#I HAVE A PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM!!!!!!!

[pastexistence]

gimme a sec i gotta go to my happy place *stares intensely at gifs of edward little*

[sevenines]

i saw this tweet and found it interesting for two reasons. one is that some people base how good cartoon network would be to toh by how it treated su, and despite the fact that su’s treatment by the network was considered poor at the time, now its thought to be exceptionally good in comparison to modern shows.

two is how exactly su got impacted by a limited budget. a common criticism is how characters like connie, peridot, and lapis are left out of missions. but balancing a lot of characters is not only hard but also costly (extra animation, extra voices—it’s been revealed that the show is limited to a set number of characters per episode otherwise they’re over budget). animation mistakes are not uncommon since retakes cost extra. the entire reason the original show got cut short was due to loss of funding!

[scintillatingshortgirl19]

gee i wonder if the issue could be at all related to the fact that the current treatment plan for his chronic pain consists solely of FUCKING IBUPROFEN

[squidkidnerd]

man, the concept of grayscaling is So Interesting. like... it's depression? but it's also Not. you're trapped, you're complacent, you're safe. you hallucinate a colorless simulation half the time you're awake. you walk through the world like it's fine, and it's normal, and you're fine but everything isn't fine and maybe your friends know or maybe they don't but either way it's not like they can do anything... do you even want them to? is it a bad thing, really, to be like this? to be protected from everything and everyone that could hurt you? there's no joy in it, but no pain, either. the only constant is constancy, and that means you're safe. safe. safe from everything.

is it really worth it?

[fenrichaita]

Sometimes I wonder if people understand that you cannot make people stop comparing mentally ill and neurodivergent people to like serial killers and horror movie monsters without abandoning most of how we conceptualize and categorize mental illness. It's not like an ableism that comes from outside of the DSM or ICD from laymen, it's entirely baked in. The entire mental health system is about categorizing mentally ill and ND people as threats, liabilities, and inconveniences, while blaming it on intrinsic brain illnesses based on the ideas of typically incredibly biased and bigoted psychologists from several decades ago which are not founded in evidence (and said ideas persist mostly unchanged with the reasonings merely altered or justified with a shrug). The fact that after every mass shooting there is more posturing of "mental health awareness" and increasing MH services, when most mass shootings are committed by radicalized cis (and usually white) men tells you that a lot of this is security theatre. The MH system really just makes it more unsafe to seek medical help but it helps "neurotypical" people feel better, and it is the comfort of "NTs" that is most prioritized by this system. And of course, anyone who commits acts of extreme violence like mass shootings will likely be labeled mentally ill first (rather than radicalized, exc.) because of the circular logic that no one can be a Threat without being mentally ill. Do you see The Problem?

[age-of-moonknight]

Variant cover for Phases of the Moon Knight (Vol. 1/2024), #1 by Stephanie Hans.

[ineed-to-sleep]

It honestly baffles me that some people are so casually dismissive of animals' feelings. Istg some ppl only see pets like toys and are barely able to hide it

[silliestgirlintheworld]

all I could think of

[gayferrari]

Charles is definitely a serial monogamist which some people think is a red flag but honestly there are many worse things to be

I totally get what you mean and I'm sorry to be a stickler over semantics but. some people are wrong <3 there are a multitude of behaviours that a handsome, universally beloved, extremely charismatic multimillionaire could display that I'd perceive as “red flags”. never being single for more than a few months is NOT one of those.

AGAIn nothing to do with you I agree and I think Charles's serial monogamy is very funny to mock!!! but every time people online bring up words like “red flag” or “love bombing” or “gaslighter” when they just mean your garden variety douche at the worst, an angel loses her wings :/ I wish we lived in a society where serial monogamy was the worst thing a woman in a het relationship had to worry about! which is what “red flag” is supposed to mean

[xxplastic-cubexx]

what is your favorite thing about charles and your favorite thing about erik? separately, as in what you like most about their characters :]

a devious question this one is, my friend!!! it's hard enough for me to explain my thoughts cohesively, but having to pick ONE thing i particularly love is difficult. with characters like charles and erik, theres been so much done with their characters over the decades and so they have so many components to them that make them so interesting and fun to observe. BUT I TRY FOR YOU TODAY. under the cut i kinda ramble and the size of this text box makin me anxious

i think if i were to be simple and broad, what i enjoy most about charles is his determination to help others, even if he isn't really thanked and/or if people don't even like him. ofc, this isn't to say he hasn't done wrong- to be honest, the fact he does wrong/questionable things at times is another aspect of him i really enjoy, maybe because- broadly speaking- he's meant to be altruistic (intent vs outcome and all that). i don't know if that's super exciting to most people, but it is for me

as for erik, my reason for liking him is easier to explain tbh. To Be Simple And Broad, his progression from villain to antihero over the decades has been fun to observe (as much as i have so far anyhow) and analyze. i think to be a bit more specific, him using his rage and pain as justifications for his villainous actions is definitely what compels me the most: hurt people hurt and the sort, an idea i've always found interesting (something something vicious cycles and the like). yet now, he recognizes this wasn't really. A Just Thing To Do and is beginning to change that, which i enjoy

[just-another-obsessed-fangirl]

breaking hearts for the fun and it's bloody

day 7 of @jagertittyshipweek: blood (i know it's not day 7 yet, i was just too excited to wait)

bloodless human version here:

[cannibalcaprine2]

why can i not just fucking open a hud menu or some shit and see a list of everything wrong with me

[mayasaura]

Found another one of those funny little moments of possible foreshadowing in the first chapter of Gideon the Ninth:

The day Crux died, he'd been infected by a extradimensional force powered by sheer malice that will have his possessed corpse back up on its feet again in no time. And Gideon—who had herself already died and kept going anyway—knew it was going to happen when she killed him.

[rotruff]

listen man do whatever it takes to be happy who cares have fun and play. draw yourself with that obscure character. make a playlist for that selfship with a popular character. if it takes imagining your f/o telling you to take care of yourself then by god it better be in 4k definition. be happy take care of yourself do what you want forever the world is your oyster

[16ruedelaverrerie]

Hey... hello.... do you have any like.... merchandise to sell or something... or do you accept donations may be

Because I admire your work (both writing and art) and I wanna throw money at you, you know

What would I do with your money, anon, except take it gratefully and yet continue to produce exactly zero fandom output.......... Mostly the exercise would just make you poorer and make me guiltier! Let us not do this to each other!!! Instead, while I shake my fist at work deadlines and keep adding endless bullet points about Gavin's self-destructive downward spiral to my Notes app, you might keep your wallet closed and know that it was the prudent thing to do. And then, depending on what time of day it is for you when you have done that, maybe you could toss a drive-by AO3 comment in the direction of me or anyone whose work you've enjoyed. It is, or at least it still is for me, a gift economy too. I love you and I will vanquish your enemies.

[envolvenuances]

and I think child modelling should be illegal I'm not even joking