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Luke is an interesting person to draw because I can’t really quite translate his shapes into something proper in my own style so it gets me to experiment. Here’s the fruit of today’s experiments
#coral island#Coral island Luke#Luke Duckorns#u may ask why I decided to give him popeye arms#whether I answer is another thing#listen#shapes are interesting#and I'm just translating what my eyes see
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i've been dying for a poll option ever since i saw my followers' answers to that text post from february 2022 asking people whether they pronounce beloved as "be-lov-ed" or "be-loved". many people were emphatic about only using one option, and many others use both but were not always able to articulate when they use 2 syllables vs. 3. so out of the goodness of my heart and my insatiable lust for knowledge i have gone through the notes on that post and written down some likely contenders! you're welcome!!!!
BEFORE YOU ANSWER! think about how you would pronounce beloved in the following syntactic contexts:
noun, talking directly to the beloved: hey there beloved
noun, talking about rather than to the beloved: my beloved lives in a pineapple under the sea
adjective in a noun phrase: my beloved x lives in a pineapple under the sea
verb participle: x is beloved by y
okay poll time! there are no wrong answers!! and apologies in advance if i didn't capture your truth, i only had 10 options and life is a rich tapestry!!
#oh man i could have easily come up with another 5-8 options but they cap you at 10. which is probably a good thing#one person said they say 'my be-lov-ed x' but 'my much be-loved x'. the only difference being the 'much'. couldn't fit that one on here#someone else said they use 3 syllables in a possessive noun phrase (my be-lov-ed x) but 2 if it's not possessive (the be-loved x)#one person said it depends on whether it's past or present & i wasn't exactly sure what that meant. 'x is beloved' vs. 'x was beloved'?#i also think there's likely a distinction for some people between 'x was beloved' and 'x was beloved by y' but couldn't get into that#oh and then there's 'beloved by' vs. 'beloved of'#and since some of these are syntactic distinctions and some are semantic or otherwise i'm sure there's a whole matrix of combinations#like '3-syll noun if it's a person but 2 if it's a thing. 2-syll adjective/verb participle for both people and things'#that was beyond the scope of this poll lol#but mostly why i'm so curious is because people will very emphatically say something that might not mean what they think it means#like for instance i got the impression that at least some of the people saying 'be-lov-ed when i'm talking to them‚ be-loved when i'm#talking about them' actually mean they use be-lov-ed as a noun and be-loved otherwise#and some of the people saying 'always 2 syllables' probably have exceptions that they weren't thinking of at the moment#in particular 'dearly beloved'#and i'm very curious to know if 3-syllable people still use 3 syllables in the construction 'he was beloved by all'#so i think people's answers might change when given a list of more detailed options#fun with pronunciation#prosody#my posts#also i stressed for so long about what to call beloved in the 'x is beloved by y' construction#but settled on verb participle because i think it's fairly descriptive and accurate#so hopefully that's not too confusing? like it is a verb participle but for a verb that doesn't exist anymore (other than the participle)?#and even in 'my beloved x' beloved is a verb participle being used as an adjective if you're thinking more etymologically#but a lot of people were distinguishing 'be-loved as a verb' from other forms and i assume what they meant by that was 'x is beloved'
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if you ever took macaque on say, a date, where would you take him lmao
DF: Ask Box is now open again! The absolute maximum amount of asks I can answer is 4 more now (unless one of the asks is a big one like this one or the previous one. Then those asks count as 2. Simply because they take much more effort XDDD). So if I hit that number then I have to close the box again lmao. But hey, it won't be closed forever. The next time it opens it will be when the next chapter of Colours is out!
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#lego monkie kid#lego monkie kid fanart#monkie kid#monkie kid fanart#lmk#lmk fanart#lmk mayor#monkie kid mayor#blue and violet#this question was also really fun to answer#because we all know that thr Mayor was kicking their legs under the table#y'know what guys#i genuinely think that in terms of what I have already written in Blue and Violet#I think its been pretty obvious that the Mayor likes Macaque romantically to some degree#but it has been heavily suppressed due to obvious reasons#but there really is a reason why mayor is always the one trying to communicate to Macaque#whether that be through the prison cell visits#or sticking around during their check ups of Macaque to make sure Macaque is doing his job during season 3#or literally approching Macaque in the park in the newest chapter#like THERE IS A REASON BEHIND THE REASON THEY DO ALL THESE THINGS#AND ITS BECAUSE MAYOR JUST LOWKEY LIKES MACAQUE LMAOOO#not of their own free will of course#they do not want to like Macaque#but they do#shadowpuppet#I forgot to mention that another obvious piece of evidence for Mayor liking Macaque is the fact they GAVE HIM A JETPLANE#AND ALSO THEY VISITED HIM IN THE SUPERMARKET KNOWING FULL WELL THAT IT COULD CAUSE MACAQUE TO RUN AWAY#BUT THEY MET UP WITH HIM ANYWAY#Y'KNOW WHY? BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO SEE HIM
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Ignore all logistical considerations of "would they ever meet each other under these circumstances". If you don't think Jules Bashir would have chosen to join Starfleet, imagine he is on the station for some other reason, or they meet in some other location.
