#‘who is morally responsible for [bad thing]?

[askshivanulegacy]

THIS

If you didn't vote you SHOULD feel bad. You SHOULD be shamed.

Do you think shaming people is bad? That's ok! I'm shaming non-voters anyway.

Do you think non-voters are "victims" and therefore it's "victim blaming"? Too bad. I'll own it and "victim blame" the non-voters anyway.

You cannot obscure the reality with mis-applied sjw terms in a way that matters.

Not voting is a deliberate action you took whether you felt like you were a "victim" or not. You made that choice freely and you get to own it. You get to take responsibility. You are at fault.

And if your reasoning was the genocide and Gaza?? I'll talk about that. Not voting because of Gaza was supremely irresponsible. You are the genocide fandom. You're the genocide fandom because you want the genocide. You threw Palestine under the bus and used them as your scapegoats so you could continue your meaningless little public moral purity campaign. It was factually obvious that Harris was the better choice for Palestine and that the Democrats and Biden were NOT responsible for the genocide. It was factually obvious that abstaining from a vote is a failure to communicate anything whatsoever, so obviously no one is changing anything to accommodate you if you don't vote. The only thing the genocide fandom actually wanted was for the worst person to win just so they would have more horrible fodder to complain about and to pretend to be morally superior.

A person who really cared about what happened in Gaza would have the conviction to vote strategically and place the best realistic outcome into the president's seat, regardless of their little personal feelings. Palestine doesn't care about your little feelings or how "hard" it is for you. They're out there actually dying about it. They needed you to vote.

But the genocide fandom only wants more genocide. That's how they get their sjw brownie points. If they can keep their pretty little manicured fingers free of "hard decisions" and abstain from sweating while other people do real work, they will. They'll benefit from the positive outcomes and benefit with complaint fodder from the bad ones, while sitting on top of the plush morality hill either way.

If you didn't vote, whatever the reason, you deserve to feel bad about it. Nobody is here to hold your hand. You get to feel those feelings and it is on you to deal with it, and hopefully to work on yourself so you can make better choices now and in the future.

We are NOT telling you "it's ok." It is not.

You literally posted that chart blaming ppl who abstained from voting and then replied snidely to someone who pointed out that it's victim blaming. You don't want to talk about genocide because you know that you're in the wrong for shaming non-voters

That post has literally nothing to do with Gaza. I didn't even talk about Gaza in response to that comment, I just said that if they truly did not believe Harris was preferable to Trump they had nothing to complain about. If Harris wouldn't be better, then Trump being president is not a metaphorical crime, and therefore there are no victims to blame.

I am shaming non-voters, I'm right to do it and I'll do it again and again and again and again. Choosing not to vote is shameful. I think that even about elections without Donald Trump on the ballot because I have a strong sense of civic duty but it's extra shameful in elections like 2016 and 2024. If non-voters genuinely believe Trump being president is not meaningfully worse than Harris being president, they won't feel shame and they won't care what I think. The problem is that non-voters know they're in the wrong because they can see what's happening as clearly as anyone else. When people ask them "can you honestly say Kamala Harris would [pick anything Trump has done in the last 16 days]?" they never say "yes." Because they can't.

No one wants to actually make the argument that refusing to vote for Harris over Gaza was worth the suffering Trump's election is causing, because it didn't do anything to help Gaza and it didn't pressure Democrats into agreeing with them. The only thing it did was make non-voters avoid feeling bad about voting for Harris. But now they feel bad anyway because they have a sinking feeling that Trump winning is worse. Most of the non-voters now whining wanted Harris to win so they would get the benefits of Harris being president and Trump not being president, but they wanted her to win without their votes so they didn't have to feel bad.

I don't want to talk about Gaza because it's a serious and sensitive topic and I don't feel informed enough to speak about it on my blog, especially when my political posts have been getting thousands of notes. I posted that ask to dissect the insidious pro-Trump rhetoric, not to address the content, and I did not want the piss on the poor website to have a slapfest using people's extreme suffering to score cheap shots at each other in the notes.

The term victim-blaming is for, like, victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. It's not a magic word to avoid taking responsibility ever. Grow the fuck up.

[nobodysavemysoulitsperfectlyfine]

Incorrect Percy Jackson Quotes as things my friends and I have said except I literally forgot the context.

Percy Jackson: "No. I will eat him. Swallow him whole. Shove him down my gullet. You underestimate how much I need him seasoned, battered, baked or fried."

Annabeth Chase: "No, the stupidest thing I've ever heard is anything Jk Rowling ever said."

Jason Grace: (screaming at the top of his lungs) "WHO EVEN IS JEMIMAH THE CONQUEROR??"

Leo Valdez: (breaking out into song whenever the room is quiet)

Piper Mclean: (In front of literal police) "It's because I stole it."

Frank Zhang: (Standing in front of a very wealthy house in the middle of the poorest county in the state) "What? I'm not rich."

Hazel Levesque: (Relentlessly being bullied for looking like a horse girl)

Nico Di Angelo: "I know it's midnight and we don't live here, but I really want to go out in the woods right now."

