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it's sometimes so silly to look in the notes of a polyamory art/post and see people like "is this cheating art....?" when the characters in canon are all extremely close friends. i know it's not malicious because most people think of monogamy as the default and anything outside that Must be cheating, but truly i'm always like. guys. guys Please.
please think about this for like 2 seconds.
under what circumstances do we think this non-canon couple might hold hands directly in front of their canon partners. and under what circumstances do we think the canon partners might be okay with this. do we Truly think this is a secret relationship. do we Truly think these guys would sneak around behind their canon partners' backs when all of them are extremely close friends with a high level of trust and commitment to each other.
would assuming that these extremely close friends have actually communicated with one another Exactly The Same Way They Do In The Canon Source Material perhaps cause less despair.....
#and like. you guys know I LOVE RELATIONSHIP DRAMA. I LOVE EVERYONE BEING STUPID ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS#BUT SOEMTIMES WHEN THE ART IS JUST CUTE AND SWEET. WE CAN SIMPLY ASSUME. THAT IT'S CUTE AND SWEET. PLEASE...#i'm also a little sadder and more flabbergasted by how many shipping discourse lavwin posts are in the tag right now.#and how many posts i keep opening to see shipping discourse in the replies....#please guys i'm begging you. use the 'delete reply' function. It's So Good.#i've been deleting bad faith replies on my posts for YEARS and at this point it's extremely rare for me to get ANY#you simply can't give people wiggle room for bad faith arguing. you just have to not do that.#'i get this but don't like it / i'm confused and don't like this' 'okay? i don't care...?'#cuz when you reply 'aw that's okay! here's my good faith response <3' everyone else is like 'oh i see! someone i can air my grievances upon#you simply Have to say 'actually you're being rude and i don't like it.' and/or delete their response.#It Is That Simple. Please. Love Yourselves
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I think it’s so ironic that the Pony Express escapes a lot if not all blame in discussion. I can’t even say I am excused from it but it’s just how hard people circle back to the characters alone without considering the environment they were made to be in.
Why would they design a ship where only two of the rooms lock? Not the bathroom? Not the sleeping quarters? We assume that all the companies in the universe are this shallow and careless to their workers but we explicitly know the Pony Express in extra vile. They are fed processed slop pack they can’t even really cook and the ration of those pack is meager at best. They hired and made people with a plethora of conflicting demeanors and beliefs work together on a mission where cohesion is important if not an outright necessity and punish them for not being happy about it. There’s no social protocols, not chain of command other than Captain’s word/choice and the only way to enforce that is with a literal firearm. They don’t allow them to celebrate freely and even took away leisure activities that would make them less stir crazy. They are only allowed a few hours of sleep despite their being no other real responsibilities or work on the ship, no matter the position or its importance. With any crew, with any level of synergy, this was a powder keg waiting for a spark.
I’m not saying characters that made mistakes didn’t make huge ones, but I think part of the horror is that at least for some (this is targeting Jimathan) those mistakes are partly made by a force of the hand. There’s a running theme of lack of choice and being forced into something and the very nature of how The Pony Express expected them to function plays a big part.
