#I can't believe I'm having to justify this wtf

[thetardisisnotourdivision]

Love the fact that everyone's acting surprised that the We-Dump-Shit-In-The-Water country has had an outbreak of There's-Shit-In-The-Water disease.

[krems-chair]

I'm curious, and would love to hear people's thoughts on this.

Did anyone play a human? And did the people playing humans feel overall more satisfied with the game?

Amongst people critical of Veilguard, I guess I'm trying to pinpoint how much of the frustration ties in to what race choice you make.

I know for a fact based on posts I've seen that veteran fans who played as elves had a lot of valid critiques about the lack of a dalish/city elf split as well as a seeming lack of ability to confront Solas in any meaningful way about the multitude of actions he took that severely messed up many lives (God, he is a direct cause via his creation of the lyrium dagger in severing the titans from their dreams, therefore extinguishing an entire people).

But at least there are SOME dialogue choices for elves. The dwarves themselves get less of a chance to address the crimes committed against them than the elves do. And even Harding, whose story is rooted in anger over what happened, always ends up talking to Rook about believing in second chances even if you tell her to focus on her anger. I made a post earlier in my return to tumblr saying that Solas haters deserved better, especially after it was promised that this game would be for everyone and cover the ways in which an Inquisitor's relationship with him could be (generalizing here) good or bad.

Not only did the endings not deliver on that promise, arguably the group that has the biggest reason to at the very least chew him out and get out some of that justified anger at the titans having their dreams stolen and at the very most take him out for it if that fits with their ideal story is denied the chance.

And what about that cool as hell dwarven map we never return to?? I can't be the only one excited to go back who saved the exploration for later only to realize that was it.

And of course, the poor Qunari players, who probably thought "at last! A chance to explore and refine the lore we've gotten so far that absolutely needs to be fixe...oh. look. Face-covering seldom-speaking spawnable villains. Again. Great, a binary choice for Taash in which the Qun option is clearly shaded as more harmful to them than the alternative. Groundbreaking."

I haven't played as a human yet, and I know that race choice aside there's an abundance of issues to work through, but I'm so curious about how people who played a human felt/if it was easier to ignore some of what we lost or didn't get and enjoy the things that were done less poorly.

I'm fueled entirely by curiosity at this point and it's overriding my exhaustion as I prepare to go to sleep long enough to post this, so hopefully I don't look back tomorrow morning and go "wtf was I saying."

TLDR: full deep dives into the critiques of each of the three non-human Rooks are very worth doing and I've seen some great ones, but in a more general sense I'm curious how the human Rooks felt navigating the game.

(This is also, just in case it comes across that way, me trying to yuck anyone's yum. If you liked the game, I am happy for you! But if you didn't like it, I'm interested in discussing why not :) )

[rememberwhouare]

This is a Lori Grimes rant post. I'm fully aware of the heap of shit that can emerge from this post and I'm fully capable of debating said shit. I have no interest in quarrels. This is just opinionated and neither here nor there ♡

⚠️TWDSpoilers-⚠️

So lets start by making it clear, Lori believed Rick was dead. She was a stay at home mom/ house wife. No survival skills and depended on her husband, pre-apocalypse life. Lori was vulnerable and used Shane to cope. She is obviously a woman who finds comfort in intimacy. A lot of woman are like that. Shane protected her and got her and Carl to safety. They witnessed the world end together. Shit happens. And Shane told her Rick was dead. She believed Shane. She trusted him. And if Shane would have told the TRUTH, Lori could have went after Rick and saved him, or maybe died trying. But then we would have got an entire different character arc for her. But anyways that's why Shane lied or said what he said to make her believe Rick is dead. So he could get her and Carl out of there and so she wouldn't go after Rick and die doing so.

Then as soon as Rick came back she embraced her husband. Told Shane they were a mistake and the truth is, it was. That's why Shane broke...you guys saw that right? Lori told Rick, Shane is dangerous. She never said kill him. Shane literally went up to Lori and said "I thought he was dead. Then when he came back, right then, right there, you see I wished he was." I would have told my husband too like wtf. And she just had that convo with Dale about Shane. Dale thought Shane killed Otis and HE DID. Dale told Lori, Shane is dangerous and right there and then is when Lori realized it too. Rick was a man about it to Shane. Shane should have left that group and went out on his own so he wouldn't have to live with seeing what he lost. But no he stayed and it drove him insane. He led himself to his own fate by lying to Lori in the first place about Rick. Lori admitted putting Rick and Shane at odds. She apologized to Shane , even though that's not enough but she still took blame for everything that happend. And once she found out Shane was dead and killed by her husband...she probably felt like even more shit. I get how people could be angry with her. How she moved on so quickly and out of all people, his bestfriend!? Yep mistakes happen. Life goes on. Get over it. Rick did, why can't you?

The main reason Lori got mad at Rick for killing Shane is because Rick allowed Carl to put Shane's reanimated self down, no matter how it happened. She didn't want to let go of the old world and she felt she needed to shelter Carl from the violence. And it pissed her off knowing Rick just let it happen. Rick says to Lori "I just wanted it over, I wanted him dead. I killed him." To Lori, Rick took the easy way out by killing Shane. That's why she was mad.

Yes, Lori tried to abort Judith. Do you know how many woman probably aborted or abandoned or killed there babies in that kind of world? She was scared shitless and she knew, she knew the pregnancy would be the death of her because she knew she would need a C-section. And that's why Rick never wanted to talk about it once reaching the prison. Just wanted to pretend like it would all be good. Anyway, she then INSTANTLY puked the pills up. And because of her willing sacrifice, we now have Judith.

Yes, she lost hope when Carl got shot and thought he would die. She felt as if he was suffering and just maybe he would be better off dead anyway because what's the point in this kind of life. Obviously, Rick disagreed and didn't accept that and I didn't either.....but everyone loses hope once in a while. I'm not justifying it but any parent will doubt and worry and grow sick with just the thought of "what if".

And then people say she's a bad mom and never knew where Carl was. To be honest, Carl Grimes don't need no babysitter. Rick and Lori raised Carl to be independent, and so he was. Lori just didn't want to accept that and hold on to the old world. But Lori fought, she killed walkers and defended Rick when Sophia went missing. You all make her out to be horrible. She was Rick's first wife. She is Carl's and Judith's biological mother. Rick and Carl loved her so much.

And Lori was absolutely right. "If it seems easy, don't do it, don't let the world spoil you." Carl experienced this with killing the kid from the governors group. It was so easy to kill. It's a domino effect throughout the entire series. It's why Carl wanted peace between Negan and Rick. Lori was right. I live by this...I really do. It's hard to stand up for what's right. But I know I ain't no coward for doing so.

I cried so hard and I'll cry everytime I watch this scene.

Please, please, please stop comparing Lori to Michonne. Michonne believed Rick was still alive. She searched for his body and found nothing. She went out there, on her own and found proof he was still alive. Michonne was a woman who already been through shit before meeting Rick. She's a skilled survivor and was a asset to the group from the get go. Lori was a chapter for Rick. Michonne is the love of his life because that is who he will be with for the rest of his life in this new world. The life Rick had with Lori can't be compared to Rick and Michonnes. It just can't be. Lori was a "you can do this" wife. Michonne is a "we can do this" wife. Two total different woman.

End rant.

[golbrocklovely]

I'm really disappointed in Sam :/ I can't believe he would do this to Colby.

i agree with you anon. this is now the second time this year I've truly felt disappointed in sam's actions. first was with katelyn and that whole bs, and now this.

the problem is, he's done shit like this before, in smaller detail, to colby. but this one is worse, imo.

i want to have some sympathy for why he feels the need to do this, but it's hard to see it this time around. i don't think he's a bad person, but i do think he is so lost in trying to get answers (for whatever reason) that he's hurting those around him in the process. and i can't tell what's worse, someone knowing they are hurting others and not changing or someone oblivious to it every time. both end in the same result regardless.

i just don't understand why the need to have proof outweighs putting the one person you hold dear in danger. bc even colby flat out said "you're putting me in danger and i don't want that" and still sam tried to justify it. bc sam could have stopped this at any time before getting to the end. and what's crazy, and @xplrvibes pointed this out perfectly, is that whatever he wanted to do with the dolls doesn't even make any fucking sense in the first place. so you took pics, which is strictly against the "rules", all to what? combine the evil powers of these three dolls, along with you shitty voodoo dolls, and then……. do what? what end result were you thinking was gonna take place?? and to do it behind colby's back and somehow think that was okay???

sam is doing this shit for selfish reasons, one way or another. it's hard to tell if he wants proof for himself so that he knows there is an afterlife, or bc he wants to be the one known for finding out that answer, regardless of the fact he's been in a duo for over a decade now. again, if you want to go off and do this shit on your own, you can. but don't just leave colby in the dark, confused as to wtf you're doing. but the problem is, he's not even doing that - he's dragging colby along when he doesn't want to be part of it.

this also brings up a past issue that someone brought up before - for some reason sam keeps going towards the negative stuff. if you want to prove and afterlife exists, why not try to see if angels are real or some shit? why the immediate jump to something demonic or evil? why when you do the estes method is your first question usually "are you trying to hurt us" or something along those lines? why do you feel that being thrown against a wall or levitated (which assumingly isn't being done by a nice spirit) is the only proof of the paranormal as if you haven't been doing this shit for years now and have plenty of proof that something clearly exists out there????

one of these times he's gonna go to far, and i can't fathom that colby's gonna keep forgiving him every time. he's gonna push his luck, and i think he'll have a lot more than just colby leaving him to worry about.

also... to look colby, of all ppl, in the eye and say he knows why you need to do this, bc "last year was hard" as if this man didn't go thru fucking cancer............ tactless.