I wanted to make this poll because I've seen various fics where Garak reassures Julian that far from being upset over him being augmented, Garak is grateful for it, either explicitly because (he thinks) they wouldn't be able to have their usual conversations if it weren't for the augmentations, or simply because he likes Julian "just the way he is" and wouldn't want him to be "different". I disagree that Garak would think like this (or at the very least, I think Julian would react negatively if he did, rather than be reassured), so I wanted to hear everyone else's thoughts.
#garashir#Star Trek: Deep Space 9#this is not just a shipping question btw so please answer whether you view them platonically/romantically/whatever!#Julian Bashir#polls#Starky's original posts#I'll admit. to me there is a very clear right and wrong answer here.#again not in terms of Garak's characterization so much as in terms of JULIAN'S.#I would be fine if Garak said this and Julian felt at least somewhat conflicted about it but I've never seen even that........#I've wanted to make this post for SO LONG but it's a very common thing in a lot of fics that I otherwise REALLY LIKE#from authors that I REALLY LOVE AND ADMIRE#and I have no idea if I'm just being completely insane and oversensitive OTL#but I just read yet another fic where Garak was like ''I have no choice but to be grateful you were genetically enhanced#because Jules would never have joined Starfleet so we never would have met.''#and I just want to yell WHY DO YOU ALL ASSUME THAT#like not even getting into assuming that Jules would be permanently significantly intellectually disabled#based on limited information about his early childhood developmental delays#but more importantly assuming he wouldn't (read: couldn't. because I KNOW that's what you mean.) end up on the station#You! Star Trek fan! Do you think people with intellectual or learning disabilities are allowed in Starfleet? Answer quickly! :)#sorry I told you I've held onto this for too long. and now I'm a deranged bitch about it :|
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A brief foray into the military ranks of TKEM characters…
It’s no secret that our favourite boys from the Kingdom of Corea have a history in the military - but apart from Gon being bottom of his class in the Naval Academy (as confirmed by Choi Gitae in Ep4), what else do we know? As with every tiny detail that sparks my interest in this show, I took it upon myself to find out, and gave myself a headache in the process. Let’s have a look, shall we?
Lee Jihun:
I’m starting with him because he’s the only one I could find a concrete answer for, thanks to him being from a universe very similar to ours. Though we only see him very briefly in Ep16, from that short scene we can glean a little bit of information about what he was doing:
To find his rank, one needs only to look at his epaulettes. You can see that his are black, with three gold stripes: two thick ones, with a thin stripe in the middle. This identifies his rank as follows:
He’s a Soryeong, which is the equivalent rank to a Lieutenant Commander.
However, what I find perhaps more interesting for Jihun is this badge he’s wearing:
Though it’s blurry when you zoom in, I’m pretty sure it’s this one:
You heard it here first, folks. Lee Jihun is a Navy SEAL. They didn’t have to include this detail - you’d probably have to be quite familiar with the military to recognise it straight away, and I doubt that even most Korean fans would be able to recognise it, because I can tell you for a fact that I wouldn’t be able to recognise the equivalent for my own country. Someone on the production team decided this, and I want to give them a big kiss on the mouth, because now it’s confirmed that the sweet little Jihun we saw grew up to be totally badass after his abusive father passed away. I sincerely hope that it was a good life that led him to joining this branch of the military, and not some combination of horrible factors that pushed him into joining one of the most intense and dangerous branches… hm. I’m not going to dwell on that, actually. You can all make your own conclusions here.
Now… to the Kingdom. *sigh.* This is where things start to get more vague and confusing. I’m going to start with ranks first, and then go onto what they were doing as one big section because, spoiler alert, I haven’t got any sort of concrete idea.
