#SORRY I AM STILL SALTY

[dana-chan-the-control-brain]

YOU SEE.

This is how you do a good character death and proper Martyrdom.

True, DBZ Abridged takes inspiration from the original DBZ, but like... It actually made 16's Sacrifice actually way more meaningful. And for an abridged series, it did this to a lot of characters. (It actually made Mr.Satan less relevant then how I remember and thank god for that.)

KC could have STILL been Fridged for Bloodmoon's development, and actually had his death mean something.

He could dodge everything Sans Undertale style to the point where he gets exhausted. And at the point of Bloodmoon's frustration he could kill him, and feel no satisfaction from it for once in his life.

Instead.... it sounded as if Bloodmoon fed homeless people for clout on tinder instead of genuinely caring about those people, considering he died so Bloodmoon could possibly kill more homeless people. (which is likely where he's been getting the gallons of blood from. Even when Lunar used him, Lunar said he could only kill homeless people.... Which we honestly the show brushes off too much. tbf Lunar most likely forgot... but Like... Earth has a whole crisis of Moon and Sun killing people... but Lunar lets Bloodmoon rampage on the homeless and gets off scott-free... I feel like something like that would upset Earth if she ever found out.... SAMS plz stop joking about the homeless. They're really not funny and fit more in with familyguy or southpark then a youtube show for "all ages" technically. I know it's been toned down in recent years but it still annoys me a little. )

Anyway, Point is, feeding the homeless does jack squat when you just let a murderous idiot just go killing them freely as he wishes.

I don't doubt that cause KC has worked with homeless people, he has Probably Fought to defend them. Either from getting beat up themselves or having their temporary "homes" vandalized or their little materials stolen from them. Some people are nice, but not everyone is nice to the homeless.

But he really only had a life for two months, due to Moon's sacrifice, and easily threw away the life he lived for no reason without resistance.

I do accept that KC had to die. To become a stepping stone for Bloodmoon's arc....

What I don't accept is HOW he died.

cause it feels like Moon's sacrifice meant nothing, it feels like KC was just being nice for very surface level reasons and while that would be an interesting facet to him, (as Bojack Horseman taught me, sometimes behind the intention behind nice actions doesn't matter as long as people are helped at the end of the day...) I don't think that was what they were going for.

What KC's rolling over and dying attempting to be a martyr did for me in that episode and showed me:

KC got sick of life within the span of two months.

KC never cared about anyone, and isolated himself so he wouldn't need to take responsibility for Eclipse OR Bloodmoon. (remember, when Eclipse used star power, KC was around and doing nothing, despite him calling Eclipse his son at one point)

KC died to Bloodmoon, purely out of spite to prove a point to him.... While allowing Bloodmoon to kill more people.... Possibly people he cared about. Possibly the homeless. Possibly his tinder dates. We don't know...

KC COULD HAVE STILL DIED. HE HAD TO DIE.

But... He did not have to throw his life away like it was nothing.

He is a software. A code. A program. Moon didn't have to give him a life, but he did.

He decided he was done with it.

Loved no one.

Cared for no one.

And died to prove a point.

......

I really hope SAMS retcons this so he teleported away using star power and just said what he said to goat Bloodmoon, because as it stands...

KC was a waste of character potential, and they just undid his character potential in the span of less then 15 mins.

@ayyy-imma-ninja

Something else that bothers me about the latest Sun and Moon show episode.

Bloodmoon has killed countless homeless people and will continue to do so.

It's where he gets his supply of blood.

Killcode, by not fighting back, by not choosing to live, despite the scarifies people could make for him to have this life....

Killcode condemned the homeless people he cared about to death.

If he didn't want to live for himself anymore.

He didn't even live for the people he cared about either.

[antiquepearlss]

I’m too tired to post an essay but my girl was just a victim of bad writing and a lack of critical thinking from the audience okay I love her.