[elysianymph]

🔥 anything about sirius because i am being a little hater towards some characterisations too

i've already talked your ears off about this on discord but i'm happy to talk to about it again bc i fucking HATE new sirius black with a burning passion. i hate him as much as i love my sirius black that marauderstok can pry from my cold dead hands bc i'm not letting him go. i don't know when it happened and why but marauders fans are particularly persistent on taking away any interesting traits sirius had and leaving behind a whimpering pathetic twink that cries when someone looks at him the wrong way. sirius has been scrubbed clean of any morally grey traits he might've had (he's not allowed to care for his family (unless it's regulus) or long for them bc they are bad, he's not allowed to have any prejudices even though he was literally raised with pureblood mentality and taught he was superior to everyone else from the day he was born, he's not allowed to be an asshole bc he's not like his family guys!! and when he is an asshole it's always used to victimize the character he's being an asshole to and sirius is painted as the villain with mommy issues that can only be fixed by getting dicked down apparently)

i cannot stress this enough: LET THIS MAN BE A COMPLEX CHARACTER!! and no, giving him mental illnesses that miraculously disappear when he gets together with remus and making him attempt to kill himself post prank because he feels bad is NOT making him complex! you're just weird. you're just romanticizing mental illnesses and i can't believe you don't see anything wrong with it. giving him bipolar to justify his actions is?? not??? representation??? it's offensive to people who actually have to deal with these issues in their day to day lives and yet here you are using something that will impact their life forever as a plot device for your uwu sadboy mlm fanfic.

and that's what new sirius boils down to. he's a plot device, an accessory to everyone else's story that's never given much depth other than "oh his mom used the cruciatus on him and now he's traumatized". no hate to jegulus but hate to specific jegulus fics that turn sirius into an overdramatic caricature of his former self for the sake of drama and angst.

also, some of these wolfstar shippers... wtf are you guys on?? idk when and why (that's a lie i do but i'm not gonna say it) remus became sirius black in a werewolf costume but here we are. oh sirius was cool and effortlessly smart and handsome and girls wanted him? well guess what? snatches all of those character traits and throws them onto remus they're his character traits now. ignore how it doesn't make any sense for the werewolf child who was isolated from the rest of the world to be a smooth talking alpha casanova who plays basketball actually. while we're at it, ignore how unrealistic it is for a boy who was raised in a family that believed they were superior to everyone else based on blood status, who was raised to be the perfect heir and checked off all the traits needed to be one to be insecure?? and unsure of himself?? and stupid??? and a loser??? i don't understand what the point of flipping the wolfstar dynamic was when you're left with a shallow copy of the original but ok. you do you ig.

to summarize, my sirius is cool and effortlessly smart and egotistical and a complete asshole who thinks he's the best thing ever. is it an act to cover up how damaged he thinks he is because of his family? possibly. but i also fully believe sirius thought he was a god amongst men and everyone should be glad to be in his presence. he talked down to other people because he considered himself smarter, he rolled his eyes when students asked stupid questions and made fun of them when they got an answer wrong. he's a teenage boy let him be a dick with no excuses.

(also i find it funny when people write about sirius getting into a fight with james or remus and crying because they said something mean. as if sirius wouldn't throw hands the moment someone started criticizing him. he's toxic and that's what makes him interesting. that's his purpose! characters exist to make stories interesting, to start drama, not to be your moral guide on how to act. stories become so much more fun once you let go of the need to make every character a good person. also liking a character doesn't equal liking them as a person. i love sirius but i would hate his guts irl)

[theheirofthesharingan]

Honestly you seem like the only itachi fan in the world who is an, you know, itachi fan. The rest are just too much to me, especially the dudebros who'll fight you for even thinking that some other character is stronger than him. And the fangirls who think that he is an angel who did nothing wrong are just another insufferable breed, not to mention the fangirls who like to sexualize him, literally every character got some of those but itachi's are just the absolute worst and they frankly scare me. It's hard to enjoy or understand his character when the majority of his fandom are so...how do I say it? Intense? Especially when they love to spread misinformations about him and I can't count how many fake facts I used to believe. His own fans don't even know that he regretted his actions like wtf

The only section of Itachi fans I can't stand is that of the dudebros'. They're the ones who will throw a fit if you ever say Obito is stronger than him and will declare that your love for him is irrelevan and "not real." They're the ones who ridicule Sasuke and disparage him too.

The rest, even if I don't agree with a lot of them, aren't doing any harm other than having an opinion. Ab frankly, this is the fictional work and you can have whatever opinions you like unless they're causing someone a real harm irl.

The same with people sexualizing him. He alone isn't that kind of character. If I've seen some characters being REALLY sexualized, it's from JJK. And I'm not even in that fandom, but some fans are too much.

Itachi doesn't have that kind of fans. Not saying there are no fans at all that you're describing, but as a fan myself, who has observed Itachi fans' behavior just to see how much the accusations against them are true, I find most of them are ill-founded.

And the only ones I tend to be in agreement with the haters are about the powerscalers. They don't care about him or his bonds. Powerscalers are the loud, obnoxious, and annoying. They don't want to admit the character they stan is capable of being flawed, so they present him as a soulless, powerful beast who "would have clapped Sasuke" or some nonsense they talk to prove how powerful he is compared to other characters.

Itachi fans on the internet are mostly just defensive, who will answer to the accusations rather than making them against others. They'll tell you whys instead of justifying anything he does, because understanding his reasoning does not mean condoning his actions.

Though, yes, many fans tend to be blind towards his flaws, but it hardly seems to be a norm. His haters, who always view his actions in black and white, and then fly into a rage if someone tries to reason with them, go out screaming "Itachi fans justify the massacre", when that's not true.

His haters are convinced "genocide is bad", and if any fan agrees with it, but tries to defend Itachi will get name-called. Itachi haters have spread too much misinformation like "Itachi tortured Sasuke for half a million times", and if a fan counters it, they're said to be justifying his actions. The whole "Itachi fans justify the massacre" statement I've heard only from his haters. And if some fans do consider it to be right, it's not the majority of the fandom. Saying "he had no other option" isn't the same as "he was right to kill people."

So, the only part of the fandom I do mind is the powerscalers, because they don't love Itachi the person, but the weapon or the toy, so that their ego can be fueled against the strangers on the internet who disagree with them.

And Itachi fans aren't obliged to follow a set of rules you (or anyone) thinks they should. Opinions are harmless and they're not the worst things fans have done in the Naruto fandom, when we literally have had fans who wanted Kishimoto dead, or who just harass other fans for different opinions.

Tumblr has tons of blogs dedicated to hating characters. Itachi fans don't do it. Plenty of people here will screenshot your pro itachi comments (and other pro - characters too) and then write their analysis to it... which is both crazy and creepy. Itachi fans don't do it. People here will block you first and then stalk you to see what you're writing. Reason? They want to "dissect" your pro-itachi opinions.

So, Itachi fans aren't obliged to make you feel good or better about anything. Much like you're not obliged to anything either. You can disagree with them, block and mute them. People have different ways they love a character and they do it for escapism.

Having opinions like these isn't bad.

[kick-a-long]

My take on Attack on Titan is pretty conflicting. On one hand, as you said, it's classic Holocaust/WW2 inversion. I have a deep feeling that the creator Isayama took a basic knowledge of antisemitism (i.e. the armbands) and applied it to the story. My issue lies in the fact that he never once mentioned that antisemitism inspired his story (I've searched high and low and apparently he pointed to WW2 a few times but that's it...) and I find it very despicable to use Jews as inspiration and never mention us once (unless I missed something but idk). I can't shake off the feeling that he probably used his little knowledge about us and expanded on it using his own mind only to use more antisemitic tropes without even realizing. Now the guy's smart and I'm not trying to say he's dumb or infantalize him but gentiles are very ignorant of us, even when they learn about the Holocaust/WW2, they have a hard time understanding us and knowing about us tbh. I'm pretty confused also because an important point of the story is the Eldians being referred to as "the children of the devil" which is so specific to Jews but he never mentioned us ONCE when speaking about influences/inspirations so I have no clue where his knowledge of us lies. Which isn't a good thing.