#like even I forget that all actions taken in the game were people trying to remain in protocol outside of Jimmy#Anya couldn’t have jus stolen the scanner and got the gun cause she’s a sensible person and knows she’d be in legal trouble#or get everyone’s credits docked or just hoping that there’s some chain of command for this sort of thing#Daisuke only really acted in accordance to his direct superiors because he’s an intern he wouldn’t know the first thing about protocol or#what to do in any situation. like this is essentially implied to be his first real job#Curly may be the captain but he still has to follow rules and procedures and we see with the letter the Pony Express likely has very shady#and shitty ones. he gives the best not depressing or totalitarian options he can otherwise everything is just his word which aren’t even his#or like him just asserting his position with the gun which he wouldn’t do#Swansea follows the book begrudgingly because he’s trying to stay right and not fall back into who he once was#I feel like it’s not incorporated nearly enough that the environment they were dropped into heavily affected their actions#say there was a single person higher than Curly or a plan of action when a crew member is considered a danger to himself or others#I think it’s fascinating how people will stick to protocol and break when they get scared or to their limit#cause the game shows how normalcy deteriorates and I think discounting what the characters where put through by the company takes a way a#real and scary aspect of what happened to Anya because as a friend Curly didn’t do enough for her at all his comfort was there and he#appreciated but it was a distracted sort of care but as a Captain he didn’t protect her but he’s was a Captain of the Pony Express like what#if they told him to wait to? he still should’ve done something because Anya was actively suffering and Jimmy should’ve been reprimanded but#he’s a captain with orders like the Tulpar isn’t his ship in the same way like#god I wanna explain this in a way that makes sense but the Tulpar is like designed to breed animosity and work on the bare requirements one#needs to get things done that’s not how people work and if anyone deviates or interrupts that it literally has nothing to handle it#it becomes clear that if any social unrest happens why they just say fuck it and give the Captain the gun because if something happens the#blame can easily be placed on the person they put in charge despite what they put them#in charge of like this is just like work place harassment irl because often the perpetrators are not punished but the supervisors for not#stopping them with meetings or cuts or whatever but the environment the company fostered is rarely fixed or blamed#like why was this allowed to occur? and honestly that is because Jimmy did what he did#ask me about this if this is confusing cause I worded it crazy#mouthwashing#mouthwashing game#the pony express
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Emey can I change you and ask for number 5 with Seth/Allison? I understand if not considering you don't draw Seth often <3
Maybe not but that is not to say I won’t draw him 😘
Requests are open until the end of Dec ‘23 💕
#shout out to the other alliseth request#don’t know if I’ll get around to it#but here’s an alliseth nonetheless 🫡#also I know it’s a typo but reading my name as ‘emmy’ was kinda funny#in a sweet way yk#OH YES WHILE WERE HERE#to be clear when I say ‘you can send rare pairs’#I mean send in literally whatever you want#the worst that can happen is that I just don’t draw it#I’m not interested in calling anyone out for an uncommon ship#you can do whatever you want it’s a big wide internet out thereeeee#and I will do what I want lmao#anyway ty snow#fan art#my art#aftg#all for the game#seth gordon#allison reynolds#alliseth#asks#mistletoe ask#requests#chibi#digital
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a lot of the time and I mean like once per week I somewhat wish that I wrote ship fics like a normal person instead of x reader. the problem is. I am not normal
#definitely feel like x reader fics are nowhere near as respected or appreciated as other fics#and this is not a new development at all#I don't really read ship fics because#I don't really ship anything......... lol#but on the rare occasions where I do#it seems like people always appreciate the writing in those fics way more#not just where popularity is concerned#but it's much more likely to see comments of people praising what they liked about the writing#even on smut fics#but for x reader it's very rare#I think a lot of people are shy to comment and I get that#because before I became a writer I was too#literally almost everything I have ever written and probably ever will write I write for me#because I enjoy it and writing about me and my silly characters is what makes me happy#but uuuggggggh#it feels so so good to have someone say what they liked about your writing#it makes me feel like oh. all of this isn't just a time waste#and even though writing is the most freeing feeling in the world#there is a clear pain and disappointment sometimes#when you make something where it feels like no one understands but you#the only solution!!!! is to write what you want and not care!!!!!!!!!
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Idk if it’s because of how I’ve curated my feed but I rarely see people shitting on Christine. Any E/C space I’m in is mostly about centering Christine and her satisfaction.
That said, I feel the constant need to warn people that “If you like Erik and Christine as a couple, remember not to have that kind of relationship IRL” is kind of annoying. I get the intention, but people, including young people, aren’t stupid and don’t need constant reminders to not be inspired by their toxic faves.
