#anywho ignore me ranting—

[iced-souls]

I realized i forgor to post this painting i did for a project a while ago,

except im not showing thou the bottom half because doin it in a school setting made it to emo for my liking and i wish to get it wiped from my memory lmao—

[sugar-fur]

ohh guys….

guys…..

why did nobody tell me the mandalorian is so good….

don’t worry i’m still neck deep in utmv but, while im doing artfight, im catching up on my watchlist and oh man 😭 caught unprepared fr

[onejellyfishplease]

Let’s take role call.

Open Your Shell to Find Your Wings: Donnie gets mutated again partway to a beetle

The Connections of a Soul: Donnie looses his physical body

Unmutated Donnie au: Donnie gets, well, unmutated

… I’m sensing a theme here

[chocolate-cream-soldier]

It is very exhausting to deal with mainstream mcu folks:

[richardxoliverxmayhew]

//I know I have to be kinder to myself especially these days what with going through a number of things both emotionally and physically but awwww mannnnn I just saw a picture of myself just five or so months ago and I can't help but think how much fuller and overall better my body looked cause I actually had time and energy to work out and eat well. And now I just feel like my figure is all bleeegh cause i've lost a lot of weight since my move and I just don't have the time/energy to workout and it just makes me feel worse uuugghhhh.//

[madness-of-void]

Honestly...getting real sick of the two faced bs happening at work, and the clearly obvious leading questions they have to try to make me turn on the one person they decided to make into a scapegoat coz gods fucking forbid they own up to their own shit when HR comes at them.

Darlings, you're cute, but I have played this game before back in retail. You will not fix the actual problems happening. You will not get me to play your game. The answers you want to hear, and not the ones you actually need to hear...you will absolutely fucking not get them from me.

Same shit...different coat of paint...

[sokkastyles]

I’m so amazed how people can’t see the emotional burden that gets put on Katara throughout the show. I just re-watched “The Deserter” (Book 1, Ep 16) and oml. First, Aang straight up ignores all the wisdom and advice given to him, and pushes too far with fire bending even though he has no control, and burns Katara. And like yes, I get it he is young and naive and impatient. But what really struck me is he burns Katara, she runs off, and learns she can heal herself. (Also really wish they had have her keep the scars, would have been an interesting lesson and more lasting imo) Anywho, then Zhang shows up and she goes to get Aang, and Katara has to end up comforting him because he’s being mopey and self-deprecating saying he’ll never firebend again. My man BURNED this girl and then throws himself a pity party that SHE has to pull him out of and comfort HIM into feeling better. Being healed aside, this makes me so uncomfortable because for a lot of people in unbalanced relationships, this exact scenario plays out all too often. Someone gets hurt, and then it’s their job to make their partner feel better when they get all upset because they’re guilty. Then, after they escape, Katara heals AANG from his battle, and her burns are never mentioned again. I was expecting him to apologize again now that things had slowed down, and nope, nothing! Other than his frantic apologies while she was writhing around in pain, he never says another word about it.

Since she’s healed, it’s all good I guess, right? I’m watching a reaction series of ATLA, and even this guy who’s brand new to the series is calling zutara all the way from halfway into book one. So much about Kataang just feels so icky, and unbalanced, and so much physical and emotional labor on Katara’s part. Forever grateful that there are good fanfics and fandom circles out there to do Zutara justice.

Sorry for the rant, but it just gets to me that some fans seem to have not a lot of media literacy, like how does this inspire thoughts of a happy healthy relationship? Lol but I love your blog sm! Thanks 💛💛

It's actually not that people who ship KA are media illiterate. On the contrary, they are interpreting the show in exactly the way it was meant to be read. It's just that the trope of the Nice Guy stuck in the friend zone who has to prove he's grown up enough for the girl is such a common trope, and appeals to the misogyny that is ingrained in our society. Many people do not recognize the unfair burden put on Katara because it's expected for her to be the one to bear that burden.

