#Yeah I’m a massive hypocrite

[psilliguykai]

Hey Jashers! So. I’ve recently seen a lot of people expressing how they feel the CJ community has been getting kinda toxic lately. It’s honestly really disheartening to see this happening, especially as this community and Chonny’s music/characters mean a lot to me. I guess this is all to say: if you feel the CJ community is getting toxic, let’s try to actually fix it. And no this doesn’t mean “make 10000 callout posts”. The Jash himself said both on Twitter/X and on the CJFS he’d rather all this (recent incident[s?]) be essentially acknowledged and dropped. If you want to keep this fandom alive and healthy (which I feel for the most part it already is! CJ is active in the discord server and is comfortable engaging with his fans and I think that alone is a really positive sign. Plus we have some incredible creativity and support !) do your best to contribute to the positivity and respectful, good content that we DO for the most part produce. You can make it clear that creeps, those looking to disrespect boundaries/privacy, etc. aren’t welcome here, but please try to do so effectively and only as needed. I know it’s kinda trite, but these people feed off attention and giving them more of it (regardless of whether it’s positive or negative) is only going to worsen the situation. In addition, if you can, please try to adopt the mindset that while flawed, this is an ultimately pretty good and respectful community. The more you express that it’s toxic and disgusting, the more it’s gonna live up to that.

[If you feel the need to distance yourself that’s totally fine and understandable too, just please do it for yourself and not as like. a statement I guess?? Idk I honestly haven’t seen anyone doing this I just thought it could be good to address]

TLDR: This community means a lot to me and I really desperately don’t want to watch it go to shit. Please for the love of whatever, let the toxicity die attention-less in the shade and just . be respectful. foster the actually positive parts of this fandom so they can prosper.

[PS: genuinely none of this is actually directed at anyone!! More just addressing a recent trend I’ve seen I guess??? Anyways uh yeah. Stay cool and stay hyped for chaos week I suppose :]]

[mediumgayitalian]

“Don’t worry, Kayla. I got him.”

It’s the first thing that registers in a long time. It’s also the only thing that registers a split second before a hand grips his collar and he is dragged, bodily, out of the infirmary, bumping down the stairs like luggage.

“Is that all I am to you?” Will asks, bereft. “Luggage?”

“You’re losing your mind again,” Nico says. “Intervention time.”

“I am — just fine, thank you kindly! I was in the middle of sorting the medicine cabinet by colour and vibe. Let me go.”

“There’s something wrong with you. Mentally.”

“How rude.”

Nico snorts, but does not relinquish his hold. Will gives up squirming and sighs, allowing himself to be dragged.

It’s kind of nice, he supposes. Nico is careful to avoid most of the rocks and the sky is kind of pretty from this angle. Ideally he’d be, like, walking, but dragged along is alright. It’s better than last time. The whole princess carry thing was humiliating and if someone does that to him again he’s channeling the power of the sun and exploding himself and everyone around him.

“That is not an actual power that you have, William.”

“Shows what you know.”

“I’m gonna start calling you Hiroshima.”

“Go for it. Guess who’ll look like the insane one in that scenario?”

Nico laughs, because he thinks Will is funny, even though he will not admit it. Will knows so because that’s how he bagged the camp’s baddest bitch. Twas most certainly not his swordfighting skills or poetry, that is for certain.

(Not that it had stopped him from trying. Honestly, Nico may have agreed to go out with him for the sole intent of stopping the poetry.)

(But he’s stuck now, so there.)

���Here.” Nico deposits him unceremoniously on the floor. Will lands with an exaggerated oof. “Eat something or I’m stuffing you into an onager and launching you to Mars.” He glances up at the sky. “The planet, not the deity.”

“Figured,” Will wheezes, rubbing his shoulder blades. Why must he always land painfully. Why is he punished merely for existing. “What’s this?”

Nico, refusing to answer verbally, spreads his arms. Will uses his working eyeballs to determine ‘this’ is a soft blanket that is 100% stolen directly from the Aphrodite cabin, spread carefully over the grass of the nicest clearing in the woods. ‘This’ is a picnic basket full of what Will assumes is Twizzlers, if Nico loves him.

“Tis not,” Nico promises. “I brought you vegetables and whole grains and all the other bullshit you harp about me eating, you massive hypocrite.”

‘This’, Will notices, ignoring him, is a folded letter with his name on it and a portable radio playing the nearest country station.

Next time you overwork yourself I’m knocking you unconscious and chaining you to your bed for three days, reads the note. Make better choices, you dickbrain.

“Charming,” Will says. He presses the letter to his chest and pretends to swoon. Nico lets him fall and bang his skull on the ground, but Will internalizes the pain and commits to the bit like a real man. “My very own Romeo, taking care of me so well. Oh, my heart, my heart.”

“You are the most annoying person alive.”

“And yet you’re obsessed with me.”

Nico cracks a smile. “Yes,” he admits. “Not quite sure how that one happened.”

Nico looks at him with dark brown eyes and slightly raised brows and it is charming, genuinely, and Will goes a little pink, admittedly, because his smile is crooked and teasing and there is something handsome and a little tiny bit mean about it and maybe Will likes that. A little. And maybe Nico knows that and snickers and mutters get over here, airhead and tugs him until his head is in his lap and sticks his hands in his tangled hair and yeah, Will likes it a little. A lot.

“You know, you’re kind of an alright person,” Will says.

“That was almost a compliment.”

“Mhm. I might even like you.”

“Shocking.”

