#i be thinking

[thunder-shadow]

when you get a fic idea that sounds peak but also complicated to write and would probably not turn out as good as it sounds 💔

[mounted-archer]

@thychesters asking if I'm talking about shakarian smut while on a road trip as if I'm not always thinking about it in some capacity

[intergalactic-atomz]

What would you say Ford's main character trait is, in your opinion-- 'Ford's sixth finger' 🎤 take it away

WARNING-- LOUD FORD RAMBLING BELOW (nobody gaf, but I'll answer anyway... Anon...)

Anon... thank you for this because I have such an opinion on it.

If you take a character like Ford, you're probably going to get at least (100) different answers depending on whose askbox you drop this Q in. I remember back in the day when Stanford was basically viewed as either an iredeemable villain or just the lesser version of his brother. So honestly, I've found it really fascinating watching people start digging deeper into his character, especially after The book of Bill (ooo gay triangle) But regardless of how other people view him, here's how I'd define Ford:

If I had to pick one trait that sits at the center of everything, I'd say it's insecurity.

Yes, yes, before everyone hits me with a water gun…I can already hear the objections. “But he's prideful!" || “What about his ego?" || “He's selfish!"

Yeah. I agree with all of those. Those traits DEFINITELY fit the nerd. But I think at the end of the day, underneath all of that, he's just a very deeply insecure person. Most of the traits people attach to him are things that have grown out of that insecurity in the first place. Stanford is a character who's incredibly relatable while also being very easy to dislike because of how self centered he can be. BUT, BUT BUT BUT… I'm not saying he doesn't love his family….he absolutely does, but his work comes first. His research comes first. It always has.

He's gotten better over the years, obviously, but I think the driving force behind his entire story is that feeling of never being enough. He wants to be bigger than he is. He wants to be remembered. He wants to be the best in his field. He wants to leave some huge undeniable mark on the world. And yea, a lot of that comes from his childhood. Filbrick left scars on the twins emotionally. The difference is that we get to spend most of the show seeing how those scars affect Stan. Ford never really got that same amount of time to make his case. By the time we really meet him in canon, he's already become this morally ambiguous guy whose ego has been feeding off a lifetime of feeling different from everyone around him. + (hilariously, given my username, I should mention the sixth finger.) —> Because yes, obviously that contributed to his insecurities too. Feeling physically different absolutely mattered. I'm not ignoring that at all. I just tend to focus more on the mental side of it when I talk about him.

TLDR, I don't want to write an entire dissertation and give the same answer I've given a million times before, so I'll keep it simple:

I think Ford Pines is one of the most insecure self-serving characters I've ever gotten attached to. And that's exactly why I love him. Because he's actively trying to become a better person. But fails, a LOT. A. LOT. Most of his problems are the result of his own choices, which is part of what makes him interesting in the first place. He doesn't need me to defend him. He's a sixty-god knows-year-old fictional man. He'll survive. But at the end of the day, if I had to boil Stanford Pines down to one defining trait, I'd still say insecurity. (With love & sheer hate, as I type this on my iPad..)

[caemmet]

yall i fw some shit so hard i just dont talk about it you dont even know they be on my mind

[hallowmoon-art]

In the process of making another Alchemist MC and it got me thinking about the mage that raised the Alchemist MC. I believe the pronouns were she/her (unless it takes/uses the pronouns you pick for your MC?)

But like what did she do to be an expelled mage??? From what I remember of the demo, you have to be fairly rich to get into the institution in the first place. So I'd assume, if you're high ranking enough, you'd have a pretty luxurious life. So why do something so bad to leave that behind?

Was Alchemist MC born in Eridia and already in the hands of the Senobium, and this mage just stole MC for her own tests and fled the city?

Or did she already do something that got her exiled and just so happened to find this cursed child?

[johnnyfoursandco]

Honestly with the existence of the cider and the pursuit of immortality and the fact that a lot of people come to the Neath just because of the tales of weird supernatural shenanigans you can get up to, I'm officially making a character whose entire purpose is to work up the ridiculous amount of money necessary to become immortal and turn herself into a literal, living library. The politics of the time and the horrors commited by humanity on a world-wide scale, the cultures lost and the people loved but left to be forgotten if they are not preserved.

What if someone decided to devote their lives and possibly all of eternity to gaining as much human knowledge as possible and fighting against erasure.

[my-little-universes]

guys i cant. life is just. fucking hell its so awesome. cuz wdym dogs exist? wdym people way back when saw stars that lined up together perfectly and made constellations and gave them names and stories? wdym that all people have an instict to be kind to one another? wdym that music and movies and books and poems and plays and paintings and musicals exist? wdym that from the very beginning carving was a way for people to say i was here and i touched this tree or wall or ceiling or floor and i want to be remembered and remember this memory and moment for me and smile when you see it, will ya? wdym that everyone is nobody but themselves? wdym that storytelling is a way to bond with people that's existed since people have? wdym that animals are able to tell if youre a trust-worthy person and will determine whether they're safe with you? wdym we all come from luca? wdym people have always wanted people in the future to know how life was like when they were living and they kept records of every tiny thing that was js apart of life for them so that we know and we in the future would know? wdym science exists? wdym if someone sees you looking down then they'll come up and check on you to make sure youre gonna be okay even if they're a stranger? wdym chen si is known as the angel of nanjing? wdym babies know who their mom is even when theyre in the womb? wdym? wdym? wdym?