Attack on Titan is perfect when it comes to showcasing antisemitism and it frustrates the fuck out of me because here you have the Eldians which are a very great depiction of Jews imo (he may not have mentioned us but it's so blatant that we are the inspiration, it's impossible to miss) and yet 1) it's most likely done on accident by some random gentile who never gave us credit and 2) writing choices/mistakes put it in antisemitic territory. The fact that we didn't create this is mind boggling.

I'm a huge fan of aot even with all its flaws and I actually wrote something insanely long pointing of the similarities of "Eldian oppression" with antisemitism and how Eldians are clearly an alternate version of us. I searched everywhere and somehow no one wrote anything making a (decent) comparison. People hate when real life stuff gets compared to fiction and I get it but the case here is that we are the main inspirations so I personally enjoy examining the similarities.

Now one of the issues I've seen be raised about Eldians clearly being Jews is that: Eldians used to rule the world, they colonized and oppressed everyone so that's the reason everyone hates them. This is obviously not good to pair with the fact that Jews are the inspiration here. I'm conflicted because Isayama's vague/weird writing here makes people believe this is the case but as someone who read the manga a million times, I believe it's supposed to be vague because you're supposed to question if this is even true. I think you're supposed to think "maybe this is false and everyone is lying and rewriting history to hate and oppress the Eldians who just scare them with their powers". There's also the fact that Eldia wasn't the only empire and the Marleyan empire (Marley is the main power house of the world) also did heinous things just like Eldia's accused of and I think this is supposed to get you to think real hard. Either way, it gets into antisemitic territory for sure. But in my paper I wrote, this mimics another feature of antisemitism: the rewriting of history which we have to deal with so they can justify oppressing and hating us and the intellectualization of antisemitism. I gave so many examples.

I think aot perfectly highlights the pure insanity of antisemitism honestly. It showcases how cartoonishly evil it is.

Off topic but this paper I did for fun made me extra frustrated because why are we held to such an impossible standard?! I've also studied other movements by minorities wanting to be liberated and to uplift themselves and just like Zionism, these movements have their good and bad and yet only Zionism gets all the criticism. It's so unfair wtf. I know Zionism has caused more harm in comparison (but those movements are not criticised at all, unless it's by a right winger..) and it deserves criticism for that but so did Communism (which is antisemitic and I call that shit out but I personally understand the reason for Communism's existence and respect that it's going to continue to exist). Once again we are the prototype and they're testing the waters of what's "socially acceptable" to say about minorities by using us as the test dummies!

Okay I'll stop now because I will just keep going haha

I feel similarly. i think i don't like labeling it as antisemitic because antisemitism is centered around jews and has an active and obsessive element that other bigorty doesn't. AoT has a total absence of jews but has used jewish narratives about antisemitism second and third hand to push Japanese nationalism. I guess it's hard for me because I don't consider jewish erasure to be antisemitism as I know it even if it's a big part of anti jewish bigotry. if that makes sense? it's not even intentional jewish erasure in my opinion because it treats antisemitism as a universal thing, which it isn't. i think they, like many people, think antisemitism started with ww2 and ended with it. also that it came out of thin air, that antisemites are good people who are mislead instead of intentionally spreading lies to justify the underlying prejudice ingrained in their culture. it gets the cause and effect backwards.

my reasons for thinking the japanese don't understand jews as separate from all europeans or americans or the shit jews face as being a historic recurring thing is that they are one of only a handful of countries that never had a sizable population of jews, muslims, or christians. and even if someone is buddist or atheist there they usually still follow folk religion traditions.

so it's definitely full of anti jewish bigotry but with no relationship to any established antisemitic theory.

[dremiruu]

alright i was planning to put out a big celebratory nublar six fanart for chaos theory day but since its 10 and I'm only done with darius I'm putting a pin in that and instead posting the notes i took at the time while watching the show!!

BIG JURASSIC WORLD CHAOS THEORY SPOILERS AHEAD

I'm going to come out with more sane-sounding analyses and all when i calm down so stick around for that -> for this i was just writing down whatever was in my head while watching but it's still fun!! (italicized the best fragments)

episode 1: - oh my fucking god bens a redditor. my sweet boy what have u done to him - darius calling brooklynn just to hear her voice made me tear up :(( - oh my GOD i missed benrius so so much

episode 2: - HE TURNED HIS VAN INTO A HUGE DORK POUCH AWWW LOVE THIS LITTLE (BIG) GUY - "guess we could've looked that up but… well…" BEN. - WHAT THE FUCK WHATTHEFUCK BEN AND BROOKLYNN WHY ARE U DOING THIS TO ME - SHES SO CUTE…… - im crying,,,, - brookes an investigative journalist awww that fits her so well - them bonding over dark jurrassic i CANNOT - ben being obsessive and dealing with constant anxiety ahhh - darius just called ben 'benjamin' i am in shambles - ohhhwwhbgb theyre fighting over trust and brooklynn and ughghhh my babies - awww bonding over candy i MISSED THEM SO MUCH

episode 3: - SAMMY LIVING ON HER FARM AHH - she doesnt talk to her parents anymore??? girl we all KNOW you care, you loved them SO MUCH?? she sacrificed so much for them what the hell happened - BUMPER CARRRRR SHES HEERREEEEEE - AWWW HER AND BENS REUNION!!!!!!! - ben defending bumpy. also i dont like carlos - SAMMY GIRLIE I LOVE U SO MUCH PLEASE GO SEE A THERAPIST. AVOIDING UR PROBLEMS BY KEEPING URSELF BUSY ISN'T HEALTHY. PLEASE - WHATTHEFUCK WHATTHEFUCK HER SEEING BROOKE I AM IN SHAMBLES - SAMMY GUTTIEREZ. STOP. - THE TEARS IN HER EYES - OH MY GOD IM SOBBING WHAT THE FUCK - "And what, Darius? Stop and think about Brooklynn dying, or my family not speaking to me, or Yaz pulling away from me? No. I… I can't stop. I won't." JESUS FUCGIN CHRSIT WHY - ^ im gonna have to post a whole analysis on this scene because wgat the fuck man - seeing them back in their 'hiding from the dinos' selves fbiudsjkbgfskd - Sammy with Brookes jacket awhghh - ^ also i STILL believe Brooklynns alive I DONT CARE WGAT ANYBODY SAYS PKAEASE - ^^ HHDFUSIGIF - alr this is the 2nd scene involving cars and jumping i have to start counting - ok ths is building up GOOD

episode 4: - ben being emo and sighing so somebody would notice him BROO - THEYRE SO CUTE?? benrius married for the double income shenanigans - YEAH BUMPYS A BOSS SHELL BE FINE - BGFDHUJKH THEYRE ADORABLE - i didn't know i needed benrius conspiring together until we got it - BEN HAS A GIRLFRIEND. !!!! - DARIUSES FLASHBACK SJIT?? - these children. (theyre older than me now i think) - oh my fucking god theyre all so traumatised - DARIUS AND KENJI ARENT ON SPEAKING TERMS. THE HELL. - KENJIIIII HEIII!!! - HES IGNORING HIM. WHAT THE FUVKING HWELL - hes an eat-love-climb kinda guyy - WHYRE THEY FIGHTINGG - oh hes BLAMING DARIUS for brooklynn? KENJI KON WHAT THE FUCK - she went to see daniel?????? why. - SAM CALLING YASMINA ALL THE TIME I - KENJ AND DARIUS WITH TRUST - sammy ranting about yaz doing things she doesn't like i- PLEASE communicate. i beg u creator gods make them actually TALK to each other - "I think we should split up." "gasp you and yaz?!" "what?! noo! us! the three of us!!! …why, did she say somethin'?" OH MY GODSHBKJG HOW BAD IS THEIR SITUATION IM SCARED - sammy just tickled the keys off him - THEY LEFT DARIUS TO DEAL WITH IT. - okay them having the emotional conversation ON THE CLIFFSIDE. ok. - KENJI BROKE UP W HER?? alright were getting dinostar then right - ^ christ man i am too good at guessing these things - DARIUS NOT KNOWING HOW CLIMBING ROPES WORK LMAO - okay B&Kenji were cute im gonna miss them - but Brooklynn ignoring him,,, JUSTIFIES IT. I GET IT KENJ OK - POOR KENJI??? WTF??????????? - OH GODFFDHGFBV AND BEFORE HER DEATH TOO WHY - OKAY i get that i should pay more attention to the dinostar crumbs and all but all i feel rn is sympathy for kenji. hes been done wrong ENTIRELY in this scenario and just. man. - HTEY GOT BUMPY