Will grins. Nico rolls his eyes and leans down to kiss him, biting the tip of his nose on the way down, and there is a coil in Will’s belly and it feels a little like heat and a little like warmth. A little like someone taking care of him.

“I threatened the camp,” Nico says conversationally. “We have the next three point seventeen hours to ourselves, lest I sacrifice three teenagers to Thanatos.”

“Sensible.”

“I thought so.”

“Anyone told you you’re kinda hot when you’re a little evil?”

“Yeah. I hear it a lot, actually.”

“Good, good. Glad you’re aware.”

They look at each other for one point two seconds and burst out laughing, and it is stupid, and it is quiet, and it is a bubble growing and growing in the pit of Will’s chest.

He breathes. He leans a little farther into Nico’s lap, and smile. He grips their hands together.

It’s kinda nice to be got.

———

based on this drawing by @skysmadness

[ilikekidsshows]

I finally watches Season 6 of Miraculous (don’t ask me why, I caved), and watching the beginning of Daddycop had me rolling my eyes into the back of my head. “I succeeded with Sabrina where I failed with Chloe.” Girl you didn’t contribute to either of their characters?? Like, Marinette never tried to reach out to Chloe, and Sabrina came to her. And I’m not saying Marinette has to redeem her bullies, but why is she claiming credit for it then? You didn’t do shit!

She’s so self-involved and self-important. It makes it seem like she thinks the world revolves around her and that she is single-handedly responsible for every wonderful thing that happened ever. I hate what’s been done to her.

---

I’ve said this before, but it's still accurate: Marinette is being written like she knows she's the main character of a fictional universe. It's the one thing that explains how the writers can have her be so self-centered and self-obsessed while supposedly intending her to be a humble, kind and sweet person. I think she's meant to be humble, since the main criticism the characters have aimed at Cat Noir since the start is that he’s arrogant even as Marinette is the one repeatedly saying she's better and smarter like she isn't being a massive hypocrite when claiming everything good that happens is thanks to her and everything bad was just out of her control.

The writers also either don't remember what they’ve put into previous episodes or severely misjudge what they have put into previous episodes. The characters have described past events in incredibly inaccurate ways before, but, yeah, Marinette reuniting Chloé with her abusive mother whose behavior she models when she's being a bully is not contributing to Chloé's redemption arc, it's downright sabotaging it.

But, like I’ve also said before, in Miraculous, only intentions matter, so Marinette intending that to be a good thing means it was a good thing, and Chloé continuing to act like her mom after that is Chloé's own fault. With this in mind, the writers might genuinely think Marinette being willing to let Sabrina contribute to taking down Chloé and Lila is some great, generous favor.

[rdthoughtdaughter]

You preach peace but are a radfem??? Yeah, you're a massive hypocrite. A disgrace to feminism.

Despite your being an anonymous, I have a very clear idea about your identity, just because I had a similar, recurring conversation with a performative activist that seems to be the biggest fan of mine.

Your message is not serious, just an angry vent, yet it’s a great opportunity for me to speak about radical feminism yet again.

I’m not sure I explicitly talked about preaching peace there, simply because I use this account to talk about the oppression or disadvantages that women face, but sure, I really do believe in peace and want it. How could I not if my country is at war and I can’t be at home without the danger of death?

Radical feminism isn’t about throwing chaos. It’s about dismantling patriarchy, aiming for women to get equal opportunities to explore, express and exist.

To characterise it in one adjective as ‘peaceful’ or not ‘peaceful’ would be simplistic, and not really appropriate or applicable.

Radical feminism is one of the branches of feminism, it cannot be a disgrace to it. Considering the incentives with which the movement of feminism has emerged, and what some of the branches decide now, I would even argue that all other branches of feminism have strayed from the original motive, under pressure of patriarchy, that is not satisfied with such a movement and wants to destroy it.

With guerilla tactics of course. It cannot be directly said that women should not be allowed to fight for themselves. But what they can and do is infiltrate men into the supposedly women only spaces (I’m not talking about bloody toilets). The consequence of such a tactic is that the way that those movements operate now is altered, with different limitations and motivations.

[fuwungi]

hey i wouldnt mind rando too much, it looks like they reblog anything about trans people w reactionary and verbally violent phobia. they're also a massive hypocrite mind you, i don't think anything you say will get through to them. their blog is so insane they read more as troll than real. i think they're just combing through anything tagged as trans or related :(

You’re honestly right, I didn’t pop onto their blog to see like.. what’s the deal until after I wrote that and. Yeah it’s! 0__o Idk it’s very sad if you just spend your time combing through tags being hateful and nasty like that. I can’t fathom it. I’m gonna block and move on. ^__^

[figureitoutinthemorning]

Characters in retellings are not carbon copies of the characters in the works they’re based on. Sometimes all they share is a name or a vaguely similar vibe.

Look, say I’m writing a retelling of Jane Eyre (I’m not, just go with me on this). Let’s imagine I name the protagonist Jane, like in the original. At the end, Jane does not go back to my book’s equivalent of Rochester. She cuts all contact with him and ends the story hoping that their paths never cross again.

Now imagine someone reads this, and tells me that I do not understand the original text, and I am mischaracterising Jane, because she would never do what I had her do. But here’s the thing: I’m not mischaracterising her, because my Jane is not the same character as Charlotte Brontë’s Jane. I read the original. I understood it. And then I thought, ‘What if Jane was different?’

