#Thanks for your input!

[voiceofsword]

to be fair as a rinne lover eichi hater there is a big difference between our gay indigenous kid who lived on the streets when he first came to the city vs rich boy who was isolated and overthinks too much and is obsessed with a theater kid and led to literal teenagers' deaths with his schemes fbsbshsb. of course i understand eichi enjoyers and enjoy some of his appearances a lot, antags are cool he's just not for me and rinne is a cute little rebel guy who lived the villain role thinking he would just completely go down that way and i just, hate most of the rich boy characters lol. they filled a similar role but like everything else about their vibe is different.

thats fair!! i dont really have much to add to this because i appreciate you sharing your sentiments and point of view. i totally agree that yeah they filled similar roles but are ultimately two different characters youre allowed to like one and dislike the other 👍 

[onepiece-polls]

Idea for a tournament somewhere in the future: best fight

Yes, it was already on my list, but good to know you think it's a good idea too!

[jacquesthepigeon]

im not a cane user, but i deal with a lot of health issues and chronic pain. i dont see my health issues depicted much but honestly what i want to see in media is when a character has a disability and thats just. it. no magic to cure it, no wishing it away, its just there. its just a facet of them. im kind of glad they took it out of the show if they were just gonna magic away adrien/felix’s disability when he became car noir

Oh yeah them making it go away as CN would’ve definitely been wrong

[grumpyoldsnake]

Nope carrots are crunchy and watery and sweet. If they are spicy then your probs allergic. Parsnips are the same except less sweet.

Don’t get me wrong, carrots are also watery and sweet! (And wonderfully aromatic, too, especially garden fresh.)

To me they just also have the very slightest edge of… not even real spice, but the same mouthfeel as black pepper has; without any of the flavor of pepper. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But… parsnips were intense, so, yeah. If those don’t have it even slightly to other folk then that is probably A Sign ahah

(Referring to my tags on this post, @lifefilledwithstories )

[kailysander]

If you want to keep doing them I find the update ads really helpful since the tapas app doesnt give a notification!! Love your work :)

That’s good to know! I think I worry about posting them on here specifically since my posting schedule on Tumblr is a little different, so it might mean it’s all I post for a few weeks/a month. Still I guess that’s only like 4 posts so I shouldn’t get too pressed abt it lol

[daisynik7]

hi lovely people! I need help deciding which Eren content I should write/post next.

[teacherstudiies]

i taught english in japan, and honestly i wouldn't worry about the language barrier. in the big cities a lot of people know at least a little english, and the trains all have english as well as japanese. and people are generally patient and will be willing to communicate the best they can as long as you're polite. (people are also pretty considerate of cultural differences when you're a foreigner.) a lot of schools provide apartments for teachers as well.

That sounds really good!

[serpulalacrymans]

Mmmm no, actually I do have someone who loves me very much! Haven't talked about him much but he's very real. We've been together for years.

I have what you've wanted for so long. Something you'll never have the way you want because nobody is ever gonna fill your sad empty little heart!

I'm not jealous at all hon. I'm just concerned for a friend. A friend who deserves better than you ! 🩵

What a mouth on such a puny thing. You have a relationship. We have a connection. Something more special than anyone could ever hope for! You're just jealous that a total stranger is rolling your friend around in his hand, like a cute little marble that belongs only to him.

My heart has already been filled! And now, it's MY turn to fill. You're just too stupid to realize that. Lawrence is such a poor, sad loner man. He needs my guidance.

He will not be your friend anymore.

[soosoosoup]

treasure planet au, last of the batch (Poppy & Floyd)

[vacuumtan]

pros marcille: dungeon meshi anime hype, plus it looks fancy but isn't that hard to make a pattern for.

pros milly: we're currently experiencing the trigun renaissance and also i am six feet tall, so this is the cosplay i was born to do.

[bangtannism]

I think that's a really valid theory! I really do think there's a multitude of issues that have caused the way fandom treats jikook and that is definitely on the list. I also think as the years pass and the fandom grows and there is more and more content, there are more and more people who are watching clips and compilations rather than original content which further skews their views and opinions on things. But at the end of the day, none of the reasons I can think of for why jikook gets the treatment it does are good enough which is what makes me so frustrated. Not one of them should hold enough weight as to practically make jikook the fandom paraiah.

i am so damn tired of so many army refusing to let jikooks bond be considered special. and i am tired of them trying to gaslight people into believing that theyre not doing it. this isnt about viewing jikook romantically. so many army will not acknowledge jikooks friendship and how close they are and when they do they make it an ot7 thing.

- compilations of jungkook with other members (like them being on his live streams, him copying them, etc) which are suspiciously low on jimin content.

