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Aaaa okay I've finished the novels now too. Gonna put my thoughts down on them and how they compare to the tv version
So overall I think I like the novels better, the interiority you gain from the format adds a lot I think and it definitely benefits from not having to hold back on things like the gorey side of the supernatural elements (and yes, the gay as hell elements). I think that same lack of restraint in the writing adds a lot more comedy - while I thought the tv version was very funny, I found the books hilarious, and I think a lot of that is down to not having to pull punches on how outrageous wei wuxian gets to act, which is the core of the comedy so much of the time. I also felt that the ending was a lot more coherent, which makes sense given how much was cut out of it for the tv version, and obviously it's nice to have a confirmed post-canon marriage and continued adventures! The post-story cases were a lot of fun, I think some of my favourite parts were getting to see the two of them interact with their little gaggle of juniors and help guide them, it's very sweet.
As for criticisms, I have to be honest, the more mature scenes really weren't for me. I wasn't a fan of the blurry lines of consent (it felt like the aim was consensual non-consent, but... it still didn't sit right, especially some of the dream sequence stuff) and a lot of it felt fetishising to me, but then I suppose it's something to be expected from the genre, so I can't complain too much about it. I liked the fact that the in-universe homophobia was acknowledged and taken into consideration, but sometimes it felt like it was being played for titillation rather than taken seriously - again, though, genre conventions. It also felt like there was an underlying tone of colourism to the character descriptions, but honestly you could probably level that critique at the tv version as well. These were things that soured the experience a bit for me, but the overall read was still positive, and I did really enjoy the story even despite knowing what was going to happen already. It's a good tragedy when you're reading along thinking "maybe it won't happen this time" lol.
I find myself a bit confused as to what wei wuxian's actual cause of death was - obviously the tv version makes it very clear cut, but the book only calls it "spiritual rebound" and doesn't really elaborate or directly show anything from after the massacre, so it felt a bit vague. I suppose the idea is that he lost control during the siege and was torn apart by his own power? Not sure if I've missed something there or if it's just not very clear. It's not a huge annoyance but I was a bit surprised they didn't get into it more than passingly.
Anyway overall it was a really good read, and now I get to go read all the good fic that's out there :3 It's even poked my writing itch a little which hasn't happened in ages - idk if I'll actually follow through with it or just keep my musings to myself, but it's nice to have a nice big brain space to play in after a long time of not having one. I'm glad I finally got around to this after seeing other people talking about it for such a long time, it's been a while since I had a series grab me like this so it's been a lot of fun.
#wastepaper basket#untamed lb#Just my personal onions on things#I think they're both good in different ways and my ideal would be somewhere in the middle of the two but leaning more towards the books#I'm also really surprised at just how faithful the adaptation was! Most of the changes seem to have been either for the sake of tv standard#or just visual clarity without having a prose narration to provide elaboration. They did a really good job with it!
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What would you choose? :0c
(note: original image is from HERE (link) - but I edited it to add a wider variety of options.. also added $3 extra to the total, even though I know that makes it more uneven lol, I thought if you're adding 10 whole extra items, the money to spend should at least be increased slightly, if that makes sense..)
#I would get orange juice. black coffee. AND iced coffee ($3) because I love the variety of having multiple drinks#then sausage and scrambled eggs ($8). Then sauteed mushrooms ($3)....AND... hrm.. then spending the remaining $4 would be hard#I wish I could get waffles (as they are my favorite and are superior in every way compared to pancakes. donuts. etc.) but I'm not willing#to give up the other savory things just to get them. so... then maybe I could get a biscuit or english muffin? and just put jam or#honey butter or something on it so it can be my replacement 'sweet and bready' thing instead of something from the $5 row??#OR I could also just assume that having the orange juice plus iced coffee would provide enough of a 'sweet element' to the meal#(since I largely prefer savory foods. I only like a tiny bit of sweet added for variety) and thus forego any sort of#'bready' thing entirely and just get the bowl of beans/onion/tomato (I'd leave the avocado since I don't like the#texture of them really lol). THEN I'd have $1 left to get the milk or the black tea... increasing my total of random drinks..