Even if I set it in 1800s Yorkshire, even if my Jane is still named Jane Eyre, even if the synopsis broadly remains the same, I’m still not mischaracterising Jane because it’s not the same book and she’s still not the same character. You could view her as a similar-looking descendent of Brontë’s protagonist, but she’s not her clone and isn’t meant to be. Maybe my Jane dyes her hair purple or decides to take ballet lessons. Would Brontë’s Jane do that? No, I expect not, but again, it doesn’t matter, because we’re not talking about that Jane.

So, the next obvious question would be, why not write a completely different book? Why call it a retelling? Well… because I wanted to. You don’t have to like it, but you can’t tell authors what to write just because you’d prefer they did it your way. Or rather, you can, but why should they care?

‘But you’re not engaging with the themes of the original text,’ you might argue, and maybe I’m not. Maybe I’ve chosen to use that text as a jumping-off point to engage with entirely new themes. Or maybe I’m handling the original themes in a way that isn’t to your taste. The thing is, no one’s forcing you to read it.

Then again, maybe I did miss the point! Maybe my version lacks what makes the original so compelling and offers nothing in its place! But, again, you’re not being held at gunpoint and made to read it (and if you are, my shallow, missed-the-point retelling is the least of your worries).

What it all comes back to is you can’t really mischaracterise your own original characters, no matter how similar they are to a character from a novel in the public domain or to a character from a fairytale or myth.

This post is about… every retelling ever, to be honest. But I remember reading a review of a Persephone retelling (yes, apparently I am about to kick that particular wasps’ nest) and the reviewer said something like ‘the author doesn’t understand Demeter. Demeter wouldn’t act like that.’ And no, Demeter from the myths probably wouldn’t act like that (whatever ‘that’ was, it’s been months, I don’t remember), but we’re not dealing with Demeter from the myths! We’re dealing with this author’s character.

I mean, you know that Merlin from the BBC show of the same name and Merlin from the Disney movie The Sword in the Stone are different characters. So why would you think that either of them are the same character as Merlin from the Arthurian legends?

I could keep giving examples, but you take my point. It’s just odd to me that so many people don’t seem to grasp this.

I’m not saying ‘don’t criticise things you don’t like’ — I get that complaining can be fun. But some things are just not worth getting upset about.

And yeah, these are bold words coming from someone who will bitch about The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood until the cows freeze over (I know what I said), but at least I know I’m a massive hypocrite.

[kirkwallguy]

Thank you mr kirkwallguy and the two previous anons, I have slowly come to accept I do not like Solas and how he has become the face of dragon age. I saw a Solas fan liveblog their dao playthrough and posted about the genius of Solas ‘haunting the narrative’ and I was done lol.

Honestly, after years of respectfully nodding my head and reading all the tumblr dissertations and the hundred essays about the tearing the veil as a political stance (I’m cringing now thinking of all the times I reblogged um ackshually he has a point!!! meta about it)��� I am free! I am free!

I know it’s silly because nobody is pointing a gun to my head telling me to like him. But after ten years of waiting, trying to join the hype, I think I’m allowed to celebrate my disillusionment. He’s not that good of a character at all 😩😔

LOL either that's a common sentiment or i saw the same person posting. solas is weird because despite how much they talk about fen'harel pre-dai you could never guess that he's about to pop up. like i love the little moment in da2 where merril tells you about the dread wolf because it's nice worldbuilding but it kind of ruins the vibe that he turns out to be just some guy

and yeah i never got the veil thing. i guess narratively a massive change in the world would be a good hook for a sequel / franchise reboot (that will likely never happen lol) but the framing of it as the right thing to do? it's weird, it always read as very basic morally grey misguided villain to me. oh this man out of time sees the evils of the new world he woke up in and thinks he can fix them by trying fighting to return to a highly idealised past even though his methods will probably cause mass destruction? likely thing for him to do. maybe it's hypocritical of me to think the chantry bombing was good but personally i think the vibe is very different.

disillusionment really is the word... before playing dai properly i wanted to be obsessed with him so bad because everyone hyped him up. then halfway through trespasser i realised i was incapable of giving a shit about him ☹️

[squidsinashirt]

How often do you even get to see Lady P in person? I get you both travel a lot and sometimes she helps with rescues but you literally live on opposite sides of the world, if I were you the timezone difference alone would drive me crazy!

Who says it doesn’t drive people crazy?

I mean, ‘not nearly as much as I’d like to’ is the obvious answer here, but given we both kinda love what we do, that’s not really realistic soooo…

Lady Creighton-Ward has a calendar that would scare even a hardened CEO - she’s a busy woman! Wouldn’t dream of interrupting super sleuthing, criminal catching, charity working, gala hosting, billionaire hobnobbing, tea drinking, dog walking…

(I’m being a total hypocrite with that, given it’s me and my work that’s ruined plans the last twice, and it’s me that lives where I do… just being a gremlin, really 😏 if you find me sank in the Thames, you’ll know why).

That’s just the reality of being adults and the work that we do and the lives we lead, y’know? Neither of us would change it. It’s not like we aren’t used to it, neither of us expected anything else so… so it is what it is. Sure, it’s difficult at times - when there’s been a bad day, it’s hard being that far apart and you wanna be there.

But half a day ahead is actually a surprisingly useful timezone, if you were ever forced to pick a way to do long distance. I get up at five thirty for a swim every morning that we don’t have a shout, and that’s still only early evening London time. Vice versa, morning there is evening here.

Besides, beyond all the technicalities of how it works - if someone matters, it doesn’t really matter, y’know?

