#anyway take what I say with a grain of salt

[sillylizardguys]

While scrolling through the BSD tag, I’ve come across a lot of debate about whether Oda “Truly understood Dazai” or not. And it’s made me wanna share my view on the topic:

Does it really Matter?

He was Dazai’s friend, and that’s what I think is the most important part, because that’s what makes a difference. If he just an acquaintance, understanding wouldn’t matter, because it wouldn’t have affected Dazai in the same way. The entire reason it was impactful was because it was Oda. At the end of the day, Oda’s death made Dazai want to become better no matter what understanding he did or didn’t have. It’s a meaningless debate when the impact he had was clear.

Alright I’m gonna draw a comparison to The Black Lizard that is maybe not the best but makes sense in my head (I’m sorry I just can’t go one post without talking about these guys).

Tachihara is an undercover operative for a government force, and due to this, he probably can’t tell The Black Lizard any part of his story that might blow his cover, so they probably don’t fully understand him and his motives. But even so, Tachi cares for his teammates enough to save their lives, and later believe in what they say so much that he literally retcons a Reality bending book (ik there more to it ofc but I know I’ll start rambling). Hirotsu and Gin make him feel happy, despite not understanding everything about him as a person. They trust and care about each other which is what brings them together, not a feeling of understanding.

To wrap this up I wanna say this: even if you don’t fully understand why someone acts the way they do, if you care about them enough, you’ll want to see them thrive. Whether Oda understood Dazai isn’t the point, the point is that the entire Lupin Trio cared about each other in a way that hugely impacted all of their lives when one of them departed. Understanding doesn’t hold a candle to caring and being there for them.

[ender1821]

re: shinyduo/gempearl being so not normal about each other after life series. other anon was so right why are they freaky.

pearl is definitely just as at fault imo. gem’s excellent at innuendos and tone of voice (“your red skin is my favorite~”) but pearl’s yes and filter falls apart in front of gem. the pickles a prime example, and the ren stream disaster wedding of course. she’s also very genuine and i love that for her. but that results in crazy lines like the “love you gem. always will. even if you dont want me, ill still be there.” TO STREAM WHEN GEM WASNT EVEN THERE.

and i need to mention the latest stream. Pearl “I only get asked if im gay when you’re in the picture” and how they both have to take a minute of silence to process that flejelejwkej. whose fault is that pearl? whose fault ?? to her credit she seems genuinely confused by the extent of her actions. the most damning evidence for her straightness i fear. rip gem though, she seems to be having fun anyway.

theyre both professionals and follow up in that stream with how the fandom will always play around with them as characters etc etc. good communication, very healthy, good for them. but this post is about why they graduated from shenanigans and innuendos to 2 hours of fanservice and it doesn’t even feel intentional half the time.

as for next life series, i would be shocked if they didn’t keep up this befuddling yuri bit. theyve mentioned seeing all the tierlist maker dream team posts and pearl had to ask her chat “OTHER than gem, who should I team with” so theyre well aware demand is there. theyre fantastic as enemies and well aware of that, but they could get some scarian level drama by teaming together, and i dont say that lightly. since pearl keeps stalling pvp on hermitcraft, theyre never getting that 1v1 without cosmic intervention or a declaration of love 😭

rambling now. love to hear your thoughts xoxo

yippee i love anon rambles!!! im glad we’re all unwell

im NOT gonna go on another rant about the life series alliance situation because as i’ve just demonstrated yesterday i can literally rant. for hours. and we don’t need that lmao. at this point whether or not they team up in the next one SOMETHING will happen. i have that much faith in them. they’re bound to run into each other and do something and that’s the shiny duo connection speaking god bless

like the other anon said, i do think they can work with just about any dynamic and it’ll be insanity-inducing either way. one of my favourite things about them just as a pairing (in any context, platonic, romantic, etc.) is just the way they will drift towards one another, to be linked in a way that’s indescribable, to always carry a piece of each other with themselves wherever they wander because the influence they’ve had on the other is irrefutable— and okay yeah they’re getting way too freaky about it get out of my fan fiction-esque rant. what are you doing here. why are you like this. what. like there’s something going on when what they’re getting up to creeps more and more into being what i usually read in fics. i. hello???