And you're right about the situation in the Deserter being manipulative. Aang doesn't do it on purpose, but you're right that in real life, it's a red flag and a hallmark of abusive relationships. It's not framed that way because there is literal magic used to make Katara's pain go away, but it's all part of the narrative of the show choosing to address Aang's feelings about Katara over Katara's actual feelings.

What happens between Katara and Aang is actually very similar to what we see between Azula and Ty Lee in the Beach episode, when Azula makes Ty Lee cry by slut-shaming her, then Azula tells Ty Lee to stop crying and is juuust vulnerable enough to give Ty Lee an excuse for her behavior, and also a reason for Ty Lee to now focus on her: Azula only did that because she was jealous, so now Ty Lee can help by teaching Azula how to pick up boys.

The difference in the way these two scenes are portrayed is that Azula is clearly a villain and Ty Lee has been shown time and time again to put up with things we know she shouldn't. Whereas with Katara and Aang, we're supposed to think Katara bearing the brunt of the emotional labor is fine and normal and not Aang's fault, because the narrative twists to make it not Aang's fault.

I also find the way people mock zutara shippers for imagining Zuko doing the emotional labor to lessen the burden off Katara highly misogynistic. Like, this is so obviously the Nice Guy myth rearing its ugly head again. Women who think they know better about what they need than the Nice Guy does will wind up in an abusive relationship, because no man can actually be better than the Nice Guy. The Nice Guy actually NEEDS to think that no man can be nicer than him, not only because he needs it for his Nice Guy identity, but because it means that he doesn't have to be responsible for any of the labor foisted onto his object of affection.

In contrast, Zutara is threatening precisely because it validates Katara. Zuko's pain is not addressed until he addresses Katara's first, in the caves. His wish for forgiveness is not granted until he helps Katara get closure for her pain. Zuko is forced to do the emotional labor that the show always forces Katara to do. Not just with Aang, but with her brother. That scene where Katara eavesdrops on Sokka talking about how Katara is like a mother to him, with the guiltiest look on her face, is meant to reinforce that Katara should just quietly accept her rile.

Often, enemies to lovers ships are popular because the enemy is the only one that a female character is allowed to express her pain and hurt towards. And boy, does Katara express it towards Zuko. And he takes it in, and listens, and tries to make amends. Zuko actually needs Katara to forgive him in order for the gaang to function. He has to be Aang's firebending teacher. Katara could have just kept on being angry at him, and eventually her anger would have faded the way it does with all the men in her life, and she probably would have quietly internalized it as another part of herself that she needs to repress.

But it's Zuko who chooses not to accept this. Which he also could have done, because lord knows Zuko is used to living with people who hate him. At least Katara won't be actively malicious towards him.

But Zuko actually does what nobody else in the show does. The show makes a point of telling us that nobody else does it, too.

And you know what? Katara still heals her own pain. Zuko makes it possible, but he's pretty passive at the important moments. He watches, and that becomes something really powerful for a character like Katara who is always made to hide her own needs, her pain.

Zuko could have not gone with her on this journey. He could have sat back and waited for Katara to heal herself and reassure him that all was forgiven. But he doesn't. He witnesses. He validates. He lets her rage at him, then accepts her forgiveness when it's time for him to. He knows enough to know that he can't make the decision about what Katara needs, only she can do that.

That's why people write fic where Zuko is sensitive and a good listener and does the cooking and the cleaning and is otherwise the perfect partner. And I think they're so valid for that.

What I said about Azula and Ty Lee is also why Azula x Katara doesn't work as enemies to lovers, because Azula would not be able to do the work that Zuko does to acknowledge Katara's pain. She can't even do it for her friends.

[thelocalfroggo]

RANDOM HEAD CANON TIMEE (forsaken btw!)

