#Non-specific rambling

[welcometogrouchland]

I understand that literature nerd Jason Todd is kind of overblown in fanon compared to it's actual presence in canon (a few issues during his pre (and post?)crisis Robin tenure that highlight it) BUT consider that I think it's hilarious if the unhinged gun toting criminal has strong opinions on poetry

[nebulousmedic]

I feel like they can relate when it comes to that, at least. Ahh, I'm having many angst thoughts.

[buzzfeedunsolvable]

No hate to Steven or anything and a lot of the flack he's gotten in the yt comments is unwarranted, but one thing I think is interesting is how on Watcher he was painted as a business-guru type and yet he was like... a chemical engineering major. Like so was I for most of college and you know what we never learned? How to run a business

[aka-indulgence]

Man, could you imagine how much research you’d do if teachers give you a research assignment, and to specifically report it in a fanfic format

Like. I’m learning about sports position and historical facts and about skeletal anatomy because of fanfics, I would’ve smashed them if I was writing about it associated with my blorbo

[do-you-know-this-adhd-character]

Do you know this (noncanon) ADHD character?

Evidence below the cut!

can be pretty hyperactive, forgets things regularly (even important things, forgot he turned into a heartless in kh1), distractable, later on he seems to have some problems with emotional dysregulation. hes constantly called lazy by his friends but as soon as hes doing something he likes he has all the energy in the world, and also tends to dismiss his own intelligence despite actually being pretty smart, both of which are things that i think are decently common with undiagnosed adhd

[ilovedthestars]

why are all the queer stories romance (unless they're about the 1 token ace person)

[kalameruki]

Okay so I need to say this before I actually explode but:

So I just finished watching dogs in love 3 (okay actually I finished it 2 hours ago before this but shaddup) and I just fully ship Crap Gorps and Jolteon, especially after watching that animatic that's going around. It's not like a "I wanna have em smooch" sort of ship but more like "I want them to live in a stable house and support each other emotionally Despite not being in a relationship" sort of ship. A platonic ship. Just two friends that people don't know if they're dating or not and they're too afraid to ask but they are most definitely not and they're just really close because they have been in each other's lives for literal decades.

I am very much just screaming about this because my brain won't let me shut up about it but that doesn't change the fact that I love it and I think it's adorable and sweet and I wish them the best, especially when they do brunch with Jorge and Poochy because fuck it then getting bunch all together sounds fucking adorable.

[antihibikase-archive]

It is incredibly isolating to navigate through fandom as an aromantic person. Aro experiences are so varied, and there is no definite aro experience that encapsulates the alienation that fandom spaces cause for certain people.

Fandom is mostly built and structured on shipping. And if not, the blorbofication of characters, which tends to go down the shipping pipeline; where does that leave the romance repulsed aro person who genuinely does not want to see any form of shipping? Platonic dynamics, right?

Yeah, sure. But by platonic dynamics, it's only "best friends" or "family" right? Where does that leave the aro folks with undefined labels? No, qprs aren't a get-out-of-jail card.

And qprs- they have no rules or standards set upon them by society, not even having a clear definition for what it is, because not all qprs are the same. Yet, for some reason, it ended up becoming the "nonbinary" option to a lot of people- not romantic or "regular" platonic? Qpr it is, right?

But where does that leave the aro folk who don't want a qpr? Who don't wish to see characters depicted in pairs or trios or so forth- who embrace the lack of a partner?

And these concepts presented; when aro folk talk about them, do you care? And if you do, do you understand? Do you try to?

If you aren't aro, but wish to be supportive, are you a genuine ally? Do you raise the concerns of aro folk you share the space with?

Or do you take a look at these concepts- and decide you understand them "well" enough? Do you decide to speak for aro folks instead?

Do you depict relationships outside of romance because you believe in the importance of platonic relationships? Will you accept the fact that not all platonic interactions will be familial or "best friends"?

Can you accept depictions of qprs outside of "more than friends, less than lovers"? Are you willing to accept it is not just "best friends" or "romance lite"? Will you accept that nothing is inherently romantic- and characters in a qpr may fall under your standards of lovers?

Can you resist the urge to put every character in a pair or trio or group? Are you comfortable with the notion of characters finding more joy in being by themselves, outside of all those lenses you see them in?

It's good if you can.

And if you can't, at the very least, do you understand why some aro folk in your space are upset? Embittered by your favorite ships? Starving for representation?

Did you depict these characters with these concepts with the knowledge that aromanticism is fluid?

[justsomerandomplanet]

Uraume talking about how sorcerers of old disregarded their humanity....looks at tengen who has been called a "higher being" and sukuna who is a natural disaster, a calamity....kenjaku who's whole curse technique means to disregard the human body....

[hauntthebodies]

Imma be real with y’all, I am not the biggest fan of genderlocked games. Unless it is vital to the stories where there are discussions of gender, sexism or other things that make gender asa conversation topic, I find there’s no real point to genderlock a game that lets you customize the main character.

An IF where the game is a journey about a gay man dealing with his sexuality, sure. A game where a woman is in a world trying to overcome the hardships thrown at her, cool. An epic about some lesbians? Very neat. I like that kind of thing. I like stories that discuss real topics still prevalent but if one is writing a story that doesnt have any of that what is the point in genderlocking the mc if all other choices are customizable?

This isn’t to say the genderlocked stories are bad, there are many amazing stories where the mc is genderlocked for one reason or another. But those stories are for a large demographic I have difficulty relating to, and that makes me sad.

[aiizaph]

Folks, it is once again doomed lustful gay t4t aro4aro angstful yearning hours again.

[theskymother]

animal jam is a lot more fun when you're rich

[aka-indulgence]

How do ya'll focus on one piece of work/fandom/idea. I feel like my braincells are constantly ping ponging from fandom to fandom, blorbo to blorbo, fanfic to original ideas, writing to drawing,

I have too many thoughts and only two hands 😭

[lacnunga]

In the wake of the IA situation, I've seen a lot more posts circulating about using your local library and I just. Sigh

[sp1resong]

to be quite honest if you make the scavenger king an Evil Villain i am clicking off of your artificer comic.

[ministerofchaosabsolute]

Sorry, can we, like, talk about this -

I love the difference between concept art and shown design sometimes, but ESPECIALLY Final Fantasy's because what happened. Like, take Fusoya for example: (Concept)

(Final ?)

Like, I'm losing it. What happened here? Did they not know how to model/sprite his concept design, maybe? Maybe they thought it would be too difficult to show him in battles/overworld/etc, etc. I understand the potential logic behind it, I just also find it to be a really funny change.