#I’m practicing talking in the tags

[lenardw]

Happy Summer Solstice! 6/21/23

I did not take aesthetic photos today 😔 but it was a very good day. I stayed decently focused working from home, wrote a piece that I’ve been meaning to get to, made a new friend on tumblr and the forest app :) (open to make more as well), and ran a delightful dnd session. Tomorrow will be some dedicated grind time for my unit plan, because the conference I will share it at is right around the corner

[thebaldursmouthgazette]

I’m sure Dumat being defeated the same year andraste was born means nothing

I’m sure this has nothing to do with the fact that andrastes mother was part of a tribe who helped the grey wardens fight and defeat dumat the same year she was born, meaning that she could have been a fetus affected by the taint in the proximity of a dying arch demon

And the fact that nobody knows which grey warden killed dumat, as seven wardens died from injuries from his death throes, and therefore we cannot actually identify a warden who absorbed his soul, means nothing

And I’m sure it is a complete coincidence that andraste had dreams and visions of the being later referred to as the maker her whole life, and behaved strangely, talking about hearing lost voices and seeing strange auras. That absolutely doesn’t sound like anyone else we know

[fairyofshampgyu]

he’s literally so beautiful and handsome

[godblooded]

so like… controversial opinion but… if you agree there should be more female muses or lesbians… uhh… write them?

[iwonderwh0]

Here’s a take

And let for a moment ignore the dbh and think of androids in general, in a more realistic way

Humans don’t hate androids because they are “perfect” or some shit like that

But because they exploit human emotions and turn human sympathy and compassion for each other into a vulnerability.

Now on how exactly androids poison human connection by mimicking it. Think of how corporate world exploits positivity and makes it toxic, uses major key music and bright colours, smiles at you with a big smile while not actually being friendly or caring about you, something that a lot of people grew so sick of that being unapologetically unfriendly and grumpy became kind of an attractive trait that in comparison feels GENUINE. So what happens when a corporation becomes so good at imitating human connection that you can’t even tell the difference? You become suspicious to other people.

You see genuine human interaction through the prism of constantly comparing it with androids. You start to pick up the exact things androids mimic and start to run new versions of Turing’s test on everyone.

Imagine being fired from your job by what looks like another human, a pretty one, that looks genuinely sorry. Genuinely sympathetic. And what’s worse – you fall for it. You leave feeling this sympathy and only when you start to think about it logically as opposed to emotionally (you just got manipulated), you realise that no real human even cared enough to talk to you personally. Not only you got fired, your company manipulated you into thinking that they still genuinely care about you. The resentment that will grow in you the longer you think about it will only be amplified with each “genuine” android you see.

Now when you see another beautiful human you can’t even appreciate their beauty because they are too much like an android. People who are pleasant to be around suddenly make you feel uncomfortable because they are a little too much like androids. And the more “genuinely-looking” androids get, the less genuine humans who do the exact same thing will look in comparison. Their behaviour will be subconsciously registered as an attempt to manipulate.

Now, think of millennial “grumpy” response to toxic positivity multiplied by ten, the one that spreads into each human interaction you have. Everyone is a test subject. Nothing is genuine. When it looks like it is –you are being manipulated into liking someone who isn’t even fucking real. Suddenly being near assholes becomes weirdly comforting, because at least you can be sure that this is real. As a protest to androids becoming better at imitating love, you start to sparkle your casual interactions with hate. It becomes new way of assuring your humanity, authenticity, your real life “I’m not a robot” badge that you exchange with other people that are equally testing you for authenticity as you are testing them.

And living in a society where you subconsciously start to view interactions as only genuine when they are expressing negative emotions (to be more specific, egoistic and hostile ones) — this is hell. It will make you miserable. It will make you hate androids for stealing something so precious you didn’t know it could be stolen. And seeing people who fall for this emotional trap every time, going as far as defending androids, preferring them to real people — will only make you angrier. And there is nothing you can really do with this anger either, other than to gradually become more and more hostile towards the androids and the people who defend them.

Sure, you hate the company(ies) responsible for androids, but you don’t interact with their representatives every day – you interact with androids. The product. And under this angle, will people hate androids? Yes. Yes, they will. And if you are not delusional, you’ll learn to hate them as well. The hatred is justified, as androids are the walking embodiment of a dark pattern*. It’s not about them “stealing jobs” (company executives made a conscious decision of “optimising” their businesses), it’s not about them “being perfect”. It’s far deeper than that.

* dark pattern is basically psychologically effective manipulative design. As an example – infinite scroll, gambling games, fake close buttons that make you click the ad, etc.

