#TDLR at the bottom

[mangofanarts]

TDLR: Pangi and Bad are not strictly tied down to their identities of faction members as some others might be, and it shows in how Pangi negatively reacted towards Ros admitting that she would die for her faction instantly in his whisper to Bad.

I really enjoy how independent the honey badgers are of each other. When both Bad and Pangi were asked if they were to die for each other - they replied that it "depends on the situation" rather then it being an immediately 'yes'. When Ros admits that she would die for the Kingdom, Pangi immediately whispers to Bad that "This is a cult."

In Pangi's perspective, Ros dying for the kingdom is something cult-like. It's not unreasonable to see or understand why Pangi thinks that. However, to Ros, her dying for the kingdom makes sense. The kingdom is her family. She wants to protect them and she's extremely loyal to them - so of course, she's willing to die for them without any hesitation. (Placing aside her insecurities about her own worth to the kingdom and herself) Pangi expressing that he believes the kingdom of fools is a cult because of Ros being so willing to die for them- also demonstrates something about himself. Which is that, Pangi can't understand Ros' line of thinking with the yellow kingdom because it is not something that Pangi can understand within his own faction. This is not me saying that Pangi doesn't care about the honey badgers. Of course, he does! He's the one that came up with the name, he's the one who made the banners, he's the one who took away the yellow kingdom's honey for the sake of being a honey badger. He adores the faction title and his own identity to it - however, Pangi is free from his own faction. So, lemme try to explain. There is only two people in the honey badgers (in terms of activity on the server) - Bad and Pangi. Bad and Pangi are not co-dependent on each other. Bad does not feel the need to protect Pangi. Unless, he's directly asked for help, and then he will because they're still teammates. Pangi does not feel the need to protect Bad either. Despite being the only ones in the honey badgers, they both feel free in a sense. Pangi has his own base somewhere else, and so does Bad. Pangi and Bad are not as connected as the yellow kingdom are. But, that doesn't mean they don't get along. Pangi has referred to Bad before as a fun uncle, and Bad has mentioned before that Pangi is awesome. They share plenty in common - they love gossip, causing chaos, being paranoid together, and they enjoy setting up traps. Bad even supports Pangi in what Pangi wants to do. Though, they're able to still be individuals on their own. (Excluding Pangi and Pili's co-dependent relationship since this post was just meant to be about Pangi and Bad). If someone attacks Bad, that does not mean that Pangi has immediate conflict with that person. Same with Bad! If someone attacks Pangi - then, that doesn't mean Bad instantly has conflict with that person either. Though, Pangi has pride about being a honey badger, he doesn't make it the sole reason for everything he does. He's free to do whatever he wants for himself, and Bad is the same in that reasoning. Then there's Bad, and he isn't strictly loyal to his faction. Bad is willing to encourage others to trap or kill Pangi. Other faction members would not do this to who they view as someone as their own. However, this is again, because the view of faction that both Bad and Pangi carry, isn't them tied down to each other - at least, in terms of how the other factions operate with their members. If Bad were to pass away, Pangi would be sad though he wouldn't destroy the world over it (while he would for Pili) and the same goes for Bad, vice versa. They aren't fully committed to each other, though they still care about one another to a degree. Maybe it's just not as high as other's degree of care as other factions would about their members. But, that doesn't mean it's non-existent. Bad has mentioned before that if a draft were to happen, then he wouldn't pick Pangi first. Other faction members would probably interpret this as Bad not caring about Pangi, but it's actually the opposite. He wouldn't pick Pangi because he does care about him, he wants Pangi to have fun being in a different faction. It does also convey that Bad doesn't view Pangi as someone being tied down as a honey badger - he sees him as an individual who doesn't need to be in the faction for the sake of Pangi being an original member.

[lillies-and-honey]

As a Gen Z, here is my take on why so many young people became conservatives or voted red this election.

Warning long. TLDR at the bottom

Conservatives have sold a picture perfect image for a long time. And as kids we grew up seeing our parents struggle like crazy. We watched things get worse while slowly the country got more progressive in values. We went through a pandemic and many of us felt hopeless.

Conservative beliefs claim to offer women

- unconditional love

- freedom of time to have fun hobbies

- not having horrible hours of work

- being cared for

- safety (this is a big selling point for many with the SA statistics and abuse statistics)

What they didn’t say in there speeches was that the love was conditioned on popping out babies for your husband. That your free time actually wasn’t yours. It was to spend with the children, or to please your husband, or MAYBE do a “feminine” hobby if you have already taken care of everything in the house plus more. That not working means not chance to leave if you dislike something. That the care you receive is often the care someone has for a possession, not a living breathing person. And that your safety from the outside world, meant any protection from the inside was null and void.

To men they sold

- a loving wife

- a promise of wealth and no worries

- a family

- job security

- friends

- power

What they didn’t tell the men was that the wife would resent him for her lack of choice in marrige, no matter the circumstances. That the wealth was something they would never see, that very few of them actually made the money to live in the houses put in the newspapers and online. That even if they were wealthy they now had other worries, like if there daughter was safe, or if there gay son was literally going to be hung, and his case buried because no one cares for the hate crimes. That the family he got, would never see him because he would always be working, praying for a promotion only for the promotion to go to the bosses nefew because the corporate ladder is a myth to keep workers complacent. That he would see his friends hitting their wives, and would not be able to say anything because it was their right to domestically disapline a hysterical woman. And that any “power” they gained would not be theirs. It would the person above them. That they would be a puppet because they would never get to the top, despite always feeling so close.

