#a bias in my followers specifically. but honestly take it as a good sign that romanians are more well adjusted if theyre not on tumblr.

[hirkyy]

counter question to the poland = tumblrina capital.

where tf are the romanians on tumblr?

ive seen like 4-6 of them. ever. and ive been on this stupid site for years

[sushis-wild-imagination]

Just a Little Longer

Nam Joon x Reader

Summary: You are an idol signed by BigHit and you are very close to the boys, you've always had a crush on Nam Joon and he confesses to you that he likes someone.

Words: I don't even know, longer than my assignment for sure.

Warnings: A LOTTA FLUFF friendship fluff?????

Note: not proofread, also its been a while since I wrote I’ll get better.

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Hiii, so this is my first BTS fanfic, hope y'all like it. I think this will turn into a series, let me know what y'all think of that. Jin is my bias but Nam Joon and Yoongi are here to wreck it anytime anyday. Honestly I just want to be friends with them. I want to be in the gang. That's all.

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You were a female idol signed on to BigHit Entertainment around the time BTS was signed on. You and BTS were very close, army and your fans got used to it after a while. There were tons of times where you would look out for each other. You also recently became and international idol following BTS, they would look out for you at all the award shows you were both at. Taehyung would even walk you to the stage and up the stairs.

You were a part of the family. You would surprise them at their concerts, go on trips, bomb their Vlives. There were YouTube videos titled "BTS looking out for (Y/N)" online. You were a solo artist so you got grouped up with the boys often and the fans liked seeing you with them too. So they often let you tag along to shoots and even be a part of them sometimes.

You were a 94' born. So Tae, Chim and kookie called you noona. You were the closest to Yoongi, you vibed with him the best. You were the same kind. Maknae line were your babies, you pampered them a lot.

You were on your way to surprise the boys at the "BTS In the Soop" house. They thought it would be a good idea for you to make a special appearance on the show.

The boys were already there for a day. You were all packed taking in the air, you drove to the destination. You were excited, you hadn't seen the boys in a while because of a busy schedule but you were in touch via messages. Tae would send you regular updates about his life.

You pull up at the house and push the door open. Tae and Jimin were playing ping pong outside, you would see Hobi flying his glider. You smiled and got out. Jimin's attention went to the car and the ball hit his face. Tae and hobi burst out laughing, you also let out a chuckle. "(Y/N) Noona" he yells and you wave at him frantically.

As soon as he says that, all three boys turn heads to your direction. You keep waving and they rush towards you. Suddenly you are jumped at by 3 grown men almost knocking the air out of your lungs. You couldn't help but laugh. "Hi guys, miss me?" You ask. Hugging them all back. Tae nods. "I knew today would be a good day" hobi ruffles your hair. "What have you been upto, did you forget about us" you laugh to that as if you could forget your 7 best friends.

"Where's everyone else?" You ask looking around. "Yoongi Hyung should be in the Campervan, I think Jin Hyung and Jungkook are fishing and NamJoon is reading in his room." Jimin responds and Tae gets your luggage out and rolls it out. You take your luggage from Taehyung saying a quiet thank you. You roll out your luggage to the living room and walk towards the upper house, the boys go back to whatever they were doing before you came.

You walk to the upper house and spot the campervan. You open the campervan to surprise Yoongi. "Yoongi Oppa, Suprise!" You yell as soon as you open the door. He's so startled he almost three his equipment. "(Y/N) what are you doing here? I was so startled" he says holding his heart. You laugh your heart out at his reaction. "I'm sorry" you say and sit down next to him. "Whatchu working on?" You ask and he hands you one side of his earphone. It was his new project.

"How long are you here for?" He asked you. "I think until the end, no one told me anything" you say.

The door suddenly slams open. You and Yoongi jump, yoongi was holding his heart again and you were holding on to the table for dear life.

"JUNGKOOK" you yell.

"I'm going to die of a heart attack today" You hear yoongi mutter under his breath.

"(Y/N) Noona" he waves his hands at you and you slowly step out of the van to hug his big frame. "Did you grow taller in 3 months?" You ask. "I hope I did" he answers. He drags you to see Jin at the house. You see Hobi and Jin prepping something. "Jin Hyung close your eyes" Jungkook says and tries to hide you behind the door.

"What's this now?" He asks thinking it's one of Jungkooks pranks. "I have a present" he says. He does as the youngest says and closes his eyes.

You position yourself right infront of Jin. You feel his hand pat your head. "Is it a big plushie?" He asks with his eyes closed. You stiffle a chuckle.

"Open your eyes" Jungkook instructs and Jin looks at you. "(Y/N)" he squeals and hugs you. He jumps up and down with you in his arms. "I missed you" you laugh. "I've missed you too"

You smell something burn. "oh my fish" he screams and runs back to the kitchen.

Hobi Jungkook and Jin were making lunch, you always loved watching them cook. It was therapeutic. You also helped out when you could. "Is NamJoon still reading?" You ask in the air waiting for someone to answer. They all look at each other awkwardly before one of them says "You'll see him at lunch" you nod and continue eating the chips lying around.

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You were rolling out your luggage to the floating house that's where you will be staying for the rest of the days here. The boys offered to switch but you wouldn't let them, it has to be fair. You were heading out to lunch with Taehyung who was hanging out in your room until lunch was ready and you unpacked.

"Your hair has grown out, can braid it later?"

"Only if you massage it too" he smirks and you nod. "Alright, after lunch" you salute to him playfully.

He warned you about bugs and how you'll have to gulp you food as soon as you see it or you will end up eating a bug. "I think I swallowed one yesterday" he says making a face that screamed disgusting. He makes you laugh and you smack his arm lightly.

You see Nam Joon from a distance. "Nam Joon-ah" you yell for him to hear you. You run to him to give him a hug. He puts his arms around you but loosely. It felt weird, this is not how he usually hugs you, something wrong but you let it go for now. "The boys told me you've arrived" he says pulling back. He flashes a warm smile.

You look at him, giving him an 'Are-you-okay' face and he understands it immediately and softly nods at you.

"Thank you for the food" Jimin yells in the back and you both head to the table.

"One more mouth to feed" Jin says jokingly and shakes his head. "C'mon, you know you love me" you respond that immediately left Hobi bursting out in Justin Bieber's Baby in the middle of lunch in his adorable English. You all have a big laugh.

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You were all gathered in the living room now and Jimin was rapping??? Leaving you and Hobi laughing, you could feel your sides cramping up, gasping for breath as you laugh. "What activites did you ask for?" Taehyung asks.

"I brought my sketchpad and some books to read" you respond.

You stick your hand out to his hair and comb through, "Braid time" you say and he turns around, back facing you. Jimin hands him the mic and he sings some BTS songs while you braid his hair. "I'm so sleepy" he says, it's the effect of the head massage. He gets up from in front of you.

"I'm going to go nap" you nod. You see Jungkook already passed out in the living room. Hobi was still building blocks. You walk out of the room to the deck.

You look out to see Jin fishing, trying to Fish.

"Should I come pick you up?" He yells from afar. "It's okay" you yell back and look out in the distance. You see Jin's boat coming towards you. "Hop in" he says holding the boat still and he sticks one arm out.

"Where do you want to go, Juliet?" He asks dramatically once you've settled. "To your heart, Romeo" you play along trying not to laugh. "Extra points for playing along" he says laughing. You fake bow in the boat.

He casts his line and you wait. The scenery was beautiful. "It's so pretty out here" you talk to no one in particular. "Gets better in the night" Jin says waiting for fish.

"Jin oppa" you call to get his attention. "Is Joonie okay? He's been acting weird" you say. You were concerned about him. "He was okay yesterday, I don't know maybe if we let him be, he'll come back" Jin suggest. NamJoon always has been the type to go off on his own for a while and come back feeling better. "Maybe" you mutter and look around.

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You had played a bunch of games, had dinner, got drunk with the boys by the fire. It was almost cinematic, you forgot how at home and peaceful they made you feel. You still couldn't get around talking to Nam Joon and you were determined to do it. It was almost midnight. You all had turned your mic off put it away and gotten ready to get into bed. You hear some footsteps outside. You get up to check who it was.

You see a man bent over the railing of the deck looking at the river. It was almost 1am. You recognize the man. Nam Joon.

"Hey Stranger" you say sneaking up behind him. He almost jumps. "(Y/N)" he gasps. You go to stand next to him.

"Can't sleep?" You ask.

He nods playing with his finger rings. "What's wrong" you ask really concerned, hoping he'll spill and feel better.

"There's just been a lot on my mind"

"You want to talk about it?"

"Nothing in specific"

"Tell me anyway, I'm here to listen"

You hear him take a breathe.

"There's someone I like but telling the person or acting on it is not going to do any good for either of the parties but I don't know what to do, do I let it go?"

"woah" you were taken aback, Nam Joon doesn't open up this quickly you didn't expect it either. You expected some vague things about his career. You heart sank. You used to crush on him where you were a bit younger but you thought you outgrew that? Guess not.

"Telling her won't work?"

"No, it won't, I can't date. Not with this schedule and this kinda career but what if I let it go and I don't get a chance like this again"

"Are you scared of missing out on love?"

He slowly nods. "I guess, I mean I love my career, I love the boys I love how far we've gotten, but it's taking everything, especially my youth."

You were dumbfounded. You didn't know how to respond to all of this. You didn't even know how he felt.

"Are you sure she's the one?" You ask.

"No, how can anyone be sure about anything so early on? I'd love it if she was but we'll have to try to know and the trying can't happen in the first place"

Your always amazed by his maturity. "I think if you really like her, you should give it a go tell her how you feel, just to get it off of your chest, even if you know for a fact it's not going to work out, and if it does work out, well good for you. Right?"

He slowly nods. "Do I just tell her?" He turns to you. you can feel his eyes pierce through your soul even in the night. It's like he knows what he does to you and continues to do it.

You nod to his question. "You'll feel better"

"Okay" he nods to himself as if he's encouraging himself to do it. You had an immediate urge to hug him, you put your head on his chest and your arms around his back. He likes someone else, why does that bother you? It was a stupid crush, two years ago, what is wrong with you? You ask yourself.

"Are you okay (Y/N)" he asks. You nuzzle further into him.

"I thought you needed one" You needed one.

"You have feelings too, you robot, why do you supress them so much?" You mumbled. He chuckled. "I don't like to talk about them" he brushes your hair.

"You should"

You try to pull back but he hugs you tighter.

"Just a little longer, please" you happily oblige. He did need a hug after all.

Are you crushing on him again? Are you ready to get your heart broken?

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Don't ask I don't even know, I think I'll make this a series, let me know what you think of my first BTS imagine, a lot more to come, I'm obsessed with these boys.

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[bakagamieru]

Hi! I've been feeling really down, as well as frustrated and sad these past few days and I guess I'm here for a bit of reassurance maybe? Your blog was what opened my eyes to Ziam and also to the stunt ot4 v Zayn and all that, about a year ago, so I'm quite new. Your masterposts especially have been very informative! So basically I trust your judgement in this as someone who's been here a while and gone through it. Anyway, I completely believe in Ziam along with Larry now (been a Larrie (1)

(2) a long while) and I also believe all bbg's are fake etc. The thing I still get confused about/doubt sometimes, is the whole Harry&Louis & Zayn 'feud' thing. Most days I'm sure in my heart that all the twitter fights and post-interviews being mad at Z is all fake and part of a narrative. Zayn honestly even put lyrics to a song about a fight before actual fight for fucks sake?! Also it was all so ridiculous and public, childish, etc. it can't possibly have been real. Then his 'falling out

(3) with NB in the end. Also what ELSE (if not that 'fight') could they have been mad at him for? For 'leaving' because of his health (or whatever they said was the reason)? And after all this time still being mad/or at least bringing it up? Sounds very unlike H&L too doesn't it? Then I remember rbb/sbb, and this is something I've researched TOO MUCH honestly. Some people still refuse to even admit it was there or that it meant ANYTHING. But that goddamn yellow smiley was there several times

(4) after the 'twitter fight'. Why would that be the case? Also Ziam being together, and Louis being so close with Liam and hating on his man? It just doesn't add up anywhere. Sorry I know this is just me sounding very insecure about it all and atm I kinda am. I was having a discussion with a Larrie the other day. One of the bigger blogs with a big influence and lots of people reblogged and agreed with them, when I was trying to point out how I think 1D as a 'whole' are still being under some

(5) form of contract or image clause at the very least. They said the whole contract thing is fanfiction at this point (besides Louis essentially) and the other boys are all free to do whatever. They also don't believe in Ziam or that Zayn is friends with the boys at all. Mentioned how Harry is still 'salty' about him in interviews etc etc. They are so SURE of themselves. But yeah even though I mostly KNOW I still doubt on this because of the fucked up narratives. what if H&L / Zayn really did

(7) has been a stunt? Not saying they hang out as best friends these days maybe, what with their own lives and pandemic on top of it, but do you still think they're 'family'/ot5forever'? I honestly feel like I get gaslighted even by Larries these days and it's not much fun to follow them anymore :( Seeing Harry with Niall made me smile though! Gives me at least some hope that they still are close xx //This got very long, I'm so sorry. You can answer in tags if you wish :)

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Number 6 never seems to have made it to my inbox.  Good job numbering them, though, because I never would have realized one was missing otherwise.

