#and no i don't take criticism

[lamialamia]

we as a fandom really don't talk enough about Burgin's gorgeous eyes.

[karmas-chameleon]

Random headcanon: Manfred would've hated the live action release of The Little Mermaid that came out last year. But not for the same reasons anyone else disliked it - he doesn't care about live action vs animated movies, and he certainly doesn't think they made it too 'woke'

It's because he grew up with the older and darker versions of popular fairy tales told to him as a kid. Those stories are supposed to traumatize children, not entertain them with whimsical singing fish and the power of love saving the day, and if a kid doesn't come out of the theatre and have nightmares the next night then clearly the movie did something wrong.

[pageofheartdj]

Back to my usual buiss xD

Kokichi ♦ Rantaro

Kokichi ♠ Maki

Kokichi �� Shuichi

Kokichi ♠ Kaito

Kokichi ♦ Kaede

Kaede ♥ Rantaro

Kaede ♦ Kaito

Kaede ♥ Maki

Kaede ♥ Shuichi

Rantaro ♦ Maki

Rantaro ♦ Shuichi

Rantaro ♥ Kaito

Maki ♥ Kaito

Maki ♦ Shuichi

Shuichi ♦ Kaito

Rantaro and Kaede ♣ for Kokichi with Maki and Kaito XD

[talaricula]

Things I've seen tumblr memeing about James Somerton doing à la "How did no one see how bigoted he was!" as if those things haven't been a significant part of tumblr culture for over a decade :

Presenting untrue and bordering on conspiratorial versions of (queer or otherwise marginalised) history without any sources

Completely disregarding and disrespecting any expertise on socio-cultural topics/humanities and distrusting academics and historians (incl. acting as if no academics or historians could be queer or marginalised)

Downplaying the role misogyny played in the historical oppression of queer women and concluding that queer men must have been more oppressed than queer women

Bi women are, at best, not as queer as "real" queer ppl, and at worst, simply equivalent to straight women

Despite nominal trans inclusivity, transmasculine ppl are functionally women when convenient (combined with the above, bi transmascs are functionally straight women)

Despite nominal trans inclusivity (bis), shamelessly attacking, threatening and actively endangering any trans woman who questions them or smth they find important (often by unfairly presenting her as violent or as a threat)

Having absolutely fucking wild and reductive takes about ace ppl, the oppression they face and their place in the queer community

Stating that marriage equality is an assimilationist fight while completely ignoring its direct roots in the horrifying consequences of the AIDS crisis for partners of ppl who died of AIDS

Praising western media creators from the past for queer coding even under censure and in the same breath condemning current non western media creators for being homophobic bc their representation isn't explicit enough

Blaming China for all existing homophobic censoring in western media

Assuming all queer media would be better told by western creators and by western standards

Only out queer ppl get to tell queer stories

Heavily criticising almost all queer media created by women or ppl they see as such (see above points about trans ppl) or involving/starring a significant amount of women for any perceived or real amount of "problematicness", but fawning over and praising and negating criticism of queer media created by and starring mostly or even functionally exclusively men (even when it could be argued that, you know, not involving/seriously sidelining women is a pretty clear example of misogyny which should probably be considered "problematic")

And I'm probably forgetting stuff or there's stuff I have internalised myself and don't recognise as an issue

Like idk but I feel like the takeaway from Hbomberguy and Toddintheshadow's videos should maybe be "be aware of such patterns in your communities bc they definitely exist" and not "this guy is uniquely awful" and I feel like a lot of the discussion I've seen surrounding this has been severely failing at that. Most ppl who've spent any significant amount of time on tumblr prob either have internalised at least one of those thought patterns, have had to de-internalise them, or have had to be extremely vigilant to not internalise them (which is done by, you know, seeking out other sources, which also seemed like an important takeaway from the videos)

[bamsara]

I think that one thing people fail to understand is that unsolicited literary criticism coming from an online stranger who is reading with no knowledge of what the authors intended goal is, is not going to be received the same as say: the authors beta reader or friends who know what the authors intended goal and has the sufficient knowledge and input to help the author reach that desired outcome.

"But I'm only trying to be helpful" How do I know you have the knowledge and literary skill for you to be able to actaully do that when we don't know each other and you are essentially a stranger to me? Are you applying this criticism based out of personal biased experience and desire to see the story or characterization be driven in another direction or tweaked, or do you know the author's intentions for the character? If the story is incomplete, are you basing your criticism of a character on the incomplete narration with only partial information available of them or are you building up a report until the story's completion? Did the author provide you with the information needed to make a fully informed criticism?

Have you discussed with the author what their plans are or are you assuming them based off the narration, especially if the narration is proven or implied to be unreliable or missing key points of the plot? Are you unbiased enough to help them reach their desired outcome for the characters and story regardless of your personal feelings towards the characters/antagonists and setting? Can you handle being told your specific input isn't wanted because you're a reader and/or have no written anything relating to their genre or topic? Do you understand and respect that the author's personal experiences might influence their writing and make it different than how you would have done it personally? Do you understand if an author only wants input from a specific demographic relating to their story?

If it's for fanfiction or other hobby media, are you holding a free hobby to a professional standard? Are you trying to give criticism because you feel like the author has produced 'subpar job performance' of their fic? Are you viewing their work as a personal intimate outlet or something that must conform with mass media? Are you applying rules and guidelines when the fic is shared for simple sharing sake? Is your criticism worded appropriately and focused on the parts where the author has requested input on rather than a general dismissal and or disapproval?