[lmaster37]

hmmmm "i will" by mitski as a loumand song.... armand both pre- and post-SF trying to convince himself he's doing the right thing, he's doing this for louis, he's doing this for them......

armand who considers himself fundamentally unlovable outside of his utility to a partner...... for whom love and servitude and ownership and debt are all mixed up in ways informed by centuries of abuse

who is applying what little he has received in the way of love (both real and perceived) to his current relationships, but who has never felt loved without being owned, who has never once even considered that Respecting Boundaries is an important part of loving somebody, who is used to his lover being his owner being his maker being his god, and who applies all that to his relationship with louis because it's the first time he is suddenly in the dominant position in a relationship and he is Not equipped to handle that in any way even approaching a healthy relationship

"i will see your body bare and still i will live here" considering that the highest form of devotion because surely only somebody who truly loves him could stomach to see him undone, to see him brought low, even if they were the one to undo him. is it not the most honest expression of his adoration for louis to see him brought low and rebuild him ?

"and all the quiet nights you bear, seal them up with care / no one needs to know they're there, for i will hold them for you" armand who is intimately familiar with the ways that memory can hurt you, who is desperately trying to pretend that forgetting is the same as moving on, who is taking on all the burden of this relationship and still louis is so ungrateful, how dare he accuse armand of doing this for his own benefit when it was all for louis, when armand has stayed awake a thousand days to soothe his nightmares, smooth over the edges of every hurtful recollection, when armand bears louis's traumas for him, how dare he—

"there's no need to be brave / while you sleep, i'll be scared / so by the time you wake, i'll be brave" armand who is building up an increasingly fragile house of cards, who is layering lies and adjustments and changes and more lies over each other, knowing that it's not sustainable, knowing that with every passing day it becomes harder to tell the truth, knowing that this will collapse eventually and the fallout is only growing. and then louis wakes up and everything is fine, darling, don't you even worry about it

(can you tell him that i'm so normal about him)

[otrtbs]

can't stop going to fish island i fear... i will need a brit picker for this one y'all....

[ghostoffuturespast]

Honestly, getting real tired carrying and supporting other folks around here when most of them aren't returning the favor...

[princessfbi]

Apologies for being a little behind. I got the COVID.

BUT WHILE I HAVE YOU I’M STILL NOT OVER THE FACT THAT WE WERE ROBBED OF BUCKLEY SIBLINGS BACKSTORY ABOUT THE TIME MADDIE SNUCK BUCK IN TO SEE THE SIXTH SENSE! NINE YEAR OLD BABY FACE BUCK JUST CASUALLY STROLLING ON IN WITH MADDIE.

[im-still-watching-anime]

one piece is crazy fr like what do you mean you’re following up Everyone’s Dead™️ with Objectifying Women: The Arc™️

[waywardsalt]

ive been rereading tnp and it’s bothering me so much i need to mention it here; it’s kind of insane how much the erins bend over backwards to make brambleclaw deputy, it’s kind of just nonsensical.

not even him not having an apprentice when he’s picked, though that is kind of wild, he just… there’s basically no good reason other than him being a main pov character and tigerstar’s son. literally any other thunderclan warrior who’s had an apprentice (barring maybe ashfur) would have been a better choice. thornclaw dustpelt sandstorm cloudtail brackenfur- brackenfur is one that firestar explicitly considers and the reasoning why he decides not to is so incredibly weak ‘oh i dont think he’d be right for leader’ number one what are you talking about number 2 then use him being deputy as an opportunity to help him become right for leader are you telling me firestar thinks the cat he once considered letting die in a fire is a better fit for leader than the cat he half mentored. dustpelt is clearly an experienced warrior, sandstorm is someone firestar obviously has faith in, thornclaw is experienced and i’m pretty sure you even see firestar consult him a few times (cloudtail is iffy bc thats cloudtail but he’d really be a better choice, just how he treats daisy and her kits would be an interesting justification for firestar making him second-in-command) but honestly besides the narrative jumping through hoops to act like the other very viable options are either secretly bad choices or otherwise ignore them (why is bramble the only cat we ever see jump to help firestar with stuff they just wrote everyone else to be silent or w/e) but in twilight where he arguably acts the most like de-facto deputy in leaf and squirrel’s pov he’s framed as a jackass half the book??? why would you do that if you intend to make him actual leader?? in his trial run of being kinda-not-deputy you just make him use his semi-authority to be cold and fucking mean to his friend and her buddy??? like i see him being qualified due to having experience being the travel group’s leader and whatnot, but barely anything else is done to make him realistically more qualified than anyone else- he just angsts about his ambitions and gets handed the position because starclan vouched for him for some damn reason even though by his society’s laws he should not be in that position

[thevegetablewhichnoonedaresname]

507 is in the running for my least favorite episode, which I think is actually a compliment because I don't hate it, it just feels less funny to me because the singing makes it take longer and lowers the JPM (jokes per minute). also, I do enjoy musicals, but I have to fight a very strong natural cringe response when people start singing in non-musical stuff, even if it's not bad

[hyp3rfixation-h3ll]

Ok,but hear me out

Baby pac purring when he is held by one of his folks.

