#all have their pros and their cons

[probablygayattorneys]

hi, thanks for tuning into my channel! today, i'm going to be ranking my top ten favorite places that i've cried over miles edgeworth!

10. my car while driving 80 mph down the highway

9. the backseat of a police cruiser at 2 in the morning

8. my local independent bookstore

7. my family's Christmas party

6. a grocery store

5. my parents' bedroom

4. my sister's bedroom

3. my brother's bedroom

2. my bedroom

1. my therapist's office

[johnconstantinesdick]

Jeanneil fake besties of all time. Kings of committing to the bit. Neil could say whatever and Jean would (rightfully) assume it’s part of a scheme to keep them alive and would corroborate immediately.

[bayetea]

also I'm a percy jackson stan until I die of course but it would be nice if we could not exclusively talk about other members of the main cast (the non-white ones especially) only in furtherance of percy and his character/personal acclaim/strength as a demigod

like every time I see a high-note text post about the percy/frank/hazel dynamic it's about "WOW frank and hazel think percy is so cool hazel literally thought he was a god he is so powerful." like yeah. did you guys know that they're also friends and they love each other!!!! did you know that percy admires frank and frequently praises him and encourages him to build up his self-worth and confidence! did you know that hazel comforted percy when he was emotional and scared at the neptune altar in camp jupiter and he gets angry when phineas insults and degrades hazel for being undead! did you know that frank and hazel saved him when he was so frightened and disturbed by evil centaurs and cyclopes that he was paralyzed and couldn't move!

did you know that frank and hazel also just have their own things going on divorced from percy because they're heroes of olympus too! did you know that they aren't just decorations for percy's character they are their own people! idk something to keep in mind (I'm a SON stan if u can't tell)

[official-lucifers-child]

new fanfic pet peeve is when people are writing children and clearly don’t know the difference between a 3-year-old, a 7-year-old, and a 13-year-old. this newborn isn’t saying words, this teenager is learning emotional intelligence, this child is literally not capable of comprehending that complex topic. please, it takes 2 minutes to look up “how should a 9-year-old be speaking” and “how developed is a 4-year-old’s mind”

you could even take it a half step further and look up the various stages of development in people. piaget, kohlberg, erikson, all those psychologists created these stages because we all followed such strict patterns when growing. you don’t need to go into the moral development of your oc’s child but at least make sure they’re speaking and acting like a child would at that age.

also when in doubt, for older children just go for more mature. it’s far better than treating teenagers like they don’t know what an emotion is lol

[reineydraws]

Saw your Mishanks bodyswap art! Very cute and fun! (Mihawk with a genuine smile on his face so so fun)

I imagine Shanks whould have trouble fighting in Mihawk's body at first since it's been years since he's had two arms

yes absolutely, i imagine that too! conversely, i think mihawk would have a little bit of trouble adjusting his balance and reach with a body missing one arm, as well. it's interesting to think about how they both would be forced to change their fighting style, and whether or not they would exchange swords.

mihawk's been seen using yoru with just one hand so he could probably pull it off with shanks's body. also interesting to think about shanks tripping up on having two arms until he naturally slips into his old fighting style again--or would he? because there's also the question of muscle memory, right? would mihawk's body automatically do things that shanks isn't predisposed to doing, and vice versa?

the other thing i find intriguing about body swapping in one piece is the question of whether or not your haki powers would switch as well. they say haki is spiritual presence, so presumably your haki switches if your spirits switch, but if it's the kind of spirit that's tethered to the presence of the body? then consider mihawk having the strongest conqueror's haki out on the blues, or shanks being able to use observation haki at mihawk's level, practically being able to predict the future--or mihawk, able to counter with shanks's haki-kill technique. food for thought!

[nemo-of-house-hamartia]

ok, once more I realize that my own kindness and friendliness has been taken for implied consent, and as always, the troubles that are brewing now are connected to OCs.

So let me be clear and frank one more time, one last time, because I have NO INTENTION of going through what I went through in 2021.

While I am always immensely happy that my Original Characters are enjoyed and that they can serve as source of inspiration, they are NOT however a template for anyone to base their OCs on.

They are not something that you can take in their entirety, change whatever suits you, and then call it your own.