Will Sollace: "How could there possibly be THIS many things wrong with you?? What the hell?"

Chris Rodriguez: (Spamming calls and texts) "HOW COME EVERY TIME I TAKE COUGH MEDICINE I HAVE VIVID NIGHTMARES OF BEING IN FUCKING LEAGUE OF LEGENDS. I DON'T WANT THEM."

Octavian: "No, I'm really manipulative. It's gotten to a point where I don't even notice, but you guys should keep that in mind."

Reyna Avila Ramirez Allerano: (Aiming nerf guns stolen from a group of rotten kids) "JUSTICE!!"

Dakota: (Taking a drink of literally anything carbonated and visibly twitching uncomfortably) "Ew." (Drinking again) "Ew. Disgusting." (Drinking it again)

Mr. D: "Would you please STOP MAKING BABIES IF YOU DON'T WANT TO RAISE THEM."

Lester Papadopoulos: "How is it that every time a thunderstorm rolls around I have a psychotic break? Like, I have a feeling that's not just anxiety."

Meg Mcaffery: "I always thought Unicorns would be fatter."

Luke Castellan: "Guys, do you think I have bad morals?" (everyone saying yes in unison)

Alex Fierro: (Only ever using hoe as a pronoun when talking about someone to their face)

Magnus Chase: (Being forced to eat an orange peel covered in salt after saying he was bored while other people watched and recorded him gag)

Austin Lake:(Playing Sailor Song every moment he gets the chance)

Rachel Dare: "You know there's a Greek word for that? That describes exactly what you are?"

Georgina: "Right Now my Mom's waiting outside for and I quote "Biker Bitch". It's like a fairy tale."

Rhea: "I genuinely, and wholeheartedly believe that MOST of the world's problems would be solved if all men got a decent pegging. Every world leader, politician, everyone." (Continues to debate this perfectly for twenty minutes)

Ethan Nakumara: "Guys do your parents have nemisisees?"

Litreysis: "My entire face hates me."

Blitzen: "By Peach do you mean fruit or ass?"

Hearth: (Signing slurs in public to his boyfriend while smiling kindly)

Commodus: (Harassing the guy dressed up as Santa by repeatedly smacking his fake stomach and calling his ass a bowl full of jelly)

Thomas Jefferson Junior: "You're only a whore mentally."

Mallory Keen: (Prank calling some poor woman and screaming random scottish as loud as possible)

Marcus: "I'm gonna boil one of them alive and make the other watch."

Samirah Al Abbas: (frowning in response to seeing her friend's scores on the empathy test)

Arrow of Dodona: "Probably cause I am in the woods. They thought I got lost."

Ella The Harpy: (Rewrighting Heather's as a Biden x Trump musical with other world leaders as the Heathers)

I'm tired maybe I'll do more tomorrow or never

[wings-of-fire-confessions]

i'm really just sending this in to get a look at the responses and see if there are a few lurkers who agree with me or if i just shouldn't even try to engage with this fandom much longer (at least in the more "controversial" spaces)

i understand that it's partly because this fandom skews younger than others i've been a part of. many of the people interacting with it are kids, and im not really talking about them. but, looking at the older teens and adults, i want to take a moment to complain, really, that this community is maybe the most 'scared of being wrong' community ive ever been in. everyone in this fandom, it seems, is absolutely terrified of having a take that might be seen as weird or off-putting or, god forbid, problematic. and it isn't just for themselves! people in this fandom will turn that same insecurity on other people, like they're trying to keep some kind of Moral Purity. it's kind of weird, honestly.

this is the worst in shipping, to no one's surprise. honestly guys, in any other fandom, starflight x sunny would not be seen as a "problematic" ship. but ive seen actual people with their whole chests claim that it's "basically incest" (1. it's not, and 2. who cares, but you guys aren't ready for that conversation). you cant even mention glorybringer without someone chiming in with "erm sorry but that's canon pedophilia since the author made an age calculation mistake once :/ and you dont like pedophilia right? right?" not to even mention some of the more nuanced examples. it's a little obnoxious. if you guys saw the popular ships in other fandoms you'd puke. (obviously it's ok to not like a ship, but it's not ok to ascribe morality to someone over their preferences.)

this is apparent in the whole fandom though. honestly this blog has given some pretty good examples. people *love* any chance they can get to see an anon confession and get to spam in the notes how gross and problematic they are. it's a weird virtue signaling thing. again, it's all about that moral purity.

i'm not saying anyone can just say anything without backlash. there have been confessions here that are genuinely bad takes. and obviously it's all a matter of opinion and people can comment whatever they want. but as someone who's been in messy fandoms for all my life, it's just kind of odd to me to see how torn up you guys are about things that honestly don't matter and aren't your business. maybe it's the proshipper in me but sometimes you just need to step back and say 'this is a fictional book series about dragons'

sorry to be so negative. i promise, there are things in this community i absolutely love!! but this has been getting on my nerves more and more as time goes on. i want to see who's on my side, basically, and who's about to call me a groomer or some shit.