- comments under jikook videos saying they love all of bts relationships or "jungkook loves bts" which is true but why do yall have a habit of flooding jikook videos with these comments and not other pairings?

- the constant downplaying or ignoring of stuff jungkook does and says as if jikook is a one sided bond. ex: jungkook being called jimins cook, jungkook saying he is always watching jimin, jungkook doing a live to watch jimin content, baby jungkook saying he teases jimin because he likes him so much, jungkook going to jimins room all the time when they lived together, etc. its god damn crickets about this stuff outside of jikook shipper spaces.

- people hyping the fuck out of other duo content but being unusually silent or outright hostile to jikook duo content. why did i see so few ot7s excited about jikooks travel show? why do i see so few ot7s calling out solos and other shippers making terrible comments about them when they do things together?

- people being totally okay saying jungkook had/has a crush on nj, that th and jimin are soulmates, that th and jungkook are twin flames or two sides of the same coin, that x member has a soft spot for x member as long as its not jikook. jikook are not allowed these sorts of comments which are inherently counted as shipping when other pairing comments are not.

like you are not allowed to acknowledge jikooks bond in this fandom without catching some sort of flack. why do i have to go to jikook specific blogs just to see them being appreciated? most ot7s wont acknowledge that this is happening and act as if jikookers are just being crazy shippers. and its ridiculous because appreciating jikook doesnt have anything to do with shipping! it drives me crazy seriously.

jikook are best friends. this should not be such a hard fact to accept.

[burnthatbridge]

BUDDIE SHIP STATS [inspiration] + [template by @marissources]

[katydoodles]

More Azula x Aang content xD

Thanks @ig-korrasamishipper for editing my little blurb 🙏🏼💓 ur the best🖤

Aang leaned down toward Azula’s ear before speaking in a low and husky voice. “I will start at the other end of the hall.”

The heat from his breath tickled Azula’s ear and a blush grew on her ears and cheeks. He then placed his hand on her upper back which made her stand straighter. She refused to believe that he had any affect on her. She forced herself to pay attention to the group of young giggly girls on the opposite side of the hall. Foolish unsuspecting fox-antelope.

That's when his voice rang through her eardrums again, “Play nice and gather information from the noble ladies. The scandal will spread fast through gossip and the Dai Lee will find us soon after.” Aang looked around the other earth kingdom nobles were not yet aware that the avatar was among them.

Azula looked to her side and the Avatar was clearly annoyed at the nobility in the room.

Aang turned and caught her eyes. For whatever reason, his eyes softened before he spoke in a soft voice. “I know this will be uncomfortable for you.” He reached for her hand with his other hand.

“Don’t assume what I can and can not do,” Azula bit back, annoyed that he could sense her hesitance about socializing with the bubbling girls and despite her jerk back, he did not let go of her hand.

Aang gave her hand a small squeeze. He then shifted his eyes toward the small blush on her ear. As he breathed in, the scent of fire lilies soothed his nerves. He brought her hand up before giving her a small push away from him, ready for their plan to take action. Azula’a fingers lingered in his grasp until the last second.

[rinbylin]

相思梨花阵，有所耳闻。解法？ the formation of pear blossom of longing. i've heard of it. what is the way out of it? 笛家训死士，素来收钱办事。今日，我便买你这条贱命。 the di manor grooms expendable killers for money, and today, i shall buy this wretched life of yours. （... 笛盟主，若不曾投石问路，你便能安然地度过。 di mengzhu, had you not tried to find out what's ahead, you would have made it through safely.） （... 自今日起，再无笛家胁迫。天高海远��任尔等自在纵横。 from here on, the di manor is a threat no more. the world is wide and vast for you to freely roam.）

di feisheng + the copper coin | 莲花楼 mysterious lotus casebook ep. 18 / 34

[classychassiss]

Fandom does this a lot, yeah, nearly anything I've been in will have people tweak characters into things they are not for the sake of angst. I've seen villains who were already plenty evil become egregious monsters who do things that are NEVER even hinted at and have that be accepted as fanon, and its very gross.

Which is why I feel like its really important just every now and then, bring it up and get people thinking about WHY they do the things they do. I'll be really upfront: I'm not comfortable with the one Black Man in the game, (who may be seen as ND as well) being made so villainous and just have that be the norm, and I think the fact that Robin is (not always but often) still seen in a good light, leaves a sour taste in my mouth. If it were just fics I might chalk it up to the indulgence fic writers engage in with a side eye. I can't really stop anyone, power to you I guess! Unfortunately even like, SDV youtubers have called Demetrius an 'evil robot' (which is realllllly iffy if you do in fact read him as ND) and rank him super low, where as characters like say, Pierre or Pam will get shit but almost like, fondly? Very comedic? Thats kind of what I mean, its the context and approach.

