#Idk man. this is one of the main cores of the problem for me

[nabesthetics]

Dorian really be making moves against outside-of-app fantales while not actually implementing updates to their own app that would make content made in it look and feel as good as many of us would like.

They're making all these aggressive moves to get more people to use their app, but they don't provide a better foundation for creators they claim to value. Several streaming updates last year, a whole new "trivia mode" that sure is great for engagement, but I still can't set a sprite to be displayed in the middle of the screen.

Creative people shouldn't be staying on your app because it's their only option for their project. They should want to stay because it's good. For some people it already is good enough. Want more people? Make it better.

[androgymess]

ARCANE SEASON 2 YAP FEST, SPOILERS season 2 is rushed, to no ones surprise since netflix put a gun to everyone's head for an early release, but that aside, i do personally enjoy reading between the lines of the show

the jesus (smtimes moses) and judas (ramses can apply too) depiction of viktor and jayce, ambessa's protectiveness over mel making some real sense now, amebessa's foreshadowed death and mel picking up the pieces in the intro etc etc, all good stuff

i LOVE this season dont get me wrong, but the speedrunning and time skips (esp when caitlyn goes through TWO ARCS, IN LIKE, SPLIT SECONDS?) i do fucking hope she has not forgiven jinx all willy nilly after becoming reincarnation of hitler for a good minute there

like PLEASEEE TAKE UR TIME, WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A SEASON 3 MAN. or atleast let the writers cook up for another 3 years, i LOVED the current two arcs of season 2 but i mourn the lack of fucking dialogue? jayce and viktor barely talking is crazy to me?

relying on songs (which are bangers) to carry the emotional weight of your scenes, we have MORE fight scenes than dialogue between important characters, i loved s1 because the characters...talked, you could fill in the subtext there too, at some point s2's subtext was just me over-reading into every aspect of the show, isha is a plot device at the end of the day, the noxian storyline didn't have enough time to stand on its legs, idk, show me more scenes with caitlyn going further unhinged and drowning in mourning that causes more death to people

plus the black rose stuff is...idk? introduced too quickly, that is one of the main problems with the show, it expects people to get emotionally attached to certain things or characters and neglects alot of its core cast in favor of progression

but when the plot starts progressing without your characters, it makes me as a viewer also lag behind. before anyone comes for my neck, like i said i LOVE seasons 2, i love it enough to be critical of its shortcomings in my humble nobody opinion, i loved not being spoonfed and babied by the show. i can even look past the pacing issues, but the plot devices we got this season is crazy, one offs, first draft storylines as one of my friends said, but eh, better we get arcane than have netflix cancel it.

to wrap this up, they are gonna explore more league storylines, probably in the works already so that is something to look forward to

[marshvlovestv]

There was a moment from Ghosts that I saw last night that really impressed me from a writing standpoint and kind of encapsulates what I find so very special about this show.

For full context, there was an episode all the way back in season 1 where Thor Learns a Lesson(tm) about apologizing. There's then a punchline where what he takes away from the situation is kind of a bad, twisted version of the lesson, that apologies are an instant conflict resolver that fix everything with no consequences. I saw this and didn't think much of it. I've watched sitcoms before, I've seen characters take away the wrong lesson at the end of the episode as a joke plenty of times. It's not like this change is going to stick with him throughout the series or anything.

But then it did stick with him. Thor reiterates this new "apology=instant total forgiveness" belief multiple times throughout the next seasons, and I'd dare to say it becomes a core part of his problem-solving strategy. And then, halfway through season 3, when Flower comes back and learns how Thor hurt Nancy while she was gone, he tries it again. He apologizes, says that means he's forgiven with no consequences. And Flower just says, "No."

And yes, that made my heart hurt because Flower and Thor are the cutest and I love them but at the same time I was just kind of in awe of what I was seeing. I love sitcoms, I always have, but you have to admit that they have a problem with characters changing from episode to episode to be whatever they need to be for the funny plot the writers came up with to work. Character consistency and continuity is not usually a priority when it comes to sitcom writing, but on Ghosts it really, really is. The main cast on Ghosts are complex and layered but also internally consistent, and the plots are built around them rather than the other way around. And I mean, sometimes that consistency goes too far, because nearly every character has at least one running gag associated with them that is repeated a little too often to the point where it's not that funny anymore (cod, pizza, Hamilton, bank robbing, Pete's wife cheated on him can we please give the poor man a break). But at the same time none of these characters are just that one thing. And I just watched a character get bitten on the ass by a bad lesson he learned two seasons ago.

Ghosts is good, you should watch Ghosts :) (The American version at least, idk much about the UK version but my brother says it's much darker and I like a silly little time)

[puckpocketed]

on the topic of mutuals actually ! (+ my thoughts on blocking) long and winding non essay under the cut.

mutualism and friendship

it's come up semi-regularly in conversation in the past month-ish and i've been marinating on it so I guess I should write my thoughts down here.

i'm sure this isn't a groundbreaking brainwave no one has ever had before but uh . i think this is probably a product of having grown up with very little social media but i just dont particularly care for the concept of mutuals. i dont think about it. i think of people on here as friends first and mutuals second. "mutuals" is barely meaningful to me as a label other than shorthand for friends, and even then it is rendered useless by the fact that I think of some non-mutuals as friends.

idc if you follow my blog back, if we're regularly interacting and having fun then we are friends regardless of mutual status. the focus on "being mutuals" is, to me, a little impractical (and sidebar,, honestly its kinda crazy how divorced it is from the real human phenomenon of connection and friendship. hello!!!!! why we letting social media button supplant friendship and connection. not to be Old Man Yells at Clouds but what are we doing raising this generation to think about being mutuals and commenting/liking posts as some friendship obligation, on the same level as smiling at them or laughing with them. hello. what are we doing giving them anxiety about whether or not enough people liked their posts. what are we doing???? does someone wanna talk about this with me because it eats me up lmao)

I'd rather people follow me because they, idk, enjoy the little character bits i do + my unhinged liveblogging + occasional gifs and baking - rather than out of some obligation because we are friendly. don't put yourself through the ordeal of being flooded by sharks magma whenever they play a game just because we're friends LMAO i wouldn't do that for anyone if the situation were reversed !!

^on this topic, if I don't follow you back it doesn't mean I don't like you, I might simply not vibe with your blog. the decision to follow is not predicated on whether or not we have good rapport. it's literally just choosing to see your blog on my feeds. speaking as someone who has done a fair bit of leg work to curate my internet experience, following/not following is part of that. and I think of other people's choices this way as well. i think not vibing with my blog is fine! it is incredibly scattered and the content is NOT for everyone and that's okay.

on blocking

blocking simply aint that big to me. I don't take it seriously or personally if i somehow realise I've been blocked, and blocking others isn't personal for me either. to me it is, again, simply an act of dashboard curation. I think i'd be way more anxious if i thought about blocking in terms of liking/hating.

I block people for all sorts of reasons, silly or serious. Sometimes i'm just annoyed that day, sometimes they say stuff that is deeply offensive to me. There's a whole spectrum of feelings about the blogs subject to my blocking habits that fall between the two extremes. at the core of it, it's about not wanting to see them in my feeds. simple as that.

(by the by, I block from my main blog and not my side blog, so people can still see things from puckpocketed if they want, and I don't have to see them! WIN-WIN!)

blog =/= blogger. I try to keep this distinction clear in my head. when a person makes a post on their blog and I have a problem with it, whether it annoys me mildly (stupid rude shit on my posts) or genuinely offends me to my core (racism or something), blocking them is not about saying "fuck you". it is not the "I have moral highground" button. not to me.

everything falls under this umbrella: racism, misogyny, completely out of pocket comments on my posts, being mildly annoying. Blocking isn't personal because I don't actually know anyone well enough to hate them, and the act of curating my feeds ain't praxis. blogging isn't praxis. I have bigger fish to fry so to speak. I have a real life and people to care for and communities to build. I have poetry to read and dogs to say hello to. i got a whole life to live!

the content of someone's blog is a TINY portion of who they are when weighed against the rest of their existence. it is but a sliver of their life and their personhood. I see it like this: wouldn't like it very much if someone made sweeping conclusions about my personhood based on my blog posts, and so I try not to do that either. key word is try. I don't always succeed and I think that's okay. we are all doing what we can on this bitch of an earth <3 what is most important is I'm trying to give people the grace I'd want for myself. like . shit. isn't that what its all about?? (mini confessional: I was a mean and angry person for a long time. in some ways i still feel like i am. but learning kindness by studying it instead of having it baked into my brain chemistry or however the fuck other people get it has taught me that we have to try)

anyway if u are still reading this hiii!!! I'd say sorry i just wanted to put my thoughts somewhere but . well. its MY blog and i get to paste weird magazine cutouts and glitter to my walls if i wanna !!! thank u for ur time

[nomsfaultau]

(Potentially) daily ask №2

Fault!Ranboo and Genloss!Ranboo edition due to the Founder's cut coming out today!

Fault!Ranboo

Okay does his thing kinda work like the shy man? So photos and videos count too? To the same degree?

Do they have any backstory lore? Before they were captured by the foundation?

Unstoppable force vs an immovable object question. Could anyone from the main gang defeat them? Like, how strong are they actually assuming someone looked them in the eye? Phil doesn't count he's a literal god.

If they and the main gang met, do you think they'd get along? What sort of relationships would they have with each member of the gang?

Would making a one-way mirror glasses for them work to basically disable their powers? Like they can see everything but the others can't see their eyes? Of course you could probably still get a glance from under the glasses considering their height but uh.. idk man, ski mask. But one-way mirror.

