#but she WILL NOT GIVE UP THE DAMN NFT SHIT

[mermaidsirennikita]

Even though I was used to the melodramatic soap opera that is the Marguerite show my jaw dropped when they showed billy fully drinking in the finale lmao they truly missed the mark on almost every aspect of the book it’s almost impressive

I was... blown away by how rough those final episodes were. Biggest complaints, though I have many:

--The way Camila was just shuffled out of importance in the narrative is... staggering. And sad. This really was just Daisy and Billy Fanservice: The Show. Camila dies two decades earlier than she should, she has two fewer kids than she should, she's treated worse by Daisy and Billy yet tells them to get together, basically, and she loses one of her most powerful moments in the book. The moment where SHE tells Daisy that Billy is in love with her, and it doesn't matter, because nothing will tear Billy and Camila apart. Her ownership of that moment is given to Daisy, a woman who has been a piece of shit to her through the entire show, despite the fact that Camila has been nothing but kind and gracious to her. She's given one moment to tell Daisy what's up, and even that is muted (though I liked how Camila Morrone played it; she's one of the cast standouts for me).

The thing is that if you read interviews, they say they made these changes to give Daisy power, as if they're striking out on this feminist creed lmao, but in doing so they deprive Camila of all the power and agency she had in the book. And Daisy has power. She's single, she's independently wealthy, she's successful, she's adored, she's talented. Her biggest enemy is herself. Camila's power is meant to be this internal strength--despite on the surface seeming like a stereotypical housewife financially dependent on her man, she's got a willpower and a determination to not give up control of her life, and to not let Daisy and Billy and their bullshit wreck the life she wants. They absolutely took that away from her. I fucking hate it.

--By girlbossifying Daisy you basically undermine exactly how much of a mess she was. The show already portrays addiction in an extremely fluffy way. It's so dumb lmao. Have Riley Keough hop around in circles a lot, that is THE FACE OF ADDICTION. Have Sam Claflin be basically obnoxious, that is WHAT ADDICTION LOOKS LIKE. Give me a break. The fact that Daisy had to be shaken into recognizing how bad shit got by other people was... honestly? Kinda real in the book. Like, yeah, she made her final decision to leave, and that was the first step of her claiming power. But she basically had to be slapped into reality by Camila because she was unable to see clearly through this cloud of drugs, and also frankly a life in which, though she worked hard, she did often stumble into success and was born into money.

--Billy falling off the wagon... and not because Teddy died? Lmao? Was HILARIOUS. In the book Teddy dies and Billy I think like, sips a drink; he almost totally relapses, and then he doesn't, and it's very intense. Here, for some reason Teddy lives... The tension of which they totally undermined by showing that he was alive in the 80s, by the way, great writing choice there... and Billy falls off the wagon because his baby, who he previously seemed to give zero fucks about, left his ass. And then we see Sam Claflin give a truly... interesting... off the wagon performance. I say this as someone who thinks Sam CAN act--if I wanted to see a man demonstrate "I'm off the wagon and you can tell because I'm doing crazy eyes on stage", I would've watched Walk The Line.

Fuck, if I wanted to watch "two performers make eyes at each other while the wife glares in the audience", I would've watched Walk the Line. I have issues with Walk The Line, but for real, JUST WATCH WALK THE LINE. The music is much better and it won Reese Witherspoon an Oscar. (REESE. GIRL. WHAT EVEN WAS THIS SHOW. PUT THE NFTS DOWN SLOWLY.) Reese going "YOU CAN'T WALK NO DAMN LINE" in Walk The Line was 10000% more subtle and engaging than anything this show gave me, ever.

--Warren remains great. The standout of this show.

--Karen being all sads face about Graham I... Lol, the point in the book is that Karen looked back on that shit with some fond wistfulness but lived a banger of a life because she ultimately loved herself and her career more than she loved Graham, and she was mature enough to realize that and to realize that she and Graham could not POSSIBLY make each other happy. I just wish we could have a story about a woman who had an abortion and went "no regrets". Camila supporting her was lovely, but that was a blink and you miss it abortion story in a time where we need good abortion stories onscreen.

