#and it's all just. swept under the rug

[random-shit-writing]

i hate stories where a character is abused or traumatized (especially by their family), and then they eventually reconcile with the person who hurt them. sometimes the other person doesn't even properly apologize - they just make excuses like "oh, i was only trying to help" or "i love you," like that excuses the impact they had on the character. does no one understand impact over intention? and sometimes the other person doesn't even undergo any character development or noticeably change their behaviour. and then the main character just?? forgives them??? and it blows my fucking mind and makes me feel bitter

obviously, these stories have a place. it happens in real life. second chances are a thing, and it's not like people can't change or be forgiven, but ... idk. seeing movies or reading books with this kind of plot leaves a sour taste in my mouth because it almost never feels natural, and more like it was done just to give a happy ending and redeem all the characters involved.

[rhymeswithumbrella]

you know what really pisses me off? so many people acting like he is the worst person out there and no one will miss him. A LOT of people are grieving now and missing him including people that these people supposedly follow and care about. liam was not the supervillain people wanted him to be. he was messed up and did messed up things likely because of what happened to him. this conversation deserves so much more nuance than people are giving it. and maybe it’s too early to have this conversation now but it’s helping me process and grieve so i’m really writing this for me. people are complex and doing bad things doesn’t make you a bad person or someone worthy of death without being given the chance to make things right. and another thing, it is SO hypocritical to make fun of him and look down on him like he’s the ultimate Bad Guy meanwhile i bet every single person you have ever admired in the spotlight has likely also done bad things or at least things you wouldn’t be proud of. fame is an illness and it can cause people to harm others because they were hurt themselves. human beings are a culmination of everything that they’ve been through and everything they’ve done. he is not only the bad things he’s done and it’s okay and normal to grieve him as a whole person, because he was one.

[lizzieraindrops]

You know what, I figured out why we're having so many errors in Destiny 2 now. It's because with the addition of Micah-10, we've finally reached a critical mass of women with drop dead gorgeous voices, and the game simply can't handle it anymore. It's like Telesto. Too powerful. If they'd actually put Ikora Rey in a rendered cutscene for more than 5 seconds it would have shut down the servers for good

[dukeofthomas]

why does every reconciliation fic go like this

[celtrist]

I just vented out a whole rant about how aromantisim is treated within Hazbin/helluva. I'm not really sure if I should post it for multiple reasons, one of which being I don't want anyone to feel targeted about it or take it the wrong way (like I honestly dont have beef with Al shippers. Gripes, but no beef as I also ship him on occasion).

There was just a sudden burst of frustration I had with it that I think was in part just came from built up frustration from other things. There's things I'd like to have out there, but I don't really think it'd get far or, again, be just taken the wrong way. I don't see a point in posting if people are gonna ignore it, plus it wouldn't change how things are now. If anyone has any thoughts or are curious let me know, but I don't wanna make anyone feel like shit or put a pointless rant out there no one wanted to see. I also wanna keep rants to a minimum as I know people aren't always into that sort of stuff, especially if you don't follow someone for that and you just get an influx of posts of them complaining. And I still want to keep things relatively light hearted around here, at best maybe just some critiques on things here and there.

It's late, I'm on my phone when I should probably just sleep it off, so sleep it off I will.

[twitterdotcom]

Im sorry but the writers did not show Ed cleaning things up after he shot Izzy as a parallel when he started cleaning up after Stede left him so people could still say that he was healing and actually fine in s1ep10

[grapestones]

So I picked up Obey Me again after some time and rereading the first main story on Nightbringer (NB's main story being the second) and reached lesson 16 again and man. Man. I'm so pissed off that Belphie gets off without facing any of the consequences. I'm pissed off that he didn't even apologise, not to You. He apologised to Lilith for not saving her in the Celestial War. But for killing you? For torturing you? For attempting to do it *again*?

And once he just... snuggles up to you right after? All lovey-dovey, like everything is alright in the word? Bro. I will punch you in the face. Satan apologised for scaring you when he got angry at you, Lucifer apologised for something I don't remember right now, but Belphie??? And everyone acts like nothing happened???

MAN that's infuriating. I would love to love Belphie, and I really would love him but. I need to see him suffer first, need to see him being ridden with guilt. I don't mind if he's childish at first, acting like he doesn't need to apologise to you, he already is like that a bit, but I need to see him *understand* what he did and that even if Barbatos fixed the timeline, people *were* affected by it. That he terrified you, made you angry at his audacity, acting like everything is fine just because you are Lilith's descendant. You aren't Lilith and you *should* be extremely furious at him and have nightmares about watching your wrecked body in Mammon's arms.

[thanatoshrt]

discouraging that many people cannot discuss nyx’s character when it doesn’t pertain to her motherhood but. okay

[nohr-selphias]

Playing an asshole HoF is just so fun and so intriguing from a storytelling / long term timeline perspective. Like yes, looking at the big picture they’re a hero, they slayed an archdemon and ferelden still stands. But Bann Teagan, who watches over a destitute Redcliffe, has a different story. Cammen holds a deep and old resentment for a ruined bond so long ago. The castless resort to more and more desperate measures to ensure they are not the next ‘volunteer’ to becoming a golem, and they know who had a hand in their continued struggle. But their anger and hurt don’t matter, or are disregarded completely, because the only reason why they can still even be angry as opposed to tainted or dead is because of the their ‘Hero’.

[scattered-winter]

made the mistake of reading through the political discussions on my big family groupchat that I usually keep muted. you must never do such a thing.

[justalittlebluetiefling]

I remember a long time ago you mentioned you hadn't really had any ships in campaign 3, which was a little odd for you. I'm wondering if you ever found any relationships romantic or otherwise that you've liked or feel yourself coming around to liking?

I'm still pretty neutral on everything! Most of the dynamics I like aren't really romantic. I am a fan of most of the relationship dynamics from a non-romantic lens for the most part, but when it comes down to romance, there's still stuff missing for me to really feel connected to it. Which is still kind of shocking to me but that's where we are!

[enluv]

this isn’t in specific to anyone on here but I honestly find it very sad and disheartening that male idols are able to get away with so many things/such weird and disgusting behaviors simply because fans brush their favs actions under the rug and refuse to acknowledge when they are in the wrong. kpop should not be put over morals or basic decency.

[gardengnosticator]

the fact that the news media was so ready and willing to eat up the beheaded israeli babies lie to help normalise the mass murder of palestinians but that the recorded unearthing of countless mass graves of palestinian civilians, battered and beaten, covered in bullet wounds, bound and gagged and dumped in a pit in bombed out hospitals gets nothing should radicalise you

[twotales]

Clone Carson is a person. His own person. Let’s never forget that.

[muirneach]

seeing my grandmother and aunt for the first time post coming out does anyone want to shoot me

[viktuurionice]

I really don't feel like being a person today

(didn't get up until around noon)