At this point you might as well count the universe in which I just spontaneously appear there an au because I can and will give you hypothetical scenarios of me interacting with the characters. On this note. BOOM *spontaneously revives them, convinces the whole ass foundation that they never existed so that they won't be searched for, revives that one doctor's wife, gives Ranboo a ski mask and teleports them to sbi* DONE WOO HI HOW ARE YA FEELIN'? (directed at them)

Gives them their favourite cookies for the emotional damage

Generation-loss!Ranboo

Do you know about genloss? Do you watch it? I know you said that you're not a fan of horror but tbh it's mostly psychological horror and some gore. Mostly silly though.

Are you gonna be watching Founder's cut today when it comes out in like 1.5 hours?

Any thoughts on it? Place to rant basically

The fault crew + Ranboo get teleported into the world of genloss suddenly. Specifically during choice while Ranboo and Charlie are running around the mall. How well does it go for either of them?

[Spoilers for Fault. like really stinking big ones]

Initially I thought not, but I think the real core of the powerset is being unbeholden. So he would go on a rampage if eye contact was made via camera/video. However, the ender pearl is a physical object that can't pass through walls when they teleport. So I suppose they'd just be determinedly trying to burrow through a wall, always knowing exactly where the person was but unable to reach.

Ranboo is alas a very very very minor character currently, like 'backstory to a tertiary supporting character' minor. Does not have backstory before the Foundation explored in or out of Fault...but will be showing up again eventually so more may be explored at that time. But as of yet, not really. Mostly because Ranboo's origins would have to be extreeeeemely far back in the timeline due to being (biig spoiler here) the source of the Foundation's amnestics. Philza has mentioned knowing of the Foundation for at least a few centuries, but also they do a very good job of being unknown. This gets into very foggy territory that's the bane of any urban fantasy's existence actually, because presumably if modern society is nearly identical to our own something has to have been suppressing anomalies from the dawn of time, in this case via Ranboo amnestics or some other means. So unless we assume time travel (which many SCP stories do, and which would be TERRIBLE for my story) I suppose Ranboo -or the phenomena of Ranboo, this could just be the latest vessel- could be very very old. I'd caution on the side of vessel, so potentially they began as a human ? or some other creature that then was changed by the god/entity using him? This entity then having had many many forms over time, frequently captured by use of the Foundation/analogous organization. Perhaps it was once extremely powerful, dampening the memories of humanity for its own reasons, leading to the current regime. oh. so i've just like solved a major world building problem. sick. Oh god I have racing thoughts about this now....

I think most could tbh. I mean Lawrence Lethe (ew) defeated them. In a physical fight Ranboo represents a horror monster threat to base humans, mostly by being tall fast strong and vicious plus some occasional teleportation, but has a very glaring weakness. Tubbo wouldn't for moral reasons but could also just fly way high up so Ranboo can't throw the enderpearl far enough. Tommy's Red might count close enough to water and dissolve them, though there is a debate on if Red would be able to thwart them from attacking him? That's a can of worms you could argue in any direction you want I think so I won't touch it. The Blade al.ways.wins. Like no matter what. Uh oh what's that the forecast looks like a storm how unfortunate anyway deadzo. Phil would turn that sucker to glass. And Wilbur loves eating sand. Though I suppose if he managed to eat their soul he could get Ranboo powers...? Anyway smack down that twink is OBLITERATED.

Ranboo will meet at least some of the main gang albeit as a skull and pile of sand. Tubbo is going to be. Well. in a REALLY funky head space due to encounters with Void madness. But they're going to be like???? our husband????????? not our husband? what plane of the universe are we on?? How do we know what is Real??? Existence is gonna fall apart-- while Ranboo is just like aw thanks for rescuing me random stranger this is great! ^-X Wilbur thinks Ranboo is very inconvenient to move around but at least they don't eat much? Ranboo doesn't like being around it because the void keeps nibbling. Philza would have STRONG feelings about Ranboo due to his horrific experience with amnestics. But also would acknowledge that Ranboo hadn't much say in the matter, and ultimately treat them politely yet indifferently as he does most people he doesn't view as important (anyone that isn't his Collected or a problem). The Blade is very stiff and unhappy as he isn't as good separating them from all of his friends forgetting about him. Bit more of a problem than Phil since The Blade usually handles his problems extremely directly via murder, but he has enough character development at this point to see killing Ranboo won't help. After some friction he gets over it and after some awkwardness is probably down to joke around and be his normal dorky self with Ranboo. Tommy would have resentment about what happened to Phil since he's very loyal, but then Ranboo would make him laugh and he'd forget about it lol. Also 2x scared of touching them.

It's based on Ranboo feeling like they're being perceived to an extent? So I think if Ranboo thought they were being watched they'd also go on a rampage. I think the Foundation just blinded them with a blindfold. Or morbidly, perhaps would rip out their eye and wait for it to regrow, to create a stash of ender pearls for Foundation personnel use...?

Lawrence would be reeling, and then probably assume having the wifey back means his redemption arc is finished. This would cause Many problems later on. Speaking of problems, the Foundation would be PANICKING. Oh my god. I think if convinced Ranboo never existed there'd be utter chaos of them trying to figure out what cognito hazard is messing with them. So while the Foundation is set on fire and the entire premise of the series collapses, let's ignore that and see how the gang is doing! I'm going to say they're dropped at the end of the most recent chapter. Assuming they don't startle and attack in self defense, Tommy is utterly delighted to get even more friends because he's so starved for people, Tubbo is trying to figure out if the wife revival thing would work for themselves/Rhodes (potentially while simultaneously flirting with Ranboo for maximum comedic value)((but also probably Rosalind since that's destroying them)), The Blade is trying to figure out if the teleportation act could be used to break out of the Foundation in the future, Wilbur is disgruntled by strangers (one of which is HUMAN), and Phil is mostly trying to figure out if there's a security risk if they could be found...but is probably quickly assured it's fine given he got Tommy via accidental summoning shenanigans. Since I don't think the ski mask thing would work, Ranboo would probably be blindfolded. I think Tubbo would act as seeing eye bees for them, developing little short hand codes to help them move around and really bonding over that. Phil is the type of guy to do blind fold training and have tips. The Blade commiserates with them over the time he lost an eye, and Wilbur with being blinded by the Foundation via light. And potentially the reactions from 4 (-Tubbo bc of timeline, Wilbur bc revived fully) if more well adjusted since the gang is doing better here than in epoch 3-4.

Wilbur insists he eats the cookies first (to make sure they aren't poisoned of course of course). He tells everyone they're disgusting and tries to eat them all but Phil puts a stop to that. Tommy declares that he is perfectly emotionally fine and is only stealing the cookies because he deserves a reward. The Blade argues he should get way extra because of his size. While everyone is bickering Tubbo yoinks them and flies away, only to get chased down by Philza, who distributes them, and reminds everyone else to thank you. Instant Phil points for making his Collected happy.

Genloss

Not really haha. Haven't seen anything of it. I know zilch, except i think a surgery happens and niki is on a carousal whatever that means? Full transparency, I mostly just watched Techno and then Tommy stuff for more Techno content.

4. As I know nothing of genloss, I can't do much here. HOWEVER. There is a pivotal scene in Fault that will take place in a mall. So we can imagine Ranboo and Charlie frolicking in the background amongst piles and piles of Foundation MTF soldier corpses while the main characters have a terse argument about philosophies, morals, and custody?

[mishkakagehishka]

Honestly the joke with the new Barbie movie is the fact that its core message is just such a lukewarm take. It could be boiled down to "Women sometimes face hardships because they are women and men hold power over them. Sad emoji." and yet this was enough to majorly piss people (men) off. Which would be absolutely hilarious if it weren't just so sad.

Like, we have two problems here. One is that man = default. Men are so used to everything catering to them, that they honestly saw a movie titled BARBIE directed by a woman, starring a woman as the titular character, a movie adaptation based around dolls famous for marketing to women, a doll line whose pathetic male-bodied doll was always treated as an accessory sold separately to the female-bodied Barbies, who was always "the boyfriend of Barbie". But because it's a movie, movies are expected to cater to men, right? Because it's cinematography, because it's for adult, mature, refined (male) audiences, it should cater to them, right? And all the pink and all the "he's just Ken" and all the most girliest marketing this movie sent out did not manage to make them think "Hey, I think this movie is for women". No, instead, they said, "Why didn't this movie about a doll line for girls cater to me, an adult man, enough?" You saw it with movies like Star Wars (the one that introduced Rey idk i don't follow sw) and Captain Marvel, but I could even excuse it there. Because it's cool space samurais and it's comic book superheroes - media traditionally marketed to men. Sure, I could see them getting all hormonal and hysterical about a girl?!?!?!?!?@?@?!??@ in THEIR manly men doing manly men things movie?!?!?!?!?!?! and she's NOT just a love interest or damsel in distress or someone's tragic backstory?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!? whadda hell. But Barbie... Barbie? Are girls not even allowed Barbie anymore? What I'm saying is, the first problem is that men are so used to being catered to, that a movie that doesn't even act like it's catering to them got them so upset, because how dare everything not keep them in mind? Right.

