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caliburn-not-calculator Ā· 2 months ago
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Iā€™m not really sure how unpopular of an opinion this is in the fandom since itā€™s honestly not discussed a lot, but since itā€™s mentioned rather often on the pod Iā€™ll go ahead a say it. I donā€™t like Dani/Davion. It feels remarkably forced.Ā 
Before I get any further, I really donā€™t want this to come off as shading any one who does like this ship. Thereā€™s nothing inherently wrong with it, and there are even a few circumstances where I can see the appeal. Everyoneā€™s allowed to like whatever they want to like. Personally, itā€™s not my cup of tea, which Iā€™m about to explain why, but if itā€™s yours, go nuts and have fun. Thatā€™s what fandom is for.Ā 
Anyways, I donā€™t like Dani/ Davion as a couple. It feels very hetero/amatonnormative to me. Oh a guy and a girl are bickering, that must mean they like each other and are secretly pining inside. Iā€™m quite bored of this. Obviously this is a popular troupe for a reason, and I canā€¦*understand* the appeal. Iā€™m justā€¦ tired of it.Ā 
What I *can* say is I do like Dani & Davion. As like, frenemies would be the word I guess. Theyā€™re very funny. I like that they bring out sides of each other that we donā€™t really see otherwise. Bad sides, theyā€™re catty bitches and itā€™s great. I think the dynamic of having two people who constantly, *genuinely!!!* what to rip out the otherā€™s throat, but also, to one degree or another, trust each other is very compelling and entertaining. I genuinely liked the moment in 5.6 when Dani asked Davion to defend Brass because she couldnā€™t be there. As much as she rags on him, deep down she does actually trust him.Ā 
What I donā€™t like is when this dynamic is turned fully, cleanly romantic. It feels like it just flattens it down a lot. Perhaps this really is just an issue Iā€™m having because of my particular experience being aroacespec. I find a lot of character dynamics far less interesting when they get cleanly slotted into the ā€œromanticā€ category instead of all the messy facets and feelings that can exist in nebulous platonic/queerplatonic spaces getting to be explored (This is true of any gender parting btw).Ā 
Rolling with difficulty is a show I enjoy so much largely because of the vast variety of relationships in it. There are so many different relationship smoothies with different amounts of platonic or familial or alterous love blended in. Each of them have distinct tastes even if they have similar ingredients to another paring. None of the platonic bonds are treated as less valuable than the romantic ones, none are treated like they need to turn romantic in order to deepen or obtain true value. (Shoutout to aromantic Kyana and her bestie Ione, I loved their convo in 5.6 too.)Ā 
None of them, I feelā€¦ except for Dani & Davion.Ā 
I know really all the Davani teases have been out of character by the players, but I actually think thatā€™s why it bothers me. Itā€™s literally out of character. Itā€™s forced. Organically, without outside forces like playersā€™ out of character preferences (which of course have a place in ttrpg settings, Iā€™m speaking solely from an in universe perspective/preference) I really donā€™t think either Dani or Davion would ever see the other as a romantic partner. It just doesnā€™t fit. I could see them growing very close, continuing with the dynamic they currently haveā€” tearing into each other like wild dogs anytime they meet, but under the surface, the trust growing and maybe after a while even respect too. And thatā€™s the dynamic I like.Ā 
I think the TL;DR here is something adjacent to: Iā€™m not a fan of romantic relationships being treated as a better version of platonic ones, and, although in general RWD is very good about not falling into that hole, I feel like to a certain degree Davani (as a romantic relationship) does.
So sorry for the essay, but Iā€™ve kind of been stewing on this for a while and it feels kinda good to get it all out in words. (Reiterating no shade if you like this ship, this is just my personal opinion! :D)
Oh this is very fair, I have to say I agree with you. It was kinda funny but yeah it never felt compelling to me, more like a joke than anything.
You put this incredibly well so Iā€™m not sure I can say much that builds upon other than, yes, I get that.