Lee Gon:
His rank is easiest to determine, because Choi Gitae says it explicitly when they met at his father’s funeral in Ep4. I cross-referenced this with the closed-caption Korean subtitles, and everything adds up nicely: though he’s the Commander-in-Chief of all the armed forces in the Kingdom, thanks to his position as the monarch, while he was actually serving, he rose to the rank of Daewi, or Lieutenant - the highest rank of the junior officers - before leaving the navy.
Jo Yeong:
When we see Yeong in his navy uniform in Ep6, this is what we can see:
Once again, that same pattern emerges on his epaulettes of two thick stripes surrounding a thin stripe - he’s a Soryeong, a Lieutenant Commander. This means that Yeong ranked one rank higher than Gon before he left the navy, which is something that brings me quite a lot of joy.
However, something I like even more than that is Yeong’s current title, as the leader of the Royal Guard. We all know him and love him as Captain Jo, but in Korean he’s referred to as 조영 대장 - Jo Yeong Daejang. This is what Gon calls him in the iconic “Are you having fun, Captain Jo?” and you can also see that title of Daejang on his character page on the official TKEM website. On WordReference, this is what happens if I search for 대장:
Ignoring the results about other things, it doesn’t seem to mean “Captain” explicitly, it’s more like a general kind of leader title. His rank isn’t necessarily “Captain,” it’s whatever Daejang is equivalent to. So… how good is a Daejang? Looking at the South Korean armed forces, in the army, air force, and marine corps, Daejang is equivalent to General, and in the navy, Daejang is equivalent to Admiral. To put this into context a little better, the only rank in the South Korean navy higher than Daejang is Wonsu, and this rank only exists on paper and has never been given to any officer of the South Korean armed forces. To achieve this rank of Wonsu, you’re appointed from the rank of Daejang when you have “distinguished achievements.”
In conclusion: Yeong has an incredibly high rank in the armed forces, second only really to Gon himself, assuming no one from the Kingdom has ever been appointed the rank of Wonsu either. However… there’s a first time for everything, and though I’m only speculating and of course could never say anything for sure, if anyone was going to get those distinguished achievements needed to be a Wonsu, it would be our Jo Yeong Daejang.
Choi Gitae:
I’m including him briefly because I have a bone to pick with the subtitles. In English, he’s Captain Choi. In Korean, Gon refers to him as Hamjang, which, as far as I can tell, doesn’t exist in the South Korean navy of our universe. In the Korean subtitles in Ep4, he’s named as 최 소령, Choi Soryeong, and he’s just… he’s not that. Let’s take a look at some pictures:
The epaulettes on the first picture and the star badge on the second tell us that his rank should be this:
He’s a Junjang, equivalent to a Rear Admiral (lower half). Not a Captain, and not a Lieutenant Commander. As for the Hamjang/Junjang disparity, I’m going to suggest that Hamjang is the Kingdom of Corea’s equivalent to the Republic’s Junjang.
So, what was everyone doing in the navy?
The only clue we have is a badge:
This is from Yeong’s uniform, but in Ep6 Choi Gitae was wearing the same, and Gon was wearing a gold version of it. However, for the life of me, I can’t seem to figure out what it is! The design seems to be that of a ship sailing through the waters, but that just gives ✨navy✨ in a general sense. Browsing google images, I’ve noticed the same golden badge that Gon wears on other high ranking members of the South Korean navy, so maybe it signifies a high rank? Or maybe it just means that the wearer is in the navy? I don’t know! I can’t work it out! What it tells us at least is, if Yeong isn’t wearing a “specialised” badge like Jihun… it’s unlikely that he served in any kind of special forces… which I feel is a piece of information that might break some hearts in the fandom as their headcanons shatter into pieces. I’m disappointed too, because when I saw Yeong’s badge without paying attention to any of the other characters, I thought that the two shapes on the sides looked a little like submariner dolphins, so I’ve spent half a year or so thinking that’s what Yeong did in the navy, before I realised that Gon and Choi Gitae had the exact same badge.