As I very cleverly inserted the topic above, female characters in cinema are so often shown as one of three things: a love interest, a damsel in distress, someone's tragic backstory. That's all you got. Oftentimes, movies will critically miss female characters At All (lord of the rings lol), and this is something normal and realistic. In Barbie, first thing you notice is that every major character is a woman. Barbie, Sasha, Sasha's mom (forgot her name, but she IS named, this is important), the many other Barbies who carry the plot in the climax, and so on. Background characters in Barbie Land (why didn't they name is Barbie World...)? Also women. There is a lack of men in this movie, and it hurts their egos soooo bad it's honestly beyond pathetic. Who are your male characters? A handful of Kens. The main Ken is the only one who has some sort of impact on the plot. Allen is comedic relief. The Mattel board guys are comedic relief. Sasha's dad (who i'm pretty sure is unnamed) shows up for two scenes. As comedic relief. They're all irrelevant save for beach Ken.

The second problem is just how absolutely lukewarm the feminism in the Barbie movie is, and despite that, men are treating it like it said women should start castrating men for looking at them wrong. I've seen posts on here talk about it - Barbie also says "the patriarchy hurts men, too" unironically. Could you hold men's hands any more? (In this way, even Barbie is a movie that actually did cater to men. That actually did try to speak to them, too. Because Ken's growth is almost given a bigger spotlight than Barbie's, but whatevs). Barbie's take was that men still oppress women, but just hide it better. That's it. That's enough to anger men worldwide, apparently.

It was just so simple and so stupid in its simplicity. Barbie World is ruled by the Barbies (women). Every night is girls' night. Ken's feelings are hurt because the girl he likes doesn't like him back (a male character whose entire character revolves around the female character he likes - how bout that!). Barbie gets all fucky-wucky and has to go to the real world. She feels objectified and unsafe because men keep leering at her (omg guys did you know... women........ get harassed sometimes😱). Ken feels respected for the first time in his life. Shenanigans happen, Ken goes back, Barbie stays and then goes back. Ken invented the patriarchy in Barbie World. Everything sucks !!! The Barbies take advantage of the fact that men get jealous and possessive over women to distract them so they can reinstate the matriarchy. Barbie goes "um but wait, we were mean... let's be equal :)" etc etc. Tongue in cheek "Kens will have as much power as women in the real world do :)" line. The end.

Sasha? Let's talk about Sasha. Sasha is the Gen Z. You know this because she uses buzzwords. She is, like, the opposite end of the feminism. Or something, she's a bit more radical. She hates Barbie bc of the body image problems, she calls her a fascist and a bimbo, she tells her dad he's doing cultural appropriation by learning Spanish, and she's also shown as a hypocrite because she calls Barbie a nutjob before very quickly correcting herself to say something that sounds more, quotation marks, politically correct. (I think it was "reality-challenged", i wanna emphasise that this really is buzzwords). What I'm saying is, a character that has more radical views than "we should all just get along" is shown as bad for having such views. Its core message is not just lukewarm, it is actively saying, "Don't be radical like lil ol' Sasha, bc that's her character flaw! Let's all get along!".

And this, one movie that flipped the script on them while still keeping up a semblance of catering to men and going "oh, but we're not like those fun-hating women who actually want to be free from the patriarchy, we just want equality", hurt them bad enough that they're writing think pieces about how Barbie is killing traditional values and making women stray. You show men the most castrated and marketable form of quasi-feminism, and they still fight it kicking and screaming.

I don't know where I was going with this. I have no conclusion. Barbie made me laugh a lot, I enjoyed it. The feminism message was somehow both hamfisted and very much limited to "let's acknowledge the daily lives of women". Ken had an entire growth arc about learning to be his own person instead of only Barbie's pursedog (when do you see a female character get that growth...). And it still made men angry. There have been breakups over this movie. You know what I mean? It's all just so meaningless to try and get them to understand.

[windypuddle]

enstars headcanons

ok im going in order but i dont have headcanons for a few characters for sure. so. whatever on we go . just saying in advance these are mostly gender and Autism

fine:

eichi tenshouin: look i cant say anythinf about this guy hes already canonically terminally ill and gay. like what do you want me to do

wataru hibiki: genderfluid. whatever gender fits the performance. shes the moment hes the star theyre the epitome of an actor

tori: boy you are so gnc. princess but not a girl you know

yuzuru: has definitely had impulse thoughts about dying his hair and having a scene phase at 3 am

trickstar

hokuto: bigender. sooooo queer . also autistic

mao: um ritsu braided his hair sometimes when they were younger

ryuseitai:

chiaki: trans guy i have many feelings about this but he leans into the hero thing because its gender affirming. also autism

kanata: no gender only blublublub. likes wearing long skirts. filipino. has like 1 million fish earrings. also autism

tetora: TRANSMASC ‼️💥💪

midori: transfem... also autistic.. she is so important

shinobu: Autism Autism Autism. bonus the detachment from gender that sometimes comes with the autism but he hasnt really thought about it. hes just some guy

alkaloid:

hiiro: transmasc autistic i will die on this hill

aira: my lovely mutuals have convinced me with blasian aira its canon to me now. white french? no. cowards happyele are cowards i tell you. theres such a vast portion of the francophone world that is not white . also transmasc

mayoi: scaredgirl weirdboy core. whatever gender is easier at the moment. she likes being pretty

tatsumi: ok yknow what. fuck it. aroace tatsumi

eden:

nagisa: so much autism. nonbinary guy. religious trauma

ibara: lesbian. not going to elaborate bc thats not my problem ibara is just a lesbian

hiyori: hes just gay idk what to tell you. cisboy gay who is so annoying. when people complain about "gay isn't a personality trait" theyre complaining about him. also chubby

jun: also gay but fans love him for being normal about it. one of his main motivations for working out is being able to princess carry hiyori. hes so polite usually its insane but with eden he doesnt care because he loves them so hes a bit of a bitch

valkyrie:

shu: god is a woman and her name is shu itsuki. transfem and autistic i will Also die on this hill.

mika: transmasc and autistic

2wink:

hinata: men liker but dont ask me about her gender idk

yuuta: i see those slipups in twin peaks girl u are transfem nonbinary i think

crazy:b:

rinne: bigender [wild cheering] also demi aka down bad for niki specifically

niki: tboy swag but hes not really bothered too much about medically transitioning. arospec i think

himeru: Sooooo nonbinary. so so so nonbinary. i like to hc afab nonbinary himeru and mainly got top surgery to more easily pass as kaname but like gahdamn of course you have blue hair and pronouns (they/it/no pronouns)

kohaku: tboy swag . the gender in crazy:b is off the charts

Undead:

rei: 1 million genderqueer and SO gay. has all the problems of an older sister but also the hotness that comes with issues u know.

kaoru: ok. bear with me. aussie. also transfem... like what do you mean you hate men and only hang out with girls. definitely arospec

koga: AUTISM!! weirdgirl to autism boy wonder transmasc swag pipeline

adonis: also autism. he can be gnc. as a treat

akatsuki:

keito: come on man we all know youre gay and insufferable about it

kuro: he should get to have piercings i think

souma: autism boy wonder. while you were busy learning social cues he was studying the blade. also applies to gender norms

ra*bits:

nazuna: boy there is something gender going on with you. weirdboy or maybe a gender cis people have never heard of.

tomoya: That Is The Normalest Girl I've Ever Seen

mitsuru: autism

hajime: girl what is your gender. hes like the narrator of the arch nemesis cynthia post. so poor they cant afford a gender

knights:

tsukasa: autistic and please please please let him be chubby. staring at happyele with my biggest saddest eyes Please let tsukasa be chubby. while you're at it can he wear a skirt. please

leo: ok i give a lot of characters autism because i have autism and i get it but i think leo has adhd

izumi: agender. any pronouns. idk what to tell you he said in next door that he doesnt care about gender only beauty

arashi: only normal one in knights. i love aranee she should get 1 million hours to stress bake if she wants to

ritsu: ah i understand why vampires are gay. occasionally a girl if its funny

switch:

natsume: Diversity win!! the angry witch is transmasc!!! neurodivergent but i think its funnier if i dont specify.

tsumugi: new gender unlocked its pathetic wifeguy. hes every spirit in the fields of punishment and he does it willingly for natsume

sora: wahoo autism ^_^ yippee!!

madara: is cowboy a gender?

feel free to reblog and throw in ur own headcanons i love hearing other fans hcs it is so awesome!!

