#RANT

[bixels]

The final TF2 issue really got to me. Spoilers, but it’s the reveal that all of this suffering and murder and war over gravel and shitty land was for nothing but senseless, bottomless hatred. That the administrator can’t even remember where this revenge plot started as she flashes through different false memories of her parents’ deaths. There was never a tragic backstory or justification, only terrible people doing despicable things. And despite how crass and stupid and unserious TF2 is, the story subverts every expectation by showing the survivors and inheritors willingly breaking the cycle. Ms. Pauling lies to the administrator and chooses not to save her, and finally lets her die. (Hurts even more if you read into the subtext that Ms. Pauling is in love with the administrator.) She lets the final cache of Australium go and walks away from the burden and legacy of a century-old bloodfeud. Hale lets Gray’s daughter go and live her life freely. Spy is the first to arrive at Scout’s house and meet his big family, finally takes off his mask, and helps with the kids. Even Merasmus exhaustedly makes peace with himself and Soldier and chooses not to curse him or something. There’s nothing to finish, no promises to keep, and no one to avenge. The only thing to do is break the cycle and walk away.

It feels odd how happy and warm everything is, but it feels so right and earned. These bloodthirsty, awful, violent men were expendable cogs in a machine of endless violence, and they found a way out. It’s a genuinely great message about letting go the past that burdens you and finding the will and a way to hit the bricks, change, and be happy. Maybe they don’t technically deserve happiness, but they’ve got it nonetheless, and they’re not gonna let it go to waste. They’re still all crazy and violent, but on their own terms now and with people who love them! Smiles.

[whereispearlescentmoon]

If you have ever used the phrase “Scott gave Pearl her win in Double Life” or “Scott let Pearl win” or “Scott also won” or anything that implied Scott had anything to do with Pearl winning Double Life other than blowing himself up I have probably blocked you if I saw it and I’m not sorry. Pearl killed the last two soulmate pairs who weren’t her and Scott. She eliminated the last competitors. He gave her nothing, she won completely on her own merit.

Yeah he blew himself up, but like, she was going to kill him anyways? She was better geared and had a wolf army? I know people probably don’t mean it a way to invalidate her win, but the idea that her “gave her” or “let her” win is complete BS that discredits Pearl’s actual skill. She won by herself fair and square.

[fatimazainab]

in my nothing to say era

[mediacircuspod]

Alright guys please don’t come at me for this one it is strictly my opinion.

As an asexual person. The asexual cop-out bothers me.

It does!!!! What do creators do when they don’t want a character to be gay so so bad? They say they’re asexual now!! But definitely not in the text, how would they write that? How would they explain it to cishet audiences? The only people reading this article are the people who wanted them to be queer anyway.

They say “look, isn’t this close enough, isn’t this in your umbrella alphabet shit? Can I just say they’re Ace and now the people who wanted representation get to be the bad guys. Let’s make the LGBT community say that’s not enough.”

Genuinely shut the fuck up. If you wanted to actually represent me you wouldn’t do it in the fucking footnotes. Just accept that you made it gay and that people see it that way. I’m so tired of people who don’t give a fuck enough to even know the difference between aromanticism and asexuality claiming they wanted to write something for people like me. No they didn’t. They wanted to silence the voices of my community by using my lived experiences as a social weapon.

[javascript-official]

MY STUPID WIFE wants to TAKE CARE OF BABY (stupid,dumb) BUT I, A SIGMA want to PLAY with my BALL so I GO OVER TO MY FRIEND KEITHS PLACE AND WE PLAY WITH OUR BALLS

when I look at western media depictions of Chinese things I always look for gay lions

so lion statues have a male and female lion pair, male lions have a ball to play with and lionesses have a little baby to take care of (lion patriarchy)

Lot of westerners don't know this so they accidentally draw Gay Lions

look at them. love wins

[moonyfr]

Regulus Black, who was controlled by his fear. Regulus Black, who missed opportunity after opportunity to do something he wanted because he hadn't done it before, and he was too scared to try. Regulus Black who lay awake at night, regretting all the things he hadn't done, all the things he could have done but chose not to. All the things he wishes he had done.

