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tragicclownwrites · 11 months

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#so no hate no shade to spandy shippers #ship whatever idc #but i recently saw probably the wackiest take i've ever seen and i needed to go off in the tags #because this person might be coming for my clown title lol #someone tried to say with conviction that sandy and spongebob are LEGITIMATELY married because of that scene in truth or square #y'know #the one that was literally confirmed to be a PLAY #and thus not real in any way #and this wasn't even like squidward x squilvia where vincent waller confirmed they were over via twitter after the fact #this was confirmed in the actual fucking episode!!#i'm not gonna be a snob because tbh i haven't seen every episode of SBSP either #but if you're gonna reference an episode directly to make your claim #you should probably have seen the episode in question lmao #rihanna voice: you look so dumb right now~#and their reasoning??#they claimed it was real because spongebob didn't say he *pretended* to marry sandy #LMAOOO #are you FR??#the mental gymnastics #the grasping at straws #i mean i know we clown over on the squidbob side too #but i could tell you that spongebob is madly in love with squidward and squidward loves him too but is afraid to admit it #with ample evidence #and i didn't even have to rub my braincells together to come to that conclusion #i even have a fucking masterpost where much of this is demonstrated #*sigh* i don't even know man #heteronormativity is one hell of a drug #i could go on #but that ship never even left the harbor so... not worth it #tragic clowning

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nerdpoe · 1 month

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The Justice League finds out about the Anti-Ecto Acts, and Batman is the driving force behind condemning them. He even goes so far as to summon popular ghost hero Phantom for advice, given that his son, Red Hood, would absolutely fall under those Acts. Phantom...tells him he's wrong.

Red Hood is 100%, completely and totally alive. Same soul, same body, sort of the same person. Only 'sort of' because people change as they grow, so obviously he isn't going to be the same person he was when he was fifteen.

There's not a trace of ecto in him, or in any of the Bats. None of them are even liminal.

Batman asks if he's sure. If he's really, really sure. Because ghosts run on emotions, and Red Hood came back extremely violent and irrational.

"Well yeah, of course he did," Phantom deadpans, and Batman suddenly feels very, very small under that glare. "He was murdered, unavenged, told that there was no way he was the same person when he came back pissed, and had his words as a victim ignored. I'd get violent too. Look, I gotta go, but thanks for getting the Acts removed."

#dpxdc #dcxdp #dp x dc #dc x dp #phanfic #story prompt #you know all those fics about the batfam being liminal #and that's why they're weird or spooky #and that's why jason beat the snot out of tim #yeah so like #what if they weren't #at all #mostly i just wanted bruce to have to face that #yo #this is still jason #he's angry and grown up but it's still jason #and you're stuck in the past grasping at straws #refusing to acknowledge the very alive man in front of you #while you grieve a child you ran off in the first place

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very-uncorrect · 4 months

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I click off immediately

#it's an immediate ick for me #like if you can't stick to the canon pronouns of a character I'm not gonna listen to your theory #it's such a surface level thing and it's actually important to the story that their gender isn't up to interpretation #if you can't grasp that then your theory is probably grasping at straws too #deltarune #kris deltarune #kris dreemurr

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astrophilip · 5 months

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it's actually crazy how they came back from a 5-year hiatus to post almost every single day for 2 months and then leave us in the lurch until new year's like did they actually think we would survive this????? we are sickly victorian children you can't give us a phat loaf of bread then tell us we have to wait 15 days for another slice

#i'm grasping at straws #gamingmas #dapg #dan and phil games #danandphilgames #dan and phil #daniel howell #phil lester #amazingphil #dan howell #dnp #rambles #seen #1k

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nebuladreamz · 1 year

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So are we not gonna talk about how for even the first few seconds we see of DCA/Eclipse, they're aggressive, ripping open the doors and moving swiftly

But the second the light shines on them (or at least appears on their face)-

They soften. They immediately become friendly and seem to beckon you/Cassie in. A new friend.

#nebula rambles #i might be grasping at straws but #god #fucking hell i have been thinking about them for huors #HOURS YOU GUYS #IM #GHRHGRHG #fnaf sb #fnaf security breach #dca community #dca fandom

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causalityparadoxes · 5 days

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Interesting that the Doctor says his adopted family is the reason he uses a title. Except thats not quite true is it?

Sure they are stuffy aristocrats who love ranks and titles but Tecteun, Rassilon, Borusa, Romana, Pandad, Andred, Rodan, Darkel, Flavia, and practically every other non-renegade timelord (and even some renegades like Drax) still use regular (if not human) names.

But you know who does often use titles? THE GODS. Those from before or beyond the universe's constraints. The Toymaker, The Guardians, The Maestro, The Trickster, The The Beast, The One Who Waits, The Gods of Ragnarok, The Entity, etc. Even those with 'names' often have descriptive ones like Time or Swarm.