The lists look great. All of those have something for everyone. Sometimes multiple things. And in a time of despair it is easy to fall for propaganda and ideals. To think about all the pros and worry about cons later. But we need to worry about the cons BEFORE we lose the ability to.

TDLR: young people vote red because blue works in realism, and red offers ideals they won’t uphold but look nice from the outside. And Gen Z is desperate for a relief and hope.

[freakysaken-headcanons]

i need to see noob with anyone boning but specifically two time this round hhfhhghhhdd YAORIIII (A Beginner's Guide to Erotic Fantasies changed my LIFE i cannot recommend this enough)

anyway i genuinely cant see tt being generally submissive actually specifically only in bed though, power bottom is the best you're getting out of them because their life is already out of control

NOOB? noob on the other hand is completely submissive doesn't matter what position or role they're, they will follow every command you give them and they'll eat everything out of your palm with glazed eyes imo, it was only something that recently developed after being forsaken'ed, they really have the worst hand of cards now, formerly a huge foodie, their "abilities" or consumables are painfully ... bland to taste but they can't help others as well as sentinels or supports could, only forced to be on the sidelines and work on generators and bodyblock/distract/juke if worst comes to worst... and dont even BRING up the fact of sixer to them, and the whole situation that felt like they almost had no control over, it would still bring tears up into their eyes,,.... tdlr: twotime and noob are polar opposites in positions and roles but it works specifically for eachother, they were faced in similar circumstances but had different circumstances to it lolalalfaa a

noob fucker anon 1/3?

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[one-and-a-half-yikes]

I did say I would write metas for Inky Mystery and I am delivering on that promise lol

Copy & Pasted from discord gc

TDLR @ bottom

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rethinking my stance on Cuphead's character arc after that last chapter dropped. And, now that Fanny and Cuphead are definitely no longer friends after...*that* I'm gonna rethink everything I said here about this whole "Fanny 'likes' Cuphead" situation

so Cuphead's character arc is leaning towards personhood...or individuality I guess is a better way to put it. And I might be a fucking idiot for just now noticing that but whatever lol. I think after thinking through last chapter it really dawned on me how much of Cuphead's...idk existence? Is predicated on what role he thinks he needs to play at any moment. Sometimes he's Cuphead the Thug and other times he's Cuphead the Assassin and other times he's Cuphead the Protector. And he's constantly switching between these three roles at any given moment because Cuphead doesn't really *have* a sense of self any more. Like, it's gone. If his identity is no longer solely revolving around "the mission" or "assignment" he was given by Hat or the Devil, then it's the Quest or rather, the Questers that his identity revolves around. Looking at Cuphead's character arc now, in comparison to Mugman's I think this is why it feels as if Cuphead is almost regressing/ improving at times. Because his central internal conflict is going to be more focused on who is Cuphead? As an individual. What are his goals, ambitions, and desires? What does he want from life, what will be Cuphead's reason for living?

The biggest issue Cuphead is having is resorting to escapism to stave off whatever is bothering him and his need to connect his self worth towards playing a role in someone else's story. For Holly, he's playing the role of Cuphead the Protector and that means keeping her as far from him as he can because if he's to protect her that's what he needs to do. He'll, even back during the gala chapters when Cuphead was envisioning a future with him and Holly, it was still about *Holly* achieving success, making her dreams come true, and following her ambitions. What was Cuphead in this future? Cuphead the Supporter of course, someone who sits on the sidelines watching others succeed while he stagnates. With Fanny, the role he plays is being her detective sidekick; sure, he's just as interested to a degree in Vicious's past but that's not the main reason he joined Fanny on her side quest was it? With the Questers as a whole, it's a mixture of both Cuphead the Thug, the Friend, and the Protector. There is something to be said about how dehumanizing the whole thing is. How seeing yourself as labels holds someone back from their greater potential. In Cuphead's case I don't know what that potential is but it exist within him and it's only gonna come out if starts to see himself as a whole individual rather than just the role he thinks he needs to fulfill at any given moment.

We see this kind of get called out more than a few times, though sparsely. The Labyrinth chapter just happened to bring all of this to a head, showing the extent of which placing these labels upon Cuphead have affected him while also showing from Mugman's perspective how Cuphead has slowly over time lost his sense of self. His hobbies, his interests, his goals, his dreams, his ambitions. So consumed with guilt for the past, and no hope for himself and his future outside of keeping Mugman safe he doesn't really know what he wants. He doesn't know what to do with himself anymore, where he wants to go. Who he wants to be. Cuphead hasn't thought about these things in such a long time since he was a child, back when he knew who he was and who he wanted to be. He had ambitions back then, things he wanted to do. He wanted to move up in the world. Be something.

That talk with Lily is the step towards him fully realizing how he's given up so much of himself including his personhood and individuality that he has nothing left, all because of the mission; of his regrets and guilt keeping him from moving forward. And how he continues to deny himself the ability to be a whole person because of his guilt and self-sacrificial nature. To allow himself to feel comfort, safety...love. The biggest thing that could happen with Cuphead's character arc in relation to Colly is coming to the realization that he's hurting himself as much as he's hurting Holly, denying himself the joys of life not just because of his work, but because deep down a part of him believes he isn't allowed to have those things. Because he's only Cuphead the Thug, Cuphead the Assassin, Cuphead the Protector, and there's no room for anything else when you play those roles. He needs to learn to strip himself of those roles if he wants any chance to move forward in the same way Mugman has. To find his individuality. His purpose, his ambition, his drive.