So, if anyone has been bothered enough to read this far and also happens to be a Korean military buff, I would love you forever if you could tell me exactly what this badge means, and whether it gives us any indication of what Yeong or Gon or anyone else was doing in the navy. However, maybe it’s good that it’s unclear, because that leaves fic writers plenty of room to wonder about what Gon and Yeong were doing in the military - whether they were doing different things, strengthening their bond as best bros doing the same thing, and if you’re on the same side of this fandom as me, whether they were repressing some big feelings at seeing each other in their military uniforms, or whether they were engaging in certain activities that are maybe stereotypical of sailors cooped together on the same boat without women to spend their nights with… there’s plenty of room for interpretation :D
#my favourite thing that I’ve learnt from this is Yeong ranking higher than Gon in the navy#there’s SO MUCH POTENTIAL THERE#something else that ep6 demonstrates is that soryeong is a rank in the corean navy because yeong hands gon’s flag to someone with that rank#it was said verbally and it was consistent with his uniform#so why is soryeong consistent but not hamjang/junjang?!#ANSWER ME KIM EUNSOOK#another honourable mention is… do you guys remember the yoyo kid’s older form?#he appears in the republic to bully shinjae and he’s also on gon’s rowing team#anyway you can see him in the funeral in ep4 and he’s also a soryeong#something that’s interesting to note is that no one in uniform in ep4 is wearing that mysterious badge#not even choi gitae even though he’s wearing it in ep6#it makes me wonder whether they added it as an afterthought#i wouldn’t be surprised#tkem#kitkat’s tkem deep dives#lee gon#jo yeong#lee jihun
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Everyone can feel however they want about any character etc etc obligatory disclaimer... that said, I do wonder how people would feel about Temsen if he was white. It's the same thing I wondered when I saw some comment reactions to Kadek back when he was introduced in FFS.
I'm a big fan of Temsen, btw. The way he talked about both Efneisen and Gary's abusive actions was really responsible and useful, and I love characters who have both an upright moral core and the smarts to be able to take actions effectively.
Hi anon!
Yeah I do...sometimes have these moments as well. I also have the self-reflective 'am I writing POC too often as assholes' and then think about Eran and Leo and some of the other characters I've written and it's like okay, I don't think it's necessarily that specifically (though there's always room for improvement) and I really really do like writing hot assholes dsfjkaf
I also love Temsen, I love characters who are just really complicated but ultimately still doing their version of their best. And that anon might not have been thinking of the race factor at all, but it is something that also occasionally plays in the back of my mind because after 10 years of writing, there is a certain kind of 'he just rubs me the wrong way' that characters like Eran, Kadek, and Temsen have gotten just a little bit more than some of the other characters (and on the flipside, the 'oh I didn't know they were POC' which is...a whole...*sighs* - probably at its most painful when it's fanart so you know someone's put a lot of effort into something but also blanked the description of a character's skin colour and features at the same time) - I guess there's just an awareness? Also an awareness of my role in what I'm perpetuating as a white person because realistically I will unfortunately fuck it up too.
I am team 'give anon the benefit of the doubt' because I do canonically write Temsen to be unnerving and intimidating and I do think some readers will be a lot more receptive to / sensitive to that than others. But yeah, I also think this is a really understandable thing to wonder? It's a crunchy space to be in, because I also think Temsen's hitting the mark if he is unnerving some people as a character, just like Gary does. A sort of 'I like it when disabled / POC / queer people can all be hot assholes' lol
But in this instance like, in addition, Temsen has been one of the least directly harmful characters in the entire cast in terms of his actions and I do think about that a lot.
I think until society gets better about racism and decolonisation gets way way way way further it's just a normal thing to wonder about tbh.
(And on an aside, I am glad that the sentiment largely swung towards very positive towards Kadek by the end of FFS. He's one of my favourite side characters that I've written in a while, and I'm hoping to write more with him in side stories one day).
Also re: the talk he gave Efnisien, that has honestly helped Efnisien so much. Him stepping into his strength and consciously thinking about it has directly led to so much of the positive growth he's experienced in the last like 10 chapters. It was so needed, even if the timing wasn't great, Temsen really delivered on that front.
#asks and answers#ohlo ohlo temsen#underline the black#underline the rainbow#i also think i'm very lucky that i had to 'learn' that awareness vs.#POC having to carry it as a constant thing they can't let go of#anyway thanks for bringing this up anon#it's another part of the conversation whether or not it was with that specific anon#it certainly has been in the past?#so it's good to discuss
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Hiya! I'm a bit of a newbie to writing billdip and I struggle the most with dialogue and generally Bills character. I really admire your writing and was wondering if you have any pieces of advice for writing Bill.
