#It just is a major pet peeve of mine when they’re made out to be the 100% Victims Never Did Anything Wrong Actually

[sketchingstars03]

anyone else annoyed with portrayals that make Nm and the Bad Sanses and Error out to be “actually innocent uwu guys who aren’t actually in the wrong bc they’re traumatized” and make Ink and Dream out to be “actually the real bad guys actually cuz umm Ink soulless and Dream no care abt his brother actually”?

Like people probably think it’s subversive or something when tbh it’s really not, at least not anymore. Maybe at one point it wasn’t a very popular interpretation of those guys (to have them be The Real Victims Actually) but, it sure is popular nowadays.

Like I’m not against sympathetic portrayals of the bad guys or anything (I’m literally a For The Forgotten Ones enjoyer)

but like, idk it gets on my nerves a bit when people try to make them Not The Bad Ones Actually They Did No Wrong Ever™️. Especially when it’s at the expense of the Star Sanses (Ink, Dream, and sometimes even Blue)’s characters.

It just feels like villainizing the Stars (especially Ink and Dream) for no reason other than to gesture at a “”subversive and interesting”” story, making these interpretations out to be more complex than they actually are.

[skyloftian-nutcase]

So I’m kinda curious, I know you said you are not much of a shipping person (aside from like SkSw Zelink and Miphlink) but are there any of the popular ships that stand out either as ones you think are cute or ones you really do not like?

Hmmm 🤔 I’m fairly neutral or just meh about most, but I guess there are a few that stand out? Or maybe I should just list my opinions on the major ones I know of?

BotW Zelink - I don’t mind it post Calamity. Not really into it pre-calamity, it feels like it’s at the expense of a relationship that’s already there (Mipha and Link). But dang the two definitely would be close after the calamity, given that they’re the only ones who have such a shared experience. I could see it being romantic or platonic, and there’s kind of a heavy leaning towards romantic but then totk also makes it seem platonic sometimes too?? Whatever. Nintendo likes to be vague (except Skyward Sword, let’s be real, nothing about that was vague lol), but I can see it happening after everything.

Midlink - I think it’s sweet. I think in canon Link’s most likely gonna either be with Ilia or someone we don’t even see in the game as he travels, but Midna definitely could’ve had a chance with him if there’d been more time for them. They had good chemistry, and the physical attraction was clearly there when Link saw her true form.

OoT Zelink - Nope. Especially Adult Timeline, absolutely not. It’s a pet peeve of mine that people ship this Link with anyone in the Adult Timeline - he is a child in a teenager’s body. NO. Sure, his body might be attracted to people, but his brain sure ain’t figuring it out, and anybody who wants to explore that just… no. NO. As for Child Timeline, I feel like this Link has a hard time reconciling what happened, has a hard time letting go, and would therefore have a really difficult time separating Child Timeline Zelda from Adult Timeline Zelda and that would lead to too many mixed feelings. I can’t see them getting together. This ship is either entirely one sided (I can 100% see Adult Timeline Zelda romanticizing the Hero she’s been waiting for before she really realizes that he’s still a kid, if she ever realizes it) or nonexistent.

Malink - I quite like it. I honestly didn’t really see it in the game, there’s like… enough for it to happen, I guess, but admittedly Linked Universe has made me biased. But given that it’s heavily implied TP Link and OoT Link are related, and TP Link knows Epona’s song, and Malon was a friend of Link’s, and she talks of marrying a knight in shining armor, and Shade is a knight in shining armor… I can put two and two together. And I think they’d be cute together.

Sidlink - Just… why. I get that half the fandom is in love with Sidon, so they project that, but good grief. Link was engaged to his sister. That’s some Hamlet level incest nonsense there. Link may not remember Mipha all that well but Sidon freaking does. Just because the dude is ridiculously sweet and supportive to literally everyone and about literally everything doesn’t mean he’s romantically inclined towards everyone. He’s a golden retriever, there are two brain cells firing between those fins, let the man just be happy and vibe, good grief. I had this opinion before totk came out, and then the addition of Yona made me laugh because I knew the fandom would blow up about it, but she’s honestly really sweet and good for him - I loved when she called him out to help him, she’s a good wife, I like her 😤

Uh… I think those are all the popular ships I have any kind of actual opinions about? Aside from Skyward Sword Zelink and Miphlink, love them both, mwuah. The rest I’m just meh. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Honestly, I’m very inclined to say that just because two people share oxygen together doesn’t mean they’re gonna fall in love. Just because two people might have some chemistry doesn’t mean they’re gonna fall in love. And just because two hormonal teenagers think each other is hot does not mean they’re gonna end up together. But since romance is such a huge thing in fandoms and in our culture, and I am very much not in a romantic relationship and therefore the culture makes me feel like my life is incomplete, I am not very inclined to get into shipping all that much (translation: sometimes shipping is downright annoying to me, and I hate it when fandoms ship characters together just because they like each other as if other relationships can’t even exist or be meaningful), even the ones that I love. My biggest weakness is loving families, though, so that’s usually where I cheat lol.

[thelovelydoggycatmadi]

a pet peeve of mine is when someone rewrites or remakes a piece of media, whether that be good or bad. And tries to make it into something it’s not because they don’t understand or even like the source material. So they just make what is more appealing to them without even considering what the original creators wanted.

Before anyone calls hypocrisy on my end I’m trying to make my Aphmau content its own thing for me and my own audience. I’ve stated this before multiple times.

I don’t currently claim I’m trying to be constructive with my changes. I’m not claiming to make PDH or Mystreet as a whole better. Am I taking some major inspiration and basing my own story off of it? Absolutely, but I’m not trying to “fix” anything as a whole.

What I’m SPECIFICALLY talking about is those post that take a franchise as claim to be constructive but end up just making something entirely different while claiming it’s the same franchise just “fixed” or “better”. Not fan-fiction, au’s, or rewrites that are just for fun or are just to explore the character and ideas further. I’m specifically talking about rewrites and redesigns that people claim are supposed to be constructive and for criticism.

Examples of what I’m saying include:

Deliberately changing a certain part of the story or character design because you hate it specifically. (It’s not poorly written, problematic, or implemented.)

Not articulating why you changed something if your reason for changing something consists of the following; “it’s just looks bad (and or some other vaguely insulting word)” if you can’t articulate a reason either leave it alone or don’t bother bringing it up. “it’s just for *insert problematic reason but refuse to explain why it’s problematic*” the internet has enabled you to just say things about a person without explaining but I won’t. “I just don’t like it” so you’re making it the creators problem???? Not every little thing is going to be tailor made to you. “It’s just (or) I just” statements in general not all just most, because they normally don’t follow any sort of well thought out reasoning.

simplifying or over designing a character without the consideration of the media they’re from or what the creators intention with it was. (As an animator please stop doing this one specifically it hurts.)

So in conclusion actually be constructive with your criticism don’t just change stuff meaninglessly because of your bias! It’s dumb and unhelpful to creators that actually want to learn. Thank you.

[bria-doublen-a]

Throne of Glass

Non Spoiler Section

So this was kind of my first real introduction to fantasy. Besides Cassandra Clare, I've never read much magic realism and epic fantasy. I've always had a hard time getting into it. But as I get older, the more I'm willing to expand my horizons. Which can explain why I'm jumping on the Sarah J. Maas bandwagon so late.

This book welcomes both fantasy veterans and newbies, like myself! You'll find the world building is not overbearing and difficult to understand unlike some others I've read. Also another great accessory I found was a small glossary in the back. A pet peeve of mine is not knowing how to pronounce the names of people and places and Sarah caters to us by letting us see the pronunciations so we don't feel as completely clueless as we might feel about our characters.

Speaking of, let's talk about our protagonists! I always thought that the tough-as-nails female protagonist was overdone and pandering, but I never expected to feel so much love and empathy for Celaena Sardothien. Maas's characters are relatable and genuine, despite watching them interact in a world we know little about. I loved watching the characters speak to each other and I absolutely adored the romance. Every scene feels natural and authentic to their respective personalities.

The only complaint I had, although it's a minor thing, was that some of the chapters seemed extremely short? In the beginning, it sort of reminded me of drabble. Drabble isn't the worst style, it's just not one of my favorites. I prefer to delve into a scene and get lost in the world and shortening the experience can make it difficult for me to make an investment.

All in all, I rate this book 4 out of 5 stars!

Spoiler Section

Okay, so I don't typically like to read the synopsis on the back of books because I find that sometimes they're too revealing and I like to be completely surprised. I usually figure out what's next on my TBR based on character traits/arcs and theme. All this to say, that when I discovered that the other contestants started dropping dead, my stomach dropped. Even though I knew Celaena would make it (basic plot armor and knowing there are eight books in the series with her face on the cover), I felt the tension the entire way through! And when we found those Wyrdmarks under her bed for the first time…*shudders* I was terrified.

And Dorian! Ugh, swoon. I'm literally in love with every single ounce of this man. I don't know, something about those Daddy issues just does something to me lol. No, but really, the way that Dorian saw Celaena for who she was, not what she was made him so likeable. And the fact that he could see that long before Chaol ever could shows what kind of person he is and the man he is becoming.

I realize that this opinion is different from most readers. I find that the majority of the fanbase is head over heels for Chaol. Perhaps my thoughts will change throughout the series, but as of right now, I'm Team Dorian. Even though they broke up at the end, it had nothing to do with Dorian's character and everything to do with Celaena needing to find herself. She's never been free a day in her life and she wished to truly experience that. I can't blame her for that decision even though it literally broke me.

