#bad acronym

[kply-industries]

This acronym sucks.

[iwishiknewmoreaboutlizards-blog]

There is an acronym at work that is BDMS and I know one day I will slip up and I hope it won’t be too terrible

[habken]

Thoughts on Bakutoko??

they’d slay so hard together

[eldritch-elrics]

starting 2013 off right with the brand new breaking bad licensed video game 🥰

[skrunksthatwunk]

actually i'm still thinking about the moral orel finale.

he has a cross on his wall. do you know how much i think about that bc it's a lot.

a lot of stories ((auto)biographical or fictional) centering escape from abusive/fundamentalist christianity result in the lead characters leaving behind christianity entirely. and that makes complete sense! people often grow disillusioned with the associated systems and beliefs, and when it was something used to hurt them or something so inseparable from their abuse that they can't engage with it without hurting, it makes total sense that they would disengage entirely. and sometimes they just figure out that they don't really believe in god/a christian god/etc. a healthy deconstruction process can sometimes look like becoming an atheist or converting to another religion. it's all case by case. (note: i'm sure this happens with other religions as well, i'm just most familiar with christian versions of this phenomenon).

but in orel's case, his faith was one of the few things that actually brought him comfort and joy. he loved god, y'know? genuinely. and he felt loved by god and supported by him when he had no one else. and the abuses he faced were in how the people in his life twisted religion to control others, to run away from themselves, to shield them from others, etc. and often, orel's conflicts with how they acted out christianity come as a direct result of his purer understanding of god/jesus/whatever ("aren't we supposed to be like this/do that?" met with an adult's excuse for their own behavior or the fastest way they could think of to get orel to leave them alone (i.e. orel saying i thought we weren't supposed to lie? and clay saying uhhh it doesn't count if you're lying to yourself)). the little guy played catch with god instead of his dad, like.. his faith was real, and his love was real. and i think it's a good choice to have orel maintain something that was so important to him and such a grounding, comforting force in the midst of. All That Stuff Moralton Was Up To/Put Him Through. being all about jesus was not the problem, in orel's case.

and i know i'm mostly assuming that orel ended up in a healthier, less rigid version of christianity, but i feel like that's something that was hinted at a lot through the series, that that's the direction he'd go. when he meditates during the prayer bee and accepts stephanie's different way to communicate, incorporating elements of buddhism into his faith; when he has his I AM A CHURCH breakdown (removing himself from the institution and realizing he can be like,, the center of his own faith? taking a more individualistic approach? but Truly Going Through It at the same time), his acceptance (...sometimes) of those who are different from him and condemned by the adults of moralton (stephanie (lesbian icon stephanie my beloved), christina (who's like. just a slightly different form of fundie protestant from him), dr chosenberg (the jewish doctor from otherton in holy visage)). his track record on this isn't perfect, but it gets better as orel starts maturing and picking up on what an absolute shitfest moralton is. it's all ways of questioning the things he's been taught, and it makes sense that it would lead to a bigger questioning as he puts those pieces together more. anyway i think part of his growth is weeding out all the lost commandments of his upbringing and focusing on what faith means to him, and what he thinks it should mean. how he wants to see the world and how he wants to treat people and what he thinks is okay and right, and looking to religion for guidance in that, not as like. a way to justify hurting those he's afraid or resentful of, as his role models did.

he's coming to his own conclusions rather than obediently, unquestioningly taking in what others say. but he's still listening to pick out the parts that make sense to him. (edit/note: and it's his compassion and his faith that are the primary motivations for this questioning and revisal process, both of individual cases and, eventually, the final boss that is christianity.) it makes perfect sense as the conclusion to his character arc and it fits the overall approach of the show far better. it's good is what i'm saying.