I am highly unqualified to give advice on this subject! But here's a few things that come to mind when I think of how I write Bill!
Bill kinda has three main settings: Disinterested, Excited, and Angry. Think of them like levels on a sound mixer, while also being very Impulsive and having an Easily Shifting Mood.
Bored but willing to keep up a conversation because it *could* get interesting. Engaged in the talk he's having, but annoyed enough to insult the person he's talking to at any chance. Furious and excited enough to start making really creative threats!
Dialogue-wise, he's either dismissive, upbeat, or pissed off. He loves mocking people, displaying his superiority, and implication and wordplay. If there's a way to slide in a jab he'll often take it! Puns are not off the table, especially if they'll get a disgusted look or groan. And if he's making a metaphor or comparison he'll often reach for something obscure or downright bizarre.
He's also very manipulative, and convincing. He's got charm to him and can use it - but he also tends to throw in double-talk while he's doing it. (think the 'All I want is a puppet!' scene from the show)
Another point: Talking directly about himself (unless it's to brag) is basically Not A Thing. He might drop hints, but you need a heavy-duty crowbar to drag out anything even slightly beyond surface level.
And that guy's never going to admit when he's having a negative emotion that isn't anger! The best you can manage - if you know him well - is to realize when he's projecting like a motherfucker.
I have also violated all of these vague rules multiple times and will again! So take my suggestions with several grains of salt.
#This is not a character study just some thoughts I had#My brain is so poisoned with my own variant of this blorbo that this is not one size fits all#So definitely a big couple of salt cubes thrown in there#My brain is very bad and dumb#answers#Confusion is also a fun emotion on Bill but it rarely happens#It generally denatures into excitement at New Thing or annoyed at Hey That's Not Cool!!#When he's baffled he comes to a decision quickly whether it's right or not#Another tip for Bill because he's an asshole: Let him fail!!#Everyone likes seeing assholes fail#And Bill fucking up out of his own hubris is the best thing#That's not a character tip it's just a good tip for writing likeable assholes#If you want him full unlikable make him absolutely unassailable#Everyone hates a bully who always wins but everyone loves the jerk who tries to jerk then steps on a rake and gets hit in the face#Narrative dynamics at play
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#when i was younger i would validate my dumb decisions by saying i have to learn one way or another#and that i will never have regrets because i always did what i thought was right in the moment#or what felt right#whether it was the best decision or not#but now at 24 i do have a lot of little regrets#you don't think about it when you're younger but around this age i realized damn#i have to live in this body and mind for like many more decades#god willing#and these memories are not going anywhere#and they only get more soured as i learn more#& find the answers to my insecurities & falsehoods & evrrything that lead me to make dumb decisions#i get cringe memories all the time out of nowhere#then all you can really do is romanticize the past to get over it#romanticizing things is literally the answer to everything right now
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Do you write multi-chapter fics in order or do you jump around? And if you do go in order, do you go back to revise earlier chapters as you go or are they pretty much ready to post once you move on to the next chapter?
I love this question, anon, thank you! ❤️
I write multi-chaps in order — which I don’t necessarily recommend because a scene I may be three chapters away from writing will sing and dance in my mind and we’re not there yet. So I will add key elements of that scene to my outline, which actually can be good in the long run because by the time I finally write the scene, the words can flow fairly easily because the scene has been in my mind for so long (with outline memory aids for specifics).
I know some people write out of order, and I’m glad that method works for them. For me, I need the linear nature in which the story will (presumably) be read to inform the writing. As always, though, the best way to write is the way that works for the writer.
In terms of revision, I revise constantly. Little stuff, big stuff. I need the whole story written and edited before posting even the first chapter (with one exception because I knew exactly where I was going and felt like I was going to explode if I didn’t start posting). For me, the revision process can help sharpen things like foreshadowing and key themes. I find revision deeply rewarding. It’s like — I built a home and now I get to buff the floors and straighten the address numbers and make sure the cookies in the oven are done just in time to invite in anyone who wants to share the home I built for whomever might want to be there.