Obviously I'm talking about Holly. But not in a way where she personally helps him discover this. It's more indirect than that. Especially with Holly's character arc being in direct conflict with Cuphead's goals, but in a good way cause it's what he needs.

Holly feels like a burden on the group and doesn't like being on the sidelines unable to help in any significant way. She wants to learn to fight to fend for herself and help others in the process without feeling like collateral. Holly is also starting to grow into her confidence once again *without* Cuphead being present for it which is great because that's what's needed for both of them. To grow separately rather than having a heavy influence on the others arc.

TDLR; Cuphead's character arc is about individuality and finding his purpose again in life. Some Colly is briefly thrown in there but that is the gist of what I'm talking about.

Was gonna include some stuff about Fanny's character arc where that was going given how she just accidentally ruined her friendship with Cup. And previously in my discord gc I had speculated that her arc would be forwarded by Cuphead, or at least that he'd play a role in it, but obviously that's not the case anymore. I'll have to make a separate post about it I think when more Fanny chapters come out-

[argentimybeloved]

Can we as a fandom of like ANY kind actually treat LGBTQ+ ships as normal??

Almost everytime I see an mlm ship in a fandom, it’s almost always treated as

Big alpha man top 😡😡 x soft uwu boy bottom 🥺🥺

STOP THAT.

The characters are WAY more than a ship. They’re characters with backstory, a personality, OTHER REALATIONSHIPS OTHER THEN UR SHIP.

You’re pretty much mischaracterising these characters soley for a ship and I’m growing tired of seeing a copy and paste dynamic with mlm ships when they act NOTHING like that.

Not only that, a ship doesn’t need to be SEXUAL. I’ve seen this a lot with ship names. Personally, I don’t see the point in having whoever’s name is “first” as the “top”

It’s the same ship, nothing changes about the ship other than what goes on under the covers. I don’t wanna see things like

“Haikaveh better”

Or

“Kavetham better”

IT’S THE SAME?? If you HC one as “top” or “bottom” fine, but don’t comment it under a video of them just because the tags differs. ESPECIALLY if the video was just a simple kiss on the cheek.

Wlw have it better in terms of the fact from what I’ve seen the characters don’t get as mischaracterised (doesn’t mean it isn’t there) so the fact this is mainly happening to mlm ships make me feel like people are infantilising the ship and/or fetishing it. Neither are good in any case.

When it comes to wlw ships tho, despite it having It doesn’t help wlw ships gets almost no attention at all (*cough* chaggie *cough cough*)

But really, why do we give so much attention to a mlm ship but give no attention to a wlw ship?? Ofc not everyone does it but from my experience, no one cares for wlw ships.

It’s getting annoying honestly

TDLR; Stop mischaracterising mlm couples and actually READ their lore, and stop ignoring/forgetting wlw ships

Please and thank you

[plurapony]

you should update ur pinned post lol since it still says dni if endo and theyre not real and stuff. the "if ur endo meet our friend the block button" and "join our server if ur anti endo"

apologies this is going to be a long rant, ill add a tdlr at the bottom :D

we do want to update our pinned post but with our ocpd it's like, it's a pinned post and it needs to be absolutely perfect - nothing can seem off. the thing is? spike wrote that pinned post, he is the one that initially got us into my little pony and told us it's okay to be cringe. perfect right? yeah but he doesn't care about syscourse stances, he added them in as to cover all bases to avoid unwanted harassment. which means that if we updated it, it wouldn't be spike it would most likely be petalfluff since she's the one who heavily influenced our post on stances.. but petalfluff and spike type very differently and that makes our ocpd brain implode. so it's just a case of figuring out... how? do we link to another post? do we make a post explaining the banners (we'd have to make them first) ...we gotta figure it out.

TLDR: we are planning to, just need to figure out how in a way that'll please our silly ocpd brain

[dragonfire-hq]

On the eve of the grand feast and the re-crowning of Queen Visenya Targaryen II, Xaerys Velaryon and Vaegon Targaryen, cousins bound by an unlikely friendship due to their families' strained ties, ventured into the heart of King’s Landing. The city, still reeling from the hardships of a long winter, was a dangerous place, filled with hungry smallfolk and simmering unrest. The pair sought to escape the weight of their noble obligations, but the streets were rife with treachery.

Xaerys, whose once-adventurous spirit had been tempered by frailty, struggled to keep pace as Vaegon led them into the shadowy alleys near the brothels. Vaegon went inside the brothel, leaving Xaerys to aid himself with some milk of the poppy. It was here that Xaerys, left vulnerable, drew the attention of desperate thieves. Their eyes fell upon his richly adorned cane, its Valyrian steel rod topped with a sea-dragon carving—a symbol of wealth and status. Seeing an opportunity, they ambushed him, their greed driving them to violence.