Like yes girl, I know the Phantom is not a real man. I wish a wealthy, nerdy, musically talented, intelligent old man that lived underground and wanted to help me with my music career was real. But he’s not, so I’m gonna indulge in fiction.
Bless the rest of y’all that get involve in the discourse though. Honestly, could not be me.
#christine daae#phantom of the opera#erik/christine#like do you know how ridiculous it was to be 18 and hearing ppl be like ‘oh you’ll know why Entrapdaks bad when you’re older’#babes its been almost 6 years and they’re still one of the strongest relationships out of the show#i wonder if its more tied to r/c and e/c discourse which 🤷♀️#jokes on them I like when all three of them get together#But yeah I rarely come across thosse ‘Christine was wrong for not picking Erik’ posts unless it was like teenagers on TikTok#Which I don’t take seriously at all#as a former teen on the internet#because most of the time you grow out of it#anyway anytime I got reprimanded for shipping something as a kid it just made me want to indulge in it more#and it made me feel like I was being treated like a toddler#by older people who’d be so up in arms about this one ship while defending another that was equally if not more problematic#my hot take is that in most cases ships aren’t really problematic#its more based on your personal tastes and experiences shaping your view of relationships in media
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The negligible amount of Daemyra pegging fics on AO3 is shameful. Especially if you dare to add more filters. Do people truly believe Daemon never took it up his ass with his wife, or are they too scared to write it?!
#ASoIaF#House of the Dragon#Daemyra#Daemon Targaryen#Rhaenyra Targaryen#FanFiction#hard life of a fan#V#Is it too much to ask for a single ship canon ish fic?#I don't seek them out in fics too often#but when I do#I rarely get what I wanted.#season 1#In case ~someone~ will pull more of the later shit.#Sorry#but Rhaenyra crying over a picture from her abuser more than her dead daughter was enough.#Making her constantly quarrelling with her husband#even holding his anti Green actions against him#is totally OOC.#YoU KiLLeD a cHiLd DaeMoN!#Sure#they murdered two of yours#remember?!
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obsessed with the Sanderson x Cupid ship to the point I think their anti’s would also get along. but instead of a late night tv show, Anti-Cupid runs an interview show like Eric Andre where he and anti-Sanderson just fuck with the guests and cause general chaos
#fop anti cupid#anti cupid#fop sanderson#my art#I rarely see people talk about the anti pixies which is a shame because the concept is hilarious to me#this was also an excuse to rewatch Eric Andre clips BUT it fit in with my headcanon#not that it matters but in my head anti Cupid sounds like Alex brightman. where he’s between beetlejuice and fizzarolli#it just seems funny to contrast Tom Kenny being Cupid#and anti Cupid loves his pixie boyfriend he’s just too embarrassed to admit it#maybe this will do better here than it did on twt. my popular ship art gets more attention than the goofy stuff#this is ‘older’ art I’ll post newer stuff when I draw more stuff#I love anti-Cupid he is my everything#triangular shutter shades just feel more fitting for anti pixies of course I love the regular shades but shutter shades are fun#fairly oddparents#fop fanart
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As someone who enjoys the aftg books but isn't in the fandom, following you and seeing glimpses of aftg fandom culture is baffling. People are horny for... Wymack? Am I reading these books wrong? Lmao
LOL i would say it’s probably a little rare and i think it’s more leaning into the whole dilf thing 😭 ive always liked wymack as a character but i wouldn’t say im horny for him djfnfjfn. but i’m sure there are some people who are :) i just like fandom and shipping and playing around with characters hehe. also, although there are a lot of non-canon ships that are popular in the fandom (kevaaron, renison, kandreil) i feel like it’s only really recently that ive seen people on here branch out and experiment with more rare ships (definitely not new in general but i think it’s becoming more common idk! i could be wrong!)
