I got no fun interim gen 6 edits for ya'll today so please have these pictures of my teen spin off kids that ya'll have absolutely no context for.

Also the people who have sent me asks I promise I'm gonna draw stuff and reply to them I just need my job to stop hitting me with hammers all day long

goofy silly lovedrunk bashir! and AWED STARRY EYED GARAK!

Usopp using Zoro as 'live ammo' via a human sized slingshot he made specifically for this purpose and someone (Nami? Nami) being like "christ alive there's something wrong with them"

maybe Zoro likens it to being tossed by the "director" (Commodore Orlumbus). He thinks Usopp's better at shooting/throwing people though. 10/10 would be used as live ammo again. Somewhere in the background, Orlumbus' voice is heard saying "this attack wasn't meant to safely throw people, yknow" and Zoro going "doesn't matter. just throw"

after hearing about that, I'd like to think Usopp either A) gets jealous and pouts about it because Zoro's his boyfriend and shouldn't Usopp get sole Zoro-shooting-rights???, B) insists on shooting Zoro more often with a plethora of excuses about the why but the real reason being he wants to get so good at it that Zoro completely forgets that "director" guy, or C) some mix of both. multitasking king

haha and wouldn't it be funny, meeting part of the Strawhat Fleet later on, and Orlumbus being hella confused because God Usopp just. has some kind of beef with him despite them only interacting like once before they all left Dressrosa

on the flip side of that, maybe Usopp offhandedly mentions being carried around by Hack, towards the end of the conflict in Dressrosa. He's a little bit dramatic about it, because he's always dramatic, but most of what he's saying boils down to "Hack was a nice guy: he carried me around while I was hurt, made sure I was okay, and didn't seem to hate the stories I made up to pass the time. he was also very strong and probably madly in love with me" (he wasn't)

Zoro was different with jealousy than Usopp. Where Usopp would glare from a distance and generally give off "he's mine he's mine he's mine" vibes to Orlumbus, he wouldn't say any of it aloud and generally try his best to stay civil. In part, this is due to Orlumbus being huge and buff and scary, but it's also because when Usopp is jealous of someone, especially in matters of love, he's more focused on doing whatever he can to make himself better in some way. Thus the insistence on more live-ammo-Zoro in battle, so Usopp can improve his Zoro shooting skills and Zoro "won't want to go back". There's also his issues with his self-worth and respect of Zoro's freedom to choose whatever romantic partner he wants, even if that isn't Usopp anymore. His brief bouts of jealousy are usually followed up with cuddling with Zoro after because it always leads to Usopp feeling terrible and in tears wondering if Zoro was gonna break up with him. Zoro will call him an idiot and kiss his forehead and he'll be fine after a while.

Zoro was not like that. Usopp said he liked Zoro. That's the equivalent of signing a contract to spend the rest of their lives together. Anyone who tries to change Usopp's mind is the fucking enemy and he's got three blades with Hack's name on them. Out of respect for Robin, he wouldn't kill the guy, but he'd put the fear of hell in him. It would take Usopp telling the real story- about Hack mostly just being indifferent and far more focused on the crisis than whatever Usopp had been nervously rambling about during their time running around- to get him to promise not to fight Hack on sight. Zoro would definitely still size him up if they see him again though.

...or, at least that's what Usopp expected to happen, based on all those romance books Robin showed him. He was looking forward to it a little. Just a little though.

In reality, Zoro quietly listened to Usopp talk about his adventures with Robin and the tontatta and curled around Usopp like big teddy bear. He squeezed Usopp a little tighter, bring him further into his lap, when Usopp talked about how he got certain injuries or eating the tatababasco, but otherwise he seemed rather content. Zoro didn't bat an eye at Usopp's exaggerated stories with Hack except to say that Hack had good taste in men. Usopp got extremely flustered after that and completely loses his train of thought and where he was in his storytelling. He attempted to steal the rest of the booze in Zoro's mug as revenge. Zoro lets him and then repeats the last thing Usopp said to remind him where he stopped in his retelling of his adventure.

the voli in my head who's a fucking dweeb (affectionate) - Once we're finished writing this, we'll get to format the work skin layout on AO3.

the echem in my head who's a fucking menace (affectionate) - ?? "get to"?? *that's* the part you're looking forward to????