As Vaegon indulged in the distractions of the brothel, the thieves struck, killing Xaerys and leaving his body to the vultures as they fled with their prize. The chaos of a brewing riot engulfed the streets, forcing Vaegon to abandon any thought of retrieving his cousin. Guilt-ridden and unsure of what actions to take, he fled back to the keep and brought the night’s events to his sister, Princess Vaelora Targaryen.

Vaelora recognized the delicate implications of such news spreading within the keep. She acted swiftly, sending for Alson, a trusted agent, to retrieve Xaerys’ body from the streets of Flea Bottom. She deliberately withheld the information from the Velaryons, knowing the storm it would unleash.

As the day unfolded, Xaerys, always one to fade into the background, was not immediately noticed for his absence. However, as the hours crept closer to the feast, the Velaryons became alarmed when the second eldest son was nowhere to be found. News of his disappearance reached Queen Visenya, who quickly summoned the City Watch and the Queensguard to form a search party. The queen assured her cousins that Xaerys would be found, even as the festivities began under a veil of unease.

The shadow of Xaerys’ disappearance loomed over the celebration, threatening to disrupt the fragile unity of the court and exposing the cracks within the Targaryen and Velaryon alliance. With secrets buried in the cobbled streets of King’s Landing, the search for Xaerys promised to unravel more than just his tragic fate.

____________________________________________________________________________ tdlr: the night before the final feast, vaegon took xaerys out for a night of fun and mischief in fleabottom. when they arrive at a brothel, xaerys takes a moment alone outside to ready himself and is attacked by thugs who want to steal his ornate cane. a mob forms and over takes him. vaegon, distraught, runs back to the keep to find vaelora, the only one he trusts with this. vaelora knows they need to stay on top of this and tasks alson to retrieve xaerys’ body and bring him back to the keep. no one will know what has happened, but xaerys’ absence will be noted as the day goes on

The only muses that are privy to any information regarding Xaery’s disappearance are those that were randomly chosen to participate in the plot drop and those that were key players for the narrative such as Vaegon, Vaelora, and Alson, all played by your friendly admins. As it stands now, no one except the three muses, played by the admins, know the actual truth. The rest are to do freely with what bits of information their characters have and the roles they have been chosen to play. Ideally, we would like these to be fleshed out and accomplished during the discord event.

Cersha was with Vaelora when Vaegon sought his sister out. 

Cedric saw Vaegon in the brothel in flea bottom. 

Telessa saw Xaerys leave the keep shortly after the prince. 

Helaena heard Vaegon crying in hushed voices to his sister. 

Tybalt mentions to Jaenara that the Targaryens could’ve killed her brother. 

Let an admin know if you have any questions!

[macaroniv]

On Imu, Ancient weapons, Blackbeard and Nika. (MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR ALL OF ONE PIECE)

(TDLR at the bottom. Sorry for any grammatical mistakes I type too fast)

This sounds like somewhat of a stretch, however just humor me for a bit. (Credit to @hollowgears for helping brainstorm this and helping me get some of the sources. And my two mythology friends for fact checking this. And one piece reddit and tiktokers for the blackbeard cerberus theory.)

The ancient weapons are Luffy (Uranus), Blackbeard (Pluton not exactly but I'll dwelve into that), and Shirahoshi (Poseidon)

The ancient weapons were named after three Greco-Roman gods. Pluto - the underworld, Uranus - the sky, and Poseidon - the sea. Now, it's already established that Shirahoshi is Poseidon, the mermaid princess who can summon sea kings.

And all we know about Pluton, is that it's a ship under the sea in Wano. Now, if Pluton is a ship, then how the hell can Blackbeard also be Pluton? Well it's simple, who else to use the ship named after the ruler of the underworld, then the gatekeeper of hell himself, Cerberus.

There have been a lot of theories and evidence about Blackbeard having three personalities, and having the zoan fruit of Cerberus, and that's why he can have three devil fruits. However this theory is pointless when he himself states he's been hunting for a third devil fruit. However, if he was simply born that way like Shirahoshi, it could explain why he has those abilities without being a devil fruit user.

For context, Cerberus is a three-headed dog the gatekeeper of hell in Greek mythology. The Blackbeard Cerberus theory states that Blackbeard ate the Cerberus mythical zoan. Marco states in Marineford that Blackbeard has an abnormal body, as well as the three skulls on his jolly roger compared to most jolly rogers of the series, which only have one. There's also Blackbeard's three pronged weapon, the one that gave Shanks his scar that resembles a claw.

Now for the theory behind that theory, the Blackbeard with three personalities theory. Blackbeard in his introduction in Skypeia, Luffy and Zoro calls Blackbeard "they" when Nami says uses he pronouns on him. Now either Blackbeard is non-binary or is multiple people in one body (the latter being more likely let's be honest). Blackbeard has been depicted with varying personalities, sometimes he's cowardly, sometimes he's extremely intelligent (an aspect most likely taken from his real life inspiration), and optimistic and brave. He switches between these aspects from appearance, and whilst character's are capable of having multiple personality traits, the variation of these traits inspires this theory. There is also the fact that is stated that he never sleeps, he could switch between personalities while the others ones sleep, so he never has a need to.

Another aspect to the Cerberus theory, more of a stretch, when asked about the flower Blackbeard is represented by, Oda says Spider Lilies. Spider Lilies can be viewed as omens of death, and Blackbeard himself has caused two of the major character deaths in the series (Ace and Whitebeard). Death? Underworld? You get the connection.