Anyway, I hate to say it, but talking to Larries is a fraught prospect.  Almost all of the people who still call themselves Larries don’t believe in Ziam and it’s because they’ve never bothered to actually look at the evidence.  They don’t treat all of the boys with the same respect or interest that they treat Harry and Louis, so any time you try to convince them of a stunt related to Liam, Zayn, or Niall, they’re likely going to make their decision based on nothing but bias and refuse to budge on it no matter how much evidence you have.  Taking their word on Louis being the only one still under contract/sabotaged when they clearly don’t pay any attention to what’s actually going on with the other boys would be foolish.  You can always try to change a Larrie’s mind and maybe there should always be people that do try, but from my perspective, it’s just a depressing and infuriating situation to put yourself in.  

At best, I would have those conversations privately, especially if the blog has a lot of influence.  A blog with a lot of influence has ulterior motives to not changing their views publicly because if they do, they may well lose followers.  You may have a chance of getting them to look at evidence if you’re talking in private though.

I know the whole 1D friendship thing is hard right now because it’s been more than 5 years since they’ve really interacted.  We’ve gotten some Niam, Nouis, and Lilo here and there, but most of that is just talk even, no pics.  Because we have no immediate evidence of their friendship in front of us, all we have to rely on is interviews which we KNOW are BS-narrative machines.  It’s hard to ignore them when it’s all we have, but we should ignore them anyway because past experience has taught us just how much interviews push stunt narratives.

I would actually say the whole Narry outing recently gives us more to believe in than anything else.  If Harry and Niall hung out completely in public and we only found out about it through a picture a week or two later that could easily have never been identified by a fan, then it’s pretty likely that all the boys have managed to hang out whenever they want without being noticed, right?  Especially if they went to each other’s houses instead of to a public hiking trail.  There’s so much going on behind the scenes that we don’t have access to or knowledge of.  Zayn could have hung out with any one of the boys at any time because we hardly know where he is.  He’s almost never even on social media, so there are huge chunks of time where he’s unaccounted for.

The hiatus is hard specifically because of a lack of new information and because the status quo (in terms of the BS narrative) has had no reason to change for a long time.  I’ve said it before, but with Zayn’s situation, the only time after hiatus started that it makes narrative and business sense to reverse the “feud” narrative is leading up to a reunion.  That means we most likely WILL NOT see any improvement until a reunion approaches and with the pandemic, that’s definitely not happening this year and probably not even next.  It sucks, but the status quo of BS being maintained is what we should expect right now and just because it IS being maintained isn’t a sign of anything having worsened.  It’s just logical.  If you want to use the hype of a reconciliation to get fans excited, to sell tickets, to earn money, etc., then you need to wait until a reunion so that you HAVE tickets to sell and money to earn.

I would say hold on to the logical conclusions you can come to from the time when we had a lot of information to go off of (the OTRA tour and just after) and try not to read into anything happening now because there’s just about NOTHING happening right now and there’s just not enough data to find patterns and draw conclusions about the reality behind the fakery. 

[miazeklos]

love what you said about the scripts and I think I may be with you on the not-hating-D&D train. on one hand, I appreciate their unapologetic support of JC and all the content we got out of it. on the other, I do think that they fundamentally misunderstood the characters and the overall story, and that made for some questionable creative choices throughout the years. even on the JC front, I’m conflicted. I love having a version of the story where my OTP doesn’t take the beating that they do in the original, but I also think that that beating is essential to their story. I won’t bore you with the intricacies of my interpretation of asoiaf but, suffice to say, I’m not a big fan of D&D’s interpretation. that said, I used to be much more critical of D&D’s writing until I started thinking about GoT like a big budget, canon divergent, lannicest-centric fanfic. which isn’t ideal, but it’s fine. no adaptation could have pleased every subgroup of a huge fanbase and tbh it’s pretty obvious at this point that most people are just parroting the critical talking points as a way to justify the hissy fit they threw over their ships not being endgame. the average audience member doesn’t actually have an ounce of media literacy and you can tell that simply by asking them WHY the things they didn’t like about season eight* fall under “bad writing” and not under “I personally didn’t enjoy this”.

*it’s also ironic how they only ever talk about the final season, despite the fact that GoT’s storytelling problems started around season 3. it’s almost like they don’t know what “bad writing” means and don’t care to find out.

so, that’s it lol. sorry about that long ass rant it’s just that you’re literally one of the first people I’ve seen being critical of the mindless GoT hate.

much love <3

Hello! Honestly, you make a great point about the 'good writing' and 'bad writing' thing being largely affected by whether people actually liked what was happening on screen. I recognise that my own point of view might be affected by that because, again, a good bit of the show was tailor-written for me in a way that the books, as much as I enjoy them, are not, so it only makes sense that I'd approve, and that goes for the people who were dissatisfied, too. To top liking the content, I enjoy their writing style, too, so that helped.

I'd love to hear your interpretation, to be honest! They definitely have a whole different view of the characters, separate from GRRM's vision, and it does occasionally feel heavy-handed in a way fanfic does - and I say that with a lot of love in my heart, because it's what I do when writing those characters, too, even if it's obviously on a much much smaller scale.

IMO the divide mostly stems from the fact that D&D want to present the Lannisters as fundamentally right in their choices and the rest of the narrative is spun around that*, which doesn't happen in the books because, as you said, their harsh/generally bad decisions have much worse consequences in the books and they get away with essentially everything (until the very very last minute) in the show. Tyrion actively gets away with everything, even, and the twins are remembered well, and the narrative shoves all those things in your face really smugly, which, again, I enjoy and was inordinately gleeful about, but I do realise that it's not for everyone.

*One thing that immediately comes to mind is how they said that Dany killing Viserys - who, while terrible, was her caretaker as a child - was one of the earlier signs of something being wrong while also explicitly showing Cersei - who has actively been antagonistic towards her brother for the majority of their lives - sparing Tyrion's life with no real gain from it twice because none of the three of them actually want each other dead. I think one of the Ds specifically said it in the commentary for 8x04, where the above happens, and the parallel shoved my third eye open with a crowbar. I don't even know if it was a conscious decision they made, but it was... telling about why the show's narrative is what it is.

'I used to be much more critical of D&D’s writing until I started thinking about GoT like a big budget, canon divergent, lannicest-centric fanfic' I love that, haha. With a generous sprinkling of Starks! Honestly, at their core, all adaptations are just that, and you really can't win 'em all. I do think that they could have probably been at least a bit more neutral about it, but then I bounce back once I look at even a fraction of the bitter, thinly-veiled misogynistic venom fans a-la r/freefolk spill to this day, and think that this is exactly what they deserve.

That being said, I agree that the characters are fundamentally different in the show from what they are in the books and, as you said, they diverge very early on - earlier than most people would admit, so what happens in the books would have never worked once the show went on its merry way and shaped its own canon, and while the bare skeleton of the ending is very likely the same, I'm sure a lot was lost in the process and was padded with their own bias and 'lessons' for the audience, which are definitely a whole other thing from what he clearly has in mind.

I don't know if that makes much sense, but the thing that D&D had that GRRM didn't when he was in the process of writing was all the material that he has, all at once, so they sidestepped several corners that he's definitely written himself into by just doing something completely different so that they'll have a finished product even if they're done before him - which they, in the end, were. And again, I love that product, but there's no way the rest of the books will follow even remotely the same storyline, other than a few bigger points, and that's fine, too. It's a rather unique situation to be done with the adaptation before the source material and, whatever the latter ends up being, I'm sure I'll enjoy it, even if the show will now always be the true canon in my heart - for no other reason than because I love what it did with the characters, which takes us back to your point about how for most people 'good' or 'bad' is less about the actual quality and more about their tastes.

You don't need to apologise! Especially not since I ranted in response. ;D Much love right back! ;3

[numba99]

Matthew Tkachuk Birth Chart Breakdown

bringing this series back because I looked at Matt’s chart and it was.... beautiful. He's got a lot of placements I look for in a man so my thirst for this is coming from personal bias but honestly I think it’s nice and y’all wanted more info SO

also my disclaimer that astrology is subjective and im not claiming this is Who He IsTM it’s just my interpretation of the placements and how it could translate to his personality. Take from this what you want!

Sun in Sagittarius (sun = general sense of self): Matty will value freedom very highly. For Sagittariuses, being able to explore and learn is a big source of happiness. He's likely to enjoy doing new activities and having unique experiences, especially with friends. At times, he may come off as a bit flighty or irresponsible, however he can commit for the right person. Sags are a super social and charming sign. Like many fire signs, they have this child-like wonder to them. Matty may be the type of person who can make anything fun. Literally anything. If you’re doing it with him, you’re going to have a good time. He may have a bit of a temper, though. Fire signs can be quick to anger so it’s no surprise Matty can be a little... spunky on the ice. However he really would not be the type to hold a grudge. Hes going to get out what he needs to and then he’ll move on. Also don’t expect anything from honesty from him. Sags are honest, sometimes to a fault, but they typically mean well. If you’re looking for fun and someone with a little extra spark, look no further than Matt.

Moon in Taurus (moon = emotions): Taurus moons are truly one of my favorite placements (am I biased because I am a taurus moon, maybe). Anyways this is an interesting mix with Sagittarius because where sag is more fluid and changing, taurus is a lot more rooted. Matty will really like to create a sense of stability, specifically in his home and with his partner. Someone who is reliable will be very important to him. Likewise, he will be a rock for his partner. Taurus moons are also super romantic and sentimental. The ticket stub from your first movie date? Yeah hes keeping that forever. His love will be super warm and feel like coming home. Taurus moons can be guilty of becoming stagnant, but I think his sun being in Sag would balance that out. Also hes probably super indulgent. Like food, clothes, home items, literally all the creature comforts, hes going all in with. Sex included.

Mercury in Capricorn (mercury = communication): Honest communication is super important for Capricorns (I know it is for most but bare with me). They tend to be quite skeptical of other’s, especially if they have reason to believe you are not being honest. Also, follow through is super important for him. If you tell Matty you’re going to do something, you better do it. He’ll say what he means and means what he says and expects that from everyone. This placement can come off a bit dominant, like when they speak they almost command respect. Matty is probably pretty thoughtful with his words (well maybe off ice at least) and likely does best with practical discussions.

Venus in Capricorn (venus = love/relationships): Success is sexy to Matty. Both his own and yours. He’ll want to be with someone who is ambitious and has goals. He’ll also love showing off his success to you a bit. He wants his partner to know he is someone who can provide. For this reason, I often refer to Venus is Capricorn as a sugar daddy placement. He’ll love putting you in nice clothes/giving you nice things so everyone will know how good you have it. Big power couple vibes. With that being said, he is still practical. He wouldn’t be spending beyond his means or being too ostentatious. But a little flexing here and there never hurt anyone, right? Additionally, Caps are pretty straightforward in their relationships. Once you get to the point where he has chosen to commit (may take a while to get there, Caps can view love as an investment and they wanna be sure they’re getting it right) you really won’t have to guess about how he feels or where he wants the relationship to go. Marriage and family will also be something that is super important to him.

Mars in Capricorn (mars = action/sex): Matty is super goal-oriented and determined. He has big ambitions and he intends to follow through on them. He can be a bit hard on himself, and, at times, other people. Like people who are lazy and don’t go for their goals hes like ??? what ?? Matty also like having control and this will definitely translate to the bedroom. Capricorns are truly the daddies of the zodiac so uhhhh I think y’all can pick up what I'm putting down. He’ll like to be dominant and have control. And it will be fucking GOOD. Capricorns don’t half ass anything. He knows what hes doing, I can guarantee that.

Overall impressions: Matthew is a fun-loving man at his core. He has the ability to bring joy to whoever he is with. He is a people person and often the life of the party. Though he may be hard to nail down at times, once he makes a connection with someone and he wants to pursue a relationship, he is all in. He is incredibly dedicated to his partner and wants them to feel loved and supported. He’d love someone he can travel with and experience new things together. Someone who can challenge him a bit and help him learn/grow will also be really sexy to him. Overall, he is a really dependable and stable lover and pleasure is never something you’d be lacking while with him.

[rotationalsymmetry]

How to Vote

(the other half -- ie, not about how to register, the complicated mess of voting during a pandemic while the USPS is being sabotagued, disability accommodations etc but rather: how to go about deciding who and what to vote for.) (focused on the US) (lefty wavering dramatically between obvious bias and attempts to be politically neutral)

You can probably get info from your county and/or state’s Department of Elections (website, phone number, email, etc) and/or from the library or 411, if there’s info that you want but don’t have yet, like finding out who and what is on the ballot so you know what research to do. (Or where to deliver your ballot because you’re worried the post office won’t -- but that’s not what this post is supposed to be about.)

I desperately miss California’s voter guides -- when I lived in CA that was always my starting point. They’re not perfect. But, like Wikipedia and school research projects, they’re a perfectly good place to start. Anyways: if you got a voter guide or can access one online, start there.

If you’re not sure about a post or issue, or don’t care, it’s OK to only vote on the things you care about and leave the rest blank. You might be asked if you did that on purpose, but that’s it. It’s not going to disqualify your ballot or anything, and it doesn’t mean you’re doing democracy wrong. I mean, I think it’s generally worth voting on everything? But if not knowing who to vote for county dog catcher is stopping you from voting for us president, or vice versa, the important thing is that you do vote about what you care about.