I alrdy forgot them but uh let’s see what I rmb

In his legacy milestones, (if they don’t get canceled, and maybe also the milestones we have now) John would become more conscious yet not be in control. So milestone 1 being the least conscious and milestone four being the most conscious. (I rmb having 2 but I think the second one was the voicelines John would have if he were to kill Jane in each milestone-)

If he were to meet Jane in any of these milestones while being in this head canon it would go like:

Milestone 1: No hesitation, not caring about the fact her face is the only one censored out on his screen despite the fact the other survivors’ faces are visible to him. No sense of familiarity, or guilt, would wash over him when meeting her.

Milestone 2: He would feel slightly confused as he noticed Jane’s face is the only one censored out, and feels slight… guilt. But these feelings aren’t enough to slow him down, he would still kill her without hesitation but a slight confusion in his actions would be kinda obvious. (Maybe his head just slightly tilting or something, you’d have to zoom in to see it though)

Milestone 3: This is where he begins to be more conscious, he would begin to notice his actions and how he’s not in control. He would still notice Jane’s face being censored and his confusion would be obvious. The guilt that slightly pangs at him would make him be more confused. But this time, he feels a sense of familiarity. This would be very obvious to the survivors whenever he kills Jane. He would be more gentle because he feels a familiarity, not the past enemy kind, but good kind. He would feel a connection to her, but what did it mean? He would still not know. He’s not fully conscious for now anyways.

Milestone 4: He would be fully aware of what he’s doing but he would not be in control. He would also remember everything! And he would recognize his beloved Jane despite not being able to see her face (I got inspired by that one artist uhm I forgot their name but if ur the artist that I talked to about how John would recognize Jane despite the passive yk who you are.) Despite the corruption raging at him to be aggressive and kill her, to ignore the familiarity he felt and get revenge for all who “hurt” him, (I headcanon the corruption would make him seek revenge by telling him lies about the survivors) he would try to be more gentle when killing Jane, maybe possibly not ripping her in half and just stabbing her in the chest or smt idk. (Or maybe in the least painful way he can, prolly by claws or smt)

Oh and extra:

I’m pretty sure by milestone 3 and 4 John would begin losing his sanity, since yk he is seeing himself kill these people and not being able to stop, so like idk maybe some of the killers would talk to him after rounds because like, they might hate each other or be homies, but like they are all in this killing thing together so they’d prolly talk to him and still interact with him (and maybe calm him down?) after rounds so he doesn’t go insane. I don’t ship 1xdoe BUTTT I feel like 1x1x1x1 and John Doe would probably be like the best friends who are rude to each other yet are still homies. Idk why though-

(some killers would prolly do it because they know the specter would try to get rid of John if he tried anything or wasn’t useful for it anymore. So the killers mighttttt (keyword; might) handle him and the others because they don’t want that outcome of what the specter could do happening to any of the killers?)

ANYWHO THANKS FOR READING MY RANT AND PLS TELL ME IF YALL LIKE THIS HEAD CANON(s) I MADE UP IN BED (or in the shower idk i forgot)

Edit (June 4): I REMEMBERED MY OTHER HEADCANON IT WASNT THE VOICELINES CHAT. It was actually how Jane’s hidden passive would wear off whenever John kills her when she’s LMS. Milestone 1 he would fall in love and in milestone 4 he would almost break down seeeing her lifeless face. Stop why’d I remember it while brushing my teeth T-T

[ilikekidsshows]

Ok. Something I see in the ml fandom sometimes is really starting to bother me. It's not common, per se, but I've seen it enough times now that I'm about to lose it. But people don't deserve me yelling at them/on their fics, so I'm venting here instead. XD As always, feel free to ignore this/not respond if you'd prefer. I'll try to be vague, but I also understand if this is...too specific.

So. With that out of the way. I get near livid these days whenever I see an 'Adrien as an abusive romantic partner to Marinette' AU. Like to an extent I understand, it's an alternative universe. Non canon. Exploration of a "what if." Don't like don't read, yadda yadda. And generally I just...move on.