How Blackbeard has a connection with Pluton other than vague mythology? Trust me bro.

Now for Luffy, Uranus is the god of the sky in mythology. You can probably see where I'm going with this. Luffy has the hito-hito no mi: model Nika. A mythical zoan fruit of the sun god Nika. The sun god Nika is a god that's been worshipped in the one piece world for centuries (Uranus in mythology being a primordial god, one of the first and the father of the titans), and there's an obvious connection between the sun and the sky. The sky itself is often used to symbolize freedom in media, as well as animals associated with it, along with wind.

Now, why exactly does the world government want to hide the Nika fruit so badly? Of course, Nika represents freedom. A user of the Nika fruit could hinder their plans, even possibly destroy them. That's what's implied. Could this fruit be an Ancient weapon as well, one that imu knew they could never control?

We know almost nothing about Uranus other then the fact that well.. it's a weapon. And it exists. It's strange how we've learnt about almost every weapon, and it could just be a coincidence but only now are we learning about the true nature of Luffy's fruit. Now, Luffy's fruit being the weapon contrasts Shirahoshi and Blackbeard in this theory, both being born with their connection/being the weapon. But with mythical zoan devil fruits having their own free wills, would the god of freedom not be able to choose it's own user? Someone born with the exact same ideals that it has? Maybe luffy was born to wield the fruit, or maybe it just saw him and chose him.

Now why the would I come up with this anyway? (or well, Hollow did come up with this originally I just happen to be adding more evidence)

In the Levely arc, Imu's throne room has four bounty posters. Vivi, Blackbeard, Shirahoshi, and Luffy. One could argue that it's because all four pose a danger to the government. Vivi as the descendant of the first known member of the D clan, who had something to do with the poneglyphs, Shirahoshi being an Ancient weapon, Luffy being Nika who we established the world government really did not want to exist, and Blackbeard, who's into history, kinda dangerous, and probably has some sort of connection to Rocks D Xebec (His ship name being the saber of Xebec.)

However, Shira's, Blackbeard's, and Luffy's bounty posters are all slashed by the same knife. And one eye has been cut from each.

That could be a coincidence, but as we know, Oda loves foreshadowing. This panel implies a connection between the three with Imu's hatred of them. Now, for Vivi, her ancestor if she had written or at least was able to read them, knew of the locations of the weapons. So that's her connection with them.

There are various holes, like the fact that Blackbeard has no established connection with Pluton. But hey, it's just a theory.

TDLR: Blackbeard is cerberus the gatekeeper of hell and thus was born to use the ship Pluton, named after the king of the underworld. Luffy/Nika is uranus, and the fruit either chose luffy because he seemed to match nika's personality, or he was born to use the fruit. Imu has the bounty posters of Shira, Blackbeard, and Luffy and has a knife in each.

[raikkonens]

serious situation involving misogyny and possible future violence against women. looking for advice!!!!

there’s this guy at my work (let’s call him gary) around my age that is exhibiting what I would crassly call “school shooter vibes”. my coworker (let’s call her annie) and I just started this year, while he’s been here since 2021 or 2022. while there’s no real hierarchy at my workplace, annie and I both have master’s degrees (sadly that matters in my profession) and therefore have more responsibility than him. we’re leading this new groundbreaking project that will likely take us to conferences around the world. he’s also expressed feeling left out of the work that annie and I are doing, not explicitly but subtly. annie and I went to a business dinner with our boss and another guy whose business we want to partner with on this groundbreaking project. gary heard about this dinner and like….sad walked over to our desk and was like “so you’re going out to dinner tonight? 😞 I’ll probably be eating an entire pizza by myself 😞”. like, trying to make us feel bad for him/possibly angling for an invite?? gary buddy you aren’t involved in this project therefore why the fuck would you be included, you know??

he has also expressed resentment towards others in the workplace, mainly women. I was alone with him recently and he asked if another one of my coworkers (female, but not annie) was being weird/mean towards him. she’s not, btw, she’s just serious about her work and frankly, I don’t think she likes gary that much so she tries to limit interaction with him (not hard as they do separate jobs in separate areas). she’s also on the spectrum so she’s very straightforward. bottom line: he just seems to think everyone has it out for him.

last thing is that gary was talking to annie once about women and mentioned how this girl once wronged him somehow (can’t remember, could’ve just rejected him?) but he called her a cunt. like out loud. which like, I feel like it’s once thing to say something’s cunt on the internet (eg. charles leclerc holding a lil dachshund like a purse) but I would NEVER describe someone as a cunt, especially in the workplace to a colleague. like???? no wonder you’re single!! he’s always very gentlemanly (open doors, carry heavy items) but then he describes women like that. scary.

ok LAST last thing is that gary has, on multiple occasions, mentioned that he owns guns. yeah.

this has become more of a ramble than I wanted but TDLR my male coworker is expressing concerning resentment towards women who are….idk maybe more successful/have more responsibility/are getting more attention from higher-ups than he is. he also holds resentment towards women in general for rejecting him. I’m worried that he’ll act out violently towards us (his female coworkers) - is this justified? am I blowing this out of proportion? what should I do? any advice is welcome, especially if you’ve found yourself in a similar situation. thank youuuuuu <3

[hanasnx]

