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Okay, I have a lot of thoughts about Arcane Season 2 but one of the things that I feel like nobody talks about is how much they wasted Heimerdinger as a character. I was actually pretty disappointed with Heimerdinger disappearing instead of returning back with Ekko. Because, I felt like it wasted potential. In season one, a major part of Heimerdinger’s character was his PTSD from the wars that were caused by the Arcane, which motivated his actions throughout season one.

And in season two, the war he dreaded had actually happened, and was caused by the actions of two of his most beloved pupils. And to think, that he wasn’t there to see it happen at all felt a bit weird as a writing choice, because it felt like Season One was somewhat building up to a moment like this, of him seeing his worst fear transpire and history repeats itself. The fact that this didn’t happen it all feels like a waste of potential with an underrated complex character like Heimerdinger.

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puppies!!!

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Please help me by donating and sharing 🙏💔

My situation and my family's is very catastrophic.

We are trying to escape Gaza urgently to save ourselves.😭💔

https://gofund.me/b60fb34d

Please just give me a moment of your time just to read this. It’ll only take you a few minutes. There are people in need of help right as we speak and that’s not something we should ignore or let go unnoticed. And, that’s why I’m making this post.

This is a Go Fund Me made by Asma Ayyad to help her and her family evacuate Gaza and find shelter. She and her family of eight have been living in dire conditions since October 7th after their house was destroyed during war. While they managed to miraculously escape, they had to flee to a place less safer than their home after being ordered to Southern Gaza by the Israeli Army. Their living conditions aren’t favorable, sleeping in a small tent on the sand having to endure the intense heat, and having to listen to the sounds of explosions every now and then.

Not only that, but they’re lacking access to basic necessities for living. They lack clean drinking water and access to healthy food. Diseases are spreading like wildfire due to food and water being polluted or contaminated. And there’s no medical treatment in their close vicinity, having to walk miles and miles just get access to medical treatment.

As of right now, they’ve made a total of €6,602 out of their €45,000 goal. If you donate, we can help them find their way out of Gaza and find safety. Even if it’s just smallest amount you can donate. Even if it’s all you have at the moment, it still makes a difference, as it’s just one step further in progress. However if you can’t donate or you’re in no financial position to do so, you can spread awareness. Share this, reblog it, do whatever you can to make sure this information reaches the majority.

PLEASE DONATE WHATEVER AND WHENEVER YOU CAN!! IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO DONATE, PLEASE SHARE AND REBLOG!!

WITH THESE TRAGEDY HAPPENING RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES, WE SHOULD’NT STAND BY AND WATCH IT UNFOLD. WE CANNOT SIT BACK AS ANOTHER LIFE IS TAKEN UNJUSTLY. WE CANNOT TURN OUR BACKS ON PEOPLE WHO NEED US IN TIMES LIKE THESE. THEIR CRIES CANNOT FALL ON DEAF EARS, AND WE WON’T ALLOW THEM TO. WE WILL NOT ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO SUFFER ANY LONGER.

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Trying to prove a point to my transphobic parents

Reblog if trans men are REAL, VALID AND HANDSOME MEN, NO MATTER HOW THEY CHOOSE TO PASS

Reblog if trans women are REAL, VALID, AND BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, NO MATTER HOW THEY CHOOSE TO PASS

And finally, because it's a part of my argument for this point, and also because they are,

Reblog if nonbinary and genderqueer people in general, are REAL, VALID, AND GORGEOUS PEOPLE, NO MATTER HOW THEY PASS

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This is Eman a Biotechnologist from Gaza. Asking for help is not easy. It's not easy at all. You have no idea how mentally and emotionally tiring this is. But when thinking that the price is my family's life, getting out of here safely and achieve my doctoral degree dream, it just pushes me more and more to do this until we reach our goal. I'm here as I try to reach out to more people asking for their help to support our family's campaign so we can survive while all you have to do is literally donating even by just the price of your morning coffee or maybe a simple breakfast, So I think I'm not asking for so much. We're really tired of living under these catastrophic conditions for a whole 10 months. Your generosity will not only change our lives but also remind us that even in our darkest hour, we are not alone. https://gofund.me/d597b8e2 Vetted By 90-ghost

There truly is no denying the privilege we have in times like these where various families around the world are enduring the tragedies of war at this very moment. And there is also no denying the amount of an impact we can make if we chose to help those said families. Which is why I ask for you to take a few minutes of your time to read this.