If you care, you make the effort and do the work, because, yeah, that’s what a relationship is, isn’t it? Any relationship. It’s making someone else a priority, however you do it. Sometimes that means it’s in the little details and inventive ways when there’s ten thousand miles between you, but the basics are the same; making time, making an effort, making sure they know. To love something, someone, is a verb, and all that, y’know? It’s an active thing, that means you gotta love them through the not so straightforward parts.

Dad used to always say love was about batting with your A game (caution, baseball analogy, my Kansas is showing, and I’m well aware there’s a decent joke in there about batting way outta your league, and I’m here for it because I am 🫶🏻). You know, you step up to the plate, focus and commit and you set your sights on where you want that ball, and when it’s bowled, you give it your all. I always thought I kinda understood what he meant but… now I get it. I mean, hell, my mom used to have to wait months for him, when he was off in the depths of space (and with an increasing number of Tracy babies too, bless her patience). Puts things in perspective, yeah?

And you do it because it’s all worth every second of waiting and wanting and planning. Maybe it makes you more appreciative of the time you do have together, y’know? 😚

Also, there’s a massive advantage sitting over this discussion - it doesn’t take 24 hours to cross the world anymore. Guess I need to thank Dad and @brains-ir for keeping the dream alive with the advances in tech 😂

… this was more of a ramble than intended, as always.

Anyway, I’m off roster and off island in… ten hours, twenty one minutes and thirty six seconds, with weekend plans that do not include a maintenance planner (nobody tell Four that).

If you’re thinking about going anywhere near any body of water today - don’t. Don’t make me tap the sign. Wait until Monday to have yourself a situation. Thanks.

(as always, that’s facetious, please call John if you’re in trouble 💫)

[threes-a-roony]

Song recs appreciated!!! I’m not a massive music person/listener actually so yeah

Notes about some songs included:

Count On Me- Bruno Mars: there because its super nostalgic but its a really sweet song that i think matches the relationship of the main trio and their circle of friends. I can easily see Peep vibing to it, or it being from his perspective

Woodland- The Paper Kites: this song actually screams Peep/Chirp coded to me lol- i mean, it also includes Quack duh but i get a lot more Peep and Chirp vibes.

Freaks- Jordan Clarke: alright this one i feel is a semi fit, at the very least Peep and Chirp have tragic backstories and probably (most likely) Quack too. They’ve never been full on bullied but they are just three little kids (birds) all alone in the big wide world and thats still sad. The rest of the song is upbeat so i say it fits

Soldier, Poet, King- The Oh Hellos: ermmmm somg a out a trio. Chirp- Soldier, Peep-Poet, Quack-King methinks but i can see someone making the case for Chirp and Peep swapping

High Hopes-Panic! At the Disco: not my idea, actually. A friend made a video about what song would suit each character and this was Peep’s!

I’m Still Standing- Targon Egertron: Again, not my idea, this time a theme song for Quack! I wasnt terribly sure it fit but i added it anyways. I might need to give it a few more listens

Try Everything-Shakira: Theme of Chirp!! Whats funny is I already added this song to the playlist before i watched the video/added Peep and Quack’s songs. Like Quack’s, i’m wishy-washy on this one. (I love Zootopia, btw, but who doesnt?) I honestly, truely see why this c o u l d be Chirp’s song. Hell, i already had it on the playlist as i said earlied. It’s just…. It doesnt feel Chirp even though this song feels like it was made for her. Idk. Maybe it’s Shakira’s vocals that font xut it for me but i dont get ‘Chirp’ from this, not enough for it for me to call it a theme.

I will admit im being a hypocrite- some songs i added woth no rhyme or reason and they might not even fit the vibes period- im trying to listen to music more to amend that. Also i said ‘Cool Kids’ was Chirp coded and i have no problem with that but i cant get behing ‘Try Everything”? Bruh. To me Try Everything is a Peep song if i ever heard one

The Pond-Rosendale: this has Quack angst written all over it shut up (i love angsty songs i did include many on my playlist)

Astronomy-Conan Grey: ;-; angst purposes mostly- again with Peep Chirp and Quack in nind. I like to believe they are together till the end, but it’s not always like that.

Cool Kids-Echosmith: Chirp vibes and i’m not elaborating

You are my Sunshine-instrumental: angst that sounds happy, and its nostalgic to everyone no duh it went in the playlist

Other songs i went for happy vibes or calm vibes. Thats pretty much it for what i can think of rn at 2 in the am.

Alright, thank you if you stuck with me for that yap-sesh. And again, songs appreciated!!

[o0anapher0o]

Learn how to fall

Tommy was still lying in bed when the knock on the door came. He hadn’t really slept a lot last night. As it turned out breaking up never got any easier, especially not when you were breaking up with one Evan Buckley. But it was nine am so he might as well get up and open the door.

He wasn’t quite prepared to see Eddie, moustacheless and his gym bag over his shoulder, eyebrows rising as he took in Tommy’s dishevelled state.

“Hey, man. Weren’t we on for Muay Tai today? Did I miss a text?”

“No, I didn’t…,” Tommy shook his head. “I honestly didn’t think you’d come,” he admitted.

“And miss the chance to beat the crap outta you?” Eddie joked, but it didn’t sound quite right.

“Have you talked to … Buck?” Tommy asked cautiously. He had simply assumed that Evan would turn to his best friend after Tommy had left, but maybe he hadn’t.

“Oh yeah, he came over last night,” Eddie smashed that idea immediately. “Not gonna lie that’s part of the reason kicking your ass sounds like a really good idea right now.”

Tommy huffed a mirthless laugh, but grabbed his garage keys. “Fair, I guess.”