episode 5: - aiaiai darius babY PLEASE - make them COMMUNICATE. PKEAFEEE - kenji calls ds mom more than he does whagthehellman - SAMS STILL CALLING YAZ AGHHH - OK THE TEARS IN HER EYES STOP IT - her and 'benjamin' bickering AHH - SHES SOOOO GIRLBOSS I LOVE LVOE HER - WTF THAT GUYS AN ASSHOLE?? - aaand THEYRE FREEING THE DINOS! - FHUCkin daniel kon - AHH THEYRE SO CUTESY - BEN SUSPECTING SAMMY. AND JUST SAMMY. WHAT THE FUCK - 'but i promise, I do trust you. now.' OOOHHHH MY SWEET SWEET DUDEEE. FUCK U - i get WHY i GUESSS, with his paranoia and all but thats an ASSHOLE move - daniel and kenji ermmbnbgvjsdk - HES TRYING TO MANIPULATE HIM AGAAAINN DUDE ITS GETTING BORING - w6AT. TF. KENJI - ooh the good ol dino chase!! - SAMMY BEING A GOOD FIGHTER AWHGHH - WFAH THAT SCARED ME - ok they made up!! - I KNEW THIS GUY WAS AWFUL - OKAYYYYY KENJ YESSS TALK ABOUT IT!!! FINALLYYYY COMMUNICATIONNNN - YESWSS AHDJFSN THEYRE TALKING - I LOVE THIS SO MUCH TEARS FLOWING DOWN MY CHEEKS AHFGDS - I HATE THIS FUCKING GUY AIGERG SDFJ - YES KENJI GO OFF BITCH!!!!!! - brooke… whatttth, - TF WAS SHE DOING - OH MY FUCKING GOD THE SCREAM I SCREAMT WHEN I SAW THIS DINOSAUR CONTROLLING PERSON NIGHTMARE FUCKING FUEL - WHAT THE FGUCK WHYS SHE SO UNCANNY VALLEY I LITTERALLY JUMPED AND MOVED AWAY IMMEDIATELY - oh he doesnt die :( - still WHO IS THAT?? - oh he does die :) - fr tho - KENJI POOR BABY IM SO SORRY. as if he didnt go through enough already.. - WHY TEHGFHBVCKJS OH WHO ARE U U EERIE FUCKIN - is kenj having a panic attack!!!! - BCFHSDKJFBJKDBFKJVX THEYRE SO CUFKING SCARY WHY ARE THEIR MOVEMENTS SO MECHANICAL - KENJI SAYING お父さん NOW I AM DDYING. I WILL NOT RECOVER.

episode 6: - SHITTTT YAZ'S HEREEE - ohhhh fuck shes dealing with A LOT - DARLING U OK??? - THE FLASHBACKS ARE TERRIFYING - shes so pretty!!!! - BROOKLYNN BITCH WHTWS FD - THEYRE SOOOOO CUTEEEEE - I LOVE HOW YAZS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES HAVE BEEN AND STILL ARE PORTRAYED - I'm SO glad to see her dealing with everything and slowly getting over some of her trauma - ooh ok YAZ AND SAMMY - THEYRE SO HSGDIUF - okay so the solution to the problem is. TALK. its just. TALK TO EACH OTHER. - AWHH OK SHES NOT READY I SUPPOSEE - SHIT sam bb i get protecting the ones u love. but u shouldnt hide things from ur gf just so she doesnt feel bad. especially things so huge. - AND YAZ. babygirl. you shouldn't avoid your gf if shes doing something ure uncomfortable with. you shouldn't ignore her and make her feel bad abt it. YASAMY. THIS IS AN INTERVENSION. TALK TO EACH OTHER. ACTUALLY. PLEASE - ^ this is me showing how much im loving this storyline. VERY annoyed. love angst in fav ships. GOTTA HAVE SOME SPICE ONCE IN A WHILE I GET IT - ^^ but if they break up im killing myself - sammY PLEASEEFH DONT ASSUME JUST TALK. PTSD/MENTAL HEALTH IN GENERAL ISNT THAT SIMPLE - theyre both doing wrong things AND I JUST AGHHH -ALTHOUGHH when they finally DO communicate itll be SOO satysfying - EEEE HERE THEY AREEEEEEE - awkward. a little. BUT SWEET - OK NO I CHANGED MY MIND THEYRE SOOOO CUTEEEE - and ben and yazs friendship AGHGHHHG - therapy island. awh okayy!! - YAZS SO PASSIONATE I LOVE IT - 'ohohohhh… let me show u!… benny boy' - this is GOOD. it IS impressive!! - SAMMY STOP IT - YES YASMINA TALK ABOUT IT - I AM LOVING THIS OH MY GOD - JESUS CHRIST BEN - NAH WHAT THE FUCK - WHY. BENJAMIN. - yasammyyyyyy i love u to hell and back WHY R U LIKE THIS - ben&yaz bonding!!!! - YEAHHH SHES HAPPY FOR UUUU - THE BESTIESSSS - OH MY GOD THE FUCKING DINOSAURS ALWAYS RUIN EVERYTHING - ohhh this isnt good!!! - OHHKAY THE GUYS DEAD WHAT THE FUCK - jumping car scene count: 3 - 'big bens got moves' SHE SAID THE LINE - i feel like DPW is gonna play a bigger role in this - ^AND IM RIGHT. - WGAT THE FUCNK

episode 7: - OHKAY WHATS GOING ON - theyre up buttt….. what the hell r they gonna do. they either drown or get eaten by a dino. - YASAMMMYYYYY I MISSED U SO MUCH - AND THEYRE SPEAKING AND SHJOWING AND HFUDSI - okay KENJIS HABING A PANIC ATTACK I AM - quick break to say the mental health representation and how its done in this show is one of the best examples on how to portray mentally unwell characters I've seen lately - WTF DOES THIS GUY HAVE TO DO WITH THIS - bens soggy van is what ure complaining about rn guttierez??? - OK THE SCENE OF BS DEATH I CANT IM SOBBING - them both reaching for the phone ok. - THEYRE ALIVE, - YASAMMYS BACK OFFICIALLY PEOPLE I AM SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP - ben respectfully i love u but that van wouldve died of old age in a matter of a week - SHE HAD A PLACE - he finally got to throw them phones away - I AM SCREAMING OVER THESE YASAMMY MOMENTS IM AHGFSFJSV - 'oh i am so gonna hunt them from beyond the grave' yasmina fadoula will u marry me - oh right they dont have their phones so theyre not gonna be able to find each other - ok so if im picking up what theyre putting down correctly brooklynn was investigating illegall DPW dinosaur dropoffs?? - cant tell if kenjis coming to terms with it or being jealous - WHAT THE FUCK OK SHE EITHER GOT REALLY INTO THAT INVESTIGATING OR SHES ACTUALLY WENT CRAZY - ok this kenji sequence questioning scene was amazing

episode 8: - wgat the aHELL wr they doin - ok darius and kenji awkwardly connecting. good - ^and darius being protective around kenj over brooklynns phone since he left so many voicemails that he doesnt want him to hear? jesus christ man - OKAY my favourite little trio in a truck with a dinosaur chat do we think theyll survive this - tbh the amount of times in these kids lives where the probablity of survival was scary low is. er. sad - ^ not only for them cause of trauma and stuff but for the random bg characters - dude dies after seeing a dino ONCE but six random kids? yeah theyll survive DOZENS without help - quickly ill just say we need a name for the lesbians and their emotional support muscle wall. their dynamic is superb - the kenji and brooklynn video I LOVE THEM - BABYTALK - . POOKIE BEAR. KENJI WENJI. - shit fuckballs they're fighting again - darius. just. talk? - YES THIS IS GOOD TOO THIS IS GOOD - that CAN be a coping mechanism i GUESSS - what. who r u - DPW BOSS? - YEAH I THOUGHT THEYD FALL FOR THAT AGAIN THANK GOD - YOU WERE IN WHAT WITH WHO NOW - ^WHAT THHFSDN - ^^I WAS EXPECTING THIS HIGHKEY BUT STILL - ^^^ its good that he told kenji about this - ^^^^ and its GREAT that kenji's understanding - is this THE video??? - SHE IS WHAT NOW - maybe this is how they get to take these dinos away?? by pretending the dinos are dead in the face of the law?? - 'ooh heyyy!. boo.' I LOVE U GUYS - it IS the video. - OK BUT A LITTLE BIT LONGER - if i was in dariuses place i would NEVER recover - KENJI RESPECTFULLY DON;T - ^DONT BLAME HIM???? - please dont let this be the scary lady - YEAH KENJ ATLEAST URE RESPECTFUL - whats going on with bumpy. - YASAMMMY I WANNA INJECT U INTO MY VEINS - SHESAIDTHELINESHESAIDTHELINE - ^ 'wanna make a little chaos?' WHAT IF I DIE. WHAT IF I DIE YASMINA. WHAT THEN. - 'maybe. maybe not!!!!' BABIES?? - r the dinos drugged or controlled with the same method the inhumane ladys using - ^or are they tranqued out of their minds. idk. - OH SHIT? THEY SHOULDNT KILL AT THE WATERING HOLE guess it isnt really that is it - BENJAMIN NO

episode 9: - now SAMMYS anxiety's spiking - ok bens gonna not die hopefully?? - i love them stalking. the little creepers. hehe - BUMPER CARRR WHATS GOING ON - ^ is she drugged or smth :((( - ^^^maybe shes pregnant?? but idk idk i dont think so - ^^^^ fucking forshadowing - ^^^^^ i sincerely hope its more positive than im thinking - COMMUNICATION!!!!!!!! YESSSS!!! - theyre the cutest!!!! Yasammy charades level teamwork!!!!! - ok i love both the teams - kenji and darius sticking up for each other despite everything. DO THEY WANNA MAKE ME SUFFER - the kon puns im crying - KENJI HELPING DARIUS CLIMB IM SCREAMING - ok quick intermission i LOVE yazs design shes so cute - hndsgjkb JUST FIND EACH OTHER ALREADY - BENJAMIN CMON U GOTTA SAVE HER - 'Are you dying?' WHATRF ESDGUHKUFDGKJBFDXBFVGBUFIDCFGVBKJSDXBC K EFAHBUISDAGEBDBWAUISDFK - ^ NO - ^^ NO - ^^^ NOOOOOOO - WHATTTTTFDSDGJBMGDF - SHE CANT BE - ILL SOB MY EYES OUT I SWEAR TO GOD - BEN HIDING AND CRYING I - I FEEL U IM DOING THE SAME EXACT THING RN - OKAY THEY KNOW NOW - yaz&sammy&kenji&darius reunion1!!!!1! - ^ AND WHERES BEN - BUMPY. U STRONG STRONG WOMAN. I WANT U TO KNOW THAT IF U DIE. I WILL TOO. - IM GONNA KILL MYSLEF/.