#i love asks#thank you so much#anon#the most important thing about the fanfic writing process is to enjoy the fanfic writing process#if something i say doesn’t work for you - ignore it#you know you and how your brain works#it can be really fun to learn from other writers and to try new things#i used to hate outlining and now i love it#so keeping an open mind is important#but one person’s best writing process is another person’s worst writing process#so trust yourself and your instincts - whether that’s trying something new or continuing the way you’re going#creativity is a gift of being alive#whether that’s writing or music or art or games or anything else#and i hope your creativity brings you joy because that’s what it’s there for#(i feel like some people become afraid to be creative because they fear it’s ‘not good enough’)#(and my answer to that is an end product can be evaluated - not required but can be - while the creative process is about joy)#(so - again - i hope your creativity brings you joy)
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i think something a lot of people are already forgetting is that the doctor specifically told Kongo/Phos to burn the bridge once he crosses it, and are already getting antsy about what happened in chapter 98. To me this feels like him crossing the bridge? we still have, I believe, another volume or so At Least left to hnk and I think this next volume will be Phos’ process of ‘burning the bridge’. Like, we still don’t even know if Phos’ praying is bringing the result that is wanted, we just saw a giant explosion of sorts. That could lead to anything.
#Houseki no Kuni#Land of The Lustrous#HNK Spoilers#like it COULD be that nothingness that was desired but ppl r ALSO forgetting achmea and kongo saying there was a way to help phos#and that topic wasnt further explained right#so we might see more on that whether it be flashbacks or what happens to phos after he prays#or again this could lead to the burning of the bridge#i dont think we're just gonna skip on to ohh happy and reincarnated#that just doesnt make sense for how ichikawa writes.#a lot of the things that people tend to hate in hnk is done so deliberately by ichikawa and i think with hnk wrapping up#hopefully! it'll all be addressed#including whats happening in chapter 98#+ i feel like the parallels with welegato/achmea and antarc/kongo are going to be addressed??? i mean i hope they do#bc i...................................really fucking hate the fact welegato and antarc are seemingly besties LMFAO#god. well. time to wait another month to get any form of answer </3#aechmea******
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🤜 (oh Mambo’s not affectionate? That’s a shame. Anyway- lmao)
'Hey!'
Mambo squirmed in the sender's grasp as his head was whisked off his head, purple tufts of fur exposed. Next thing he knew a fist was ruffling it in harsh circles.
'Knock it off, will ya?' Mambo complained to no avail, pathetically trying to pry the much stronger and larger hand than his own away. 'I just groomed this fur...last month!'
'And warn a guy before ya start roughin' up his skull, huh?'
Mambo continued to squirm helplessly in the sender's grasp.
#chainsxwsmile#Not especially. It isn't that he gets mad when people try to pet him#but irritated when he is handled like a pet or plush toy. He very much has the mentality of 'I am a top wizard assistant#not some cute little kitty cat!' despite his small and cute cat like appearance. As well as uncomfortable when he is grabbed at and picked#have his cheeks pinched or held all of a sudden#or weirded out by sudden boops#pets#and especially glomps. He will only ever go for a hug or return the affection during emotional times whether sad or happy and when he does#I also have another personal headcanon that he will try to avoid pets and the like because they feel too nice to the point of embarrassing#He dislikes being tickled for the similar reason above#with the back of his ears being another sensitive place for that.#but this was too adorable to write#him not being the touchy feely sort makes things like this even more fun to write#oh and of course is he is sick or injured he can't object to being carried on account of he is too weak to do anything but let it happen#tip the scales and entertain me (mambo answers)
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begging people to understand that labels and categories are not inherently meaningful without context. and that whether or not any label is actually useful changes from context to context (including from person to person). and that trying to pin something or someone down as BEING a particular label (rather than something being labelled as a certain thing) is meaningless and unhelpful
#leologisms#this isnt actually About anything in particular but it was of course inspired by gender posts#saying that someone else IS a particular thing because of their experiences is not really helpful. and it doesnt make sense#theres a reason theyre gender 'identities'. theyre labels. theyre something that people either do or dont identify with#theyre tools for finding people with similar experiences. or for exploring and understanding ones own experiences. etc.#trying to say that someone IS agender for not identifying strongly with a particular gender or someone IS trans for wanting to#experiment with gender + presentation or someone IS bisexual because they dated someone of the same gender one time or whatever#isnt actually helpful. do they identify as these things? do they even actually care?#of course the reasons for someones answers to these questions are also important. but thats for them to figure out.#[note. 'someone' also includes you]#there was also an anecdote i was thinking about. from when i was a kid#and i was bugging my mom over dinner about 'what exactly is a vegetable'#'any edible plant part thats not a fruit' didnt include tomatoes or eggplants etc. and that definition didnt satisfy me#well i just kept going until my mom got sick of the question#of course i now know about culinary vegetables. but being a 'vegetable' isnt inherent to anything#and neither is being 'green' or being 'gay' or 'trans' or 'agender'#of course these are useful labels. thats why they exist and thats why people use them#but trying to pin down whether something definitively IS one thing or another is a fruitless exercise