Maybe they would've had more time for it if we hadn't had as many shots of Daisy hopping around like an energizer bunny. DON'T DO DRUGS KIDS, YOU BECOME A POGO STICK.

"Let's be broken together" and then she realizes it's a bad relationship so she sloughs him back to his wife. Lol I can't.

[natasharomanoff]

really need brie to stop w the NFT bullshit she's on recently because she is making it very hard to keep being a fan of hers tbh

[cerastes]

Whats wrong with Near Light?

It is completely clueless as to what its own point is.

"Maria Nearl" made an excellent job of portraying the capitalist bloodsport known as "the Kazimierz Major" as a soulless venture meant to sell dreams and deliver bloodshed, propaganda, and ad revenue instead. It is impeccable in its themes, to the point that Blemishine is in fact told that she is expecting far too much, by EVERYONE else, when she says she'll compete in the Major for the sake of House Nearl having a Knight Primus. Her closest associates end up supporting her not because they truly believe she's right, they support her because they literally don't want her to end up dead. Zofia, Vogelweide, Kowal and Marcin know there's no actual stopping Maria once she sets up her mind on something, so they choose to train her not so she can win, but so she can survive at all in something she's woefully unqualified for. There's absolutely no glory to be made. This is a vie for survival first and foremost.

Near Light then completely disregards all of this and makes Margaret Nearl, a character I really like, into a generic fantasy hero that Must Fight To Achieve Things. It takes the very grounded "meaningless fight for something" from the first event, which is completely in line with old knightly literature, and turns it into a shonen, which I found pretty, well, insulting. Victory equals successful ideals now, because she's Margaret "Kirito SAO" Nearl, so if she does it, it's Fine now. It spins everything into seemingly being honorable knightly duels (but we're the good ones), while giving a horribly passive centrist narrative to what was purely a criticism of late stage capitalism in the prior event. Margaret wants to change things systematically from within.. Which is just a load of hog-fucking-wash when we already established from moment one that the system is in itself flawed, corrupt, and a cesspit of maggots trying to eat each other. It makes you wonder if it was the same writer that wrote both events, because it sure as shit doesn't seem so, and if it was, did they get into NFTs in the meantime or subscribe to Infowars or Andrew Tate or whatever equivalent there is mainland China or something? It went from a clearly muddied look at a system that is inherently flawed into "Actually, if we win enough fights... We can begin the Change Everything castbar, it's pretty simple, actually".

And I bring up those particular shitstains because Margaret Nearl, VERY uncharacteristically, pulls off a "no handouts, let them pull themselves up by their bootstrings" in the event: She refuses to go rescue Pinus Sylvestris because "they can't be saved by those who already have true conviction, they must do it themselves"... Actually what the fuck? You see in Chapter 0, 1 and 7 of the main story that Nearl will go out of her way, risk her very own flesh, to rescue those who are hopeless because that's what she believes in, that's why she's admired, because she'll fucking pull through in these situations... And then she says this shit in Near Light? AND THEN, as if that wasn't enough, smashing a fucking broken thermometer over a salted wound, it is then stated in god damn Operators Files that she did rescue Pinus Sylvestris off-screen anyways, because whoever was responsible for "writing" this, and I'm being fucking magnanimously generous with that word, couldn't just have their cake, but also had to devour it wholesale in one single bite? Get the fuck out.

On screen: Yeah, they gotta earn their lives. [Some fakedeep shit about needing to be devoted enough to their own cause and beliefs] Off screen: Oh I saved them anyways lol, I need to Look Cool.

It's not good writing, g, I'll tell you that fucking much, and it makes me upset because it's a character I like in a setting I love.

Of course I'm not going to like if they Kiritofy a character they had consistently written real damn well prior to an event meant to star her.

It makes me mad because the ultimate resolution of it all is a very cowardly "I Will Now Improve Things From Within" yeah okay and Suzaku was right in Code Geass too, right? Jesus fucking christ, man.

Bottom line, it all feels like they set up something incredible in Maria Nearl, right up until the very end, when Fan Favorite comes out of fucking nowhere to save the day, and then her event contradicts the key tenets of her character thus far to boot.

