#are an awful comparison but

[kstarlitchaotics]

It's funny how people will try and do the whole "oh but don't like Cyclops because he reminds me of Superman being too good" or "don't like Wolverine cause he reminds me of Batman" I'm just...while yes there are some just some similarities of the four heroes but this is what I dislike the most when it comes to both superhero discourses that people will try and compare each hero to the next even on other universes and it doesn't work that way again there might be some but it doesn't mean it's accurate especially when each heroes has their own line of work and their own views on how things run it's naive and down right childish in my view to do these things and yet people still continue to do so and can be very nerve wrecking

[a-chaotic-dumbass]

favorite thing in asoiaf is that the stark family tree is just filled with haters in every generation. theon stark brandon snow alaric stark cregan stark even ned's brother brandon and lyanna too. even the current kids jon snow robb sansa and arya all have some kendrick lamar level of beef w at least one person. brandon the builder spawned an entire genre of haters

[starlit-soothsayer]

So what's your issue with Sai? /genq

I have issues with plenty of people. The internet is full of obnoxious individuals, and for the purposes of my main accounts online I quickly block them (it's what those tools are for, after all). That doesn't mean I don't enjoy watching from a distance, however.

Sai is just one on a long list of internet people that wreak havoc wherever they go. Most just don't seem to notice that because she often targets (or tries to target) people that the internet masses are likely to frown upon. Lily Orchard is ideal for this. A vast majority of the internet dislikes her or doesn't care about her. To me, though, it's about the same as watching any United States election since 2016. It's not about getting something good anymore, it's about taking the side of the guy who sucks a little less.

To put it simply, Sai and Lily are two sides of the same coin.

Lily just so happens to have done much worse things by comparison and Sai just so happens to have opinions on media most agree with and internet history that hasn't been picked clean. At the end of the day though, their personalities and way of interacting with the web at large are incredibly similar.

Both of them, despite repeatedly claiming the opposite, are hopelessly obsessed with each other. Both of them use what little amount of minority status they have as a shield against critics. Both of them love to argue, to the point where it seems it's the only form of communication they can navigate. Both are quick to cry cowardice when someone decides an argument isn't worth having and walks away. Both of them must get in the last word, always. Both of them feel that they are in the right all the time, and that anyone else is either stupid, immature, or both. Both of them often label others as sensitive until it's their own feelings that are on the chopping block.

The best thing that Lily could do, if she really wanted to hurt her critics and make them leave her be, is to simply disappear from the internet entirely and let the people leeching off of her starve. The communities based entirely on making fun of her would dissolve overnight. Lily would never do that of course, because she has the same problem as Sai (one also pinpointed by CrimsonEnder): she simply can't let things go.

Neither of them will ever have the ability to walk away from something unless they have the final say, no matter how small it is. I've seen them both revive petty squabbles that have already long since simmered down for the sake of just wanting to argue.

It's not exactly difficult to put together why Sai has so many "haters" when almost every public interaction she has is a argument. It's not always about some form of homophobia or sexism or difference of opinion. Pardon my French, but sometimes your personality just fucking sucks.

[floofanflurr]

I adore him

[likesdoodling]

Gossiping about Sigiswald backstage with Rozemyne and Ferdinand!

I love that Rozemyne's thought bubble is an actual quote from the book.

*dying laughing-

Yes. You're definitely playing into his 'evil, evil hands'

*strangled laughter-

And the end scene of this book? (spoilers if you haven't read it, but if you know what this is from then you probably have-)

I loved it so much!

*intense fangirling in my little corner over here-

Especially seeing it from Lutz' pov where Rozemyne is just blushing all over the place?!

*more intense fangirling/manic grinning-

It was just so- so-

Yeah. It was cool. I liked it a lot.

I didn't end up doing the shading on this purely because I just don't have as much time as I used to, and I'm probably gonna be pretty busy for the next week with midterm tests prep- *sigh...

I did want to do the colouring though, since I absolutely love the fact that Ferdinand's outfit matches Rozemyne's hair and that Rozemyne's outfit matches Ferdinand's hair-

*internal screaming-

I love this entire series. It is kind of sad that it's pretty much finished, but that's what fanfiction and fanart is for, amiright?

(glances over at the various au ideas and animatics that I still have in the 'in progress/drafts' pile-)

Anyway. I'm definitely still gonna be doing fanart for this series for a long time. Just so you guys are aware~

:D

(and maybe actually finish the fanfic which I got like 57,000 words in and left un-updated for over a year- *cough - Myne working for Police Superintendent Ferdinand au anyone? Can't believe I started that like, last year- it's been so long... Drawing is... More my forte when it comes to committing to things, but I am planning on finishing it, university got in the way - *cough)

[felinenthusiast]

In wake of the stupid shitshow that is this dumb coronation, I saw someone going 'oh protests are illegal in the UK? Ireland we've got to get you out of there' and I've seen a lot of other stuff to that effect of 'oh poor Wales', or 'get out of there Scotland' (from people outside the UK) and like!!! people in England are also suffering this impacts people in England!

