#and I stand by this stance
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Since I am constantly seeing discourse about the subject (especially in regards to thoughts I've expressed in my fanfic), I want to explain my opinion on some things. But I'm going to ignore the crazy sci-fi and break it down into more a understandable context.
Imagine you have a co-worker. He's kind of a jerk and he's said some dumb shit, and you rightfully write him off for it. Unfortunately, your new friend is also his best friend, so the three of you kind of hang out sometimes. And you still work together. He's good at his job, but you think his personality leaves a lot to be desired. At best, you're acquaintances, at worst you're less-than-cordial colleagues.
Then you get into some trouble, are in a bad place, and he ends up unintentionally being on the receiving end of you spilling your guts about personal baggage. He can't relate exactly, but he makes sure you know that he sympathizes, and doesn't make fun of you or bring up how vulnerable you were. Your secret is safe with him, which seems counterintuitive to his character. He's actually rather nice throughout the whole incident. So okay, maybe your friend has a reason for liking this guy. After that you work together some more, the three of you, even collaborating on some big special project. You warm up to him (he's actually a lot nicer than he initially seemed, once he stops trying to pretend like he's hot shit).
You might even tentatively consider him a friend. Not a close friend, but a friend. You'll eat lunch together at work; he'd probably give you a ride if you needed one. But there's a difference between work friends and real friends. You've been treated pretty poorly by people in the past, and you're not just going to trust any random person for the really important stuff. Good friends, best friends would lend you their car. They'd bring you soup if you were sick, listen to your problems, keep your deepest secrets, take care of you - especially when you can't take care of yourself. He's also been watching you, trying to flirt and has subtly asked you out a couple times. You think this guy isn't so bad, but you don't trust him - not like that.
And then you're with some people at a gathering and suddenly, you've been drugged. Everything is hot and fuzzy and all you can think about is picking up someone and screwing their brains out. And there he is, your sort-of-a-friend. You spend the night throwing yourself at him - touching him, pushing him against the wall, practically trying to tear his clothes off. All you can think is why not? He's easy, he's got a reputation - and obviously you're not thinking clearly because of the drugs.
Except instead of hauling you off to some room, he pushes your hands away - says that you're sick, you need to go home. He calls you a cab, but when he sees the state you're in, he climbs in with you and tells the driver your address. You're trying to get into his lap, insisting that you want this, that whatever you've said before about his advances aren't true. You're so doped up and out of your mind, even you aren't sure if these are lies or the truth. And for a minute, he gives in when you kiss him - he's kissing you back. But he stops, despite your protests, despite the fact that things he's said have you sure that he wants what you're offering. Instead, he gets you home, makes sure you've got water and something for a hangover. He gets your shoes off so you're comfortable, but tucks you into bed fully-clothed. He calls your mutual friend to check up on you in the morning in case you're too sick and need help. Then he leaves.
How would that not change your perspective? This is someone you thought was only a surface level work friend, someone you weren't sure you could trust. Then he took care of you, kept you safe, made sure you were ok when you were vulnerable, and stopped you from doing something you'd regret. Suddenly this guy went from a "sure I'll spot you five bucks for a coffee" friend to, "let me hold you hair back and bring you tea while you're sick" friend.
That is how I see B'Elanna's view of Tom after "Blood Fever". I can't imagine a scenario like this that doesn't leave your perceptions of a person fundamentally changed - for the better. Yes, she was embarrassed, and yes it was a violating experience. But honestly, I would have thought that anger would be aimed more at Vorik (even if it wasn't his fault), because he's the one who forced all of this onto B'Elanna in the first place. And from what we know of B'Elanna's struggle with vulnerability, it makes more sense to me that her embarrassment would be aimed inward, because she tried to force herself on Tom and is constantly worried about the "Klingon" aspects of herself being "too much" for other people.
So yes, I stand by my headcanon that B'Elanna does have a "silver lining" takeaway from the whole fiasco - she sees Tom in a drastically different and better light, and appreciates what he did for her (for the latter, she even says as much at the end of the episode).