Is it really the Doctor's adopted family that made them identify with titles? Or is it perhaps traces of their 'birth family' peaking through?

More than anything I just want to know if RTD is going anywhere with this. Did he just need a quick way to get new audiences on board with calling the main character the Doctor? Or does it mean something.

#this is not particularly researched btw i am just grasping at straws because rtd BESTIE what are you on about with this #i am on board with eldritch horror doctor tho :)#doctor who #dw spoilers #spoilers #dr who #season 14 #series 14 #fifteenth doctor #15th doctor #dw meta #dw speculation #the timeless child #timelords #space babies #also the doctor started of the renegade title game by calling themself the other. i said what i said

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strangely-renee · 2 months

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Maybe the easter baking video is delayed because dan is going frame by frame to make sure he didn’t show hole

#grasping at straws #trying to be positive #dan and phil

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heyclickadee · 1 year

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Okay, my turn to go full tin foil hat on Tech living though that fall. So.

Please tell me I’m not the only one who’s seeing this:

“You have to admire ‘em. They find a way to survive.” I know the ice vulture is Crosshair’s thing, but its silhouette also looks like the marauder, and when I think of the marauder, I think of Tech. I think there’s more to tease out here with Tech and Crosshair parallels, but THEY. THEY find a way to survive.

Anyway, I’ll be getting a fitting for a clown wig if y’all need me.

#the bad batch #tbb spoilers #tbbspoilers #the bad batch spoilers #tech bad batch #listen when the bad batch ends with a complete family photo #everyone changed by their experiences but THERE #with a few additional members like omega #and phee #and who knows maybe some others #it will be okay #also yes I know this is grasping at straws #is it though??#is it??

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starry-storms · 6 months

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EDIT: I shouldn't have to say this, but I do: be nice when you reblog, please. This poll is supposed to be fun.

#honestly at this point i would say fanon #after the last comic dropped? yeah no.#it feels like DC writers are grasping at straws #they have absolutely no idea how to even write Damian or Tim #batman #dick grayson #batman and robin #bruce wayne #nightwing #jason todd #damian wayne #tim drake #red robin #barbara gordon #batgirl #cassandra cain #stephanie brown #duke thomas

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onesidedradiostatic · 1 month

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PATHETIC SHOWDOWN 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

made a pathetic poll before, vox absolutely SWEPT against lucifer last time, pondered on it and thought hey out of all the people who could possibly evenly match up to vox in patheticness, ADAM might have a chance. SO

POINTS (feel free to come up with your own I am grasping at straws here):

Adam

FOR

got cucked by lucifer TWICE

what's more pathetic than getting left by your wife? getting left by BOTH your wives

an actual dudebro

dumb as bricks

just look at him

"HES UGLY" "PUT THE MASK BACK ON"

actually fucking dies

and not even by lucifer by fucking niffty

AGAINST

is actually a really powerful angel who could destroy alastor's shield with one punch and almost killed alastor

mentions that he does in fact fuck in episode 1

could possibly be argued to still have bitches with lute

Vox

some of these may just be copy and pasted from the last one. against will have new points to juxtapose adam though

if you've been around my space long enough you know these well

FOR

lost his own diss track against his rival

sings an entire number about not giving a fuck about his rival's return while being the only person TO give a fuck

tried to physically block a radio, an AUDIO output device as if it'd stop anything, failed at doing even that

his screen calls out the reason for his crashes and he seemingly can't control it

causes a city-wide blackout because his rival announced to everyone he rejected him

there is a non-zero possibility he was/is in love with said rival but said rival will never love him back

purposely avoided going to an overlords meeting and called his co-worker up at the very last minute to attend for him

the guy he appointed as a spy ended up being the very person to prove a sinner can be redeemed

coward who constantly hides behind screens

episode 8

AGAINST

he is capable in literally any context outside of alastor

debuts actually acting cunning

capable of coming up with something on the spot without hesitation (voxtek angelic security)

actually smart (able to interpret val's "put something inside them" comment as appointing a spy)

feared by his employees

well he didn't get left by anyone in an EXISTING relationship... he just got rejected in one that never started

he has bitches (yeah it's valentino but bitches are bitches okay!!)

is in fact not dead

#osrs.txt #sorry you can tell I pay more attention to vox's character #grasping at straws trying to put serious points for adam #adam firstman #hazbin adam #hazbin hotel adam #adam hazbin #adam hazbin hotel #hazbin vox #hazbin hotel vox #vox #vox hazbin #vox hazbin hotel #unsure whether to put ship tags on this but I think I'll leave it be for now #they're kinda only mentioned in passing so #just not sure how far a reach this will get cause adam is less popular than lucifer #hazbin hotel