Which bruce wayne is ur favourite? (ex. Christian Bale, Robert Patterson) and follow up question why? -🐰

bunny, im so glad you asked. how much time do you have

i don't care about robert pattinson, i did not care about the batman (2022). i'm sure i'll do a full analysis once i'm able to establish my credentials as a lifelong batman fan, but there was a lot that fell so short for me.

christian bale was an exceptional bruce wayne, which is arguably as impossible a role to fill as the role of batman is. i loved bale's aloof and smug nature as bruce, his confidence and faults, but i can not stand his portrayal of batman. not only is the suit design egregious and unflattering, whoever helped him develop his bat-voice was a terrible guide. bale did his best, don't get me wrong, truly i can hear him giving his all and shredding his vocal chords in the process, but it was simply awful to listen to. the dark knight (2008) is still a rewatch-worthy movie of course, but batman begins (2005) & the dark knight rises (2012) was not memorable nor revolutionary. they pale in comparison to the middle of the trilogy.

more (and a TDLR at the bottom) under the cut:

i thought michael keaton's portrayal of both bruce and batman in batman (1989) and batman returns (1992) was boring. any personality he may have tried to bring to batman was washed out by tim burton trying to fit so much of... well... tim burton into something that didn't need any more of that injection. don't get me wrong, stylistically it's appealing, but if you told me that keaton just showed up and started acting as michael keaton instead of bruce wayne i'd believe you because there is no clear distinction between the two. the second movie was way more enjoyable to watch but it was because of elements that had... virtually nothing to do with bruce/batman. it was devito's penguin, and pfieffer's catwoman (and her subplot) that held my attention. i think it's definitely a burton movie, which is fine, and his morbid takes on those characters are interesting, but it was not a defining movie for bruce/batman. it honestly could've been better without batman entirely or benched as a side character / the antagonist.

batman forever (1995) is my secret favorite live action portrayal. val kilmer had bale's charisma when it came to bruce wayne, and gave batman a unique personality that i adored. he didn't shred his vocal chords to give batman a deeper voice either, instead gave himself an elegant yet commanding edge that reminded me of what i admired about kevin conroy's batman voice. as campy as it is, i love so much of what they did with this movie. i often think of it as a standalone vs it being actually a part of the "burtonverse." especially because batman & robin (1997) is supposed to be part of that franchise and i cannot tell you a single thing that happened in that movie besides maybe uma thurman.

another secret live-action favorite of mine was the foundational movie of adam west's portrayal in batman: the movie (1966) and i will elaborate on that another time either by someone's solicitation or my own hyperfixation driven wills.

now that the live-action shit is out of the way, let's get to the real winners.

the dcau or "timmverse" (bruce timm) or "diniverse" (paul dini) is the name for the dc animated universe franchise during 1992 - 2006 which includes loads of favorite shows/movies of mine. which leads me to say: my favorite portrayals of bruce wayne and batman of all time, is kevin conroy's from justice league (2001 - 2004) and justice league unlimited (2004 - 2006). those two might not be as solid as a legend like batman: the animated series (1992 - 1995) where conroy made his debut, but they were one of my introductory pieces to his portrayal and are a source of a lot of love and nostalgia that still hold up today as a twenty-one year old vs elementary school when i first discovered them. i stayed up til the AM watching them which i had never done before that (it was 7am). i would rewatch my favorite episodes over and over again which i have never done for any other show.

as many have already agreed, conroy was the definitive voice of batman for decades. his beginnings in the legendary batman: the animated series (1991 - 1995) put him on the map as bruce's most recognizable VA, and he went on to voice him in many adaptations that i also adore. a few examples are batman beyond (1999 - 2001) and the rocksteady arkham video game series (2009 - 2015). not only did he form a dynamic duo with mark hamill's joker (who is also so important for the joker's character, but i can't elaborate on that here without a terrific tangent) which employed one of the most potent examples of chemistry i've ever seen in media, but i would've trusted conroy's expertise on bruce/batman to the ends of the earth. he cared about that character, and he showed it in every faithful adaptation he performed. trustworthy and admirable, conroy is hands down the best batman by far, and did justice to his characterization that defined my love for the character. without conroy who brought him alive, i doubt i'd be into batman as much as i am or for as long as i have.

i knew that writing this post i'd get emotional. it's been a year since conroy's death in november 2022. i still remember the night before the news and how i had coincidentally imagined a world without him, come to find out the very next day that he had passed away. i remember exactly where i was when i found out, i remember exactly what i did after. he had honestly been a part of life through batman for almost the entirety of it. he was the celebrity i always wanted to meet, no one was important enough to me to go through that trouble. but conroy was worth it to me, and i missed out on the chance before he passed away. i heard he was always so personable and so kind, and who could ask for better from batman, you know? god there's so much more i could say, but i dont want to be disrespectful to his family who i'm sure miss him terribly, and are the ones that experienced that loss. in the grand scheme of things, i was nothing to him and that's fine, but i'm just very proud of him.

TDLR the character bruce wayne / batman portrayals in any live action adaptations fell short when it comes to animated adaptations of his character. batman forever (1995) is my favorite live-action movie, but it's nothing compared to my love for the voice acting of kevin conroy's bruce wayne / batman in justice league (2001 - 2004) / justice league unlimited (2004 - 2006).