#Tom Paris#B'Elanna Torres#voy#star trek#blood fever#st: voy#voyager#episode thoughts#I've had multiple people tell me#that it's wrong for me to write B'Elanna#as holding onto the one “good thing” that came from the Blood Fever incident#by which I mean - Tom looking out for her#and I stand by this stance#if Tom can forgive her for literally trying to FORCE HIM into having sex#I think B'Elanna can forgive Tom for being human#and briefly giving into his desire to kiss her#he's not perfect but he STOPPED#and don't even start the “well it's fine because he WANTED it”#because that's some sexist bullshit#he WANTED a consensual relationship with her#he literally refused her advances until sci-fi bullshit#made it a life or death choice#and My Guy that means HE can't consent either#any more than he could if someone held a knife to her throat#and said “I'll kill her if you don't fuck”#so stick that in your pipe and SMOKE IT
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He's like old OLD in dr huh?
#ninjago#lego ninjago#ninjago dragons rising#ninjago spoilers#kai smith#kai ninjago#kai#old man stand#i mean he adopted wyldfrye so i guess it works#kinda#he did adopt her i should know i was there‼️#dad stance
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Why does Rook stand like this in 90% of the conversations they have?
#dragon age veilguard#dragon age#dragon age the veilguard#da4#ah the classic BW hand on hips stance#I’ve also seen the thing where they hold their hands up and just shake them#I missed it#But this one? eh#asdfghjkl it’s more noticeable because the npcs’ all stand like that
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five i’m afraid your homosexual-coded stance is frightening your good pal elliot
#WHY IS HE STANDING LIKE THAT#ok i know five has some weird postures and stances but genuinely.#what. in all of history. is that stance#laur says stuff#the umbrella academy#tua#umbrella academy#five hargreeves#tua s4#hargreeves siblings#number five#tua season 4#tua five#number five hargreeves#tua s2#elliot gussman
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#cole i saw ur reply on waiting until the bullshit around the game calms down and it stops being 'trendy' to care and i think that's a good#idea. bc a lot of the notes /were/ just about jkr and the game. there's no guarantee it'd have gotten as much support otherwise#BUT i reblogged that post on how hating nazis and supporting the jewish community are two separate statements and it's not something i had#thought a lot about. to me they should go together but it's clear they don't and so i wanted to make another one of these bitches#just so it's very clear where i stand. i dont just hate nazis - i also support the jewish community. 365 days a year#the game and all that may have made things louder - it feels necessary to be louder right now - but it doesnt make my stance new#if tumblr finds a reason to take this one down im gonna start biting#maison speaks
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I loved your face inspiration post for Mai. In that post I think it was implied you had a post about asian beauty standards? Where would I be able to find that (also if you haven't can we get a Zuko face inspo)?
The Asian beauty standard post and the Zuko post are one and the same, haha.
It wasn't a very in-depth analysis. Basically, Zuko's face is technically very in-line with modern beauty standards for men in East Asia. He's got the high nose bridge, v-shaped jaw, and pale skin. However, since he spends a good chunk of the show stressed out and underfed, his face is also a lot more gaunt and tired than your typical Asian pretty boy. It's just hard to find a male Asian actor or model whose face is as angry and bony as Zuko's.
So far, the closest I've found is Ryusei Yokohama.
#to truly capture Zuko's essence#the actor must look perpetually hangry#that is my stance and I stand by it#replies
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actually, f you unyassifies your Wallter
(this is a joke btw you can draw him if you want no pressure friend!)
It's okay guys I fixed her 🙏
And Mark ..