Endorsements: which newspapers, advocacy orgs and other politicians like which candidates and propositions, and why. There’s two ways you can go: you can just go “OK, I trust this group/newspaper/org, I’ll vote how they say” (voting all Democrats or all Republicans is the most straightforward example of this) or you can pay attention to their reasoning and see if you agree with it. Local newspapers are especially useful for local candidates and ballot measures, and if you’re significantly left of center (hi) there might be an alternative weekly newspaper in your area that you can look at. (Dunno about other places, but the San Francisco Bay Guardian routinely rises from the dead to make election endorsements.) There’s advocacy groups for LGBTQ+ people, women, racial and ethnic groups, the environment, renters, disabled people, and people who have strong opinions on other specific issues like gun control and campaign finance reform. Oh, and labor unions make endorsements, so if you like labor unions, you can look at who they endorse.

Friends’ and family members’ opinions and reasoning, similar but less official. Incidentally, if there’s someone whose political views you can’t stand, you can just decide to vote against whatever they’re for and vice versa -- once in a while this can backfire, but most issues and candidates are very partisan. This goes for groups too: there’s some SF groups where if they spoke out against a ballot measure, I almost always ended up voting for it and vice versa.

Looking at history: has a proposition like this come up before, how has this politician voted in the past, to what extent did this politician keep last election’s campaign promises, how do they respond when you send them an email, etc. Kind of like cramming for a test vs paying attention throughout the semester, this is easier the more you’ve been following what your representatives have been doing in between elections. But, cramming is better than nothing. (In this case by “history” I mean like what’s happened in the last 4 years or whatever, not what you’d find in a history textbook, but you’re welcome to take that kind of history into account too.) If you’re young or especially bad at following politics, asking the opinion of someone who’s older or better at following politics and shares at least some political views with you can help.

Reading the actual legal text (for propositions.) Honestly, ime this is one of the least effective things you can do, but it’s an option.

Platforms -- generally candidates say what they stand for and what they intend to do in office on their website. There’s sort of a stereotype of politicians as never fulfilling their campaign promises, but it’s still good to know what politicians say they’re going to do.

Debates, town halls, speeches, rallies, following candidates on social media, etc. Basically: what do the candidates say, and/or do you have a good gut feeling about them. (Gut feelings can be miseading. But so can literally everything else. It’s OK to take a politician’s character into account, as far as you can tell what their character is, in addition to how they stand on the issues.)

Political ads: will probably not tell you anything useful, and will distort your emotional “read” of a candidate. If you can avoid exposure to these entirely that’s ideal; if not, you might want to deliberately give mental points to candidates who are being slammed and take them away from candidates doing the slamming. This stuff has nothing to do with reality. (People putting up signs in yards/windows might give you some sense of whether a candidate is electable in local elections where a dark horse independent or third party candidate is running and will give you a very approximate sense of how popular major candidates are, but that’s about it.) Ads are not really intended to convey meaningful information, they’re intended to create emotional reactions.

If you’re new to voting, this will get easier with time. I mean, it’s always a bit time consuming, and there’s also “the more you just follow one group or person’s endorsements exactly the easier it is, and the more you make each decision individually the harder it is”, but also, you’ll pick up patterns and get a sense of how different groups stand relative to your values (and probably get more confident about your own political beliefs in time as well) and you’ll get a good sense of where you can cut corners and still be happy with your choice, vs where you really should spend the time to do thorough research and reflection.

If you’ve got executive function issues or very limited time, do what you need to do. Set a timer? Do the research with someone else? Ask someone else to do the research for you and tell you what they found? Put a time limit on how much research you’re going to do, and at the end of the time just make a decision whether you feel ready or not? Give yourself lots of get-psyched-up time before and unwind time after? I know I was making test analogies earlier, but there really is no cheating here.

Maybe you’ll make a mistake and regret a voting decision later on. This is OK and it happens to everyone (at least, everyone capable of admitting they made a mistake.) Mistakes can be learned from.

It’s OK to be uncertain. People can be certain and wrong. The whole idea with democracy is that, while any decision-making mechanism can spit out wrong decisions, democracy will overall involve fewer wrong decisions because the people affected by bad decisions are part of the decision-making process. (Which is why being convicted of a felony should never remove someone’s right to vote, but I digress.) It’s an attempt to cut power imbalances, oppression, and cruelty out of the system. Obviously it doesn’t always work in practice. But that is why if you can vote you probably should, even if you feel unsure. Young people should vote. People with mental illnesses should vote. People who have less access to information and resources should vote. Learning disabilities or developmental disabilities? Take your time, ask for help/accommodations if necessary, and vote.

Because, here’s the thing: sometimes it’s hard to figure out who and what to vote for and you have to do a lot of research and thinking it over, and other times it’s really really easy. Because you need healthcare. Or because you know you should be able to get married to your partner. Or because you know that you should be able to use public restrooms like everyone else. Because you’re swimming in thousands of dollars of college debt. Because ludicrous numbers of people are dying from a contagious illness and relief checks are being treated as optional, because your city got wiped out by a hurricane, because your state got wiped out by a derecho, because your state is on fire, and because you know who isn’t handling all that the way they should be. Sometimes the decisions are really, really easy. But only really really easy for some people.

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psyche did not think the feeling running through her could exist, it was too powerful, too profound and pierced her soul in a way that was a beautiful agony.

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S ZODIAC?

Now, this isn’t accurate when it comes to her birthday, except for the sun sign, of course, but this is the arrangement that I thought worked best for Piper. First, let’s start with the sun and moon combination. I decided to go with Libra Sun and Taurus Moon because I found a website that gave the following personality traits for this combination: distinctive, attractive, generous, clingy, procrastinating and indecisive. And honestly, except maybe for the “distinctive” aspect, that’s basically Piper in a nutshell. 

As for Libra Sun in and of itself, it’s really a matter of little things. Piper does believe in fairness and equality, but she’s so keen on pleasing her family that she looks over that to do whatever they wish for her to do. She avoids going on missions for the Death Eaters as much as possible, yes, but when she’s forced to, she often ends up as some kind of diplomat rather than a fighter, because that’s what comes naturally to her. Plus, she can pretend to see both sides’ arguments and therefore make herself feel better for being on the side she’s on.

I think the Moon in Taurus fits Piper very well due to her craving for security and comfort. It’s what she’s always wanted from her family (and never got), and it explains why she keeps on trying to please them so much when they do absolutely nothing for her. She’s also a very physical person, always needing touch and being very touchy-feely, so that fits very well as well.

As for her rising sign, well, Cancer fits quite well, in my opinion. Piper is extremely sensitive to the world around her and its emotions, and she does have pretty good intuitions. She also has a strong desire to nurture and support others, though that might be because no one’s ever done it for her, and she doesn’t want anyone to feel the way she has. 

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S MORAL ALIGNMENT?

True Neutral. I hesitated a lot at first, because it’d be easy to consider Piper good, but I think that she needs to be neutral to be able to be part of the Death Eaters, no matter how much she tries to avoid really doing anything for the cause. The sentence on the website that 100% convinced me that this works for her is: “Most neutral characters exhibit a lack of conviction or bias rather than a commitment to neutrality.” It truly, truly is a lack of conviction when it comes to Piper. She’s quite weak-willed, and is very easily swayed. She doesn’t spend much time thinking about either side, but rather just goes with what will please people the most.

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S ENNEAGRAM?

Type 5, The Investigator, is what I think fits Piper best. Type 5 are the kind of people who are willing to alter their beliefs to fit in with the majority, and I think that fits quite well with who Piper is. Though it’s not to fit in with the majority, but rather with her family, she does alter her beliefs and forgoes the things that matter to her to make them proud. At the same time, she also fears that she doesn’t have enough inner strength to face life, just like a lot of Type 5s. Still, she’s sensitive, and sometimes, to protect herself, tends to put a bit of distance between herself and others whichever way she can. She’s also developed a somewhat minimalistic lifestyle, which can be seen in the way her apartment is arranged, as she fears feeling overwhelmed. All in all, it may not be a perfect match, as is often the case with those personality things, but it’s the one that fits Piper best.

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S MBTI?

ISFJ, The Defender. For this, I mostly went with the strengths and weaknesses of the type, as I feel like most of them fit Piper down to a t. ISFJs are universal helpers, and as someone who’s very supportive of everyone in her life, I feel like this applies to Piper very well. She’s also very reliable and patient, which makes her a very good friend, though she’s lost most of her Hogwarts friends since joining the Death Eaters due to... Reasons, you know. She also uses her imaginative side to put herself in other people’s shoes and try to picture what they might be going through. Add that to the fact that she’s observant, and she’s quite good at understanding how other people are feeling. Piper also has very good practical skills, which means that she can apply her beliefs to real life. Which has been quite complicated lately due to the fact that she doesn’t exactly believe in the Death Eaters’ cause, but still. Problem is, she’s a bit too humble and shy. She doesn’t take pride in her accomplishments, which might have to do with the fact that, no matter how well she did when she was younger, she never managed to make her family proud. The shyness wasn’t that present when she was at Hogwarts, but around her family, she’s as shy as can be. Not only with them, but also with whoever’s around them at that moment. She also has a tendency to take things too personally, and therefore always feels like she’s bothering other people, no matter how they reacted to her in particular. Piper also tends to repress her own feelings, making others’ pass before hers, and putting her all into others rather than herself. To avoid those feelings, she has the instinct to overload herself with things to do, and so she tries to avoid addressing her own feelings that way. 

WHAT ARE YOUR CHARACTER’S ARCHETYPES?

60% Caregiver. “Friendly, sincere, and compassionate, the Caregiver finds their reward in helping others. No one could ask for a better best friend.” I just... Copy-pasted the lil description because that’s Piper in a nutshell, really. It also says in the longer description that Caregivers need to learn how to help when it’s truly needed, and I feel like that’s something that really does apply to Piper.

30% Tastemaker. “The Tastemaker is always on top of the trends—or starting their own. Their sense of style is second to none and their taste, impeccable.” Though Piper follows pretty classical fashion, she does have a good sense of style, and finds her appearance and the way she presents herself to others very important. 

10% Intellectual. “The Intellectual is the ultimate dinner-party guest. Engaging questions and thoughtful debate are their trademarks.” Whilst Piper may not actually be all that into debating, she does love stimulating conversations that address various different things that she either knows a lot about or wants to learn more about. 

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S TEMPERAMENT?

The Melancholic, I think. I hesitated a lot between that and The Phlegmatic, but I feel like the melancholic might fit Piper a little bit better. Especially because of the thoughtful and sensitive traits. The website also mentions that melancholics can be quite romantic, and as Piper is a romantic at heart, and very bad at hiding it too, I thought that it fit especially well. Also, I think that the following sentence is 100% Piper when it comes to romantic connections: “You may long for a deep soul-mate, but you are cautious when it comes to opening up to people.”

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S SOUL TYPE?

Helper, I’m pretty sure. Helpers take a practical approach to things, and help keep the world running. They’re there for others, in various ways, and I think that that fits really well with the way Piper acts. It’s important for helpers to find something to dedicate themselves to, like a cause or a person, Piper has yet to find that for herself, but with my plans(tm) for her, I see that happening in the future. Also, like most Helper types, Piper isn’t the type to seek out a leadership role. She’s content following and assisting in whatever way she can, rather than make be decisions and possibly be blamed for negative outcomes. She also rarely lets herself get carried away when it comes to her emotions, which fits well with this specific soul type. 

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⭐️MGA 5 EPISODE 3 ↪ perfoming romanticism by leo with @rkjeonghxn outfit inspiration: x  x line distribution & times: x 

it’s always easier to move on to the next round when there are a lot of contestant. the fewer they become and the harder the choices will be for the five ceos. there’s undoubtedly a lot of raw talent in this room, some maybe more polished than others, some mostly relying on their popularity and star factor. the latter can’t be downplayed of course, as there’s no reason to have skill in the first place if people aren’t interested in you or want to follow you. still, it’s always a little annoying to see such people get by with minimal talent.

soon after jinyoung returned to his seat following his interview, the entire set falls silent. everyone’s eyes are glued to the judging panel, waiting for the dreaded moment when they will announce the results. his newly found acquaintance changbin is nominated as the top rapper, which comes to no surprise to jinyoung, but it’s choi minho who takes the win. unlike a lot of people here, jinyoung doesn’t feel any type of way for that guy. despite his best friend being in convex, he knows very little about the group and what kind of drama happened that led to the rapper’s departure. he’s not a hater nor is he a fan, and although he didn’t dislike his performance, he wouldn’t have gave him the win either.

he keeps a straight face throughout the eliminations, just quietly wishing not to be on that list when the singer’s turn comes. the top 3 dancers are called to the stage, and he recognizes hwang yeji from that one day at the hospital. they haven’t spoken since and he wishes her well. she’s a pretty good dancer despite her young age, but so is lee chaeryeong. as for suwoong, well, it’s not a question of talent really, but more his personality that jinyoung can’t quite figure out. he’s satisfied with yeji’s win, just as he is satisfied with heejin’s win later on. there was a slight disappointment about not making the top 3 but then again, he still believes he performed the best he could. for someone as obsessed with perfect as he is, it’s hard to accept average results, but he’s a good sport. heejin, as he’s noted multiple times already, is a very good singer. he wonders if she can dance well too, because if she does then she’s almost guaranteed to go to the end. her looks are very idol-like, not to mention she’s young.