[fablecore]

i was curious what you thought of the live-action One Piece now that season one is out! personally, i have the same compliants as Geoff of Mother's Basement (youtu.be/43K-H_dtQ9g?si=2n0MLLPmdw0vARk7) where, personally, my main compliants were (1) how clean some of these well-worn outfits and set-pieces were and the bigger one was (2) how Garp was altered but i, like Geoff, have my hopes that s2 can fix that by showing that this is the experience (mostly part from Mihawk) that changed Garp into more of the Garp we see in the manga. "a high 8 or low 9 out of 10" indeed. overall, i think its okay as an adaptation! i like Sanji's perviness being toned down, i dont mind most of the shuffling and changing because it is an adaptation with timeslots and seasons unlike a limitless manga with arcs however long it wants. i can understand if you or others dont like the live-action adaptation though! i just like that it was a good gateway to help me turn some of my friends into One Piece fans, less scared of how BIG One Piece is now the live-action has given them a limited taste, towards the manga or the OnePace.net-editted version of the anime (though i do still plan to have them watched some of the anime-only filler that is fun lmao maybe ill throw a sleepover or something, idk, i just like how OnePace fine-tunes the padded-out pacing problem the later One Piece episodes have) thats the main plus of the live-action adaptation to me

but im curious about your thoughts if you have any?? its okay if you never plan to watch it, i know a few other fans like that and i dont mean for my wuestion to be all peer-pressure-y or anything ♡

i've never heard of onepace until now! i'm in the same boat, i've been watching opla with my sister who's kind of interested in starting one piece but is also intimidated by the anime's episode count. maybe we can watch onepace instead. thanks for letting me know ☺️

i've only seen the first two episodes (but don't care at all about spoilers and have seen a lot already). i didn't like the first episode, zoro particularly, but the second was fun! well... it was camp. combined, i would give it the verdict of "aggressively okay" but this isn't a judgement on anyone who liked it. if you did, i'm happy you had a good time. i just have cinema brain.

what i liked so far: helmeppo's >:O face and his puma trainers. the vfx team in charge of luffy's rubberyness. buggy's "surprise, shithead!" nami's den den mushi earpiece/cellphone.

the rest:

zoro’s zombified no energy go girl give us nothing monotone. 😐 <- why did they tell him to make this face in every shot

they cut the scene where luffy gives zoro his swords back and replaced it with helmeppo ass

"a man needs to be strong. but he also needs to be good.” you are going to cut off a pirate rookie's arm and then obliterate his ship and crew later 👍

what is this whole thing about being "morally good" and "one of the good guys" and "a good pirate" it's ICKY

justice for silly winky vain nami. how are they going to do the personality shift into broody serious arlong park nami when she's been broody and serious the whole time

nami spent like 30 minutes unlocking one (1) locked cage. i guess it's because she and zoro needed to talk/get some exposition in, and i'm not going to suggest a better option because i don't want to rewrite half the script. i just found it amusing because normally it's "suspend your disbelief when a character does something amazing for the plot" and not "when a character is noticeably worse at something they really have no business being this bad at. for the plot"

i'm starting to think that zoro and nami lost core personality traits because the writers wanted them to be luffy foils instead of their actual characters

i did hear taz was the best/most charismatic actor out of the straw hats. i'm assuming this is because they let him be sanji instead of making him into a luffy foil since they have enough luffy foils

cameraperson's love affair with low angle closeups and fisheye lens. i don't hate it (it's camp) just pointing it out

i'm literally so serious about mackenyu's insufferable zoro voice. whenever i hear him talk in that joyless southern california kardashian vocal fry my blood pressure shoots through the roof. who made him do that

even though i have issues with the writing, i think objectively opla has done a decent job of pleasing fans. i'm not one of them but i know there's a lot. but on a technical and artistic level... deep sigh palms pressed together listen... i was hoping for spellbinding artistry from the showrunners. beautifully lit scenes, beautiful camerawork, excellent technical chops, lingering shots of luffy's bruised knuckles, the slightly frayed fabric on zoro's swords, a super close-up of a log pose with the crew talking behind the compass needle, their bodies distorted by the glass. fingerprints on kerosene lamps. barnacles on rotting wood. a searingly hot-blue summer sky (super saturated in post) over shells town or wherever. i wanted lush gorgeous rich interesting artistic ideas from the directors and cinematographers. i haven't seen any of that so far, and what i have seen doesn't compel me to watch more. i'm not saying the actual cinematography was bad! just. okay. it was okay.

(but also some of the nighttime/underlit scenes are bad. put a dang key light on your actors 🤺)

concluding thoughts: at the end of the day, if netflix wants to keep throwing millions per episode at tomorrow studios, i'm fine with overlooking mediocre filmmaking and storytelling. i want everyone in the production crew to get their bag. i hope this show runs for another 50 seasons and is powered by union labor forever and ever until the end of time amen

[mrsnancywheeler]

Okay I know like nobody cares but imma tell you anyways. Soooo… the recording for our song went badly (that guy and I) in fact, it didn’t even happen and I ended up walking out of the studio in a very Daisy Jones way. He ignored me the whole time and was texting my cousin the entire time… I don’t stand for that

I believe what I said was “Don’t waste my fucking time, I have better shit to do.” Before walking out.

The thing is is that him and I played leads in a short film where we had to kiss but after mess ups where the kiss was awkward they took it (per my request). Then at a party we went to he was clinging to me and I kind of was starting to recognize my feelings but then at a rave we went to he went off to smoke with this girl who has literally played at Giants Stadium. And my cousin is obsessed with him. I’m feeling very much Daisy Jones right now and my song writing has never been better

daisy jones vibes go hard with this one and I'm obsessed, I care so much, tell me all the tea

ugh men, so annoying, like I need them to give more consistency. but the song and the short film and the girl who's performed for the Giants game, like you're literally in a movie right now and I'm obsessed. I'm so glad it's helped your song writing, I love passion in writing, make yourself a main character and suddenly the inspo goes wild.

Since we're talking about guys let me fill you in on my drama. There's three different men in my life rn bc I'm just a (I forgot what I was saying them bc one of them started messaging me and I got distracted.

anyways one big problem is I'm really attracted to immature guys, not willingly at all. I want to be taken care of, I want a man, but when I get a crush it's always on a younger brother type, immature guy, probably because I'm the oldest daughter.

so number one we'll call, band boy, he's so so immature. I've kinda had a crush on him since we met but he had a girlfriend so I told myself not to get involved, but I had a feeling they wouldn't last long. I ended up hanging out with them in groups and at parties and really just have started to like him more, but she broke up with a few days ago. I just got cast in a show with him and like kind of want to shoot my shot and spend the summer flirting, seeing if it goes anywhere, but I also feel bad because I've liked him for so long and he just got broken up with. he's super immature though, but really so sweet at the core. but literally first night we ever really talked, we spent all night sending voice notes to each other so yeah (after the show we're in, he's in the other show I'm helping out in)

then there's the tall guy, also super immature, but he's in a show I'm helping out with, helped cast. and when I saw him, literal butterflies, and everyone was automatically saying he was my type, we were trying to find out how old he was. I just literally get butterflies thinking about him and we haven't really talked, but he's so talented and hot like idk, so that's another avenue this summer.

or we have actor guy, he's also cast in the show I'm helping out with. and idk the moment he started talking, making jokes, I just felt some sort of feelings/attraction. he seemed a lot more mature and we also didn't talk much but kept making eye contact and I'll be working a lot with him this summer too.

so many guys, all actors, that I'm into and idk what to do, or how to flirt, or if they're into me 😭😭😭😭

[acti-veg]

um, hi!

I've been looking into veganism since I was... 10? younger?

and I just wanna talk about my experiences you don't need to add and advice or anything. it's just my experiences, and it's annoying and I don't want to be so ashamed for feeling normal emotions you know?

TW animal abuse, animal death, and other animal cruelty's! I was on the internet in the late 2000s! it was not a nice time to be a child!

okay, since I was little i've seen very very graphic animal death. (which is one of the main reasons I want to be vegan.)

because theres only just so much a small little kid can take of seeing bloodied and gored pets and fish and farm animals before it starts to seep into your nightmares yk!

when I was little. like really little, (to the I was 10-12) I had some BIG food restrictions due to being really really allergic to eggs and dairy and other stuff. but eggs and dairy were big ones, so I've been eating vegan food and also meat all my life which is weird to say the least.

so anyway, I was first introduced to veganism when I was young, but I didn't know the core values of it until MUCH later when I was older.

my first introduction to the ethics side of veganism was peta (I hate peta, I think we all hate them. I can't excuse their fear campaign against autism being autistic myself.)

and through them I learned the horrors of the meat, dairy, egg, leather, fur, and fishing industry.

and I've hated eating meat ever since, and wanted to stop all the suffering and be vegan. but my parents are really against veganism and it SUCKS! :(

but I've always wanted to be vegan for the fish, and the sea creatures which everyone kinda always forgets about. because when I was little I had a fish tank, and the thought of eating fish made me wanna vomit! because it was so morally wrong to 7yr old me.

so, I tried my best. I didn't eat fish for so long and I tried not to eat red meat or anything but when it's either meat or starve and your like 5-8 you take what you can get.

but over the years I lost my way mainly due to life problems, being emotionally and verbally abused since I was tiny, other traumatic event's I don't wanna delve into! !!!

I am not one person in my head. which sucks because they don't think eating meat is bad or unethical, while I'm just having the worst time of my life. to be fair we didn't all know the other existed and we thought we were going CRAZY like it was not a good mental health year for 2019/2021 but now we are talking more and we are not fighting as bad and we are making plans to accommodate all of our conflicting interests at times!

so, how do you live as vegan as possible or live as ethical to animals as possible while the rest of the people in your head struggle to do so due to health reasons and just because they don't hate meat?

because man I tell you! it's NOT fun! but I get by, even though I may be a hypocrite to a lot of vegans. I can't change my head mates minds on this stuff, but at least we have agreed to let me make my own vegan meals in the future and we have a strained agreement to let me have 3 vegan meals a week. which I want it to be more but when your thrown scraps you take it yk?

so, I try my best to educate people on abusive business practices and animal care. and I share as much stuff as I can, but I still feel so awful because I can't be vegan YET hopefully idk.

but I will get there! and when I do I will be so happy.

that's all really, sorry if it's been really topic to topic and hard to follow it's just my writing style.

-your friendly catgirl alter who desperately wants to be vegan

ily!

I can’t speak on your specific mental health issues or anything since I know so little about this, all I can really advise is the same thing I tell anyone whose circumstances mean that they’re not always in control of their own decisions.

When a decision is in your control, you should be choosing the vegan option, whether it’s food, clothes, cosmetics or entertainment. If there are circumstance where you generally have no choice, then you can’t really do anything about that. You can only be held responsible for choices that you freely chose, under your own compulsion.