I'm so eager to read more. I went and bought the second book before I was even halfway through this one. What do you think guys? Should I bite the bullet and just buy all eight of them now? 'Cause I'm seriously considering it.

[writingdotcoffee]

New Editing Tools in Writing Analytics

This week, I launched a set of new editing tools for Writing Analytics. They will help you weed out adverbs, passive voice and all sorts of other style issues. The best thing about them is that they can be individually turned on and off.

Maybe it's just a pet peeve of mine, but what annoys me about many grammar checkers is that you can either have the whole thing or nothing at all. Maybe I don't care about having a bunch of adverbs in my prose? Or I'm writing something technical that will need a lot of passive voice in it.

Grammar and style are quite personal. Today's automated grammar and editing tools are far from perfect. They probably never will be since even we can't agree on what's proper usage sometimes.

How It Works?

There are five different tools in total:

readability

passive voice

adverbs

style

duplicate words

By default, everything is disabled during writing sessions and enabled during revision. You can turn them on and off as you wish, though. I will occasionally enable them for first-drafting too. Seeing the highlights appear straight away can be helpful. You can restructure your sentences right while composing them when they get too complex.

Readability

I do like a nice compound sentence, but things can get out of hand pretty quickly. Doing a readability check before you send your draft off will help you uncover issues you may have missed.

Writing Analytics does this on a sentence-by-sentence basis. It will highlight hard-to-read and very hard-to-read sentences.

Passive Voice

I've noticed a major improvement in how I use passive voice since I started watching out for it. Before, I used the custom highlights feature in WA. That caught the majority of them, but it didn't account for irregular verbs and various other things.

Since passive voice overuse is a common issue, it made sense to build a more accurate, dedicated tool for it.

Adverbs

I don't care about adverbs during the first draft. Coming up with more appropriate synonyms would slow me down too much. However, this often leads to some pretty lazy writing.

That's what second drafts are for, innit? And if you use Writing Analytics, the editor will highlight adverbs for you, so you can consider whether you need them.

Style

It's always good to know if there's a simpler alternative to a phrase you may be using. Many writers have a set of "usual offenders" that they watch out for. One that I can't seem to shake is "period of time". Why not just say "period?"

Writing Analytics keeps a collection of hundreds of these. In most cases, it will also give you a few suggestions for better alternatives.

Duplicate Words

Honestly, I built this one pretty much for myself. When I'm cutting bits out and rearranging my sentences, I always end up duplicating a bunch of words. My brain seems to ignore those 😬.

In case you have a similar problem, Writing Analytics will highlight those so you can get rid of them right away.

Where to Get this?

Highlights are a feature of an app for writers that I've built. I'm writing this post in it too 👋.

You can try Writing Analytics for free for 14 days (no credit card required). And if you like the app and decide to stick around, you'll be supporting a small business 🙏.

When in the editor, select Highlights from the main menu. A window will pop up where you can configure which highlights you want to see and even create custom ones. This is useful for highlighting the names and pronouns of your characters. That way, you can see how much "air-time" they're getting on the page.

[beels-burger-babe]

Obey Me Character Song Thoughts

***DISCLAIMER: These are my blind reactions to the song. They're my opinion and based off of my personal taste in music as well. You are free to agree or disagree with them as you please, just please no hate***

Lucifer / Arcadia :

Surprisingly, I really like the music in this. I don't usually like electronic music, but this one was nice. His voice isn't my favourite, but is still good. NOW THE LYRICS!! Oh dear. Oh my. Oh boy. I was not expecting to catch feelings for Lucifer today, sir. How dare you do this to me. Update: I just got to the second verse...He's a yandere. He is fucking yandere. He's still so full of himself as usual and I WANT TO PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE BUT I ALSO WANT TO KISS HIM GAAAAAAAH!!!!! LUCIFER YOU ASSHOLE! UPDATE UPDATE: FINAL VERSE! AND THEN THE PRICK GOES BACK TO BEING A ROMANTIC CHARMING LITTLE SHIT 😡😣😖 Final thoughts: I- I- this whole song was a rollercoaster. I love to hate lucifer and hate to love him. I really do. This song embodied that perfectly. I did enjoy the song though.

Mammon / Are You Ready? :

Opening thought. I am not ready. Very not ready. Mammon is amazing in that art 😍.

Okay, now being serious, I'm sorry Mammon. I adore you to BITS, like so so so much. But this is exactly the kind of EDM that I despise. BUT, I bore through it and kept listening. I don't hate his voice, but he's sing talking. He's not quite rapping, he's sing talking. So it's meh. FUCKING UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE: THE CHORUS!!!! THE MF CHORUS!!!! HE SINGS! HE CAN ACTUALLY SING (still not best but pretty good)?! AND THE MUSIC SOUNDS SO MUCH BETTER THERE WHEN IT'S SLOW- ... ... ... the auto-tune on his voice on that English line 😤 WHY?!! I WAS JUST GETTING INTO IT!!!

Lyrics time: Honestly, it feels like Mammon got drunk, picked up a mic and started singing to MC, and I mean that in the best way possible. He's being honest in a way we've never seen him be honest before, and he calls himself a tsundere 😂 I love it.

Now the chorus lyrics: I love the chorus. It's so Mammon and just perfect. I love it. The lyrics just- *sighs* it's that possessive side of him that makes him the dork that he is. Okay. t-the lyrics...the lyrics also give me MAJOR suggestive vibes and I'm just here like 😳😳😳 MaMmOn PlEaSe WhAt ArE YoU DoInG?!

Final thoughts: The lyrics are also quite repetitive, which is another pet peeve of mine. All in all, it's not bad. It's just not for me. I'm so sorry Mammon 😭😭😭 That being said, I think it suits Mammon fairly well. Not perfectly, but good.

Leviathan / My Chance:

Opening thoughts: THIS TITLE IS SO CUTE AND IT'S PERFECT FOR HIM uwu Also, the vintage game-esque music is just perfect for Levi's aesthetic. Like, the light piano mixed with it gives me Undertale vibes?? Even before he starts singing, I just think it's really cute and it makes me want to hug him. Again, I'm not in love with his voice, but it's still nice. I do enjoy it.

Lyrics: LEVI BABY ARE YOU OKAY?! SOMEONE GET THIS MAN A THERAPIST 😭😭😭

Chorus: It's so sad, but this is Levi's reality. This song embodies him and everything he is so so so well. It really is perfect for him. But seriously bro. Let me hug you. And then we're gonna work on your self-worth issues because oh boy That last verse though. Oh my goodness 🥺🥺 It is the very definition of pining.

AND THEN THE FINAL CHORUS!!! HE'S BEING SO HONEST ABOUT HIS ANXIETY AND I JUST- 😭😭😭😭 LEVIIIIIIIIII!!!

Final thoughts: *clears throat, wipes tears that are totally not there* Right. So it's obvious that I enjoy this one. It just screams Levi and suits him so well and it also just breaks my heart so...yeah.

Satan / Read My Heart:

The piano. THE 👏 FUCKING 👏 PIANO 👏 So beautiful! The fact that his song is so soft and slow when he himself is meant to represent something so strong and violent is simply poetic. There are moments where I love Satan's singing voice in this and there are moments where I don't like it as much. HIS VOICE IN THE CHORUS IS MY FAVOURITE 😭 So sweet. So just- I love him. I love him so much.

Lyrics: So honest, but I feel that this is almost like a letter from Satan of all the things he wishes he could say. Also, remember that dork who can't say love words out loud headcanon we talked about earlier today? He literally confirms here 🥰🥰 Aww Satan

Chorus: AGAIN! SO HONEST WITH HIS FEELINGS AND HIM TRYING TO KNOW HIMSELF 😭😭😭 It's just so beautiful Stunning. I love it. This one hits all the markers for me. I'm calling it now. I think his lyrics are my favourite, and possibly my favourite song in general. It's just such a beautiful love song. Filled with what he so desperately desires but also his fears and it's so honest it hurts.

Final thoughts: This one made me cry. Like, literally made me cry. It was just so beautiful and perfect. I mean, there's a sad line that uses cats as a metaphor 😭 It's fantastic. Amazing. I can't praise it enough. Where I feel everyone else so far (except poor Levi, poor baby) had something that implied...suggestive things, Satan is just so desperate for love. To feel and experience it and everything that comes with it, and it's just- I love it.

Asmodeus / Pomade:

I actually really really enjoy the music here. It's more pop than EDM and I appreciate that. It's nice. Asmo's voice is also really pleasant to listen to. There's just something about it. I like it a lot. When he holds his notes, it just has this amazing sound and I dunno. I just like it a lot! AND HIS FALSETTO!! HOLY SHIT! AMAZING

Lyrics: I mean... It's exactly what I'd expect from Asmo. It doesn't feel like it's being sung to the MC though. At least not at first. It almost feels like he's singing to an audience at the Fall or something.

Chorus: It's a little more personal, but I feel like we're still only getting that one side of Asmo. We're shown in the second season that he does have insecurities and that there's more to him than being self-obsessed, and I'm kind of disappointed that the song doesn't show that.

Second Verse: We're finally getting personal here. Okay. The table has been turned and now Asmo is finally talking about how he feels about MC and that's more I like it!

Final thoughts: Now that I've listened to the final verse and chorus, I GET IT NOW! It's a story. It's how Asmo first felt like all that was there for him and all he was made for was pleasing the audience. Then you came and it was just a game of trying to make you fall for him, just like he had been able to everyone else. And finally, him realizing that it's him who has become captivated by you and that he loves you! It's actually really sweet and I love that. Sound-wise, this song is fantastic! The music really compliments his voice and it all suits Asmo's character really well.