But also. At the same time. It just makes me so ANGRY. To know this exists. That multiple people can have the absolute gall to take a *canon* abuse victim. Who is sweet and patient and kind (genuinely, but also because he has to be, if you subscribe to the fawning interpretation). And turn him into a manipulative abuser, the unambiguous villain of a story. (And yeah, I've seen the argument that abuse victims can sometimes go on to become abusers themselves, but that doesn't really justify writing Adrien specifically this way? It's still...grossly out of character? Not to mention a bleak and insulting trajectory for his journey as a victim?)

But even better....they take a character who is canonically being gaslit, more or less, by his girlfriend into glorifying his abuser and downplaying the abuse he experienced (I know the term isn't exactly correct but gdi calling it mere "lying" is also an understatement). And then say, you know what. What if we do a switcheroo! And make that same girlfriend -his- abuse victim instead! Let's once again make it about how terrible *she* has it, because canon doesn't already focus on Marinette being upsette enough apparently. It just...leaves such a poor taste in my mouth???

To be clear, these aren't Marinette salt fics, some sort of weird "see how -you- like it" thing. No, these are "Marinette is a victim who will ultimately triumph" stories, not necessarily written by people who even dislike Adrien (if the stories were explicitly Adrien salt I wouldn't have read/come across them in the first place).

And yeah, I understand fan-fiction is often OOC and/or can be a way to deal with one's IRL struggles. But dear GOD does it piss me off like nothing else when someone chooses the *canon victim* to be the Big Bad that the self-insert character gets to overcome. It's plain insulting, is what it is. Long story short, leave Adrien alone and choose a different freaking character to be the abusive jackass!

....you know, I'm think ultimately it wouldn't bother me so much, if it weren't for fandom's much more widespread tendency to indulge in Marinette wangst and act like she's the epitome of human suffering, often at his expense or while ignoring his struggles. So I guess this sub-genre of abuser!Adrien is the straw that broke the camel's back for me.

Anywho, rant over XD I think I've calmed down a bit, so if you read this, thank you for providing a space for me to vent and I hope it wasn't too annoying!

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This blog does double time as an analysis and vent blog, so sending in pet peeves is completely allowed and even encouraged. Yeah, like, even if Adrien wasn't an abuse victim, seeing a trend of “abuser AUs” for any character you're a fan of is annoying. When something annoying gets combined with this fandom trend being basically the culmination of things pushed in canon, it turns downright aggravating. 

Because that's really the thing that makes it more than just another case of basic “well, we need someone to mistreat our lead so that she can overcome hardships”; it has its roots in something actually harmful going on in the show and fandom. Adrien's victimhood constantly gets sidelined, or he's demonized for his trauma responses, so a fic trend where he continues the cycle of abuse just comes across as even more victim blaming.

Meanwhile, Marinette's petty grievances are treated as signs of how she's the biggest victim on the block, she's suffering so much more than the literal abuse victims, so a fic having her be literally victimized by the very abuse victim whose victimhood she commandeers in canon is both very expected for this fandom but also really aggravating.

I’m saying I get it.

[dayhair]

dr rants!

the squirrelly, inane edition that leaves you wondering why your eyes loom over certain semicolons and en-dashes [ how self-deprecating, i know 🎀 ]

also .. my first post, a liberating departure from the chains of shifttok

marauders; tell me why sirius black, heir apparent to the noble house of inbreeding, behaves like a broken analog clock — drinking at the sixth hour, and a mental breakdown with the occasional tactless jab when his little hand strikes nine ( i'll admit the metaphor is bizarre because i can't even tell the hour hand from the minute, anywho .. )

sirius black? oh, he invented sarcasm. and ebony locks of hair, chainsmoking ( whilst listening to lana del rey, crying in the shower ), sporadicity & a taste for gryffindor's finest, a bowie-loving werewolf

with him, it's always, "lonnie, i swear to god if you don't leave regulus alone," or, "let's deflower a firewhiskey after divination," no in-between