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[blissfulbluee]

457 theory

gi-hun and in-ho have very different views of each other. gi-hun simply sees in-ho as an alliance, and a potential friend, if he isn’t one already.

with in-ho, things are way more complex. i’ll point out the obvious first; he’s obsessed with gi-hun. this obsession is mainly rooted in jealousy, confusion, and hurt. “why does he still have hope for society, and faith in humanity?” is a question he’s ruminated more than once. it’s painful to see someone endure the same trauma and become a better person because of it when you can’t do the same.

in-ho is drawn to gi-hun out of a desire to put an internal conflict to rest. he knows gi-hun’s mere existence represents the fact truly good people exist, and always have, and always will. he’s been aware of this since before gi-hun was a player. in his eyes, however, those people are either weak and taken advantage of, or there aren’t enough of them to make real change. he felt this was confirmed when the strategy he used in the games led him to victory- one i imagine was similar to sang-woo’s.

seeing someone with a different approach win made him wonder if his callousness was in vain. he justified his actions by telling himself gi-hun got lucky, and hoped he’d build a future around that luck. now, years later, he’s back to play the hero? he feels bad that his attempt is in vain, but at least he’ll learn his lesson; the system and those who play by its rules prevail.

a part of him hopes gi-hun will prove him wrong. he sees his past self in him; a man without his current philosophy. anyway, it’s definitely possible that there’s a homoerotic element to this fixation, as many people fall in love with people who remind them of themselves, but it will never be reciprocated after what he’s done. sad because in another universe they’d be a cute couple 😔

Hi! Thanks for the ask. Sorry for the delayed response. I think this is a good way to look at the ship, and is closer to canon than other things I have seen about them.

Yes, I agree that Gi-hun sees in-ho as a friend when he is Young-il.

I like how you bring up the jealousy and everything being the cause of the obsession (which is undeniable to me. he is absolutely obsessed with him in canon just not in the shipping way) I haven't thought a lot about how envious it would be for him to see how different they turned out.

I do also agree that In ho sees Gi-hun as weak for his morals. I think he wants to essentially teach him his ways, to maybe get him to be like him so that all of that envy goes away. he just has some very cruel and very homosexual methods. LMAO

I SO wish we could somehow get a universe where Gi-hun and past In-ho interact. That way we can have old man yaoi without the toxic nature for a change, even though that is what makes them so interesting.

People clown on shippers for shipping such a toxic ship that is essentially one sided as you mention, but thats the beauty of it. We don't necessarily find it pretty if they end up together. Sometimes we enjoy the one sided things because that's different from a typical romance. AND you can still enjoy it without getting as toxic/dark as possible.

You're right about everything anon. I wish I could say more but I am currently being hit with random exhaustion and you're really saying everything I am thinking lol.

[leoascendente]

Saturn placement/ the lord of karma and its life lessons🪐

~ Saturn archetype:

Saturn traditionally rules capricorn and the 10th house and has a co regency with Uranus for Aquarius and the 11th house. It's called like this because of the Roman god of time, agriculture and harvest, in Greek mythology was known as the titan Chronos.

In astrology it rules our limits and because time is our biggest limitation as human beings, we have an uncertain amount of time in this planet to fulfill our purpose

It also rules structure and laws, in the natal chart it shows us where we have to put discipline and follow the rules

Saturn was a titan, the father of Jupiter, it's a really ancient deity that rules over karma and teaches us how to overcome lessons and challenges that weight in our souls and block us from developing our best selves

Saturn placement is always complicated but, even though he's a severe teacher, he's also very generous rewarding our efforts and discipline

Saturn is commonly seen as a malefic planet because its placement in our natal chart shows us in which area of our lifes we will experience delays or problems, many times solving those issues in solitude

Aries/1st house: Fear of not being enough This placement can be really hard to deal with, this natives can feel like they are always being judged and observed by something they can't see or by other people in general, the thing is that their hardest critic is usually themselves. This placement also deals with physical problems but most of the time created by their own mindset, the natives usually feel uncomfortable in their skin like if there's something that needs to change about themselves to be better and accepted by others, they also may feel clumsy or like they don't have total control over their bodies. The best therapy for these natives is to shift their inner dialogue into a more positive and compassionate one, also being less critical with themselves, especialy when it comes to making mistakes. These natives usually prefer to be cautious, they don't like to take risks, they usually had a tough and strict childhood with almost no fun and being responsible for things not appropiate for their age, in some cases the birth was difficult too. The good thing about this placement is that the natives have a very powerful and intimidating presence, they take their time to make the best decition to eventually reach their goals, very ambitious and perseverant people that get every goal they set

Taurus/ 2nd house: Fear of not having enough As a Taurus saturn myself, we really have a hard time when it comes to money and resources, one of our biggest lessons is to differenciate money from abundance, money is just an amount of cash, abundance is having a roof over us, a healthy body and mind and a full fridge, it's important for us to differenciate because we can tend to vaue ourselves based on our financial situation. This placement also makes really stubborn people who have difficulties changing their mindset, specially about morals, values and beliefs, they also have a hard time admitting mistakes. This placement makes greedy colectors of everything that has value for them, they like fancy and expensive things, if saturn has bad aspects there can be an obssesion for making money and greediness, the good thing is that these natives want to get that luxorious life by themselves not depending or parasiting someone else, in fact, these natives prefer to make gifts instead of receiving them. The good aspect about his placement is that the natives knows how to make financial profits out of anything, if they have an apple tree they sell the apple, the apple pie and the apple jam; they also have an awesome eye to find hidden treasures or things with an special value, like an antique they find that end up being an historical treasure.