joohyun was probably the most surprising elimination for jinyoung. he knew she made a mistake, they all did, and it’s unexpectedly fair that they wouldn’t favor her due to her past participations and already established level of popularity. she’s one of the known contestants here that everyone talks about to the point where jinyoung also knows about it, and even if don’t want to show bias, maybe he thought they would show more leniency towards someone they know, and he now stands corrected. there is no second chance in this competition, and no room for weakness.

he applauds heejin’s win with a proud smile, and it’s probably the first time anyone will have caught him looking so pleased since the very first audition. he’s also happy for sihyeon who’s finally been recognized for her talent. it’s kind of funny how some of those who changed categories managed to survive unlike those who truly wanted to show their best skill. in hindsight, it was pretty clever of them to do so and jinyoung wonders if this was calculated on their part. he doubts so for daniel, who probably just innocently wanted to show another side of himself. but that’s if he’s still the same person he knew all those years ago in busan. maybe he’s changed, like jinyoung did.

he doesn’t care much for the following eliminations, as nobody he knows has been sent home. instead, he pays close attention to what is said next. they are to be paired off in duos and present a neat performance showing not only talent but also teamwork. and it’s probably what he dreads most as of now. it’s not as easy for him to get along with people as much as he’d like, and depending on who he ends up with, this assignment might be his first real challenge. he doesn’t necessarily want to be with a friend, however, because it doesn’t always mean it will lead to a good performance. he ends up with yoon jeonghan.

they’re not friends per say, but they do know of each other and have worked together in the past on musical productions. jinyoung is very enthusiastic at the idea of performing with someone who has talents and tastes similar to his, but it can also be an obstacle in the end. they can’t put up something too expected. it’ll be boring to watch for everyone.

that’s the subject they talk about when they first meet up for practice. “since they know we’re both passionate about musicals, i don’t think we should choose that type of song. what do you think?” he asks jeonghan who promptly agrees. they’re both aware they need to showcase something different, more creative and challenging. something that will throw the judges off, hopefully in a good way. they spend a while just searching online, or scrolling down their playlists in order to find the perfect fit. and after going through several choices, they finally decide on romanticism by leo. the key is to make all the right changes to the choreography and harmonies so it looks and sounds as if it was meant for two people instead of just one. they need to be in complete unison, and not just seem like two individuals performing the same song at the same time.

their first practice consists of making these arrangements and going through them a couple times to see if they fit well, and deciding on the parts they’ll each sing. they both agree to practice on their own whenever they have free time, then meet together every day for several hours so they can put it all together. it just won’t work if they both work separately.

while jinyoung criticizes a lot, he’s also very open to criticism himself. as long as it’s nothing insulting, he believes this is the only way one will grow, and not with fake praises. if he sucked, he wants to know. if he does one movement wrong, he wants to know so he can fix it. if jeonghan feels it would be better if they switched one part because it sounds off, he’ll be open to the idea. what he finds exhausting is those who are too scared to make any kind of negative comment, or who take everything too personal. they’re impossible to work it, not to mention annoying. it’s all meant to enhance the performance. the judges won’t chose the best out of the two of them. so either they win together, or fail together. it doesn’t matter if one sings five seconds more, as long as it makes the whole thing better.

it’s surprisingly easy to work with jeonghan, and jinyoung comes home at night almost with a spring in his step, telling mina about how practice is going with a lot more details than usual. he’s optimistic, hopeful. if it were to suddenly come crashing down....

the two men sit next to each other, and jinyoung can’t help but notice there’s so few of them compared to the first episode. sixty chairs have disappeared since then. he remains exactly like the second episode, face stoic as he watched the first few duos perform on stage. the only moments he stops being a statue is in-between performances, as he leans over to jeonghan and whispers things inaudible to cameras, about what he liked and didn’t like.

yugyeom goes before with him, with a contestant called do kyungsoo, and he honestly has no idea what to expect when they first start. it seems like they managed to use each other’s strength and make up for the other’s weakness quite well, and jinyoung hopes it’s enough for them to make it through. some of the duos make unexpected yet good pairs, and some match so well it’s almost boring. he wonders if this will be the case for jeonghan and him, although they didn’t go for a musical number. are their skills too similar? but it’s not like they can suddenly pretend one of them can rap either, so there’s nothing they can do about it if they were put together.

they go near the end, with only three duos left after them. they both bring a chair to the center of the stage and sit on them after introducing themselves. the original artist has a very specific way of dancing, that makes every movement look smooth but not sloppy, and sensual but not sexual. there’s a fine line they can’t cross, and jinyoung does feel like they got in down after hours and hours of practice. jeonghan starts off the song with his first lines.

In my mind you’re my lord, the reality is not close enough You’re my one You’re my one

jinyoung parts his legs in a swift motion as the dance obliges, and because there are no backdancers, instead of gesturing to his empty side, he briefly cups jeonghan’s chin instead, making it one of a several modifications to the original choreography. it’s not hard to imagine he’s singing to his girlfriend right now, and wishing she was the one dancing with him. jeonghan and him aren’t exactly flirting together, their actions more inclined to the audience, but there still needs to be a connection between them, a sensuality that can be felt all the way to the very back of the studio. I see through your body, The sign that gets my sensitivity wet Your eyes are chasing after my movement As if saying come after you

in the middle of this verse they both stand up, leaving their chairs behind for the time being. the way they arranged this part suits the lyrics well. it’s as if they’re also chasing each other, delivering their lines back and forth like one echoes the other, and as jeonghan finishes it, jinyoung prepares for the chorus. two minutes isn’t long at all, and after this they’re jumping straight to the bridge so the transition isn’t too cut and dry. Dive-in for me at this moment, make me shiver one time Romanticism in our world together now Let’s feel it romantically, together now

the dance gets more intense and demanding, but they’ve arranged for them to sing half of it together, harmonizing each other. jinyoung’s gaze is piercing, and he has fun flirting with the crowd. there are a lot of parts in this song where they rub their chest, their face or roll their hips, and there’s a risk to make it look cheap and very cringe-worthy if they’re not careful, so they made sure to tell the other whenever it was too much, or not enough. they want to mesmerize the audience, not turn it off.  Piece of you for just one moment Feel me from now on

Let’s feel it sensually, together now Girl you know I’m watching you together now

they had to cut the last chorus in half to fit in the time requirement, but in the end it doesn’t really matter since they jump next into the other half which is kind of a nice follow-up and uses the same lyrics. they sing most of it together, dancing in sync.

together now.

[ill-be-istj-if-no-one-else-is]

So this’ll probably be a multiple part submission, but again it’s the “ISTJ 4w5” anon here with more info about myself for better typing. Sorry it took so long to get back, I was out of town. So I read your post about what information is helpful when typing so I’ll do my best. Basically, I’ve gone back and forth with all different types, trying to find my best fit. A friend of mine who’s pretty knowledgeable about mbti was the one who suggested I may be ISTJ for a few reasons: I usually (1/?)

think everything through at least a little-as I’ve gotten older I’ve become a lot more spontaneous and adventurous about things, I love new experiences too-but even with these things I still think about how I’ll get it to work, what the possible repercussions will be, exactly what I need to do to accomplish things, etc., so Judging would make sense for my personality. I do actually do tons of research on most things beforehand, sometimes I’ll get lazy and “just do it” but I almost always (2/?)

go into something with at least a little foreknowledge. I also make decisions with my head, so for that reason it seemed like it made sense for me to have thinking as my dominant judging function, because I always choose the most logical option/what will yield the best result, sometimes based on what has worked in the past. But I’m not against new suggestions, because I look at what will work the best or yield the best result as I said before. But I will lean towards things that have worked(3/?)

before if they seem to be the best solution. I didn’t think I could be a Thinking dominant because for me there’s no way I could have inferior Feeling, which is why the stackup of a Perceiving function followed by Thinking and Feeling made sense-because I always check in with my values/feelings before making a decision but always rely on objective logic first-which I’ve heard is a staple of Te vs Ti subjective logic. But if I completely disagree with the morality of a choice I won’t do it.(4/?)

Basically, I’ll always find a way to make things work unless it’s absolutely impossible. Im pretty stubborn. I’m dependable and if I say I will do something I always do it. I have a good memory and I remember minor things my friends or people in my life tell me for a long time, just little details. I always need details when someone is telling me a story, or relaying something that happened, because I like to know specifics and analyze them. I strictly adhere to external logic when analyzing(5/?

(Im starting from where I think I left off bc tumblr wasn’t sending them) But if I completely disagree with the morality of a choice I won’t do it. Basically, I’ll always find a way to make things work unless it’s absolutely impossible. Im pretty stubborn. I’m dependable and if I say I will do something I always do it. I have a good memory and I remember minor things my friends or people in my life tell me for a long time, just little details. I always need details (6?/?)

and specifics and analyze them. I strictly adhere to external logic when analyzing things too, like my conclusions need to match up with the objective logic I use. I’m not much for rules or traditions like most ISTJ stereotypes go, but stereotypes are just that and aren’t what’s important to look at when typing. I have certain traditions that I appreciate but I’m almost always open to an adventure or new experience. I like the idea of making new memories as well, and I love learning new things.(7/?)

Idk how much of the last asks even sent, ugh. Anyway: I’m aware of my surroundings; I mean I can get lost in my own world or distracted like anybody else but my mood is heavily influenced by my environment. I get “vibes” from an environment and just kind of feel like they’re good or bad. Oftentimes a “good” vibe will be something that invokes a positive memory or experience, but it can also just be because it’s pleasant in some way. My comfort is important to me and I like to be in touch (8/?)

I can be spontaneous, but I’m not reckless because I always think things through at least preliminarily. I just believe in seizing the moment and making the most of an experience, so I love “adrenaline junkie” activities. Usually that’s an Se stereotype, it’s something I can relate to but I wouldn’t call myself impulsive because I analyze pretty much everything. I just have noticed that I can be more adventurous than my Se dom friend, which is interesting. But it’s all about how one thinks.(8/?)

For the zillionth time my tumblr was acting all wack and idk how many parts of my ask sent, so let’s hope they did... I’m aware of my surroundings; I mean I can get lost in my own world or distracted like anybody else but my mood is heavily influenced by my environment. I get “vibes” from an environment and just kind of feel like they’re good or bad. Oftentimes a “good” vibe will be something that invokes a positive memory or experience, but it can also just be because it’s pleasant somehow(8?/?

My comfort is important to me and I like to be in touch with my 5 senses, always. I often pick up on details other people miss but I can be as oblivious as anyone else on a bad day. I would consider myself a fairly intuitive person, but definitely not an abstract iNtuitive-type. Im just pretty perceptive about things, it’s something those close to me always tell me. I get senses or vibes from people when I meet them, and I’ve had plenty of experiences where I’ll get a certain vibe from (9/?)

mom sometimes, but that could be due to maturity. I used to think I was an iNtuitive, but I realized I am actually most likely a sensor who was mistyped thanks to bad descriptions due to intuitive bias. I know the only real difference is Sensing focuses on the here/now and the past, drawing on resources and memory, and using concrete, linear thinking, likes details and being in touch with surroundings, etc. I really dislike abstract thinking and I always need practical real life examples (10/?)

applications in order for me to care. I like the abstract symbolism in art, music, etc. And in that sense I like to determine what the real meaning is. So I don’t hate abstractions but they’re not my favorite, so an Ne weak spot in that department would make a lot of sense for me. I just hate abstract theories on things that have no real use or meaning to me. I also know that an “I” type doesn’t always mean one is a true introvert because it’s all about functions, but I’m almost positive I(11/?)

am one because I’m definitely an introvert and my primary thought process is always done internally. I’ve done so much research on mbti and enneagram, which my friend also thought could be due to wanting to discover my true identity, which I’ve heard is an enneagram 4 thing. Discovering my identity is very important to me. Obviously I’m not an expert, I’m just a person who wants to understand themself and has researched and read a lot to be able to do that (12/?)

There’s definitely parts of personality theory that I don’t know, but I definitely know more than anyone else I know personally in my life, it’s kind of become a hobby I guess. I just really want to know my type, not to flaunt it like some badge of honor for being a super “rare” or “cool” type; I want to know so I can grow as a person and understand myself and how I think and make decisions so I can see my reasoning and improve myself. Anyway I hope this info helps, I love your blog (13/14)

and thanks for taking the time to read all this horrific mess. (14/14)

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I wrote a much longer response but it was very piecemeal as these came through.

In short: my guess would be SFP, either ISFP or ESFP.

Reasoning: I think in your attempts to avoid intuitive stereotypes you fell into a whole lot of stereotypes about Se that led you not to type as using it even though you seem very clearly a high Se user to me. You don’t provide many specific examples, ironically enough (eg: a lot of people say they get vibes, but there is a difference between ‘I regularly guess information about people that they are shocked I could figure out’ and ‘I can tell when people are sad sometimes’ and people use ‘vibes’ for both), so Ti vs. Fi is more difficult as you don’t really provide examples of your logic and there’s a lot of tautology. That said your motivations for MBTI as true identity (which...it is not your true identity, please do not think of any personality theory as such, they’re all generic archetypes of your identity) seem more in line with Fi as do some other things. Some observations:

-most people think their actions through to some extent. Some more than others but even spontaneous Ne and Se users have like, a thought and don’t just leap blindly. You don’t really provide an example here of your planning or your adventurousness.

-”I make decisions with my head” and “I always choose the most logical option” are actually signs to me that you don’t have a great sense of self-awareness. No one always chooses the most logical option unless they’re a robot. We all do irrational things sometimes, and honestly, how do you even decide what’s more logical in a lot of decisions?