Or him teething,and zac is just cry bc his son is growing up...and his finger hurt bc pac is chomping him.

you had me at "hear me out" yugo

[delightfuldevin]

Been seein some rather cold takes about Daisy lately…

I’ve seen some people say that she has no personality outside of fanon, but that’s just not true. There is a very very common misconception among the fandom (at least that I’ve noticed) that if a character doesn’t appear in a “mainline” game, then they have no personality. But I’d argue that the spinoffs actually offer waaaaay more in terms of looking into character personalities. And no, I’m not talking about the RPGs ala M&L and Paper Mario as those are obviously full of personality (and Daisy isn’t in those). I’m talking about the Party, Kart, Tennis, and other sports games.

Yes, Daisy hasn’t appeared in any mainline game since her debut, but she’s been in nearly every sports game and her traits, stats, abilities, victory/loss animations, and various other tiny details add up to her personality. The fact that she’s nearly always yelling or just speaking really loud in general (noticeably more than any other character), the fact that she constantly feels a need to say her name and make herself known, how she loves flowers and considers even a small patch of flowers worth protecting, how she’s easily bored by tasks that don’t excite her and isn’t so reliable for them. She tends to jump around a lot, and spin and dance around when she’s excited! She’s apparently a rather fast runner and that is considered her specialty! These are all traits that are displayed in the spinoffs, and there’s probably soooo many more that I just can’t remember right now.

Now, I do think her tomboyish nature is probably fanon, as I don’t really remember seeing anything to show that she acts that way in the games. I think people probably think she’s tomboyish due to how loud and energetic she is. But hey, there’s plenty of fanon for just about any character from any fandom out there. And what’s so wrong with that? Isn’t the whole point of making fanworks to expand on the framework already provided by canon? If we want to stick to what’s actually “canon” then nearly everything the fandom has created would have to be tossed, because there really isn’t much to work with. Fanworks and fandoms thrive on what fans can create based on the canon work, not just sticking to it perfectly.

It’s fine if you think the “fanon” Daisy outshines the “canon” Daisy and you dislike that. But to say that she has no personality aside from fanon interpretations just tells me that you have a very narrow idea of what counts as “canon” in an already rather simplistic world. The Mario games are very simple and straightforward without much consistent lore that actually makes sense cohesively, but the characters are what keep everything tied together despite that. The characters are nearly always consistent, and that includes Daisy. Even when the setting is completely different and some random new villain shows up with some random new power source to steal or species to torment, our same well-known lovable characters will be the center of the story and that’s what makes it fun!

[cassioppenny]

me and the mutuals all coming together to mourn laventon getting shafted by ingo in the pla fandom every time father figures are mentioned like once a month

[lilac-hecox]

Like kinda crazy this is what they said about Sword AF season 2, like 3/4 months ago. The love it deserved ended up turning it into a shadow of itself?

[wingsofhcpe]

yes, a queer couple implied through soul-deep meaning and subtext, forgiving each other everything and sacrificing themselves to save each other and/or the known universe, is in fact gayer than cop & class oppression apologia where the oppressor gets to have sex with their underdog crush in a prison cell in which said crush's sister just admitted she'd kill herself 5 seconds earlier. Even if the cop and her crush are gay.

queerness is not only about who gets to fuck, but also about meaning and subtext and our experiences and I, as a sapphic, for one, do not want my representation to be whatever the hell the writers did with CV this season.

[katyspersonal]

Endless Vargram erasure in Elden Ring promo materials and fanart isn't real, it can't hurt me.

[arsenicflame]

what if i go back n review my thoughts from last year? what if i post some drafts from 1 year ago?