(this i fear is where i realise that im going insane)

- CREEPY MICRO BANGS IS AN AMAZING NAME FOR UNCANNY VALLEY WOMAN YEAH - yeah atp i think weve all figured out its an illegal dino selling business - wGAT - yeah WTF WAS SHE DOING - 'no talk. come quick. bumpys dying.' IM FUCKING DYING TOO!!!!!!!! FUCK THIS SHIT OH MY GOD - BUMPER CAR DO NOT. PLEASE. DONT. - WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I WAS RIGHT - ^ WTF WTF I - thats an egg. - DONT THINK ABOUT IT BUD.

episode 10: - these kids r so traumatised they do not need this - IS SHE RLY DEAD…. - ok so its two separate factors i think?? DPW on one side, creepy micro bangs on the other. right? - ^ this is delving DEEP into the mystery factor… - BEN WTF!!!!! DONT JUST??? DO THAT???????? - OMFG SHES HERE - ^ I HATE HER IHATEHERIHATEHER - SHES WHY THE DINOS R ACTING WEIRD - WHY IS SHE SO FUCKING UNCANNY I CANNOT - ^ SHES LIKEA CARNIVORE DINOSAUR IF IT WAS A HUMAN - ok so SHES the real boss. the unresponsive. wide eyed. controlling dinosaurs. microbangs. woman. - SWHE KILLED BROOKLYNN. - ^ WHAT THE FUCK. - im ngl i DID kinda dig her vibe but AFTER HEARING THIS I JUST CAngfijbdsuif FUCK U - who THE HELL - GET UR FREAKY ASS BOB AWAY - BRUH PUT THAT FUCKING WHISTLE DOWN - IM GOING TO HAVE NIGHTMARES OVER THIS LADY - WHAT THE - theyre way too lucky who the hell is driving that truck - i feel like atleast ONE of them shoulda got injured in that fall - OH MATEO!!!! HI BB - OOP CREEPY BANGS DEAD YIPPEE - AND THEYRE ALL GOING BAZONKAS?? BC SHES UNRESPONSIVE I PRESUME? - ALWAYS THE MFING RAPTORS - okay theyre definitely coca in the loca - WGAT TJR FJCUK EPIC EXPLOSION TYRANNOSAURUS REX - ^ R U SLASH J OR SRS RN - JESUS I LOVE THESE KIDs - where's yaz. - SAMMY!!! - 'Hey, Stripey! Leave. My girl. Alone!' YTHIS IS WHY I HATE THIS FUCKING SHOW /affectionate - AND THE ALMOST KISS HALF HUG IM KMS - WHY R THEY LIKE THIS - HES LETTING THE ALLOSAURUS OUT???? HUHHHHHHH - DARIUS BOWMAN. - IS HE - IS HE FUCKING - SERIOUS RN - jesus christ this BOY. this BOY man. - DIE - DDDDIIIIIEEEEEE - what tf!!!! the broker??? - we still dont know the creepy bangs name…. - so we're getting a 2nd season right - AWW YASAMMY SHOT - HWRFIUSDHGSFDKHAWVBSDXCZKJLGDHSFKLJGBJKESRDFJ - WHYSDHIFUJDIGVBDFS - WHEN I TELL U I JUMPED I MEAN I JJJUUUUMMMMPPPEEEEDDDD - THIS EERIE ASS BITCH KEEPS ON SHOWING UP WHEN I DONT EXPECT IT - DONT GET ME WRONG - PEAK CHARACTER DESIGN - AND THE LOOK ITSELF IS RLY CUTE AND ALL - BUT IF I SAW A BITCH THAT LOOKED AND BEHAVED LIKE THIS I WOULDVE SCREAMED MY INTESTINES OUT AND RAN ALL THE WAY TO AUSTRALIA - THE CREEPIEST CHARACTER IVE SEEN IN YEARS IM AFRAID - oh she still cares about her dinos!!! this makes her a little more human - a little less scary - ok - her movements r less mechanical more affectionate now - less hvfudignb BIGBFI SHE JUST TURNED - thank GOD shes gone - theyre me - 'well that was… unnerving' WELL SAID - YASAMMY HUG!! - YEAHHHH THE LOOK!! - the regular schmegular 'let's save the day' speech. we gotchu darius!! - GASPPP - ok so UNREQUITED dinostar - OH MY GHRHSIUDF THATS SO FUCKING SAD - DARIUS MY BABY I - YEAH!! SHOW UP!!!!! - ofc they are????? - it IS a very brooklynn thing to fo - you kon count him in too!!! - LMAO MATEO I LOVE YOU - YUP YUP BUMPER CAR NEEDS CARE AND SAFETY - IS THIS THE END??? - please give me atleast one more cryptic scene - OH SHES IN ON IT TOO?/BG - bgiudsfgtbfseruifdgkdfx - I FUCKING TOLDF U - I TOLD U ALL - I SAID IT FIRST - HGIUDFSOI;GT;ERASFOICXLBVNIPGRSD - SHE LOST AN ATM - SHES ALIVE - THIS IS WHAT IVE BEEN FUCKING TALKINHG ABOUT - TOLD U SHE COULDNT BE DEAD I MEAN. ITS BROOKLYNN.

(ok all in all. this was. an experience. gonna leave it at that and go take a nap)

[hellobitchlet]

This was originally going to be part of my thoughts on the first act of Natlan, but it got pretty long so I'm posting it separately.

With Natlan further tripling down on "the harbingers all have different goals, they're just part of the same organization", I just want to say that this plot point has been annoying me for a while now. Hear me out, ok?

Don't get me wrong, I really like Scara's backstory. But since Inazuma started, everything with the Fatui has quickly turned into yearly "what is this harbinger up to? And what is their backstory?"

I mean, when Scara first takes the electro gnosis and betrays the Fatui, it seems cool. Because it was the first time a harbinger seemed to not care about the Fatui, and they could have made some juicy drama with it. But they didn't.

Dottore showed up, trying to make Scara a god, and the electro gnosis plot was over. Then Scara got a quest focusing on his entire backstory EXCEPT for the Fatui. Nothing with Dottore was really about the Fatui either, just his research. Then Arle showed up, and despite being raised in a harbinger's orphanage, she doesn't care about the Fatui either. She's involved in a Fatui project, but we barely focused on that. Signora is almost never brought up.

The Fatui's plotline and screen time has always focused on the harbingers, with any focus outside of them coming from rare, lazy world quests with unimportant npc's you're never going to see again.

So when the harbingers themselves are completely ignoring everything outside of their own stuff? We... barely have any grasp on wtf the Fatui is even up to, and almost no world building being done with them. Because instead, we're talking about Dottore wanting to make a god. Or justifying Arle's child abuse towards Fontainian children with her backstory.

This is the main reason why I've always believed that Childe and Signora are the best written harbingers. Childe's character stories and story quest is the only time I've felt like regular Fatui lore was done with a notable character. These two (+ Pierro) are the only harbingers so far who seem to give a shit about the Tsaritsa, and their 'separate goals' and connections to other sections of the lore are small things that still leave plenty of room to be involved in the Fatui. Childe is actually from Sneznhaya and was a normal member at one point, and Signora actively agreed with Tsaritsa's ideas.

(And, yes, Lyney, Lynette, and Freminet aren't harbingers. I'm happy that we finally have playable, non-harbinger Fatui characters. But you can't deny that they're just extensions of Arle. After Fontaine act 1, no one really regards the twins as Fatui, they're just part of Arle's orphanage. They only talk about Arle and the orphanage. We don't even know what Fremi's job is, and the twins' character stories and in game appearances are so separated from each other that it feels like their spy work isn't canon. They don't care about these 3 or expanding on the Fatui through them. They're just here to prop up Arle.)