[mrmsprotagonist]

FNAF HOT TAKE: I hate what the SL did to fnaf4. TDLR at the bottom

Really most of this comes down to mike being the protag of 4. I've accepted it by now, but it still pisses me off. Mostly because all of the separate parts feel off now. Why are we so tiny? Why are the robots grotesquely morbid? The cutscenes/minigames? THE HOSPITAL PROPERTY?? It made since being a child's nightmares leading up to their death. BUT NOOO, Now it's all just "OOOoOOoOOh Williamn did all this cuz Mikey killed his baby who he could hypothetically bring back but doesn't OOOooOooOoo-" Like bro. Now it's 100% Canon in my mind that William just chloroformed mike, dragged him to the sister location, didn't elaborate to ANY of the workers and robots, and progressively stole hospital equipment to gaslight his son ,who lets be reasonable for once, Already felt like shit because of that.

TLDR: Scottcon made fnaf 4 off the walls crazy to explain, and this cannon:

[doctor-of-war-and-heartache]

Hey all! I need some advice from fellow polyamorous folks.

Here's the situation (tdlr at the bottom): my partner and I are both poly but in different ways. I find myself desiring relationships with others where my partner is also involved, like a throuple. My partner desires relationships with others where I am not involved at all.

We've tried dating other people as well as each other but separate (my partners way) and it was extremely detrimental to my mental health. So I decided that I was going to only date my partner and not even look for or entertain anything or anyone else, but my partner was still going to date others.

This hasn't been working for me either. I find myself getting jealous and bitter about these other people, two emotions that I do not want to be having in the slightest. I have voiced these opinions to my partner and we're going to talk more about it but I wanted to see if anyone had any advice for me for this conversation.

Tdlr: I know that theyre my person and i want to stay with them but i also want my partner to be able to love others the way that they do but am having negative emotions about it. Does anyone have any advice for other ideas for compromise or how else we can approach this in order to get what we both desire out of our other relationships?

Even if you don't have anything, could you consider reblogging so that it gets to the right audience? Thank you!!!

[sneeg-snag]

what happened in riptide 97 again.. its been so long....

OHHH MY GOD OKAY (tdlr is at the bottom if u want a quick sum lmao i just like long summaries its like enrichment for me) so thats the episode i think right after the pull up to zero and beat the shit out of the ghost house, chip and gilly have a convo with ollies mom and she smacks one of em i forget who and is like whyd you keep my son away. theyre both like yeah thats fair! and they return to the house and gillion and chip make an underground pool in there- chip offers the mind reading braclets to gilly and is like hopefully maybe thisll help with the nightmares? and they all go 2 bed!

Gillion wakes uo and hes feeling refreshed!!! (he still has the kuba kenta curse at this point) but he actually got whole night sleep and its looking like its not like. enflamed or hurting anymore! they make jokes about it being healed with the power of friendship and all and then gryffon knocks on the door of the house.

gryffon tells em that he tailed the leader of the gang that was threatening ollies mom and he found their hideout, so the trio race off i fucking forget if like gryffon comes or not??????? they get to the hideout and fight a couple bitches in masks and they tell one of the guys to lead them to the "boss" but i forget so bad who but one of the albitrio puts the braclet on the goon and hes like "heh, if they pull the blue lever theyll get sent to the pit but if they pull the red lever theyll meet the boss and hell have my head!"

so the four of them pullup to this bar thing and chip of course pants a guy (rememver when they were fucking obsessed with pants cause i completely forgot) and the other guy pantses chip and the bar laughs or whatever and. SOMETHING HAPPENS I THINK IYS LIKE AN ENCOUNYTER OR SMTH OR ONE OF THE THREE MAKES A WRONG JOKE but charlies like "no worries! ill pull the blue lever!"

and everyones like charlie. and hes like what its gonna get us to the boss! and condi while laughing cause its condi is like THATS THE LEAVER TO THE PIT and charlies like. i legit fucking forgot what one was what one. so the albatrio falls down this fucking PIT and once again i fucking forget but some interaction happens here (iu think feather fall was cast these guys plummet so much) and gillion casts vortex warp on the other 2 so they land at the top! gillion im pretty sure lands at the bottom and something happens to where he passes out.

charlie is asked to leave and then grizzlys like :3 audience you dont get to know eitherrrr! and gilly boy wakes up in a cage with the boss in the middle of the room. chip and jay are described as looking "so fucking bad dude" and charlies like i thought yall had it!!!!! and bizly is like nah dude it was so fuckinh rough we do not have it. im pretty sure jays chained to the wall via her foot and chip is busted up in the middle of the room with the boss.

the boss laugjs and i forget but i think he pulls off his face and is revealed to be price! and he laughs and says some stuff about giving chip a fair fight in this like. lava arena and kicks him his swords! chip tries to fight him a little bit but after a moment he runs to jay to try and cut her chains, and price taunts him a little before saying smth like "i wantr you. to die" and chip just. drops dead in front of jay. no rolls nothin nada.