It doesn't work like that, especially because, and allow me to reiterate this once and for all, OCs are *immensely* personal.

They are an extention of the soul of the person that creates them.

So taking whatever suits your fancy and use it for the "aesthetic" or the "vibes" is immensely disrespectful and, dare I say, rather impertinent, especially when both characters happen to belong to the same fandom.

Now, I am not talking about certain tropes and subjects that are typical of certain genre, of course not.

We are all somehow reinveting something that's already there when we work with OCs and stories.

What I am talking about is taking certain specific idiosyncrasies that make a certain character unique, change them to suit your character, and then being SO IMPERTINENT to just call it your own and parading it around without even having the courtesy to quote the person that has inspired you, taking advantage of the fact that I am just a small creator with a small following.

This is a huge No No for me.

Huge.

I appreciate that other creators might have a different opinion or perspective when it comes to OCs, and while I do not share entirely in that, I sure as hell respect it.

But allow me to be crystal clear: if this happens to me, like it had in 2021, that's the *easiest* way to lose all respect I might harbour for you, and I seldomly get mad or angry.

I am always accomodating, always supportive, and I think I have proven it aplenty in the past few years.

But this is something that I cannot condone nor agree with.

And it's not just a matter of ethic, in this sense: it's a matter of also hurting me, and literally put my whole creative process into shamble.

It's a matter of having respect of others.

Now, you might say: who cares if they hurt you? they are characters that do not exist, just move on and have thicker skin!

Well, as I said above, for when it concerns myself, my OCs are an extention of my own soul, a way for me to formulate and explain feelings that sometimes I have a hard time let out; a way for me to actually face, fragmentize and analyze my own trauma through them;

and most important of all, they are OFTEN a love letter to both the world I am exploring with them AND my own husband and child, such as in the case of Jacob and Dorothea,for whom, as I said often in the past 5 years, I have poured A LOT from myself and my husband's own story.

You could say that it probably my fault for having bared my feelings so much and poured so much of myself into a character;

And you might be correct, because I have learned my lesson, and ever since Dorothea and Jacob, no other character has been infused with as much of my own being as they were.

but that doesn't mean that it stings any less when I see it unravels in front of my eyes.

I am tired.

[lesbianshadowheart]

random ass thought but i don't like a lot of the fanservice in the bg3 epilogue and I especially have an issue with Karlach seemingly finding a solution to her engine in Avernus. her whole story is about terminal illness and her potential death at the pier is very very sad and emotional but it is a valid choice as it honors her wish to go out on her own terms. The epilogue makes it so that forcing her to go to Avernus becomes the correct choice idk theres just smth about it

[reynaruina]

cicada noises getting louder and louder

[discordiansamba]

thinking about, Zhao of all people in the avatar Zuko AU because like...

okay. so the captain in charge of the ship that deposited Zuko in the Earth Kingdom at the start of his banishment was Zhao. he considered the task an honor, as it was a direct order from the Fire Lord himself. he saw the foolish prince's pitiful performance at the Agni Kai. He expects that he'll be dead by month's end.

now. imagine.

he's at the North Pole. He's been promoted several times. he's leading an invasion of the Northern Water Tribe. He thinks this is the moment of his destiny. the moment he kills the moon spirit and brings an end to waterbending and the water tribes in one fell swoop. he knows where the spirit is hiding. he knows how to get there.

someone is waiting for him when he arrives.

zhao is no fool. he knows the Avatar is here. he's already sunk several of his ships. he's heard about the Earth Kingdom boy called Li who now fills that role. he's even heard about his airbending and earthbending companions... but he's not concerned. they're all children and the Avatar is only half-trained.

but the person waiting for him at the spirit oasis is no earth kingdom boy.

it's prince zuko.

he scoffs. he assumes simply that zuko has turned traitor, thrown his lot in with the Avatar. whatever keeps him alive. any ship in a storm, as they say. he certainly looks like he's been through quite the ringer- there's no trace of the prince he once was.

he's the only one here. their only defense is a pitiful child who was still afraid of his own fire the last time zhao saw him.

zhao smirks. this will be easy.

zuko inhales. exhales. shifts his stance. zhao has a split second to recognize that it's not a firebending form before a pillar of earth slams right into him, taking the wind out of his lungs and wiping the smirk off of his face.

prince zuko is alive. prince zuko is the avatar.