“And if you happen to want to talk about it, well I guess I could listen,” Eddie added.

Tommy appreciated the offer, but “Not really.”

Eddie shrugged. “Okay.”

They made their way over to the sparing ring in the corner, changing into their gear and starting their warm up routines.

“You’re sure though?” Tommy couldn’t help ask halfway through stretching. “I never wanted to come between the two of you and I still don’t. I know that your friendship with him is more important than ours. And I… I would understand if you didn’t want to be mine anymore.”

“I am, you won’t and it is,” Eddie said. “Buck is my best friend, always will be, but I can actually have more than one friend, Tommy.”

“I do know that, but-“

“Look, I’m not gonna pretend like I’m not mad at you. I am because you hurt my best friend and I’m about to punch you about it; or that I don’t think you’re an idiot, because you are. But if I stopped being friends with everyone who ever made a really dumb mistake, well, for one thing I’d be a massive hypocrite, and I’d be a massive hypocrite with no friends, so…”

That did get a small smile out of Tommy. He had been completely prepared to loose everyone connected to Evan, Eddie, Maddie, Sgt Grant, everyone in the 118 family he had tentatively (re)connected with over the last few months. It was only to be expected and he deserved nothing less. Knowing that at least Eddie was still willing to give him the time of the day sent a wave of emotion over him that had him blink rapidly for a long second.

“So,” he said after he had cleared his throat. “You gonna tell me what happened to your face then?”

continue on ao3

[icelordofwinter]

who is your favorite character from LMK? And your least favorite?

oh well I have many favorites of mine although my main favorite is the camel ridge trio (Peng tusk and azure) they are honestly not just my most favorite villains of lmk but in media

And what the season 4 special did to them was such bullshit but I already went in why I hate the special before

Cause like I can see their cause and actually rooted for them to win in season 4 I can see why they want to dethrone the jade emperor and why they wouldn’t let anyone stand in their way!

especially considering the times of ancient China cause let’s face it despite how beautiful and amazing the ancient times were…they were really problematic cause like slavery was a thing and normalized back then

and we also have problems in modern society with politics world hunger etc so it would make since why azure Peng and tusk would do the things they do and I can understand why they felt so betrayed by wukong cause imagine your leader who you haven’t seen in 500 years (assuming they didn’t even know he was sealed away under a mountain) and hearing about him again but he is working for a monk who was a celestial to get scriptures from India and your said brother had attacked not only demons but your old sworn brothers as well and even killed one (aka macaque)

I would honestly feel betrayed and angry myself yet I love how azure doesn’t hate wukong or hold grudges he literally was gonna keep him in the scroll till he killed the jade emperor then he would have released him and help him see reason

like I can talk about these three All damn day they are my absolute favorites of mine and they deserved a lot better then what the special did (and azure definitely did not deserve to be villainized and transformed into some type of tyrant and don’t say “well he had a lot of power so-“ my friend he was king before and from what I seen in jttw he was a great leader he literally calls his soldiers little wind cutters and don’t say they were always evil keep in mind it was wukong who attacked first they weren’t gotta hurt the monk or anything it just when wukong attacked they got pissed off cause it this)

and it makes me sad that people would hate these guys subjecting them to stereotypes that Peng is a asshole azure is a evil person and Yellowtusk…well who cares about him? Cause like all three of them are amazing characters in the show and book and mythology (even though it’s mostly Peng who is most of the mythology)

anyways for my least favorite…

it has to be either xiangliu or the mayor

unfortunately I could care less for xiangliu like I personally think he is a massive hypocrite and also batshit insane-

like he is not a monster he is just a psychopath cause who in their right mind literally starts the end of the world CAUSE OF FUCKING CHAOS?!

Now he may probably come back in next season I don’t know but right now I hate him

for the mayor….to me I don’t really also care much to me he is just the lady bone demons servant and it sucks cause like we don’t get to see why he is the way he is and why he fellows lady bone demon like a lapdog

and it feels weird at the end of the season 3 special he is nowhere to be seen i feel like if they expanded his lore more i may would have find him cool but like there is barely shit about him

(also I kinda hate his design it just looks so basic like I’m not asking for full details but make him not look like a business man with a bad haircut)

so yeah my main favorite is azure Peng and tusk and my least are either xiangliu and mayor

[normystical]

“Hey. You’ve never seen my real face! Lovely to see you after your little break! Tylenols been saying some things about me, that aren’t real great. So I feel like I should state…”

“The toxic gossip chainnnn! I just was trying to comfort him! The toxic gossip chain, I have to say, it seemed easy to talk to! The toxic gossip chain, should’ve chugged along the tracks you hypocritical ASS! I’m just a demon wo-man, and I shouldnt have to stand, against these rumors, but hey. At least you’re having some fun!”

“So, greetings everyone! I’ve been summoned to talk about some things. Even though katena says I shouldn’t talk about it, she didn’t say I couldn’t, sing, about it! So you better listen”

“Around 12 years ago I made a few deals with Shizukana! But not some predatory deal like you’re trying to suggest! More of some, small kind of deals! I was just trying to help him, with the others! You know how you go to a party and that one friend who tries to include you with the people you hate and you’re like, “NTY!” That wasn’t like me! I helped him! It was helpful!”

“I’ve been in the afterlife for over 20 years! So because of that I’m a pretty powerful demon, but once I met you all, I realized I probably should have taken it slower! There were times talking to him when I would make him mad! Just annoying, nothing weird of me! I’ve owned him for years you see! And I’ve treated him better, and acted responsibly.”