the insipid crash-outs & tantrums of an old-money dauphin must sound riveting, but a half-blood beauxbatons transfer can only behave so .. cordially; after all, my family's motto does translate to something like, "strike the iron while it's hot," and i'm not sure pulling sirius black's hair back as he [ i don't want to gross you out ] is what my ancestors had in mind whilst stitching gilded threads on our coat-of-arms

so .. do i ghost the anti-hero? i'm sure we'd have way more fun anyway if he was sorted into slytherin, or if i wasn't in his brother's year

gossip girl; serena van der woodsen, silver spring of her family, once said to me, "it's not my world, i just live in it." i'm pretty sure she was drunk, because she's no sylvia plath, no matter how hard she pretends. naïve me, in the dregs of upper east side bacchanals, more or less, teenage debauchery, and affairs on both sides of the tennis court — i'd no idea the roman holidays she was referring to, for death had always taken vacation on mine

picture this: a soirée, a suicide, a suit of cards ( hearts for the ones broken, clubs for the ultraviolence, diamonds for the [ well, we're bourgeoisie, there isn't much else to say ], and spades for my blackened luck )

i won't name-drop, but this ballot triggers easily to the unyielding imagination. let's just say an un-judging breakfast club was left fractured, and now i know to mark my julian calendar for the next time death and his blooded scythe strike

90s fame; how does one recover from the faux-pas, glossy tabloids of la la land? mixed reviews from critics and i questioned my steed in the oscar race, no golden globe nomination ( must they ignore me, so? and i know i could just script it in, but what's the fun in that?? ) and i'd already booked an month-off to st. tropez

a few things that i remember from this era

candid shots of me & heath ledger, drunk & the snl parody skit that followed

rumors of false behind-the-scenes drama, which then spurred into actuality 🤦‍♂️

appearing in britney spear's '.. baby one more time' mtv mv ( i was so nervous dbsndjwa )

i was on nirvana's 4th album cover ( scripted out kurt's death )

".. a pretentious performance that crashes into itself and shatters the film's narrative into something maladroit and unworthy of watching" ( some stupid critic about my acting; they don't know true talent or art. like at all. the movie's already a cult classic here so whatever ig )

oh, tinseltown. you pretend to be as glamorous as the age of beatniks & true cinema, but hollywood really is dead ..!

you've reached the post-script; i'd love to go on-&-on, but sleepiness strikes 💤

a reblog wouldn't hurt, eh? ( please )

ok. i'm done

ta-ta, happy shifting !!

[titanic17031998]

a few things I noticed watching a lot of the Logan focused marvel movies

as in: x men, x 2, x men origins: wolverine; and Deadpool & wolverine.

also, if any of these are common knowledge/or otherwise well known, I apologise.

#1: Logan does his own hair

in x men I noticed that in the scene just after Logan wakes up after being treated by jean for the first time he is lacking his iconic cat-ears.

compare:

Without ears

Vs.

With ears

difference is subtle but there.

now, this implies one of two things: that Hugh Jackman's stylists forgot OR that in canon wolverine does his own ears, one of these possibilities is far more enticing than the other. the image of Logan doing his hair in the morning, teasing it into the perfect cat-ear shape is too adorable to ignore.

#2: the difference in stance between Logan and Victor in Origins

this one is a little more out there, but in origins Victor operates and fights in a more animalistic nature than Logan, taking lower stances, wider openings, bigger swings/actions, all of these create a more primal/animalistic effect in his fights

(picture is a bit shit, but I digress)

see the erratic movements, very indicative of how an animal would move in a similar circumstance

Contrast this with Logan's running like just a lil guy

the difference is night and day.

and this all plays into the movies extended metaphor on humanity and beastie-ness and the use of each mode of thought, which I found really cool

#3: wolverine is a wolverine

so this literally came to me as I was writing this post, to look at the Wikipedia for wolverine, and well it all tracks.

"The wolverine has a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion to its size, with the documented ability to kill prey many times larger than itself."