Gemini/ 3rd house: Fear of not knowing enough This placement makes difficult to communicate the native's thoughts and feelings clearly, many times because of a deep fear to be misunderstood by others, in some other cases it's caused by the fear of someone else taking their words againts the native. It is not that these natives don't have communicative skills, this difficulty comes from an inherent and irrational fear. The good thing is that this self repression can be handled in other ways, Billie Eilish has this placement and her music coud be her way to communicate her feelings in a healthy way, also healing the throat chakra could be beneficial for the natives. This placement usually gives the native a bad experience with siblings or cousins that are perceived as a burden, these natives could also feel lonely or prefered solitude over the people around them in their childhood. Their biggest karmic lesson is to be patient with themselves when it comes to aquiring knowledge and expressing their opinions and not caring that much about being misunderstood. I have seen people with this placement that had a really hard experience with neighbors, some even suffered bulliyng in school or being comppared a lot with their siblings or cousins

Cancer/ 4th house: Fear of not being loved or cared enough This might be one of the thoughest placements to have, it usually indicates a very repressive and strict household or a difficult mother figure that repressed the native from a very young age, this placement is especially tough on women, I have seen this placement before on girls who have an 'almond mom'. These natives usually grow up in a cold enviroment where their emotional needs were neglected or emotions didn't had space to be expressed, sometimes this means that the family could go through a period of scarcity when they were kids. They had to deal with very painful emotions of not feeling enough or asking themselves what's wrong with them, all those wounds majorly come from this dittached and emotionally cold childhood and household, this also makes them distrust other people or get emotionally attached to people that don't reciprocate their feelings. They don't usually feel comfortable with domestic tasks and may prefer to spend time outdoors, these natives may also avoid creating a home or a family or they make it at an older age, the second half of their lives tend to be a lot more comfortable as they get a deeper understanding of themselves

Leo/ 5th house: Fear of being rejected These natives are really scared of failure and not being enough , constantly ruminating if they are doing the right thing or not, they are more methodical than passionate in everything they do so their lesson is to learn to follow their heart without worrying about what others may think. Saturn in fire houses or signs always ignites the fear of taking risks but in this specific placement it goes further, Saturn here loose so much time analyzing that ends up loosing positive opportunities to grow. The inner child is repressed in this placement, spontaneity is blocked by Saturn, having fun seems to be a hard work for these natives, the good thing is that therapies to heal the inner child have a very positive effect on people with this placement, also hobbies and playful activities in their free time are great for them. These natives usually have an inner fear of what they can create, it can be personal projects but it also applies to their children, Saturn in this sign/house have a very rigid idea of perfection so there's a massive fear to be dissaponted with their creations for not being as ideal as they expected. On the positive aspect, these natives are very trustworthy and when they find something that awakens their passion that can turn into a work where they can create awesome things, their lesson would be to learn how to have fun and don't be so demanding with themselves

Virgo/ 6th house: Fear of being a failure These natives usually suffer from dygestive problems and tend to be obsessively hypocondriac with their health, as a funny personal experience, I met someone with this placement that though she had lung cancer because of a little pain in the back, spoiler: she just had stress and a bad posture. These natives have the best organization and administration skills , they also have an amazing eye for the little details that go unnoticed for the rest of us, the bad thing is that they have an unhealthy obssesion for order and will try to impose it on everyone else. These natives can be extremely controlling of their surroundings and the people in their lives, they also value themselves based on their productivity levels but don't give enough credit to their own merits but this is a common trait on every earth saturn. Routines and daily habits can feel opressive, also taking care of their physical needs can have an extra negative impact on their health, usually these natives experience physicl symptoms for their own internal conflicts, especially in regards of their skin, bones or knees. These natives are very critic with others but even more with themselves, but instead of being so demanding they would feel better with themselves by cultivating the skills they already have, I have also seen that they are great in careers related to health of people or animals.