“But you won’t listen to me will you!”

“So let’s see the toxic gossip chain! Always being rude with the, accusations! The toxic gossip chain! Melting me with the, defamation! The toxic gossip chainn! Keep calling me cass you, fucking ass! You lied upon my name just to get more fame. You want me to be defamed, but hey! Keep having your fun!”

“In all seriousness I love this attention! Sure having to make an apology is annoying! But I actually didn’t do it this time! Defamation is annoying when used against you! And I would never do something like grooming to Tylenol! Overall he’d be much more vocal about it wouldn’t he! Oh, you won’t ever believe me! Alright!”

“I thought that you want the truth! But thats a massive goof! Huh! You just want me gone, off this lawn! While you act perfect, like you’ve never done shit wrong!”

“Oh your complaints, “That won’t excuse it!” “We’re friends!” “He hated that!” He sees you all tiny rats!” 

“I’m sorry I didn’t realize you’re all reconnected so please, criticize me! Bring out the pure salt from your lovely friends! And we’ll just conveniently forget how it ends! I’m sure you really hate this, stupid-ass-responcee! I know you wanted me to say I was, completely wrong! Sorry I feel like making you mad, so let’s just ignore these rumors, that, let’s be real, are horrifically bad.” 

“Hey everyone I found out what happened to Ty! He hated us and talked to the wrong guy! But don’t fact check it now, no. You threaten me with salt every time I see! You don’t need any help in your little schemes. So exorcise me flick and damn! There I go…”

“I wanna take another time to talk about Tylenol or Shizukana. Yeah him? He agreed to all of this. I gave him the option, and now he says I didn’t.”

“I never took advantage of emotional distress! Sure I existed when his life was a mess. I always rely in the dealees, to decide if they wanna work with me.”

“Did I groom Retez? Yes!”

“Did I manipulate Shizukana? Yes!”

“Have I married someone, to make you all feel eugh? Yes!”

“Did I groom anyone else at all? NO!”

“But does it really matter what I say? No. Since everyone has decided that I will always lie about my actions! So. It’s not fun to have everyone think you’re the worst demon in the bunch… even though there are tons worse! So I just wanna say that. The only thing I’ve ever groomed are my 2 persian cats! I’m not a groomer! Just a loser… who didn’t understand I couldn’t talk with Shizu and I’m not taking advantage of him even though everyone thinks so! Because 12 years ago I walked him to school! So! Even though this song SHOULDNT change anyones mind about me… I still thought I should—‘take accountability’! And for my wife, who halfway supports me: thanks! And for everything, my intentions were always pretty shitty! So I feel pretty grrrreat!.”

“The toxic gossip chain. You’re, definitely missing something. The toxic gossip chain… trying to chain me to my past. The toxic gossip chain. While you listen to this track somethings happening in the back. These aren’t rumors, they’re facts. I highly doubt theres many gaps, I survived every crash and hey! Keep having your fun!”

“You know, just so everything is crystal clear, even if you understand! You’re definitely not confused!”

“I get that I’m a terrible person! But please, don’t cancel me oh-noooo! Sometimes I can be awful, and not have an online presence! Crazy! Ik! Sometimes I can make a conscious decision and you don’t have to take it, and break it! And excorsize it, and make my demise out of it and— oh noooo!”

“Sometimes I’m an awful person just because, I wanted to! And that isn’t anything different, thats just— me!”

“But what do WE know?”

“Fuck you all right?”

MSNSH BRO I DIDNT EVEN LISTEN TO THIS SONG YET, I HAD TO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE JUST FOR THIS 😭

rip(?) my habit of reading "not a groomer, just a loser" to the tune of frustration tears lmfao

not a groomer~ just a loser~ do u want 2 inspect my eeeye...

not mad or upset or anything just letting you know </3

[annes-andromeda]

I have a lot of feelings about supposed leaked Alicole sex scene. Yeah, I know we always have to take these things with a grain of salt but like:

On the one hand, I’m happy Alicent and Criston get to have a (hopefully) consensual sexual experience after all the shit they’ve gone through. And while I know Team Bl*ck stans are gonna call them massive hypocrites I really don’t give a shit, I ship them with all of my heart and they deserve it. And at least Alicent isn’t having bastards and placing them on the IT like a certain someone🙃

On the other hand, though, I am PRAYING the writers didn’t put the scene during B&C and change the fact that B&C bound and gagged Alicent in her room before going to Helaena and her kids. Cause then I guarantee people will say “oh if only Criston wasn’t sleeping with Alicent then he could’ve stopped B&C!!!”

And also they haven’t really been focusing much on Alicent and Criston’s relationship compared to Rha*nicent. Not only that, but the two have been shown to be extremely duty bound and have had heavily traumatic sexual experiences. So for some people, it might seem completely out of no where and OOC.

Idk Alicole is like the one thing I’m looking forward to in S2. If they fuck that up too, I swear to god, I am jumping ship and I’m not even gonna bother with this fucking show

[starryjkoo]

https://www.tumblr.com/starryjkoo/769233955285352448/tkkrs-and-kths-really-going-to-bully-away-one-of?source=share

Taekookers are the downfall of this Fandom lol. and given how they have given feee pass and a big space to tkkrs in the fandom despite knowing how most of them are jimin antis I'd say armys deserve that humiliation. But idt they even care since they do agree with what taekookers say most of the times because otherwise tkkrs wouldn't be getting 10k likes calling jimin abuser would they?

