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Every fan art/fic I see where Stolas gets mad at or talks down to Emberlynn for her Blitzy-Kun obsession owes me tylenol and an apology with tears.

[daenerystemper]

do you think show!sansa's antagonism towards daenerys is because she saved jon beyond the wall & that really ruined sansa's plan to undermine jon's power until the northern lords eventually agreed to name her qitn similar to the way it was an accident that the knights of the vale saved jon despite sansa's best efforts to keep her mouth shut about it

[hermesmoly]

Kaos ultimately failed as a show for not putting Menelaus as part of their “Big Three” as if the gods didn’t ultimately use his love for Helen as a weapon that killed Trojan masses

[thestrangeblob]

You know what it all boils down to?

How the hell do you end up reading a fated mates author then get pissed she is writing fated mates?

Make it make sense.

You know what it all really boils down to?

how the hell do you read a romance series and not want an epic romance story between two people are pathetically down bad for each other?

why do you not want a romance between two people pulled apart by fate and circumstance only they defy the odds and say "fuck it! this is the person I love! this is the person I choose to love cause fuck fate and fuck the gods above who are they to tell me who to love?"🌸🦇

make it make sense <3

[consider-your-potatoes-mashed]

The fuck is up with abled people and thinking that using or having a mobility aid makes us weak? Or that our goal should be to not use them? Why can’t they just accept that using mobility aids is not a bad thing and that we use them because they help and give us more freedom? My mobility aids enable me to do so much more than I can without them and my goal is not to get rid of them or not use them or whatever my goal is to have the ability to do what I want and be independent and not be in excruciating pain. Maybe at some point I wont need my mobility aids but right now I do so idk about other disabled people but stop telling me to try to not use something that makes my quality of life so much better and stop telling me to get better soon I’m just trying my best and the fact people don’t see that is really disheartening just because I don’t fit what someone thinks i should look like or be doing to “get better” doesn’t mean they should feel free to tell me their opinions on my body and what I do to accommodate myself

Honestly this started out as a rant about ableist bullshit regarding mobility aids but it definitely applies to so much else like neurotypicals complaining about how I accommodate my autism and telling me to “just be normal” and other shit like that.

It definitely applies to more than what I’ve said here but goddamn it abled people stop policing disabled bodies and minds, stop trying to control us, stop thinking you know our bodies better than we do

Tl;dr: abled people need to stop with their bullshit and leave disabled people and their tools and accommodations and self accommodations alone. Abled people believe they know our bodies better than we do and that’s simply not true.

[harukamitsuki]

had a couple of reblogs on my last post, mentioning toga being a failed yandere and a bad character as a whole, specifically by @mikeellee @amethystoceandespiser and @kite2013 so this is for you guys.

and, yes, she is. she is both a bad example of a yandere, and a bad character.

when you think of yanderes you think of yuno gasai from mirai nikki or monika from ddlc, or even ayano aishi from yan sim or every single girl in higurashi.

and they're all excellent examples of yanderes.

the term 'yandere' comes from two words: 'yanderu', meaning "to be sick", and 'deredere', meaning "lovestruck". together, it the loose translation would be 'sick with love'.

yuno gasai is the best example of a yandere, encapsulating it in every way possible. she's sick and twisted, ready to sacrifice everything, herself included, just to be with yuki. she acts sweet and caring, but is truly a jealous, overprotective, dangerous girl underneath all that.

one of the first things she says to yuki is that she is willing to give up everything for him.

yanderes are supposed to be obsessed with love, and more specifically, with the target of their love.

love is the only reason they have to keep going.

and toga is not it.

because when she's first introduced, it isn't love that's her driving force. it's admiration. some may say it's a form of love, but it doesn't matter. yandere's are obsessed with romantic love specifically, and toga was not introduced as such.

even if she developed into a yandere after meeting izuku, or perhaps her nature was revealed far later, as was the case with homura from pmmm, it wouldn't matter as we still don't know who she's devoted to.

yeah, she's into izuku, but we don't see that devotion. a real yandere would have abandoned everything just to be with their love, but toga doesn't.

she is not a yandere, but horikoshi presents her in such a way, because they're one of the most popular tropes in Japan, and even in the west. appearing adorable and speaking cutely, and obsessed with blood.

what, are we supposed to assume her 'love' is blood? no, her obsession with blood is as a result of both her quirk, and how she envisions love.

blood is how she expresses her adoration. there's a stark difference in how she wants to see izuku's blood, and how she wants to see overhauls. with izuku, her face is flushed and she's almost shy in the way she says it. but with overhaul, she's full of fury. it isn't about wanting to become closer with him, it's about getting revenge for mangne's death.