[franki-lew-yo]

There is a right and wrong way to handle the blow after blow of injustices happening in the world to innocent people. You are only one person and I say this as someone who's having a LOT of sudden changes happen within my own life that's stressing me out/pulling me a million different ways-- you have to collect yourself before you can help anyone. But, that doesn't mean you have to say 'I can't do anything', not care, or worse try and blow off every post about the crisis as being bots or scammers.

Making this post on account of Natalie Wynn, a youtube critic I otherwise like most of time saying this very badly-worded thing. I hope she at least takes back this tweet and apologizes for ever making it cuz cuz yeesh. Natalie wtf??

As I've mentioned in earlier posts, I'm really mad at the assumptions that every other Palestine/Sudan donation MUST BE an inherent scam. There are actually a lot of explanations for why a campaign looks the way it does, why they talk like bots with lots of copy+paste, why people make a few accounts for the same campaign, ect. This does not exclude the possibility that yes, scammers+bots do exist and you should be wary. The reason people are getting 'tired' with donation bloggers asking for help is because they genuinely don't have time in their own life to stop and go through the campaign pages to see for themselves, let alone donate. Add to that the fact that, as people fleeing an active genocide, people are going to post photos of their condition or lives and those are going to get graphic without proper warning in a lot of links, it's s t r e s s f u l. No, definitely not as stressful as living in fear of being murdered by IDF soldiors or bombs every day, but stressful. In our empathy, we don't want that to happen and we want to save innocent people from this horrible reality, not ignore it/justify it/take part in it. But, if we want to do this right, we do have to put aside time we don't always have ourselves. We can make time if we try for it.

I don't type out that last sentence to shame you all into trying 'or else you're not a good person'. I type that out because I genuinely, earnestly believe in people like me. There is so much ugliness and awfulness in this world, but people can come together if they try to fund anything.

What I've learned from therapy is that self-care doesn't have to be at odds with your social justice. In fact, if you find they constantly are at odds; you use other people's trauma and hardships to emotionally/verbally hate yourself and those around you; you insist you can't contribute to a cause unless it directly benefits you personally, that's a serious thing you need to talk to your therapist about.

The activism for Gaza has had another shift in awareness in the last two months. Now, sadly no; charities alone can't save anyone. There's no sign of a ceasefire. Now is the time for donations and campaigns to evacuate. You have to navigate it well so you know what you're doing with the money and time that could literally save lives.

My process for taking in information is collecting as many fundraisers+campaign links in one place, then setting aside a time of day where I can go through them, sort them out, read up on their situation and then make my decision to donate or not. If I can't donate because, like now, I'm low on funds and in debt (thanks murica), I share the campaign and try my hardest to push it in the direction of people who also want to help and who are looking for campaigns to donate to. I'm all about reblogging a pinned post with resources/vetted status and try to update the rest of the world reading with me how a campaign is doing by screencapping the gofundme pages.

We can be better. We are better.

Keep up the boycotting. Donate and spread the word of fundraisers. Update others like you when you yourself can't donate. There is always someone.

[seirei-bh]

My opinion about ep 8 - Jason and Amanda's routes

Hi! I'm sorry for my absence for the last month! I'm going to be really busy with college this year, I forgot to write my review of ep 7 and I'm a bit late with ep 8, but I'm still here! Haha

I finally played ep 8! I don't have the VIP now, so I had to wait and I was a bit scared seeing other people's controversial opinions about this ep. My conclusion after playing it is that this episode was… weird. Not as awkward and horrible as I thought it would be, reading other reviews, but as others said I also had the feeling that this ep has a script that would have been more believable in a HSL-type story, since the behavior of the characters seems more like that of a group of teenagers, than adults who work in the same company. It has some similar vibes to HSL in eps 9 and 12 (I loved those eps), when Candy wanted to see Lys' tattoo it was funny and plausible, even innocent since she just wanted to see him shirtless, and not his private parts, plus it led us to find out a secret of Nathaniel's that would later lead us to an important point in his backstory, so it was justified at least as far as "plot excuse" goes, but in a situation with co-workers… it doesn't fit me, and even less if it's in a filler ep. I don't know if it's because they thought about this ep when New Gen was still in the process of being a new HSL, or they just thought that this theme would fit in this environment as well. But it doesn't work for me.

Anyway, I'm happier than ever that my main and secondary routes are Jason and Amanda, since in Jason's route I had the chance to warn Roy and in Amanda's I was able to take her side and against the plan to spy on Roy, warn him too, which in both situations was for me and my OCs (according to their personalities) something much more comfortable. That's why the ep wasn't creepy to me, since it wasn't a "let's catch our coworker naked and without consent" but a "let's have fun watching Roy surprise and get revenge on them."

Amanda received complaints in the fandom for being immature in some previous eps like 3, but in this ep she has been the most mature of all and I love her for it, and the moments with her were wonderful! If this ep was fun and comfortable for me it was largely thanks to her. And I truly felt that things were happening here that made the relationship between Amanda and my Candy advance. I really liked both the conversation they had about how she shouldn't care what other people think about her and how she was grateful that Candy took her side, as well as the date to the spa, both enjoying massages, canapés and scented candles. QUEENS <3

About Jason, I'm tired of us always being in a vulnerable position with him instead of the confident and equal enemies-to-lovers that I would like, however, I was glad that at least he showed respect and consent towards my character, THANK YOU, and I like that he wasn't involved at all in the rest of the plot of this ep, and I liked the special scene of my oc imagining a kiss with him caught me by surprise and was very funny! However, I needed something more, ep 7 had a very emotional scene between them and I really hoped to see something more in this ep that developed their relationship, and I didn't see it. But I have hopes that it will improve. Btw: I can't help but laugh thinking that if my character wasn't there, Jason might have accidentally found Roy naked, wtf XDDD

The scene where I was in the locker with Elenda and Brune pressed up against me… BV when am I going to be able to kiss my girls?? I felt it was a least another good enough situation to get an illustration with them, like the scene of holdings hands with both in ep 6. I miss to get illus with friends like in the previous games ToT

Also, Roy was great during this ep. I'm aware that Devon and Elenda are friends of his since childhood and so they knew that Roy would take that joke in good stead, but still, Devon is supposed to be the boss of our company, he should be more mature and set a limit for the others.

However, I've a painful confession to make, (and please don't judge me, I know Thomas has a lot of fans and I don't mean to offend them), Thomas is supposed to be my third route, but I've decided that I'm not going to do this ep with him, at least not for a while. His behavior in this ep towards Roy has bothered me too much. Roy is his coworker and he's always been nice to him, he doesn't deserve to be embarrassed and have his privacy exposed like this, they're supposed to be friends! Not enemies like Jason with them! Also, I've been finding in these last few episodes that the answers that raise the lovometer with Thomas don't fit with me or my oc at all, and I'm not willing to keep lying just to raise the lovometer. I don't know what I'll do in the future, maybe I'll go back to the Thomas route if he wins my heart again in the next eps, or maybe not, and in that case I'll do the Roy route on that account instead.

Overall, thanks to Amanda and Roy, the episode in my Jason-Amanda routes was very funny, fortunately, and I'm also aware that New Gen is fiction and you shouldn't take it the wrong way, yes, I don't, but honestly, if BV wanted to make an episode with an excuse to show Roy naked and/or Candy having a moment like that with her crushes, I think they could have done it better in another way. The only scene I see justified and believable enough is Amanda's, since they're in a spa and they're women. And I'm not talking about realism, I'm talking about verisimilitude within fiction. I don't know, maybe they all went to a nude beach for some event instead of the pool? And then Candy took a bath like that as a challenge or because a wave made her lose her bikini? Or that Candy wins a free couple spa session ticket and invites her crush! Or that Candy catches Roy naked by mistake simply because she's curious to see him during his common training and she didn't know he bathed naked afterwards? Or that the whole "Roy goes naked in the pool" thing was just a false rumor made up by his fangirls and that when Roy arrived he laughed and said that it was all a lie or that he had spread the rumor to play a joke on them in revenge for something they had done to him before. Or better: wait for more episodes, when we were already in a relationship with our route, and then a nude scene with our route would arise in a more natural way? Like you and your partner wanting to swim together in the private pool at Candy's house, for example, or shower together. At least those scenarios wouldn't let Thomas, Devon and the others act like a bad friend to Roy.

Lastly, something positive: all the images were wonderful! The faces and bodies of all the characters are very beautiful, the luminosity and colors are also very well done, and I liked that there was some variety in some routes and not all of them were in the pool. Also, I was really glad to guess that the promotional image of Candy with the towel belonged to Jason!