Regulus Black who would listen to everyone else the day after a party talk about how epic it was, wishing he'd been there, knowing he could have been if he hadn't been so scared of showing up.

Regulus Black with barley any friends because he didn't dare make new ones. Regulus Black who was seen as cold and distant because he never spoke to anyone, or did anything.

Regulus Black, who had watched James since he was young, but never approached him. Regulus Black who never found out he could have had James, because he was always too afraid to try.

Regulus Black who stayed behind when his brother left because he was too scared of what would happen if his parents found them before they were out. Regulus Black who accepted the dark mark because he was scared of what would happen if he didn't.

Regulus Black who dared to be brave only once. Regulus Black who failed, but couldn't regret it, not really. Because at least, just this once, he'd tried.

Regulus Black who felt alive for the first time mere minutes before his passing. Regulus Black who died without ever living.

[writingtraumaforever]

SONIC 3 MOVIE REVIEW (SPOILER FREE ABOVE LINE, SPOILERS BELOW IT):

I am so mixed feeling’d about this movie right now. On one hand, I loved it. It had such a good telling of Sonic and Shadow’s dynamics and stories and how they view one another, and I loved that and will be elaborating more on this in the spoiler section. The changes they made from the video game were 50/50 to me. Some I get, others I just was really disappointed in. The action scenes are AMAZING. Battles are SICK, and I have admittedly been on the fence about Keanu voicing Shadow, but he won me over completely after watching the film.

Team Sonic’s dynamic is top tier in this movie. Knuckles, Sonic and Tails are the lights of my life, I love these brothers so much.

But if you are going into this film expecting a SHADOW movie???? You’re gonna be disappointed. This is, do not be mistaken, absolutely a Jim Carrey movie. This is a Robotnik movie 110%. Idk if they just couldn’t afford too many lines from Keanu or what, but Jim stole most the screen time. Which was hilarious and all, but it definitely stole from the deeper/darker story that was suppose to be at play. They went the insane/funny mad scientist route with Gerald rather than the vengeful and broken man he was, and this kinda falls flat and makes the whole thing feel less dangerous and life-threatening than it actually is.

I will say that what little we ARE given of Shadow is amazing. Thankfully us die-hard Shadow fans are use to picking up whatever scraps SEGA throws at us with this hedgehog and absolutely running with them. And in terms of that, we were given a MEAL. But Shadow’s story was definitely rushed rather than fleshed out. It’s like they gave us about 4 minutes of background for him and were like “Alright. That’s it. That’s him”. And then we just roll with it from then on. My hopes on the reason they did this is because we’ll perhaps get a Shadow the Hedgehog show or movie in the future where they elaborate on all this even more. But as for this movie??? Just be ready for a LOT of Robotnik.

I still think Gerald should’ve just been dead so Shadow could have more screen time instead of them cashing in on Jim Carrey. The movie as a whole was so unserious because of him.

That’s really my biggest letdown.

The whole plot felt VERY rushed. Like they were too worried about getting to the next action scene to really flesh out the story properly. Sadly this happens a lot when writers just ASSUME we know the story already so not all of it needs to be told when we just REALLY want all of it to be told. It’s also obvious they cut back on some plot points so it could stay kid friendly.

But don’t let this discourage you too much! Like I said, it really was a good movie. And it’s probably still up there as my fav simply because Shadow IS in it and Team Sonic’s moments save it for me. Not to mention Sonic and Shadow’s interactions, though few, are absolute perfection and capture them both so dang well like—

I will cherish those scenes forever. Sonadow fans have a FEAST with the scenes they were given, okay???

I give it a solid 7.5/10. Maybe 8 if they add more deleted scenes later or announce a Shadow show. :)))))

10/10 if you’re only there for Jim Carrey (whom I personally don’t care for).

Now for Spoilers:

Pros:

LIVE AND LEARN WAS USED AND WAS THE ABSOLUTE BEST.

