#maddie rambles

[imadetheline]

me, starting disco elysium: ah I can say and do whatever is necessary to solve this case! who cares what people think of me!

me, approximately one second after meeting Lieutenant Kim Kitsuragi: I am going to get a good grade in being this man's best friend, something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve.

[maddiemare]

close enough, welcome back philip wittibane

[holdmytesseract]

That major urge to write for Sam. Ugh, I don't know if I can suppress it much longer... 🫠

Look at the precious babey. 🥹

[mads-the-dog]

Feeling that bratty-middle energy hard today.

I just want to tease, torture, and disobey until someone big enough comes along to put me in my place.

Maybe it's a babysitter I have a crush on, who notices my achy bits every time I look at them, who convinces me to rub myself in front of them, then chastises me for being disgusting and making a mess, using it as an excuse to demote me back to diapers.

Maybe it's a big sister, noticing me picking on the other littles and middles on the playground, who walks over and tells the most embarrassing stories about me in front of my friends, causing me to melt until I'm the playground whipping boy.

Maybe is a bully, who thinks it's funny to give me a surprise wedgie, only to discover I'm wearing a pull-up instead of undies. They rip my pants off me and refuse to let me use the bathroom for the rest of the day, making sure everyone can see my shame.

Or maybe it's my actual caregiver, tired of my bratty attitude, throwing me over their lap, spanking me until I wet myself, sending me to the corner, and then demoting me back to little status for the foreseeable future.

[dragpathhockey]

I AM SOBBING

@ruinix YOURE THE FIRST PERSON I THOUGHT OF WHEN I OPENED THAT PUCK.

[topolino-freak]

Uncle Scrooge is the best character in all of the comics world and you can't convince us otherwise.

Uncle Scrooge is the only character in comics before the internet to have such a meteoric rise within five years from his creation. He started off exactly as his name implies, deeply grumpy, filthy rich, yet still feeling like he wants to reconnect with something, whether that be the outside world or his closest people. That suppressed glimpse of emotion was put into the core of his character from the start by Carl Barks. If that wasn't enough evidence, how about the fact that he caught on with the audience more than any of Barks' other original characters (including Mr. Jones, Magica De Spell and Gyro freakin' Gearloose!)? OR, how about the fact that with 1952's 'Only A Poor Old Man', just five years after his creation, one of the richest stories about him unfolded with him literally experiencing existential dread once he realises how little he truly is without his money? Or how about the fact that Tony Stroble was the first comic artist outside of Barks to use him, in goddamn 1951? Or how about the fact that Barks laid millions of little pieces of lore about him, which were later successfully interpreted AND twisted in many ways? Or how about the fact that his main characteristic since the mid 50's has been that he hides his sentimental side in favour of his 'tough, rich, grumpy, richest duck in the world' persona, in an age where comics where viewed as strictly kids stuff, with zero worth of their own? Carl Barks and Uncle Scrooge specifically are one of the main pillars of the modern comic and you can't convince us otherwise.

[manhattan-gamestop]

Does anyone else desperately need instructions to function but also hates being told what to do

[clouds-of-lilac]

One of my sweet little kittens has discovered that I have gel in my seat cushion and is endlessly fascinated by it. She turns in circles and makes biscuits on top of it and it's absolutely adorable.

(The gel is always redistributed in a weird way when I transfer back into my chair, but I can't bring myself to stop her. She's the sweetest little cat child and seeing her curl up on my chair is unspeakably cute.)