So you'll have to forgive me but my opinion on Near Light is not particularly positive because it became a "Wow look at how COOL this character is!" kinda shonen shitshow when we had a very "The system is inherently wrong, the solution is not at all simple" sort of seinen narrative going on. It should be telling when Mlynar embodies a more scathingly apt take on the sides Maria herself did not cover in her event towards the narrative than whatever the hell they decided to tarnish Margaret with. It's like the Twilight of Wolumonde writer handled Maria Nearl until the end and then they put the Sword Art Online writer on for Near Light.

It's not because I dislike Margaret Nearl that I feel this way. It's because I like her and they did her dirty. But sure, wau cool horse dom wife mommy or whatever.

[angelvyxen]

I KNOW NFTS or what ever her crazy ass name is…is not sneak dissing when this crazy ass bitch always got a think piece on Ana every other day! Like homegirl literally stalks Ana and melo…let that sink in! She literally STALKS this women’s socials and goes out her way to make a comment or “confess” her truth? But swears Ana is worried about her…baby it’s the other way around!! But she always always coming for the blog owners but stays on tumblr? Like I’m not defending Ana or nothing but damn…give it up butter cup!!! Lmfaoo like Ana birthday really triggered her ass so much! That shit is COMICAL! Then she talking about how she is so this and that but baby girl is so pressed on Ana it’s scary at this point Ana need to tell her to pull up to see if she will keep the same energy! And watch her comment “ yALl JusT JeALoUs OfMe…” girl no we are LAUGHING at you TF! We don’t even like Ana but you have taken this shit TOOO far!

[despacitobandito]

alright Skylander OC shit les go

firstly lets start off with our fav bastard (affectionately), Tiphr

(also imma link all Picrews down below for when I'm done)

this lil bastard probably uses tumblr

age is uh around mid 20s, old enough to know better but young enough to not do better

he/she pronouns

intersex as well as genderqueer

lost both his right eye and arm in an accident. he can't get his eye back but he got a wooden arm from Dr. Krankcase

speaking of Dr. Krankcase, he ended up being Tiphr's father (adopted)

the "you're not my real dad" jokes are... frequent to say the least

also from Tiphr's joke department, he'll often say shit like "ah yeah it cost me an arm for this" or if you need help he'll say "need a hand?" and he'll give his entire fucking arm to you

he's a portal master

a headcanon of mine is that all Portal Masters have a "leaning" towards certain elements, which means that those ones are the quickest to control and/or learn. Tiphr's are Life, Tech, Air, and Dark, respectively

he kinda remembers where he was originally from, but most of it is just kinda... lost to time ig

ig since he is from another world, per say, does that make him an alien? the answer is yes

lots of steampunk vibes from this guy, but also with nature. good fun

he likes to call bras "tit jackets." no one knows where he learned it from, no one has been able to get him to stop

his wooden arm makes normal guitars sound like bass guitars

yes he can play guitar

he can be serious when need be, but he does enjoy being a funny source of comedy sometimes

loves plants, is a plant parent (would let moss grow in her room, much to Krankcase's dismay)

uhhhhhhh so here's an Inky boi

his name used to be Inkwash but uh i had to change that

i was in 7th grade when i made him, ooooooof

anyways, this guy is a Dark element

basically, he's an artist. his weapon is ink. oh and he's emo

creativity 100

haha ah well still love my emo wolf boi

listens to whatever the Skylands equivalent of MCR is

probably relates to that one pic of the anime girl where it has two sides and it says "I'm Fine."

godspeed you

has a sad aesthetic tumblr account

actually can kick ass in a fight surprisingly

catchphrase is "A painting of pain!"

my first OC (technically my second but an overpowered shapeshifter self insert doesn't count) which i have changed. a lot

she's a fire/undead element hybrid

catchphrase is "Here kitty kitty!"

has a pair of dragonlike wings (used to have a scorpion tail too but that was too edgy so that got scrapped)

now she just looks like a little charizard with her tail on fire :)

can self-immolate

was originally just a feathercat (like Scratch's race) who was dared to go into the Land of the Undead. she didn't come out the same, though...