#anyways yeah i think it’s just people having fun and being silly :) at least that’s what im doing when i draw/read rare ships 😭#especially coming from a fan artist#sometimes (for me) it gets boring just drawing andreil LMAOOO gotta change things up a bit sometimes#ask#anon#shoutout to the trc fandom i blame yall for encouraging me to#explore less common and non canon ships#also old man fuckers (declan)
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your art with "my immortal soul" is very cool! my ship-nature gets SO happy when I see content about them! Thank you! we need more people to notice this couple
Aw thank you!!! <3<3<3 I am very happy there are people who enjoy this unexpected ship just as much as me!
#que?#my immortal soul#the shipper in my heart is very giddy that i managed to hook even a SINGLE person on this rare-ship not to mention anyone who saw it#and went 'okay thats interesting i can get behind that' and liked it <3 i hope you all have as much fun with this rare-ship as i do#honestly expected to get laughed out of the tumblr when i posted that second a bit shippy post lol
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Yo this is embarrassing I've been on Tumblr for more than a year... How do I block a tag???
#It never occurred to me#I knew it was a feature I just kept blocking people when it popped up and I very rarely get them now but I want to stop them from#Ever showing up#a rare original post#Yes this was caused by me seeing an incest post and me immediately saying EWWW verbally and blocking them immediately#Also apparently TCESTERS are trying to do an October art challenge???#What the heck man they should be busy getting therapy and learning to understand why portraying those things#In a positive light in fiction is very very very very very bad#Not doing art challenges in their filth#I mean the piece of art was of someone shipping a character with themselves which isn't incest I do think it's weird but I don't think#It's Incest in the same way shipping siblings is#But they tagged it as incest and they said it was part of an incest challenge which is an insane sentence#In case it isn't clear GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME INCEST SUPPORTERS SHOO SHOO
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So apparently, there is a second Sofia the First spinoff in the works right now. And so while this is still admittedly hardly the ideal time for me to get unnaturally and unhealthy invested in the Ever Realm Cinematic Universe (and especially in Elena of Avalor) , it's also not hypothetically the worst time for me to get invested in it either.
#i don't know whether to be relieved or terrified#(it's both)#on one hand renewed enthuiasm and increased fan engagement in all the shows may be possible#which means i might get to make some friends to talk about all my thoughts and feelings :D#on the other...i'm here enjoying these kid's shows as an adult with decidedly not kid-friendly head canons#and ships that are at best extremely rare pairs that few (if any) people have considered; at neutral are 'problematic' in some way#and at worst; all of the above#which means...yeah#*randy newman voice singing the Monk theme song*#'it's a jungle out there; disorder and confusion everywhere; no one seems to care; well i do; hey who's in charge here?'#sofia the first#sofia the fandom#elena of avalor#but i don't see anything about WHEN royal academy show might happen?#it wasn't announced at D23 I don't think; and the confirmation was last nov from what I can see#so like mid-next year at the absolute earliest?#more likely some time in 2025 or 2026?#but not completely#i mean given my track record of hyperfixations lasting a minimum of like 4-5 years#i expect i'll still be in this boat when it finally does come
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not to be a gatekeeper unironically but i genuinely feel a very, very small percentage of people actually understand crocodile. and if you think you're in that small percentage you're probably the exact kind of person I am talking about. Not to be mean but to be mean.