i really, really want to give them the benefit of the doubt. okay. listen. for every mention of feet and poking at pearl’s straightness, there’s a chat message behind it that warranted it, i’m sure. this isn’t the post to be getting into how fans are with cc boundaries and how we’re STILL bad at figuring our tags out, but i feel like this discussion eventually HAS to touch on the fact that it’s been made clear that they don’t want to see shipping stuff, and bringing it up in chat crosses that boundary just as well. i think they’ve handled it well in acknowledging that they’re aware it’s for their characters, drawing clear lines between what they’re comfortable with and what they’re not, etc. i think just the muddled lines from people continuously bringing stuff from a fandom space up to a cc contributes a lot to why we got. whatever happened on that wednesday stream. honestly, from these instances on stream i think it’s been shown that they just find this stuff amusing, and good for them, y’know? still doesn’t mean we should be regularly poking them about ships and. well. i dunno. literally bringing it up in chat?

but still. BUT STILL. god the ways they “yes, and” each other just keep getting worse. stuff like the pickles and the wedding (and the SL ep 4 ender dragon fight! still one of the most baffling “yes, and”s i’ve ever seen from them, i swear to god) were almost completely just them. that was just them. there’s no blaming chat for gem saying “wait, i don’t have a beard” right after pearl rejects ren for having a beard, and CERTAINLY NOBODY ELSE TO BLAME when pearl takes that and literally proposes to her. that was all them. and why. girl. huh??? i do believe, at least to some extent, that pearl is oblivious to the implications of what she does/says. but that only goes so far. sorry man i can only give so much benefit of the doubt for like 2-3 streams of 2 hour fan service. good lord

i was texting a friend who isn’t into mcyt about this whole. thing. and the way i described it was: imagine being a gempearl shipper, and you’re enjoying life, driving this train with fanfics and fanart and everything’s all good… and then for some reason gem and pearl jump on the train, hijack the conductor seat and starts directing the train elsewhere. nearing the end of that stream i was questioning my life and screaming for a way off this train. that’s how it felt to me. of course i’m exaggerating but like. genuinely how did we get here

[asurrogateblog]

The Syd Poll

the topic of this poll is one that is frequently avoided in the pink floyd fandom, but inevitably one we all consider – our individual views on what we think caused syd's psychological struggles (and by extension, led to his departure from the band). I think that – at least in this neighborhood of tumblr – this is a conversation we are capable of having in a way that is civil, nuanced, and at least minimally disrespectful to syd.

So, to help facilitate this, here are some ground rules:

let's all assume we have a mutual understanding of the complexities of this. syd could never actually be reduced down to a poll, and all of our viewpoints are limited in various ways

the poll options just serve as just a conversation starter, and responses are not necessarily a statement of absolute beliefs

feel free to discuss as much or as little of your own perspective as you feel comfortable sharing.

in the case that debates break out, please try to assume good intent – and also demonstrate it (unless, for instance, someone is being blatantly insulting beyond a misunderstanding that needs correcting)

please do NOT vote if you are not actually a pink floyd fan with at least basic knowledge about what we're talking about here.

The options I've included below are not meant to be exhaustive, they are simply the "theories" that I have seen most commonly circulated. I have also decided not to include combinations. I'm fairly sure we'd all agree multiple factors were involved. Rather than make the poll too complicated, I ask you to instead select the one that you think is the "most" important to your viewpoint, and clarify further in your tags/comments as you wish.

so. here we go.