was one of the first to be a hybrid element (not counting the SWAP Force but damn what they got going on is unnatural to say the least)

is totally a punk alt girl

likes being petted

you know that one song "go kitty go"? yea she unironically enjoys that

Tiphr makes fun of her for it

also yea Tiphr is besties with Grave

also Grave doesn't mind being called Gravy

so yea that was a long read. i'm not really sure how to conclude me rambling on about my own characters for a game that is kinda dead (not saying the fandom is, godspeed you guys) but yea, hope you enjoyed and here's a link to (almost) all the picrews i used

the other wolf one is from a game on DollDivine called Wolf Maker Unleashed (due to the death of Flash you can't run it on Google anymore but there's tutorials on the website to help you get around this)

[due4amiracle]

Day 350

Listo:

Laundry/cleaning, Reading, Dailies, Vamp shiz, Watching.

Laundry/cleaning - Picked up a few things here and there~! ✔

Reading things - - A hold came in! No new holds appeared! Well, technically one appeared - but it was an immediately available one! So, yay! So i’m only on hold for sort-of-four books! (If only because one doesn’t come out until June)! i’m #2 on 2 and #1 on the third! (and 20th on the June book but we won’t even talk about that) - The Rift Walker by Clay Griffith 100%! 2🌟 SSDD, same story, different...book? >_>; Whatever, still gonna finish the trilogy...eventually. - The Book of Living Secrets by Madeleine Roux 100%! 2🌟 i wanted so dearly to love this book, i tried SO hard to love it the whole way through. And yet. And yet. This book was honestly two manuscripts shoved into one - and it hurt for it. Connie, Connie was absolutely AMAZING. i lived for her. Her story was fantastic, coming to love and accept herself, and the fact that she's sapphic. i loved that, watching her come into her own. Adelle on the other hand? Oof. Disaster from start to finish. - The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska 100%! 2.5>3🌟 2.5 rounded up to 3. Oops a book snuck in! This was a too long book, that was honestly about 75-100 pages worth of story, stretched out to almost 350 pages. Which, gods bless, get your money, authors, but damn. So much babbling and fluff and blah blah blah. Yes, i adore how deeply sapphic it is. Yes, i love love LOVE a lot of things about it, chaotic morally gray monster girls who hatelovelovehate each other (i hate you so much, you can NOT die unless I am the one who kills you!), rivals-mostly-to-lovers, so so so deeply sapphic. i just... wish it wasn't so fluffed. - Crowbones by Anne Bishop 37%! This is the realest of the REAL shit going on omfg excuse me Madame Anne Bishop who hurt you with some crows so badly that in turn made you hurt us! ((i fucking love this book so much holy shit)) - Manhwa: Survive as the Hero’s Wife 2 chapters of this read Nope🚫! UwU♡ ��✔✔✔🚫

Dailies - - Waifu Did mah dailies! Also, level 40/50 BP now~! AND! Tree lvl 26/50! New MONTH! new weeklies! ♡ω♡. ✔ - FFXIV did mah dailies~ MSQ +0 -> 74, BTN +0 -> 80, CUL +0 -> 80, WVR +0 -> 80, GSM +0 -> 77, FSH +0 -> 65, MIN +0 -> 74, ALC +0 -> 69, LTW +0 -> 65, ARM +0 -> 65, CRP +0 -> 64, BSM +0 -> 65. Vath 0/0 Rank 8/9 Bloodsworn, Vanu 1650/1730 Rank 7/9 Sworn, Moggles 300/1730 Rank 7/9 Sworn. 5 MSQ quests. Just started Securing the Saltery. Did not play today. Not sure when i will again. Something something Squeenix president supporting NFT’s and that’s trash something. 🚫 - Cozy Grove - Doot doot continuing to scout along! Scout rank 15/17! (40/47 spirit logs left until rank 16) ♡ω♡ ✔ - Pokémon Legends: Arceus - Star 7/10 get! 105 caught, 65 max level research pages~ Spent a little too much time filling out a checklist google doc to keep track of which pkmn i’ve gotten alphas of and caught and yada yada. But it’s fine! It’s a thing The Gremlins told me to do so i did it! ✔