-while it is true that Te uses objective logic and Ti uses subjective logic, people are very bad at telling which they use - which isn’t a judgment on them or you, but it also means that if someone says “I use objective logic” it doesn’t really mean anything. You need to tell me what decisions you make that are objective.

-If you have moral stances but do things that completely contradict them...then you don’t have moral stances, you just say you do. So this is tautological.

-Lots of people can be stubborn; dependability is more stereotypically judgers but I’ve met some exceptionally reliable perceivers; it’s a learned skill that smart people learn to develop regardless of type.

-contrary to stereotype, while some Si-doms do have a great memory (I think mine is better than average) plenty don’t; the capacity to remember details is more sensing because of the detail-oriented nature.

-similar to the objective logic statement it would be helpful to understand what you mean by external logic.

-being always open to an adventure or new experience is not really likely in high Si users until they’re pretty old. I mean, I am as discussed in the midst of a bunch of new experiences and while I’ve moved and started new jobs/school a few times and am used to it I am still kind of constantly fighting the urge to just hide in my new apartment (not having wifi in it is ‘helping’). The fact that you also are an adrenaline junkie is really not typical of Si-doms at all.

-Finally: introversion. Your writing style strikes me as extroverted. You don’t provide examples. I would need to know more about what you mean by “your thought process is internal” because like, that is what thoughts are - internal. Extroverts still have a full inner monologue.

My guess is you’re a type 4 ESFP who is in the midst of tert-Te development and so you are currently identifying very strongly with logic and productivity. However, it’s also very possible you’re an organized ISFP; my ISFP sister is one of those. As mentioned a lot of people realize that being flaky isn’t really a good look; a lot of SFPs are also very practical (high Se) and place a high value on reliability as a moral trait or identity trait. I find the nature of Fi and Ti is such that it’s really hard for people who use them to always know which one they use because they’re so subjective by nature; high Fi users often see their moral decisions as logical and high Ti users often see their logical decisions as also moral (unless they are of the edgy, “I have no morals” sort).

[chenoehi]

I'll amend one thing I said in my post about @ thisheartsmadefullmetal last night because it was brought to my attention (ty):

Reblogging a post from the account can either mean you're still following the account or you got it through the tags. The bigger the blog, I'm more likely to believe they just follow the account rather than surf the tags but a lot of people pick up her posts from the tags and don't notice that it's her because they don't have her blocked yet (those that already knew how she was, that is) and others just genuinely don't know about how she is. I found out that she was well known for being problematic in the jikook community among bigger blogs, ones who have sense, when her JK post blew up. Until then, I just thought she was a Jimin bias who was maybe a little too attached and I ignored her monologues and reblogged her cute posts and I was essentially part of the problem because I chose to overlook warning signs.

More casual bloggers, less time invested jikook blogs, and other Jimin biases are probably not on here enough to know what goes on in the jikook tag or they don't follow that blog closely enough to tell.

I tried to make it clear in my post, but maybe it didn't come through: I'm calling out the people who have chosen to keep following after she made the Jungkook post knowing full well what she is and other blogs who have supported or defended her. I took screenshots of the post she made and attached them in my own post I made last month when that happened (which anyone can go to my blog and see if they want to know what I'm talking about) but I unfortunately did not take pictures of the notes section. The number of people defending her was alarming.

I would urge you to look at the post at the top of my blog and read through what she wrote if you haven't already seen the post I made last night or even if you have. I'm not promoting a sheep mentality. Everyone needs to think for themselves. Unfortunately, she deletes every post that she gets criticized for and moves on like nothing happened so no one can say or do anything about it. Some of her followers genuinely don't know about the post and that's just sad that she's manipulating people. If you don't think she manipulates people, not once did she respond to the criticism under her post about Jungkook (perhaps she thinks she's above criticism?) and immediately after she deleted her post she made what I believe was a photo set of Jimin with pictures from one of the BWL fansigns where he has pink hair and has the veil on and waxed poetic over his appearance as "Jimliet." And people immediately started liking and reblogging again. That's her MO.

Back to the point of this point, maybe the account I mentioned in the other post isn't actually following her, if so I jumped the gun on that part, but what I said still stands. Anyone can see her @ when they reblog her posts so they're actively reblogging posts from someone who has been hateful and who clearly doesn't care about her toxic impact in this community and I and many others think that's wrong. A lot of people don't want to follow blogs that support toxic bloggers, and I'm one of them. So if you follow her I reserve the right to unfollow you and I can block you if I think I need to because then I won't see any posts of her's you share. But I don't want to block unproblematic jikook blogs and lose people I like, I would rather blacklist the url if I can do that. I've never done that before so I have to see.

However.

The person who told me I was being dramatic when I said I blocked a few specific jikook blogs "over this," you need to take a step back buddy.

I didn't block them over this. It was only a couple of blogs (blogs I wasn't following) that I searched for, went to directly, blocked but I noticed these past two weeks that they either still followed her or were at least still sharing her posts after knowing what she did and it was the final straw. I've never followed them and I've had my reasons. They've done and said problematic things. They've reblogged this girl's hateful posts about bangtan before. One of them defended her when she made the Jungkook post and I even personally interacted with them. I've another personal interaction with that same one before and I didn't like them then. And one I know still supports another blogger who has become toxic who I won't name here but other jikook blogs know her because she thought "jikook were on a break." And she's a lowkey jikook blog that doesn't make waves but she reblogged a post about Hoseok with a negative intention to pit him against Jimin and that just boils my fucking blood. And I see blogs I follow reblog both of these problematic people's posts every day because one of them especially is VERY popular in the jikook circle. And that's the one who defended thisheartsmadefullmetal and who I spoke to. A while back when I first came here I followed them for a minute and then quickly unfollowed because I could see they were problematic. Problem is, they're a subtle form of problematic that goes unnoticed if you're not looking. They're not in you're face with it. Now I've officially blocked because I want no personal interaction with them.

Before you call me dramatic please understand there's more going on than just what I took the time to write about last night when I was tired and felt like including because the post wasn't about those other blogs.

I can't win every personal battle and some aren't worth fighting, but this account here is so toxic to the community and her influence over her followers is dangerous.

Thank you guys for the support, honestly I didn't expect it when I made this post because of the tone and the message. I know more negativity isn't good but I just needed to voice this. So thank you 💜

[mint-yooxgi]

~Mint-Yooxgi’s Fic Recs~

Since a few of you have been asking, and since I've been wanting to do this for a while, here they are! In no particular order, here are some of my favourite fics I've read so far on Tumblr by some amazing authors. As I read more, more stories will be added to the list, but these are the ones that I could think of off the top of my head currently. So, without further ado, here are some of my fic recs!

BTS

I Won’t Stop You - Vampire!Jungkook X Reader Series by @imsarabum

Vampire!AU, Fantasy, Angst, Smut

Now, normally I don’t read long series, or many Jungkook fics since he’s not my bias, but let me tell you something. This series is one of the best series I have had the pleasure of reader. The way the characters are described and the emotions they go through make you feel like they’ve come to life. I love the way it’s written, and how the author puts their own twist on a seemingly classic supernatural creature. The sexual tension alone is enough to get one hot and bothered before any smut actually takes place. Plus, the way the OC is written is very strong, where she’s able to stand up for herself and is also very headstrong. I really enjoyed that aspect. I highly recommend this series to anyone who hasn't read it yet.

Blue Orchids - Jungkook X Reader by @inktae

Angst, A little bit of fluff

Says I don't read many Jungkook fics yet my first two on my rec post are both Jungkook fics. Anyways, I remember seeing this fic on so many fic rec posts before and I always put off reading it since I'm not a huge fan of angst unless I'm in the mood. I wish I read this one sooner. This was one of the first fics that introduced me to the Hanahaki Desease concept and from the first few paragraphs I was hooked. The way the emotions are portrayed, and the overall progression of the story had my heart clenching in pain over the course of this fic. I enjoyed reading this fic and thought it was very well written and paced.

Demon Ritual Series - BTS X Reader by @sopewriters

Horror, Smut

Now, anyone who knows me knows that I love anything supernatural, dark, and creepy (hence my love for Yandere! themed stories). These were actually some of the first fics I read when I was starting to get into the K-Pop community. They’re all very well written with their own interesting plots, plus the added element of smut adds for an even more compelling read. If you scare easily, I recommend reading with the lights on since these stories are all based on very real demon summoning rituals.

The Endless Winter - Jimin X Reader by @workofteaguk

Fluff, Idol/Fan!AU, Soulmate!AU

I remember when this popped up on my dash and I read the summary, I was intrigued, When I read it, I was not disappointed. I love the way this specific AU is portrayed since I happen to be a sucker for soulmate AUs. I was highly impressed with the flow of the story and how the series of events take place. I really like it.

EXO

The Cartel - EXO X Reader Series by @kpopfanfictrash, @iwonchubebe, @changseobbing, @bread-jinie, @imdifferentshadesofpurple, @def-initely-soul, @knockknocksoosthere, and @mak-baes (I hope I tagged everyone!)

Mature, Smut

Once I read the first two stories in the series, I was hooked. Each writer has a unique way of bringing their characters and AU to life. I was never disappointed with this series. The fact that it’s all based around a 70′s drug cartel just makes things more interesting, and usually I'm not a fan of these types of AUs. I remember being so excited for each instalment before they were released and how happy I was when I saw the next part posted. Each story flows well into the next, and you can easily follow the chain of events that continues throughout the series. This series is definitely one of my favourites along with I Won’t Stop You.

Deranged - EXO (Suho) X Reader Series by @heebiejbies

Psychological!AU, Angst

In which Junmyeon has a dissociative identity disorder and each member of EXO is a different identity. I read it all in a few hours and after I was done the most recent part, I remember being like, ‘I can't wait to see what happens next!’ The whole idea and concept surrounding this fic is so intriguing and I absolutely love the way each character is portrayed and the sequence of events that have occurred so far. This series is written brilliantly and I cannot wait for more!

Nothing More - Baekhyun X Reader Series by @peachykaix

Angst

This was another series I was hesitant to start since angst hurts me in so many ways, but it was so worth the read. I loved every second of this fic, and the way it is written is so beautiful. The way the emotions are portrayed really tug at my heartstrings. I remember reading part one before class and wanting to read the next part immediately after, but I had to wait. It was worth it, and my heart was aching by the time I was finished reading it.

Exodus Mall Series - EXO X Reader by @yehet-me-up

Fluff, Smut

I’ve only read a few of the stories posted so far, but I'm already in love. I love the buildup of fluff scenes, they make me feel all soft on the inside, and the progression just makes for a great story. I’m excited to continue reading this series and for more parts to come out! I love the way the author also interconnects each story with each other. It amazes me the time and effort spent planning this all out, and they're doing such a good job so far!

Devil’s Advocate - Vampire!Chanyeol X Angel!Reader by @nunchiwrites

Action, Fluff, Angst, Thriller, Vampire!AU, Angel!AU

Now, when I say this is a good series, this is a good series. I remember when I first came across it when I first got into the K-Pop community on Tumblr, I thought it was going to be completely different than how it turned out, so I put off reading it for a bit. This story completely blew away my expectations and flipped what I thought about it upside-down. I absolutely love the way the characters are portrayed, and everything leading up to the end flows so smoothly and leaves you wanting more after each chapter. Plus, I love how there’s fight in the OC instead of just surrendering immediately.

Of Lemongrass and French Vanilla - Werewolf!Jongdae X Reader also by @nunchiwrites

Fluff, Action, Thriller, Mystery, Werewolf!AU

Literally one of the best Jongdae fics I have read so far. I love everything about this fic and the situations that occur in it. The way the scenario plays out made me want to read it as soon as I could to figure out what happened next. I also love the portrayal of the characters and overall the way it is written. Plus, I'm a sucker for any typer of soulmate AUs.

Scars - Sehun X Reader by @forexcapism

Angst, Soulmate!AU

Remember that post I made awhile back regarding this fic? No? Well let me remind you. This fic is so beautifully written and progressed, your heart will be aching the whole time you read it. The portrayal of emotions and scenes are so well written, that this fic actually brought me close to tears, and I don’t normally get too emotional over fics. I love this fic so much, and it’s sequel. Honestly, everything on their masterlist is a pleasure to read!

I’m Here - Kyungsoo X Reader also by @forexcapism

Horror

The entire concept of this fic had me intrigued, even just by reading the title I was hooked. The element of suspense and horror situated throughout this fic is just the perfect amount, and it definitely sent a few chills down my back as I was reading it. I definitely recommend it if you love supernatural type fics with the element of horror. Plus, it’s written very well.

Pink - Sehun X Reader by @soobadnoonecanstopher

Humour, Smut, Fluff, Neighbour!AU

Reading this, I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I could not keep the smile off my face as I read the first half of this fic. It’s very well paced and feels like an actual situation that could happen. Plus, the added sexual tension and smut at the end makes for one hot story. I love this fic, and I highly recommend you read it, as you won't be disappointed.

All Yours - Sub!Jongin X Reader by @silhouetted-beauty

Slight Angst, Smut

Holy shit is this ever a good fic! Sub!Jongin? Sign me the fuck up, hell yes! The way this story is written is so sinful, but it does not take away from the plot at all. An added bonus is that this story is told mainly from Jongin’s perspective, a fact that I love. The way this fic is written is so entertaining, and I remember finishing it and thinking, ‘wow, it’s over already?’ It is that good.