#which is always the goal of course.. as a chronic ''person who is sipping at 5 different drinks at their desk simultaneously always'' perso#OR... I could just do.. waffle. scrambled eggs. sausage. mushrooms. and black coffee and orange juice.. which is... okay variety#augh... so difficult.. As my Ideal Breakfast is like a buffet type thing or something where you have like 25 different things to choose fro#and can get a little tiny bit of everything. My eating style is very much like.. I'd rather pick at a small amount of a ton of#different things than just have a very large amount of only one or two things. Thats why I LOVE sample platter type stuff.#So it's like... augh... the ideal option would be a tiny portion of EVERYTHING actually lol...#Difficult to choose...#ANYWAY.. Also no idea why I added croissant instead of bagel. I only thought about that afterwards. I do actually like bagels.#I've only ever even had a croissant like 2 times in my entire life. Yet I've had many bagels. For some reason it stuck out in my mind more#when I was considering 'essential breakfast foods' somehow... how could I forget them... bagels my beloved...#Blame it on the hot weather... 'What in the blazes? The sun hath obliterated the concept of bagels from my miind!'#(< meant to be said in a silly overdramatic elderly wizard accent or something)#Also I don't think ''bowl of beans. onion. avocado. and tomatos.'' is necessarily a breakfast classic or something gbhjjh#but I was just trying to think of a versatile vegetable-ish side that could be full of common breakfast additions#so people could do stuff like ''oh I get the toast option and then the bowl of stuff and I put the avocado on the toast'' etc.#Like a mix and match. You could mix ingredients from different parts. You could put scrambled eggs and bacon and onion#on the bread or soemthing. etc. I just feel like something is always missing if a Full Breakfast Spread#doesnt have some sort of onions or beans or mushrooms or asparagus or spinach like... some sort of thing that isn't just eggs and meat and#bread.. you know? lol..#But then again.. I am the Sampling Plate Style Variety Lover and Tiny Portion Of Food Picker so maybe thats just a me thing.
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help I'm going insane over deltarune and Undertale stuff again
#Guysss#Did you know the sprite for spamton neo has 6 stirngs#It's fucking with me so much guys#Element 6 and gaster and whatnot#Also have I. Have I mentioned the muffet thing#Muffet has these lines in. I think the neutral route?#Where she talks abt the person who warned her abt u#They had a lovely smile and were shapeshifting in the shadows apparently#Also the muffet laugh slowed down by 666% and reversed is the smile.ogg sound for entry 17#There's multiple ways to make that connection this is just the fastest#Also gaster presumably egg man bc if you get ch1 egg in ch2 the car closest to u in the traffic jam can be interacted with one time#There's a man in that car and he smiles at you#Very clearly egg man but also specifically referring to him smiling like#Bestie gaster spooky noise literally titled smile.ogg. and is also very clearly the thing that fucked spamton up#Like bc the addisons after the neo fight tell u abt his mysterious benefactor right#And the garbage noise on the phone#And garbage noise being the description of what happens on the phone in the dark world#And yknow thats also smile.ogg#... Also what the fuck is the thing about the ocean in deltarune like fr#The vessel creation screen is water. There's ocean.ogg in the beginning of the dark world in ch1. the fucking song from the sea with onion#Whatever the fuck was going on when sans was talking about shyren at that one post a few years back#I have so much brain space that I use to store infinite utdr info#Like fr I need ppl to ask me directed questions for me to infodump bc I don't even know where to start??#Like. Do I start with the fonts thing? I can't even find the fonts thing anymore but I know its a thing#Do I start at the significance of the number 6 to gaster stuff? Do I start with the way his leitmotif is concerningly in noelles theme??#Like really. I'm begging to be asked questions about my special interests
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you just can't put jokes in your work anymore cause people will earnestly be like "no guys this is part of The Lore"
#harvey's new text tag#crack theories are entertaining but i know for a fact that the things in particular that i'm thinking about aren't crack theories/#not asking for discourse this is just my personal onion/
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[[ Fooling around in the hobby of RP for this long, my priorities have certainly shifted.
I am less concerned with adhering to vague convolutions of legitimacy as I am with being more involved in attempting to explore genres and narratives. Which are how I've come to think "Fair-Trade" Crossovers, Divergent Canon Interpretations, and Original Characters/Settings can truly get to thrive out here.