The link above is a Go Fund Me in order to help a family in Gaza in need of our help and assistance, as they are in need of access to food and water, as well as shelter, facing starvation. Eman Zaquot is a biotechnologist with a family of four with a husband and two children, a son and a daughter. Their home and their neighborhood had been destroyed to the point where its’s practically impossible for them to live there even if the war ends. Eman has lost her career as a biotechnologist and is unable to pursue her PhD study in Malaysia due to the Israeli army occupying all border crossings. Along with her home being destroyed, she and her family are currently sheltering in a displacement camp, lacking access to medical supplies, food, and clean, drinkable water. They’ve been suffering in these conditions for the past ten months and we can’t afford for this suffering to go on any longer.

As of right now, they’ve made a total of $19,186 out of their goal for $40,000. Any amount of money you could spare to help them would really help. You can make a difference and you can do something to help. Please, do anything that you can to help spread awareness and help this family, along with any other families you see that need help. Send it to others, reblog it, make your own separate posts, etc.

PLEASE DONATE WHATEVER AND WHENEVER YOU CAN!! IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO DONATE, PLEASE SHARE AND REBLOG!!

WE WILL NOT ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO SUFFER ANY LONGER. WE WON’T STAND BY AND ALLOW THIS INJUSTICE AND CRIMES AGAINST THESE PEOPLE GO UNCORRECTED. THESE PEOPLE DESERVE THEIR FREEDOM JUST AS MUCH AS WE DO AND WE SHALL HELP THEM GET IT. THESE PEOPLE WILL NOT BE LEFT BEHIND.

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I need to learn how to draw my OCs from my WIP

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ive found that partially treated mental illness can sometimes look to uninvolved onlookers like faked mental illness.

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There's no way I saw a tik tok of someone saying the Nogitsune was "protecting" Stiles and hurting the people who hurt him.

And all the comments were agreeing. Did Stiles fans actually watch the show?? Cause how is physiologically torturing him and trying to kill his best friend and the girl he really liked protecting him??

Stiles stans please take a media literacy class I beg of you

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It makes me happy when they listen

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The Eight Episode Formula: Binge Watching, Filler Complaints, Streaming TV Services & The Consequences

Does anyone else remember how there used to be a certain point in time where TV shows used to have at least 23 episodes per season and each episode was about a maximum of 45 minutes long? Where each episode would be released weekly and everybody would talk about it the next day? If you ask me, that was the golden age of TV in my opinion. The seasons had plot lines, character arcs and development and occasionally, a good filler episode to give us a break from the main serialized plot point.

Unfortunately, a lot of new shows are lacking these same things, and I think it’s not just a downgrade in writing or quality in general, but I think it’s got something to do with the new formula shows use by dropping 8 episodes per season, each of which being an hour long, which majorly damaged the pacing and the overall writing of the show.

Now, it’s worth noting that this formula could work for some series, depends on the type of show it is. But, most producers aren’t considering this aspect and trying to apply this formula to every series possible, which is making TV shows more boring to watch, as now, TV has become a lot less enjoyable.

While it’s not exactly easy for many to put their finger on why this is the case, I have a few possible suggestions as to how this formula makes shows less enjoyable to watch.

Disclaimer: This is a matter of personal opinion and is not intended to attack any specific people. This is only centered around criticism.

1. Binge Watching

The first thing that I think of when it comes to this topic is the influence of binge-watching. Now, I understand some shows are better off being binge watched within the span of a few hours. But, that can only apply to so many shows. A show like Avatar: The Last Airbender isn’t meant to be watched and finished in one day. It’s not written for that sort of formula. But, nowadays, shows are all trying make their shows binge-able that can be finished within a day. And, it’s not really making shows more enjoyable.