Currently feel like I’ve been hit by a truck, hope you all are faring better than me lol

was making an annoyed joke about people who are like 'velvette is like vox and val's daughter!!' by saying that 'yeah, it's super normal to call your father 'darling' and give him kisses through the phone' and my housemate just Looked at me and I was like well ok. fair. In Valentino's world that is completely normal, but statistics out of Val's porn studio are outliers that should not be counted

Bad time of it, all things considered (Patreon)

Watching the original Sailor Moon anime and other 90's anime I have to say I am stunned to see that fenale characters are treated so much progressivels than 2000s or 2010s media. You have crybabies like Usagi who get teased for it but when push comes to shove she will stand up for and fight what she thinks is right, her easily crying is depicted neutrally as a trait and not a hindrance that makes her less than others. I also really love that the girls all express their femininity in different ways and not one of them os expected to carry the representation of their entire gender. They are all flawed and goofy in their own ways and that doesn't take away from them it is merely a part of them.

Cowboy Bepop and Evangelion as well have female characters who don't fall into the traditional chaste, submissive waifu roles, Faye is a cheeky troublemaker, Asuka is a self-centered egotistic jerk, Misato escapes into carnal pleasures, but they all have their personalities beyond serving male character(s), they have thoughts and feelings and goals on their own. The narration depicts them neutrally, they have ample screentime for their own stories, we are shown their past and it is left up to the audience to decide if they like them or not, we are not being suggested to either commend or condemn the characters.

There is this blasé, unabashed neutrality that invites you to observe and empathise first and not prompt you to take a stance. It's a really humane approach to media analysis and I find it really refreshing.

rapidly approaching my 21st birthday is hard and weird but not for any normal reasons thats for sure

JueYing is the drama llama-est baby? NMJ is always trying to keep her from biting people or getting into stuff that she shouldn't.

Nielan, before/during Lan Jueying's birth: Ah, this wasn't so bad. Everything was much more chaotic with Jingyi, so this bao should be a peaceful one. ❤️

Jueying: *arrives*

Nielan, immediately:

ykw fuck it, jeremy from be more chill shouldve been gay. he shouldve gotten with michael at the end. 2 player game exists, there was an entire plotpoint of squip blocking michael from jeremys brain because michael is the fucking link to “jeremy 1.0” (aka his true self) and michael literally had a panic attack in the bathroom because jeremy ditched him LIKE IM JUST SAYING

Switching gears to focus on the oldest stuff I owe for a few days. I can’t usually make my muse work that way, but I sat down last night and broke everything I owe into one month chunks as far back as November, and I’d really like to catch up through at least what I owe from 2023 while the muse and words are present. 💕

Update: If my muse wanders and I work on anything from 2024, those will probably get queued for a bit.

i wanna kis (⁠´⁠ ⁠.⁠ ⁠.̫⁠ ⁠.⁠ ⁠`⁠) it's almost midnight ladies u know what that means .. (yearning hours)

Going to the garden center for like. One pot and maybe mint. Pray for me so I won't be tempted to drag half of the place back home with me 🤞😔🤡

I touched on it last night, but I gotta share my thots cause I haven't stopped thinking about her at all. But I'm sure everyone has heard about how Hitoshi (Kuze's actor) got head from a trans girl that was so good it made him into a trans ally. IDK how true that is, but he did direct a film about a trans woman with an actual trans lead in it. Which led me down the idea that Kuze's also a trans ally which then led me to the idea of him actually having a wife who is trans.

So the idea was that his wife use to be his kyodai and they definitely had some homoerotic shit going on, with Kuze having his gay crisis over it while the other was going through a gender crisis. The conclusion in @thomasjopsons words

Anyways they get together and it's all fun and games. Kuze helps her come up with a name which is Hiromi (kanji being 優美 meaning superior beauty) and they live happily ever after. Till he gets thrown into prison for 11 years but that's okay! He gets out and they retire.

There's also other stuff, like her interacting with other gokudo wives and Kuze beating the shit out of anyone who says anything. They got two dogs.