READ BEFORE VOTING ^^^^

(note of correction: "late-onset schizophrenia" should just be "schizophrenia". the typical timeline for onset of symptoms is late adolescence/early adulthood, so syd would've been well within that period at the time)

[pigeon-butch]

I certainly have my own concerns about the treatment of moo deng but um. well i think some of you may just be racist

[ask-misfits-of-war]

(woopie!!!! glad it was a fun one :3)

*A tired, yet cheery voice appears, seemingly out of nowhere*

Hey, hey Mr. Adust, Ms. Adust? Whatever you prefer, are you aware that there are heinious experiments happening amongst your citizens? I saw an escaped experiment wandering around in the woods, and I heard of a doctor who's possibly involved in this utterly horrible act! A Dr. Rindfell I believe is the name...

"And how dare you accuse my people of such things! We do alter ourselves, but to call such acts heinous? Preposterous! We do nothing but make ourselves stronger, not one would do anything outside of our current research without prior authorization and letting me know about it."

"And I know not of a Dr. Rindfell specifically, though I vaguely recognize that last name. A respected one in the medical field, I think. I’ve no reason to suspect a civilian doctor of anything like that—he isn’t anyone from my hired labs as far as I’m aware."

[fiddlesix]

Thank u for being a billford hater ur blog is a Safe Space for those of us who hate that stupid triangle I was lowkey tearing my hair out during the stream from how much billford nonsense was in the chat thank u for being a kindred spirit, peace and love

fanks anon 🤸🏼‍♀️ peace n love

[quatregats]

This is probably Bush and also Pullings's native dialect (though I have many MANY doubts about what exactly the methodology being used here was)

[myymi]

unpopular opinion but like. i kind of don't want amy to be in the third movie

it's not because i think she shouldn't be. she's my second favorite character in the franchise and i love her to death. she should've been introduced before shadow, honestly.

however. with the third film being marketed as shadow's movie, i don't trust paramount to be able to give amy the focus and development she deserves. they couldn't even manage a half decent balance between knuckles and tails debuting in the same movie which would be a million times easier than balancing shadow and amy.

we got to watch knuckles' growth play out. we got to see a glimpse of his past, we got to watch him learn to trust sonic, we got to watch him finally fulfill his destiny to guard the master emerald.

we didn't get to see anything with tails. sure, he helped sonic learn a bit more responsibility, but any character could've been used for that role. tails is just there. despite the marketing for the second movie being more tailored towards him, he doesn't have any sort of huge impact on the story. sure, minor details would've changed if he wasn't there, but there's no reason the second sonic character to ever exist should only change minor details. he deserves better than that.

if amy is introduced alongside shadow, she's 100% going to get sidelined and i don't want that for her. it sucks to see a major character get cast aside because a different one is the fan favorite.

if they really want to bring in more game characters they need to stop the movies at a trilogy and move to a full tv show. there's only so much time to share between a cast in a movie, and with their obvious bias towards human characters there's not much left to give to sonic and co.

[yoinkschief]

I can't sit on this any longer I'm sick and festering and autistic so here

Warning: mild spoilers for the Deadpool and Wolverine movie below the cut

Also blah blah blah I don't support Marvel Productions, I haven't for a while, won't any time soon

Here's an interesting character analysis:

Nicepool

I think his joke runs deeper than people think it does

In the Spider-Man and Deadpool team up run of comics, the one where Itsy Bitsy -their pseudo daughter- exists, Wade is seen to have his old face back as he's trying to be a genuine hero to Spider-Man, not trying to kill people trying to actually save people, and it's supposed to be a reflection of how much he hates himself, that he could look normal and be normal if he held himself with a little more respect

Further, as he kills someone so Spider-Man doesn't have to ruin his image of not killing people, he goes right back to that ugly mug he can't seem to shake, going right back to hating himself again because god damn it same shit different day no matter what he does he always ends up killing people

And I think Nicepool might be a joke about that, that if Deadpool learned to love himself he would actually go back to being normal, completely normal to the point where even his meta jokes ("I can gently tap the forth wall too- *glances to the camera* The Proposal...") aren't as meta or impactful because he's lost that connection to being Deadpool, he doesn't have regen abilities, he doesn't have the ability to see the fourth wall as clearly, and he doesn't have the god forsaken annoying voice