UwU♡ ✔🚫✔✔

Vamp shiz - 0 words written! Up to 9511. 1687 words for pt6. Always the grind for the next part - but none today. Nope🚫

Watching things - - Konohana Kitan episode 1&2! Nope🚫 - Unsleeping City 2 episode 9 done! Nope 🚫

Other things - Oooops took a naughty sleeping pill last night, sorry Therapist, i know, naughty naughty. But i needed to sleep omf - and i did. i slept the whole night through! It was glorious. Called my primary care today, got my pap smear appointment (you know, where i’ll get the referral at) rescheduled! Yay! It is now, instead of being the 12th of April - the 22nd of this month! Hell yes. It gives me time to get into get the test, get the test done, and maybe! Maybe! Even get the results back before my next Therapist appointment! Eeee! ...not looking forward to the pap smear though. Bleh. But w/e. Primary care has been whining at me to get it done, so fine! i’m making not one, but two of my doctors happy! 😩 ...i need to figure out some way to tie this to my Neuro so that i’ll score a hat trick. 😹 Anyways. Yea. i read a lot today. Pain wasn’t too terrible. Brain was hyperfocus on books. And now sleeeeepy.

Food: A Liquid: A Pain: B Brain: B

Tomorrow: Laundry/cleaning, Reading, Dailies, Vamp shiz, Watching.

Ever Onwards and Upwards!

[kasumi-core]

Kasumi.exe Neutral Ending (aka Cloud's mod)

CW: The usual shit from Cloud's mod, long ass post

Pre cloud dialogue

Boyfriend: And that's basically the entire history of NFTs.

Girlfriend: Interesting...

Girlfriend: Oh, look. We're here.

Boyfriend: Yeah, that game is cursed. Especially with whatever the hell that was.

Boyfriend: Let's chuck it before she hurts anyone else.

Cloud: WAAAIITTTTTT

Cloud: PLEASE WAAAIITTTTTT

Boyfriend: ?

Cloud: *Huff* *Puff* Hi! Is that hating simulator?

Boyfriend: Yeah, but we're throwing it away becau-

Cloud: BUT YOU CAN'T THROW IT AWAY!

Cloud: THAT'S A LIMITED EDITION COPY!

Cloud: You can tell that because Senpai's left eye is green.

Boyfriend: Look kid, I'm sure you're harmless but we really-

Cloud: NO PLEASE!

Cloud: LET'S HAVE A SONG BATTLE!

Cloud: WHOEVER WINS KEEPS THE GAME!

Pre Rain Dialogue

Cloud: But...but...

Cloud: I can't lose.

Boyfriend: Look kid, I can tell you really want this game. I'd give it to you if it wasn't cursed, there's a haunted soul trapped in it.

Boyfriend: I'd hate for you to get hurt because of something I did.

Cloud: You just hate me because I'm annoying...

Cloud: And on my birthday of all days...

Cloud: Wait...

Cloud: MY PARTY!

Cloud: I'M GOING TO MISS MY PARTY!!!

Boyfriend: Your party?

Cloud: PLEASE MR BLUE GUY! IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!

Boyfriend: Look, I really can't just-

Cloud: FINE!

Cloud: Fine.

Cloud: If you won't give it me...

Cloud: I'll just TAKE IT!

Post Rain Dialogue

Boyfriend: Damn she's got a grip.

Girlfriend: And she just ran off that fast? That game must mean a lot to her.

Pre Silver Lining Dialogue

Cloud: HEY EVERYONE!!!

Cloud: Look what I...

Cloud: ...got

Cloud: Where is everybody...?

Cloud: The invitation said 2 PM.

Cloud: Hehe! I suppose everyone is just late...

(...)

Cloud: ... 2 hours... late...

(...)

Cloud: ... 3 hours...

(...)

Cloud: I can't believe nobody showed up to my birthday party...

Cloud: Is it because I try to distract myself with a pointless television from the real people in life?

Cloud: All I do is surround myself with romantic media in hope I can feel the closest thing to real intimacy and friendships. I guess I am a freak...