GOT7

A Theory - GOT7 X Reader Series by @maknae-unnie

Angst, Smut

In which all seven members of GOT7 take the OC on a wild ride, with the influence of Jimin and Taehyung, of course. Let me just say, I love the concept behind this fic and the way it’s written will have you smirking in no time (or blushing, idk). I definitely recommend it.

Seven Steps To Hell - GOT7 X Reader Series also by @sopewriters

Seven Cardinal Sins!AU, Drama, Angst, Smut

Each of the members as one of the seven deadly sins? Yes please! Each story has a unique take on these sins and how the sins are portrayed. I love the entire concept surrounding this fic and it is very well written. This is definitely not your typical seven deadly sins fic. I love how each of their characters are portrayed, and how the OC’s character is as well. It definitely gives you something to think about.

7 Days of Heaven - GOT7 X Reader Series by @yg-got7scenarios

Smut, Fluff

What better way to celebrate your birthday than with the guys of GOT7? How about a week vacation where each night you get a different member to live out a confessed drunken fantasy with? Score! Honestly though, I love the whole idea behind this series as it’s unique, and hilarious to read at the beginning of each fic what the OC unknowingly confesses to certain members while drunk. This series made me learn some new things about myself too, if you know what I mean. *Wink, wink* In all seriousness though, I really enjoyed this and I love the way it’s written.

Pull of the Moon - Werewolf!Jaebum X Reader by @honghearts

Werewolf!AU, Fluff, Smut, Friends to lovers!AU

When I say please read this fic, please read this fic! The way it’s written is so amazing and I really felt for JB for the first little bit. Plus, it was really hot. This is literally one of my favourite fics that I always go back to because I love the plot, the smut, and the flow of the story. You will not be disappointed if you read this fic. Another early fic of mine the I found when getting into K-Pop.

Monsta X

The Line Between Right and Wrong - Vampire!Wonho X Chubby!Reader by @jaehyunskitten22

Smut, Fluff, Vampire!AU

Words cannot even begin to describe how I feel about this fic. I love it so much, and it’s so damn sexy! I also really appreciate the fact that it’s with a chubby!reader as sometimes it’s hard to picture myself in certain fics as I'm not the skinniest person out there. I remember when I chanced upon this fic, I was immediately blown away by the writing style and the concept. Literally everything on their masterlist is gold. I love this fic so much, and I highly recommend reading it!

VIXX

Proud - Ken X Reader by @byleo

Fluff, Smut, First time!AU

This fic is literally the reason I started biasing Ken in the first place. It’s written so well, and it’s so hot, I love every single aspect of it. Not only is it written well, but it is more from the point of view of Ken, which just adds onto the story in my opinion. The first time AU incorporated into this fic is literally the sweetest thing ever, you will not regret reading this one bit!

[kokichiousama]

Hey @jacksmusesdrv3 I’ve been following your exchange with Skylar and I have something that I feel a third party has to address (with their blessing, just so I’m not accused of butting in):

You keep calling them out on ‘assuming‘ and ad hominems while your response is one of the rudest things I’ve seen. I won’t address any actual points properly since it’s not my lane but I will not hesitate to call you out (and Skylar, you’re allowed to reblog this if you want of course)

“I’m not saying your suggestion is a bad deduction because of course, his organisation isn’t as huge of a thing in terms of its influence, but again, this is a layer. One layer =/= the full package. We’re going to come across this issue a lot, so enough with ‘only reason’.“

The bold does jack shit to explain what you actually mean, as does everything else. Saying ‘enough with x‘ makes you sound like you believe you have control over the other side’s words, which you don’t, so I’d suggest being more polite. Additionally, this paragraph ofers no text-based explanation of there being more, it’s just you saying the other side doesn’t see everything you do.

“This is where you’re really starting to lose me. You think I’m assuming. That’s the same as assuming that I’m assuming. Besides, it’s not an assumption at all to suggest that say, ‘ten working under Ouma’ and ‘only nine being present’ is suspicious as all hell, and Shuichi should have questioned it at least once.”

I have to bounce the ball back - aren’t you assuming they’re assuming you’re assuming? It’s a childish game you’re playing to avoid actually addressing the point. For the record ‘I think you’re assuming...’ is not an insult. It’s an assertion based on what you said that you can easily prove wrong by explaining your reasoning. As for whether that specific point of yours is an assumption - it is. A detail lke that is easy to overlook, and it not being pointed out by anyone in the game points to it being a honest error and not a planned important point. But that’s just my assumption, that I admit is an assumption, just like Skylar did.

“So that’s a big ‘citation needed’ on your implied ‘coincidence’ or ‘irrelevant’ for starters. But that’s not all.”

It’s not really, no. I’m sure the actual point will be responded to in the response soon, but I just want to point out you come off as really aggressive and agitated in this paragraph, and there are less intimidating ways of asking for proof - which you yourself don’t provide.

“Like dude, if even Shuichi is thinking ‘hey something’s weird, is he really lying?’ that says entire omnibuses, and holds way more weight than your assumption that he ‘just gave up the jig’.”

Does it really? Saihara is inherently distrustful of Ouma and he doesn’t have access to all the same information genre-savvy, Ouma-loving audience does. At that point, he and a lot of other peoplre who don’t like him as much will have a hard time deciding if he’s lying or not. It’s not a matter of it actually meaning something. Your insistence on that is frankly insulting considering Skylar put a lot of thought into their interpretation bcause, spoilers, they love his character and can interpret if he meant something or not. Hell, I personally don’t agree with every interpretation but yours or Saihara’s (???????????) don’t inherently hold more weight.

“Besides that certain key hints actually are straight up smack bang in your face and you are in fact choosing to dismiss them (not even first narrative run, but on the analytical level even), you know what else this game encourages you to do, but doesn’t spoonfeed you into doing so, if you do not want to?

Research. Decode. Find what things mean.”

Okay so, this stuck out to me as the single rudest and least self-aware part of the entire post. I realise I can be rude too but my god, this is next level.

This would be rude under any circumstances, mind. You’re essenially calling your opponent stupid and willfuly ignorant for not seeing things the same way you do, and ‘dismissing’ things you deem important. It’s offensive and wrong on its own, but I want to point out two things here.

One, you yourself have thrown MASSIVE temper tantrums when someone pointed out things you missed, like anime references you didn’t realise were anime references. One could easily argue the references were put there to be recognised, or there are so many because the mastermind is an otaku. You chose to dismiss that because it doesn’‘t fit your view and exposes that you didn’t know something.

Two, the people who call you out and respond to you are, in fact, fans of the game who analysed it and came too their own conclusions based on their perspective an observations. They do, in fact, do their research, and they do in fact try too connect things logically. The game is so messy that multiple intelligent and dedicated people have come to multiple detailed conclusions.. But none of them ever get as rude at each other as you have at everyone who disagrees.

Side note, if the game doesn’t want to spoonfeed us information. why should anyon let you, ostensibly not the creator, someone with extremely questionable proof and attitude, spoonfeed us second-hand information? It’s good for everyone that you’re being questioned and disagreed with.

“Ouma intentionally says things in a manner that is confusing, yes.

But you don’t have a damn clue WHY he is doing it this way, do you?”

They do, actually, and have stated so multiple times.

Again, you’re not the creator. Your explanation is not the standard everyone should aspire to. Someone not agreeing with your interpretation is not clueless by default. That’s rude, presumptuous, and really arrogant.

“Gonna have to stop you there with a small clarification but also this is another assumption from you- I never once said the video itself was fake, just that there’s something fishy about it (the presentation).”

They said ‘I think you think‘, so yes, they admitted it’s an assumption. You don’t need to point that out. Just disprove it, like you did later anyway. People assume things all the time, and it’s normal to do so when you give every indication that that’s the case. It doesn’t make their case less legitimate.

“And please, ‘could be paid actors’ is an assumption in of itself given the circumstances so unless you’ve got something more solid than Kaede’s literal fragment memory of the sealing before she should even logically HAVE it in Tsumugi’s ‘narrative’, and Ouma’s group being bloodied while the others’ situations were obscured, then cool it with telling me I’m making assumptions.”

By this point I hope you realise how funny it is to see you call them out on saying you make assumptions when you called them out on it like 5 times, no? Also, yes. It is an assumption. That’s why the phrase used is ‘could be‘, and not ‘are‘ or even probably are‘. It’s an assumption that’s a counter to your assumption, given as an example. You have no reason to get woorked up over it. And again. You’re demanding proof in a really aggressive way, when there’s no reason to. You can and should be polite in a debate, and stay away from ad hominems.

“Speaking of ‘furthering agendas’ the one getting progressively more mad at the other over certain content used sounds like they’re harbouring more than just an agenda. But that’s none of my business. You have decided that my evidence is all arbitrary, that it’s based on agenda. On what authority exactly? Your own basis for this holds up about as well as a bridge made out of caster sugar.“

This is another disgusting ad hominem, and another example of you sounding aggressive over nothing - while calling Skylar out on sounding mad? They honestly don’t to me, call me out on a bias if you need, but I don’t see it. They just sound tired, and I would be too, if I had to base on ‘evidence‘ I find inherently unconvincing. Truth is, I can and will turn your question around: you have decided that all your evidence is irrefutable. On what authority exactly? You are the one who decided to share your theory with the world. We are your audience, and we don’t find your proof good enough. You can either try harder to convince us, accept that we may have a point too, or give up on us entirely. You opted to doo none of the above and instead insist that finding your evidence flimsy is 1. a personal insult 2 a sign that we weren’t paying attention to the game.

Nobody in the room sounds angrier than you, and I know for a fact that Skylar doesn’t have an agenda and didn’t even want to engage for the longest time. The only agenda here is an attempt at a fair debate.

“It’s a situation bred for making assumptions- which again, is what you’re doing in order to back your own claims in the first place. You do not know what their rule is based on objectively, you’re assuming a practicality based on your own take.”

Assumption accusation number who-the-hell-is-counting. And this one I can turn on you as well - you are making assumptions based on your take, too, except unlike Skylar, you don’t admit they’re assumptions, spitballing, one of many options, or look for proof of that assumption where you could find it. You treat your take as the only possibility, because you connected it to some other event that the game never did, or it reminded you of a book quote, and anybody who doesn’t see the connection is a shallow moron. You can’t call someone out on something when you’re doinng it too except worse in every way.

“Besides that once again, it’s not even solely ‘bonus shit’ that backs me up, exactly how is the conclusion ‘more reasonable’? At all? We’re supposed to buy that he goes around the world putting his and others’ life. in. danger just to make merry while… pretending to be a special kind of villain at the same time? What has this villain persona even got to do with funny crimes at all?

The problem with taking all this at face value is that it completely neglects any given context towards Ouma’s title, given by the god damned government, which unambiguously suggests ‘dictator’. There is a purpose for this ominous title that we are not spoonfed, suggesting Ouma’s role as Trojan horse more than simply a happenstance spark who… happened to go off and set all these things in motion because he happened to be in the right place at the right time with the right levels of skill and the right mindset for a sabotage, to boot.”

Hey Jacks, did you know that apparently when coming up with Ouma’s title, they never really considered it to be connected to dictatorship, but more of a director role? And its connection to dictatorship was more for a joke, and that’s why his official art is like that? Because Kodaka likes tasteless jokes? But I digress.

I’m sure this point will, again, be elaborated further in the rebuttal proper, but I want to point something out - ‘Ouma’s role as a Trojan horse‘ is entirely your invention. It is. He’s not called that anywhere, as far as I know. His role is, simply, a guy who lies a lot and makes himself sound evil and powerful, while turning out to be a benevolent leader of a group of pranksters by the end. That’s called a plot twst. And it’s a good one, at that. It’s not only reasonable, but it’s really good payoff imo. You seem dissatisfied with it for some reason, because you want it to be deeper - that’s fair. But you are using terms and points you INVENTED to discuss something that should be discussed purely based on what the game text shows us. We all have headcanons and personal interpretations, but you can’t bring them up in a debate about the actual text. And iif you do, explain them in excruciating detail so people unfamiliar with every post you ever made can understand what you mean.

“I put it to you, if Ouma just pulled the story out of his arse, explain Shuichi’s memory. Explain how this ‘wild story’ and Shuichi’s private thoughts in the main game both align with a situation geared around ‘metaphorical death’. I don’t think I need to say how big of a reach ‘coincidence’ is for something like that, especially since they allude to events pre-capture.“

Another unecessarily aggressive request for proof. I‘m sure you are likely to get it, considering that’s the point of a debate, but by god you can’t keep doing this.

“So if you don’t know where I’m getting the reading, then I’ll tell you, but cut it out with the ‘projection’ bullshit because that’s an unnecessary PERSONAL assumption that borders on ad hominem. At best.”

1. I’ve collected here at least 3 examples of you asking for proof in increasingly aggressive ways. What Skylar expressed here is simply confusion -  don’t know where you got the readings, it’s confusing, and seems like projecting. You are not one to shy away from making Oma personal. I’ve seen posts where you confessed borderline worrisome things, including projecting onto Ouma. It’s neither farfetched not out of line to assume it to be the case based on your own publiic posts.