There was a time i used to feel bad/upset/angry that everyone calls armys toxic but it's been long i have accepted that yes it indeed is a toxic Fandom. What's good of this Fandom who lets everyone shit on one member and even hide/defend the people who does so?

Saw them saying that jm solos is because of whom jm gets the most hate as if he deserves getting dea/th threats because of his solos like they're totally justifying the threats and hate he gets so by their logic armys are the reason BTS are getting shitted on with 100k likes tweets every other day it seems? Well should i say deserved then?

I’ll almost always take ARMYs side over general kpop stans because I believe most kpop stans (not the normal ones minding their business) are bitter, hypocritical losers who are always looking for an excuse to hate on and discredit other idols (especially BTS) BUT -

Yeah, I’m never going to fully get over my resentment towards ARMYs for enabling tkkrs and allowing them to grow such massive platforms and have such presence in the fandom. Sometimes I look at how toxic things are and just think, deserved. And I agree, tkkrs are the main reason for the deterioration and division. There are other factors at play, but tkkrs sit at the center imho. And because I’m petty, I’ll admit that I have enjoyed the few times ARMYS were humiliated because tkkrs and their psychotic behavior were put on the jumbotron (like the post-Paris walk tkkr incident).

Anyways, yeah the Tetris situation is particularly upsetting because he didn’t do anything wrong and yet he’s getting mass harassed (literal threats and slurs, hundreds of ppl doing this) and you can tell how genuinely upset he is. And you don’t see a single big or even medium sized ARMY account in the quotes trying to shut that down or sincerely apologize to him (also no hit tweets about how nasty and vile KTHs & tkkrs are…). Maybe things have changed since I last went online (I hope so), but I was only seeing jkkrs, PJMs and some JM-biased in the quotes and comments. And I agree, I think one of the main reasons is because half of this fandom are tkkrs who agree with him getting harassed ngl, or they already dislike him because they think he’s too JM biased and resent him for it. It’s so messed up.

I want to say that it’s easy to miss these things sometimes so I understand why more ARMYs aren’t talking about it, but nah this time I’m genuinely perplexed. I’ve seen ARMYs bring attention to much lesser issues and this is actually pretty horrifying and could have lasting consequences for the group - so why aren’t they all over this trying to clean it up? Weird as hell and inexcusable to me. If he stops reporting on BTS it would be absolutely deserved.

Mind you, he was the one who wrote the article ARMYs were hyping up a few weeks back where he mentioned BTS paving the way. I bet he also advocated for them being included that high up on that list to begin with (greatest pop stars of the 21st century iirc). They don’t like him because he’s visibly JM biased and because he doesn’t fully understand all the insane fandom rules and nuances, but Tetris has actually been a source of such positivity for the whole group and a rare ally in western media. But they’ll throw all of that away because they think he’s too biased (& bc apparently he’s a “jkkr” because his two favorite members happen to be jkk, the two literal most popular members where he's from).

And on your last point, yeah 100%! The cognitive dissonance with some ARMYs and their logic sometimes? The way that literally the same day they were in the quotes fighting for their lives against the kpop stans who were blaming the harassment BTS receives on ARMYs, ARMYs were trying to blame the harassment Jimin receives on PJMs? Like, so which one is it? Don't they see the flaws in their own logic, because they're basically giving the greenlight to hate on BTS then. Even today that same gang of TH biased tkkrs I’ve complained about on here before were blaming Tetris for the hate Jimin was receiving instead of their buddies, tkkrs and KTHs. The hypocrisy of a lot of this fandom is realllllllllly frustrating sometimes.

TBF I have seen ARMYs call this kind of thinking out several times, once even in defense of Jimin, but obviously it’s an opinion that’s still pretty prevalent in the fandom and it’s frustrating and massively hypocritical.

Anyways, sorry for yapping so much. Maybe one day I’ll answer an ask without writing a whole essay 🥴 But today really bothered me, and I feel bad for Tetris. And my usual disclaimer, ofc I know it’s not all ARMYs and there’s plenty of normal ARMYs who love and support Jimin too. But yeah some days I really feel like this fandom is seriously cooked and they mostly have themselves to blame for it.

[cartoonguy08]

So I saw this one board thing a while ago and I thought it’d be fun to do it just cuz, and also so you guys know me a bit better 🤙 (I should probably do that one pinned post where people intro themselves huh?)

More detail if you want, as well as the board I used to do this with 👍

Movie - Hunchback of Notre Dame: Guys this movie is my everything and my childhood I was TERRIFIED of it as a kid but now I watch it and admire every aspect of it every SPEC and crumb of this movie is everything to me. The animation to the soundtrack to the characters to the backgrounds—OMG CAN I MENTION THE BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUNDS FOR THIS MOVIE JESUS—everything, absolutely everything of this movie is beloved by me ESPECIALLY my all time favorite villain Claud Frollo, guys, I LOVE (HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE ABSOLUTELY HATE HIM I WANT TO PUT HIM IN A BLENDER SO BAD OMG YES TAKE HIM TO HELL GUYS I HATE THIS GUY I HATE HIM SO MUCH 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️) him so much you wouldn’t believe I am an absolute SUCKER for characters who are just the shittiest people ever and that are villains and that deserve everything that happens to them because they are massive hypocrites. Did I mention why I love Claud Frollo?

Hobby - Drawing: In general, I try and draw as much as I can. I’m pretty busy with school and friends and life in general but I will never pass up a moment to just doodle silly cartoon shit. I love cartoons, they are everything to me, and I will give me life to become in animator holy shit. I love it, I’ve been loving it since I was born dawg 🤙

Animal - Rhino: Literally no explanation for this except I love how majestic and cool asf they are. I went to the zoo once and I couldn’t stop admiring them guys, they’re absolutely gorgeous.