(Wikipedia, ND)

sound familiar? Tangentially, many non-English names for wolverine literally mean glutton (German Vielfraß, literally devours much) (Wikipedia, ND) however in English and many northern Germanic languages the name probably means something closer to little wolf (Wikipedia, ND) and in old Norse the name was Jarfr, which now lives on in the regular Icelandic name Jarfi, Jarfr being the name of a kickass metal song that I love.

Wolverine is literally, and by connotation with is spirit animal five foot four and full of rage.

(tangent brought to you exclusive by Wikipedia)

#4: wolverine smokes so he doesn't have to smell everyone else

this is probably the most headcanony observation(?) on this list, in that the only evidence I have is vibes and Logan's cigar addiction.

the thought is, Logan has super smell, cigars are smelly, he smells the cigars so he doesn't have to smell literally everything else.

#5: bonus round!! Deadpool time!

more focused on Wayde in origins now,

#6: fox hated Ryan Reynolds so much they sewed his mouth shut as Deadpool,

not much substantive here, but I was availed to the fact that the directors of Origins hated Reynolds being fun, so it would make sense that they would literally cover his mouth as Deadpool so that he would shut the fuck up

#7: Deadpool's Katanas are the wrong way in Origins

notice how the blades curve towards Wayde, and that the cutting edge is on the inside, this is counter productive to the aim of a curved single edged sword, which is to have the curvature of the blade aid in slashing power, this is counter productive against the thought behind having a curved blade in the first place (also the double katanas out of the knuckles is a separately stupid idea, because 1) holding a sword gives you a lot more finesse than if it were just sticking out of your hand, due to being able to manipulate your wrist vs not, and if they work the same as Logan's claws, then whenever they are retracted Wayde would have two walk around with his arms completely straight, like a scarecrow

anywho, rant(?), discussion(?), compendium(!) over all of those movies are Australian man/10 and i will fight anyone who disagrees

[you-raggedy-bitch]

something mildly irritating about being in the COD fandom now is that you can tell who just fuckin got here. And im not talking about COD, im talking about fandom in general.

Like, im at the point where ive been around long enough to realize it literally doesnt matter if your headcanons for a character are ooc. It doesnt matter. Nobody is forcing anyone to say “Ghost is such and such about this thing” or “Soap feels this way about Ghost” or “Price only feels this way about the rest of the characters”, and if you are doing shit like that, you are the problem.

Aint nobody need fandom police, No one is forcing you to consume content you dont vibe with. there have been plenty of fics that i have rolled into, gone “nope i dont think that character is like that” and just rolled right back on out. No bashing of the creator, no making backhanded posts about how “this character actually is”. Why? because its a fandom. Who tf cares?

and this shit has been around for years. Maybe not in the volume it is now, but people have been writing fanfics, even for these characters, since the 00’s. Just because you discovered this on tiktok doesnt mean thats where it started.

Quite frankly, the only valid criticism ive really seen in the fandom lately is the one that goes the most ignored, and its the exclusion of Gaz from content. (Which is a whole other rant that exhausts me to the bone, cause cmon, its Gaz. Gaz is fuckin great. Why people gotta be like this?)

Anywho, end of a rant from a tired og captain mactavish simp and a current price simp.

[eerna]

I am now ready to join the SJM rants without being anonymous. I read TOG when I was 18 and desperately needed some escapism and it’s so fucking weird watching everyone lose their mind over it now. Don’t get me wrong, I went through all the stages of liking it to being kinda skeptical at heart but trying to persevere and ignore the flaws to not being 18 anymore and realizing that there was much better literature out there and the hyper sexualized fae shit is um yeah among other issues. And like I got a soft place for 18 year old me and her love of Aelin but I gave up on ACOTAR by the third book going into the novella. The writing became SO BAD I couldn’t even stay in for the character’s I wanted to see fulfill their arcs (what arcs lol). I tried the new one with Nesta and I gave up cause I realized I couldn’t risk reading it in public. AND NOW PEOPLE ALL OVER ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW AMAZING THEY ALL ARE AND I am just confused. Like love the things you love but know the difference between it and Literature man hot damn. And as a classical archaeologist as much as I think the reverse Hades and Persephone thing where he is freeing her from stereotypical feminine expectations is an interesting modern subversion, it is incredibly annoying to have to teach the complexities of the real myth and its focus on mothers and daughters and the death of self after marriage culturally when you have students looking for the “canon” story in ACOTAR (SJM has confirmed the myth inspired her) and Lore Olympus