Seek out the support you need in the meantime if you haven’t already, but while you work on these issues you can only do your best, and you really shouldn’t beat yourself up about that, since doing so will be counterproductive. Focus on your mental health and use the fact that you’re looking forward to eating completely plant-based in future as inspiration for your mental health journey. Best of luck to you anon!

[tankwolf]

TAG GAME LETS GO!!!! i think this is the first time i’m doing a tag game here so. here! @konnorhasapen tagged me to assign some songs to redacted ships and i think i have the right ones :] here ar my favs below the cut, in no specific order 👍🏽

Tank/Quinn Butch 4 Butch by Rio Romeo (x) yeah this ship makes me go insane as is because i love angst and pain and torturing myself, and this song just kind of gets it man. kind of puts a perspective on all the abuse and pain and makes the obvious delusion, hurt and doubt sound normalized and romanticized, and so it’s easier to get a peak into the mechanics and warped mindsets of abusive relationships through it. yeah. just listen to it. going loco everytime i put this song on 🤪

Tank/Sam Sunlight by Hozier (x) sam said his darlin’ feels like sunlight on an easy day, but i think this song is mostly from tank’s pov. the overwhelming feel of the song that fills up your chest would be how tank saw it too, a stark contrast from what they know, as opposed to sam who paired sunlight with ‘easy’. “who would trade that hum of night for sunlight, sunlight, sunlight?” to “a soul that’s born in cold and rain knows sunlight, sunlight, sunlight” and the fact that it is so new to them that it feels bigger and grander and holier than they’d ever known. AHHH DO U SEE WHAT I MEAN. YEAH.

David/Angel BREAKFAST by half · alive (x) it just feels like an easy song, but it’s obvious from the lyrics that it’s still really daunting. david’s character arc has always been about learning to accept and ask for help. his main problem was not being a dick about it in the process, which stems from him finding vulnerability daunting, and angel kind of provides that kind of support with the dickyness just, on default. the “strength in the open, the broken and exposed, should I flee to the mountains?” bit. it hasn’t been easy for him to get used to that but he pulled through!!! and. yeah. also, breakfast is just something david’s plenty good at, and food is sorta his way of showing he cares........................... i’m kidding his song is rude boy by rihanna.

Milo/SH Apple Pie by Lizzie McAlpine (x) the whole thing with milo and his mom and how they kept moving around, and then him and sweetheart moving into Their Own Place ... yeah.. the song itself is about the concept of home and your other person, and there’s a verse about cardboard boxes and moving and just. yeah :’) also, it’s established that milo is ALSO good with food. 

Asher/Babe Video Games by The Young Professionals (x) not the lana del rey (original) version because something about a male voice claiming to be in a sundress is just. very ash-core. i think the song itself is pretty self explanatory if you’ve seen his videos. video games are his number one comfort thing, and the first time he confessed his love was WHILE they were playing a halo game, and said playing was a big part of why he felt compelled to do it. like i said, self explanatory. 

Gavin/FL Say You Won’t Let Go by James Arthur (x) this ship was a tricky one to pin. ik, overused song, i KNOW. was initially gonna go for an arctic monkeys song but gav is so much deeper as a character than that kind of erotic tension. this decision is also influenced by imp!gavin. gavin even in the imperium universe is set on a future with the freelancer and it’s just AHHH it’s the “i’ll love you in every universe” thing + the purest love you can imagine, the kind that feels as easy as breathing despite both of their baggage, the kind that only grows with age. i have Thoughts about this ship man idk. can u tell gavin’s a fav :’)

Huxley/Damien Impossible by Nothing But Thieves (x)  i can just picture dames listening to this song on repeat for hours thinking of hux. idk if the album cover’s colours have tricked me into thinking the song is damien-coded, but it makes a lot of sense for these two, y’know? huxley handles hardships like it’s a breeze, even if it isn’t, and dames isn’t used to that level of optimism. he teaches damien to be vulnerable, and moreover that he can handle him being vulnerable, because that’s something i’m sure dames has an issue with. i just love them sm, especially hux. i would  really like a huxley hug 😔

Aaron/Smartass  Nerve by Destroy Boys (x) pretty obvious why. “you stride right in and you get on my nerves, but I won’t say I’m disturbed because I want you to” y’know? also the high-hats and cymbals with the guitar, that kinda high energy rock music just reminds me of their banter. put that over passive adoring lyrics and you’ve got these two idiots ^-^

tagging -> open tag!! idk enough of u and enough of u well enough to tag people :^) literally nobody’s coming to mind help

[bredforloyalty]

okay no i could!!! and i think i should, so bear with me, anon, if you're up for it. because this really is a lot

alright, we're probably thinking of the same posts and the same scenes, so your nervousness is not baseless and i understand it: the scene in which dennis talks to dee before she gets on the private jet is basically an extended incest joke and also a significant moment in the twins' relationship. that's what i was referring to! i know you have no reason to trust me or be open to how i see things (i'm new here, after all) but i would really appreciate it if you could hear me out regardless!!

i would say i made that post because no one talks about scenes like this, that are uncomfortable or have implications or where the joke itself is based on a taboo. but i'm not saying that no one talks about it because i get that too, it doesn't need to be talked about. jokes can be written off as just that, dennis and dee aren't the main focus of the show (imo.. other relationships are more developed and get highlighted more often, right?) and just in general, different people will find different parts of the same silly show to be worth their time and like,, brain power

we're compelled by different things because we've been through different things! i pick up on "vibes" (really wasn't the best or most descriptive word i could've used lol) or more like, find myself drawn to different dynamics than you might. i point out moments like this because they grab my attention and make me think because that's how i'm wired, and because i'm not worried about ruffling feathers or giving off the wrong impression, if that makes sense. except i totally am, because as you could see, i wasn't very clear 🥴 but i don't Want to be worried about making myself and my thoughts more digestible so i can fit in. let me say a few things about why i found this episode interesting, that i could've posted earlier but didn't

i think i once heard or saw someone mention that some cast member called dee dennis's other enmeshed relationship, next to mac (when mac and dennis break up, dennis goes to dee, what's what it was in relation to), and that stayed with me.. up until now i've been feeling like dee is singled out, in a way, and usually gets the short end of the stick, just like when the gang blames the cereal accident on her and uhh countless other times. maybe not everyone saw the same thing, to others it could seem like her gender has no effect on her position in the group, but it has always been a bit sad to watch for me. even if you treat a female character like one of the boys or write her almost exactly like you would a man, idk, something seems off to me, emotionally

it's a bit like when people say they're colorblind and they don't see race? that doesn't really help anyone and it doesn't make that person righteous and morally good, because we don't live in a world that's colorblind, if that makes sense. we can't fast forward to when men and women are equal, just like south park can't "insult everyone equally" lmaoo it seems like ignoring the current problems, to me. and i am Not saying sunny should be scorned because they're not feminist or woke enough hxshy i do love the way the show works, but i've been thinking about why certain episodes didn't make me laugh as much and why some of them made me feel like shit (s1 mostly but others too). i like to put a name to things, y'know? if there's a dissonance between how others enjoy the show and how i do it, why is that? what bothers me? sunny has its flaws and i have my sensitivities but i do still love it. i digress

if i remember correctly kaitlin once said she finds it sad how desperate dee is for her brother's approval and how she stays no matter what. i didn't reblog that post so i couldn't find it (boo hoo..) but there's also this article:

so that's the core of this relationship, right? none of them know how to be good to each other but it's particularly sad and reminiscent of the issues in my own family that dee would rather get mistreated all day than turn to anyone else. the figure of the brother, which could be a father or a grandpa or an uncle, as the source of hurt but also the only anchor, compels me! there are so many men like that out there, so many families rotting from the inside, with the patriarch refusing to change or accommodate anyone else's needs or wants. society perpetuates this (through misogyny and sexism and gender roles and various systems that are set up for men to be able to step over and abuse the women and the vulnerable people in their lives, in my opinion)

when charlie gets called stupid constantly, i don't feel protective of him (khmm mostly lol) because he's not at a disadvantage societally, he's at an advantage and that's what enables him to be able to do things like, well, stalk the waitress. when dee is called ugly and unfunny and it's thrown in her face that she's a whore but her body is also the only valuable thing about her, and her friends set up an elaborate scheme to make her so angry she snaps out of a suicidal headspace, that makes me sad and leaves a bad taste in my mouth. but i like angst and tragedy and unhealthy relationships! it's familiar, and i do think it's extremely important to discuss and find beauty in the tragic or the grotesque. and especially with topics like abuse or incest, it does survivors or people who are in similar situations absolutely no good to shame those who speak about it or who represent it in fiction, in whatever shape or form

i know from personal experience and from friends that it sets us back to police "gross" or "vile" subject matter and the behavior and self-expression of those who find catharsis or solace in that. victims of incestuous abuse are real, enmeshed families are real things, and there's a strong connection between us, because sometimes it feels like no one else gets how we live or what we feel, you know? incest is just a weird gross made-up thing to some people, something that makes them intensely uncomfortable and something they don't ever want to think about, and that's okay, it is heavy. the taboo is strong for some people, they have every right to do whatever they can to avoid thinking about it. that's what filtering on ao3 and tumblr is for!! also blocking lol. and i want to make a constant effort to respect others' boundaries. but i also think it would do everyone good to slowly shift the public attitude towards taboos, mainly for the sake of victims, and to more effectively... prevent and remedy these wounds.. i don't think it's ideal that you can't so much as mention incest, because people will accuse you of having a fetish or advocating for awful people