Character - Soldier: No specific Soldier for this cuz I love both of them. I wish he was real because I would die to meet him lol. My entire personality in a nutshell 💀 He is my life, he spins in my head on the daily and he makes me love being American lmao (RIP Rick May, you made such a lovable character, fly high man)

Color - Mustard Yellow: I have a beanie the same color as this and legit it made me love the color. That and I love mustard in general

Place - Quiet library: AND I MEAN QUIET, I love being social with people but sometimes I just wanna be left alone. Dawg, the library at my school is the shit, it’s so quiet in there and I can sit on a sofa and just chill. Great to relax 👍

Season - Winter: Unfortunately for me I live somewhere that does not snow at all. Which kinda sucks- BUT it sprinkle some snow every one and a while. It’s also just not about the snow but the weather, I like the breezy feel, the chilliness of it all. I can wear hoodies and beanies and my kickass baggy pants lol. And the blankets. My grandma got me this one comforter that’s immaculate, very comfortable, very soft. Love my grandma 🤙❤️

Song/Album - Void in Blue: WHERE DO I BEGIN WITH THIS SONG? The feeling I get actually has me ascending bro. The background instrumental the LYRICS THE ECHO, OMG THE ECHO THOUGH- my favorite part of any song is if it has an echoey effect to it, and THIS nails every part in the song. It’s great, please guys give it a listen it’s so good it’s like crack to me I listen to it on the DAILY

Food - Root beer Floats: I know technically it’s a drink but you could still eat it with a spoon, so I’d say it counts 👍 Anyways this shit is the bomb, love Rootbeer in general by FLOATS?? Amazing, I could eat them everyday if I could because they’re so good. Very refreshing. One time I actually went to Denny’s and asked if they had one and a nice waitress made me one lol, very sweet hole she’s going good 🙏 Also fun fact: I tried it in middle school and it became my LIFE

Pretty sure that’s all? Yeah that’s all. Thanks for reading if you wanted to, now you know a bit about me heh. Hope everyone’s having a good day 🤙🤙

[lanfykins]

I understand hating Jefferson, but I also don't know much about him aside from the basics. Is there anything in particular you hate about him? Rant away!

So… <coughs shamefully /> the difficulty here is that I don’t actually know much about him either 🫠

But… every time I learn something new about the man, it is something that makes me dislike him more. For example, I started off vaguely aware that Jefferson had abused the power differential with one of his enslaved people to have several children by her, none of whom he recognised. (I am aware that Burr is not spotless in this regard, and I’ve talked about that before and will again). I was not aware that when the ‘affair’ started, he was like thirty years older than the teenaged Sally FOR FUCK’S SAKE.

I was aware that Jefferson had ‘conflicted’ views regarding slavery. I was not aware that he actively aided Napoleon’s efforts to reimpose slavery on Haiti. He forbade Americans from trading with the former rebels, condemning them to starvation and economic ruin, in case American slaves got ideas; though passing the law was delayed when the Senate tied over it and his Vice President’s tie-break vote was against. (I like to think Burr enjoyed casting that vote).

Poor Jefferson and his conflicts of conscience. They seem not to have affected most of his actions - especially as he got older - very much.

But let us skip over his racism, his oppression of Black people, his attempts to destroy the culture of Native Americans, and where that failed his forcible removal of people from their own lands. Because, let’s face it, while those are the things I *should* hate him for, what I *actually* hate him for is his destruction of Burr.

And let us make no bones about it, when he finally escalated from rumours, libel and political ostracism to a prosecution for treason he was trying to commit murder. The penalty for treason is not fluffy. There are no kittens.

Whether Jefferson believed in Burr’s guilt, was lying to himself about it, or was just lying to everyone else about it, there can be no doubt that the Richmond trials were a massive abuse of executive power. He had Burr dragged through multiple jurisdictions into a hostile state in order to try him in front of a biased jury; publicly declared him a traitor before the jury had even been called (I’m sure that didn’t affect the public’s views at all); tried to suspend habeas corpus (the rule that you have to actually have a lawful reason to detain someone before you lock them up); issued blank pardons to anyone who would testify against him; mysteriously allowed Eaton to claim funds that had previously been refused him, once Eaton turned up with an anti-Burr story; spent a ridiculous amount of the country’s money; and probably more things I have forgotten.

Oh yeah; HE TRIED TO HAVE LUTHER MARTIN PROSECUTED AS PART OF BURR’S SO-CALLED CONSPIRACY JUST FOR TURNING UP TO DEFEND HIM. Almost forgot that part.

Many of the foundational principles of justice that America has come to rely on? The precedents about admissible evidence, about the right to due process, about judicial independence, that have been called upon in literally hundreds of cases since? Those were set in Burr’s treason trials by Chief Justice Marshall basically refusing to let Jefferson be a tyrant, even though he was burned in effigy for it.

Jefferson, who once wrote some pretty text about freedom’n’rights’n’stuff, seems to have abandoned those principles immediately every single time they were annoying to him. He tried very hard to apply the treason laws in exactly the way the framers of the Constitution had tried to prevent them being applied; in the same way the English monarchs had often applied them to silence opposition.

In short, the man was an underhanded, two-faced, selfish hypocrite who totally believed that the end justified the means if it was his end.

Though, again, I speak from ignorance. I could be wrong. And on the plus side, he did write purty. I guess.

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