#Poor dandy bruh...

[time-to-write-and-suffer]

I've been reading this one book that I won't name and shame, but it does soulmates in a way I fucking hate and I could't put my finger on why I generally enjoy soulmate plots but not this one.

And then I figured it out. Either they both have to be into it, or neither of them is.

Because the way it's set up in this book, the woman basically has no idea what the fuck is going on, but the man is fully aware and has pre-existing expectations, because only his species bond like this and it's rare that it's with other species. The human woman in the pairing is basically forced into this union to avoid a diplomatic incident, because this random guy apparently gets more powerful/heals faster/prevents insanity by touching her. And yes, the less clothing they're wearing, the better, for reasons.

And you'd think this was all fine and dandy, except? It's all one-sided? So this poor woman has to put up with a stranger who's already desperately in love with her and needs to touch her constantly because of his boo-boos, and yes please take your clothes off so he can cuddle you better, and she just has to ... deal with it?

Oh but other characters wink and nod and reassure her -- and the audience -- that she'll definitely fall in love with this guy eventually and will never want to leave him!

And we're supposed to just ... think this is, what? Cute? Adorable?

It's not cute or adorable! It's gross and icky and yucky and I hate it! Leave this poor woman alone!

If you're gonna do soulmates, they need to be on the same level! And sure, you can make it so that one of them is more accepting than the other, or so that one of them wants it more than the other, but this? This massive imbalance, where one of them is desperately, pathetically and medically dependent on a stranger who's just kind of put off and not feeling it but has to deal with it for reasons and can't back out? I cannot stress enough how one-sided this "bond" is, and yet other characters insist she'll learn to enjoy it eventually? Bruh. BrUh. Stop it!!

Idk maybe this is some personal love confession-related trauma I have that's coming to the surface, but I've read some fucking nasty-ass shit in this genre and this is the most squicked-out I've felt in a while.

Anyway. Now I'm having ideas for a story where the MC gets paired up with a bigstrong powerful hunk but she's like, so not into it, so she eats him for power, blames his murder on someone else, and takes over his kingdom so she can play around with her boytoy (who also ate his soulmate for power, he's the one who tipped her off about the whole eat-your-soulmate-for-power thing so they're totally in cahoots).

[eirikrjs]

Bruh Kasumi is dressed like a goddamn playboy bunny but horny anime boys pretend there's nothing sexual.

ボディーラインがセクシーなライダースーツを身にまとった姿◎！

”Bodyline dressed in a sexy rider suit!”

https://ameblo.jp/figma/entry-12414159097.html

But yeah, if you just completely ignore Atlus’ own attempts to define their characters by their sexual appeal in order to sell games and merchandise, then everything’s just fine and innocent and dandy. Just a poor little company creating art.

[momo-de-avis]

Its really fcking hard to love yourself and it annoys me a lot that people tell me to ignore what other people think of me like I could just do it in the moment,

Yeah, I lost count of the times I said ‘WELL WE DON’T REALLY COME WITH A TURN-OFF SWITCH’ for the times I heard the good ol’ ‘just let it go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!’ bullshit

It really is fucking hard like, it’s a lifelong lesson, bruh. Some people were blessed with having been taught earlier on that the process for them is easier, but others it’s a real walk in hot coals. It’s one step forward, two steps back. It’s waking up fresh and dandy one morning and then finding the goddamn needle in a haystack that stings u like a fucker and pushes back 3 months of overworking your confidence. and like, shutting down the voices around you, really telling yourself not to listen to others, that they dont matter, etc etc, that’s goddamn HARD. It’s one hell of a fight. I really admire ppl who have this natural shell of indifference but like... they kinda seem to lack the tolerance to see the world around them sometimes and yeah, man, it’s so goddamn hard

and its not like.. you find the way and off you go... and you’re set. its more like, you know where you gotta go, but dang, it’s a shitty path to tread on.

it’s really goddamn hard anon. keep reminding ppl that our brains unfortunately don’t come with a turn-off switch. it’s a struggle and a process.

and this shit society that forces us to think our existence and validation relies entirely on acceptance from others CERTAINLY doesn’t help like, fuck instagram and their ‘post your stories with your sisterhood of travelling pants pictures every day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!’ shit. it’s really hard to break away from that cause it’s just this huge fucking rock that they put on our shoulders and then go ‘ohhh what, is it heavy?? ohh poor u’ damn (thats why im trying to get away from social media, it’s pissing me off)

keep holding on, anon. scream out the window. yell at the moon. it’s a shitty path but you’re getting there step by step!!!!!!! AND ROCK ON, friend!!!!!!!!!!!!

