. crossing my fingers we get more messy feelings between them.
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i've seen vampire bruce stories, and i've seen bruce is not actually a vampire but everyone else thinks he is stories, and now i'm just thinking a human bruce with his very batty(Iliterally) vampire children hanging around under his cape like adorable little terrifying shadow creatures whose eyes glow in the dark
#just lil tiny claws gripping onto his cape that can deflect bullets#or maybe he has perches on his back his children can hang onto when they go under the cape#he flashes people in the sense that he typically curls his cape around him and then just opens it up randomly to show off his children#kind of like a drug dealer but like look its friggin bats#i just think bruce w his children as bats is adorable#bruce would pet and cuddle the shit out of his floofly lil gremlin children#they probably scare tf out of the JL lol just dark shadows with glowing eyes peeking out at them from bruce's cape during meetings#everyone in the JL probably think hes a vampire but he's just a guy that coincidentally adopts a lot of vampire children#batkids love their human father as much as they fear for his mortality#haha just thinking about if bruce gets close to death batkids would probably freak tf out and try to turn him#but other batkids would remind them that bruce wouldn't have wanted it so they just wait to hear updates instead#well damn things got a bit dark there#bruce wayne#batman#batfam#batfamily
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do any of you guys ever feel like theres still things youre still childishly dumb about that u wouldnt be able to talk about with like relatives or like in polite conversation with like a potential employer or some shit. Like just now i was thinking mainly of geography im so unbearably geographically incompetent that even just trying to describe where i live makes me break out into a sweat. if someones describing a location or place to me i say ahh yeah and in my head is a monkey clapping cymbols togerher
#it makes me feel very young and stupid bc its such a fundemental thing people have some comprehension of#i could get lost in a tin can. more accurately i can and do get lost in my home town and nearby places ive known my entire life 🥲#theres other stuff like finances and life shit that stresses me out in convos too. bc i know how immature i sound/am 😭#and i say polite convos bc in comfortable situations i just deflect by joking about being dumb and hope the other person isnt cruel#and generally informally it doesnt matter so much unless i feel intimidated by the person#which happens and then it Feels like it really does matter that i have the social competence of a teenager 😔
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wo long: fallen dynasty ► hidden village of mt. tianzhushan
#wo long fallen dynasty#gamingedit#wo long fallen dynasty spoilers#wo long spoilers#i don't play souls-like games but good lord. i cannot put this down it has gripped me#even though the game is hard (esp the first boss) i was never frustrated or felt like rage quitting it was still fun! which is crazy!#the deflecting is so much fun but honestly it's the sound design that really does it. so immensely satisfying to hear#the character customization is super good too! tons of great options and you can choose your pronouns as well which is neat#and i like this sort of linear experience! i feel like huge open world games like elden ring are kinda overwhelming sometimes so this was#a lot more palatable for me#sorry for the long tags. there's just a lot i'm loving about this game!!
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I have told this story before, maybe twice, but every once in a while I think about the time I was in a starbucks and a man asked me how old I was and I didn’t want to answer so I said “a lady never tells” and he laughed and said “but a gentleman always asks” and like literally that WASN’T and is not true but the interaction made him so happy and got me out of a (mildly) uncomfortable situation and actually the opportunity for (not cruel) cleverness and wit in a social setting is full of fun and satisfaction for both sides and can make interacting easier and we should do it more
#we should have a wittier culture#so that there are certain phrases and deflections and exchanges that people can use to maneuver through life#and obviously too much wit or too much emphasis on it can be a problem but we're all tongue-tied now in our sincerity#and we can't speak to each other. in passing. in a way that's fun and light-hearted and we should be able to#i love weather talk because it's what we have#but we should have MORE than just weather talk
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Not me standing on my soapbox (again): But like I've said it once and I'll say it again, but Kaz is not the only one with trauma, and as such, should not be the only one expected to work on fixing himself for their relationship. Inej has trauma too. Like if you make Kaz talk about his past trauma, I would just as equally expect Inej to talk things that would effect their relationship. Ignoring Inej's trauma or making her the visible saint in their relationship is actually quite harmful to her narrative.
#also i realize we joke about inej being a saint (and im guilty of it too!) but that shouldn't negate her talking about the larger issues#im never gonna be comfortable with you all letting inej not process her trauma but also making kaz process his#like the actual point isnt that inej is a saint but rather that they are both learning to grow together and apart#and i can't tell you how it sadden me that some of you will blame kaz for being silent when inej was over here rejecting him when he said#he wanted her... do you know why she rejected him? bc she has trust issues. she deflects. she can be cruel! she can be kind!#and as much as i love the imaginery of her being a saint i know she is a compex character and i wish people would treate her as such#kanej#soapbox no. 1232123#let inej process her trauma#i also realize that her hunting slavers is a form of catharsis but also she still needs to address *checks notes* her trauma
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Relief.
I love Steve's open and genuine smile, and Tony's attempt at humor despite the very near brush with death.
"I've seen the footage. The only thing you really fight for is yourself.
You're not the guy to make the sacrifice play, to lay down on a wire and let the other guy crawl over you."
"I think I would just cut the wire."
I love how it comes full circle, with the harsh words and prejudices from before they knew each other, how the words stung. I feel like this is where all the preconceptions fall apart, and Steve has realized and is properly seing Tony for the kind of man he is for the first time (a man who would lie down on a wire, has been this entire time..)