#[ooc] out of orbit#imo. in my onion#Recently saw a passionate roleplayer I know leave the community here after having being drained for ideas by several people...#Not only setting lore but personal details they explored thru their speculative storytelling!#And essentially those people called them crazy for trying to discuss it. WITH civility. Adult peers orbiting 30yrs.#To these vultures that took it all? It was a just a cheap add-on-- like fast fashion for fiction. Momentary thrills to ~spice~ things up.#Fandom-influenced consumption of media is so infuriating and can be riddled with utter contempt for creativity.#Almost wish I didn't have writerbrain and felt so uppity about pretendland but here we are
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i think i just don't really personally like fanart of rei from eva that focuses too hard on trying to make her some inhuman creepy bodyhorror-type thing. she was just a girl. there's that tragedy in her never being able to live a normal life and being abused from the moment she was born, and i just personally don't like exotifying her existence for cheap spook material. yeah they use her for creepy imagery in the show itself to begin with but idk. she's a deeply sad character and it's just not my thing to see fan works that lean into her being So Spooky And Creepy instead of more solemnly appreciating and respecting her
#not a gatekeep post - just me voicing my personal onion#people can do and like literally whatever they want but it just isnt really my thing
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Realized my huge childhood trauma just now!!
Realized my huge childhood trauma just now...
#probably vent idk. i will start rambling in the tags now#i was a very silent and introverted person almost my whole life#till this day i have trouble talking to people directly without worrying that they will laugh at me#at first i thought that this is just the way i am#probably school bullying did some impact on me too but im trying not to remember this part of my life#now im surrounded by people who love me but i still can't fully open to them#and all this was caused by heavy emotional neglect from my past environment and family#i REALLY thought it is normal that your parents dont know anything about you#no one has ever been interested in my personality until now#i speak very briefly and with restraint because i am afraid to say too much#im scared to about my interests and fixations. im afraid of being rejected#this whole thing was bothering me my whole life#and i realized what was wrong just yesterday#it hasn't let me sleep since then. i needed to speak out somewhere#its way easier to talk about your feelings when you speak your second language#tumblr is my diary lol#onion's personal ramblings#i feel better now pheww#vent
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When The Moon Hatched is an insane book. It is a fae romantasy but this author went whole hog into building a world that works completely unlike our own, and I can tell she is determined to make it consistent and make sense within her own internal set of rules. I really respect her for trying to do something new, even if the prose is the brightest shade of eggplant I've come across in a while. It's not Good -- the weakness of the prose, especially when she tries a "High Fantasy" tone, holy shit, and the stodgy romantasy beats [even with the twist you can see from a mile away] make this a squarely mediocre read -- but she was definitely ambitious and trying something that puts her work apart from the gazillion other fae romances (there's like, no humans at all in this book, which I respect a lot). She definitely has a Vision, and there's nothing I love more than works produced by self made arteurs with only middling technical skill that are obviously passion projects. Yeah, the story itself is mid and the characters pretty stock when you get down to it, but the world is genuinely interesting and probably the least derivative I've read in any contemporary romantasy. You can tell that she probably read things like Discworld and was like, "I want to do this too! I want to create my own unique planet and then set a sexy faerie romance on it and it'll be my magnum opus."
And you know what??? Good for her. I love that. Friggin large popcorn dammit because reading this feels exactly like watching one of those one-off mid-budget fantasy/sci fi movies from the mid 00s - mid 10s that are firmly mediocre, but still live in your psyche forever. This is truly the Mortal Engines or Chronicles of Riddick -- or, actually JUPITER ASCENDING!!!! -- of the faerie romance genre. I'm only about halfway through, but I'm pretty sure at the rate this is going my opinion isnt going to change much.
Also. People complain that there's tons of made up jargon and they need to consistently refer to the glossary, which I personally don't see because to me it's really quite easy to infer what things mean based on context clues ??????? Like the book never goes out of its way to overly explain what anything is since the POV character has lived in this world for her entire life, so it's all just normal to her, and I very much respect that choice not to exposit more than absolutely necessary. Like idk those 70s pulp sci fi books must have really done a number on my pattern recognition and contextual reading skills, because I'm not having any difficulty at all following and inferring the meanings of the jargon. Like. I really need some of these people who complain about fantasy slang and jargon to try picking up A Clockwork Orange one day. That book is nigh impenetrable with made up slang LOL.