so, yeah. terrible example of a yandere.

if i were to write her to be a proper yandere, i'd have her obsess over twice, who canonically had feelings for her. i'd have her destroy everything just for twice.

and i'd have izuku's appearance challenge her. suddenly, she can't tear everyone and everything else down, because she can't hurt him. maybe she'd have a mental breakdown over it, trying to figure out who to fight for, if it's okay to love more than one person, maybe even coming to the conclusion that it was never love - it was obsession.

i'd have her be a proper deconstruction of the yander archetype. not this failed version of a yandere.

as for her character...

her writing is really bad, which doesn't say much when most other characters in mha are badly written, but we're focusing on her today.

we are first introduced to her after the hosu arc, where she joins the lov due to believing stain was working with them.

why did she love stain? what specifically drew him to her? we don't know, and we never find out.

why is she so attracted to izuku? the many injuries he gets? but what was it specifically that caught her attention? no clue.

did she ever love twice back? why did she stick with shigiraki? how close is she to the villains other than twice?

we don't know.

there were so many ways to develop her. maybe she, dabi and spinner would reminisce about how they first found out about stain, which would also further delve into all of their motivations. maybe they would find out stain rejected the lov, and struggle on deciding whether to leave or not.

it'd be far more interesting if she actually wanted to damn everything to join izuku, but maybe he rejected her and so she turned against him.

maybe she could have been a good deconstruction of the yandere trope, maybe she could have been a well-written character, but she wasn't.

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[theultimategoodgirl]

Vegaspete x The Wicked King by Holly Black

[pack-the-pack]

There will come a day when people that aren't into A/B/O will find my "omegaverse slurs" post and realise they're not real. That they're for fictional people, in a fictional world, and have nothing to do with real-life-humans. Like, at all. And that their usage is for fictional usage only, and not meant to target any one group (not even misce people).

And that most importantly they're not framed as a good thing to use? They're meant to be used in unfavorable depictions of characters and societies in fanfiction. Not as cool hip-with-the-youth slang lmao.

This day is still far into the wishful thinking time-space though. One day, however, we may reach that level of awareness.

[cinemaocd]

Noam Chomsky "genocide denier"

I cut my teeth reading Chomsky in the 80s and 90s. He has faced criticism over the decades for his opinions that are extremely critical of U.S. and Israel's militarism. After 9-11 this made him a pariah in the U.S. and his critics have taken to socials today with out of context quotes, or just outright smearing him with the label of "genocide denier."

Reddit thread on Bosnia Genocide comments Reddit thread on Cambodian genocide comments

I'm not saying take the redditor's words for it, I'm saying these articles are a decent place to start and reddit's search works better than tumblrs...Oh and you might accidentally read some Chomsky and that would be no bad thing.

[northern-passage]

I came across the character Branwen* in my most recent play-through and was curious if she's supposed to be Inuit or not? It was just a bit unclear since she has a chin-stripe tattoo, a Welsh name, and comes from Gael (which I'm under the impression is supposed to be Norse inspired?) Neither the Welsh/Celts or Norse had tattoos like these and the imagery of such comes from the appropriation of Inuit kakiniit. It's unfortunately common, especially in the fantasy genre, think Yasha from Critical Role, and I wouldn't really blame you for not yet knowing better. Misguided or not, it's very damaging since these tattoos are a closed practice, and Inuit have asked us not to use them for non-indigenous characters. Some other cultures have similar tattoos, but these are specifically what are appropriated from in the "Norse aesthetic".

This could be a great opportunity to represent a community that's regularly misrepresentationed and appropriated from in the genre, though! I don't believe you had any ill intentions, if this is a mistake you've made, since you've done really well about a lot of other things so far.

Also, I've done a lot of research on the topic for my own world building and I can try to help if you have any questions!

Here's a list of Inuk creators and artists from my own following (on TikTok specifically):

kadlun

willow.allen

notdayle

shinanova

And fairy.gothparent (not indigenous) has some really educational content on the subject also!

