#anyway i hate it

[neanderthal-pessimist]

i hate how steve was mad at Doris for leaving her husband, son and daughter behind and then basically just does the same thing in the series finale.

[lady-tortilla-chip]

i think one relevant thought in regards to criticisms of Aang's character arc and how I don't think most of the discourse comes from a place of actually understanding his character, is that lot of it seems to revolve around the idea that people think that the only valid kind of character arc is about change? Like they think characters HAVE to let go, or that growth necessarily means losing something; a big part about Aang's character is that his beliefs matter but most characters either don't understand them or dont care about them (implicitly mirroring Ozai's own 'WHO CARES, THEY LOST' mentality), so his struggle is in keeping true to his beliefs and ways in a time actively hostile to them, I think?

No that’s 100% true. His big fight the entire time is proving the value of his cultural beliefs in a world which doesn’t understand them but needs them. It’s why I mention in my tags that Aang’s arc was never about being fundamentally changed. He didn’t need an ideological upheaval in order to grow because he wasn’t supposed to grow AWAY from the kindness and value of life that the monks instilled in him. He NEEDED it in order to still see the Fire Nation and Zuko, as worth saving too. (It was Zuko’s role in the narrative to have his ideology drastically changed and shifted!!)

Also the whole loss thing will never not bother me because it essentially implies losing his entire people and culture wasn’t enough. It wasn’t enough that he had to deal with the guilt of being the sole survivor of his people. Of having made a choice that took him away from them when they needed him. How is that not enough? It’s literally what haunts him through book 1. It’s what inspires his rash decisions to go along with plots to figure out the Avatar State too soon. It’s what drives him in book 3 post the failed invasion to decide he CAN’T keep dragging people down with him he HAS to do it alone.

His loss is so big. So incredibly big. I don’t understand how it’s not enough.

[spoonietimelordy]

Thr amount of meds I have to take to fonction at 2/3rd of the abled people standard is scary.

[fraddit]

My predictive keyboard on my phone has gotten so much worse in the past year or so and I fucking know corporate nonsense and the unnecessary use of ai is to blame.

[lacm-ac]

I've made it a habit to look at the comments on my pinterest before saving anything these days. 5/10 times the "drawing" is AI generated and you can't even tell at first glance. When will this madness stop

[4kaia]

studying accounting cause art is not valued in my country (or maybe i should choose to be poor).

[wri0thesley]

i know that the brain is not moved by nice words, no matter how much we wish it were, but... even so... i DO need you to know that your 2d anime man (& lady) erotica FREQUENTLY moves me, and has made a huge and marked improvement in my real human life.

TMI, but... as i'm sure you're aware: it sucks to be fat in a world that hates fat people. earlier this year, it was really rock bottom for me, the worst it's been in a while. "couldn't take care of myself" levels. sometimes i couldn't shower because then i would have to see me, and i couldn't bear it. any time i thought about or acknowledged my body in any way was just. agony. and i'm not going to pretend it got better magically (or solely because of your fics, lol-- therapy, etc) but reading about fat people being loved and beloved, with no qualifiers... it helps. it's the crack in the impenetrable wall of self-hatred. it opens up the possibility of what if and makes me able to imagine the possibility of being loved-- and through that door, maybe someday, loving myself. and there are so, so few places to find stories like that, about fat people, written with love and care and enthusiasm, that are sweet and elegant and hot-- nevermind stories written with skills like yours.

so, you know. fire that one back at the brain horrors.

anon, i appreciate you very deeply! i am feeling a little bit better today about my writing because i am having fun doing it and that is really what is important, but it also means a lot to me that other people are affected - no matter how little - by the silly things i post on my blog <3. i am glad you are feeling better about yourself recently and i hope that such a thing continues to happen to you, because you deserve it! <3

[griftersbone]

if my boss doesn't stop calling me little girl I'm gonna 😤

[hideouspumpkin]

A colleague just told me "oh you've got fatter" and I'm really trying not to be upset but I was already having a bad day, my ed was kicking my ass, and she made it WORSE, and then right afterwards she was like "oh but now you look perfect" like im still really sick and not eating as I should so no im far from looking perfect im unhealthy

[elememetalist]

speaking of farming, it feels like more and more has moved to daily or even weekly timegated rewards. daily rewards, metas that are most profitable once a day, stones and things you can pick up once a day... i hate it. i don't have time to be on guild wars every single day but when i do have time i want to spend that time farming all at once. it's frustrating

[wheresmulder]

Rly sucks having a central nervous system 🙃 tired of it

[bonesandpoemsandflowers]

hahaha, my sweet child, do you even have to ask? do you even really wonder? this is like asking an American to verify if burger.

idk about Texas. but.

BEHOLD! Spaghetti Junction, ATL.

wiki link above and screenshot of Getty images result below to verify the reality

not only is this real. it's so real that we all have one. we all have biblically accurate hell highway that we know personally. it's not even remarkable.