For one, the writing itself is rushed. Even if the episodes are an hour long, it still feels like there’s too much being crammed into one episode more often than not. There’s not much time to develop characters or do any world building because they’re too focused on working on the main plot. There’s little to no subplots, no character arcs, no side quests, just this one plot point that’s the only purpose of the entire story. There’s no underlying theme or anything, which I guess is fine, but if the story has little to nothing else going for it besides a singular plot line that they rush through, than what’s the point?

Now after you binge watch a show, you don’t feel the same way you would when you would binge to catch up on the most recent weekly episodes you had missed of a show you liked. Now, it’s just over with and that’s that. The story barely sticks and half the to, you probably can’t even remember what it’s about because it rushed through everything and there was too much to take in.

Because they’re trying to make shows to be binge-watched rather than just watched at a normal rate, they’re not working on actually making a story worth watching or caring about. They’re just making a quick cash-grab that will have its fifteen minutes of fame before everyone forgets about it.

Which is another reason why binge-watching has an effect on shows, mainly their ability to continue them. When everyone binge watches a show, everyone has seen it all and its popularity is short lived. They don’t try to keep the audience invested. When they made weekly episodes, it increased the interest because everyone would wait to see it, and then they’d be intrigued to get to the next episode when it airs. Its fame lasts longer when everyone would be exposed to the same amount of content at the same time and they’d all be on the same page to talk about it. Now, everyone talks about it for at least a month or two and then it dies down. So, even if they did make a second season, it wouldn’t get as much viewers because nobody was anticipating it or even cared about it.

So, it was almost as if it was all in vain.

2. Streaming Services

Arguably streaming services and the binge watching thing go hand in hand, since it’s streaming services who mainly advise this formula. With streaming services, there’s no wait, since all of the episodes are dropped at the same time. So, naturally, they get binge-watched. But, that’s mainly the thing that Im referencing in their context. When I mention streaming services, I’m focusing more on their lack for care of shows.

Along with binge watching leading to the fast fashion of shows where they only trend for a few weeks but then eventually become irrelevant and everyone moves onto the next trending show, it also causes streaming services to not care for their shows anymore. A lot of times, streaming service have a habit a canceling shows that made a lot of money and earned a lot views, that would gain even more had there been a second season. But, due to their tendency to rather follow trends as a cash grab than actually continuing a pre-established enjoyable show with a wide audience, they cancel it.

And, it’s a shame, since they usually cancel shows that are genuinely good, with good stories and good characters and a lot of potential. Only because it doesn’t fit what’s currently trending. These streaming services seem to care more about what they think the people want than what they’d actually prefer. They don’t treat these forms of media as art pieces (even though they are) they treat them like products to sell.

And as I mentioned before, there are some shows that were originally intended to have a minimum of 15-20 episodes. But, due to them being produced by streaming service companies (Netflix for example), they’re forced to cut it down to the 8 episodes format, which ends up causing writers and actors to make adjustments to their pre-planned work, which leads to more working, it also makes it difficult for them to write it properly since the show might be cancelled after the first season. They try to get in as much as they can as possible out of fear that they might not get a chance to continue the story and even if they did, they won’t be allowed to do it the way they originally planned to. And it often ends in the writing becoming a bit sloppy.

So, in the end, there’s no benefit to it. Their work has been ruined compared to what it was originally supposed to be and it’s most likely going to be cancelled, so the struggle would be all for nothing.

3. Filler Episodes Complaints

Okay; This one might be a little obscure, but I felt as if it was worth referencing. When shows actually were making the 20 episode seasons, there was a common complaint. At least 1/3 of those episodes were filler episodes or episodes that didn’t dwell on the main serialized plot point. They just served as little breakaways from the intensity of the main storyline. And, people hated that.

There was a never-ending hatred for filler episodes, as many believed they didn’t serve any purpose in the story and that they were useless. So, instead of just skipping filler episodes, the more reasonable thing to do, they instead advocated for shows to stop doing filler episodes as a whole. Only have episodes that center around the main plot, since filler served little to no purpose in the quality of the story.