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reallybadblackoutpoems Ā· 8 months ago
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secrets of farming (1863) - john w. large
"yeowch augh taking damage ough eurgh"
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setaflow Ā· 1 year ago
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Gay pride happens in June and gay wrath happens whenever hbomberguy drops a 3+ hour video essay about a specific topic
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kbsd Ā· 7 months ago
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when a lovely flame dies, smoke gets in your eyes
OR: what were we supposed to take away from episode 4 if not ā€˜bucky is a war widowā€™
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deoidesign Ā· 2 months ago
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Thinking about vampires, death, life, and the space they occupy in between
#to be or not to be. that is the question#ty adam for being my model for dramatic vampire moment#musings on the thinkings about:#when to live you are required to hurt others. you must repeatedly ask yourself what the value of your life is#To sleep... perchance to dream...#ah. THERES THE RUB.#ok I actually couldnt come up with too many thoughts. I had a lot more while I was drawing this but I guess I put them in the painting LOL#reading that soliloquy and being like damn this is just like vampires#the reality of course is that the soliloquy is a debate over suicide and ultimately making the choice to live#even if just out of fear of the unknown#and vampires are about dying and then in undeath choosing to continue to live#despite the fear of eternity and loneliness and hurting others#theyre not the same. but like let me thiiink come onnnn I'm allowed to thiiink and have incomplete thoughts#I would have to write like a proper essay about this to organize my thoughts. this is the tags on a tumblr post.#anyways finished episode 79#working on patreon stickers for this month (and next month soon)#and working on book 4. taking a pause from episodes cause I've got 3 weeks of buffer now... UGH#I'm so mad that they changed it. it would have been 5 weeks before but it's fine it's whatever#anyways yeah taking a break from episodes to make my book now!#its good stuff.#and this painting is good stuff#banger after banger from me tbh#this was a little relaxing giving myself a couple hours to muse#it's necessary for my health and I always forget that til I do a painting...#I loved doing the little landscape in the background too I should do that more! I love how plants are just like whatever shape you want#like you can make up any plant you want and not only does that plant PROBABLY exist somewhere#a weirder plant exists somewhere too. so. literally whatever you want#ok bye again for a few days while I get back to work
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itty-bitty-sunshine Ā· 30 days ago
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Me when i draw the same angst for the billionth time
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peak-dumbass Ā· 5 months ago
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I know I just got done with ranting about tfp/rid2015 starscreamā€™s character but, if you couldnā€™t tell by my other rid2015 posts, Iā€™m obsessed with rid2015 bumblebee and when I tell you I love this scene of bumblebee making fun of starscream Iā€™m not exaggerating itā€™s so cathartic to me
ā€œBut bumblebee is a good/hero character, why is he being so meanā€”ā€ did you forget how much starscream hurt bumblebee in tfp?
He killed cliffjumper who, while probably not as close to bee as he was to arcee, was still close friends with bee
He stole the omega keys from the autobotsā€™ base and handed them over to megatron, practically dooming Cybertron at the time to be remade in megatronā€™s image ā€” of course the autobots get them back last minute, but that doesnā€™t change how much that loss effected all of them (evidence: optimus shouting in anger for the first and to my memory only time in the series) ā€” including bumblebee
And his greatest offense towards bumblebee in my opinionā€”
DESTROYING BUMBLEBEEā€™S T-COG
ā€œBut it was silas and M.E.C.H. that took it in the first placeā€”ā€ HE DIDNā€™T NEED TO HELP SILAS USE IT AFTERWARDS ā€œbut Ratchet was able to fix itā€”ā€ THAT DOESNā€™T GET RID OF THE TRAUMA THAT WHOLE EXPERIENCE CAUSED HIM
Itā€™s also incredibly fucked once you think about it more because the t-cog is literally a cybertronian organ ā€” while silas is at least mostly detached from how screwed this is since itā€™s more like taking parts from a robot than surgery to humans, starscream shouldnā€™t be since heā€™s also a cybertronian
Instead of being freaked out and recognizing how messed up silasā€™ actions are like any rational bot would, he helps silas make his fake-bot-thatā€™s-using-another-botā€™s-stolen-organ work by providing him with energon (the [at the time] incredibly scarce resource that helps all bots survive) and ā€” after that plan falls through because of bumblebee finding them ā€” he destroys the botā€™s organ for no reason other than he wanted to escape and thought that was a good way to distract him
I justā€”Iā€™m sorry?? I feel like bumblebee is incredibly justified for clowning on this cringefailure of a bot for what heā€™s done to him
And this isnā€™t even mentioning what heā€™s done against the autobots as a whole (both on and off screen) that has probably hurt bumblebee by proxy
I feel like itā€™d be justified if bee also killed starscream ā€” he already got to kill the bot that destroyed his voice box, I think bee deserves another murder as a treat <3
/joking but also what ifā€”*gets shot by tfp/rid2015 starscream fans*
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helimir Ā· 4 months ago
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Some top tier Caduceus quotes I've been thinking about in these Downfall times. Something about how so much of Ludinus' position seems to rest on revenge. Showing Bells Hells the squabbling of the gods as they debate what to do about Aeor, and asking 'You can just watch bad people get away with it?'