and i think it's important to show that kind of ending, because that's a pretty common and equally valid result of deconstruction. and i think it cements the show's treatment of christianity as something that's often (and maybe even easily) exploited, but not something inherently bad. something that can be very positive, even. guys he even has a dog he's not afraid of loving anymore. he's not afraid of loving anyone more than jesus and i don't think it's because he loves this dog less than bartholomew (though he was probably far more desperate for healthy affection and companionship when he was younger). i think it's because he figures god would want him to love that dog. he's choosing to believe that god would want him to love and to be happy and to be kind. he's not afraid of loving in the wrong way do you know how cool that is he's taking back control he's taking back something he loves from his abusers im so normal

[inverse-problem]

has anyone figured out what the “thr” in 1000-thr earthmover stands for

or is it just a random letter sequence that doesn’t stand for anything. hmmmm

edit: I see people reblogging this version of the post without the info, so just a note that there is an answer from the devs: it refers to both thor and also the word centaur (pun using the fact that 1000 in japanese is pronounced “sen”). refer to the reblogs for explanatory screenshots from hakita

[nintendont2502]

btw i will forever recommend just. refusing to engage in discourse. its free its easy and you literally arent missing anything LMAO - 99% of discourse on here is just on the most pointless petty shit that literally doesnt mean a single thing to anyone in real life (i am looking directly at you "pRo/AnTi" shippers), and the other 1% is genuinely important shit... that isnt going to be solved in any productive way by insulting '''the other side''' online. arguing with strangers online never changes anyones mind all youre doing is making yourself *and* your cause look annoying as hell :thumbsup: maybe chill out. find a hobby.

[just-a-lesbian-human]

Real quick poll

No idk option because I need answers

(If confused on the acronym check the tags)

(If you think this post was mistaged in anyway it wasn't. This belongs I promise!)

[azaisya]

having brainrot about the wrong set of ocs. here's my beloved oc angie i've had her for almost a decade. shes 16 she's got orange hair she's a plucky anime protagonist she's doomed by the narrative. what else could you ask for!

[sketchingstars03]

I always find it so funny whenever the “Murder Time Trio” (Killer, Horror, and Dust) are abbreviated as “MTT”

Because all I can think of is:

Ah yes

the most fucked up being(s) in the undertale multiverse

Mettaton

[alexi-was-not-here]

I don't even know if this will make it into the final draft but I was writing and this line appeared in my fic and I had to share

[post-punk-revival]

Anyway I've been thinking of having multiple names but the only reason I never do is because people tend to ignore ancillary names and just use the one they know you as idk. I wish I could use names the way I use pronouns. To just switch it up sometimes because sometimes I'm feeling he or they or it, and sometimes I'm feeling Ekho or Myriad or Cell (a rough phonetically-similar approximation of how my irl initials might be pronounced that I like because I got to pick all of them and thought went into it). You feel?

[7goodangel]

Is Pj in denial that they're kinda um

Not a good person ???

PJ: "NO" He totally is XD He really thinks he's not a bad person. Just doing his job.

[like-red-lads]

Was thinking of shnnrcy and there's something to be said about sasha and marcy doing the things they did out of their twisted way of love and anne still wanting them, repented that they are. something something the fool and his lover, whichever is more foolish? The normal person would have distance themselves from the one who have hurt and lied and betrayed them, their common sense telling them not to be bitten twice. and there's anne doing literally the opposite because she still love them so so damn much. others would have run the first chance they got but no not her. she build her home on the ashes of the old one and that's how it grows and her loves thrive

[deanpinterester]

character in media will be like "hi i'm an intelligence agent and i'm gonna run around and arrest bad guys" like i assure you that's not what an intelligence agency is supposed to. do.

[hanzajesthanza]

dandelion is indeed the worst but if he’s not present in the next book i would legitimately be sorrowful as the whole thing will become a slog . you basically cannot have the “short stories” era-of-the-timeline iteration of geralt without dandelion, it would be like eating unbuttered bread.

though it’s not like season of storms did them dirty, i wasn’t disappointed with it (… with regards to them), but since it’s literally been over 20 years since the saga was finished i’m trying to prepare for any potential reality