Libra/ 7th house: Fear of commitment For these natives, relationships, especially romantic ones becomes a source of stress and repression, fear of commitment is really prominent because they can associate a partner with the end of their freedom. They have a very clinic eye to catch flaws iin their partners to avoid getting into deeper bonds, these natives have a really hard time trying to settle down and avoid being dependent on someone or somebody else being dependent on them. The good thing here is that if they open up to a relationship and get more in touch with their feelings, they can find a lot of truths about themselves through their partner. The bad thing is that these natives tend to project their own personal issues over their partner to avoid recognizing them on themselves, if Saturn is bad aspected it can be the total opposite and end up acting as a mirror for other people's internal wounds. Another positive trait of releasing this fear of commitment and intimacy is that they are able to create an indestrutible bond with their partner based on trust and loyalty. Usually these natives feel attracted to people that can offer a solid stability, especially in financial terms, I have even seen that they end up in marriages with a considerable age gap or they get married late in life. There could be some fear to get involved in legal matters, also these kiind of processes can extend for a long time and be complicated to solve

Scorpio/ 8th house: Fear of the unknown These placement can be very complex and express the saturnian energy in very different ways depending on the native, some may fear the unknown, others tend fear intimacy. These natives have a really hard time opening up even though they crave that intimacy they fear so much, superficial and void bonds are not for them so they end up being the lone wolf willingly before opening up to the wrong person. These natives tend to be very closed off, they avoid feeling vulnerable in front of other people, especially when it comes to emotional bonds, here they have to learn dircenrment because they can contradict themselves between what they desire and what they end up doing. This placement tend to isolate themselves even though creating a genuine bond with someone else can be the clue to their healing and personal growth, they also tend to end up with people with very different backgrounds or personal beliefs that can be used as a catalist for these natives to challenge themselves and their beliefs system. These natives usually avoid merging anything with other people, either it be emotionally or in material terms, sharing is not their best trait because before sharing they are already thinking in what they could loose, also they are relctant to receive from others, again either emotionally or material. They are usually very sceptic but mostly because of fear and not because they don't really believe

Sagittarius/ 9th house: Fear of not being experienced enough As a 9th house Saturn myself, we are the embodyment of the exceptic or the fanatic, there's no middle term. On Scorpio, saturn is sceptic because of fear, on Sagittarius is sceptic because of lack of proofs, we have vision of god very related to the abrahamic religions, like the long bearded guy that's seated in the clouds watching over us waiting for us to make a mistake so he can punish us, so depending on the aspects of Saturn we can be combative against that version of 'god' or being fearful of him, our big lesson is to trascend spiritually in our vision of a higher power. We like to learn but based on personal experiences, we may be reluctant to highr education but some may feel pressured to follow that path even though they'd prefer to focus just on what we are interested on. Here we find n inner conflict between Jupiter's desire (the ruler of the 9th house) of freedom and the responsabilities Saturn place over us, we don't feel too comfortable with taking risks and jumping into adventure without previous analisis and preparation, we could also experience delays or blockages when it comes to long travels.

Capricorn/ 10th house: Fear of not being in control Here saturn is at home so the energy flows more comfortable, these are very ambitious natives but very sensitive to their reputation, they have really big aspirations and expectations for themselves and their goals in life, they want to be recognized and admired for their merits. They tend to be more on the traditional values in every aspect of their life, these natives feel more comfortable following social standards and working hard with dedication to get to the place they want to be in life even if that places a lot of pressure over their shoulders, I have also noticed that these natives are really into marriage and family, like everything they do must be long term. The lesson for these natives is to enjoy life and allow themselves to make mistakes without fear of being judged, also to be relaxed and not always so focused on productivity and merits. They are not the emotional type of person or at least, emotions and feelings are not a priority, these natives have a bad fame of being a little maquiavelic but in fact they have a really solid moral compass but their ambition is too powerful so they can experience an internal battle between what they want and what they should do. In general these natives are destined to proffesional success just because they will actively work to achieve every dream they have, not by luck but by hard work

Aquarius/ 11th house: Fear of not fitting in with anybody These are very rational and selective people, they don't allow too much people into their inner circle even though they usually feel very connected to large groups, they prefer quality over quantity when it comes to friends. They are usually the father/mother in their group of friends, it can cause a lot of stress on them but they innately feel this need of giving mental clarity to those who are important for them. I have seen in these natives that they feel more connected to the family they find through their life than their own biological family and they feel very pressured to be valued and appreciated by their friends, like their friend's perspective of them is more important than their own self perception. Bad aspected, Saturn here can tend to isolation to avoid the responsabilities that an emotional bond could involve but deep inside they crave for that fraternal bond based on loyalty. These natives may not feel comfortable on team work but they have a lot of talent to do it, in fact, people who work with them tend to rely a lot on these natives because of their wisdom and talent to see the bigger picture.

Pisces/ 12th house: Fear to the unseen or what's hidden This is a complicated placement to have but it also have some nice blessings when Saturn's energy is channeled in a healthy way. These natives are very sensitive to what's going on outside of them, it's like being on perpetual state of alert in case any hidden danger appears, they are usually very suspisious of other people's intentions too. There's predisposition to paranoia, lack of trust and pesimism because anything could become a potential danger, their subconscious mind is really wide but these natives can fear their own mind from a very young age, usually they experience some kindof complications in the womb of their mothers, if this is your placement I highly suggest you to ask your mum how her pregnancy was. The good thing about this placement is the connection to the collective subconscious, this makes the natives really good at knowing other people's needs and deficiencies, knowing someone's problem makes it easier to find a solution so these natives usually dedicate their lives to the service of others, they fear what other people could do against them but they can't fight the urge to help others. These placement have some warnings, the first one would be the tendency to isolation after overstimulation, the second one would be about institutions, there's a karmic debt torwards them so be careful because they could end up locked up in them willingly or not, depending on the native . Unwillingly it could be ending up in jail, hospitals and that sort of institutions, but willingly they could be very healpful for the people who are locked inside those places, I met a girl with this placement that work as a therapist in a female prison and she was really loved there.