The moon is successfully pissed on.

They very much did their best to make it apparent that Sonic and Shadow are the same but were simply given different fates and it’s SO GOOD BUT SO SAD. Like. Two sides to the same coin very much came across.

Them punching each other across continents was SICK.

Shadow pinning Sonic by his head was GAY.

Sonic pinning Shadow by his chest fur was GAY.

Sonic and Shadow’s talk on the moon is easily my favorite thing in the movie. Followed closely by their Super battle against each other and then their Super battle in space. I’ve recently written in my stories about how being super together creates this special bond between them, and these scenes 100% confirm/reinforce that!

Maria and Shadow scenes are PRECIOUS! Her playing guitar for him, him dragging her around the compound with her in skates, them watching the stars together- it was all beautiful!

I’m really glad they allowed a brief moment of clarity that Gerald did in fact love Shadow and care about him at one point because he’s literally the biggest butt the rest of the movie and just uses him.

StoneXRobotnik shippers will be both elated and heartbroken.

So many perfect Sonic and Tails and Knuckles bro moments omggggg their dynamic in this movie was so dang good I died. From Tails saving Sonic’s butt multiple times to Knuckles putting his angry and fiery disposition aside for his brother and handing over the master emerald— it was perfect. Knuckles is big lovable idiot energy, absolutely, but it’s not overdone. He’s serious when he needs to be and is SUCH an oldest brother. I loved his conflict with Sonic AND how he was the one who saved both Tails and Sonic at the end.

WADE IS THE GUARDIAN OF THE MASTER EMERALD.

Shadow being a feminist with his latinas.

“Vengeful guac.”

Shadow and Sonic fighting together in space and constantly checking in on the other! Shadow asking Sonic where he is and using chaos spear to absolutely annihilate every robot after Sonic ahsjdkglg boyfriends protecting each other vibes.

Tbh, the entire scene where Shadow and Sonic are fighting side by side gives such huge soulmate vibes like oh my god they were VERY MUCH CONNECTED.

Their banter is EVERYTHING.

Shadow quoting Maria “even when the star is gone, its light remains” and then looking at Sonic?! GAAY.

Tom and Maria both poking Sonic and Shadow in the chest and telling them who they are in their hearts and who they choose to be is what counts. THIS being what brings them together?? PERFECTION.

Despite my annoyance at the amount of Robotnik in the movie, Eggman’s sacrifice and message to Stone was very touching.

Tails and Stone are the dream team.

Knuckles is forever scared of ghosts.

Shadow going after Tom ONLY because he thought it was the General and then immediately regretting it and feeling guilty when he sees it’s not and then having to watch Sonic cry over his body while Shadow sees himself crying over Maria is PEAK. BROKE MY HEART.

Sonic revisiting his cave. Shadow HAS to find and live in that at some point.

THE DID THE POSE THEY DID THE POSE

“HOT TOPIC”.

AMY ROSE AMY ROSE AMY ROSE AND SHES SO PRETTY AND STRONG OMG SHES SO SICK I LOVE HER SO MUCH ALREADY it looks like they’re trying to make her appear older than she is in the games, so I’m pretty sure they’re gonna be putting her with Sonic at some point. Which is fine by me cus I ship Sonamy too and to me, movie Sonic would be the one of all the versions of Sonic to want to settle down with some girl one day. I mean. His whole story is LITERALLY based around him finally getting to settle somewhere and have a family instead of continuing to run. Makes sense.

METAL SONIC METAL SONIC METAL SONIC

SHADOW PICKING UP HIS INHIBITOR RING AT THE END

Cons:

Um. The words “Faker” and “Ultimate Lifeform” are not ONCE uttered in this movie, and to me?? That’s absolute slander. That alone brought this movie down a whole point in my 1-10 scale, okay??? Negative 5,000 aura. Disgusting. Maybe the Commander possibly mentioned him being the Ultimate Lifeform, but Shadow never did and that’s just WRONG. This is a whole plot point in the game and in their characters from then on in the franchise, and it’s just glossed over!