Anywho. Thanks for your lovely art and being a hub for the rants

Welcome to the named portion of SJM haterism~~ We understand your pain!!! I totally understand loving SJM...... when you're a kid who hasn't read all that many books aimed higher than kids yet, so any and all mature themes shock and delight you. I hope these adults hailing these books as peak fantasy one day read enough to understand why they're wrong instead of misinterpreting.

Thank you for your kind words~ :3

[hi-imlilac]

Not meh having an argument with... who was it? Oh yeah- MY WHOLE CLASS-

Like, it was THAT heated that I almost got downright violent. And looking back at it... I motherf#cking WISH I got violent!

to explain everything, I go to an all girls Catholic school (but I'm Christian, don't bite me for it)

So for the past few RE lessons (religious education) we clashed with primary students cuz our RE teacher is the primary school natural sciences teacher. Now, my class is reckless so they've been doing anything but paying attention in her class.

Today, i went to the RE teacher (we're VERY close, she even makes lunch for me and my sis, i love her) and she said we could go to her class at half past one, when the grade four class would be leaving.

Now, i told my classmates and suddenly they're jumping at me and arguing with me as to why I went to her.

Look, i know how it feels to have to go to class rather than stay in a free period, but here's the thing (and my point).

Even when we're in her class, my classmates ignore her and do whatever they want. (she's a soft spoken teacher who never yells or gets angry) so whether we were in herclass or outside had little to no differences cuz regardless, they'd still be chilling.

Their "excuses" that being Christian meant they didn't need to learn about Catholic stuff was downright disrespectful. We may be Christian, but we're in a CATHOLIC SCHOOL. In any case, the difference is literally that Catholicismis about praising Mary whereas Christianity is focused on our Lord and savior.

Knowing that you can go to a period, knowing the teacher is able to take you in, and deliberately choosing not to go, is equivalent to skipping class! Regardless if the subject does or doesn't count in the report, it's absolutely unacceptable to choose to bunk a class just cuz you're 'Christian'.

The argument got so heated that i was literally yelling over them. (I had major anger and behavioural issues in grade 4, but this was the first time I got this angry at school in 6 years.)

I was yelling, swearing, getting ready to beat a b#tech (and win), all sorts of things. Heck, i remember when one of the girls started walking away I gave her the middle finger and she didn't even notice. Like- everyone else even saw it. (proud of that tbh). Beck, i was even crying (I cry when I'm REALLY mad)

Anywho, i went to the class, not caring if they came or not at that rate. I ranted to the RE teacher and she let me stay by her desk in a way that the class wouldn't see my face.

And these FAKE ASS BITCHES come in acting as if they wanted to be in RE and were excited. Now i know DAMN WELL they were trying to appeal to the teacher and thank God it didn't work and she pretended did. But while we're talking about washing your soul (chastity, if you will. Google the word) you know what these girls do?

You wanna know what these spineless fucking cowards do?

"But miss, let's say there's a person who decides toyell and shout and swear at us even if we're practically minding our own business?"

OH HOW I WANTED TO FUCKING BEAT THAT BITCH RIGHT THERE AND THEN!