[clegfly]

Getting REAL sick and tired of how omori TikTok views sunny.

Like, they view any scene of him being emotionally vulnerable, affectionate, or even just making an expression outside of just being completely neutral as “mischaracterised”. He’s not some cool, stoic, unwavering badass, he is a traumatised teenager. Don’t cry whenever he dares to give his friend a hug or (god forbid) be SAD about something??? Isn’t like. Part of the point of his development about him allowing himself to break down the repressive walls he built when he shut himself in? And being able to rely on his real friends instead of imaginary versions? And isn’t the game like. Meant to SHOW that he still cares about them despite isolating himself?

It’s really stupid to get mad at a character like that showing emotion or affection personally, especially since he’s not used to expressing it properly after so long. But that’s just me

[princeofuchiha]

The Shizuma brain worms are back. If not meant to be KisaIta's son / metaphorical legacy (?) . Why son shaped. Why speaking words I could easily overlay over any screenshot of either young Itachi or Kisame. Why overlaying narrative themes.

[foxqueen-katarian]

The fact that Essek spends most of his time in disguise, and Fjord is both adept at changing his appearance and voice, I’m imagining a scenario that at some point they cross paths don’t realize who the other is, and have a story about ‘This one fucking asshole’ they bring up everytime the Nein get together.

They never figure it out, but Artagan absolutely tells Jester who thinks it’s the funniest thing.

[romanticatheartt]

Top 3 most controversial acotar takes/opinions, now☄️

Okay starting our morning strong... (I'm putting my neck on the line over here lol)

People who believe Feyre has a red tinted glass on so she can't see Rhys' red flags couldn't be more wrong lol she actually sees his flaws and accepted him as he is and even in acosf we read that she has no problem telling him off if he set foot out of line. The only reason we feel Rhys being different from the main trilogy is the pov that he's being described. And we see him from Nesta's pov who hates him for no known reason and Cassian's who knows Rhys for over 500 years and the most annoying person (lol) Bryce's mom, and Azriel's (edit: OMG I forgot Mor and Bryce...). And we all know Rhysand NEVER shows the real him to anyone but Feyre. That was the whole point of acomaf ffs...

Tam/in already showed his red flags in acotar (the first book) and I think it made Feyre's and his relationship even more interesting and realistic. It's like a person acting or showing another side of him at the beginning of their relationship to make it work and then slowly beginning to show the real side of himself after he made sure that the girl is his. In Tam/in's case I know he has "trauma" but that's what he ever is. His traumas define him and he doesn't try to fix it or try to make them better. He only ever talk about past and what has happened to him. And he also makes everything about himself. Like how he wanted to use Feyre and ignore her needs because he and his court needed a source of peace to remind themselves that Amarantha is gone.

Fandom always tries to find the victim in every situation and one of them is Feyre and Lucien. One side is always trying to prove that Feyre is an awful person and even more awful friend to Lucien and vice versa. But with my recent reread it got proved to me (again) that these two are the victim of Tam/in lmao😭 Lucien is his victim after Feyre left SC and Feyre through the whole acotar and the beginning of acomaf. Like at the beginning of acomaf Lucien was Feyre's only supporter and no one else!! UtM Feyre saves Lucien at least twice and now she's trying to help him with Elain. I know their friendship, for now isn't exactly all rainbow and sunshine but don't be mistaken, they will come around. The only reason sjm hasn't approached them yet is because she's probably saving it for Elucien book.

ps: Do you remember I said I washed my hands off Tam/in and his fans? Yeah apparently I have so much to talk about💀 but unless you ask me. I don't have the energy to fight lol

[gayofficial]

putting the fate of the car ride in yalls hands

[lord-squiggletits]

Part of why I hate this fandom's take on Autobots vs Decepticons is ppl (mainly 'con fans honestly) who can't have any nuance of the situation whatsoever and love to write plots like "oh the humans are racist and abusive towards Cybertronians so this is how Megatron is right" no actually I don't think colonialism/imperialism and racism are justified so long as you can point the finger and say "they were the aggressors first" or "their hands are no cleaner than ours bc their society sucks too" sorry. Please come up with better sociopolitical narratives in your war story.