[fatuismooches]

HIII OH MY GOD im sorry for sending another one but i was just in the bathroom cleaning up and an idea fucking struck me. (yeah, bright ideas always hit me while i shower)

im thoroughly convinced that zandik, at some point, genuinely believed that you didn't love him. it was probably a year into your relationship after hitting on him for too long in the akademiya.

then, zandik got his hands on a book about manipulation tactics and shit, and he read a portion about pretending to be nice and loving just to gain something from him.

and hence him kicking you out and screaming profanities at you, saying that you don't truly love him. yeah, i know, brash decision by zandik. his older self truly regrets it and doesn't know what he would do in his life if you weren't persistent enough to keep reaching out to him. but to younger zandik, it just made sense.

how could someone like you could ever love him? he knows that sometimes you think he's going a bit too far with his experiments, you call him crazy (in an adoring way ofc), you sometimes look at him in fear as well. you have to be pretending, it just can't be. he has spent all his life unloved, outcasted, hated and feared- he can't comprehend such a wonderful thing such as love would ever be something he'd truly experience, deserve.

zandik stood his ground with his decision, glaring at the wall as you knock on the door repeatedly, asking what was wrong. then when he hears you curse under your breath, sounding mad, his heart fucking breaks.

and it just sinks in that he did something incredibly stupid and probably hurt your feelings for acting out. he's just so not used to being loved, and even if a year has passed, he still can't wrap his head around it.

really, you only got mad from the other side of the door is because your groupmates saw you and began walking towards you after you escaped to hang out with zandik...

dw you make up eventually if you're determined enough to prove that you genuinely love him!! (i mean cmon, it's not that hard. just point out that you literally cook him, wrestle him from his desk and onto his bed to sleep, go on illegal expeditions with him and all you wanted from him was kisses, hugs and affirmations of his love for you)

IM LITERALLY COMBUSTING FROM THIS BECAUSE IT'S LITERALLY SO TRUE AND I LOVEEE THE WAY YOU DESCRIBED IT,, WHY HAVE U DONE THIS TO ME.

I'm thoroughly convinced that as well, and from his perspective it makes sense considering he went his whole life without receiving any kind of genuine love (which he grew not to care about anyway) and any kind of sweet words directed at him would usually have some kind of ulterior motive or to get on his good side... He's a very cynical person and even after a while the whole situation just baffles him. Not to mention sometimes Zandik himself has trouble understanding that he truly loves someone else and that this isn't just one big lie... it's hard for him to process it all.

Ugh you just know he'll be researching relationships and shit just so he can justify thinking this way and then he gets to a portion to be wary of your partner possibly being fake and manipulating you. And then he just goes haywire on you and you're just like "wtf are you even talking about" and Zandik's literally just going off on you without letting you get in a word. (I bet the clones cringe whenever they remember this moment too 💀 just bring up this moment in an argument and dramatically walk away and he'll feel a bit bad which is more than he should be capable of)

Zandik tries his best to ignore your heartbroken and confused expression - surely you must be faking it, he thinks as he slams the door in your face. This just must be one of your games again, and now that you've been called out you don't know what to do, he tries to convince himself. Your frantic knocks were just a scheme to play with whatever heart he had left. Because in no world, no universe, would you ever love someone like him. He knows he shouldn't be considered human anymore, he's a monster, and surely you see that too. The one who had been with him for ages, the closest one to him. Zandik doesn't understand - you have nothing to gain from being with him. It was 99% an act. Yes, 99%, because he was secretly clinging onto the 1% chance it was real.

And the 1% chance beat all odds when he heard how genuinely pissed and upset you were from behind the door, which was both a fortunate and unfortunate thing - the former because he knew you really loved him, the latter because even he realized that he fucked up big time. But Archons Zandik, out of all possible times, you had to do this when it was the time you were trying to avoid your annoying classmates 😔

On a more angsty note, you might start cursing back at him about all the reasons you love him and why you stay with him and just end it with the fact you're going to be staying somewhere else now, and it's up to him if he wants to see you again, because you ain't doing this again without some kind of apology. A few days later you come back with a whole fucking research paper about every little thing you've ever done for him and why you love him with a whole-ass explanation and just chuck it right at him and dip.

Thankfully present-day Dottore doesn't pull these kinds of stunts anymore and is much, much more secure and confident in the relationship (which is good cuz sometimes you wanted to slap him for being an idiot) Both of you are just glad you can look back on it and laugh (mostly you because Dottore hates thinking about the times he acted completely braindead)

[starapolo]

Ok maybe I was too greedy wanting another Castlevania with the Devil May Cry anime.

I went blind into the Netflix Castlevania show when it released and it so fucking good, the animation, the story, THE DIALOGUE I COULD LISTEN TO ISAAC TALK ALL DAY (nocturne included love that show). But alas Devil May Cry is not that.

All I knew was JYB (I'm a huge Vash the Stampede stan) and Kevin Conroy were in it and that Matthew Mercer cosplayed Dante once in a Crit Role Halloween episode. So to say I know nothing about the franchise is a euphemism, I know less than nothing.

There's some GREAT animation, funny gags, good music and good dubbing. But the CG has the shading of an abandoned blender project(like what the hell is Dante's DT), the dialogue is so so bad and the story's misguided.

Very few times have I ever seen exposition this bad, the explanations were all in janky dialogue (the only exception was episode 6 because I really liked the animation change and no dialogue) and in the most dry and uninteresting HERE'S LORE way possible, not one thing was communicated through show, it's all tell (and part of the blame is on streaming's obsession with making short seasons, why is this only 8 episodes??? I understand Castlevania's first season being 5 because it was a HUGE gamble at the time but Devil May Cry is a huge franchise don't get me started on this).

Netflix did you learn absolutely nothing with Bright and other stories like it. Don't make a fictional oppressed people be feared with justified good reasons. Castlevania tips this line extremely well but DMC literally tripped and fell into hell. "Oh but the white rabbit (excellent character btw, oozes charisma) is a misguided villain, see how grey this situation is oooo the real villain is Kevin Conroy Mike Pence" bro I just watched a demon literally steal a baby I can't believe I'm saying this but we need Hell TSA (which is normal TSA but with worse miasma than usual) it's not that bright of an idea (although I was siding with the rabbit bc c'mon, charisma). Back to the point, this does not feel like the clash of two shitty governments and the civilians from both sides that suffer from it. It feels like one side should rightfully be sealed away because it's literally hell and has more city destroying mega demons than average people, trying to help the other side quite literally dooms earth and there's no character in Makai making us personally root for them, vague empathy alone can't carry this theme in a story (but you should let empathy be all you need to help those in need IRL, be a decent person wtf).

Will watch season 2 but not exactly that excited about it, will check out the games tho

[emometalhead]

I finally finished Better Call Saul, and I need a place to house my overall thoughts.

• I hate Chuck. If Charles McGill has no haters, then I am dead.

• There are some characters in the BCS/BB universe who were in situations they didn't deserve. Chuck isn't one of them. He was horrible to Saul. He lived to spite him and keep him down. His last words to his BROTHER were "you never mattered all that much to me". Like WTF man!?!? Chuck deserved everything he got and worse. I don't feel bad in the slightest.

• Francesca quite literally got Saul in the divorce, and I kind of feel bad. She was so enthusiastic and sweet when she first started working at Wexler-McGill, and by the time she's solely Saul's employee her attitude has completely flipped. All of that being said, she's an icon.

• It was so nice seeing Mike on-screen again. He was one of my favorite characters in Breaking Bad, and his death feels the worst to me out of the main characters. It was interesting to learn a bit more about his background and to see him interact more with his family. I also enjoyed seeing his dynamic with Gus develop.

• Speaking of Gus, pretty much all of his actions in BCS seem on par with his character in BB. He took down Lalo in a pretty bad*** way, and that was awesome. I'm sad they only let him be gay for a fleeting moment though beyond other characters making fun of him for it.

• Nacho 😭. From the second Nacho first walked onto the screen, I knew there was only one way his story could end. His death still made me sad! Even though I anticipated it, the manner in which he died was really unexpected and more abrupt than I would've thought. He's a character whose consequences were the clear result of his own actions, but I still feel a bit bad.

• Like Nacho kind of had the Walt thing going on (he was good at his job, and he liked it), but I can't help but think if he wasn't being used+threatened by both sides that he genuinely would've gotten himself out. It's clear how much he cared about his dad, and I do truly feel that he wanted to make his dad proud (even after losing his trust/respect after joining the cartel).

• Manuel Varga, man 😭. Bruh. He hurt me. I feel so awful for him. He knew his son was never going to make it out of the cartel. He knew. No one should ever have to brace themselves like that. My brain did not enjoy thinking about Mike, who was still very emotional about the loss of his own son, having to go tell another dad about his son's death. That was some well written and emotionally painful television.

• Lalo was an interesting character! He was intense and insane, but not entirely unhinged like Tuco. It was interesting to see how his rivalry with Gus fueled Gus' passion for his craft. His death scene was a good one. Damn about him being buried under the lab though! I was NOT expecting that at all. It's very crazy to know that Gus had Walt and Jesse cooking above his former rival's body.

• I know I've said a few things were unexpected already, but I really was not prepared to lowkey feel bad for Howard Hamlin by the end of the show. He was a jerk. He was not a good person. I still don't think he deserved to be buried with his murderer under a meth lab.

