#Attack Alarm

[moonshynecybin]

thinking about a hypothetical pecco+marc versus vale+jlo toxic coworker environment poll and laughing that vale WAS trying to do WAY more mindgames at jorge 24/7 just with literally extremely limited success, while marc is currently just like. smiling at pecco politely not even on his TEAM yet. doing little comments (and. some tows.) and pecco’s eye is already twitching... like he’s hangin on by his fingernails…. perhaps less is more in the motorcycle mindgame department perhaps marc is employing psychological warfare methodology that is unavailable to the the public but also ! perhaps pecco simply does not have the teflon diva spirit of a true queen like jorge lorenzo

[chimpukampu]

All I want in TOTK is a nerve-wracking theme that can beat the Guardian Theme in BOTW

[fisheito]

EVeryONE STOP SENDIGN ME THE mOoncake YAKUMO IM NOT OK!!!!!!!!+++++++++

[weirdstrangeandawful]

TW: panic attack, trauma

Whumpee being sent in alone to a place that is now safe but was once the source of their greatest trauma. The rest of the team are outside and they have a button to press or squeeze if they need rescuing but for whatever reason they have to do this alone…

When the team rescues them, it’s all but impossible to prise the button out of Whumpee’s grasp, they’re so panicked.

[fromtheseventhhell]

Interesting how the Trident incident is the only moment where people question Joffrey's capacity for cruelty. He is almost universally considered one of the worst asoiaf characters, with no redeemable qualities. No one ever attempts to justify his actions when he abuses Sansa, orders Ned's executions, or any of his other many acts of violence. It's only this moment, a moment meant to introduce us to his cruel nature, that people seem to believe him to be a rational character with limits. It's honestly laughable. It's evident that the people who think like this are just biased against Arya; the majority of these arguments are centered not around Joffrey's violence, but Arya's actions to defend Mycah. People seem to truly believe that the better option would have been to let Joffrey "have his fun" and torment Mycah.

Debating how badly Joffrey would've hurt Mycah misses the entire point of the moment. Joffrey attacks Mycah because he's lowborn, he finds amusement in tormenting others, and he knows he can get away with it. He was quick to pull his sword and draw blood and, from what we know of his character, he undoubtedly would've taken it further. Arya stands up to him because she thinks that Mycah is worth defending which is significant considering she is the only one to do so. She is also the only character who mourns him and is affected by his senseless death, even books later (Ned is affected by his death but I wouldn't say he mourns him, although it is a moment that influences his feelings towards the Lannisters and Robert). Even if, which is a very big if, Joffery hadn't intended to go any further he had already crossed a line by attacking Mycah. The only alternative would be that Arya simply sits by and watches Joffrey further injure Mycah...and that's somehow the "better" option?

The people coming to the conclusion that Arya was the one who escalated the situation (and that it's somehow not Joffrey pulling his sword on an innocent boy) are coming from the perspective of the classist society that they live in. Joffrey attacking a lowborn boy wasn't an issue worth action, but harming a prince is "wrong". Mycah being attacked, and later murdered, is seen as inconsequential to the other characters (and readers) because he is lowborn. That's the thing though. You aren't supposed to look at this situation where a young boy is murdered for no reason and think that the only one who defended should've behaved differently. This moment is a criticism of the classist society these characters live in. It is significant that Arya is markedly less classist than a majority of other characters and cares when no one else does.

Further, if Arya were truly in the wrong for her actions then Joffrey wouldn't have needed to lie about what happened. From the very existence of the "trial" and Arya being given the chance to tell her version of events, we know that there wouldn't be any punishment if the truth of the situation had been told from the very beginning. The only reason there was an issue is because Joffrey decided to attack Mycah, and then later lie about what happened. Arya is not responsible for Joffrey's cruelty, Cersei's enabling, or Robert's subsequent apathy. The fact that people can't seem to comprehend this is maddening. I've never seen people have the same attitude towards Sansa for speaking up for Dontos, even though it incurred Joffrey's wrath and would've escalated had Sandor not spoken up. Why are Sansa's actions brave and kind, but Arya's are seen as stupid and reckless? What happened to not blaming young characters for the actions of others?

This is one of those things where the fandom decides for themselves that they know the story being told, without actually looking at how it's written. They would rather debate on (baseless) hypotheticals than look at why George presented the story to us the way he did. It takes an insane amount of misinterpretation to decide that Arya's actions are the reason for Mycah's death and misses a, rather large, point being made by the author. Notably, none of these people can ever provide evidence from the book to support their insistence that Joffrey would've simply left Mycah alone. You would think that since that's the basis of their argument and they're so adamant that their analysis is correct, they would be able to support their reasoning. It's almost as though the books don't support their interpretations...

[vimbry]

happy 15th anniversary to that time someone on the neopets team accidentally released draiks, which - for non-players - are a very popular and once difficult to obtain restricted species and were not supposed to be. this only happens for the species labelled limited edition, which Do become available to create on their event days, and everyone camped out for hours to see if there'd be another batch drop later on (there wasn't).

[stormbreaker-290]

ECK

[savrenim]

I feel like sometimes things being automated takes the magic out of life. like, as a kid, I always knew EXACTLY when Daylight Savings Time was and I had to set my watch and my alarm clock and everyone had to run to every clock in the whole house..... and now everything is connected to the internet and I have no fucking clue when DST is because I haven't actually had to change an important clock in years and it just kind of feels. sad. maybe I don't want everything to be done super conveniently for me maybe I want there to be something left for me to do too

[cassmouse]

Breaking news: England tactics shockingly not as terrible today

[amarriageoftrueminds]

I've been trying to read pre-war stucky fics recently and I've got to say... it's depressing how many fics depict a situation where Bucky is essentially like those miserable sitcom housewives who work a full time job on top of doing doing all the cooking and cleaning and mending etc. for a husband who does nothing but snap at them, and never expresses any gratitude or remorse for making things worse?? 😥

[gardenofhope]

do u also think the expensive ass nintendo alarm clock will have a salmon run alarm or

[sapphim]

Fenris: What are those? Some kind of dwarven war-beast? Isabela: Is it just me, or are those dwarves compensating for something…? Merrill: I do not want one of those as a pet! Sebastian: Maker's breath! I never knew the dwarves had tamed such monsters. Anders: I can't remember what beasts those are. I've seen them in the Deep Roads. Aveline: Whatever those are, I'm glad the Carta hasn't brought them into Kirkwall… Bethany: W-what are those things? How did the dwarves tame them? Carver: All right! How do you suppose I get my hands on one of those? Varric: (Grunts.) They're just brontos. Shapers created them a long time ago as beasts of burden. Most of them went feral.

Everyone: what the fuck is that. what the hell. what in the good goddamn is that tremendous beast. Varric: ...it's just a bronto? it's a draft animal, calm down Carver: *cracking knuckles* I'm gonna ride one

[mangofanarts]

I appreciate Pomme

[movietimegirl]

Can't believe it's 25 years, they should re-release in theresers. Interviews with the cast. This is what The Empire was teasing about yesterday.

[moonyinpisces]

i don't think my heart rate has gone below 100 rpm for 4 days straight now in some sort of low-grade prolonged panic attack

[oobbbear]

There’s someone’s alarm been going off for an entire hour now it’s quite enough that I don’t think it’s my roommate’s but loud enough to keep me awake I’m going nuts let me sleep