2. I’ve also collected here a bunch of borderline ad hominems about Skylar’s assumed inability to read and analyse without being spoonfed so I’m not going to go over them again but here’s a bonus: remember when you called someone an idiot who’s more shallow than Tsumugi because she pointed out you missed a reference? or perhaps you just endorsed someone else calling her that? A stranger you knew nothing about? What about that time you vagued about people who call Ouma a prankster or a clown as if that cancels their love for him and the validity of their analysis? What about the time you put words in people’s mouths, making it seem like they have no idea what they’re talking about? Do you even know what an ad hominem IS?

Ad hominem (Latin for "to the person"), short for argumentum ad hominem, is a fallacious argumentative strategy whereby genuine discussion of the topic at hand is avoided by instead attacking the character, motive, or other attribute of the person making the argument, or persons associated with the argument, rather than attacking the substance of the argument itself.

You’ve done nothing but that for most of the existence of this blog. You don’t get to use that card. Not ever.

[raku-fansubs]

Hi! Thank you for subbing those videos! I'm subscribed to both of your channels on YouTube, and now I follow you here on Tumblr! I was wondering a couple of things... 1. Would you be able to sub any "My Hero Academia" events? I know Yuki Kaji is in the show, but he isn't always at all the events. 2. Which other seiyuu do you like? 3. Is there any way that people like me (who aren't fluent in Japanese) can help? (preferably not money-wise because I'm broke)

Hey there! Thanks for dropping by! Heads up: I can be pretty long-winded when I start talking so don’t worry about reading everything if you can’t be bothered to 😂

1. As far as I’m concerned, there haven’t been any HeroAca events recorded in a DVD, but if you’re referring to the Live Broadcasts (NICO/LINE) and radio episodes, I’ve only listened to the 2 radio episodes (in which Kaji went as guest), plus some random episodes to hear the backstory of those really good episodes in the anime, and also the LINE LIVE broadcast (Todoroki: Origin - Before and After Cast Talk). To be honest, although I would love to sub all of them, unfortunately because I’m still a high school exam student, it can be pretty hard to make the time for it 😓 (I pray every day to become more efficient) But if there’s a specific cut you would like to share I’d be more than happy to work on it!

2. Although this may not sound convincing if you’ve seen my channel‘s bias towards Kaji 😅 but I actually like and respect a lot of seiyuus. I usually get attracted to a seiyuu for either of the three following qualities: voice acting, voice, or personality. In terms of voice acting, it’s simply if their acting had left an impression on me. An example of a seiyuu that I like purely for her acting is Hayami Saori. She’s the second name I search up for after Kaji when choosing seasonal animes to watch. I could go on forever but to sum up why - it’s because I love her screams. Next, when it comes to voice, it’s pretty straightforward, just whoever’s voice sounds pleasant. In this case I’m referring to those whose acting doesn’t necessarily have to be good, but I‘d still love to listen to their voices just for the sound of it. A few who fall under this category are Kamiya Hiroshi, Sawashiro Miyuki and Natsuki Hanae. Don’t get me wrong, I love their acting, but my point is that I would listen to their voices regardlessly. Thirdly, it’s about their personality. Though it’s not my place to say this, there are some seiyuus whose neither voice nor voice acting ever struck me. If there’s any reason why I still appreciate them, it’s because I’ve heard how much effort and thoughts they’ve put into shaping their characters. But surely these people who’ve put in this much effort will be rewarded. An example is… though I don’t want to offend anyone, it’s Suzuki Tatsuhisa. Honestly I didn’t like quite a few of his portrayal, err… one I can recall on the top of my head is Mishima from Daiya no Ace, I won’t go too much into why I didn’t like his voice for Mishima, but I absolutely believe that he was the best fit for roles like Ban (Nanatsu no Taizai) and Hiroomi (Kyoukai no Kanata). Through the things he says in radios and events, you can really see that he watches his characters very closely and pays attention to the smallest things he can do for the best of his characters. I guess my point is that as long as a seiyuu loves and treats their characters well, even if their voice isn’t appealing to a certain viewer, their emotion will definitely be reflected in their portrayal which will naturally be conveyed to the viewers. And… it’s needless to say that there are plenty of seiyuus who have more than one of the three qualities, but basically Kaji is my favourite cause he happens to match what I was looking for in all three aspects. But I’m guessing that the reason why you’re asking this is because you want to know what kind of content I could be subbing? If that‘s the case I sincerely apologise for this long rant 😅 but I like any seiyuu that has some sort of relationship with Kaji. They could fall into any of the above categories, but I usually like to sub Kaji with either senpais who pamper/tease him (Miyano Mamoru/Kamiya Hiroshi/Ono Daisuke/Hayashibara Megumi/ Matsumoto Rica/Sakurai Takahiro/Fukuyama Jun/Suzuki Tatsuhisa), peers that he’s comfortable with (Terashima Takuma/Okamoto Nobuhiko/Maeno Tomoaki/Kimura Ryouhei/Yonaga Tsubasa/Sawashiro Miyuki/Inoue Marina/Takagaki Ayahi/Ono Yuuki/Nazuka Kaori), people he likes (Shimono Hiro/Hosoya Yoshimasa/Suzumura Kenichi/Morikubo Showtaro/Uchiyama Kouki), kouhais that look up to him/kouhais he dotes on (Shimazaki Nobunaga/Yamashita Daiki/Ishikawa Kaito/Kuno Misaki/Ogura Yui/Ishihara Kaori/Hanae Natsuki/Osaka Ryota) and I’m sure I’m still missing out on lots of names, but I also love (or want to see more of) his conversations with some of the people that showed signs of knowing him quite well but can still be pretty vague if they’re close to him (Nishiyama Koutarou/Kakihara Tetsuya/Uchida Maaya/Kayano Ai/Hanazawa Kana/Toyonaga Toshiyuki/Yuuki Aoi/Taketatsu Ayana/Yoshitsugu Matsuoka/Amamiya Sora/Sakura Ayane/Kobayashi Yusuke/Irino Miyu/Hayami Saori/Umehara Yuichiro/Tomatsu Haruka/Koshimizu Ami/Takahashi Rie/Ishikawa Yui). Erm.. the list could go on forever but I’ll stop here 😓

3. It could really be anything! My main reason for translating was just to share the love of seiyuus and to find more fellow overseas seiyuu fans. I don’t translate to take credit of the subbing so to be honest I don’t mind if people repost or reupload my subs so long as it exposes the awareness of seiyuus to a larger community in a positive way :))) I sincerely do believe that seiyuus deserve more recognition for the wonderful voices they bring to us after all. Other than that would be “monetary” but rather than for me, it would be great if we can all support the original event DVD sales (or even their photo books and radio DJCDs)! I just hope that one day they’ll make a contract with an official translating company to release the Eng subs officially. Oh right, we do have a seiyuu fansubbing group where quite a few of us seiyuu fansubbers gather together to plan for our translations. If you’d like to contribute I’m sure the group will be more than happy to welcome you! Check this link out for more details: http://seiyuufansubs.com/join-us/

Hope that answered your questions! P.S. Someone needs to teach me how to summarise (-.-;)…

[thewayisyah]

THE LAST DAYS-How to recognize the end times.

In 2021 there are so many viewpoints of once again mentionings of the end times or armageddon. I have only been alive over 4 decades but in that time I have heard over 4 times everyone was sure the end of times were upon us. Remember Y2K? Or the Mayan calendar ended in 2012? There is always someone saying the end is going to happen but it never does. That does not mean the end is not coming, I assure you it is. The bible has a perfect record of fulfilling prophecies. With over 2000 prophecies and counting having been fulfilled I am willing to bet my life on the remaining 500 unfulfilled ones.

I will admit things are looking very crazy now and where as I do believe we are nearing the end, I am also familiar with the prophecies regarding what to expect. So what should you be looking for to confirm the end of the world is upon us? First you must know, according to Mattithyahu (Matthew) 24:36 no one knows the day or the hour when the end will arrive. No one knows, not the messengers (angels) in heaven, or the fallen ones wreaking havoc on earth, not me or anyone claiming to know, only the Father. Elohim (Almighty God) did lovingly leave many prophecies for us to study if we were curious but also if we wanted to survive.

There are many scriptures to consider however, the majority of my focus will be on those that provide specific clues to look for:

Timotiyos 2 (2 Timothy)3:1-5 is quoted as saying, “in the last days hard times will come, people will be lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, thankless, wrong-doers, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self control, fierce, haters of good, betrayers, reckless, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of Elohim, having a form of reverence but denying its power.” All of which sounds familiar but also has been present in human behavior as far back as I can recall from historical records. I assume that in the last days these stated things will be much more prevalent. Which honestly I have personally noticed all increased dramatically within the last 20 years or so. Think about it, there are entire churches and doctrine completely surrounding the pursuit and acquisition of money. The other traits are so prevalent now it's expected from everyone, there is no honor found anywhere.

Mattithyahu (Matthew) 24:10-12 mentions many will stumble and shall deliver up one another and shall hate one another. Also there will be many false prophets and mislead many. Does your pastor rarely hold the bible or refer to it? Did your pastor buy his wife a luxury sports car worth $250k? Does he preach with $6000 sneakers on? It also goes on to state that because of the increase in lawlessness peoples love will grow cold.

Mattithyahu (Matthew) 24:4-5 is summarized as Yeshua (Jesus) mentioning that we should be careful that no one misleads us because many will come in his name saying they are ha`Mashiah (The Messiah) and will mislead many.

Mattithyahu (Matthew) 24:6-9 is Yeshua once more describing the times of the end as fighting or wars taking place and to not be troubled as they must happen. He also states that nation will rise against nation and there will be scarcities of food, and deadly diseases and earthquakes in places. He goes on to state that those nations will deliver up his followers to affliction and Kill us and we will be hated by ALL nations for the name of Yeshua. When you truly see the global oppression of followers of Yeshua know that the killings will begin and also know that is a definite sign that you are in the last days. Now Christians and Jews are being persecuted in various countries and some even to death but in the United states and elsewhere although true worshipers are not very popular they are not targets of death…..yet. It is coming and when it does, understand what is truly occurring. Did you know that France and Sweden are now the most dangerous countries to be a Jew? We all know that Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan and almost the entire continent of Africa are dangerous to christians but did you know it is very dangerous to be a christian in India? Please pray for all being persecuted in the name of Yeshua ha`Mashiah. (Jesus the messiah/ Jesus christ)

Kepha 2 (2 Peter) 3:3-4 and Yahudah(Jude) 1:18-19 are summarized as stating that people will continue in their wicked ways, mocking believers saying, “where is Jesus? Nothing has changed since the beginning of time.” This sounds familiar.

Luqas (Luke) 21:11 starts to get into more specific prophecy stating,”there shall be great earthquakes in various places, and scarcities of food and deadly diseases, and there shall be terrors and great signs from the shamayim (heaven) and there shall be great tempests.” Great earthquakes in various places really have not occurred in my opinion but data compiled by the US government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that the number of earthquakes per year has seen significant variation, and the overall trend shows an increasing frequency. I get the feeling we don't need to check stats to know if it's unusual. There are always some sort of famines on earth and usually man made so once again I assume that this reference will be based on something far more profound and global. I don't want to discuss 2020 and the corona virus because we still don't know what it is or what is going on for sure. If we get a global virus that actually starts to drop people so fast that I see bodies piling up with my own eyes on the streets, I will believe this prophecy is being fulfilled. There have been incredible storms all over the world, I mean in my lifetime I recall hurricanes that did not cover half of the United States and I now live in a time where not only is that the new norm, we sometimes get two at a time. NOAA data confirms that the intensity and frequency of North Atlantic Hurricanes have all increased dramatically since the 80’s. Considering that I still have not seen any terrors and great signs from the heavens yet and I get the feeling we will know it when we see it.

Yo`el (Joel) 2:28-29 and Acts 2:16-18 summarizes that Elohim will send his spirit on all flesh and men and women will prophecy and there will be wonders in the heavens above and on the earth below, mentioning blood and fire and vapour of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the coming of the great and splendid day of YHWH(Yahweh). I imagine this would occur towards the very last days before the end. This will be a time of little doubt in the minds of most im sure but also likely too late for reform. I would recommend getting your life in order before you see the sun disappear and the moon turn red.

Yohanan 1 (1 John) 2:18-19 where it clearly mentions that in the last hour as you may have heard, the anti messiah is coming (otherwise known as the antichrist). Christ is just a greek translation of Messiah which is hebrew. It goes on to say further that even now many anti messiahs have come and this is how we know that it is the last hour. I interpret this as just a further reference to false prophets misleading many. There is a mention of the antichrist in the book of Revelation but that is an entirely different ball game.

So there are many more prophecies in the bible that clearly state what to look for. There are many that believe we are living in the so-called last days and I agree but, by following bible prophecy it becomes clear many of those prophecies remain unfulfilled. There are three scriptures in the bible that mention the coming of the end of times or armageddon. In all three they refer to the coming as a thief in the night. This clearly means an unexpected arrival. So no matter how much you study you will be caught a bit by surprise. Do not take the warnings lightly, as all the prophecy foretold prior have come true so will these that remain unfulfilled and it will all come by surprise.

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www.thewayisyah.com

A Non denominational ministry keeping it strictly scriptual. The word of God has shown the way to salvation! No emotional, traditional, or religious bias shall keep us from following the light of YAH.

[sortingoutayoungcontrarian]

I recently typed the name Christopher Hitchens into the search bar on WordPress and was very disappointed with the top result. This result was an ignorant evaluation of who Christopher was as well an evaluation of his book “god is not Great. The author of this “evaluation” was clearly a fundamental Christian along with those who commented on the post thus far… Obviously, they hated Christopher and did their best to discredit everything about the man. I could not help but be a contrarian. I shall copy and paste the exchange below. I shall update per reply.