It doesn't matter if the gods were wrong for their choices. Killing them won't bring back Aeor and it won't stop the violence that Ludinus and the Ruby Vanguard have visited on the world. I just don't see what it's for.
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carnivalcarriondiscarded Ā· 1 year ago
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The ''Are you trying to romance me?'' meme but with Barnaby and Howdy
i belted this out in like a half hour flat <3 bc Yes
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reallybadblackoutpoems Ā· 6 months ago
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protect your family from lead in your home (2020) - united states environmental protection agency
"im so full of lead paint yum"
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feidude Ā· 2 days ago
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the system gives SQQ a new plotline to complete by the name of ā€œshen qingqiuā€™s shidi seduction storylineā€ and SQQ is frazzled, as he sees the title and is like ??? excuse me?! how can i do this to my loyal, respectable and ever so straight shidi!!! but system shows the first task and heā€™s like ah? itā€™s just tying my hair up?? what kind of seduction is this..? ā€¦and itā€™s worth 25 B-points u say?? hmm not bad, not bad at all!! ā€¦.wellā€¦ok! sure šŸ‘€šŸ‘€
and so it begins. before the next scheduled meridian cleansing, SQQ ties his hair in a high ponytail and itā€™s honestly kinda nice bc the weather was becoming awfully warm and all. anyway thereā€™s a resounding knock on the door and SQQ composes himself before opening the door and saying w/ a smile gracing his lips, ā€œLiu-shidi!! this shixiong has been waiting for you!!ā€ andā€¦ā€¦silence. Liu-shidi looks stunned, eyes quickly glancing at his neck (hm?) before he turns his head, pointedly not looking at SQQ. Thereā€™s an uncharacteristic flush on his cheeks but heā€™s frowning, and with gritted teeth, says: ā€œYou--!ā€¦Iā€™ll come back later!ā€
And in the matter of seconds, heā€™s gone, and SQQ is just likeā€¦..šŸ§eh. SQQ touches his hair and feels a bit sad,,cuz surely this new look of his isnā€™t too bad, no? but the system screen shines: +25 B-points!! Host successfully completed first task! Keep it up kya~~!
(ćƒ¾;ļæ£ā–½ļæ£)ćƒ¾!! ~~
SQQ:ā€¦...
heā€™s confused now bc didnā€™t his shidi just run away from him?? how did he get the points?? system ah, pls explain the reasoning behind these seduction points! but system is a little shit and doesnā€™t answer so SQQ curses it until heā€™s tired and decides whatever, heā€™s got the points so šŸ¤·
anyways the next task is: caress the arm,,,,which !! hello?? SQQ does not want to end up with a broken hand, thank you very much !! but this one is worth 30 B-Points after allā€¦ so maybe if he does it fast enough???
he takes his chance after leaving the weekly Sect meeting, catching up to walk alongside LQG, calling out to him softly: ā€œShidi~.ā€
LQG grunts and turns to look at him, eyebrows raised in question. SQQ smiles: ā€œWill shidi indulge this shixiong and recount his encounter with the Blue-Tailed Dragonsprout?ā€
LQG hums and is quiet for a few seconds, before slowly retelling his fight with the dangerous beast. Itā€™s nice, listening to the low cadence of LQGā€™s voice as theyā€™re walking along the path. SQQ even almost forgets his intended task (almost!)
LQG is telling the bit where he hand chopped the head of the beast open (as expected of his strong shidi!!) when SQQ takes his chance and brushes his hand slightly against LQGā€™s. and really, itā€™s almost comical how quickly LQG stops speaking and stiffens up. SQQ sighs in his heart. ofc. really, heā€™s not terribly surprised. ofc his most loyal, masculine, and straight shidi would be uncomfortable!!
SQQ looks to LQG to..uh laugh it off?? calmly apologize for intruding onto personal space?? and then. he sees it. a flush on LQGā€™s cheeks similar to last time and,, his ears are a bit red too now thatā€™s he looking closely.
hmm?