Have you put yourself in a place where you assumed you have the input needed for the story to evolve better, or have you asked what the author needs and what they're having trouble with? Can you handle having your criticism rejected if the author decides their story doesn't need the change and not take it as a personal offense against your character? Are you crossing that boundary because you think you are doing the author a favor? Are you trying to be helpful, or do you just want to be?

I think sometimes when people hear authors go 'please don't give me unsolicited writing advice or criticism' they automatically chalk it up to 'this author doesn't want ANY constructive feedback on their stuff at all' and not "i already have trusted individuals who will help me with my writing goals and- hey i don't know you like that, please stop acting so overly familiar with me'

[fernsnailz]

do you think shadow was aware of his super strength when he stopped marinating in his tube ? since he can just flip buses i think it'd be funny if there had to be a learning curb

also the image of small crechure shadow being able to lift maria over his head is funny to me.

maybe gerald trips on some osha violation and when shadow goes to help him up he accidentally launches him into the ark's ceiling

i'm absolutely obsessed with this concept of overpowered tiny dude shadow pre-inhibitor rings. chaos and destruction everywhere

[astericias]

part 1/4 of life series members with sanrio characters!!! 2, 3, 4

[lavenderspence]

I'm sorry, but I stand with my cancelled, penalized wife. was he in the wrong? probably, most likely, the penalties say he was. I still stand by him though, you will not change my mind

[forgetriestowrite]

kinda love how Nick and Taliesin are playing their characters and reminding us that Pelor is not just "Don't fucking look into the sun or you'll blind yourself" and droughts and stuff, he's also the thing that warms the earth and the thing that reminds people to keep going and daylight after a long moonless night

and Melora is not just the thing that saved Fjord and makes trees grow and is loving and kind, she's also the kind of ocean that breaks boats and she is quicksand and poison ivy and natural selection and she does not (usually) pick favorites because nature waits for no one

[denkies]

[poisonedfate]

bbc merlin - 04x01 The Darkest Hour, Part I

people are dying. people are dying and they're FLIRTING

[soath]

one of the last barriers keeping jester from sending ludinus da'leth the most threatening four part save the date to her wedding has finally been removed. only the cage surrounding the moon still protects him.

[omaano]

I'm definitely not having too many feelings about Rex and his ARCs, not at all. I'll one day even have the energy to make a full illustration to prove it too. But until then - more pose studies!

[hedgehogcryptid]

Reblogging my own post to add that time Tanjiro saw a dude physically harassing a girl and very calmly went "stop that or I break your arm :)". Dude did not stop it, Tanjiro broke his arm. Like, Tanjiro's plan A is to treat people with the respect and understanding that's due to every human being.

But plan B is always Violence

I love Kimetsu no Yaiba. Some characters are a bit annoying but Tanjiro is an absolute darling of a boy, so good and gentle to his very core and I love him. And then I watch the first episode again and see him throw an axe straight at a guy's head with full intent to kill and remember "oh! Tanjiro is actually a hardcore motherfucker who wakes up every day and chooses kindness. Silly me, how could I forget!"

I love that other characters' first perception of him is that he's weak willed and hesitating, when he's actually fully capable of making hard choices, he's just too nice to take drastic measures first thing if there's a kinder option available. Once the kinder options dried up though he has zero chill.

He bows and begs to Giyuu, because clearly he's a fellow human being capable of thought and mercy. When he states that no, he is actually an enemy and has no intention to be reasoned with, Tanjiro does his best to take him out. He doesn't manage, but not for lack of trying. And he's actually smart about it, which means he had put thought into how to most effectively kill this random guy in the forest.

Then Urokodaki leaves him to kill a demon and tells Tanjiro he hesitated too long. Which is true, but Tanjiro wasn't worried about the killing itself, he was pondering about methods. He thought beating a dude's head into paste was a bit too much.

And then Urokodaki asks him what he would do if Nezuko killed a person and Tanjiro can't answer. Urokodaki framed it as a weakness, because someone who wants to be a demon slayer can't hesitate to kill a demon. But of course Tanjiro wouldn't answer! He's not there to kill demons. He's not even there to help people! He's there because he wants to make his sister human again, so why on earth would he think of killing her as a solution to anything?! At that point he didn't even say he wanted to become a demon slayer, I think (at least in the anime, maybe the manga has more/different dialog), so Urokodaki's point is null. Tanjiro's just there because he was told that's where he could start fixing his problem. It's everyone else who thinks he's there to kill demons and that's why they think he's not taking the job with due seriousness

[whiteeevee996]

To be honest I think both, "Victor was a mentally ill teenager who had just lost his mother and was absolutely not in a good state of mind at the time of the creature's creation and is absolutely worthy of sympathy, especially for how ultimately a single moment ends up in his entire family being murdered." and, "Victor still created and (however unintentionally) abandoned a sapient being who he had the responsibility to care for and desecrated corpses in the process of making said creature, almost certainly without the consent of the original bodies nor their families," Can both be true at the same time.

Similarly, "Creature deserved to have someone care for and love him and he never would've done any of the morally abhorrent things he did had he simply been treated with the basic respect a living creature deserves," and, "Creature murdering innocent people, including a literal child, is inexcusable and how he was treated does not justify him taking it out on innocent people," are also both true.

[acidicwerewolf]

Zolu is canon. Doesn't necessarily have to be romantic, but their lives are so intertwined you just can't separate them. Doesn't matter what you ship or what you don't, or what you think of the characters, you can't separate them without changing some of the things fundamental to their characters.