Beelzebub / Hungry Six-Pack:

So ya'll already know I adore Beel and this ROCK MUSIC AND HIS VOICE MADE ME SWOON! His voice! His voice is FANTASTIC! And the music IS AMAZING!!! I just love the guitar in it. It's (pardon me for this) it's just so damn sexy and I love it so much! THE BRIDGE OF THE SONG IS DAMN HOT OKAY?! I CAN'T GET OVER IT!

Lyrics: What I love about the lyrics is that they confirm my theory of Beel actually being physically impacted by his appetite. He says that it can cause him to get dizzy and I'm just here like 🥺🥺 We really get a sense here of how Beel is actually desperate to stop this appetite. He hates how it impacts him. He hates how it impacts those around him. And I just - 😭😭😭

Chorus: It fucking slaps! The up tempo is just *chefs kiss* and I love everything about it. And the words 😳 Damn Beel...Damn. i love him so much even though if you really think about it these words HURT

THE SECOND VERSE WITH DRUMS IN THE BACK JUST MAKES ME WANT TO JUMP AROUND IN A MOSH PIT! I LOVE THE SOUND OF THIS ONE SOOOOO MUCH! IT'S SO GREAT!

THEN IN THE LAST CHORUS WITH THAT HIGHER OPTION NOTE THAT HE HOLDS AND SHAKES AND I'M LIKE 😍😍😍 GOD I LOVE HIM SOOO MUCH

Final thoughts: As you can clearly see, I love this one. Now, lyrics-wise, I found a comment that really broke down the lyrics in terms of Beel's insecurity with his appetite and his sin and how he struggles with that and it made me appreciate the song all that much more and I just- I love this song. (The comment was left by Felix The Lemon on this if you don't understand the utter heartbreak of this song, please read this) Maybe it's my bias towards Beel. Maybe it's because it's rock. But this one, overall, is my favourite.

Belphegor / Dreamscape:

I love the almost lo-fi sound to it! It's perfect cause a lot of people use lo-fi to sleep. Very clever producers. Very clever. I both hate and love his voice at the same time and I DON'T KNOW WHY! Like it has a bit of a filtered sound to it, but what genuine sound I can hear through that filter is really really nice and I love it. I TAKE IT ALL BACK HIS VOICE IN THE CHORUS 😭😭😭 HE HAS MY FAVOURITE VOICE OF THE BROTHERS BY FAR! OH MY GOD IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL!

Lyrics: GAAAAAHHHHH!!!! I LOVE THEM SO MUCH! OKAY OKAY OKAY!!! So! These lyrics are so great because it's showing that soft side of Belphie that I adore! It's not his teasing side, it's the side that only Beel and MC really get to see and I just- I love it.

The whole "I will always wait for you" for some reason made me think of when he was stuck in the attic where literally the only thing he had to look forward to was MC coming to set him free and update him on how Beel was doing. And then afterward, he had to wait for them to be comfortable around him again because he knew that he messed up and he had to wait for their forgiveness. And then finally, Belphie has to wait for them to notice his feelings, amongst the obvious more showy feelings of his brothers and to hopefully maybe choose him 😭😭😭 SO GOOD

Second verse is his insecurities and I just ao;dusg;bfjnaduoh;szvbjxaui;dvkjx AAAAAAHHHHHHH I LOVE IT SO MUCH I CAN'T EVEN PUT IN TO WORDS!! WHY DO I LOVE THIS?!?!

FINAL THOUGHTS: THIS SONG ALONE HAS CAUSED ME TO FALL IN LOVE WITH BELPHEGOR ADU;SFBKJACDZS IT'S JUST SO PERFECT!!! His voice! The sound! The words! It has it all! I know I just said Beel's was my overall favourite, and I'm so so sorry Beelzebaby, but Belphie takes the cake. We get his anger, his sadness, his fondness, HIS DESPERATION, IT JUST HAS SO MUCH EMOTION!!!! I CAN'T GET OVER THIS SONG!

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The songs were all incredible and I love them to bits. I feel like I know the brothers better know and I know have more feelings for Belphie than I know what to do with, so there's that 😅😅 If you're still here reading this, thanks for joining me on this chaotic journey and dealing with my bullshit. Love you guys ❤❤❤

[hamphobicbasil]

Could u elaborate about the dsmp story being bad? Not a rabid/brain dead fan, just genuinely curious and I enjoy reading people's rants lolol

oh you dont know the floodgates you just opened

a few things:

1. despite not liking the creators of the dsmp anymore, I don't actually hate most of them. [the ones that are particularly unsavory fall outside of this of course] so all that I'm saying i truly mean in a critical sense towards the story, its also just all purely my opinion as someone who enjoys fictional and fantasy stories and who like criticizing works to see what it does well and what it doesn't do well

2. for clarification I'm going to use the c![name] to indicate when I'm talking about the characters. Don't get me wrong, I think its annoying too but its the only way I'm gonna be able to write this thing without getting something across the wrong way yknow?

3. I stopped watching the streams after November 16th, [save for one Techno one but I closed out after a particularly bad story beat lol] and so all information coming afterward is all second hand from either me seeing people on twt talk abt it or people dming me. All i really know is up to dream's imprisonment and some stuff past that.

4. This is mostly aimed towards the "main" story, so stuff abt the badlands, eggpire, and whatnot are briefly mentioned.

anyways uh, i'll try to be brief but also include enough information to get why i feel the way i do on some stuff across

A. Performances Alright obviously these people are all streamers, so obviously they might not be the best actors, and hell no one is even asking that of them. However, when you're telling a story that's based on the audio with the visuals kinda coming to a second, it's gotta be pretty strong. I will say, some of the best actors in my opinion are Wilbur, Tommy, and Tubbo. I would include Ranboo but I never watched any of his story bits or story streams so I can't say much. Wilbur and Tommy are excellent in selling their character's emotions and feelings, when I watch the stream I don't feel like I'm watching an rp but an actual thought-out story yknow? And one of my favorite Tubbo examples was in the Hog Hunt video whenever Techno attacked him, he sounded genuinely afraid and I believed everything his character was feeling.

However, unfortunately, not everyone is gonna be that good. And I'm gonna say it; Dream and Techno have to be the worst out of the entire cast. I understand Techno's whole character is this monotoned badass, however, when really emotional moments hit I feel like he never lets that fall, and a lot of intense moments just ring hollow. And I'm sorry but Dream's attempts at being intimidating leave me laughing whenever I watch them. It feels like he watched that one scene from The Marriage with Adam Driver and Scarlett Johannson and said "Oh this is what good acting looks like! Just yelling." His whole "I don't give a FUCK about Spirit!" speech isn't as great as people keep making it out to be. And whenever he tries to act coy when being a villain it feels like a guy reading the script for the first time, a bit like he's trying too hard. I have more problems with his character but his portrayal certainly doesn't help.

Everyone else is fine, and I don't feel strongly either way about a lot of them.

B. The "Lore" Okay first off, I can't be the only one who thinks it's silly that people are calling the dsmp's story "lore" when it's not, it's the fucking story. Lore indicates backstory to either the world or the characters, which a lot of the streams don't really pertain to. This is a really petty section but god it's a weird pet peeve of mine.

Other than the misusage of "lore" vs "story", the actual lore and world-building of the world are so lackluster that new elements can be introduced whenever and it often feels cluttered or not well thought out at all. And here's the thing, I feel like if the writers sat down just for a few minutes to establish world rules and general history, a lot of this could be solved! but so much is made up on the spot that it starts to feel like they're grabbing at straws to keep people invested, trying to reach that next high and intense story beat without actually earning it.

C. The Egg / Eggpire This is a pretty minor note since I was only invested in the Egg storyline for a little bit, but god it's so underused that it's almost embarrassing. Bad has provided this super interesting antagonistic force that's infecting the SMP, can control people, and who one of our main character is immune to, and it's just never used or even talked about again? Now I understand if he wanted to keep it to a side storyline only, however, to introduce this borderline eldritch creature and force within the world and then never have it dealt with is so weird.

D. The Writing Oh boy this is. kinda a big one. Now I'm not gonna lie, it's pretty obvious I have a bias for the Wilbur writing over the current team [that consisting of Dream, Quackity, and Tommy mostly]. I don't this his writing is perfect by any means, the characters constantly bringing up traitors got obnoxious after a while, and writing Hamilton but in Minecraft really isn't the modern Shakespeare or anything. However, I think his exploration of characters and plot progression was a lot more thought out and well planned, like he actually had two brain cells behind the story yknow? The current team I think fails to be as emotional or even impactful, things happened too fast and my god was everything drowned in angst for so long.

Don't get me wrong, you gotta have your characters face hardships to make them reach their goal believable, but some of the shit they put the characters through just felt like too much. From c!Tubbo's constant comparison to c!Schlatt [who btw, fucking ordered his death and kept him from his friends in a nation he felt trapped in] and on a side note, i kinda really fucking dislike the "c!Schlatt dad!!" au's or the au's where c!Tubbo inherits some of Schlatt's features, it would be like c!Tommy getting a c!Dream mask after his exile, it's feels so weird yet people eat that shit up for some reason.