(ours, however, is infamously the worst bottleneck in trucking)

ive never liked the phrase "manmade horrors beyond your comprehension" but i cant think of a better way to describe texas roads

biblically accurate highway

[mroddmod]

the queen of the disco or whatever

[wintergrofyuri]

"(blank) hates laios!" WRONG WRONG WRONG. SHUT THE FUCK UP

shuro is just as awkward as laios and it is made So clear he considers him a friend and likes him. he defends him when the canaries start talking shit and actively readies himself to physically fight them so they dont get to him.

namari also likes laios. she respects him as a leader and also defends him and readies to fight the canaries.

ive not actually seen anyone claim izutsumi hates laios, but a lot of ppl Are weird abt them. izutsumi and laios' relationship was rocky at the beginning. he struggled to figure out how to interact with her. but by the end, she actively seeks him out to talk with during the lead up to the feast. she hides behind him when falin wakes up. she has already realized shecan do what she wants and does not need to stick around, yet she does. she sleeps near him on the windowsill, waiting with him and marcille for falin to wake up. she has accepted him as part of her life and wants to keep him in it.

marcille does not hate laios. let me say this again.

Marcille Donato Does Not Hate Laios Touden.

marcille Loves him. in a platonic, familial sense. laios returns this just as readily. she yells at him. she whacks him. she tells him whats on her mind. she uses healing magic to ease his pain during the parasite fiasco. she reattaches his leg when he loses it. she teaches him magic. she lays her head on his corpse and cries before reviving him. she launches herself at him two times, when the canaries interrogate them and when he talks her down in the tower. he is a comforting presence to her. she trusts him, she cares about him, she worries about him, she imagines him as a big fluffy dog that loves and protects her. laios is her rock when falin is taken from them time and time again. and she tries to be his as well. she whole-heartedly, unconditionally, loves and trusts laios.

chilchuck does not hate laios. laios pays him his rates, no questions asked. laios trusts and respects chilchuck's job as a lockpick. laios does not see him as a child (at least, i cant think of an instance where he does so). chilchuck states, outright, he sees him as a friend and doesnt want to see him hurt. he actively worries about him as the falin situation gets worse. chilchuck respects laios. he shows almost 0 hesitation in helping get falin back, nor eating her by the end. he does not think of leaving him once, until he realizes he could lose him. chilchuck is cowardly with emotions and prefers to bottle things, so his first instinct was to bolt. he was angry because he was scared of watching someone he cares about destroy himself. laios is his Friend.

and holy shit. holy Fucking shit. kabru DOES NOT hate laios. kabru has the rockiest start known to man with him, and he Still helps him by occupying the canaries. he warns him about them. he hides the black magic from them just as shuro does. his whole Thing is trusting laios despite himself. kabru has his own baggage regarding other people, just like laios, yet he tries so hard to believe and trust this man. he Wants to. kabru is not very hopeful, but laios makes him Want to be. he states like 3 times he wants to be close to him and sees him as a friend. he stays through the entire feast!! the man who hates monsters, whose biggest trigger is monsters, actively, consciously, Willingly stayed through the entire monster meat feast. all to help his friend get his sister back. he could've left!! the feast was like an entire week!! yet he was there for every single day. he was one of the closest people to the door when falin awoke!! after reuniting with her brother, her friends, the people who knew her the most (plus senshi and izutsumi), the first person she greets is kabru!! he wants to be close to laios, he likes laios, laios is his friend and he cares for him, he wants to meet his sister!!! kabru fucking stays on the island with him as one of his closest, most trusted advisors when he becomes king!!!!! he wants to help him succeed!!!! he wants him to be happy!!!! laios is his friend!!!!!!!!

im just. people like laios!! laios is a nice guy! he is friendly and cares about people! he is weird, he doesn't understand most social cues, he oversteps boundaries, but they stay beside him, because they like him and he is their friend. he is their friend!!!!! friendship is not all sunshine and rainbows, relationships in general are not sunshine and rainbows. you will upset people, people will upset you, you will get into arguments, things will happen, but at the end of the day, the people close to you like you! they love you! they care for you! they want to work it out and get through it because they love you, but they will feel those emotions first! human relationships are complex and messy and life is complicated. even shows for toddlers know this.

if you truly believe any of these characters hate laios you are worse than a toddler. watch some fucking oobi or something. god. fuck.

take this

thanks

[tariah23]

White people are miserable, racist losers period. They’ve even been getting mad at Japanese people for correcting them about Yasuke as well.

[thefbiagentinyoursearchhistory]

I'm pretty sure I accidentally flushed my kidneys the other day trying to make sure my bladder was Full™️ for an ultrasound (after failing to do so a month ago and we had to reschedule ;-;), and I feel like I'm still feeling affects (it sucked btw) so I tried looking up "symptoms of kidney flushing" but all google gives me is How To's and 2-Day Flushing Diets like BRUH. NO.