[artificialchaoscola]

Hello! I am so inspired by your fanfiction, it is amazing, great! I’m curiuse, what do you think about movie Sonic 3 and about Sonic and Shadow relationship there?? Maybe will you wtite something anout sonadow from Sonic 3? And what do you think about differece between movie Sonic/Shadow and comics Sonic/Shadow??

Thank you, I appreciate that!

Hm... That's a good question. I have seen the Sonic movies, and I do have thoughts on how the third handled their dynamic.

I should start with this and be upfront: I dislike the movies. There are things that they do well, and overall they exist to just be fun, but they also make changes to characterization and events that I don't appreciate. If being negative about these movies upsets anyone, I wanted to put this warning first so they can scroll on! (Also I'm sure half of this makes no sense so tolerate me, I am sleep-deprived!)

So first off, the differences between comic/game and movie Sonic and Shadow are substantial.

Let's start with Sonic:

Sonic in the games is meant to be much simpler. He is an anomaly of nature with an origin unknown. His carefree spirit, his love of the wind and adventure, his desire to help others... It's all simply who he is. In the same way Eggman's desires are straightforward in their cruelty, Sonic's are straightforward in their compassion. He doesn't care if he's seen as the bad guy and he doesn't care about being "the Hero". He will do what is right because it is right. He enters conflict one way and will leave said conflict in the same exact way, instead influencing the characters around him to change for the better. In the games since Sonic Colors, he has been more... snarky (?) over the more whimsical and "I say weird poetic shit that makes people think deep teehee~" dialogue the older games had, but overall this stuff has remained fairly consistent. That's about as easy as I can put it.

Online, you will see plenty of discourse over who Sonic is as a character. Now, I'm not a stickler regarding this kind of thing. I don't mind spin-off material changing up aspects of Sonic to better suit the story, even if they're not my favorite thing. Sonic Boom making him more egotistical and dry made sense for the comedy. Older cartoons like SatAM and Underground being written to follow how American cartoons approached characterization and humor also made sense, and in turn, it made sense why Archie Sonic was written in the way he was. In general, I like that these things exist on paper, even if they're not my cup of tea.

That all being said, Movie Sonic makes a lot of changes I just don't really like. While his exact origins are unknown, they've shaped his morality and desires off of the influence of Longclaw, his deceased mother figure. He struggles with doing "the right thing" because he wants to be a hero, but he's just a kid learning responsibilities. He's learning about the world around him and being taught through his relationships with Tom and Maddie. I guess, in a way, he is "learning" to be like the Sonic in the games. I think he's written like this so younger audiences have a character they can project onto. This makes perfect sense, as a lot of the nuances of Sonic's character from the games might be lost when translated into a movie format. People didn't really understand a lot of the qualities of Sonic X's Sonic for a long time, and the movies are much shorter than a show, so it all makes sense...

I just find it really boring.

Sonic as a character is very unique and multifaceted. Mysterious in so many ways, yet gives you a sense of hope in the darkest of moments. His influence on others, his worldview, his dynamics... They all feel so fascinating in the games. He appears simple, but beneath the surface, there is much to understand. Movie Sonic is basically a completely different character at his core with surface-level attributes of Game Sonic -- fast, quippy, might have ADHD but we haven't had the talk, "good", will always do "the right thing" in the end. And again, that's fine. I don't want to yuck anyone's yum! It's just not for me.

Now for Shadow:

Movie Shadow did NOT have enough screen time, so this is susceptible to change in the future, but personality-wise he seemed fairly consistent with his SA2 appearance which I appreciate. He is quiet, mourning, a bit sassy when he needs to be, lost in his pursuit of vengeance. They kept the theme of Shadow's loss of autonomy due to Gerald's influence, they highlighted the impact Maria had on his life enough for viewers to understand why he cared so deeply (while also correlating it to Sonic's relationship with both Tails and Tom in subtle ways, which is neat), they weren't afraid of making him appear sad. They even nodded to his insecurities about his alien DNA, an understated aspect of Shadow's character overall. Not to mention the "revenge = suicide" theme they didn't shy away from, which was a pleasant surprise.

However... I've tweeted about this before, but Maria's depiction in this movie and how it in turn changes parts of Shadow's character REALLY... REAAALLLLLLY aggravates me.