But god, did c!Tommy get the brunt of it all and in retrospect after his final death, it kinda feels really fucking gross. Now obviously, I'm not trusting any of these people to write decent mental health representation, but c!Tommy's PTSD and how it was explored was just degrading. [Specifically the scene in that one Techno stream where he saw the final control room from the first war, and had a flashback / panic attack where he started calling out for c!Dream. I understand this is an actual thing people with PTSD will experience, but it felt so fucking stereotypical it got on my nerves. I actually had to close out of the stream because it made me feel sick, fiction shouldn't leave you feeling that way.] And don't get me started on how they basically reused the formula from the previous arc. [Problem introduced -> Tensions rise as things start to fall apart -> Big confrontation -> Exile -> Return from Exile -> Blowing up L'Manberg, again.]

And speaking of characters-

E. Character Arcs, or the lack of them In my genuine opinion, some of these characters' arcs are so disappointing. Especially c!Tommy's. I'm not one to believe that he was a "selfish" character or anything, however, his goals were simply set on his discs and maybe c!Tubbo, he didn't have much outside that. However, L'Manberg gave him something to care about, he gave up his discs for it and he fought for it tooth and nail, I think it taught him to open up to others and trust more. It was a great character arc for him to have, seeing him still fight even after his first exile alongside c!Wilbur, to return safely to the nation that he and his found family had built.

But then his second exile happened, and I feel like all of that was undone.

c!Tommy's exile genuinely pisses me off for so many reasons. It's not that characters can't have their low points after reaching a major change or feeling like they've "completed" their arcs or anything, but it's more of the fact that it seems like he's never going to heal that feels like a spit in the face, especially to people who might have had setbacks like that before. Progress isn't linear, sometimes things happen and you get knocked back down, it can take a while to get back up, but I don't think c!Tommy's character is ever going to be allowed to get back up. From c!Dream, who pretty much was a constant abuser in his life, killing him then reviving him, and his still fractured relationship with c!Tubbo, which by the way I have a had time believing they would still be friends after all that happened, it feels like he can never get a win and it's generally kinda a shit way to treat your characters who have been abused. Of course, not all abused characters are going to get happy endings, I'm not trying to dictate that they all should, but c!Tommy deserves one and the fact that it's so obscure feels shitty.

Side note: we still don't have a canon reason to give a shit abt the discs. Like I'm sorry but without some sorta connection to the MacGuffin why should we give a shit about him getting them other than "he wants them lol". Like hell, I would even accept the classic "they were the last gifts from his parents" or something, but we still don't have a reason.

c!Tubbo also lacks a fulfilling arc as well, from someone who started out as a yes man, he has progressed a bit into having his own interests first, but besides that sometimes his character makes me so. depressed. He's easily one of the most pushed around and hated characters within the story, all for being a kid who didn't know what to do and he's in the same vein as c!Tommy; these kids can't get a break. Also, his anti-violence beliefs morphing into the "lets kill c!Techno lol!" bit was so out of place and without proper build-up it was like. what. And now he's building nukes?? god c!Tubbo makes me so sad because he's kicked around constantly and never given a chance to grow.

Another small note, I also don't really enjoy c!Techno at all. Besides the previously stated reasons of lack of emotions when they're really needed, I find his character to be weirdly pretentious. He talks as if he's constantly been betrayed and hurt but I personally, don't see it? Like, I think one of the main examples was the Pogtopia vs. Manberg war, yknow he wanted to end the government but they just reinstated it after they won = c!Techno upset. But this doesn't make sense to me because why did he think otherwise? The entire time c!Tommy had talked about taking back their nation and starting again, so the fact that c!Techno suddenly thought there would be a sudden change is, to put it bluntly, kinda fucking stupid. I don't want to say that he "plays the victim" or anything because that feels a bit harsh, but his character feels so far up his own ass that I can't enjoy him.

I have a major grip with c!Dream as well, but that's getting it's own fucking section.

F. L'Manberg This is a quick note before we get into the, forgive me for this, endgame, of this entire rant, since the next two sections are tied together. But god, L'Manberg makes me upset because it feels like they gave up on it.

Don't get me wrong, I understand that it is supposed to be c!Wilbur's "unfinished symphony", the thing that destroyed a once charismatic and widely loved man, his attempt at power that utterly ruined him. But the fact that it just got blown up in the end after everything and left to rot felt like such a waste of time. From the first war, to Pogtopia, to even c!Tommy's exile, it all felt fucking worthless in the end, and the story is actively closer to how it was when it started now more than ever. I wished it was actually allowed to exist and continue to be a peaceful place in what is a chaotic world, but no it was just snuffed out because why dedicate to this concept of finding others you can band together with and feel safe. fuck that noise apparently?

G. The Villains Now villain-wise, I'm only talking about c!Dream [during the first war], c!Schlatt, and c!Wilbur. And believe it or not, this is actually mostly positive.

Now I'm not gonna lie, c!Dream as a staring antagonist wasn't bad actually, he posed a genuine and threatening opposition to L'Manberg, even if we didn't know his real intentions or motivations as to why he was against it. He's lucky in this sense because he didn't have to be good, he had to be passable. If anything, he felt more like an anti-hero than a tyrant or traditional villain, and my god do I wish he kept this theme going forward.

Now quick disclaimer, I don't like JSchlatt as much as the next guy, he's an adult man who should know better than to joke about some sensitive topics and act the way that he does. But the one thing I'll ever give him is that damn, was he a good actor for his character.

Now here's the thing, c!Schlatt wasn't particularly deep at all. He had no real motivations behind his exile of c!Wilbur and c!Tommy other than getting competition out of the way, had no reason to act the way that he did and yknow? that's fine. The reason why he worked was from his performance alone, he was actually intimidating. When he came onto the stream and was doing his typical bad guy stuff, it was actually intense to see what he would do. Whenever he would almost catch c!Tommy back in Manberg, whenever he would begin to pressure c!Tubbo, it put you on the edge of your seat and it felt like everything would change at the drop of a pen. He's a villain to be a villain, and this works out because he's just charismatic and well put together enough to make it interesting, even without the backstory or motives.

c!Wilbur however, is much more tragic, and the best villain of the story. He essentially was the "mentor turned evil" trope and it felt terrible watching him descend into madness, unable to trust barely anyone except for c!Techno and c!Tommy. Hell, in the end I think he still cared about them both, despite losing everything. Sure, he blew up L'Manberg, but there was still a smidge of the old c!Wilbur in there made everything he did feel melancholic. His death at the hands of his father after achieving his final wish was chilling, and something I still think about.

Until yknow, Ghostbur came back way too soon to let people feel his loss as a character within that world. And then he got revived, pretty much-undoing everything that moment meant for his character lol.

And then there's the worst one:

H. Dream. I'm going to be completely honest, c!Dream is one of the main reasons why I dislike the current dsmp stuff so much. Outside of his actions as a person, the way Dream decided to write his character as this overpowered madman of the dsmp really just. destroyed any intrigue that he could've had. Perhaps this is from my growing dislike towards him, manifesting into a bias towards his character, but god I cannot fathom why people try to insist he's interesting when he has as much depth as a fucking puddle.

And here's the thing, I'm not even entirely against c!Dream being a villain, hell I think he would've been great as an anti-hero if anything. Make him sympathetic but not through c!George to get your precious "DNF" points or anything, but show him actually caring about the people within the dsmp, including c!Tommy and c!Tubbo. This would make his rival status with them just a bit more complicated, sure they're enemies, however, he doesn't want to hurt or kill them, and there's still a level of friendship there that keeps them bonded when things get super bad. This could've been super interesting to see, the first villain of the story receiving a sorta redemption arc then descending into madness as he started to fixate on being a god. This is all how I feel personally, but god do I feel like it would've been better than his current character, and hell would've worked with how he was during the Pogtopia arc, before the war that is. I'm not trying to tell Dream how to write his own character, but there are so many other ways he could've done the madman seeking to become god rather then. whatever the hell we got.

Because instead, we got this power-mad asshole who does things... because he can? And that's one of my major issues: he tries to surround his character in mystery to make him "intriguing" but it's kinda like c!Techno, it comes off as pretentious. Not only that, but you cannot keep waving around this mystery of a backstory without ever actually revealing it. I know the story isn't over, but c!Dream is effectively at his lowest point, now would be the time to reveal his backstory. But no just keep it in the dark and keep everyone guessing, that's totally fun and not at all tiring and annoying. (sarcasm, if anyone needs it)

And back to his performance, he doesn't sell this aloof, cynical and strategic warrior that has perfected the blade or some shit, he comes off as some angry guy yelling on reddit. which i don't need to tell you, isn't intimidating. It feels like he's trying to have c!Schlatt's intimidation combined with c!Wilbur's depth, but instead he's like a little brother who's trying to hard to mimic his older brother and is kinda embarrassing himself.

but other then that i dont feel too strongly abt the dsmp lol

but seriously, these are the main complaints I have abt the story tbh, I could probably talk about more but I wont because man. this is probably gonna get me in trouble if any of the hyper-dsmp fans actually read it.