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shri’iia companion au where her backstory changes depending on your approval level bc she is just lying about everything
#the three things you just know about her is: 1) she’s a drow 2) she’s a paladin 3) she’s tadpoled#everything else is like ❓❓#but also I’m like i hc she is just so out of her element and paranoid in act 1 that she has to gauge whether or not she can rely on you#hence the lies. shri’iia telling you that she also is from baldur’s gate after hearing the others say they’re from there as well#but she can’t tell you anything abt that city lol and she’ll change the subject#then if you point that out she’ll relent and say she’s actually from another small town but it’s just much easier to say that she’s from#the city bc people likes to pry abt irrelevant things 😒 and if you ask her abt her oath or if she serves a diety#she’ll say that it is a higher calling and it’s sacred work .. so she doesn’t actually answer you lol#but thinking abt shri’iia being like yes im a paladin and im very righteous. also her: a charlatan
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i’m going to kill everyone on the internet
#the things people are trying to bring up to prove bihan as ‘evil’ are not even the right things to bring up#talk about the cyber initiative and how he was inspired by the idea of the dragon army being so one minded in battle and unable to work#without each other in order to show overwhelming and soulless power#talk about how he's so blindsided by his own ambitions that he cannot see anything wrong with himself#talk about how his role of being the eldest sibling and the grandmaster gave the mindset that he must be the only one right and his brothers#must be the ones wrong cause he has to be one who knows more and knows best#i fucking hate talking about whether a character is good or evil less of that more and more of just. looking at a character and#understanding who they are outside of the barriers of good and evil#also i already had this dumb meltdown over the rock i did not genuinly think people would be asking this question#an another note. the answer is no but the answer is also yes because it’s really fucking funny to try and kill your sibling by just kicking#a rock over the edge and letting it hit their head#it reminds me of when me and my sister were walking up like over a hundred steps of a cathedral and she asked be to wait cause she was#out of breath and i was really tempted to just start sprinting up the stairs and leave her behind#talking;
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I remember you said something about Kuron getting a tattoo once? How would he go about it? Something complicated and cool he put a lot of thought into OR did he just do it on a whim?
Like hes walking down a street or something, sees a tattoo studio and decides to wing it?(bc Shiro would NEVER)
Oh definately both, like the first tattoo he got was definately an impulse decision tramp stamp he lowkey regrets. However the other tattoos do have a lot more thought put into them, and have lot of motifs related to death, rebirth, freedom, individuality, anger and other such things. Like both Kuron's love for literature and symbolism and his tendency to mythologize himself really just bleed into him coming up with some really meaningful but also edgy tattoos
#I think if i decide that he gets his right hand it would definately get covered in tattoos#I cant decide whether or not to keep his right arm cause on one hand (heh)#Lance like created his body like gone full mad scientist/necromancer so it makes sense for him to have an arm#(And it also goes into the uncanny differences Kuron's body has.#Like Lance did his best. The body by all means is healthy one and very close in resembling to his old body#But if you pay attention you realize that it is not the same. There's slight differences#no scars or calluses or blemishes or tan just unnaturally soft and even#It moves and breathes and feels differently and Kuron isnt sure if it is because of its creation or because he hasnt been 'alive' for years#It looks slightly different than Shiro's (His original body) and is it Lance not being perfect? Or is it because of years?#So giving him two arms would be just further feed into that disconnection.#Cause lbr Kuron technically never had a flesh and blood right arm ever. So like that would be another thing he has to get used to#On the other hand i do not want to erase his disability#Decisions decisions#Also i got your ask i am working on it but you are absolutely right. He should get to be silly goofy cringefail and in awe#post s8 au#kuron#kuron voltron#vld kuron#thank you for asking!!!!#empty answers
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> 7 asks
> 99+ notifs on both blogs
> 770 followers
> someone is yelling at me
> apology in my inbox
> nightshade toy reveal????
> I am noooottt ready to come back yet
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*screams*
#firefly speaks#HI#things have happened#i will rant about them in another post#currently just debating on whether to answer some of the ES asks
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