and here's where i want to talk a bit about myself, to hopefully help you get closer to how i see things. i am interested in fiction with incest or domestic abuse or unconventional familial relationships as themes. sunny is not something i'm typically into, supernatural or succession or dead ringers but even breaking bad feels like it's more 'me', belongs to me in a different way. before this new url, really not long ago, like a few days ago, my url was familyhell. since i'm just now involving myself with sunny bloggers/posts, people aren't going to know what kind of person i am or what kind of stories grip me and shake me to my core, but it's a pretty big part of me that i'm wrapped up in family as a topic, with all its horrors and dysfunctions, because that's what i.. live in! i don't know about your situation, you could know exactly what i mean, but i'll try to explain anyway: family is the first unit of socialization, the core of who you are, the origin of whatever is wrong with you, at least from my point of view. parents shape their children and leave marks on them that may never come off, there's a cyclical nature to family, just like how the gang's parents gave them a whole bunch of cool psychological issues that they can't shake off well into adulthood and that prevent them from improving what they have with each other lol. it's like a curse

families can keep secrets that alienate members from the outside world, they can give way to co-dependency like no other type of relationship. you don't choose family and you can't exit during the most important stages of development (and why would you want to, kids can't recognize how to solve the problem of the dysfunctional family that's dragging decades of problems behind itself, it's just too big, it's like a force of nature), so some of us can't exit later either. i've never felt as strongly, both positively and negatively, about anyone outside of my family. no one could possibly know me like my sister, she's seen everything, she knows my whole life, knows about what my dad's like, of course i view family relations as more intense and formative and damaging than anything else. it's powerful, how you grow up affects you powerfully, is what i'm trying to say

and that's the origin and the emotional background of incestuous pairings, the family as the arrow forever in your heart, the cage, but also the strongest attachment. the first and most serious love of one's life. this does not apply to everyone, of course, there are people who are shaped by friends more strongly or mentors or whoever, but i feel that it applies to me! maybe it's rare, even, for a family to be ruinous to the extent that members have trouble connecting with peers or feeling fulfilled in other types of relationships, it's okay if you can't relate. but i can't afford to spend any more time Not processing my feelings and the things that make me who i am, so i'm going to talk about sam and dean winchester sometimes and the codependency between the mantle twins and jesse's role as both a replacement son and wife to walter and i'm not going to trigger tag incest or any other heavy topics because it's integral to me. this is how i view incest in fiction and by extension, incest shipping. it's not just inserting something out of nowhere into a familial dynamic or fetishizing something horrible, i think it comes from relating to the way characters depend on each other and hurt each other. it's not coloring a fictional relationship a whole different hue (most of the time!), it's playing something up that is already there, cranking up the saturation, shining a light on the ugly parts that some of us know all too well

the post that made me think about the gang breaks dee just, made me feel like, you know, most people won't get me and they'll think i'm a freak for liking anaïs nin's diaries or for reading fanfic that upsets them or whatever. with this url and with so many silly posts about sunny, it's not obvious immediately that i'm into stuff that is unpalatable to others so i really don't hold it against anyone if they stumble in here and then decide they don't like me. i don't want to lead anyone on, have people finding out later that i gross them out, but right now i'm simply into sunny :) and it's not even a show that.. gives a lot of opportunities to notice and delve into fucked up stuff, i feel like? it's a comedy, first and foremost, yeah it gets dark but i understand why people don't latch onto the darker parts. and when they do, it's still things like the Implication or the shitty childhoods, because that's easier to process and relate to than, for example, this episode in which dennis acts invasive and controlling towards his sister and then comes to the conclusion that he needs her badly. and the whole scene has emotional music under it and is reminiscent of a confession in a romance movie, which is part of the joke but it's partially serious, because dennis means it and it says a lot about their relationship. i don't remember if dennis even said i love you to anyone seriously before this

the way dennis tries to control and subdue dee in some episodes, some scenes, some moments, might not be intended for analysis and to be taken seriously, but i think most comedies have a layer of real feelings and drama under them, and usually as the seasons go on they need to start taking things more seriously because the audience gets attached to the characters and it's no fun to watch characters who fail to go through any development at all. i'm just saying this because it's a comedy and a lot of things aren't "serious", but if we can care about and we want to care about aspects like dennis's trauma around sex and his body, i think i can also talk a bit about an incest joke and the canonical dysfunction that made the joke possible

for me, incest is not an unthinkable, rare thing, like it seems to be for the majority. it's an extreme version of real dynamics in families that are more common than one would think. parentification, co-dependency, abuse, these are like two steps away from what some would call "incest", and it's hard to define anyway.. not everyone sees a clear line between platonic love and romantic love, not everyone sees a difference in intensity either (like, that romantic would be when that person is Everything to you, while friends and family come second). it's the same love for me, family doesn't take a backseat to other types of love. the unique intimacy within a family is not unlike intimacy in other contexts

i wrote all this because i would say the bottom line is, no, i don't "ship" the twins, and i'm not a "proshipper" but i see the appeal in accentuating certain parts of their relationship. there are no pure relationships in always sunny and that's very fun for me and i love to read what people think about mac and dennis and everyone else. why i felt that i wanted to mention the gang breaks dee is because this resistance to topics that seem too ugly and morally questionable to some, it just seems hypocritical at times.. social norms say Bad Thing A is okay to talk about and to present as a nuanced topic but Bad Thing B is a big no no. i don't get this!! if no one else feels compelled by this or no one could relate to dennis's behavior in this episode, that's fine, but i did, and it kiiind of saddens and concerns me that people (in general) are more ready to accuse others of being filthy degenerates after being faced with something that disgusts them than to attempt to understand others' thoughts and feelings and motivations and inner worlds

so i wanted to mention this scene. because so many things get swept under rugs and i would love if that happened less

do u think you could be more specific? sorry i didnt really understand ur last post

i don't want to alarm or alienate anyone and i'm sorry but here's the thing about this blog: i don't think i could

[asexual-abomination]

Getting better Pt. 1

Platonic!Yandere!Sephiroth x Autistic!Physically disabled! Reader

Hello I am back with something and idk if it’s very good but this whole thing was lodged in my brain so I needed to spit it out.

Also the whole elevator scene is almost directly taken from a one shot I once read on here that I cannot find for the life of me. I really wanted to get this out but I also want ask the original writer if they’re okay with me using their idea. If anyone recognises the idea and can send me the original link that’d be great!

CW: single use of the r-slur, if I’m missing anything please let me know!

Oh and also the reader’s physical disability in this is based on my own irl one - I don’t use mobility aids just yet, but I end up in lots of pain very quickly and have to wear joint braces, especially on my legs.

As always, I’m not a professional writer, I have no formal education in writing whatsoever, so any feedback is greatly appreciated!

Hope you enjoy reading!

—//—

You pull yourself up towards the bar, every joint in your body squealing out in pain, despite this being your first exercise of the evening. You had thought, naively, that lifting your own body weight should be doable, especially since it took pressure off of your legs, where the pains were worst. You were clearly mistaken, your entire upper body now just in hot agony.

But you couldn’t quit. Not now, not as you were barely beginning.

You said you’d get ten reps in, so you were going to get ten reps in.

The complete silence of the Shinra employee gym gave you confidence to speak aloud, trying to keep yourself hyped for the exercise.

“One… T-two… ah! Ow! Three…”

“Your form is awful.”

The voice was calm, buttery smooth and deep, with a lilt of confidence that told you this man knew what he was talking about.

“Oh… so how do I do it right then?” The question was asked with an unappealing grunt as you dropped from the bar, listening to the sound of footsteps covering the ground towards you.

Once you realised the man was standing over your shoulder, you stiffened, not having actually expected him to come over and help.

“The main problem is your balance, you need to pull your legs with you, and use your core too. This one is a full body workout, not just for the arms.”

Damn it.

“Ah, that makes sense… do you have any recommendations for arms then? I’m kinda new to this whole thing.” You spoke with a nervous chuckle, turning around to look at your newfound companion.

He was tall, with gorgeous long silver hair that floated past his wide, muscular shoulders, covered with a beige, blank tank top. He was, objectively, attractive as hell. Even without feeling that way, you knew what society found sexy and you could appreciate the aesthetic beauty of this man. You swore you knew him from somewhere.

You hoped you weren’t too visibly flustered by the closeness that you had only just recognised, taking a nervous step back while you awaited his answer.

“I’d say a beginner should start at the beginning. If you want to work out your arms, use the lighter weights, just over there.”

He gestured over towards the weight section, where there was a rack of dumbbells of many sizes, including ones so tiny you wondered if they even classified as weights.

“That’s… a good idea,” You laughed, “I guess I just wanted to throw myself in at the deep end.” You joked, keeping the mood light as you trailed over to where he had directed.

Looking over the selection of weights, you decided to go with second lightest pair, which made your elbows creak, but you grit your teeth and moved over to the seating so you could get back off your feet. The man had followed you to the same section, but he seemed to be preparing an ungodly amount of weights into what you assumed was a bench press.

“So…” You pulled your left arm up with the weight, following a diagram on the wall, “Why are you down here? So late at night, I mean?” You specifically chose to come here so that you wouldn’t have to be seen, so you supposed you may as well pick this guy’s brain if he would be annoying you.

“The SOLDIER training facility can only be kept open for so long each day, so I thought I’d get in some regular exercise too.” He still hadn’t finished loading up the weights, and you were a bit concerned by what he considered ‘regular’ exercise.