• It was awful that Howard would send Kim out of her office into doc review when he was mad at her. That is immature and unprofessional to a high degree. Kim was justified in feeling angry towards him. Saul was also justified in feeling angry about Howard blindly following Chuck's rule. I do believe that if it wasn't for Chuck, Howard would've hired Saul (sorry, Jimmy) as a lawyer for HHM once he passed the bar. I thought Saul's Howard copy billboard thing was funny, and to be completely honest I don't even mind that he threw the bowling balls on his car. The character assassination with the fabricated drug addiction went too far though, especially considering it lead to his death. Howard was a jerk, but he didn't deserve the ending he received.

• Kim Wexler kept surprising me. At the beginning of the show, I tried to predict where all of the non-Breaking Bad characters would end up. I could not have possibly predicted any of the decisions Kim would make. I love a girl boss, but she sabotaged her own career several times in order to execute revenge plots. I was honestly excited to just she her be a successful lawyer at the beginning, but alas that is not the type of show this is.

• Kim's "I was having too much fun" speech broke my heart. It was pretty easy to see how Kim and Saul's relationship was a "we can make each other worse" situation. I really had expected their relationship to end sooner though, and getting married was absolutely the wrong decision. It was crazy seeing how Saul just fully shifted into Saul Goodman mode after Kim left him.

• Last but not least, the man himself. I enjoyed Saul's character in BB. He's annoying and extravagant, but he's fun. He added a little whimsy to the show. I enjoyed that we got to see the "Kevin Costner" moment that he mentioned in BB. I appreciated getting more of his background and seeing how he interacted with non-criminal people for a time. Bob Odenkirk is a good actor, and I'm a little sad that I'm done seeing Saul on my screen. (Even if I made fun of all of his ridiculous suits and ties.)

• Overall, I really liked the show! I had heard good things, and I was looking forward to watching it after my recent rewatch of Breaking Bad. Better Call Saul did not disappoint! It was entertaining. It had a good blend of drama, action, and comedy. I'm sure I'll end up rewatching it down the line.

[dearweirdme]

Heeyy!

Squatting your asks and straying away from the usual topics of these days' discussions cause I've been deep into SKZ content lately and I want opinions about something (please bear with me, this is going to be long but this ask is about taekook).

It came out like two days ago that Minsung (Han and Lee Know) are now living together, just the two of them. The rest of the members are also divided in teams of two in new dorms, so, in itself, it may not seem huge, but it is, because it's Minsung and if those two are not real then nobody is.

And how do I know that? Because honestly they've said so themselves. And so did their members. From calling the other their boyfriend/husband (or call themselves the other's bf/hubby) and releasing a very romantic duet together where the lyrics are a declaration of love, to their maknae justifying himself for sharing a room with them with "there was a time I really couldn't read the room" and the rest of group (especially Hyunjin) always mocking those two sappy asses.

Could it be all just fanservice? Nah, not all of it, no way. And frankly, all the power to them, I'm so happy for my obviously very very gay and very very in love boys, they just became the embodiment of "and they were roommates", but it got me thinking.

Because Minsung gets away with a lot. I've listed a few examples, there are honestly way more that I can't be bothered to cite right now, where their behaviour or what they say, taken at face value, in official content, is at best questionable or just outwright outing. And yet, nothing. JYPE doesn't really push or highlight them (which undermines the fanservice theory, in that sense they're not really a traditional kpop ship like jikook or woosan can be), but they don't shy away from them either. They just seem to... let them be. Counting on the fact maybe that it will not be picked up on at a worrying level.

In a way, they operate how Kpop companies have always operated on the matter. That is, not acknowledge a thing and count on people's willfull blindness and heteronormativity to explay away or diminish suspicious moments and set the general narrative. Throw in fanservice and "queerbaiting" to mess with people (hi Super Junior) and you obtain an industry where you can somewhat be open while always existing within the confines of plausible deniability (of course this is way more complex that this but let's summarize and, in the end, I truly think people underestimate how actually queer Kpop is).

Circling back to Minsung, that's also how you get people insisting to hell and back that those two are just friends while the only thing basically they haven't done to confirm their relationship is make out on a live.

But then, and I'm finally getting to the point of my ask (sorry for the time it took)... WTF happened with taekook?

I can't for the life of me understand BH's strategy on this. To not push their ship publicly once it got evident in private that they had a situationship, sure, makes sense. But why go to these lengths to separate them, to the point that people noticed it??

I honestly believe there was some kind of streisand effect with taekook, where a lot of people's tipping point for believing in them was precisely the fact that BH did their best to keep them apart, even resorting to frankly questionable methods (hi Burn the Stage editing).

Had they just let them live and be, would there have been as many taekookers as there are? Would Tae and Kookie's interactions have been so thoroughly analyzed instead of being considered the expression of a good friendship with some fanservice thrown in there?

Why not go the usual kpop route? Minsung are but the last names on a long list of queer idols and kpop labels fine with them existing under the radar. Why not imitate them? Why adopt a strategy that in a lot of ways backfired? It baffles me.

So yeah, if you have thoughts on this, please share. Others too. And sorry for this long ass convoluted ask, this whole thing has been going on in my mind for the few past days.

Hi @syneepsis !

I had to think on this a bit, because I know very little about Straykids and Minsung. You are kinda asking me to compare, but lack of knowledge prevents me from doing so. But, ofcourse I do have some thoughts and ramblings.

I’m a big believer in things standing on their own. Taekook and Minsung are from different bands, with different people in charge, in slightly different timelines. Straykids debuted after BTS, which might’ve been a factor (people tend to learn from what they see). Tae and Jk’s characters probably differ from Han and Lee know, which might also make a difference. All in all… so many different variables, which combined or on their own might explain why things seem different.

As for why I feel BH went as hard as they did. I think they are driven by money and power. Which is not abnormal for a music company. It doesn’t even matter much what their actual bond with BangPd is/was, I think in any case the fear of a possible scandal standing in the way of BTS’s success was reason enough for the company to set these boundaries for them.

Imo Tae and Jk’s relationship started when they were finally getting bigger. They had a hard start, being with a company who almost went bankrupt. It’s my understanding that people were already looking down on BTS because they were with a small company, a queer scandal might’ve actually ended their careers (or at least that’s what the company thought). I think when their relationship became known, the company felt that was a risk to undo what they had invested in. It’s very possible imo that feelings of resentment were also present.. but that’s going very deep into speculation and I believe the fear of a possible scandal would have already been enough to make them be harsh.

I do think they went extra hard and could have possibly toned it down. The way it appeared to us might’ve also been a combination of both the company’s rules and Tae and Jk’s own fears of discovery though. When you feel the eyes of a huge public on you and you actually see fandom discuss the way you stare at each other.. that might make you scared.

“Had they just let them live and be, would there have been as many Taekookers as there are?” I think there would have been way less Jkkrs for sure 😂. It’s hard to say, without coming out (which I think is a definite no in today’s Sk society) i think some kind of hiding would still have taken place. Tae and Jk are very physically close, the way they move around each other, the way they drift to each other.. it’s pretty hard not to see. We’ve been talking about how obviously Tae has singled Jk out.. imagine there being no limits.. it would become super obvious to many many people I think. Even now, we’re at a point where non-tkkrs kinda scramble to make sense of the Hawaii post without calling it fanservice. Imagine Jk not holding back and him talking like ‘I went skydiving with Tae’ instead of ‘i went skydiving’.

There will always be a huge part of army who will always go ‘they’re straight’ and maybe that would have been enough cover.. I don’t know. But I think in the eyes of the company, that was a risk they did not want to take.

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

About the Autism Moms thing, I also don't get it and it makes me pissed.

I was reading through the comments of an Instagram post about food selectivity in autistic people. The woman who wrote it is autistic herself and has two autistic children and was trying to help other parents help their children who have food selectivity due to sensory issues. Then there was this comment from a woman who said that her autistic son's food selectivity was pissing her off and sometimes she thought about letting him without food at all just to see if he'd decide to start eating normally. And another mom agreed. And like... Wtf???? My own mom actually did this to me when I was a kid (it was only for a day/ some hours, but still so fucked up) and it honestly did not work. I'm 21 and still SUPER selective with food (I was reading about ARFID and makes a lot of sense for me). This thing about trying to starve your child makes no sense at all! I can't even believe people think like that.

Hi there,

My goodness! This was a doozy to read. Having selective food is basically malnutrition. That’s not good. Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFD) is pretty common for ND individual because of sensory issues.

For example, I like to eat steak, but I can’t eat the fat. It so…weird in my mouth. But sensory issues doesn’t justify starving kids! If they have an eating problem, they should consult a doctor. Maybe they can help.

My boyfriend has this thing that you should always try eating something at least once to see if you like it. (I hope that makes sense).

Parents can have their child try a selection of foods. And they might like things if they try it. Don’t starve them. That basically abuse. 🥺

I’m going tag @krisrisk and @autistic-af so they can share their thoughts on this if they would like.

Thank you for the inbox. I hope you have a wonderful day/night. ❤️