As for Pam: I love Pam and Penny, and Pam I understand why she's empathized with so I hope me singling them out isn't seen negatively. I'm more making a point of the flippancy of like, assumed dynamic versus something thats in your face: Penny has been caretaking her mother who is dealing with her issues and they fight, and they get better with time and love each other even if its hard. You actually can see a Pam or Pierre dealing with strife with their kids and in Pam's case, her anger whether outward or inward. Demetrius though? Even after that weird heart event with Maru, if you tell Maru the truth and you talk to Demetrius after the fact, he sheepishly apologizes to you. Honestly I kinda feel bad for the fact that a lot of scenes seem to be him flubbing a situation, he doesn't get the same arc as most even though he's the parent of two bachelors. I say that to say that like, I just think its weird that a person would then see him in game and be like 'yep thats the guy whos going to scream at Sebastian and ridicule him' like WHERE?

I do think the writing in the game could have approached the Mountain Family a little better, especially with Demetrius and Sebastian, and again, some of the events for Demetrius boil down to choices more for friendship points than like, development if that makes sense, and that doesn't help him even though said instances like the bed argument or the fruit argument feel pretty harmless and comedic, I can see how some people viewed it as like, purposeful. Rather confusingly, the game mostly includes Robin in Sebastian's heart events but Demetrius in Maru's, and that ALSO doesn't help in like the idea that they're supposed to be one unit. I wish I knew why that was the case, maybe some in-game dialogue from Demetrius about his step-son could have helped, but I can't really undo that. All I can do is make the case that even if he's not the best step-parent, it doesn't mean he deserves to be mischaracterized so badly for the sake of drama and I lament the commonality of it.

And yes! Thats exactly it, its a two way thing for sure: Sebastian absolutely isolates from his family and you gotta take that into consideration with how he views things. Like, from Sebastian's POV we get those feelings of feeling inadequate for sure, but then by the same token, when you talk to Maru, she talks about how she wishes she and Sebastian were closer, if you marry her she comments that if Sebastian wasn't a hermit she'd invite him over for dinner, and when you have kids with Sebastian later on if you marry him, he says this:

“I hope and [child] are nice to each other. Maru and I always fought as kids. If I think back on it, it was mostly my fault…”

And I personally took that to mean he was reflecting on himself , that yeah hes worried about favoritism from his own experience but also acknowledges he didn't always make it easy for Maru either. I don't think anyone would be quick to call Sebastian an asshole for having a strained relationship with his baby half sister though, because they can empathize with how complicated that can be, but they can still feel for Maru too. And Maru in turn, has a little of that obliviousness/dreaminess to her and her actions (like her dad to a degree!) but its never malicious and I don't think anyone would paint her as an asshole to Sebastian if she wasn't picking up how Sebastian was feeling when she's juggling her own stuff.

So like, in that same vein, Demetrius has his issues, but when Sebastian in game just straight up says Demetrius isn't his real father (when he has a half sister who isn't that much younger than him, implying Demetrius has been with the family for awhile and is otherwise happily married to his mom), where Sebastian often isolates from the whole family and not just his step-dad, and Demetrius has issues communicating with his family and hes got a book in his room about how to be a better step-dad, I think its kinda fair to assume it isn't that simple.

I'm not gonna lie: it kind of sucks that a lot of SDV Fics and even Mods have instances where Demetrius is straight up abusive to Sebastian and people have coded actual divorce mods for him and Robin when like, canonically he doesn't do those things? He's painted so aggressive and it sucks. Like yeah, the game touches on his favoritism with his biological daughter, there is no doubt thats an issue and Sebastian laments this a lot, but I don't see why that means he also has to be cruel to Sebby, or like Robin would still be with him and just Let Him abuse her son? His scenes suggest like, at worst that he's incredibly oblivious and bad at communication, at worst he's no more flawed than other adults in SDV.

Which sucks even MORE because there actually IS a character who is seen struggling to be nice to their child - a few actually!- but specifically Pam, with ACTUAL angry sprites and topics of being harsh to Penny in her heart event (you literally can call her out on it if you upgrade their house) and while sometimes people can be nasty to Pam about it, I don't see nearly the same vitriol so like. HMM.

It'd be nice to see Demetrius and Sebastian interact more friendly, even if its awkward. Like, Demetrius of all people would probably understand Sebastian's job in programming and computer science given that one of his own main recipes is a Farm Computer and Maru ALSO dabbles in robotics. I'm positive that if he has any issues, it's because he thinks he ought to be more logical and not coding games, but still, you can address one form of bad parenting without making up another to add onto it lmao

[scuderlia]

cinematic parallels