#ALSO DWWW ITS OKAY#i didnt like my wallter design all that much anyway wanted to try and make it so he always has a stance while standing but it didnt rlly#work 💔#love this one tho shes funny#regretevator#wallter#roblox regretevator#mannequin mark#wallmark
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I HAVE SURVIVED COMIC CON! (just about-)
I am! A little scared of how many people took photos with me! I underestimated how much people like villagers lmao BUT EVERYONE WAS SUPER CHILL AND NICE I LOVE YALL 🩷
some of my incredible achievements this convention:
Was "hrm"ed at by an entire queue of people. I gave them all a good giggle im quite proud of myself for that 😋
Accidentally clocked some poor guy in the head with my hat while trying to take a selfie (sorry bro 😞)
Played my first DND game and rolled the WORST charisma possible in my first throw (1. How the fuck did I fumble that badly 😦)
GOT RECOGNISED AS NURM?????? HOLY SHIT IM STILL GOING FERAL (cosmiczomb on tiktok, the selfie above is her's ⬆️🩷🩷)
Not my achievement but SOMEONE ASKED MY DAD (who went in his regular clothes) IF HE WAS STEVE. LIKE SINCERELY ASKED HIM. THIS IS HIS SECOND ACCIDENTAL COSPLAY IM SOBBING
I have! Less photos to post then I first thought! (Like I said people like villagers I got loads of photos just not. On my phone. 😭) But I do hope y'all enjoy this wee morsel of Nurm content.
Thank you father for taking these photos (but I will practice selfies good heavens it looks so much better)
#Hey pssst. If your one of the people who took a photo with me. May I. Have it? 👀 Pretty please?#minecraft story mode#mcsm#mcsm nurm#nurm mcsm#mcsm cosplay#minecraft villager#minecraft cosplay#minecraft villagers#Dublin comic con#Comic con#I have! No knowledge on hazbin hotel (I think that's what the TV fella is from) but they looked Hella cool#Similarly I haven't watched aqua man in years! I just... I like big hairy guys with tridents (or other obnoxiously big weapons) 😞#It's peak character design#Cosplay#Furry#The furry photo has me giggling I love it. Me n the gang#The council will decide your fate. They've decided. It's death.#Noelle's face (and the dude in the back) are blurred as I .. assume they are minors? I mean I assume everyone is 16.. I know aquaman isnt#But if that's you and you want me to unblur just say so!#Let it be known that the villager stance was a complete accident I just stand like that.#I stand like a villager and I go hrm when people interact with me they must think I'm just really dedicated to the cosplay#oh! Oh! If your in one of these and want me to remove it lmk that too!!! Or just blur either are fine!! 🩷🩷🩷
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I think we should fully embrace the idea that when Jason crawled his way out of his grave, he didn’t just come back with scars. He lost part of his voice.
Not like he had much practice talking while he was buried under six feet of dirt, right? And then, they toss him into the Lazarus Pit, and sure, his body’s alive again, but his mind? It’s a mess. Revenge. Anger. Confusion. There’s no room left for casual conversation when all he can think about is what happened to him. He only speaks when he has to, because trying to form words feels like trying to sift through the fog that’s settled in his brain.
But Jason? He still loves to read. Vocabulary isn’t the problem, it’s the act of speaking itself. Sometimes, when he opens his mouth, he swears he can taste the dirt. He can feel the dryness in his throat, like it’s still raw from all the screaming, and suddenly, talking becomes this… unbearable thing. So he stops, because silence is better than remembering.
And even when he does talk? It doesn’t sound like him. It’s not the voice of the boy who used to crack jokes with Bruce or make snarky remarks. There are no voice cracks anymore. There’s nothing familiar. He doesn’t sound like himself. It’s like some stranger stole his voice, and it makes him feel… like a ghost in his own skin.
So yeah, maybe he’ll eventually start talking more often. Maybe he’ll even pretend he’s fine. But I think, deep down, Jason never really got his voice back after the grave.
#jason todd#i need more ppl to talk abt how jason was affected after dying outside of an emotional stance#also something about jason who can't bring himself to use hos voice but he also cant stand the silence#bcs he'll start having ptsd from waking up in his grave#so its just. a horrible time all around.#how would the batfam react?#maybe the only time hes okay with hearing his voice#is when he's reading out loud#maybe his voice sounds like bruce- and so all he hears is bruce reading to him#batfam
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tumblr link format broke but CHAPTER 26: AKANE from YOUR CLOCK IS TICKING is done!