Maria isn’t sick. The ARK isn’t in space. She isn’t shot. It’s all kinda dull in comparison to the game, tbh. They’re definitely still after her and shooting to kill because the soldier says “we have our orders” when Walters tries to stop him, but he still don’t shoot her so like— again. Dimmed down.

No Prison Island scenes other than the beginning when Shadow breaks out. Which was. Super disappointing.

It’s all just so unserious. Especially the Robotniks.

Chaos are just Japanese mascots. Which is big sad for Cream and Cheese fans.

No creation of Shadow = no Biolizard

No “Sayonara, Shadow the Hedgehog”. They tried to reference this with a joke from Jim Carrey, but it fell flat imo.

Indifferent/Open to:

Shadow came from a meteor. He wasn’t created. While I hate Gerald didn’t inherently create him, I am also glad this leaves room for the Black Arms to become a thing. It’s also very possible GUN and Gerald were both just lying about this. Because it very meticulously did NOT show Shadow actually coming from the meteor in any scenes. It just showed the meteor crash site and how it had Shadow/Balck Arms coloring. So maybe Gerald still did experiment on a hedgehog and stuff and it’s just lied about because that’s like— not okay??? But also, I noticed it never showed any like. Major accident that would’ve caused GUN to suddenly invade like that?? They just suddenly decided Shadow was too powerful and they needed to kill everyone while in the games, there were multiple incidents where people were hurt or compromised by the artificial chaos experiments before GUN invaded. PLUS Towers had seen and reported Gerald making a deal with the devil (Black Doom). So like— why would GUN just suddenly decide to annihilate everyone in Project Shadow like that??? It would be one thing if they just decided to shut them down, but they were actively going in there to KILL! So like— I feel like we’re missing pieces and being mislead.

Rouge isn’t there. Which I GET because how/why would she be?? By the end of the movie, there’s definitely ways for more mobians to start appearing (Amy is a prime example). So it makes sense that Rouge isn’t there yet because it’s EARTH so how WOULD she be??? And Shadow using chaos control at the end could open ways to other worlds (like in Sonic X when Sonic went super the first time and more Mobians started arriving on earth). But there were SO MANY MOMENTS SHE WOULDVE BEEN PERFECT. So it’s a shame, but understandable. Plus, how could they have made room for Rouge when they barely had room for Shadow with all the JIM CARREY.

I’ll probably continue to add to this as I process this movie over the next few days.

[venussaidso]

rant? rant.

Is it just me, but when I watch a brilliant Claire Nakti exploration of one of my placements, I don't go 'oh my goodness this is relatable', 'oh my gosh I don't relate to this at all'. Like are we not just learning and understanding the nature of a nakshatra through the many characters, their behaviours, the stories, the symbolisms? Why does it have to be relatable to you, who has an entire chart heavily influenced by more than one placement with multiple nakshatras? That's why I could watch the Purva Bhadrapada video and not make it a personal thing of whether I relate to it or not... (and even now, I don't, because that's just one placement I have amongst others). It's literally a nakshatra study. Most people take it as a study of themselves but there's more to you than this one thing. And, like no, it's not even about you either. Can you think beyond your own ego when you learn about nakshatras which you might just happen to have on your chart? Maybe appreciate getting to learn about the ways of each nakshatra while you have the privilege to. Even if you think this nakshatra is calling you a beast, you have to be serious for a moment and realize it's not even talking to you; the beast in Punarvasu is symbolic of what? OF WHAT? You can't even tell me. I don't think the people complaining about that video even understood anything metaphorically.

[kylinvartilo]

American history has been so mired in violence and hate to minority communities to say the least, and further it has failed the entirety of our people through exploitative, stagnating wages and predatory "healthcare" and "insurance" that makes people throw their money into a hole and the moment something goes wrong, the system says "fuck you" and suddenly everyone things you "deserved it" because you didn't have a spare 2000$ on hand for the wee-woo bus or 200k for your surgery. Sorry bud! Maybe if you didn't have a heart attack due to a pre-existing condition (high blood pressure due to stress) and WORKED HARDER (MAKE IT 100 HOURS PER WEEK INSTEAD OF 99) then you wouldn't be in that situation!!!! :) :) :) :) :).