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#stony#stevetony#my art#tony stark#steve rogers#the avengers#PRIDE AND PREJUDICE pride and prejudice👏✨️#i love their rocky first meeting soo much#makes the change and transformation into respect; admiration and trust so powerful🙌😭#i can never get enough of the trope where all the avengers#buy tony's defense mechanisms; deflections and facades at face value and judge him as harshly for it#and only later come to realize the big selfless heart that's underneath#(as well as his terrible self-preservation and self worth)#everything tony does is motivated by huge amounts of concealed care - fear for others' safety; or guilt.. for anything and everything#he is a hero for a reason and it's so lovely to see when the others at last see past the image they (and tony) have conjured up and Realize#🥺✨️💓#also love that little sting of guilt at realizing how the misguided words they earlier threw at him were not only wrong-#..but that they hurt tony - as he takes everything to heart😎 (low self worth guilt low self w-)#ok sry i got so many tony feels!!#and all these tropes are so goood🙌 love to see it in this movie!!💓💓✨️👀#ステトニ#キャプトニ
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cortex is still suprisingly hard to write
#or maybe rather draw AND write#bc i can usually imagine his dialogue well enough but then when i think about drawing him with that speech bubble its. off#like he has such a distinct way of speaking and phrasing things but i genuiely often cant imagine what expression/pose he'd have saying-#-the goofy shit he says#bc we don't usually SEE him as he's speaking y'know. esp in crash4#so i'm still struggling a bit💀 if the asks are wonky/ooc i'm very sorry i'm working on it#ramble#neo cortex#honestly all the asks that i've mentioned on the askblog that i'm not sure how to answer yet are pretty much this#it's not that i don't know the answer- i just need more time to think how cortex would react/phrase his response#he's often unpredictable (wildly varies between very goofy and very serious) so esp for ones that could be emotional for him-#-i'm not sure which direction to go in. like one time he'll deflect/deny feelings or make a joke and another he starts sobbing#yknow??#so with every ask i'm like. ok what would be the funniest here (and can i imagine it in his voice).#i'll get better at it with practice but i'm still learning rn lol
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oh god oh fuck
#i told a friend about wrightworth (she is very much into romance)#and she asked me 'why do you only watch gay things?'#i told her in the past about killing eve and good omens#so i managed to deflect it by saying that i simply enjoy the story and have watched many series that didnt feature romance#or featured straight romance#shes not homophobic but shes cishet and im NOT out to anyone#and am not in the sutuation where i can safely out myself#i dont know if she bought it or not#its not necessary to be queer to enjoy these shows obv#so i might just be overthinking#but oh god i think i might ha e messed up#i want to die
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#a3!#I’m going with Tenma on this one#he’s gonna deny it so hard but there’s video evidence of it#the camera is zoomed on his face as he holds back a sob and you can see how tight he’s holding his partner’s hands while his partner coos#Kumon close second maybe…? not sure not sure#he’d probably put a hand over his eyes right#Muku and Yuki would tear up and cry beautifully ✨#no gross sobbing like tenten /j#Kazu and misu on the other hand would tear up w/o realizing it and laugh#misu would question why he’s crying even tho he’s happy#and he’d be rubbing his tears away only for more to form and both and his partner would giggle as they wipe his tears#and Kazu would try to deflect but there’s a huge grin on his face and he’d bump foreheads with his partner#I love my kids so much :(((#polls
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very important announcement: new @birdchildsnest fic!!!
#only the first few chapters have been posted but it already has many gems#''Bruce pressed a finger against his lip and stared at Tim like he was an unusual tire print at the scene of a bank robbery.''#i love this sentence so much. top-tier bruce characterization. like an unusual tire print. that's how you know he's really paying attention#although a close second is ''That’s not how raising children works. If it were Alfred would have exchanged me ages ago'' sdfsfdsfs#i also really like the cass-never-updates-her-computer moment. cass you are NOT stupid :(((( it's okay!! you're okay!!! love yourself!!!#i esp. like how it's filtered through steph's pov so it's hard for us to tell exactly what's going on with cass except that she's defensive#also tiiiiim you should have a pet. accept a pet. you can have things. you are deflecting emotions so hard it's painful#janet muttering into her eggnog 'you hated your father' sdfdsfs bitterly-divorcing drakes are my favorite flavor#also damian hearing the tim-birthday story and immediately connecting it to terrifying talia challenges is inspired#the ''i win. you lose.'' and the tenth birthday challenge is so so good#'You know I can cook my own omelets' Jason said. 'Congratulations' Alfred intoned sdfdsfdsf
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Gotta love living at home with my parents bc everything will be just fine, enjoyable even, and then I say something and someone just explodes at me, like just now when, while all of us were watching arctic monkeys on TV, I casually joked about how I think me and my siblings are all autistic and my dad (like always) started screaming about how "they're not stupid, don't you dare say that!" And suddenly I was tired and searching for any excuse to retreat upstairs away from him
#get me the fuck out of here#I'm beginning to believe he doesn't like any part of me#yells about me being queer#yells about me and friends he's never met being trans#and now yells about me being autistic#he also went on a rant about how much effort he put into forcing me to do rugby even though I hated it when I was little#apparently that shows how much he loves me#yelled again when I brought up that I haven't played rugby since I was 10#I turn 18 in 36 days for reference#like I already know his favourite is the middle child bc he's a middle child and my mum favours my youngest sibling#speaking of my mum she's barely better#she just doesn't yell#other day we were talking about how the government is directing hate to anyone they can to deflect off themselves#especially trans people and immigrants#and my mum was like why do you care so much it doesn't impact you directly#and I was like yes it does#and she said 'you're not trans' completely flatly#and moved on like it was nothing#oh gods I'm ranting#gotta tag this as full on vent now lmao#personal vent#vent post
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