#rene's impromptu book reviews#this is my new tag for these kinds of posts#also i love how fae aging and longevity is implied through the way time is measured in this one#A year is about 1000 in universe days and fae can apparently live for hundreds of years#like theyre i think considered mature at the same number of years as humans but the length of those years are much longer than ours#and we have no clue how long those days are -- theyre at least as long as ours though they could be longer#but thats a moot speculation because there are no humans in this one so everyones on the same playing field#also the way that they use scent as a primary sense differently from us is genuinely handled so subtly im actually a little impressed#like i know its a stock trait in contemporary faerie books for fae to be able to smell things a/b/o style#but i do like that it was included the way it is. not super in your face but still There#readswithrachel blasted a line because the pov character described someone as smelling like a 'freshly split stone' and went on a rant abou#how that doesnt smell like anything and im just like. hm sure but first of all these people arent human and use smell as a primary sense#(which is supported by the fact that someone asked another person what a stranger smelled like in order to get an identifying description)#so like. how do you know if they cant smell what split stone smells like. also it's just an evocative description. it could be literal but#it also could be metaphor. if scents tell you what sort of person a character is then that is an evocative description.#it is a little purple and silly sure. but this is also a fae romance book.#like idk i think a skill you need to have as an effective critic is to be able to engage with a work on its own level -- to analyze it from#both the perspective of your own tastes and from the perspective of its target audience. theres layers to it. like an onion#anyway.
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I thought I worked today, so I fumbled a bro meetup aaaaaaa.
Culmination of the week I guess, but…
I did make it to the other store and stockpiled a bunch of the good noodles, some ingredients to make a really decadent stuffed shell, and found my favorite mom and pop liquor store is selling 1.5 L of cucumber vodka for like. Eight bucks. So it’s been…productive in a Calm Before The Storm kinda way.
#personal skuun#I get to sit in the quiet of my room running rain sounds in the background and the whirr of the fan#and it was kind of gratifying to try to combo of one egg toasted sesame and perilla oil on the momofuku tingly chili#like. I knew intellectually it’d probably work because Chang’s Korean but still…#I got some ground pork I’m gonna cook up later to make a topping for this kind of thing the next time I want it#and I have lemons and frozen tuna steaks…#I feel like I’m emotionally preparing to just Hole Up in here and rest#I think what I’ll do later is head down to the shop again and buy a few more bottles because that can carry me through the end of April#the sleeping’s already going shallow. and there’s that sense of impending Something’s Coming#probably a combination of the sounds of the neighbors working on the front of their house and the peacocks calling#I’ll probably pick up some green onions and see about sprouting them on my window again maybe#start up a batch of tarragon vinegar and infuse another gin…#weird stuff this whole Holding Your Breath for a thing that happened ages ago that your body’s convinced is coming again#it hasn’t quite hit that I can do things other than cooking again#I meant to spend some time today doing prep painting for my boxes but…this is fine too I guess?#aah I should do laundry today. maybe clean something. but…I’m enjoying the quiet
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I WANT TO GET TF OUT OF HERE
#my cat is on medicated food that the vet SPECIFICALLY said works well ONLY if thats the ONLY thing he eats#and my mom is constantly feeding them other things!!!! stop giving my fucking cat deli meat he needs his fucking medicine CHRIST#she even just has a straight up different brand of cat food that shes starting putting out upstairs so they have some ''variety''#bitch im going to fucking kill you#she feeds him random shit and acts all passive aggressive wheni tell her she's making him puke#GET ME OUT OF HERE#''its not my fault he eats the plants'' get rid of your fucking plants#''i cant help that he begs for treats'' you are a weaker person than me. and also im going to kill you#she feeds her dogs things with garlic and onion constantly and never takes them to the vet and gets confused why they die prematurely#im going to strangle somebody#for legal reasons the threats are a joke#i need to get a punching bag
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caught up with the frieren manga btw (just in time for its indefinite hiatus 😭). its almost perfect. personally i could do without the shonen fight arcs inbetween the peaceful traveling and doing sidequests for people and having wistful memories about old loved ones that hurt your feefees but. i get why its there. frieren is getting to know people more, that also means shes more involved in current conflicts. the demon king was defeated long ago but that doesnt mean theres no lasting consequences. humanity endured for thousands of years before he was defeated so there must be a lot of strong factions around, otherwise they all wouldve been exterminated - and now of course theres internal conflict. it makes sense. it also acts as a nice contrast between the sleepy reminiscent parts.
......but i still wouldnt have said no if there wasnt shonen arcs stop roping my girl into your internal politics shes trying to do a pilgrimage.
#like with the latest chapters with the typical political scheming yapping i was like god. i could really do without this#this is just my personal onion i still thing this animanga is great and if it keeps the balancing act up in the future its one of the best#frieren talk
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Why do the meals I make always look SO INCREDIBLY YELLOW. Like, they are pretty yellow/brown, but never as yellow as they look in photos.
Anyway. I have no idea what I'm doing, and I'm not entirely happy with this (not enough veggies), but it was edible and I liked it enough for seconds, so that's good enough for me.