Shadow's entire character surrounded itself with the idea of identity and choice for years. Was he a weapon? Was he a cure? His creation in a lab for the "betterment" of humanity, a weapon for G.U.N. + the Black Arms, and as a cure for Maria... The core aspect of his own game was his realizing he had the potential to be ALL of these things, but it was up to him to decide. Not only about choice, but the fact that he himself should be the one to make said choice. That he cannot let others influence him in his choices. This is a huge part of the tragedy of his "death" in SA2. Maria's wish for him and Gerald's meddling with his mind symbolically kill him. His game is about reclaiming the loss of his personhood and putting the past behind him.

Movie Shadow's origins make him a being from space. He is not made in a lab, so he has no insecurities about curing Maria despite being supposedly "perfect." He is not on the ARK, detached from the world and planet his sister loved dearly, unable to fundamentally understand even a fraction of the normal life that was robbed from her (and him too, subtly). He is not a weapon for G.U.N., so he has no reason to be confused over the dichotomy of humanity's love and cruelty. He is not ALL of him, they've only made a fraction of him. He is fundamentally a weaker character because of this change.

(Also, just... writing Maria as not sick is a huge blow. Shadow Generations gave us a huge insight into how her illness affects her, how it pains both Gerald and Shadow to witness... Such powerful representation, only to remove it entirely from the movie. And then you go online seeing people praising Movie Maria over Game one because she got to have a montage where she played with Shadow... like that's not the WHOLE POINT of her character... that she can't BE a "normal" kid... There are kids out there playing these games who felt seen by her depiction in the games... One day I might go REALLY into this because it just offends me personally, but yeah, don't like it!)

Oh also I hated Gerald this movie. Everything about that. It's not Shadow related and I'm not as passionately angry about it as I am with Maria but I just needed to get that out there lmfao

Now for both Sonic and Shadow together:

For the few moments they had, they were cute! Shadow was depicted as a similar age to Sonic, which is great! They had Sonic trying to reach out to him constantly because he could see he was hurting, also great! Sonic having a moment of rage and nearly killing Shadow is... interesting BUT for the plot they set up, it made sense. I think Sonic going on a quest for revenge at the expense of his friends is like... incredibly generic and possibly the most boring route to take for him. Like for so many other protagonists this wouldn't be an issue, but this is such a not-Sonic thing to do in this way I couldn't help but laugh a bit when he and Knuckles were beefing. I understand what they were doing. It's just... That's Sonic talking to Knuckles. For movieverse, it makes sense don't get me wrong... I just laughed a little.

The scene they had on the moon was my favorite. Not only because relating Shadow to stars propaganda was going strong in my head, but I like that Sonic was the one to make him see that revenge wasn't the answer. In the games it's Amy in a different way, and I would never change that about the games, but for the Movieverse I like this. Very cute. It worked well for the changes they made to each character. It was also a great message on grief, even if it isn't how Sonic would convey this message in the games. I do want to write about this scene one day and why I liked it for the movies, but I want to rewatch the movie before I do so.

But yeah overall... Sonic movies are meh to me.

To answer your second question: I will likely not write a fanfic within the movieverse since I don't find it compelling. If inspiration ever strikes though then I'd be open to it, I'm just not really a fan and don't have any plans to do so as of now. Hopefully that all made sense!

[urfavisananimegirl]

walter white from breaking bad

Walter Hartwell White (Breaking Bad) is an Anime Girl!

[slyandthefamilybook]

fellas is it freeing Palestine to send graphic images to American Jews

[autumnrory]

i rmr when all the initial meta around endgame was coming out people were talking about steve being depressed and whatnot and it's like well yeah but he's BEEN depressed, like he woke up alone in this century and he kept going, now i can understand it being worse this time after finding a family and getting bucky back and losing them all except of course that's not why endgame steve was on about so like......the people writing meta were trying to connect these things that of course weren't really there on screen because that simply wasn't our steve

but i think it really could've been SO interesting to see this is the thing that finally makes steve stay down like he's lost so much and he just CAN'T keep fighting like i get some people think that's what they were going for but considering the ending......it's really not. and so i'm just thinking about a version after iw, maybe he gets some of the thor treatment except not turning his depression into a dumb fatphobic joke lol and maybe nat and others are trying to get through to him and it just doesn't work and then we get some flashbacks (which you could have done for all the original avengers actually which would be particularly important for bruce and nat and clint who did not have their own trilogies) including his mom telling him "you always stand up" and THAT being the thing to finally get him moving like it would've been such a perfect way to finally show sarah rogers some respect and ACTUALLY show steve really struggling instead of whatever they tried to do with him in that movie

[trekkiehood]

The Münster mission is rough. Bucky wants to go down. Really its his plan. But he respects the men with him too much to throw all their lives away. They make it home. And dropping bombs becomes even more cathartic than before.

He reaches 25 and immediately reups. Everyone begs him not to. But there's nothing for him in the states.

He becomes colder. Harder. Less likely to go out and have fun. Oh he still gets drunk but it's not fun anymore. He's not singing off key or making stupid bets. And everyone still looks up to him but no one really wants to be around him.

Rosie still steps up. And he and Crosby try to chip away at who Bucky is now. Snd thry succeed. Kinda. It's nearly six months after Bremen that Bucky laughs for the first time and the entire base lets out a sigh of relief.

