call him cake cause he's got layers baby

I do think a LOT about why Chilchuck would join the "save Falin" dungeon dive at all tbh and it makes me feel like eating drywall. Namari is the one who brings up the "I figured you'd be the first one to leave, you never take a job without getting paid" and he's like yeah. I do insist on payment up front. But do you think he was ever going to bring up his motivations on his own? If Namari hadn't? I don't think he would talk about it because I don't think it's really that simple. We find out in the ep that just aired a few things--

1) Chil is paid in advance, and however that works, he's apparently already been contracted for future dungeon dives too ? 2) The adventurer's community is tight-knit and full of gossip, so the things you do will have impact on what kind of work you can do going forward.

There are other things we know about Chil:

1) he's worked for Laios' party for three years. Namari was a member before him (she joined at the same time the husband hunter and some tall man guy joined, iirc) and Shuro was a member after him, but after those two leave, he's the person who's worked with the Toudens for the longest. 2) He's had some really shitty jobs in his past, especially pre-union. He understands very well what kinds of things people will use half-foots for. 3) He is thinking about retiring. He was going to retire before joining Laios' party.

And one thing we learned in the very first episode -- Laios told Marcille and Chilchuck that they should sell their equipment so he could go down on his own to rescue Falin. Chilchuck asks him if he's suicidal and then invites himself along for absolutely everything that goes down after. He's more ride-or-die about eating monsters than anyone other than Senshi. Him breaking his contract is obviously not something Laios would have held against him. Maybe it would have "Changed his clientele" as he says to Marcille about Namari in the latest ep, but also: HE COULD JUST RETIRE.

IDK PERSONALLY I JUST THINK this all adds up to an implication that he is really very fond of the Touden siblings. As Marcille notes when she's making a fanfic of his wife leaving him he's not the type to ever say his feelings out loud so it's not ever really gonna be said in the text of the story and THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. They seem to be a well-renowned party during the events of the story, but when he joined up with them they were just a year out from being bodyguards in a gold-peeling party with a few other no-name adventurers (as far as I know from the extras that have come out so far, the order of main chars joining the party went Laios&Falin->Namari->Chil->Shuro->Marcille.)

Three years AFTER HE WAS ALREADY CONSIDERING RETIRING he is willing to go on a journey that every other character thinks is fucking insane for the chance to rescue Falin, even though he is not an optimistic guy and he probably has a more realistic understanding of how dangerous dungeons are than anybody else in the group. If he started doing dungeon work when he left his home at 14 then he has about 15 years of dungeoneering experience by the time of the story. He would know what he's doing is actually EXTREMELY dangerous in a way resurrection magic doesn't actually eliminate. They are going down into a floor that's so far down the story has expressed "it's really dangerous to go there and most people don't because it will be hard for corpse retrievers and necessary supplies to get to you if you die. if you are eaten you might just be gone beause no one will ever find you."

I think he's harsh on Laios because he really cares about him and Falin. We know he ranks Laios' ability as a party leader as like a 61 or something lmfao but IMHO he is like that stern teacher who is forced by admin to put a 20pt curve on every exam because everybody is fuckin failing. Nobody is doing a good enough job. But he must have faith in the idea that Laios is able to do better if he has the right coaching (kicking and yelling at him). I JUST THINK the Touden party has been the best one he's worked in, or if not the best then his favorite, for him to keep doing it for THIS LONG when he SHOULD absolutely have his pick of contracts, given that "no other half-foots had the expertise necessary to accompany Laios to such a deep floor of the dungeon".

still thinking about why community fics are so well written on average like theres gotta be some kind of reason right? whats so different about the fandom compared to everything else

already living in the au where riz is senior class president bc i know it's never becoming canon

for my bnha and/or naruto mutuals: if our [student] muses were in an ordinary japanese high school, which sports / club activies would they have joined?

not being funny but the concept of going live on tumblr is so crazy to me . i thought it was widely known that the people who still use this website are not okay… why invite them into your life like that …

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i’m acc sick to death of hearing the whole dts fans are bad and they aren’t proper fans and that their opinion doesn’t matter like why do f1 fans have to be such cunts all the time n think they have some superior god complex and think they are so edgy and cool cos they didn’t get into the sport via dts

i laugh abt the height difference here bc i'm pretty sure the tav in-game height is well over his canon at best 5'5 height ??

every time an article of men's clothing is a little ill-fitted on me and there's an almost-identical women's version i wonder if i ought to just suck it up and get that instead—and that voice is the devil* talking

because (a) the ways it would 'fit me better' are also the ways it would be depressingly distractingly feminizing, like, that non-adherence to my actual form is doing important gender-affirming work for me! and (b) even if it looks like a plausibly androgynous garment on the female model, it always turns out to be noticeably not-actually-androgynous once i get it on—a scoopier neckline is the most common culprit but there's always something >:(

⸻ * disclaimer that i don't believe in the devil and i do generally want to avoid casually regurgitating christian turns of phrase but. you know. joci causa.

this is so stupid like. yes of COURSE corporations have the biggest impact upon the environment, anyone with half a brain can agree with that, and yes they should NOT be able to do what they do and get away with what is it that they’re pumping into the air and water. but also. the rich + celebrities have an astronomical impact COMPARED to the everyday person and being disgusted by that fact and stating that celebs should NOT have private jets to fly like 20 minutes away bc that’s fucking insane isn’t covering up corporate climate crimes like. lmao.

trying to work out how old i think betty is

I ordered one of your Valentines sale commissions and I noticed you got a lot of them! No rush at all, I'm not on any time crunch, but I noticed the initial time frame on the receipt page estimated a 7-day max turnaround time-- obviously not going to happen with the amount you got, but I was wondering if you have a more accurate time estimate? No rush either way! Take as long as you need (it'll be a pleasant surprise in my inbox when it comes either way C:)

Hi! Yes, sorry for the wait! I appreciate how understanding you are!

I made that turnaround message when I had smaller, more sketchy comms, so it doesn’t apply as much for the bigger ones, definitely.

I went ahead and changed it, so thank you for letting me know! Hopefully it’s a lot more accurate now!

souma has a sleeper build and it fucks people up all the time when he kinda flexes and people suddenly see a bunch of muscle definition. and he never acknowledges it. esp in bed where he's still p docile. but if you edge him amd make him desperate he could 100% take control but only as a last resort and only if he really couldnt take anymore teasing

I know Cleo being tall/fucking giant is a relatively common headcanon, but all I can see her has is a short stack or just average height

how many asks do u tend to get in a day?

it depends how interactive i am that day! so if im not posting much ill still get quite a few just about non-topical things like people telling me about their day or recommending media or asking me something specific, but if im active and/or there’s a set topic im posting about i can get a really ridiculous amount of asks lol. the irony is that if people see me answering asks it tends to increase how many i get by tenfold so it’s like im battling a regenerating army with a twig with every ask i answer seeing another two added LMAO