And the only one who seems to hate him is Deadpool

Wolverine -as far as I remember- doesn't seem to mind him at all, going as far as to being the one driving the Honda Odyssey, a car Deadpool hates but Nicepool has, furthering my point that maybe this is the canon, that Nicepool is everything Deadpool isn't and is the visual show that if Deadpool didn't hate himself so much he could have a normal life

Honestly as much as Wolverine was the main reason for Wade to eventually sacrifice himself in the end I think Nicepool was a moment of clarity, because he is the visual representation of everything Deadpool isn't and wants be and hates because he isn't

[rose-tinted-vision]

Rewatching this scene had me screaming at Qiu Qingzhi to turn around because!! Look at how sad? lost? Li Bing looks!!!!!

(These two needs to communicate because seriously. Qiu Qingzhi may have ambitions but I don't think he really wanted to leave. And Li Bing doesn't really want to send him away, but the both of them does it anyway thinking that's what the other really wants??

But we wouldn't have a drama if these fools actually talked, so).

[zeb-z]

ok listen. you're badboyhalo and having the worst week of your life. you're willing and wanting to give anything, anything, to get your kids back. forever, your crush/enemy/friend/date partner?/ president sits you down and asks you to marry him. he's on a drug that makes him manically happy and has an extreme level of brainwashing for federation purposes.

you consider for the briefest moment saying yes, because you're drowning in your grief and hard in bargaining, but it won't do anything to help bring the eggs back, forever doesn't know anything. forever wants the eggs back as much as you do, the real one at least, you know this.

you're surrounded by roses. you ask him what you can do to help him, what he needs, asking the forever that you know is in there somewhere. any other personal feelings aside, he's your friend and he clearly needs help. he asks you to marry him again. he tells you to stop making some noise that he's clearly hearing through auditory hallucination. you just want your kids back, you keep telling him this, until he snaps and starts shooting mines under both of you.

forever is still out of his mind. your kids are still missing. the roses are burning.

bad said no to the proposal, of course he did. that's not forever, the kids are gone, this is no time or place for such a thing even if forever was himself. but I don't think forever asked because he feels "opposite than what he usually feels" under the pills. he's manic and under the influence and half brainwashed - he wants every day to be the best day.

and how heartbreaking is that? that bad is only being proposed to while forever is out of his mind. that forever wants bad to say yes because that would make the day the best day ever for him. that under any other circumstances, on that bench with the roses all around them, it might have been something good?

[gosti-ksyusha]

I've seen a lot of people assume that Qimir's Jedi master gave him his scar, but when I watched the episode, I thought it might be his Sith master (should the theory that he is a Knight of Ren be incorrect). Osha assumed that it was a Jedi that did it and he didn't correct her, but I don't remember him confirming it either.

I've been wondering if he's a failed Sith apprentice training his acolytes to get revenge on his former Sith master?

[queenheritageposts]

chat i have a question because it’s been bugging me for years

[rubberduckyrye]

Oh basically when Italians were immigrating to the US like a century or so ago alot of people didn't consider them "actually white" Irish people also had to deal with similar issues.

I knew that Italians and Irish folk had prejudiced bullshit but I didn't know it went as far as saying we weren't actually white. My god! I thought it was only to a "barely white" or even a "dirty white" extent!!!

Like shit. What even is White. Like if Italians are on the verge of being treated as "non white" again, then how do we determine what is white?

Listen I'm gonna have hell on tuesday from my therapist (in a cathartic, good way that will hopefully better my mental health) I don't need a crisis on my ethnicity on top of that!!! Can we pause the de-whitification of Italians to when my mental health is a bit better please??? I'm gonna need more brain power than I already have for that one!

[age-of-moonknight]

“For Now,” Phases of the Moon Knight (Vol. 1/2024), #4.

Writer: Fabian Nicieza; Penciler and Inker: Moisés Hidalgo; Colorist: Fer Sifuentes-Sujo; Letterer: Cory Petit

[catgirlkirigiri]

I am once again posting furry satosugu