[oncleberns]

this is what it looks like when berns loses her shit

i found my very comfortably memorized route to work compromised this morning with the addition of some new street signs prohibiting turns from certain streets. if you are not aware of the hellscape that is LA traffic, a lot of left turns are prohibited during rush hour because these fools can’t bear waiting patiently for drivers to turn and/or the drivers turning can’t be bothered to wait patiently. it’s such an LA-specific problem, it makes my gums bleed.

anyway, this dandy change will most likely tack another 5-10 minutes onto my commute so i VERY HUFFILY googled why they fuckin’ with my shit. turns out this change was proposed by the city council last year and i’m guessing they finally got around to putting the signs up.

sleuthing: done.

i then found an article about a different street i generally take home citing a large number of accidents on this particular stretch of street due to irresponsible drivers. It seems like the people commenting are more prone to blame poor city planning and lack of police oversight rather than the fact that any idiot with a name and a car can basically get a driver’s license in this stupid fucking country.

i almost got into an accident two separate times on my way to work this morning. my commute is about 5 miles. this is not a rare occurrence. those are...not great stats. it’s because people are reckless, clueless, and/or magnificent assholes.

since moving here, this has become my #1 pet peeve and i will complain about it until i draw my last shaky breath.

anyway i read this comment and decided to write a whole ass tumblr post because of how much it. pissed. me. OFF.

“We, pedestrians, feel threatened by drivers with a complete lack of understanding on what it means to drive on a side street. Solution?: More lights, speed bumps, 24/7 police enforcement and divert traffic to Sunset and SMB. You, whiny drivers, don’t like that? Well, walk, take a bus, ride a bycicle [sic] or live closer to where you work. Without action accidents like this one will keep happening. So, WeHo City Hall employees: turn off Grindr (yeah, plenty of you spend the day cruising) and get to work.“

setting aside the presumption that anyone who commutes by car can just MAGICALLY decide to walk, use the bus, or bike to work - which is INCREDIBLY PRESUMPTUOUS - this admonition is also weirdly classist. to assume that all these commuters work close enough to their jobs and/or are in good health and can wake up early enough to walk or bike to their jobs is so goddamn asinine.

THIS PERSON THEN GOES ON TO TELL US DUMB PLEBES WE CAN JUST UP AND MOVE SO THAT WE CAN BE CLOSER TO WHERE WE WORK BC IT’S JUST THAT EASY, YOU CLUELESS FUCKING FULL-TIME JOB HAVING TRASH HEAPS. 

i mean...what? this complete disconnect from how most human beings live in this country is jaw-droppingly ignorant and, frankly, terrifying. (ps i just googled ‘jaw-droppingly ignorant’ and the only thing that comes up is images of trump. fantastic!)

and that last little grindr dig. bruh. don’t tell us how to slack off at our jobs. this is america. this is what WE BLED FOR.

oh and before you ask, yes, this was written by a man. i don’t want to be completely prejudiced here but ima go ahead and assume “Joseph” is white as well bc OF COURSE HE IS.

***explodes into a million trillion bloody pieces***

[silvia-silverheart]

Ok what the flip?! Why didn’t this human just put the kitten down. This kitten is clearly freaking out and tried to escape and free itself from the person’s grasp several times, so don’t keep holding them, set the poor kitty down. If you have an animal that is freaking out, crying, and attempting to free itself from your grasp, set them down. And if that isn’t enough look at the animals that flipped out over this kitten and it’s painful cries. Bruh, back up. It’s all fine and dandy to hold, pet, and cuddle your pets. That is, as long as they are ok with it. When they start showing signs of discomfort set ‘me down and leave ‘me alone. I know it’s hard because they are just so adorable, but you wouldn’t want someone cuddling you against your will so set them down.

Meh. Sorry for ranting guys this just bothered me a fuckton lot because this poor kitten is distressed and I wouldn’t do this to my cats

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