Further, murders happen every single day but when it happens to some poor inner city kid? As IF anybody will pay up ANY kind of money to find the killer besides MAYBE the family of the victim. Meanwhile, the minute some big wig big shot bastard gets their back blown out in cold blood, there's a ~60k reward for intel on their arrest. The only explanation is so that the police department can "look good" for solving the case and then go back to doing a half-assed job for normal people cause they don't give enough of a shit about finding regular shooters in their streets. No, they care about protecting the elites and their own reputation first and foremost. Absolutely disgusting behavior, and very indicative of the current system at large.

[dross-the-fish]

Dealing with casual aphobia feels so weird because it doesn't look like the kneejerk horrified homophobia or transphobia you normally get from bigoted people so it's easier to ignore for awhile but I find that it does eventually get under my skin. "If you're alive you have a kink, everyone has kinks they just don't talk about it!" - No? I don't have kinks or fetishes, I don't even really have a sense of physical attraction and with each passing year my interest in having any kind of sex at all disappears. My relationship to sex is not the same as that of Allosexual people. "Celibacy is admirable! It's commendable," -It's not really being celibate if the interest isn't there. I'm not abstaining from anything. I don't think there is any virtue in abstinence or that there is a moral superiority attached to the presence or absence of sex. Being sexual is normal and healthy for most people. "You're a prude" -No, I'm just not horny. I have no strong feelings about how active other people are. It's no different from realizing I don't like chocolate cake so I just don't buy chocolate cake ever. I don't want to ban all discussion or consumption of chocolate cake. Why does that make YOU so uncomfortable? "You should see a doctor! That can't be healthy!"-I'm not unhappy with my lack of sexual interest. it's only a problem for me because other people keep acting like it is. "But you write NSFW!" -Sex as a topic is still interesting and it is a facet of some character's identity. I think it's worth discussing and exploring how some characters communicate emotions through sex. I even enjoy reading about it sometimes. I just don't actually want to have it. "You just need the right partner!" My current partner is the right partner. Sex is just not part of the equation because it never needed to be. "But asexuals CAN have sex" -why is it always this and never "Allosexuals can live without it."? And if you truly can't live without it stop trying to hook up with asexual people!

"That's not fair to anyone who starts a relationship with you" -been in a happy queer-platonic with my aromatic partner for 10 years, thanks.

[very-uncorrect]

i want to thank the internet (specifically tumblr) for helping me realise that having a lil bit of chub is super hot actually

[xxbrightshadowxx]

So I was on TikTok and saw a video discussing theories on Caitlyn and the vents. Mostly talking about if they thought Caitlyn thought jinx might be alive. I saw a commenter say that they thought Caitlyn knew Jinx was alive but wasn’t going to tell Vi so she wouldn’t go after her. And everyone in the comments were agreeing with them.

I’m sorry…THE FUCK?!

That is literally the worst possible outcome! Sure fine, maybe in this scenario Caitlyn is looking out for Vi and wants the best for her. But here’s the thing, that is Vi’s choice to make. If she wants to go after Jinx or not, that’s her decision! Caitlyn can’t control vi because that’s what she believes is best! That is toxic behavior and is sickening. If I learned someone I loved thought that even for a chance that the last person I loved was still alive but decided not to tell me for my own good, I’d kill them. It would be one thing if Caitlyn told Vi and she decided not to but the fact that people think it would be a good decision for Caitlyn to not tell Vi her sister might be alive because she didn’t want her to go after her is just icky.