[stayarmytinyzenmoa-l]

so i passed out last night 🤡 i'll read everything tomorrow after my engineering exam but i shall spill the tea akhbdfn

so my uni has this festival thing going on for three days similar to the rodeo? but on a smaller scale (not naming it for privacy reasons)

so obviously i was planning to go with a couple of my friends but in the last minute i find out that they're all going with their s/os which makes it more awkward for me because,, i'm the only single one... and i didn't want to third wheel the entire evening akbhdfn

but lucky for me one of the people in the group brought his friend who by the way was actually pretty cute and vv nice 👀 who had came home from his uni for the weekend so we both ended up hanging out for a majority of the time because we were the trademark singles of the group akbjdfn :D

the evening was going fine, we were enjoying all the booths and food trucks there and whatnot and we saw that there was a roller skating area so me being me decided to drag him over there because i love roller skating sm and why not do a semi adrenaline inducing event with a cute guy i mean what

so we get our roller skates and begin skating, but what i do not know is that this man has never skated in his entire life so i'm standing there trying to drag his ass across the rink while reassuring him that he won't fall over and break something lol

and it's going nice!! we're having fun!! we're holding hands because that's the only way that he's going to get across the damn rink!! we're laughing to much that our stomachs hurt and we're wheezing!!

and then shit goes down

whenever i laugh i usually throw my head back and after i did that i was laughing so hard that i was wheezing so naturally i did the hands on knees squat thing to catch my breath and when i looked up istg i saw my entire life flash in front of my eyes BECAUSE ONE OF MY FAMILY FRIENDS WAS THERE WATCHING THIS ENTIRE INTERACTION OF US HOLDING HANDS AND NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT IF SOMEONE SAW THAT WITH NO CONTEXT THEY WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WE WERE ON A ROMANTIC DATE AKDBJFNKM someone take me out

he fucking waved at me and smiled while raising his eyebrows and i was standing there shaking my head like a mad man because it really isn't what it looks like and i'm currently panicking because holy shit what did he see who is he going to tell-

but i know he won't snitch because he was there with his girlfriend so i have blackmail on him as well hehe

so yeah that was my evening yesterday 😭 and an update on the guy: i got his number but i don't really think we'll have anything going on because i found out he was younger than me (he's only two months younger it's legal ahkbdjf) so there goes that because younger men 🤢

in retrospect i'm glad it was that family friend that saw me over anyone else because i've know him since i was like,, five so if anything he's like my overprotective older brother akdhbj

Omg yeah don’t worry about it you focus on your exam!!! Best of luck, you’ve got this!!!

ALSO YOUR UNI HAS RODEOS DJAKFJDBEKXJS I think the closest thing at my Uni’s something called “Solstice” we have one per quarter and they’re cool djskdjwix

That’s kinda rude, ngl. Like if they were planning on going with their s/os this whole time then that’s something they should’ve made clear to you because, as much as they don’t think it would be, it’s kind of awkward being the single friend amongst people who are dating and it falls under the “inviting people who weren’t invited before/without asking” category and ugh sorry it’s a pet peeve of mine anyway-

OO- TELL ME YOU GOT HIS NUMBERRRR Also I’m gonna hold out that maybe they were thinking “oh rose is gonna be the only single lady lemme bring my single friend” which now that I type it out sounds kinda weird just ignore this-

NO I LIKE THE WAY YOURE THINKING CONTINUE

ROSE’S LEADER (Y/N) AGENDA CONTINUES

NO STOP. STOP THATS LITERALLY MY WORST FUCKING FEAR AND IT HAPPENED TO YOU ROSE IM SO SORRY SJDOAFIHDNWBSJA also hopefully Mr. Doesn’t-Know-How-to-Roller-Skate will take you out on a date but if worse comes to worse your embarrassment will take you out-

If you’re lucky he’ll just tell his friends if not write your will /hj

OOP YOU HAVE DIRT ON EACH OTHER AIQNFJXLWNDNW

HELP YOUNGER HES NOT EVEN THAT MUCH YOUNGER THAN YOU 😩😩😩😩 Strangers to friends to lovers(?)

OOOHHHHHH OKAY okay I was like “NO ROSE NOOOO” but in that case it’s better, I thought you meant like family friend being your parents’ friend cuz I’m that case your life would’ve been surely shattered, and I mean that in the nicest way possible 💀 EITHER WAY IM GLAD YOU HAD FUN CUZ IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAD FUN!!!!

[ehmuhlee13]

For Naming Your Sims...

Outside of trying to find accurate-ish CC (in relation to time-period and culture) and all that jazz for my Sims games, I take great care to try and find appropriate names as well. I'm sort of a self-proclaimed namenerd. If I'm not doing something Sims-related you can find me looking up things about names, naming fake families, etc...

That sorta leads me to the point of this post: RESOURCES so you don't have to keep naming your Sims the same 5 common names everyone else is using for their games! I notice a lot of name overlap for various gameplays I follow, especially the historical ones. There are so many unique options and variety when it comes to choosing an historically accurate name. (This may not matter to a lot of you, but I figured if I cared about it someone else out there might too. So, if that person is you, I hope you find this helpful!!)  Also, if anyone else knows of any sources for time-periods/cultures that I didn't include please let me know!!

Disclaimer: Majority of these are European based, because that is the easiest to find. I have searched for reliable, extensive sources of names from underrepresented cultures/ethnic groups/countries, but I don't always know the best way to search for accurate information, especially regarding something I'm not as familiar with.

A couple of good sites to start with are nameberry.com and behindthename.com. Nameberry is not always as accurate with meaning and origin, and it is lacking in tons of cultural diversity. (This is, thankfully, slowly changing). It can, however, be a good starting point, especially if you take the time to go through some of the forums on the site! The forums there are my favorite part of the site overall. There are also links to other name sites in various blog posts on the site. I believe I actually found my way onto most of the other sites I've linked here through various posts on Nameberry! Behind the name is more accurate when it comes to meaning and origin, and has a much wider range of cultures represented. There are, however, some user-submitted aspects, so always take those with a grain of salt. There are also pages related to different naming customs from around the world on the site as well.

British: British Baby Names has a pretty good collection of names from various time-periods. The blog has lists for Romans, Medieval, Tudor, Georgians, etc... plus a slew of various surnames! She also has posts on other European countries as well.

Medieval: Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources - the medieval name source of my dreams! They aim to provide the most accurate list of names that were actually used in medieval Europe. No made up names from stories here! Some of my personal faves: 

Altabella(f.) 

Blanchefleur(f.) 

Cadwobri(m.) 

Dulcibelle(f.) 

Erchamfred(m.) 

Framengilde(f.) 

Knightwine(m.) 

... I could do a whole post of the names to be honest. Anyways, also check out their blog, it's super cool history, namenerd stuff!

Anytime in recent-ish history: Newspapers, court documents, birth certificates...the list is long! Basically, in most western countries, you can find public access to a lot of documents, or an archive of newspapers to pull names from. This one does take a lot more dedication on each person's part as to how long one wants to spend searching for a name they like! (I spend, arguably, too much time doing this). If you're focusing on the Sims 4 Decades Challenge starting in the 1890's, then the SSA website will be a good bet, as it has records going back to 1880 for the USA. Unfortunately, majority of this stuff that is easy to find is going to be very western, very european, very white. 

Japanese: Beyond Sakura and Hiroshi - Super cool blog with a lot of cool names. Also, some of my favorite features a good name site should have--pronunciation guides, etymology, history, and popularity. 

Ritsuka (りつか)

Katsumi (かつみ)

Emi (えみ)

Saori (さおり)

Ryūya (りゅうや)

Yohē (よへえ)

The Sims 4 team has been upping the Asian representation in the game lately and it is great to see. (There are still so many underrepresented cultures in the game, but anytime I see something added that is not white and/or European at its core my heart gets so happy!) So I want my sims to have appropriate names that can fit the culture and aren't just a sad 'sounds like', made up attempt at being culturally correct. (Not that that's a pet-peeve of mine or anything)

West African: So, one of my favorites, because it can be very difficult to track down a source like this, at least in my limited experience, is The Yorùbá Name blog. The Yorùbá are an ethnic group from Western Africa, mainly in the modern countries of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. Just a few examples:

Hárúnà 

Fádáhùnsi 

Ọláọmọ 

Tiwaladé 

Ẹfúnrántí 

Rọ̀mádé

The site is described as "an online intervention to preserve and document all Yorùbá names in a multimedia format. It is part of a long-term project to document all types of African cultural experiences on the internet as a way of ensuring the survival of African identities in their various expressions." I can't even begin to put into words how amazing I think this is and how much more of this sort of thing is needed! So if you know of any similar resources please share! Even if they're not name-related!

And that is the end of my first post...it ended up super long, but I don't know if I could've done it shorter. So if you're still here at this point, thank you! I hope you enjoyed this and can find it useful:) I’d also like to so more specific name lists in the future, so, if I ever remember to do that, hopefully it’ll turn out:))

[raptorific]

A big pet peeve of mine-- and I’ve seen it referenced a lot online lately-- is the whole “a teleporter works by scanning your body, destroying it completely, and making an exact copy with your memories in full at a second location. You are killed and a clone takes your place” argument. It’s a narrative for people who want to sound smart without putting in any atual thought.

For one thing, a teleporter doesn’t work by any known mechanism. Information can be “teleported” from one particle to another without any information carrier between the two, but we can no more say how a teleporter would work than we could make a statement on how a leprechaun would realistically find the end of the rainbow to hide his pot o’ gold. 

The thing is, this whole idea is based entirely on trying to explain how the teleporters on, specifically, Star Trek would work in real life. It refuses to accept that the teleportation mechanism on “Star Trek” (converting human bodies into energy in a way where the mind remains conscious and active while they’re in energy form AND so they convert back into matter upon arrival at their destination) could be recreated, but asks people to accepts that an equally ridiculous technology (the ability to, in full, scan the structure of a human body at a subatomic level, fully annihilate that body into its component atoms, and transmit that information to a location with a sufficiently advanced 3D printer to recreate your atomic structure exactly and render it physically within seconds) could be devised in “real physics.”