Except, now that there’s a severe lack in filler episodes, in fact, they practically don’t do filler episodes anymore, it becomes more apparent just how important they were. When watching shows now, it’s more common to find it hard to care about any of the relationships or the characters or anything. Now, a lot of shows feel hollow, incomplete. Practically unfinished.

There’s no character development, no backstory, no arcs, no world building, none of those things despite them being key factors to making a good story. And, that’s when it became obvious as to why filler episodes are important.

Filler episodes give the writers time to flesh out the characters and show other sides of them that we don’t get to see during the main episodes. It shows us how the characters are when they’re actually in a normal situation, and gives us insight to their personalities. Filler episodes could also be used to flesh out characters backstories as well and could be used to give characters more development.

They also allow for little side quests and subplots, that allow for more world building. Filler episodes could give writers a chance to explore the world outside of the main plot, and main characters. It gives us a chance to fully indulge in the world and fall in love with it. Develop an attachment to it, so vital moments within the story are much more impactful.

Filler episodes helped further develop worlds and characters as a whole. But, due to people complaining about filler episodes, since they wanted to only focus on the main plot, studios have decided to eliminate them altogether, making the shows shorter. And the effects became obvious within the writing.

Filler could contribute to the writing just as much as other episodes. They make the audience develop an attachment.

TL: DR

The 8 Episode Per Season TV Format has become a repeated pattern amongst newer shows now, and it’s having an effect on the quality and enjoyability of shows.

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Does anybody remember when some JJK “fans” were dragging Megumi for losing the will to live, after his reasons to live had just died at his hands? It’s almost as if characters are allowed be human and have depth instead of being all about action and fighting or something? It’s almost as if he’s sixteen. It’s almost as if there’s more to this manga than just characters fighting and “thugging it out”.

“Yuji went through worse”, okay? They’re two different people, and Yuji needed Todo, did he not? Not everybody needs to be like Yuji. Since that would be more of the pinnacle of bad writing if he just got up after that compared to him being in a stagnant state.

I think I’m inclined to write a whole other post about the god awful reading comprehension that has occurred amongst fandoms, mainly JJK. Because I still think about this situation months later.

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Everytime this is reblogged, JK Rowling steps on a lego

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I know I clown on Taylor Swift for using a “psych ward aesthetic” but if I’m being honest I feel like it’s a broader issue among writers trying to talk about psych abuse. Even if it’s not actively trying to be romanticized, it bothers me that every book I read where abuse in the ward is a prominent theme, it’s always the same idea: takes place before the 60s, shock therapy, the character strapped to the bed with leather belts in a straight jacket, etc.

It unintentionally frames psych abuse as this thing of the past and I don’t fuck with it. Like… you know this kinda stuff is happening now, right? Sure, I was never subjected to shock therapy, but I was restrained and I did have meds forced on me. But I guess that mental image doesn’t invoke quite the same kick.

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Being a writer of both fanfics and original works is such a painful experience when you have ADHD so now you can’t write both your own stories and your fanfics at the same time without being bothered by it for some reason, so you end up taking weird intermissions with your fanfics because you’re working on your own original novel and vice versa. And the original novel in question is actually based off of a fanfiction that you were originally working on for preexisting media.

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Yo, so I’m trying to work on a Jujutsu Kaisen OC and I’ve got a concept for her cursed technique.

So, the planets in the Solar System, right? Well, I haven’t come up with a name for it but basically how the technique works is that she can summon a unique ability from each planet. However, she can only use one at a time, and depending on the planet, it can be more draining for her to use. So she prefers to use the smaller planets. I also haven’t figured out a domain expansion for her to use either. But, that’s in the works.

Also, I don’t know how to draw at all, so if there’s anyone who draws OCs that’d be great :)/hj

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Why is ADHD one of the only few disorders where people tell you not to take medication for? Like, every time I tell somebody I have ADHD and I’m taking medication, they always say something like “that stuff isn’t good for you” or “you shouldn’t try to medicate yourself, you’re gonna get addicted to it” “just learn to focus”

STFUUUU

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Why is it every Miles Morales x Reader/OC fic I see, they try to get include some sort of love triangle thing with Gwen? Like, is it that hard for y’all to keep Gwen and Miles platonic or something?