HMM??
SQQ pauses, and lifts his hand again, this time caressing LQGā€™s arm (hopefully very sensually but itā€™s not like heā€™s an expert ok!!) before hooking his arm with LQGā€™s.
ā€œShidi, wonā€™t you continue the story?ā€ SQQ purrs, and ok yk what. admittedly heā€™s a bit embarrassed to be purposefully acting like this, but LQGā€™s eyes widen and his face turns even more red, and oh.
Oh.
*(gru voice: lighht buulb)*
ā€¦well, isnā€™t this surprising?
And so it begins (again). But this time, thereā€™s purpose. Itā€™s not just abt the points after all,, esp when his shidi is giving these adorable and frankly tsundere reactions. itā€™s amusing to SQQ and like,, can u blame him for wanting to see more??
system: ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦. (ćƒ¾;ļæ£ā–½ļæ£)ćƒ¾!! ~~ Encouraging host!!
SQQ ties his inner robes loosely, so during meridian cleansing, his robes slip off just so, exposing his shoulder and part of his chest. thereā€™s a choking sound behind him which causes SQQ to smile slyly, before calling out: ā€œAh, is shidi alright?ā€ and ofc he gets no response, so he peeks back and ah, there it is!! LQG is not meeting his eyes and is instead focusing on circulating his qi but!, his face is bright red and SQQā€¦.well he finds it absolutely delightful ;).
and so SQQ continues. on a mission together, he makes an excuse that he is ā€œoh so dreadfully tired, wonā€™t shidi let this one rest?ā€ so he can take off his boots and free his aching feet, lifting his robes above his ankle while doing so. (thereā€™s a loud bang behind him and he looks back to see LQG standing with his hands clenched next to a fallen tree w/ a very suspicious fist-shaped indent).
when they both attend a local festival, SQQ buys himself some tanghulu and he sucks it lightly before biting into it, savoring the sweet taste of the hardened sugar. he licks his lips before putting his mouth on the entirety of the snack again, and makes eye contact with LQG. LQGā€™s watching him intently, and oh? heā€™s not looking away? his shidi is getting rather bold hehe. so SQQ cheekily smiles , eyes curving up as he sucks the tanghulu once, then twice, before letting it bulge in his cheek. (gosh system wait tf am I doing?! he should feel embarrassed really!! ) but seeing LQGā€™s slack jaw and eyes glazed withā€¦something, SQQ finds that he doesnā€™t rly mind.
and it goes on. SQQ accidentally trips and falls onto his shidi, pushing him down so heā€™s straddling himā€¦.
LQG cuts SQQ some fruit and SQQ uses his mouth to eat it directly from LQGā€™s fingersā€¦
SQQ leans against LQGā€™s firm..and strongā€¦and very wide chest after the meridian cleansingā€¦.
and now SQQ is watching LQG sleep (NOT creepily ok) , after insisting that they can share the bed in the hotel, cuz ā€œno shidi i will not allow you to sleep on the floor!ā€
and SQQ isnā€™t entirely dumb ok, itā€™s not like he wasnt aware of what he was doing!! at first it rlly was to see LQGā€™s reactions!!
but SQQā€™s come to realize that heā€¦maybe kinda sorta likes it?? He likes LQGā€™s attention on him, he likes it when LQG looks at him with those eyes. Moreover, he likes LQG.
and he can kinda sorta bet that LQG likes him too?? //SQQ recalls the moment when he burst out laughing after seeing SQH trip and fall on his face (serves that hack author right!!) and then a screen pops up to the side: +35 B-Points!! Good job host kya~~!! ^^ and SQQ is like ?????
he looks next to him only to see LQG watching him w/ a gentle smile, his eyes almost,, fond?? (SQQ quite literally feels his heart beating faster and ah itā€™s almost winter, why is it so warm ??)//
SQQ blushes just thinking abt it, his Liu-shidi really is too OP!! heā€™s distracted so SQQ doesnā€™t see the once sleeping LQG open his eyes to blearily look at him.
ā€œShen Qingqiu.ā€ the voice is still sleepy and the words are followed up with a small yawn.
ā€œSleep.ā€ An arm comes to wrap around SQQā€™s waist, to pull him closer and SQQ doesnā€™t know whether to laugh or cry, so he nestles his head on LQGā€™s chest instead and thinks with resolution, ā€œah tmrw thenā€ before falling asleep.