Gillion was fading in and out and at this point gillion does that and jay is right in front of him, her foot is so fucking mangled like she broke it to get out and she looks sooooo fucking fucked up. price also taunts them and jays like "fuck you" and price blasts her and she disintegrates. imto dust. just like that.

gillion is so distraught and hes like "NO THEY WOULDNY GO OUT LIKE THAT" and gillion tries to fight price but he gets bested and WAKES UP IN THE UNDERGROUND GHOST HOUSE POOOLLLLLL

so it was all a curse dream made worse by the bracelet and how much later stages it is. gillion throws jay across the room because he dosent believe this is real and is like YOURE DEAD YOURE ALL DEAD!!!!! the other two try to comfort him and im blanking so fucking hard on the rest but this is uaually what people refrence/mean then they say 97 :3

TLDR: ollies mom scolds chip and gill, they make underground pool in ghost house, go to sleepy, gill wakes up refreshed, they go to the mob boss of zeros hideout, gillion pulls the wrong lever and they all fall in a pit, gill vortex warps the other two and they get seperated, when gillion wakes up everyone looks incredibly fucked up, price is there and straight up kills chip and jay and then taunts gillion and "kills" him, gillion wakes up back in the ghost house pool because it was all a nightmare of the kuba kenta variety, and he then doubts everythinh around him and if anythings actually real! :D

[thehypnone]

Hi I’m new to ghost and your blog so I don’t know if you’ve covered this yet but I noticed you talked about playing styles of the bass and guitar players and I’ve seen other people talk about how mountain’s playing style is aggressive and causes him to wear down his pants on it think his left upper thigh. I know next to nothing about percussion so would you be able to explain it? (Sorry if this is worded weird but TDLR: how does mountain keep fucking up his pants when he plays)

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hi! I did talk a out it some time ago but I can't find that post now. I wouldn't say his style is aggressive but it is very energetic and includes more movement than it really needs to lmao the worn out hole on his thigh (yes left) is there because of the way he plays the snare drum, the bottom of his drumstick hits and rubs on his leg. that's pretty much it!

[spaghettificationandpretzels]

Hello friends,

TDLR at the bottom

I'm not sure if I should even be making this post but things aren't the best for me now and I'd rather deal with it in one go than sending a whole bunch on DMs.

My home life has become very difficult, and I've been dealing with a lot that I haven't been talking about because I don't want to dump on anyone or spread negativity. My mental health has been severely affected by events that have taken place over the last eighteen months and I'm struggling with a lot of intrusive and irrational thoughts.

I know have spoken with many people about upcoming writing projects for various fandom, however, after months of feelings like a total failure as a writer, these feelings have spilled over. I sat down today to do more on a project I was really excited about and was overwhelmed with the feeling that I was wasting my time and that the only reason people would read was it was because they felt obligated to which is a thought I was already struggling to keep a bay.

Writing has been my escape for more than a year, however, I have allowed the extreme self-criticism and perfectionism that I use so well academically to creep into my writing, the result of this is that I feel overwhelmed by the slightest problem and my confidence is so terrible that I think that any encouragement is people humouring me.

This is no one's fault, none of this isn't because of engagement or lack thereof or anything anyone has said to me, life is just really really rough now and I'm super duper overwhelmed. I have no desire to bring my mess into anyone's life, I already feel like a burden on others and talking about it is just going to make me feel worse.

Having said all of that, I will still be reading everyone's work, you'll still see me in your notes and I'll be in your DMs getting excited about your new projects. One of my greatest skills is my ability to compartmentalise my negative emotions so I can be happy for others.

TLDR I wanted to let everyone know that I've got the morbs real real bad and the fics I had planned are not getting written.

[myriamas]

who: @raviofthesun when and where: semi-flashback, set the first time myriam sees her former brother in law prince ravi martell following her incident with king jaehaerys targaryen. tdlr: lord belarys monterys, a valyrian lord, was behind the kidnap and selling of myriam's sister, mayya allyrion. their confrontation did not go well. here is the post.

she did not know when she had stopped the bloodcurdling screams; two had seeped through the air of kings landing from the carriage of the departing dornish princess, the first being of shock and revulsion at the sight of the lifeless corpse before her, and the second being of pure, uncontrollable anger and despair.

because the head that stared back at her from her bottom of her silk skirts was that monterys belarys, the only man that was able to answer questions as to her sister's whereabouts: the one who was no doubt responsible for whatever had been done to her.

the valyrians had allowed their dark fantasies to once again get out of hand; creeping to inflict upon the closest dornish woman, and myriam knew that if her sister was not already dead, she was all but dead with the death of monterys. she had seen jaehaerys targaryen for who he was. an inbred, madman who had his pride wounded by her rejection of a marriage proposal - who had attempted to infringe upon dorne through a wedding cloak first, and a sword second.

the sword of the morning had immediately gone to the prince of house martell, her good brother through marriage to his oldest brother - who was now nothing but ashes.

but myriam and ravi continued to live, supporting the consolidation of dorne for the three year old princess who now bore the weight of the crown. her daughter, her only child. she had been made to remain in her chambers, and by the time ravi martell had come to her doorstep, it was already too late. the evidence of her unravelling was obvious; there were paintings that had been ripped off the walls, and mirrors that had been shattered, and multiple empty goblets of wine.

empty bottles too. there was a sudden flurry of blood orange skirts hemmed with gold, feeling her heart beating as though it were going to spill from her mouth and onto the tiles below their feet.

"they will pay for this, TELL ME jaehaerys targaryen will pay for this." she spoke, her voice the very epitome of heat: not anger, but heat and fire itself. she did realise when she got so close to ravi martell, it were as though she blinked and was suddenly beside him. "i want to ruin his fucking life. i want him to wake up and realise the only way to make it end is to crack open his skull from leaping from his window."