I agree and fully support all kinds of independence for the other countries in this shitshow of a nation- do not twist my words with this one, I support independence, and when I see folks from those countries only talking about this, obviously I support them because their primary concern is independence.

But!! It's fucking infuriating to see people from outside the UK acting like the other countries just have to get out of the UK and then no more innocent people will suffer, as if that's the only problem, as if there aren't plenty of people in England who don't deserve this nonsense either

[bacchuschucklefuck]

actually one more thing kristen was so clutch this ep with that mass cure wound while not a single one of the rat grinders has gotten a heal from their own team that's so dire . like you know essays can be written abt that right

[zishuge]

The heavens will bless the kind. Since he is blessed, then he should go through hardships to gain knowledge and wisdom. Sooner or later, the truth will be revealed to the world. Story of Kunning Palace (2023) | Ep. 11

[nonbinary-sticks-the-badger]

the official release of the NiGHTS into dreams ost is called the "perfect album" while the journey of dreams ost is simply called the "original soundtrack". this is in fact a reference to the fact that in comparison the journey of dreams soundtrack is shit

[miraneko19]

Realized this while playing Birushana. Tomomori. You know.

[nartml]

I'mma need you to lock in and hear me when I say that it is nothing short of disrespectful to have the audacity to exist, merely mortal as you are, in the presence of Mel Medarda's captivating, alluring, jaw dropping, stunning, ethereal, pulchritudinous, gorgeous, majestic, magnetic, breathtaking presence, and not be on your knees and begging to worship her 25/8/366.

No, no, no, no, no, you don't understand, I am jealous of PIXELS.

How DARE you not be imploring to eat her out breakfast, lunch, and dinner when you have the absolute honour to exist within the same world, when you were blessed with functioning eyes and you possess the ability to lay your unworthy gaze upon her?

ESPECIALLY YOU, JAYCE. MOVE. It's MY turn.

I AM FOAMING AT THE MOUTH, SOMEBODY PLEASE SEDATE ME, I SHORT-CIRCUIT EVERY TIME SHE'S ON SCREEN.

I kid you not, I've teared up SO. MANY. TIMES. AT THE SHEER BEAUTY, THE ELEGANCE, THE INTELLIGENCE, THE KINDNESS, THE COMPLEXITY OF THAT WOMAN.

Get back to your admittedly hot, snarky twink, and PLEASE, JUST ONCE, LET ME BE THE ONE TO PATHETICALLY CURL OVER HER LAP AND MELT INTO HER, THIS ISN'T FAIR THIS ISN'T FAIR THIS ISN'T FAIR THIS ISN'T.

JUST. FJIEJDJJSKWOROENWNFKSJHROGJEJEJRJEJGLWJNTJEJEKWOEKJF

FUCKING LOOK AT HER. I GENUINELY CANNOT NAME A SINGLE CHARACTER WHO IS MORE AHDJJSJSJEJEWPWKEHSNNSNSM THAN HER.

(Not even VI, and be not mistaken, the things that I would let her do to me—

The things that I would do for her, the way I YEARN FOR HER to ditch Cait the Dictator and PICK ME CHOOSE ME LOVE ME.

I need her in a way that is genuinely offensive to my dignity)

I AM BUT A STARVING DOG, whose purpose is no other than to sit by the door in the hopes that she'll come back, and soothe my hunger with the sound of her voice and the look of gold adorning her skin.

[mysteriousbeetle]

going from chuck dixon's run of bop (1999) to gail simone's run of bop (1999) things just get a little less sexist and a little more racist. and while the writing itself feels pretty different, it doesn't feel better or worse necessarily, it just has different focuses.

[opens-up-4-nobody]

@iguanodonwildman I think at one point you requested merthur on an apple orchard date. This is sorta more some merlin and some apples so idk lol

[teal-fiend]

observers who handle preds like steve irwin

[lesbianaglaya]

every single word of this is worse than the one before

[astralleywright]

Marisha's comment about how Relvin is one of those parents who ended up with a child they didn't know what to do with really gets to the heart of it, i think, and is such a good way to tie the fantasy element of Imogen's powers into things more tangible. because there are really a lot of parents like Relvin in real life, who have a child with the person they're happily married to and never expect to be left alone with the kid. or who expect a ""normal"" (read: cisgender and heterosexual, able-bodied, relatively neurotypical and obedient, etc.) child and end up with one who's ""difficult"", who demands more or different of them than what they believe they signed up for. and that's not entirely entitlement on a parent's part- many cultures' common frameworks of parenthood and child-rearing do not include space for these children. it makes sense that Relvin was unprepared. raising any child is difficult, and raising a child whose needs you were never taught how to accommodate, who the world is so cruel to, is even more challenging.

and yet. and yet, the person who bears the brunt of the harm in these situations will always be the child. they're the ones who have to live every moment of how the world treats them, without the support that their parent is supposed to provide them. and when asked to care for his child even when she turned out to be ""difficult"", Relvin couldn't. for entirely sympathetic reasons, of course. he tried, in his own way. i don't think he's a bad guy. but he's let his own broken heart bleed onto his daughter. he hasn't been able to give her much else.