Not that its easy. Not that he's happy. In fact he's miserable.

I'm torn between them receiving a faulty KIA report and then knowing he's in a camp. I think KIA makes more sense because then it's all about revenge. If he knew Buck was alive and in a camp he'd probably go skydiving with or without a busted fort.

So Bucky is a harder, less fun, but still legendary pilot who nearly completes 50 tours. He doesn't get close to anyone who flies except Rosie and even he is kept at an arms length because he knows he can't handle it again. No one will ever hurt like Buck but there's no reason to tease fate.

Buck on the other hand lives in a constant state of anxiety about Bucky. Every crew that comes in he asks. They of course are all shocked to see him but he's just releived that Bucky is still alive.

You could even have someone lile Brady get shot down and ensue the biggest panic Buck has ever felt in his life.

For him as a person it is harder. He has no one to lean on. He probably gets sicker faster because there's no one there to make sure he's eating. Benny and the others try to keep him alive but they don't have the pull Bucky does and they all know it.

Gale will survive. But it's not even for Bucky so much as he knows his death will destroy sny moral these men have left.

He becomes even more of a private person. Even more withdrawn.

The men hang on his every word because they get so few. He can go days without talking and yet still somehow have his every silent command obeyed. Even thr Germans are afraid of the power he has (which probably does not make life better for him).

He almost doesn't survive the march. I think he would feel to guilty and responsible to try and escape but he's in such bad shape that a couple of the guys are like "you escaping will give the guys more hope than you dying here" snd so he reluctantly does. And once it's only a few of his closest men around him he's barely stable. Its through their sheer determination that they get him to the allied lines.

He only spends about a day in the mainland hospital. He wants to get to Thotpe Abbots. Information had bern scarce the last few months. He knows nothing. He needs to know.

Bucky isn't sure what he expects, but Gale dropping from the plane is the last thing. There's a moment of elated shock followed by the realization od what bad shape Buck is in. But Gale smiles at him. And he knows he doesn't deserve that. He should have gone after him. He should have been with him. How could he let him go through that alone?

But Buck doesn't seem to realize that this is all John's fault because he just collapses into Bucky's arms and cries for the first time since getting shot down.

Need an AU where Gale gets shot down and John doesn’t. Just for the angst of Gale getting back to Thorpe Abbots looking like that, all worn and wasted and scarred and traumatized and having suffered that time as POW without John and John being absolutely heartbroken about it. Their reunion after a year and a half, the wear it had on John too, the trying to get to know these new versions of each other, John trying to care for Gale and protect him as best he can. Let me cry

[noodle-shenaniganery]

can we stop trying to bully people into advocacy, please?

can we stop making people feel personally responsible for issues they only just heard of and may not even understand?

can we stop yelling and berating people who aren’t putting all of their (probably limited) energy into researching something that has almost nothing to do with them and which may stress them out?

can we stop pressuring people who are already struggling to survive to limit their options on how they can live, what they can eat?

please?

please

can we stop

[brick-van-dyke]

My dad, jokingly: "I'm badman"

Me: "haha sure" (not thinking he's anything like batman)

My dad: *left/ separated from my mum when I was a teen, started a GTA gang that helps bullied kids, ended up emotionally adopting like 8 kids and helped them through bullying, suicide, abuse, etc.*

Me: *was hurt by an abuser and had to deal with said abuser being forgiven by family around me*

Me: *gets into Batman lore*

Me: ...

"Wait a second..."

[dizzybevvie]

"not pro-ana just using the tags" "pro-ana only for myself" Ok but you see how you're still hurting people right. you see how you're perpetuating this mindset for other people by posting about it right.

[californiaquail]

the other day we had a dog come in that very clearly did not want to be alive anymore and was completely checked out of existence and wouldn't even walk we had to stretcher it in and out on a towel. anyway the owners main concern was its arthritis ? but he thought carprofen had made the dog "crazy" before....so boss took some rads and labs and said ok you can try librela if you want....coworker and i both felt he did not impress strongly enough upon this man that his dog was literally and obviously dying. so he gave the librela and then the dog died the next day. so then i was overhearing today how he had to report it to the relevant authorities as a possible librela reaction. bad timing as everyone is currently freaking out about librela killing their dogs (btw boss opinion on that is basically that it's been given to so many thousands of animals that there's bound to be such cases where correlation ≠ causation). anyway the moral of the story is please do not force your animals to die of natural causes it is almost never anything but awful.

[talonpaw]

for the record: i very much enjoy reading critical and meta analysis of warriors, especially analyses that cover more serious topics like the series’s depiction of abusive relationships, ableism, misogyny, elements of insensitivity to and appropriation from indigenous cultures, etc.. i just get EXHAUSTED watching people engaging in bad faith discourse and harassing other fans, even though i am fortunate enough to have never experienced that sort of harassment myself

[starbuck]

HATE when i’m taking a class that i KNOW would be a piece of cake for people who are fans of objective definitions with no exceptions and unexamined moral outrage…