this is mainly directed at genderbenders and dofuwani shippers. neither of y'all understand crocodile and do not deserve access to him
#I could rant for forever about how much dofuwani shippers COMPLETELY misunderstand Crocodile as a character#Talking about (Omg twice divorced dofuwani) as if Crocodile would ever lack the self respect to marry or even datd doflamingo#In the first place#I have that damned tag filtered out but it still gets on my page#and before anyone comes at me with (Ugh can't you just have fun hes just a character) no im autistic and i rarely take shows as seriously#As I do One piece#And I take crocodile even MORE seriously#(omgggg dofuwani scene) and its a scene of crocodile telling Doflamingo they arent on the same level and that he'll kill him#That isn't Crocodile playing coy or hating him but loving him#When crocodile hates he HATES#Crocodile doesn't stand for disrespect! He doesn't stand for bitches like Doflamingo! I genuinely doubt you understand the first thing#About Crocodile if you ship Dofuwani#ok rant over#don't bring dofuwani on my posts#Crocodile genderbenders are a whole different can of worms ive already talked about#1pc#sir crocodile#DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE FACT DOFLAMINGO IS A CELESTIAL DRAGON#why in GODS fucking name would crocodile EVER want someone who was a celestial dragon and actively lusts for the power he had as one#And you know#I actually did ship dofuwani before I actually got to Crocodile and Doflamingos intros#Then I got to it and was like wow. this ship makes zero fucking sense#Also like Doflamingo is implied to be a rapist and a very canon human trafficker but. whatever!
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wanted to say I appreciate your nuanced takes on MW and especially Curly. i don't get the claim that the fandom is full of Curly apologists when majority (esp yt and tiktok) say he's worse than Jimmy. Yes there's commentary about bro culture defending people, he def messed up in trying to placate Jimmy (tbh "we'll fix this" sounded more like trying to keep someone prone to outbursts like Jim calm and not hurt Anya/himself) but I don't think he did nothing to help Anya, since she continued to confide in him and he had less than a week to resolve it before the crash (I also don't get everyone saying he knew for ages when it seems like Anya told him that same week). I get Jimmy's a pos but saying stuff like Curly should've known he'd crash the ship or that Jim had a criminal record he ignored, reducing them to obviously horrible villain and willfully ignorant sidekick feels like a disservice to the game. If your best friend turned out to be horrible, what would you do in a confined space in the span of a few days to respond? I'd say some of the horror comes from trying to do good but ultimately failing, Curly's state after the crash is meant to be tragic horror not revenge/punishment
Thank you and this is what I want to get across.
A lot of information we have to supplement when it comes to how long things have been happening on this current ship. I think people try to add on to the horror and negligence by making things more obvious so it can feel like it was easier to avoid when, true to life, its not. Jimmy clearly didn't deserve or appreciate what Curly did for him in getting him the job, but do you think if Jimmy was that big of a menace on Earth he would've given him a position where he could have that level of power over people's lives? There's something in the fact he specifically chose to pick a position so close to himself where he could watch Jimmy.
I hate the bro code argument because that is a whole can of worms people really don't get. That sort of mentality is born from the general respect and preference of male matter over female ones. Curly is clearly not that guy, he is absent minded about the issue and inadvertently dismissive but he clearly believes Anya, he just can't understand what she's going through. It's an onslaught of information that no one really reacts right to. Additonally, the entire discussion of her assualt plays to heavy into the idea that there is fault outside of the perpertratior when it comes to SA. It's too close if she only did this or if Curly had protected her better but the fact of the matter is Jimmy did what he did. He did it before any of the conversations with Anya about it and it's why her behavior seemed to change so drastically in those last two days.
He has other conflicting thought and while his role as a Captain should've taken over, people act like it's not a very human thing to have such a toxic presence cloud your judgement. It is never easy to separate friend from coworker once that connection is formed, you want to help them, especially if they were friend first and for a long while like in this case. It's not right, but people act like it would be easy when the game clearly points out that no choice is easy to make, especially when you have to make it for more than one person. You have the weigh the consequences, look at all the options and make a plan. People can headcanon and decide how long things where happening, but if we look at what we were presented through the characters eyes, the only person given time to do that was Jimmy.
He waited two months after the crash to appoint himself Captain. Every time a problem was brought up he immediately took action and refused to sit on it and find a better solution. I think it's important to look at the warped way Jimmy takes initiative where Curly didn't as it works as a good contrast of why you don't just run in to "fix" things. The quickest and easiest option may not be the safest or most beneficial. I think some thoughts on the game suffer from the black and white thinking the game doesn't operate on along with us being voyeurs. We see what exactly led to what but the characters don't. They don't have the hindsight and foresight we do and even ours is scrambled by the non-linear story telling.