Just to rub salt in the wound, the class even started to fucking laugh and to be honest, that shot reduced me to tears and I'm glad they couldn't see my face. Referencing me knowing I'm right there and having the nerve to lash, GOD FORBID U BRING A KNIFE TO SCHOOL CUZ I KNOW SOMETHING-

I don't even wanna go to school tomorrow. These niggas are fucking getting on my last nerve and I'm not someone who gets mad at anyone other than my sister, I'm kind of a people pleaser, but let me tell you that even the most selfless people got limits and I sure as hell know they reached mine.

Now I'm feeling sick from stress and it's all their faults!

And you know what my twin sister said when i told her about it?

"You definitely should've gotten violent"

Most supportive thing girl has told me. And I honestly know that telling on them to the teacher who actually dishes out punishment would make me a snitch, and right about now...

I'LL WEAR THAT TITLE LIKE A FUCKING BADGE OF HONOR

[totallyseiso]

Ignore this. Ranting about a youtube video a coworker told me about, just so I remember to rant at the coworker about it when I work with him next. I'd save this to my drafts or something, but I don't check those, but I do check my own blog.

Anywho, a coworker told me about some civ 7 video he watched where someone "made a roman legion as strong as a tank" so I looked it up, and I kinda feel like you should be barred from making videos about games being unbalanced if you don't actually know how balancing in that game works. Like, it was informative about some little things you can do, but it really gives the wrong idea about game balancing. Especially since the thumbnail calls the game broken.

The whole thing was that he took a tier 3 legion, with a base combat strength of 30, and brought it up to 69 combat strength through bonuses. He then compares this to how tanks have a base combat strength of 65, and this means the game is unbalanced. Especially if you play the specific leader + civilization choice he went with.

That's literally the point of the game. The whole idea is that you stack specific bonuses in order to chase a victory type, and if you can do something overpowered, your opponent probably can too. And they made the leaders and civs separate so that people could come up with interesting plays that take advantage of stuff like the bonuses he used. Oh, but he proved it's overpowered by easily winning 3 wars... on the second easiest difficulty, where the AI doesn't chase combat strength bonuses.

Anyway, two tier 2 greek hoplites (25 cs) fortified (+6) next to each other (+2,) one on a city centre with ancient walls (+15,) and the other on the Dur-Sharrukin wonder (+15? With a +3 bonus to fortifications which should include the city walls) within the command radius of a commander with the steadfast (+2) and defilade (+3) skills, and the order (+5) commendation, while under the effect of the city guard (+3) social policy and the combat strength endeavour (+3) should have (unless I made a mistake) 67 combat strength when defending against attacks. This is without using city state bonuses, iron bonuses, or narrative events to buff things further, and without fully upgrading them to tier 3, which are all things the guy in the video did for his legion. You could go so much further if you tried. The game isn't unbalanced by letting you be powerful, it's balanced by letting everyone be powerful, you just have to pick and choose where to be powerful. Like, in that same video he complained that Catherine is overpowered with science or something, because again: everyone has the capacity to be overpowered in some way. That's the whole idea.

And because of all this buff stacking nonsense, no tank is going to just have 65 combat strength. A legion is not overpowered by being compared at its very best to a tank at its very worst and being roughly equal.

I hate youtubers.

[silverflameataraxia]

I made this gif collection yesterday, but decided to hold off on posting it until I watched the episode, but I hate this scene. I don't care if Tamara interrupted date night, Tim being so standoffish/visibly annoyed and not even looking at her or talking to her doesn't sit right with me and is a far cry from his she-woke-up-specifically-for-my-pancakes smile in S.T.R.

If Tamara really is this much of a problem for Tim, then Chenford date night's should happen outside of the apartment, or Chenford should spend more time at Tim's place and less time at Lucy's.

And hating on Tamara - threatening physical violence against her - for interrupting four Chenford kisses is pathetic to say the least. She's either a cockblocking child or they're having so much sex that they broke Lucy's bed. Make up your mind. If you hate Tamara for interrupting, then you definitely don't want Chenford having babies...or you're just ignorant about parenthood 🤣

Anywho. Rant over. This season sucks.