I'm sorry I've misread or misinterpreted anything, and I hope none of this came off as aggressive! I'm just genuinely curious and want to help others do better!

hi :-) no worries, you are not aggressive at all. Branwen is not meant to be Inuit, nor is she meant to be Welsh or Norse. Gael and Adrania are just Fantasy Lands with their own lore & culture-- but with that being said, i am fully aware that the setting for TNP is very much giving medieval Europe, hahahaha. regardless, when i choose names they are mainly just because i like them, so i wouldn't put too much stock in them when reading.

same thing when i designed Branwen, the tattoo was mostly for the aesthetic and because i liked it. i was aware of a few different types of indigenous tattoos (like the Māori tāmoko as well as the Inuit kakiniit) at the time i chose the thick, solid line because i was purposefully trying to avoid conflating it directly with those indigenous tattoos. you're the first person to point this out to me and i appreciate it and it has made me reevaluate my decision to give her such a distinct tattoo. i wanted tattoos to be a big part of Gaelish culture & planned for them to be made with heavy lines & geometry, but in the end a lot of the designs are all over the place (Merry's are way more modern due to basing some of the designs around nautical/sailor tattoos with only a few geometric designs, while Lea's are strictly geometric runes meant for their alchemy)

i absolutely want to avoid misrepresenting these tattoos, especially since it was never my intention for this character to be interpreted as a part of any of the mentioned indigenous groups. this is a good reminder for myself that my work does not exist in a vacuum and regardless of my intentions, the names i choose & the designs i make still reflect my own personal biases and have implications outside of my story.

i appreciate you messaging me and sharing resources. and i always want to encourage people to do so! especially because in my worldbuilding for Gael and Adrania i am pulling inspiration from a lot of different places and a lot of other fantasy media. i've always intended for Adrania to be a "melting pot," with a lot of different influences as in-game cultures converge around their ports & trade routes, but that can also lead to me unintentionally harming real world groups & cultures in my interpretations. as much as i want to "build from scratch" it's just not possible, i will always be influenced by the society i live in, hence me including the tattoo to begin with because you're right, i have seen similar designs in other fantasy media & just didn't think much about it.

going forward i'll most likely just remove that tattoo from Branwen's design, and maybe give her a neck tattoo instead 🤔 just something different to distinguish it from those indigenous designs.

[daeneryseastar]

lol. lmao, even.

[fancylala4]

I want rapunzel stans to know that a character being static and not being affected by their trauma makes them an awful character. So every time you say something like “Elsa is shy and closed off because of her upbringing. This makes her a bad character while rapunzel is great because she can be nice and outgoing despite her upbringing” you’re just showing how terrible rapunzel is as a character. Same thing when you say that Anna’s an awful character because she’s so annoying and naive (because she’s affected by her upbringing) while dollar store Ariel isn’t. Not everyone wants a character who is perfect and doesn’t make mistakes in their movies. I would say it’s a popular opinion as most people like Elsa and Anna way better than rapunzel.

[summonthebats]

The Other Untenable Situation

The thing is House Hightower genuinely cannot afford to Not object to Rheanyra succeeding Viserys over his legitimate sons by Alicent. Pretty much no house could but the Hightowers in particular.

In general, the Andal, First Men and (based on Visenya the Conqueror being the eldest and her brothers consort) Valyrian custom is that sons inherit before daughters. To marry a noble woman and then effectively disinherit her sons is a huge violation of the social contract, as well as a huge insult to her house. To not object to that violently would indicate to their bannermen and their enemies that this house can’t or won’t defend its own, and that puts a massive target on their back.

Think Tytos Lannister. A house that won’t demand what it is due, and yes social custom does say the legitimate sons are due their fathers stuff before his daughters get a look in, is going to lose everything.

And House Hightower does soft power.  They do Soft Power really, really well.

The Citadel, the Stary Sept and the giant lighthouse that is their castle are the base of this. They maintain it by diplomacy and respectable (by Westeros standards) behavior and trade and their word being good and overall adherence to the social expectations of the society they are in. The High Tower was siege proof before Bran the Builder was born, they have thousands of years of respect to lose and good conduct to uphold. The social contract is vital to them.

In Westeros this all includes murdering anyone who doesn’t keep their end of the bargain. AKA, the Frey justicication for the Red Wedding.

So when Viserys married Alicent without first stipulating that Rheanyra would remain his heir no matter what the deal this society understood to be made was that if she gave him sons they would inherited his throne. Alicent upheld their side, there is no Maegor and Ceryse grey area with the glaring absence of heirs here.

Then Viserys broke the deal. House Hightower must either enforce it or their position crumbles.

And then they die.

[fujimiiiya]

[consider-your-potatoes-mashed]

Had a group of teens laugh at and make fun of me for walking with my cane today. Wtf y’all wtf.

Is decency not a thing? Is kindness non existent? I am just a person and sure I use a mobility aid but goddamnit that doesn’t mean you cam/should laugh or make fun of me or any other disabled person for how they walk or behave and what not