READ IT HERE
#since it is so diferent from the fic's usual vibe i stand by my 'people will either love or hate the chap no in between' stance#but at least now i personally like the chapter yay#tbhk#terukane#toilet bound hanako kun#aoi akane#akane aoi#teru minamoto#full supernatural akane au
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Me 🤝 @quinton-reviews : Little Caesars Is Good Pizza Actually
#food#I will stand by this hot take#technically our stances are a little different but I'll go up to bat for Little Caesars#my hot take is the pizza is best when it's leftover#and I reheat it in the frying pan#the outside gets all crispy and the middle gets so soft
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this is how i know theyre all fam
#snap chats#sorry i just realized haruka's y6 render is That and it made me giggle#they all really do just stand there ....... theyre my best friends .... theyre fam .....#kiryu aint related to them by blood but he still somehow passed along the Go Girl Give Us Nothing stance#im sorry i didnt mean that. they gave us everything and more#some might even say .... So Much More ... heh .....#sorry. im going back to work now bye
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SINGAPORE 2023
#Charles Leclerc you will never be this#carlos sainz jr#scuderia ferrari#f1#singapore 2023#imagine beating Red Bull at their strongest some drivers can’t relate#also I just noticed Josh standing in the background with such a strong stance aura
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If the Bremin Four were anything, they were dumb teen boys
#nowhere boys#felix ferne#andy lau#sam conte#jake riles#the bremin four#felix feels like I'm being called out all the time especially when the show was airing but that stance in s2 is a fucking big one#like. yes I have to wear black and stand oddly. fuck off.#I could have gone with so many lines for Jake which is why the footage of “So the panther's going to be lured by tin cans then?” is used#for some reason “You want me to carry a boat to her house?” was in the running for Sam. It's been living in my head for the past month#also debated using a shot of him in Roland's body or a shot of them together in each other's bodies for shits and gigs#pansexual tornado Andy Lau you will always be famous
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People have been liking my old Nie Mingjue posts, and man, I have to reread/rewatch and focus on that man, because he is fascinating, and I want to revisit my old thoughts and see what I still agree with, what I can expand on, and what I feel differently about.
#at the moment i know i stand by my points about him and responsibility#but my thoughts about him being hypocritical or w/e were a result of me misreading his stances#nie mingjue
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realizing my recent jason posts makes it sound like i hate his character when that could not be farther from the truth. i love my unhinged toxic self sabotaging king. he has so many problems and over half of them are directly his doing. watching people grind down his sharp edges until he's a misunderstood softboy is what gets me up in arms like leave him alone he's doing absolutely horrible things to himself and everyone around him and you're going 2 accept that buddy!!
#personal#granted that goes for most people in the batclan. but especially jason#if u do not want to engage with him beyond the fact that his death was a tragedy then power to u#but im more interested in the immediate aftermath + continued clash of morals wrt. killing/murder and how it reflects#jason's unwillingness to accept bruce's hardline stance on no killing and how it has no bearing on how important jason is/was to bruce#“why didn't you kill him for taking me away from you” the real crux of the matter isn't that the joker is alive. but that jason is still#grieving himself and the life that was stolen from him. he's just lashing out in the one way he knows will grab bruce's instant attention.#“but bruce should've just killed the joker” no he shouldn't have because that goes against everything the batman stands for#“the joker should be an exception” misses the point. there can't be exceptions to the rule. if there are exceptions#then the rule stops being a rule and more of a judgement call#and that's an extremely tenuous line to walk in a family of people who work in and are surrounded by constant violence#they CANNOT be judge and jury because that leads to becoming executioners#which is a slippery slope into becoming the monster they fight to keep off the streets but WORSE!!!!!#because the people trust the sign of the bat! there's a fucking LIGHT BEAMING IT INTO THE GOTHAM SKYLINE. A SHINING BEACON OF PROMISE...#i digress.#anyways. jason my beloved. my little bastard. i love you ugly ass helmet and all
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