“You’re a SOLDIER? I guess that makes sense, I’ve probably seen you on the news or something.” You were on your fourth rep, and your left elbow was crying out for a break.

“What?”

“I just thought you looked familiar, but I couldn’t quite place it, so I’ve probably just seen you around.”

“How interesting…” He spoke with a chuckle, “And who are you, hmm?”

“I’m YN, I just work in the analytics department. Who are you, if you don’t mind me asking?”

“You really don’t know?”

“Should I?”

“Sephiroth. My name is Sephiroth.”

“That’s… a lovely name.” You remembered a bit clearer now, hearing about a first-class SOLDIER on the news by that name. How funny that you got to meet him in real life.

“What about you? Why are you working out so late at night?”

“I was sort of hoping I could be alone… I already said, I’m new to this, so, I didn’t want to embarrass myself.”

“That’s not the best idea, you know. You should have someone mentor you, make sure you don’t hurt yourself while you’re just starting out.”

He finally seemed satisfied with the amount of weight on the bar, as you began reps with your right arm. You wondered if the bar was actually strong enough to hold all that.

“Well, I don’t think anyone would want to mentor me, it’d probably be quite the hassle since I’ve got no idea what I’m doing.” You explained, not expecting an answer.

“I could always help you.”

That took you by surprise, surely a SOLDIER, especially a first-class one would be far too busy to help out someone like you, but at the same time, who were you to turn such an offer down?

Your only response ended up being a bewildered laugh, finishing up your reps before looking around and trying to decide on the next best course of action.

Sephiroth also went quiet, the look on his face was tense, deep in thought.

“I mean it. Perhaps it’s odd, but I find it’s useful to follow my impulses. Besides, they say a true master must be able to teach.”

“I guess that makes sense, alright then, what should I try now?”

—//—

“So, are you from Midgar?” Sephiroth offered a gentle hand hosting over your leg as he showed you how to lift yourself on the bar, as you had decided to return to the difficult exercise.

It had been a few weeks since you had come under Sephiroth’s wing, meeting him at dead of night in the gym several nights a week, so you trusted him enough to give an honest answer.

“Nah, only moved here a year ago, I assume you’re Midgar born and raised?”

“But of course.” He said with a soft smirk, walking away once he was satisfied that you were on form. “Why did you come here? Given the war with Wu Tai and Avalanche, it’s not exactly a dream home, wouldn’t you say?”

“I came here for the same reasons most anyone comes here, work and medicine. I think this place is quite the dream home honestly, I’ve got everything I need.”

You lifted yourself with a grunt, having stopped caring about how you sounded a while ago.

“Medicine? Who do you need medicine for?”

“Myself! Is that not obvious?” You laughed at what felt like an insane question from the SOLDIER.

“You don’t seem sick… have you recovered?”

What a strangely genuine question.

“Have you seen me?! My body is a wreck, honestly!” You raised your arms incredulously, showing off what you considered the state of your body, while not visibly broken, internally felt ruined.

He gave you nothing more than an odd look, turning away.

“I mean it! There’s a reason I struggle so much to exercise, I’m not just lazy.” You defended yourself, believing that he was judging you.

—//—

You were stumbling through the throng of people standing by the elevator, wondering why no one was stepping inside since the stairs were a death sentence.

When you saw Sephiroth standing inside, you scoffed, walking in before hitting the button for the 36th floor. You noticed that he was heading to the 58th floor, where the Turks did most of their office work.

The doors slid closed as you turned around and stood at his side, letting out a long suffering sigh once you were out of view of others.

“What a day…” You sighed, truly and deeply tired, but hoping you could turn this into some kind of friendly banter between technical coworkers.

“It’s 8:30 in the morning.” He turned to you with what you thought was a lighthearted smile, which quickly became a frown. “Has something happened?”

“My boss… yeah, my boss happened!” You laughed, to keep the sourness out of your tone. “He just turned up like half an hour before the end of my shift yesterday, dumped a whole week’s worth of work on me, then told me he wanted it done by today! I spent four whole hours in overtime, but it’s still not done.” You sighed again, the reality of the situation setting in.

“This… this might be the last time we ever see each other.”

“What do you mean, over one mistake?” He seemed incredulous.

“My boss has been looking for a reason to fire me since he met me. He thinks I’m a drag on the company.”

At that, he merely hummed in response, turning away and quite efficiently ending the conversation.

You cursed yourself internally for making things awkward and annoying Sephiroth. You hadn’t intended to upset your silver-haired friend, only to state what you knew was true about your workplace.

At the 33rd floor, the elevator rumbled to a stop and opened its doors to reveal your boss.

“You.”

The second he turned his eyes on you, anger spilled clearly into his entire body language. He didn’t move from his place in the doorway, preventing the elevator doors from closing as he began to rant angrily.

“You’ve put the whole upstairs office in chaos! I can’t believe this! I give you one simple task and you fuck it up! This is why we shouldn’t keep retards like you in the office, you hold everyone back!” He growled out, taking a breath and giving you a chance to respond.

“Sir -I- the task was, um, far beyond my capabilities, especially in such a short time-“

“Shut up! You’ve done nothing but irritate me since you got here, go and pack your shit! I can’t wait to get rid of your pathetic ass!”

You breathed heavily, digging your nails into your arms as you held back ugly tears, not wanting to seem more pitiful than you already were.

“Right- right awa-“ You began, your mind racing with thoughts and plans of what the fuck you could do next, where you could go, who you might have to get help from, when you were suddenly reminded of Sephiroth’s presence next to you.

He took one, two, three long, heavy strides towards the elevator door, grabbed your boss by the arm and uttered two simple words.

“Get out.”

Your boss, shocked, stumbled back into the open entryway of the elevator, before giving you a sharp glance and turning on his heel to run. As the doors closed once more, you cleared your throat through your tears.

“Thanks, Seph.” A nickname that very few were allowed to call him. “There was no - no need for that though. I’m still fired, either way. But I guess it’s nicer to not be dealing with him anymore.”

“No you’re not.”

“I’m not? Not what?”

“You’re not fired. I won’t have it.”

“That’s a nice sentiment, Seph, but I don’t think it’s your call to make.”

The doors opened again on your floor, but as you were stepping out, muttering apologies and goodbyes to your friend, he grabbed your arm firmly to halt your words.

“You aren’t leaving me, you’re mine.”

He said it so simply, as if stating scientific fact, before releasing your arm and returning to his full, now suddenly intimidating stature. In your hurry to get out of the elevator before the doors closed, you had no chance to respond.

With the doors closed, you heard the machine whir of the elevator rising and continued to stand dumbfounded for a long moment. Eventually, you stumbled over to your desk, setting out the work you were meant to complete today, all while packing as many miscellaneous items as you could into your bag.

At the end of the day, you returned to your home, provided by Shinra, which you were sure you’d lose within a couple of days.

There was a single letter on the floor inside your door, from the corporation, seemingly sent just today. My eviction notice, you grimly thought.

—//—

Rufus Shinra smirked as he signed the papers before him.

The firing and promotion of some mid-level analytics workers was not usually his business, but today he found himself following the odd request of the greatest SOLDIER to ever live.

In truth, he already had parameters in place to ensure the strange person Sephiroth had set his eyes on would not be leaving the company any time soon, setting them as a useful tool for controlling him.

But what he did not expect was for Sephiroth himself to come to him and request the immediate firing of his new ‘friend’s’ boss, along with a request for said friend to get a promotion that would put them in much more contact with the Turks and SOLDIER departments.

So although the paperwork might have been trivial to some, Rufus, even if confused, took joy in getting one more clasp on the SOLDIER.

—//—

Thanks for reading!

[roostertuftart]

How's about a Kyle or Stan for rhe ask game?

Kyle's been done, here he is!

So Stan it is! And here's the original ask meme :)

Sexuality Headcanon: Stan is just a bicon, I don't think anything else can be said. Look at him. That is the bisexual character. That's who he is. Though tbh, I really like Stan being gay too, IDK, rare headcanon but I just find him dealing with comphet really interesting even if his feelings for Wendy seem very real to me.

Either way, I think besides Eric he's the one out of the main four that feels the least capable of being straight to me, I just- Can't really see it. Stan feels like such a queer character, idk lol

Gender Headcanon: Oh man that boy is not cis. Leaning that he's AMAB and just uses nonbinary but he feels like that's too vague and doesn't fully describe his feelings for his gender. But thinking about it too much stresses him the fuck out, so nonbinary it is. I think Stan has a really big feminine side and he leans into it a lot, and I think he uses the big three, she/they/he, though some days he prefers one over the others. Overall it's just something he really ends up exploring but also not his favorite subject, it's a lot to think about.

A ship I have with said character: Stendylenny as mentioned before, but for the more usual, Style and Stendy are like, my favorites for him, Style above all but Stendy is a close second. I used to kind of feel meh about Stendy on its own but I don't know, I've seen it done well and when it's done well there's such an appeal to it. They're pretty similar dynamically to Style on the surface but I think they're actually fairly unique from it, and there's something so sweet about the both of them kind of figuring themselves out together and putting in the effort to work on their canonical relationship problems. I like a few other Stan ships, namely stenny, stutters, and stanman feels interesting... I think I could get behind it anyway.

A BROTP I have with said character: Stennnyyyyy although I ship stenny a lot too :)) They're such goofballs together and get up to a lot of stupid bullshit. Stan and Cartman are really interesting too, their dynamic is so complex. Stan seems so unbothered by Cartman and I think Cartman kind of knows it and has a sort of respect for Stan. I mean, clearly he likes the guy since he let the pangolin live just because Stan was crying. That's so interesting to me, I need to explore it more.