Like it's hard to talk abuou those grey zones without sounding like an apologist because you're explaining why taking responsibility isn't easy. It's not and it's weird to act like it would be in a scenerio that led up to the events of the game knowing what we know. We see all these characters in such isolated moments with various things before, in between, after and even during we aren't privy too. The idea that Jimmy is worse than Curly heavily banks on the words Jimmy was saying to Jimmy before he crashed the ship. That whatever happened on the ship was his responsibility to bare, which is true due to his position. But, are they not still not responsible for taking the actions Curly then must bare?
Like i feel like people think that these are situation that become easier with age or when you are in a postion of authority and they aren't. You don't lose your biases or gain some sudden knowledge that makes it easier. It just becomes more tiring as you keep dealing with it. I would be first in line to say Curly fucked up and should've done more but the idea he knew how bad it could get or he really saw the worst in the people around him and ignored it pretty much ignores a huge aspect of his character and the game.
#i do believe Anya was a victum to Jimmy more than once before the crash but the game plays wit the sort of fear of waiting and stagnation#i believe the reason she decided to tell him was becasuse she finally broke down and tested to see if she was pregnant after one too many#signs and its why she went to hide the gun because she knew now that there was proof of what Jimmy did and was he would do anything to#cover it up and while she also didn't want the baby there was no sure fire way to safely induce a miscarriage or abortion cause shes smart#enough to know that hence her reading the illusion of choice and taking measures to protect herself#but in the hypothetical it was a one time occurence I think Jimmy would act like one single mistake shouldn't define him and Anya thinks#that if she did something sooner or said something sooner than she or Curly could've stopped all of it but that the hard thing taking actio#its so hard to be preventative to a person like they also have the autonomy to do things and no one on the ship is okay with actively takin#that away outside of Jimmy that its just a delicate issue and people act like it was a conscious choice not to help when he just helped#wrong he did wrong by not immediately punishing Jimmy but at the same time did he even fully get it yet? Jimmy immediately got into his hea#after like the sound design right before he confront him is telling like every track sort of gives you the feeling of the characters where#we cant see their thoughts because again the only two characters pov we get are Jimmy's and Curly's and even then we only get Curly's thru#the responsibilites he has to take like he is always tasked with something because thats his role but we rarely see him do something off hi#own volition cause hes a metaphorical cog in many of the machines the games comments on but he's not actively pulling a switch#also i think people latch on to the we can both be heros things too much when analyzing Curly because Curly very much is not happy being th#leader and current “hero” of the Tulpar he just wants out in a way that doesn't hurt and while he is still responsible for not doing more#the idea he could've easily nipped this in the butt acts like Jimmy was not a beast of his own and that he made Jimmy into the person he wa#vs the fact that Jimmy is a person on his own right that makes these choices others are forced to take responsibility for when he simply c#couldve not done evil shit like at the end of the day Curly is not perfect but not nearly or remotely as bad as Jimmy because for that hed#have to not care hed have to not have tried hed have to not try to take responsibility and he did just not in the right way but thats#subjective to the person and you can only realize you did fuck up after the results are before you and its tragic like this game is a#a tragedy no matter how you try and spin it. There's lessosn to be learnt but at the end of the day it telling the worst moments of peoples#lives and the certain inevitabilities that come with it#mouthwashing#mouthwashing game#curly mouthwashing#captain curly#nurse anya#anya mouthwashing#jimmy mouthwashing
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this thing i do when i have not consume anything about a media but this guy who makes art about that media is really good and im gonna follow them. And also its probably because of the sunglas- [I AM SHOT DEAD]