It’s an explanation that seems to realize there’s already an explanation and laughs at it, then presents an equally ridiculous explanation and says “that’s how it’d work with REAL physics!” The people claiming it want to seem smart, but don’t seem to have much in the way of answers for why they think “near-instantaneous atomic 3D scanning and printing” is more scientifically sound than the actual way Star Trek’s teleporters work, which is “the computer converts your body into a ghost made of lasers, then they fire it out of a cannon towards the surface of a planet, and you turn back into a real boy on impact.”

This concept of teleportation has come back into popularity in recent years because Skinny Pete and Badger mention it on “Breaking Bad” when they’re talking about Star Trek. The thing people forget about this is that Skinny Pete and Badger are idiots, and on top of that, they’re on a lot of crystal methamphetamine, a drug not particularly known for making you act smarter.

In real life, if they ever invent a teleporter, it could be literally anything! It doesn’t have to be the Edgelord Meth-Bro “what if Star Trek was actually super fucked up and all the characters stepped into an incinerator four times an episode and everyone pretended it was okay because they cloned them?” theory! Maybe they’ll figure out how to open artificial wormholes, like in “Portal!” Maybe they’ll figure out how to fold the fabric of spacetime like in “A Wrinkle In Time!” Maybe scientists will finally invent magic, like in “Harry Potter!” Maybe teleportation is impossible in real life! We just don’t know!

What we do know is that teleportation explicitly doesn’t work that way in the vast majority of science fiction franchises that feature it, and the one time it does work that way, in “The Prestige,” it’s not even real teleportation, it’s just stage magic that uses a whole other science fiction concept to fake it.

So as far as I’m concerned, the only people who insist “teleporters are just a xerox machine that shreds the original” are either people dumb enough to be fooled by a fictional magic trick from a movie that shows you how the trick is done, or people who are still chasing the high of that short period 15 years ago when they could go online and say “actually timmy from the fairly oddparents is in an insane asylum and cosmo and wanda are how he hallucinates his psychiatrists” and not be laughed at

[qucintly]

TEN Q’S

1. When are you usually online?

Um... in random intervals. However I am trying to be online more often. No schedule has been set as of yet.

2. What verses are you involved in?

AU wise? The only AU I’m involved in really is Genshin Impact. Mainly because the majority of my mutuals either play genshin muses or have genshin verses. The brainrot is real.

3. What is your biggest RP pet peeve?

Spam liking a post just to get the OP’s attention. Or spam following a blog of interest to get the owner’s attention. Like, we can see that you follow us. But we can also see who’s desperate for attention on the media. There’s a notification tag for a reason. Spamming my phone’s notifications with that method will get you blocked, no exceptions. If you want attention so badly make a “hot take” on twitter dot com and put your phone off silent.

...Anti-Rant wise, please don’t spam my notifications, especially personal blogs. It really messes up our reply drive.

4. Are you drawn to specific types of muses?

Honestly? Depending on the personality of the writer, I’m practically drawn to any muse. I’ll be honest that at first I was a little intimidated by the muses that express dark themes, merely because they’re very brave to explore such things ( including looking into irl looks of those themes ). But the more I’ve written in my entire life, the more I grow to become more confident in writing said themes. So like, anyone with dark themes or light themes is welcome in my book as long as you, the writer, isn’t being a piece of shit on the internet.

5. Are there reoccurring themes in your writing that people might not notice?

If there are reoccurring themes in my writing that isn’t noticed by the people, then those reoccurring themes aren’t noticed by me either. :D

6. What are your favourite RP trends?

Not intentionally copying the answer of the previous poster, but carrds look so pretty?? A majority of my mutuals create them with the most simplest yet badass aesthetic ever. I tried creating a carrd once but it’s just so complicated. Call me Techitis for nothing :’D.

7. What is your process for starting a new story with someone?

The first thing I look into is the personality of the other character, and see how it meshes with the personality of my character. This also applies to starting a new story with my own characters. The second thing I do is ask whatever is on their mind when it comes to interacting with my character, cause sometimes, they blow my mind with the potentialities that I never would have thought of. Basically, I explore the minds of other people through conversation and attempt to make those thoughts into reality, through writing. It’s a process..

8. How do you feel about duplicates?

Once again, not intentionally copying the answer of the previous poster, Resse is an OC of mine. I created her out of nowhere and I grew a heavy liking to her. Steal my concepts and I’ll steal your braincells. Steal the reference sheet/look my commission artist drew for me with pure dedication and exceptional prowess, I’ll break your fingers. But, I have always wanted to write with other muses with a detective aesthetic/base to see how they interact with Resse. So like, general detective muses are fine. But no Resse Harris 2.0s, okay?

9. How long have you been involved in roleplaying?

Ever siiiiiince 2015? Wow, it’s been a while. My first official RP blog was a fandomless OC that has been lost to the abyss. Kinda want to bring him back but at the same time I’m already suffocating in the amount of OCs I made throughout the years. God help me.

10. Is there a muse or verse you could write in, but haven’t?

Canon muse wise? My brain only runs on OCs, sorry. OC wise? I have been contemplating on writing one of my Splatoon OCs alongside my self insert for a while. But I haven’t gotten the uh... energy for making an entire new blog... yet

Verse wise? I’ve always been considering writing a Resident Evil Verse for Resse. RE has been a watch interest of mine, and given the supernatural life of Resse, it can be proved interesting to explore!

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🧜‍♀️ what do you prefer to be called name-wise?

ella but i accept all nicknames except for the ones that patronise me :-D

🧜‍♀️ when is your birthday?

march 27th

🧜‍♀️ where do you live?

belgium

🧜‍♀️ three things you’re doing right now?

listening to better than words, listening to the cars driving over freshly rained-on streets, typing like a maniac

🧜‍♀️ four fandoms that have piqued your interest right now?

uhmmmmmmm...... hmmmm let’s have a think.......... 

well apart from 1d/larry i recently fell into somewhat of a little mix hole, as well as 5sos after not following their shit for 5 years or so and of course the song of achilles what the fuck

🧜‍♀️ how is the pandemic treating you?

ngl it was hard. graduated, moved to a new city, started working. couldn’t meet new ppl bc of lockdown. got covid, which didn’t treat me well at all. had a few major identity crises that i’m still working through

but i’m glad i had them and i’m out on the other side rn. i’m still not amazing, mentally, but i also never really was, so it’s not pandemic-related (i think?)

anyway i’ll be happy when concerts start up again and i uh...... meet some people, finally

🧜‍♀️ song you can’t stop listening to right now?

lights up

🧜‍♀️ recommend a movie

luca

🧜‍♀️ how old are you?

25

🧜‍♀️ school, university, occupation, other?

i have a master’s in english and dutch literature and linguistics, now i work in daycare with kids from 2-12 and it’s the best decision i made during this fucking pandemic bc i was burnt tf out after my thesis. now i can finally enjoy what i studied at uni in peace

🧜‍♀️ do you prefer hot or cold?

cold ?? idk i hate sweating but i also learned to live with it bc when it’s 30 degrees and i’m in italy??? sign me tf up baby

🧜‍♀️ name one fact others may not know about you.

i am belgian but i lived in nyc when i was a kid, going to pre-k, kindergarten and 1st grade there, making english one of my mother languages

🧜‍♀️ are you shy?

no i don’t think i am, i shut down sometimes when people’s vibes are off and that’s just on me distrusting ppl easily

🧜‍♀️ do you have any preferred pronouns?

i prefer they/them or she/her. anything is fine unless it’s like that is a she and nothing else yk? bc then it’s wrong

🧜‍♀️ any pet peeves?

ppl might hate me for this but greasy hair

🧜‍♀️ what’s your favourite “dere” type?

(echoing mariel) ??

🧜‍♀️ rate your life 1-10. 1 being really crappy and 10 being the best you could ever be.

uhm. i’m very lucky and i’m generally happy with my life, but my brain sucks, so. 7 or 8 

🧜‍♀️ what’s your main blog?

i don’t have another blog besides this one <3

🧜‍♀️ list your side blogs and what they’re used for.

don’t have any, but i have entertained the thought of making an art side blog

🧜‍♀️ is there anything you think people need to know about you before becoming friends with you?

that i need way more validation than i let on

OKAAAAAAY! who wants in on the fun @bluewinnerangel @dyingstars-x @killerqueenlux @whenyouvequitefinished @laurelier

[cidira]

MOD: Confess Attraction Fix

2021/07/25 - This mod has been updated for compatibility with Agnes Crumplebottom patch 1.77 .

This is a simple tuning mod which fixes what I consider to be an EA bug a major pet peeve of mine with the Confess Attraction interaction. (I’ve managed to understand the tuning a little better and don’t think it’s a bug anymore, but it still annoys me.) This is a base game interaction, so the mod doesn’t require any packs.

The Simple Explanation: In TS4, most interactions on the Romance menu are pretty safe to use as soon as they are available to your Sims. They’ll still fail sometimes, especially if one or both Sims are in a bad mood, or the target Sim has a negative Sentiment toward the actor, etc., but in general, the risk of failure is relatively low -- if the relationship between the two Sims isn’t good enough to do an interaction, that interaction probably won’t be on the menu. (A few interactions sometimes even appear greyed-out, with a tool-tip explaining why you can’t use them yet.) 

A notable exception is Confess Attraction, which my Sims were just constantly getting rejected for when every other romance interaction available to them was accepted more often than not, and it pissed me right off. So I dug into why, and found that the bar for ‘will this interaction succeed?’ was somewhat noticeably higher than the bar for ‘should this interaction show up?’. Then I changed it.

Download and more technical explanation under the cut.

First, since most of you probably don’t care about the technical explanation, the DOWNLOAD!