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a-tired-human-draws-junk · 13 days

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It's so fucking funny being a labru shipper and randomly coming across people in the fandom that are like 'man.. I wasnt seeing it at first but you guys were right kabru is down HORRENDOUSLY for this man'

Like yeah.... yeah it's kinda embarrassing atp

#LIKE IM ALL FOR PLATONIC LABRU BUT CMON #ITS RIDICULOUS!!!#also ive genuinely seen so many posts to this exact effect its kinda hilarious #like oh i thought yall were grasping at straws but then i read it and they are g a y #oh i dont ship it but i can see where ur coming from kabru is a lil crazy about lais #its amazing #i love these idiots #theyre such a duo #dunmeshi #dungeon meshi #laios x kabru #kabru dunmeshi #laios touden #laios dunmeshi #labru

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pawthorn · 2 months

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Uh oh.

Kalina couldn’t say her conspirator’s name.

But in her last moments she did say

Ragh Barkrock.

#i hope it’s not lydia…#maybe somebody else connected with ragh?#i don’t wanna go full conspiracy on porter but he was ragh’s teacher so maybe?#this is me grasping for straws cause i like lydia #dimension 20 #fhjy spoilers #d20 fhjy #fhjy #dimension 20 spoilers #d20 spoilers #fantasy high

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ninja-knox-ur-sox-off · 8 months

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I can't believe only now am i just realizing that biased flashbacks vs real unbiased flashbacks in monkie kid are animated differently

Any biased flashback is all told with still frames, stylized art, or only the main people in the memory moving while everyone else is still in the background

Think Shadowplay, think Azure Lions narration using the scrolls, think LBD's forced flashes of the future and past to Monkey King and Macaque, think DBK's story of the Samadhi fire.

All of those are either stylized, still frames, frozen figures, or sometimes all three.

Whereas the unbiased, real flashbacks are fully animated in the usual style. The opening of New Adventures (s4 ep2,) the beginning of The Samadhi Fire episode in season 3... they're animated like usual episodes. Everyone is always moving, things are always happening, expressions are changing, all that kinda stuff.

I KNOW THIS IS OBVIOUS I DIDN'T MAKE THE CONNECTION UNTIL NOW JUST LET ME HAVE THIS

#knox rambles #Monkie Kid #LEGO Monkie Kid #Monkie kid Theories #y'know i don't even know if this is true or not i'm just grasping at straws to help me identify what to believe and what not to and i have #decided anything that is not fully animated i will simply take as a chracters opinion and not fact #LET ME HAVE THIISSSSSS

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khaire-traveler · 6 months

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I think there is a lot of power in Ariadne's tale, actually, and I feel like that reflects on who she is as well. She went through a fucking awful situation, left behind by the love of her life - IN HER SLEEP, BY THE WAY - to die alone on the island of Naxos with no way to leave. Dionysus found her and offered her a new life, and not only is that a beautiful display of love, but it's also a beautiful display of Ariadne's personal strength. She pushed through the struggles of her past and learned to trust and love and live again. She must've had to build from the bottom up, healing from the pain of the past, and she fucking did it! She did it and succeeded and lived happily with her god husband who literally made her a crown of stars, and that's fucking awesome, and I just think that's a really beautiful and highly underrated part of Ariadne's story: her journey of healing that she took after being left by Theseus.

#i wonder if you all are going to think I'm insane and grasping at straws lmao #it's my personal interpretation #it's why i like to personallt associate Ariadne with tigers #because you know shes a badass with lots of inner strength #and she inspires me because goddamn it if she can find happiness after trauma #so fucking too can i #ariadne deity #ariadne #helpol #hellenic polytheism #hellenic pagan #greek mythology

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mixedbag-o-beans · 6 months

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dan and phil and the queer joy that is radiating from this new era on the gaming channel is my roman empire. the older i get the more i realize how important it is to see older queer people that are happy

#dan and phil #dan and phil games #it’s so nice #i’m like an ‘old gay’ now #(comparatively lil 13 year old me did not expect to live this long)#i didn’t know any old gays then #it was just me and gaggle of other mentally ill gay children #who were grasping at straws for representation #clinging to ruby rose and laverne cox like our lives depended on it #it just makes my inner child happy #maybe i’m assigning meaning where it doesn’t belong #but it means something to me #dan howell #phil lester #queer joy

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chemdisaster · 3 months

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scar calling magic mountain "magical mountain". something something even though he and joel agreed that it has no connection to any past mountains, the thought still lingers-

#gtws #gtwscar #goodtimeswithscar #joel smallishbeans #smallishbeans #magic mountain #magical mountain #hermitcraft #hermitcraft smp #hermitcraft 10 #textdisaster #yeah i'm grasping at straws but who cares. them

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