This was:
Half a large onion (diced large) (slightly burnt whoops)
Butter + water
Tofu (diced small)
Garlic, vegeta seasoning, sweet ground paprika, chili powder
Miso paste
Eggs
Rice vinegar
Avacado oil (added because I decided I needed to supplement the butter)
Soy sauce
Japanese curly noodles
Would have added, if I had any on hand: carrots, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, maybe green beans.
tbh I kept adding water every time it got low (or ran out, that's how I burned the onions) to reduce because it took so long for the water for the noodles to boil. Eventually gave up and swapped which pan was on which stove ring.
#food#personal#I'm not trying to ape any particular Authentic food. I am just trying to get moderately healthy things like onion and tofu into my body#and I lucked into having relatively good reactions to most Japanese food#so it tends to feature in my 'fuck it what do I have in the fridge' cooking
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Mod MCH here adding in some extra points from the previous post (cant link with anon) because undiagnosed ADHD go brrr and i'll occasionally think of something to say after i've already dusted my hands of the situation
don't suck the fun out of internet polls for fictional characters about arbitrary personal opinions just because you've based your entire personality around being a simp for said fictional character. its not cool or fun to shit on other characters and the people that enjoy them (or make ridiculous claims like "doing everything they can do get G'raha eliminated")
its fun to go feral and say crazy shit about the character you love. don't let that extend to shitting on the other characters and people that enjoy them when your favourite is up against another character. go touch some grass, feel the light on your skin, have a conversation with someone face to face. maybe enjoy your local sights? revaluate yourself and your enjoyment of something if it results in being hateful to others
-Mod Machinist
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I will say this is the last we'll talk about it, if only because the drama i'm worried continued conversation will cause will drain the fun even more. This tournament has been fun and has legit been a joy and something I look forward to, but when I get online and think "i'm not going to read the tags anymore" or "I don't want to check the polls" it reminds me how really funny it is how very quickly (almost a month) the tune and attitude of something fun can change.
So instead of feeling like I have to scold a group of people or like I don't want to continue the polls I'm just gonna take a break and not interact with y'all until the finals! gonna practice what i preach, ya dig?
remember to have fun and stay hydrated! -Mod Fisher
#mod rambles#if im honest it feels so much like we're being bullied even though only a few things have been targeted at us.#not saying people were bullying us just that it felt like that#which personally is always the signal to take a break#I can already see the comments about “you're too sensitive” and “you're taking it too seriously”#and thats fine#if I am then I am#its my mental health not yours and i'll take care of it and be health my way#which includes making myself some ramen!#y'all ever take those generic ramen packs and add some pepper jack cheese and spring onion?#fuckin' tasty.#oh oh maybe i'll bake something!#baking makes me happy!#if i bake something i'll share pictures and we can pretend we're all eating it together!
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ive seen this idea of people realizing Christianity is fake because they "feel the same way at music concerts as they do at church" but have you considered that God still exists outside of church and the love you feel for art and your connection with other humans at secular concerts can also deepen your connection with God
#God is everywhere and despite what some people might tell you He wants us to be happy#and feel passionate about art and love the people around us#so yeah when you're at a secular concert and you're like 'wait. this is how I feel at church'#maybe that's because God is always with you#but that's just my personal onion#feeling passionate about things outside of church isn't idolatry
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making a ‘throw everything thats about to go bad in the crockpot, wait and see if it turns out semi edible’ soup
#personal#so far we got chicken thighs. perilla leaves. curry paste. diced potatoes. red onion. shit ton of garlic. carrot. chili powder. s/p. evoo.#also peas and cumin#lemon juice and zest going in last#i’m tryna cure my cold#i’m probably missing things i was just throwing things in tbh
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today's hot take is that while I don't claim to be an expert, as someone who does go to school for sociology & media studies I am constantly annoyed at how a certain subset of people on Tumblr treat like. fun romcoms. as if they are the literal lowest form of media and anyone who enjoys them is stupid and lacking literacy. like I can make fun of the Santa Claus twink yaoi book as much as anyone but I do at a certain point get tired of the idea that anyone who enjoys or creates that type of media is stupid or unwilling to engage with things critically
#this is my onion. like it may just be left over anxiety#from the like 6 times ive seen my dashboard decide that the new#hated queer romcom adaptation of the month is based on a thing i very genuinely enjoyed#but i also stand by it there r posts ive seen that consistently make me see red#ig it does xome down to. on the talk about media website everything gets pushed into the idea that the media you like#somehow determines your worth as a person or your stance on various issues when like.#there is so much more 2 life#cleb talky
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