(SQQ confesses, and the bed is put to a much better use wink wink)
the end mwah
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im-in-andromeda Ā· 7 days ago
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okay the scene in s1 ep1 when there is the flashback to the hargreeves waiting to say goodnight to reginald but he doesnā€™t acknowledge them and allison says ā€˜heā€™s always busyā€™ only to move onto the modern day scene where there are random noises and movements coming from the study?!?!
obviously itā€™s played for laughs and i know this wasnā€™t the original intention but the idea of going from the flashback to that scene really makes the study seem haunted for a few seconds, until you realise itā€™s klaus. the man who is haunted (literally) and plagued by ghosts. storytelling at its peak
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The fans: Ugh Sonic was just so preachy. I mean obviously he's supposed to be the good guy, so any uncomfortableness I feel here and any way I feel like Sonic's choices are framed as being why some other people have shitty lives is just bad writing because he is obviously supposed to be right always, but this characterization makes no sense. Isn't he right for the things he did?
Ian Flynn, using Kitsunami to say the (barely even at this point) quiet part even louder: Hey it's almost like ever since the Mr. Tinker event we've been purposely running with the critique of Sonic as being more selfish than he appears. Sonic is upholding a system of Eggman v Sonic that currently benefits him and shuts down talk of how to improve the current system because he likes his own personal enjoyment and he's attached enough to Eggman that he'd rather Eggman pretend to be a good person than be stuck in prison for life. He doesn't even quite practice what he preaches. We are trying to show that the current hero v villain system and Sonic's recklessness currently affects some people poorly and that Sonic isn't a perfect hero.
#fandom wank#sonic the hedgehog#idw sonic comics#idw sonic 2024 annual#2024 sonic annual spoilers#idw somic comic spoilers#idw sonic spoilers#idw 2024 sonic annual spoilers#i just be ramblin#god one of these days I need to commit to the sonic character essay#because you HAVE to be able to see Sonic as a multifaceted character that is surprisingly selfish and a bit self centered despite his image#as a good hero who is always right to understand what the writers for Sonic Prime and Idw Sonic are trying to do#The point is not that Sonic is secretly a bad guy or anything#the point is that we're already primed to assume that anything Sonic does is a good thing because he's a hero and protagonist of what is#considered a 'children's media'#And people who can see those moments in different games or properties times where Sonic isn't being so good as him actually not being so#good of a person are primed to explain it away as flaws of the writing or the genre at that time *because* Sonic's behavior is not said to#be bad or punished in those games#And become we're already primed to assume that Sonic is already the good guy who's making the best choices no matter whatā€š it's supposed to#be shocking when the narrative takes a step back and gives a critique of this status quo by showing us the effects of it#But instead of having some sort of eye opening event or being willing to meet the narrative where it's at#99% of the people who post here got uncomfortable and just doubled downā€š saying that because these things are being pointed out and some of#Sonic's actions (that aren't even alien to the games)#are being framed in a not so good lightā€š then it must not be purposeful. That it must be bad writing through and through and just bad#Sonic characterization#because for people who claim they want Sonic as a series to be deeper and more thought out they sure start to pearl clutch when they feel#like a property isn't being as shallow as the very same games they think kinda suck#anyways anyways sorry about the rant I'll get back to regularly scheduled posting after this#vent post
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cringengl Ā· 1 year ago
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Realistically speaking, in a Hunger Games Stranger Things au, Jonathan Byers would be Katniss Everdeen.
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itwoodbeprefect Ā· 3 months ago
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the great thing about falling really deep into a new media niche is developing opinions on many new things. the terrible thing about falling really deep into a new media niche is developing opinions on many new things
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raspberrysmoon Ā· 1 year ago
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i will never be done defending just for once as one of the best songs ive heard from starkid so far. ive flipped through a few of the older non hatchetfield musicals and its STILL towards the top of my list. maybe its because shes ME in another world. if id switched schools earlier, or been "too gay" or "too smart" for the boys in fifth grade. if my shoulder had never healed and i had to quit dance years too early. just for once is a gorgeous, incredible representation of what it feels like to watch everything, even your own life, happen, watch it all from the outside, and never be able to take charge of it.
ruth fleming is a wonderful, weird, gross character and not enough people are cheering for her. in this essay i will
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