[SimFileShare] [Google Drive]

Changelog:

2021/07/25 - Updated for compatibility with patch 1.77.

2021/04/16 - Updated both mod and post to reflect improved understanding of the tuning.

2021/04/11 - Initial release, compatible with patch 1.72.

This mod will conflict with any other that modifies the Confess Attraction interaction, including but not limited to Have Some Personality Please! by PolarBearSims. The specific tuning ID changed is  S4_E882D22F_00000000_0000000000006635, otherwise known as E882D22F!00000000!0000000000006635.mixer_social_ConfessAttraction_targeted_romance_middleScore.InteractionTuning.xml.

My long-term intention is to cooperate with any other modder who is willing, in order to combine this change with their mods -- either by making a compatibility file available with permission, which users of their mod can install, or by having them add my changes to their mod. If you are a modder who has made changes to Confess Attraction and would like to add my changes to your mod, you are welcome to do so, preferably with credit to me and a note sent my way so I can mention it here. (It’s a very simple mod, but if you wouldn’t have thought of making the change to your mod without my having done it first, it’s only polite to say so.) If you’re a player who uses a mod that edits the tuning for Confess Attraction, you can let me know and I’ll contact the modder to see if they’re willing to work together. (I have been in touch with PolarBear about HSPP and will post more info soon.)

The Technical Explanation 

So, what I found when I started looking into the problem was that there’s a test set called scores_socialoutcomes_romance_availability that the game uses to determine whether some interactions on the Romance pie menu ought to show up for a particular active Sim on a particular target Sim, and there’s a test set called scores_socialoutcomes_romance that the game uses to determine whether the interaction, when attempted, will succeed or fail. Any interaction that uses either of these test sets is looking for a specific numerical score on the test. 

There are a LOT of factors that go into these test sets. The actual romance score between the two Sims is one of them, of course, but a ton of other things factor into both. They’re also not identical, if I recall correctly, so the scores for each test can’t necessarily be considered equivalent. 

The tuning for the Confess Attraction interaction requires a  scores_socialoutcomes_romance_availability of 8 to show up at all, and a scores_socialoutcomes_romance score of 19 to succeed. On the other hand, the First Kiss interaction requires a scores_socialoutcomes_romance_availability score of 15 to show up, but it only needs a scores_socialoutcomes_romance score of 10 to succeed.

Personally, I don’t think Sims should be significantly more likely to reject “I think you’re very attractive” -- or “I have a crush on you”, since the interaction is renamed Reveal Crush when teen Sims use it -- than they should be to reject actual lip contact (in fact, I think making such a statement is a natural lead-in to two Sims having a first kiss), so I set the threshold to 12 instead. (This is fewer changes than the previous version of the mod, now that I understand the tuning better.) It’s possible I may tweak this further as I come to understand the tests better.

[dykejake]

Goooooooood MORNING sunshine incarnate (dude oh my GOD what an absolute flex of a nickname that’s like a song lyric right there)

ITS SECRET SANTA BACK AT IT AGAIN THIS LOVELY FRIDAY MORNING

Your Christmas dinner made my stomach growl reading it, that sounds delicious.

Today I’d like to know: what is your biggest pet peeve? Alternately, what’s a major turn on for you? I need that juxtaposition ya know. Also: do you have any irrational fears? Mine is spiders and also kinda the dark 👀

Also, what would be your death row last meal?

I hope you have an easy Friday that turns into a fun and exciting Friday night!!! Love u -25🎁

BESTIE I FORGOT TO ANSWER THIS ONE JESUS

My biggest pet peeve is fucking noisy eaters. Just keep your mouth closed. Sloppy is whatever, but once it’s noisy? Get out of my face 😂

Major turn on? That thing people do when they’re holding your hand and then they rub it with their thumb 😍

My irrational fear is pigeons and fish. I will not elaborate.

My death row last meal would be maple butternut squash soup. Once again, I will not elaborate.

[panharmonium]

next round of in-progress naruto thoughts under the cut

[i actually haven’t progressed that far from where i was last time, honestly, but i could feel myself getting to a stage where i had some things i needed to write up.]

fyi, this one is a little more gripe-y than usual - still enjoying myself, but there are some things in the current arc that are bugging me.

[spoiler policy disclaimer first, as always: I am watching naruto for the first time and have only gotten to the point where naruto and bee break out of the island barrier and leave to join the war.  i am trying to avoid spoilers, so please don’t interact with this (tags included, because the notifications now show them to me automatically) with any spoilery commentary, including even general things like “oh i love this show but it gets less good after X point” or “X season is better than Y season” or any general assessments of quality/likability/etc re: future seasons.  Thank you! <3 ]

anyway, to go ahead with my grousing -

there are a couple things about this current arc that have me feeling "ehhh.”

1) too many dead people

i’ve personally always been lukewarm on the “revive/reanimate dead characters for the Confrontation Value” trope, which is probably due to me having been a comics fan for so long (i was pretty deep into DC-land during Blackest Night, and that’s not even the first/last time this sort of thing has been done there, so).  i’m not saying it CAN’T be done in an interesting way, but most of the time my experience with it has been that it’s kind of cheap/redundant storytelling.  it usually doesn’t add much to an emotional arc, for me, and when it retreads an emotional arc that did have a strong conclusion, i feel like all it does is weaken the original story.  

so like - places where i feel like shippuden does this well are with minato and kushina.  i found both of those scenes with naruto to be powerful moments that added something new to the story/to naruto’s development.  (but they’re not even part of the whole reanimation jutsu plotline, which is what i’m mostly feeling “eh” on, so it’s not even the greatest example.)

a place where i’m kind of in the middle is with asuma.  on the one hand, i really don’t think that this needed to happen, because the original story arc with him was SO strong.  however, they did kind of redeem themselves in a way by focusing the redux on choji instead of shikamaru, so at least they were still saying/exploring something something new.

places where i’m still pretty dubious are pretty much...everyone else.  i’m just not sure...well, i don’t know.  i can’t really say definitively how i feel about it until i get to the end of the arc and see how it ends, but at the current moment, i’m just not sure what we get out of seeing people like zabuza+haku, lady chio, itachi, nagato, etc....ALL of those stories had such powerful endings; it just makes me leery of these “resurrections” invalidating everything we saw previously/weakening the impact of what came before.

2) mixed messaging

this is my bigger gripe, and it’s something i’ve kind of had floating on the edges of my mind for a long time, but this season especially is highlighting it.

the one thing that is guaranteed to make me frustrated about this show (besides its obvious disinterest in female characters) is when it starts to lean super hard into the “Naruto Is The Only One Who Can Do It!” for every single task that needs to be completed.  and i know this is a stupid thing to complain about when the show is literally titled “Naruto,” but the reason it gets frustrating is because the initial message of this show was never “one super special person must do everything on their own and save everyone else.”  the original message of this show was teamwork.  

the very first lesson kakashi teaches the kids (and the foundation upon which the rest of the story has been built) is “you are stronger together.”  if you had all come at me together, you might have been able to take [the bells]!  he specifically criticizes naruto for working alone: “naruto - you do EVERYTHING on your own.  EVERYTHING.”  and that’s understood to be the Wrong Thing; it’s the reason naruto ends up tied to the stump.  but in the last few seasons especially (though there have definitely been previous moments where this has shown up before) the ONLY thing we keep hearing is how naruto has to accomplish everything by himself.  

it didn’t bother me in the Pain arc; i actually thought that confrontation was appropriate and necessary for naruto’s development.  but ever since then, it’s escalated to a point where now it’s like - “naruto is the only one who can fight sasuke!  naruto is the only one who can defeat madara!  naruto is the only one who can stop the war!  naruto is the only one who can erase everybody’s hatred!”  

and that’s the point at which i start to get frustrated, because my mind is like “okay, and the other characters are going to be doing...what, exactly?”

again, maybe it’s stupid to complain about that when the show is literally titled “Naruto.”  but i don’t think so.  title notwithstanding, this story at its heart was, in the beginning, an ensemble show with four main characters, whereas nowadays, the messaging is that only one of those characters can actually accomplish anything.  so i get kind of resentful, when i’m told that the other members of the team can’t do anything but step back and hold naruto up, because the essential message of this story has ALWAYS been “teamwork is more important than anything.  you are NEVER stronger by yourself.  we ALL have something to contribute.”

right now, the other characters feel like they’ve just been shunted off to do busywork.  none of them have grown or changed at all since the end of season 10 (and even the end of season 10 was starting to slide into the “only naruto can do anything about sasuke in the end blah blah” - yes it’s a huge pet peeve of mine but it is what it is; whatever; moving on).  we haven’t even SEEN sasuke since the end of season 10.  there’s been no consideration given to how kakashi is handling being drafted into a second war and being put in charge of 20,000 lives (and his clash with zabuza was just a vehicle for all the characters to reflect once again on how great naruto is).  there’s been virtually ZERO attention given to how sakura is handling things, minus that one scene where she’s looking at gory pictures from the previous great ninja war.  everybody is just marking time, punching a bunch of identical white zetsus until naruto can come solve the problem and wow everyone with his new abilities.

