#spiny speaks

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banner issues

so I tried adding a banner to my page. it's supposed to look like this:

but when i actually tried using it, it turned into this:

dave brubot jumpscare.png

anyway, if anyone has any advice, i'd greatly appreciate it

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Oh, by the way, I have 100 followers as of a day or two ago! Yippee!

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Happy first anniversary, No Straight Roads!!

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☕️ + Papyton :] (I know this is an easy one but I wanna hear you go on about it)

Where do I begin with this ship...? Well, I just love these two dramatic guys and want the best for them; Papyrus just wants someone to appreciate him for all that he is (with him gladly doing the same for them), and Mettaton needs someone who he knows will appreciate him no matter what (while not being afraid to bring him back down to earth if he slips back into bad habits). I think these two can really bring out the best in each other, given enough time.

It just makes me sad how the fandom treats this ship... if it's not a case of people tagging this ship when it's a very minor presence in the story compared to the Sans couple of the day, it's people acting like the main point of the ship is smut and little else (like with how many fics do the "I just met you/just realized that I love you, now let's do it" thing), or people writing Sans as disturbingly OOC and hurtful towards Mettaton without having to apologize for it, or Papyton being portrayed as the ship "getting in the way" of a different Papyrus ship (it's usually a Papyrus ship...), or even Mettaton being outright horrible to Papyrus in ways that go against his established character (you know what I mean).

I just want to see some cute domestic Papyton stuff now and then... I want to see wedding fics, parenthood fics, fics of them being Frisk's (and, if applicable, the other children's) cool uncles, fics where they go on cute dates to different places, all sorts of things! People are really sleeping on this ship's potential, and it makes me sad. I just want my two Big Favorites in Undertale to be happy, okay?

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Me: makes a short, random post about Toriel one day

The post: becomes by far my most popular post, still getting likes and occasional reblogs to this day

Me: ...wowie

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Dear Undertale fandom,

You can make all of the following things:

A compelling AU Mettaton

A compelling Mettaton story in general

A compelling Undertale story in general

...without bashing Alphys.

Sincerely, a Mettaton fan.

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I just started playing Xenoblade Chronicles last night, and that early cutscene where Dunban has trouble feeding himself...

Last year, I got very sick, and one of the things that happened as a result was that my arms became very weak, to the point where I could barely lift them at all. This gave me trouble in doing many things, including feeding myself, to the point where I had to have my elbows on the table in order to lift the food (with or without a utensil) to my mouth.

My arms have gotten much better since then, but seeing that cutscene where Dunban tries to lift the spoon and ends up dropping it, especially when just a minute ago he was telling Fiora not to worry about feeding him and that he didn't want to feel like he couldn't do it himself...

When that sense of wounded pride clashes with your need for help, because injury or sickness causes things that were previously second-nature to you to become a struggle...

I may have more thoughts as I continue through the game and see more of this character, but so far, things really feel like they resonate with me.

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I think I know what else bugs me about S*riel fics: Sans and Toriel both canonically have things to angst about, but it feels like a lot of fics either downplay or ignore Toriel's traumatic past and mainly have her around to comfort Sans.

Another way in which female characters in Undertale get the short end of the stick in favor of Sans, it seems...