#.this tumblr user is having a certified category 7 insanity#I should never have watchh that old first media i consume. Strangling my 10 years old self WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME#Even if that fandom is the first introduction to gay people young me have seen and normalize gay people so much for me#Fandom did lots for me tbh its good for my 10 yrs old self. Despite that fandom havibg a bad rap#It actually didnt do what people accuse it of doing at all it did not do it to me at least#I was young and all i care about was how stupodly funny it was and holy god good animatics#I LITERALLY DONT CARE ABOUT THAT BAD PART i literally dont even know it exists until later on in my second relaspe#But like i only consume it on youtube when i first interacted with it i dont have social media at that time#And due to it i have been pointed in a VERY good direction#Thank god i didnt become brainwashed by a random evil channel as a kid on unfiltered youtube#And was instead too busy watching gay dudes kissing#Thank GOD for that fandom it did a lot of good for me. BUT IT NOW FUCKED ME OVER SO BADD ALSSOOOOO#I dont know if i ever will admitwhat it is except to a few close people#But i will forever curse out the main guy FOR INFLICTING ME WITH INSANITY WITH SUNGLASSES FIGUREEEE FUCKK YOUUUUUUU#And the dude hes shipped wwith DAWGGG FUCK YOUU TOOO FOR AFFECTIBG ME WITH YOU DISEASE TOO#Except the second guy? You gotta be really specific to get the dude right. And its rare to find a character similar to him that i actually-#-like! Its a whole weird thing with a second dude. I have conflicting feelings about him#But basically the first dude impact on me is much more obvious (see: sunglasses) but yeah the second guy did numbers on me too#TL;DR: WHATEVER! IM GOING INSANE! ^_^
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I wanna protect everyone who's still willing to draw joukai art in this day and age while braving how it's increasingly the fandom black sheep ship and tumblr's shitty reblogging drought
#not gonna lie I get so mad sometimes when I look at the notes and reblog rates of this ship's art compared to others#not gonna say which but it feels like every damn one at this point#but I can't blame anyone who gives up because they don't feel like they're getting validated for their efforts#makes me sad when they do or decide it's better to invest their time in other ships#understandably not everyone can keep going on spite like I do#🧂🧂🧂#yeah yeah preaching to the crowd#there are many rare pairs out there with it worse#but at least no one is telling them that their ship is abusive or lecturing them#or i hope not because that shit is patronizing as hell and people should stfu#unsurprisingly I still have a chip on my shoulder there#look my brain is in an awful place because of work and I'm gonna rant about fandom instead
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ThriftBooks I can literally buy this new on Amazon for $18*, why are your algorithms so stupid.
*I am not going to pay $18 for it, which is why I set up the alert on the website that literally markets itself by name as being thrifty, but the point is you absolutely do not have the upper hand here and it's hysterical that you're pretending you do.
#i hate dynamic pricing so bad y'all#p.s. just for fun I put the ISBN in to their buyback form to see what they are offering people for something this Rare and Special#and it said 'sorry no sale; we have enough of that item!' which. clearly you do not??#just want to make it clear to everyone that in 99% of cases ThriftBooks is no longer the cheapest place to get your books#it offers some deals on popular brand new books to compete with Amazon. But otherwise? go to eBay. i promise TB's 'rewards program' is#a lateral move at best when you add up what you save by buying cheaper items from sellers who also offer free shipping and#oftentimes discounts when you buy 3 or 4 at a time#this turned into a soapbox post but seriously every time I look at their site I am ASTOUNDED how downhill it's sped in the last few years#can't even trust ThriftBooks' grading system (AND their policy is no refunds or returns for any reason if the book cost less than $15#even when they flat out lie to you that a book is in Like New condition so you pay the extra $2...to get a book with torn and bent pages#and since my rant keeps spiraling: i still have alerts on for relatively scarce items just in case#but the last one they sent me was for Blood and Treasure season 2 on DVD (yay!) and it was...like $40 for an EX-LIBRARY copy lmao
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