A NOTP I have with said character: Stary. I don't know why. I have no reason for it. It bothers me soooo much for no reason. Not too keen on Staig either, though I mind it less.

A random headcanon: He has BPD and ADHD. Also he's a short, stocky guy, and pretty strong, especially from working on the farm! I think he still plays sports and stuff as he gets older but it becomes less of a core interest because boardgames take over, and I like the idea that he likes doodling a lot, and isn't that bad at it :)

General Opinion over said character: I love Stan so much. I need to protect him... Look at him. Little scrimblo. Baby.

[seokjinsonlyone]

Not My Type

pairing: jungkook x female reader

summary: “Bruh. I ain’t say you was ugly. I just said you’re not my ideal type.”

genre: friends to lovers

warnings: they a lil drunk but that’s about it

rating: pg

wc: 1.2k

a/n: this will be a series. idk how many parts 🤪

part 1 | part 2 | part 3

She should’ve left. Should’ve snuck out right behind Yoongi. Which, like, she tried, but once Jimin had a few drinks in him he got whiny (even more so than usual). “I never see you anymore.” He clung onto her as soon as he saw her grabbing her bag. 

“I be here. You the one that’s always busy,” she retorted trying her best to shake him off. 

It only made him wrap himself around her even more. He snaked his hands around her waist and rested his chin on her shoulder. “I’ve missed you. Stay a little longer,” he whispered in her ear.

It didn’t mean anything. He was a touchy person, natural inclinations only heightening with the alcohol coursing through his veins. But, she was touch starved and it made her feel special so she sighed heavily dropping her bag to the floor. One of these days she was going to learn how to say no to Jimin.

The only reason she even came in the first place was because he told her Taemin was going to be there. She’d only had a crush on him forever. She hadn’t planned on making any kind of move. She’d never do that. Learned the hard way to never chase after a man, but she was certainly going to make herself known. Plant seeds in the field, as it were. It’s why she got all dressed up. Not like too dressed up though, they were at Jimin’s apartment not a nightclub. But, she looked pretty. Girly. Tapped into the aesthetic she only brought out when she wanted to feel like the main character of a disney princess movie. Very much serving cottage core. Thing is. Taemin never showed. She got all dressed up and was never going to begin to see the fruits of her labor. 

So really, she should’ve left. She’d mixed and mingled with them long enough. Caught up with everyone. Cracked a few jokes. There was no point in her being there anymore. It was a Wednesday night. She had work in the morning. Jimin was persuasive though. Especially when he was refilling her wine glass. It was a bad idea. Such a bad idea. She was already toeing the line of her limits. The last thing she needed was a hangover. But, despite the gaping hole in her love life and the obligations she would be faced with come sun up, the vibes were good. So, she stayed just a little bit longer. 

It was a decision she found herself regretting sooner rather than later as she was engaged in one of the most ridiculous conversations to date. “Jungkook. Oh my gosh. Why are you so pressed?”

He pouted. “Because why would I be last?”

She was exasperated. Knew she shouldn’t have had that last glass. Too much wine made her talkative. If she was in her right state of mind she would’ve never answered the dumb question. Wouldn’t have ended up playing that dumb game. Adults truly are just overgrown children. It’s the only reason to explain why all these grown folk were sat playing truth or dare. Definitely the only reason to explain why she was asked to rank all her male friends by who was closest to furthest from her ideal type. Jungkook took personal offense to being ranked last. “I know I’m not number one on your list, so I don’t see why this is a problem.”

“Yeah, but you’re not last.”

“Bruh. I ain’t say you was ugly. I just said you’re not my ideal type.”

“Why not?”

She laughed in disbelief. The male ego was extremely fragile. This didn’t seem like a big deal to her, but mans was two seconds away from throwing a tantrum. If he wanted an itemised list, then she’d give him one. “I mean, well, first you’re like healthy.”

He raised an eyebrow. “Am I supposed to be sick?”

She rolled her eyes. “No, I mean you, like, workout and eat healthy and stuff.”

“So do you! I saw your story on instagram. You had Panera for lunch and literally, yesterday you sent me your location because you went jogging around sunset.”

“First of all, I meant to send it just to Yoongi because he always on his phone, but our group chat popped up first. Second, I work out sporadically! Inconsistently! Because I feel like I should take care of my health sometimes!”

He smacked his lips. “I don’t see the difference.”

“You get enjoyment from it.” She fake gagged. “ You like kombucha.” 

“Seokjin eats salad because he likes it, yet he’s your top pick.”

“Seokjin also sleeps for like 16 hours on his days off. But, healthy is, like, part of your personality. It’s a turnoff honestly.”

He scoffed. “Okay, well, what else?”

“I feel like the fact that we have to have this conversation is reason enough.”

“What else?” he insisted.

“Well, you’re good at everything. It’s annoying.”

“So, you’re jealous.”

“Goodbye,” she stated getting up. He grabbed her wrist pulling her back down. 

“No finish. What’s wrong with that?”

“I don’t know. It’s annoying. Look, what are you even gonna do with this information? Change everything about yourself just to fit my picture of a perfect dude? If you’re willing to do that then you’d be more than just not my type. You’d be my anti-type.”

He looked like a wounded puppy. “I’m not… I just…”

She sighed deeply. She was a little drunk, but certainly not drunk enough to deal with this. Whatever this was. She knew he had a weird relationship with people’s opinions of him, so she took his lack of response as a means to bandage his wounds and finally draw this night to a close. “There’s nothing wrong with you, Kook,” she started, laying her head on his shoulder. He promptly reciprocated, resting his head on hers. “I just don’t think we’d be the most compatible. That’s all I meant.” They sat in silence for a few minutes. She almost fell asleep, to be honest. Wine always made her sleepy, which wasn’t the best state to be in considering she was catching a cab home, but YOLO. 

“You’re a good boy. Plenty of girls would love to have you.”

“But, not you?” he sulked.

Mentally, she rolled her eyes. “I could do a lot worse than you, Kookie.” She cupped his face and pressed a kiss to his forehead for good measure before sauntering away. “Jimin, I’m leaving,” she called out, grabbing her bag and stuffing her feet in her shoes. Her ride was approaching the building.

He made his way over to her stumbling a few times. He was sloshed. “Thanks for coming,” he slurred, pulling her into a hug and pressing a sloppy kiss on her cheek. She wiped it off on his shirt.

“Your friend is sad. Go make him laugh or something.” She looked over at him sprawled across the couch. “And, make sure you drink some water, okay?” she added on, giving him a onceover.

“Mhm.”

“Goodbye!” she said, addressing the last few people who were still hanging around. 

She missed the longing look Jungkook was giving her as she walked out the door.

[runthepockets]

Most of my male friends growing up were Black and Latino dudes. I didn't condone everything they said and did (a lot of them were prone to saying really scheisty shit about dark skinned women, being annoying fuckboys, bullies, and other stuff.), but I still advocated for their liberation. I had to. I mean, look at the statistics. Half of those dudes were gonna be dead or in jail before even finishing high school, be it by the hands of another man of color or police officers or white dudes who were having a particularly bad day or white women who felt like taking their hangups with the white male peers they could never stand up to on an easy target. The main images of masculinity they had in those days were drug dealers and hypersexual criminals and misogynistic rap videos. Society had been setting them up for failure and self hatred from the jump. That's not something I can just roll my eyes and say "go to therapy" to. Like, the majority of their biggest problems are outside of their control. Their problem is the system is fucked at its core. Why would I not have sympathy for that?

Idk I just think....after transitioning, a lot of people wanted me to fit into this little box as a trans guy. Like my job was to shut the fuck up and let these self hating / superficial white trans dudes and these white trans chicks whose only prior exposure to masculinity was via being suburban white dudes themselves lead all the discussions, to once again center whiteness as the default, and I just don't wanna fucking do that? Idk man not all men are the middle class white boys you grew up with in middle school, and even they were probably going through a lot of shit that no one ever bothered to ask about (remember those memes about little white boys being mean to their moms cus she took their Xbox? Cus child abuse is ok when it's a white dude, I guess?). It just astounds me how little compassion and nuance white people have for each other, and how close minded they are to the idea that their experiences, regardless of how queer or neurodivergent or whatever, are still just a tiny microcosm of the human condition & gender performance itself.

The majority of popular analysis about masculinity from trans guys is really condescending bullshit from white trans dudes about how all men should just shut up and listen and go to therapy and just paint their nails and watch romcoms. A lot of those guys also admit to having no empathy or compassion for the group they transitioned over to until they, ykno, transitioned, which is also really crazy to me, because I'm 99% sure pre transition these were the same white girls complaining about no man has sympathy for women unless said woman is a wife or a sister or a daughter (which is a very understandable and real criticism, don't get me wrong, but the hypocrisy is staggering.)

So yeah, of course I post a lot about men's issues outside of those narratives on this account. I mean, the reason those white trans guys always get the most support is cus they're saying shit pop feminists masquerading as advocates for equality wanna hear, just reaffirming patriarchal standards of maleness and calling men whiney babies and idiots for not realizing the system they're trying so hard to live up to isn't serving them, rather than actually trying to understand or get to the core of the issue so it never happens again.

And sometimes this annoys people or makes them think I'm an MRA, or that I think misandry is real, or something, even though none of those words have ever left my mouth, and despite me very vocally supportive of women's issues as well. I can care about multiple things at once, my compassion doesn't have to begin and end with one group. How does that help anyone?