part of my annoyance might just be due to the fact that the timeline is so wonky due to filler arcs - it feels like ages have passed for me, but in-universe it really hasn’t been all that long.  but i also think there are legitimate reasons for me to be frustrated, when the show introduces things and then just unceremoniously drops them without any indicator of when they might be picked up again.  like - the uchiha genocide reveal was (i thought) a Huge Fucking Deal that should have Major Repercussions - but it’s just kind of.....disappeared as an issue???  and yamato - he’s been CAPTURED!!!!!!  but the show has not shown a single character reacting to this, or even being informed that it happened, and i think that’s shitty, actually.  yamato isn’t a minor character.  he’s been naruto’s personal guardian since season 2.  he has done SO MUCH for the kids, and he is kakashi’s friend, and i think it is shitty to have him get captured by the same people who experimented on him as a child and then not spend a second or two making it clear that other characters CARE about this.  

anyway.  this is just something that’s been creeping up on me as time goes on, and the last few episodes of “Naruto is the Savior of the Entire World” talk just made it feel more immediate, i guess.  plus the new intro (which i know may not be reliable; sometimes they show things that never happen) had a shot of naruto fighting itachi, and i think that tipped me over the edge, lmao, because you know what?  enough!!!!!  naruto can’t be the one who gets to do EVERYTHING!  some stories are not about him!  there are other characters who have relationships that are not about naruto.  there are places where other characters should be able to accomplish things naruto can’t do.  the other main characters should be allowed to complete their personal arcs, separate from (not just secondary to) naruto’s journey.

like - just - this is how i feel: this show started out as a story about a group of four people, and the root theme was “teamwork is everything.”  i don’t like how the show has slowly started to mutate into a story about naruto’s “solitary” quest to save sasuke, when we have seen MANY TIMES that: 

a) sakura was the first of the kids who even knew that something was wrong with sasuke, while naruto remained utterly oblivious all the way through shonen jump (and partway into shippuden, tbh)

b) kakashi in the past has connected with sasuke in ways that NEITHER of the two kids have been able to achieve

i just don’t like it.  i don’t like how S10 had sakura say the line “naruto...you were the first one to ever see the darkness in sasuke...” when she’s reflecting on their fight on top of the hospital, because that is a LIE.  it’s a blatant retcon.  of the kids, sakura was the one who knew from the very beginning that something was wrong with sasuke.  she was the one who was with him when he had that semi-dissociative episode during the bells test.  she was the one who was with him during all the curse mark stuff in the forest of death.  she was the one who knew something was off when he challenged naruto to a fight - naruto was just psyched that sasuke wanted to “spar” with him!  and SHE was the one who suspected that sasuke might do something as drastic as leave the village - naruto explicitly told her not to worry; that sasuke was totally fine; he would never ever do something like that!

like - the show already barely gives sakura anything for herself; now they try to take this away from her, too?  and give it to naruto?  to hammer in a kind of connection between naruto and sasuke that demonstrably did not exist??  (i’m not saying that naruto and sasuke don’t have their own important relationship!  but it is just provably untrue that naruto was the person who understood sasuke best.  shonen jump goes out of its way to demonstrate how clueless naruto is about what sasuke is really like and what he’s going through.  naruto is SHOCKED that sasuke would go to orochimaru.  he doesn’t realize that their fight on top of the hospital is anything more than their usual rivalry business.  when sasuke pops out of the coffin behind kimimaro, naruto waves and starts laughing, because he thinks sasuke is still on their side and is going to run right home!  and even in shippuden, when naruto hears that orochimaru is dead, he gets all excited and goes “so sasuke must be on his way back to the leaf village!!! :D”  like.  he just doesn’t get it.)

and i won’t really get into kakashi’s side of things here, because i would end up writing too much, but suffice to say that i am just...wary of the way it feels like recent parts of the show are trying to minimize or...push aside the real, textually-documented connections that kakashi and sakura had with sasuke in favor of “Only Naruto Can Help!”  it frustrates me.  kakashi made inroads with sasuke that neither of the kids ever achieved.  sasuke talks to kakashi in a more honest way than he ever does with either of his peers, even when he’s out of his head with rage.  and i would prefer to see this show taking the angle that all three of sasuke’s team members are going to be indispensable for saving him.  

you know.  like teamwork.

[ao3gingerswag]

Characters! Sam and/or Mary and/or Claire

So I’m not gonna do Mary cause um confession time I have only seen SPN fully thru season 8 and like. Parts of the later seasons, with less and less as time went on….The writing just started to get too all over the place for me. So I know nothing about Mary really.

Sam:

How I feel about this character

Love Sam. Love him love him love him. He doesn’t get enough attention in this fandom he’s so angry and feral in early seasons and I LOVE him for that. I think the writers kinda….lost sight of what they were doing with him post season 5, and especially post season 8, and I think it’s connected to how they framed John and the narrative. Like a lot of Sam’s character in the early seasons is framed around this conflict he has with Dean about whether or not John is a piece of shit and whether they should just follow him blindly. And his complicated hero worship vs pity vs resentment relationship with Dean was a big part of his personality. And then post season 5 they kind of backed off that entire conflict? And so much of Sam’s personality was forgotten. But I still love him tho, he’s so valid, I love his anger in the early seasons at John and in defense of Dean and I think he’s the only reason Dean didn’t end up completely beaten down by his dad.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Eileen/Sam!!!! Eileen is the only one I reeeaaally ship with Sam. A lot of fics (esp before Eileen was introduced) had him with Jess (including mine), and that’s fine, but tbh we never actually got to know Jess soooo don’t have strong feelings. Then with Ruby, she was SUCH a fun character but like, ya know, evil. Like I do actually think she cared about Sam in her own fucked up way but like. They brought out the worst in each other lol. So I’ll pass.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Uhhh Dean obviously lol!!!! In my perfect SPN ending Dean Cas Sam Eileen Jack Claire and maybe their other friends too live together in the bunker forever. Found family baby!!! My asexual ass loves how much Dean and Sam mean to each other and how they seem to take for granted that they will always live together. If only the real world was more like that ;~; But yeah it’s kinda a pet peeve of mine when in Desitiel fics people either just ignore Sam or just kinda have him around but he’s not like. Really around. Like excuse me??? Sam and Dean are Bros 4 Life!!!!

My unpopular opinion about this character

Sam is more interesting than Dean. Like I love Dean and he’s my favorite but Sam is like soooo complicated and so interesting!!! Like this kid who grew up knowing that something was Wrong with him. His hunter upbringing vs society, his desire for normal vs the rest of his family, and then just the Knowledge deep down that something is really Wrong aka the demon blood. And then he has all this anger with nowhere to go, he can see clearer than Dean how fucked up their lives are and how awful John is but he can’t convince Dean bc Dean’s too brainwashed and ack!!! I feel like he has always felt so guilty for going to Stanford and felt so guilty then too bc he knew he was basically abandoning Dean to John, who would just continue to abuse and beat him down. But he Could Not convince Dean to wake up and smell the abuse so he left without him bc what else was he supposed to do??? But he’s still fucked up about it. He’s so interesting. All twisted up inside ;~; I love him!

On a less serious note, another unpopular opinion I guess is that Sam and Cas would def be friends but bc of the boring aspects of their personalities?? Like I’ve seen a lot of stuff about them being besties bc they both r crazy and they ARE but like. I see them bonding over ecological justice and academic articles about ancient Aramaic etymology lol. Like they’d go to the farmers market together!!! They would very earnestly consider together which plants would be best to plant in their garden to help the local bee population!!!! And like Dean is a dork and loves both of them but like. If the three of them got drunk together Sam and Cas would get caught up in a very passionate debate about the benefits/drawbacks of different kinds of green energy and Dean would fall asleep.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

He should have gotten to run John over with his car. Ok but no forreal, I wish he’d had his anger at John validated. This is connected to how I feel about Dean but I wish Dean had explicitly grown past his hero worship of John and understood that he was abusive, and I wish he’d apologized to Sam for defending John throughout their childhoods. That would have been so great for both of them ;~;

Claire:

How I feel about this character

Ohhhh my god ummmm. U know how I said I didn’t watch past season 8 and only saw parts of the later seasons? Yeah um the vast majority of those parts are scenes with Claire in them. Her character has been the thing that came closest to getting me to watch the later seasons. She is So Fucking Cool. Honestly even besides her character, as like a rule I just LOVE it when SPN forces the characters to Actually Confront The Results Of Their Actions for real. Like morally I guess but also just practically like one of my fave episodes is where they get trapped at the bank by the FBI in like season 3 bc like!!!!! Consequences!!! To murdering all over the country!!!! So back to Claire I already just love the idea of having the characters have to Deal With this girl who’s life they fucked up and then forgot about. But then she is SOOO COOOL gay and dramatic and angsty ugh I love how she’s like actually a teen, she acts like a teen, like she rolls her eyes and is overdramatic and shit. Fucking awesome u funky little lesbian.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Kaia/Claire. I don’t know a lot about Kaia but she’s very pretty and seems very sweet. I saw the scene where the two of them compare scars and it was so cute. In other news I have no idea if they’re canon or not I can’t tell lol.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

I didn’t watch the later seasons but I love the Claire and Jack content being produced now!! But I also love her relationship with Dean Sam and Cas. They’re very cute with her! :) Love how she seems to reluctantly grow fond of them over time. <3

My unpopular opinion about this character

Unpopular opinion ummm…maybe this is more about Dean but I don’t think Dean would be like happy to help her be a hunter?? Like he hates kid hunters he says that a bunch of times. I think she was on her murder hunting thing when she was filled with rage but I think she could be nudged away from hunting once she stops hating Cas, and I think all the adults but esp Dean would be very pro convincing-Claire-not-to-be-a-hunter.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

Ok this prompted me to google if Claire and Kaia were together and I’m still confused. Seems like if they were it wasn’t made that explicit?? So I wish she got to kiss Kaia on screen!!