[straynoahide]

some of us do this shit professionally, so it's irksome to see people who are not really helping and should get help and mind their own business themselves, preach how they're so righteous, while they're throwing thousands of innocent survivors under the bus, on their own road to nowhere and U-turn from humanism.

no amount of arrogance is going to convince me deradicalization, rehabilitation and restorative justice are not better than the alternatives because it's not an opinion- it's a scientific q with a scientific answer. and we've been there!! it was even shittier!!! hell, so many countries are there right now in the world. brutality is bad.

denialists and punitivists here based on religion, on rage, on trauma, on theory, or whatever false idol, it's just sad. this is the XXI c.

it's like a flat-earther throwing a temper tantrum bc someone told them killing 5 M Bad People ain't the solution to deactivating an ideology of Bad People that advocates killing 5 M people for a different reason just bc that one is held by the Good People.

personal violence is shit. political violence is shit. sexual violence is shit. non-sexual violence is shit. the common denominator of the equation ain't hard to find. it's self-righteous violence! it's been done before! so avoid that bit for a change!

i like villain fandoms bc it's where i find most people who have built a habit of actually empathizing with people who do things wrong in an effort to see how to get a world where there is less wrong done. and is2h one of the few places where ppl can tell apart reality and fantasy.

not to post even more Villains Discourse on main but it really bugs me how people read giving villains tragic backstories as inherently excusing their actions and/or demonizing trauma survivors.

the actual message of Tragic Villains is (almost) always “people who are never taught or given any healthy, constructive outlets for their emotions will often find unhealthy, destructive outlets.” it’s that people who are traumatized and never learn how to cope with that trauma can become a danger to themselves and others. the message isn’t “trauma makes you evil!!!!” or “genocide is okay if you’ve been sad before!!!!” it’s “people need compassion and help to recover from trauma instead of becoming increasingly angry and harming themselves and others in the process.”

this site takes an alarmingly behaviorist and punitive approach to everything and it’s literally the most annoying thing. y’all have this concept that “if we just punish people hard enough, if we just scare them enough, if we just make them feel guilty enough.” that people just Do Bad Things Because They Do Bad Things, I Guess, and Because We Didn’t Threaten Them And Shame Them Enough. but humans are an innately social species. at our very core, we need compassion and kindness. we need healthy relationships with other humans.

you can keep looking at traumatized villains and being like “haha this dumb pathetic sadboi thinks murder is okay because his parents died” but as a survivor myself, unaddressed/untreated trauma absolutely can make you ragey and destructive. i was lucky enough to have support and eventually get the treatment i needed. but it’s not hard at all for me to imagine how, if that hadn’t been the case, that could’ve been me. obviously not on a movie-villain scale like murder or war crimes, but it’s so irritating as someone whose trauma has always manifested as anger to watch people on this site be like “this is just bad writing!!! real survivors/good survivors don’t end up like that the writers just hate survivors and want the audience to condone murder!”

[discoscoob]

I hate self-proclaimed ‘red pilled men.’ First of all, I don’t know why these people adopted The Matrix as if it’s their movie and started taking all these terms from it, this film deserves better than being associated with people who worship men like Andrew Tate. Second, these people call themselves ‘red pilled men’ but they’re nothing like Neo or Morpheus. The one character in The Matrix these men actually remind me of is Cypher, the only one who actually regretted taking the red pill and screwed everyone over just so he could return to the blue pill life. He was also a creep to Trinity, which is very on brand for these type of men.

[aviaryartist1800]

The only time i could say that there is a lack of media literacy is in regards to the true ending in Nine Sols

SPOILERS: Yi basically sacrifices himself in the True Ending of the game

And when i finished the game and saw the video, i saw this comment:

the lack of media literacy is surprising...

What people do not understand that him sacrificing himself comes with the theme of the game and it had come to the point where the people preferred the Normal Ending because they think that the Solarians will be saved from the Tianhuo Virus but...

this comment explains why this isn't the case

I am just tired of people hating on endings where the hero sacrifices themself

I get why, but the main theme of Nine Sols is accepting the inevitable

These comments summarize my thoughts on the true ending and why it makes sense:

Its just sad to see people hating on self sacrifices because they watched shows that call it out...