Me:

Hmm I wonder if you would find Hitchens’ points valid if they were made by a compilation of ancient misogynistic people who believed that genocide, dispossession of land, slavery, polyamorous incest, virgin-child-sacrifice-scapegoating, and baby genitalia mutilation was acceptable (all of these acts adamantly encouraged even), and then translated by a committee of megalomaniacs lead by a man who boiled his wife in a bathtub… All of whom believed the universe revolved around them in every sense the phrase entails and murdered those who said differently whilst claiming absolute morality. The reason why atheists do not mind that Hitchens may or may not have plagiarized is that they value what is true and don’t care how they get that truth. Christians, however, claim the bible to be the inerrant word of god despite its countless plagiarisms and contradictions.

If you could respond to those points which Hitchens made rather than the one he obviously did not care about (the validity of Jesus), then maybe your thoughts of critique would hold more water, maybe even have an atheist flicker with doubt . To be quiet honest, I have a very hard time believing you actually read any book by Hitchens’, due to the fact that his main focus was not to refute the overall accuracy of the bible but rather reveal the overall hypocrisy. You chose to give a general evaluation of a man by highlighting an argument he argued carelessly because there was no need at all to even argue it. Or maybe you were just scared to touch on the points he made that would open the eyes of any free thinking rational mind to see the lie they have succumbed to.

His response:

Your first paragraph has a large number of mischaracterizations similar to what is typical of Hitchens. You seem to have learned him well. Unfortunately, upon close examination, it is sophistry through and through, nothing but a hollow shell of an argument. In but one point: Flatly, circumcision is not mutilation, and to phrase it like you have is not making an argument, but merely using hollow emotional rhetoric. I gave cold explanation of a point, and you respond with emotionalism. This is typical of modern atheism, which Hitchens exemplifies. It always amazes me that atheists deal so much in emotionalism. Personally I prefer reason and logic.

Concerning what I have stated, I backed my claims. For example, see the first link in the post above. As to the Canaanites, I have responded to that as well.

Also please take note of my comment policy.

Me:

Thank you, I am proud to have learned Hitchens! I simply could not do nothing about such an inaccurate “evaluation” of a great man. As to baby genitalia mutilation, I was not making an argument but stating the fact of the matter, a beautiful baby is born and on the eighth day take a blade to its genitalia. There is nothing fallacious about that claim. If it is a semantical issue, the greek translation for “mutilate” is from a compound of kata and temno (to cut); a cutting down (off), i.e. Mutilation (ironically) — concision. The greek word used in the bible for mutilation is “katatomé” which translates– to cut. While circumcision is “peritomē” which translates — to cut around. Look for yourself, please. Studying in-depth interlinear commentaries in greek after graduating seminary school is what drove me away from the hypocrisy that is the church. I am not an atheist, as you assumed in your lazily mistaken attempt of ad hominem, but I merely saw the bible for what it was; a perfect business plan to enslave the people in a time where theocracy reigned. What sane person would not respond with emotionalism over this? If you apply James 2:24 to the role christianity has played throughout the narrative of history you will never again be amazed by the emotionalism that apparently surprises you in atheists however. It causes good people to do bad things, when one takes the focus off themselves and the box they locked themselves in due to fear of losing after-life insurance the bigger picture reveals itself. It is a lame excuse for wars birthed from an ancient inherited trait of tribalism.

You back your claims with a text you cannot prove. As to the Canaanites, I am always amazed by how christians separate real-life and their pretend world of faith as if in admittance to it not being real; Freudian slip esque. Like a child does when playing cops and robbers and their mom calls them inside for dinner and they have to break character in order to reply, “coming mom”. For example, I was stepping outside the realm of the bible and into empirical accounts in history books. who said I was talking about genocide mentioned in the bible only? I never brought up the Canaanites, you were mistakenly assuming (again) atop your omniscience tower. I was referring to, as Hitchens was, the rules for dispossession of land and the slavery of the previous land owners outlined in Leviticus 25, specifically verses 44-46. A lame excuse for justifying lust of what their neighbor has. Leviticus is the same book that outlines the pagan tradition of sacrificing life, (e)scapegoating responsibility. Chapter 25 in Leviticus was most cited chapter in the bible within memoirs of protestants during the establishing of the USA… and people wonder why black lives matter is heading a postmodernist movement.

You still avoided addressing the topic of (1) incest, (2) misogyny (which, unfortunately for all the women of the bible, in this context implies polygamy allowed for the man alone), and (3) The irrevocable evil, with a recorded historical background that goes back thousands of years before the bible linked to ancient savage polytheistic religions : scapegoating responsibility of sins through child sacrifice.

These were the main points of Hitchens, yes? I don’t think one could give a fair “General Evaluation of Christopher Hitchens” without addressing his main points. It seems as if you are trying to hide the reader from the points made by a man who had won countless debates with the leading apologists of all the major religions. A man who is now dead and unable to defend himself… If you could respond to those claims rather than attempting to define who I am or what I believe in then your critiques would be much more (logically/reasonably) respectable. I do apologize if I crossed a line defined in your comment policy. If you would prefer to reply privately I would still appreciate hearing your defense. Whether your audience hears you out or not is not upon my conscious. I would hope they follow you in order to hear the truth rather than feed confirmation bias. I have many issues with your past posts as well that I could refute using the bible, if you are interested. I am honestly just curious and value discussions from those that have come to opposing conclusion.

His Response:

As my comment policy states, this is not a discussion board and we do no go down endless rabbit trails here. Humoring you briefly is all I will do.

–You pointed out correctly that the Greek terms for cut around and cut off are two distinct terms. In no sense is circumcision mutilation. You agree the claim is incorrect. –As for horrible things like incest, the Bible accurately portrays history but does not condone these practices. It forbids incest and shows the folly of marrying many wives, for all who do so are shown to inherit the problems these practices create. –As to the Bible’s treatment of women, any claim that the Bible has a low view of women is completely false. –Child sacrifice was practiced by the Canaanites, which is one reason God commanded they be wiped out. Israel did what you and Hitchens seem to want them to do, which is not actually kill all the Canaanites. As I explained, this resulted in Israel starting these practices, which God stopped by sending Babylon to take Israel into captivity. Please portray the whole account or stop criticizing.

I did indeed deal with Hitchens in a fair manner. All signs point to Hitchens copying from earlier atheist writings, then not even doing the research to check out whether the claims were true. He spent the rest of his life traveling around repeating these claims with bluster, yet they are completely, entirely, totally untrue. His claims about virgin birth myths are completely false. Hitchens did not even do a magazine grade level of research on these items, yet repeated them for years.

The claims in this post stand.

Per my comment policy, we will stop here.

... And then he disabled the comments...

[tangerinewrites]

DAY 20: YEONJUN

11/20/2020

wc: 1640 

Yeonjun feels as if deep down, he knew that K-Arts wasn’t in his future. And rather than being upset about it longer than he already was, he had decided to accept it in the end. It’s not like he an expect his parents to pay his tuition at this point. And even if he was willing to make music to go through the audition process again, he felt as if it wasn’t worth the effort if he’d be staying in college longer. After all, he felt as if he knew a good amount to get him out into the real world with his music.

So when his parents let him know that he could move out but that they won’t pay for his tuition in both K-Arts AND SNU, he accepted it. He didn’t ask any other questions and he simply told the both of them that he’d try to get out of their hair as soon as they can. It’s why he’s in the process of packing everything together to move over to San’s house. And it wasn’t that much, considering the boy practically spent most of his nights there nowadays.

As he was cleaning out his room, he hears a knock on the door. “Come in,” he says.When he turns around to see who’s at the door, he isn’t at all surprised over the fact that it was his mother. Though he didn’t get along well with the both of them, she was always the one that made an attempt to communicate with him. Not like he cared too much about that anyways, since they both preferred Seojun in the end anyways.

"Do you need help with anything?” she asks. It confuses him at first, as he wasn’t really used to her caring for him. But he doesn’t think about it too much. After all, he had to focus on getting out of here as soon as he could.

“I’m good. Thanks,” he says, sounding as polite as he could. Even if he didn’t really want to interact with her, the other woman was still his mother. So rather than talking to her, he tries his best to bring his attention on finishing his task at hand instead.

She sighs. That can’t be good. It looks like she wants to say something. “Yeonjun, can we talk? Please?”

He looks at her for a split moment and contemplates for a second on what he should do. On one hand, he could end this “polite” act with her and continue to pack just so he could get out of here as soon as he could. On the other hand, besides the fact that he didnt want to straight up be rude to her, whatever she had to say to him could be important enough to him.

So, he puts what her was holding to the side and he looks at his mother, waiting for her to say what she had to say to him. “What’s up?”

“Do you really think that your father and I don’t care about you?”

The question alarmed him, but he thankfully already knew his answer to it. He knew it a long time ago. He nodded his head.

Just from that, the woman’s face dropped. “Oh, Yeonjun. I’m so sorry.”

“Why?” he asks. “Why are you sorry?”

“I never realized how much we hurt you growing up,” she responds. “All this time, I just thought we were giving you tough love. Your father and I just thought we were giving you some advice for the future. But to know that we hurt you? That’s so…”

He furrows his eyebrows. “What do you mean? Are you saying you were not aware?” he asks with a bit of an accusatory tone. “If you were going to just give me tough love, why did you not give your oldest the same type of treatment? Just say you had a clear bias and leave.”

“That’s the thing. We only realized that after you told us on that one night,” she explains. “When you told us about how hurt you felt over the fact that we have always showed favoritism over your brother rather than you, we realized we were not treating you like proper parents. And… on behalf of both your father and I, we’re really sorry about all the pain we have caused you.”

When he listens to her apology, he wishes he can just ask her to leave his room so that he can continue cleaning. After living with them for so long, he has doubts over the possibility of them ever changing their ways for him.

So the first thing that he says after she confesses that is a statement. “You know you’re not going to change my mind about moving out, right?”

She sighs. “Is this what you really want?”

“Considering the fact that I only felt comfortable at my own friend’s house than I did with you guys, yeah. It is what I want.” He crosses his arms. “You can’t expect me to forgive you after years of you guys making me miserable. Whether it was intentional or not, you still are responsible for the negative emotions I felt in this house. So I don’t want to have to continue associating with that any longer than I have to.”

The response seems to have affected his mother a lot, but it’s not like Yeonjun regrets what he said. She knew that, too. He wouldn’t purposely say these things only to hurt her. So rather than trying to argue with her son anymore, she accepts defeat and nods her head.

“I understand,” she says, sounding defeated. Yeonjun isn’t sure if it’s genuine or if she’s just acting to get some sympathy from him. “I can’t really convince you to choose otherwise. So, all I can do is wish you the best and hope you know what you’re doing.”

He looks at her with a tight smile. “I’m not a little baby anymore, mom. I know what I want to do with my life.”

And with that, she turns to leave her room as he continues to pack his belongings to move away.

The moment he uploaded his song on a TikTok, he didn’t expect it to get as much attention as it did. So when it made its rounds to not only San’s “For You” page, but also his friends from SOPA’s, he was definitely shocked. Never did he think a song like his would ever go viral on the internet, let alone get any attention at all. The fact that even his famous friends decided to use it for their audios warmed their hearts and soon enough, he was able to get contacted by an entertainment company.

He still lives with San, thankfully. He wasn’t signed to a company that required him to dance and train. All he had to do was make music in the comfort of his own home and give it on specific due dates. And with his increasing TikTok fame, he could even promote himself on the app so that his fans could listen to it and be determined to stream. It’s strange to think about, him being able to follow his dreams in a different way than what he thought he would. But he was definitely satisfied with the results.

He decides to go LIVE on TikTok for the first time. It’s been a while since he had gone live on the app, with his schedules constantly taking up his time. If it wasn’t that, he’d also be spending too much time with San. Not like it was an issue though, considering the fact that he had been out to his fans for a couple of months now.

Like his usual LIVEs, he would joke around with his fans and answer some questions that they had about him. Obviously, he would ignore the ones that he had already answered or anything that made him uncomfortable. But there was one comment that gained his attention and he felt as if he had no choice but to answer it as soon as he saw it.

“‘I’ve been struggling a lot mentally with life, but your music always manages to make me get through it. Thank you so much for all you do, Junie.’” After he reads that, he looks at the camera with a smile. “You have no idea how happy those comments make me feel,” he says with genuine earnest in his voice. “Honestly, I want to be able to make music that could make others happy and go through difficult moments in their life. I have struggled a lot mentally in the past myself and I felt like I always needed someone to help me out. So knowing that I’m able to be that person for you really warms my heart. I’m so glad I could be that person for you. And I hope I’m like that to you all as well.”

After he says that, all his fans respond with the pleading face emoji and he finds himself laughing before he tries to imitate that face. As soon as he goes back to his normal face, he continues to read comments. “‘When’s the album coming, king?’” he laughs as soon as he sees that comment before he looks at his phone camera with a wink. “Can you guys chill? I just released a song yesterday. You can’t rush perfection!”

After he says that, he brings his phone up to his lips to whisper something. “Watch out for it in a month. If I reveal anymore, I’m going to get in trouble with my manager.”

After that, he puts his camera back on its tripod, noticing a text notification from none other than the big guy himself. Well, once a little shit, always a little shit.