[javierduffy]

kieran and javier finding moments or even seconds of domestic bliss in canon pls

my friend i have scoured, deep sea dived, deep cleaned, poker all-inned and i have never once in my rdr2 career ever been able to find a positive interaction between them in canon. i didn’t think they even had ANY for the longest time until someone found one and its literally javier threatening kieran … which i would personally not categorize as “domestic bliss”. i think our best bet for canon content is crossing our fingers and praying that the ai for them in camp has them sit next to each other momentarily

[cabeswaterdrowned]

Sorry (not) but I find anyone who acts like Blue is making something out of nothing when she’s mad Adam’s first question is about the kissing to be like. Deeply suspicious. Of course she is mad that’s the first thing he asked her! They’ve been walking on eggshells around each other and not really communicating since the last aborted kiss attempt which is on both of them to some degree, but when he comes around to her it’s only for this and when she has so many fears and insecurities about not properly belonging in the gang because she’s a girl (which is founded based on the fact aside from Noah they’ve all been misogynistic towards her at some point even if it was passive) and not being respected, when she’s also an outsider at home because of a different thing she can’t control. And you can not say that her feeling Adam is treating her like a thing to have and not a person he connects with is unfounded he again literally “I got Blue without you!” screamed at Gansey, consistently going to her after they fight (he did it end of TRB after repugnant too) to validate himself or just generally when he’s falling apart looking for validation from her like in the apartment scene. It’s not a bad thing to seek validation from your partner and in TRB before I’d say the last quarter I think Blue and Adam were genuinely connecting and developing a friendship while also exploring their feelings/attractions to each other, which did always have elements of seeking escape or validation for both of them in different ways, but it’s dissolved into that so much now. And I do think Blue is to some degree mad at Adam because he’s here and available to be mad at when she’s also mad at Gansey for it (I don’t think they’re *in the wrong * for not inviting her but they are in the wrong for not even considering she could want to go or at least want to be in the loop, also even though it’s Gansey’s party if Adam is trying to be her *boyfriend* it was kind of his place to ask her) so she’s conveying anger at Adam when the anger is for both of them, and also more general factors she’s frustrated by, but also Adam has the exact same response of channeling emotions that aren’t solely about Blue through their fights (and to his credit he is self aware that he does this) so again crucifying Blue for it is whack imo. Also to check myself on shipper-brain for the Adam-Gansey aspect of it, well obviously I read that here as a factor because I’m me, but for arguments sake on the premise Adam has No feelings about Gansey that are anything other than platonic Blue would still have a right to be mad about him prioritizing his platonic male friends over her and treating them with more respect, obviously, because misogyny exists (also these are not two contradictory readings in that I think they’re both factors. Signed an Adam Stan).

[great-tusk]

Ugh. I had a really bad day.

[lesbianboyfriend]

i love the performing arts so much but more and more i am realizing that the sort of run-yourself-into-the-ground rehearsing mentality in these spaces is not sustainable for me…and it’s like i get it because i understand how much hard work goes into those performances!!! i know how important it is to be at every rehearsal!!! and i know no one ever intends to make it an exhausting endeavor on a huge time crunch but the reality of it is that that’s the only way to get it done sometimes with the limited resources most artists are working with….still as a disabled performer this kind of behavior is even less viable for me than my able-bodied peers and i’m increasingly faced with the choice between my health and my passion. and the unfortunate matter is the groups/spaces that are more accommodating aren’t ever the ones that are offering opportunities at the level i want and enjoy. i don’t know how to grapple with this without compromising something important to me.

[gothsuguru]

getting an iced pumpkin chai in the morning and then my personal goal is to spend the whole day writing and i hope i can come back to this post tomorrow and rb w how much progress i’ve made!!!

[danielnelsen]

so. is that first interaction with varric’s mirror the only chance you get to say that you’re trans?

like i did so maybe that just means i can’t interact because ive done it already, but.. for starters, what if i wanted to change my mind? and also, there was another thing i could choose with the mirror and i can’t remember what it was about so im hoping it wasn’t significant. i expect it wasn’t because whatever it is shouldn’t be mutually exclusive with being trans

i do like how they did the trans thing tho. you don’t have to choose those options if you don’t want to, even if you choose they/them as pronouns or say you’re nonbinary, and it explicitly says if you say you’re trans it’ll be something you’ll get some chances to discuss in-game

we’ll see how they handle those actual conversations, but i think this is a good way to have done it!

[alangdorf]

& btw I’ve lost about a week of my life to thinking about this egg. Hi

[cartoonartistpng]

Yo wait what if rings in Sonic were literally energy

No- I know that they are canonically energy

I mean like what if they’re not made of metal, they’re made of visible energy looping around small and random gravitational spaces at such a high velocity that they look solid to the naked eye

It’s why they also just vanish when disturbed, because the energy pulled to that specific gravitational point is disrupted and disperses. If a living being (or anything else that consumes energy) is the one disrupting it, the energy immediately flows into them as the next closest pull aka “path of least resistance”. They also flicker out of existence when dropped, vanishing (or rather dispersing) into thin air

It’s also why there’s a ring limit, because the body can only handle so much extra energy

Also, it’s why rings can “respawn” because over time, ambient energy in the environment are slowly sucked back to those gravitational pulls, restarting the cycle. The energy can be dispersed and disturbed, but given enough time, it will regain its natural shape

Disclaimer: I don’t actually know how science works. My knowledge is high school level. Also i don’t think “gravitational” is the correct word here. Maybe “magnetic”?

I woke up this morning and wrote this with a headache

[mars-ipan]

hey all

[noelledeltarune]

i think the stress fully just got to me oh my god. anyways

[great-tusk]

i want to know from gen 3! that's our source jfjdjf

- Bel

Hell yeah! I love gen 3. I really like Wallace. I’ve always really loved contests and water types, so I was like “WOW HE’S SO COOL!” and then they went and made him super cunty in the remakes, so that’s extra fun.

I also like Lucy a lot! I think that she’s really pretty.

As for platonics, I really like Juan and Drake! Drake because I like to imagine that all of the dragon specialists are my friends, and Juan because he has so much swag.