(The TV flicks to life)

Kasumi: Hey, now that's not true kid.

Cloud: ...!

Cloud: Wait, you're not Senpai... I've never seen you in Hating Sim before.

Kasumi: You're on the dot little lady, I'm not technically from this game, but Senpai sent me along as the messenger bird.

Kasumi: But those two were right, I am a haunted spirit. But, I totally get being alone on your birthday. When I was alive, I never had anyone show up. So we're kindred spirits, I suppose

Kasumi: Say kid, how about a birthday duet, me and you. Before this game is too glitched to function anymore. I'll see if I can get Senpai to watch us. Y'know, for the birthday girl?

Cloud: THIS IS THE BEST 15TH BIRTHDAY EVER!

Kasumi: Well, better get started, shall we?

Kasumi, internally: Wait, did she say 15? She's only one year younger than I was when I bit the bullet? Hopefully this old thing can rig Sen one last time so I can make a positive impact in someone's life.

[oishirecipe]

I dislike arguing online and whatnot but you know what man .

> Making up conspiracy theories

Genuinely where . None of this shit is made up and yes , I do exaggerate my frustrations occasionally to be funny but that's all . If you could show me the things here that are made up in any way then please do so . If this is referring to the "digging their own grave" comment then That's not a conspiracy theory LMFAO that's just true . If you constantly disappoint and make your fans frustrated with you and then you get to the date where you very vaguely said something very big will happen and give them nothing when that date comes you are digging your own grave ! Do you know how many people got mad at artists like Kanye because of constant to over year long album delays and still are mad at artists like Playboi Carti due to WLR's delay & quality (not me though I love WLR LMFAO) and still are because of no deluxe version of the album in 10 months since the original's release .

> Hordes of obsessed fucks like you raping their social medias for pictures of them

I'm an obsessed fuck for wanting to know about the people I am a fan of ? The 'friends' photos' I've mentioned aren't even hard to find or just some randos' personal account . Momoka , the girl who's pictures I've used as an example of Moa having to cover her face is literally another idol who's group I'm also a fan of with Babymetal . She's also a public figure , having their pictures for easy access isn't "stalking" when a public figure's instagram or twitter is going to be treated completely differently from some random guys' . Of course it'd be fucking weird if hypothetically Moa did get to have a personal account and I did something like digging through who she follows or something . If about my comment about the lore being good when they were younger but now too much then . I still do think that lmfao . To this day I think it's always been good they have that option to just say "OTFGK !" If they can't/don't want to answer a question , it's just bad when it's shit like Moa not even being able to say that she was the one rapping on DDD during an interview

> Amuse is a company , if they're not touring they're not making money .

Yeah ? I'm not denying this Imfao . Of course they're gonna make merch when not touring or making any new consistent content . The problem is that this is all they do and that the merch is low effort dogwater . In the time groups like Perfume (specifically using them as they're also under Amuse & also haven't released too much recent good music as before Polygon Wave) haven't been touring or releasing music , they've still posted pictures of the members and at events , done more conventional collabs and events (ie. NOCCHi's recent visiting to Toylogic's creative team , the most recent Levi's Red collab , etc) , and had more practical merch like actual designed t-shirts , bags etc . While with BM we've gotten no pics of the members , packing crates , vinyls , camping gear and of course another damn NFT . Nothing inherently wrong with this stuff (I mean other than the merch is ass and we all know NFTs are shit in every possible way) it's just that it's all they're doing and they're not trying on it .

Such good timing for me to suddenly get back into Perfume now that Babymetal's management is (once again and not for the last time) going into shit and they're on hiatus . If they keep going how they are now and don't drop a damn groundbreaking new era/album by October then they're literally just digging their own grave . Literally anything else that isn't a NFT thing , shit merch , or about Koba would be greatly appreciated .

Nobody even cares about the lore , and while it's good and fun for putting on a show during concerts & it was great when they were younger to let the girls keep privacy for when they didn't want to answer some questions or didn't know how , but at this point it's just not letting them interact with fans or exist off-stage LMAO . Jokes about their vagueness during interviews and about Moa's face being covered in friends' photos is fun but it's very telling about their management