#because it didn't fall into this trap

[gods-no-longer-tread-here]

white people: that brown man has a mustache, he must be modeled on Pedro Pascal.

Riz Ahmed, doe-eyes wide and wet with tears: Do my years of playing interesting characters and winning awards mean nothing to you?

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

not to make angst out of a fucking gag but also thinking about the silly au rei in the final episode makes me think about how different rei would be if she didn’t have literally the worst dad ever. like, no, she probably wouldn’t have been the upbeat adhd whirlwind in the high school au lmao. but it does just make me think. because while all the pilots lives are incredibly marked by trauma, rei's the only one to have never had access to any sort of normal life. her entire personality and worldview is shaped from being isolated, groomed, and taught to see herself as a tool and not a person. and then i just get so sad that she never had any chance of a normal life where she could discover herself and what she is. she went from being abused and manipulated by gendō (which is made even worse with the implications certain scenes leave about their relationship) to becoming god. she never had any chance of living a normal life. and just like. fuck.

[generic-sonic-fan]

If you tried to get Metal Sonic to come up with a plan to destroy Sonic more complex than "chase after him and slice him with my claws" or "imitate one of my dad's world-conquering plans", he'd have a difficult time of it. This robot has the tactics of any combat situation down pat but couldn't do big-picture strategy to save his life.

To be fair, it's a very rare occasion that he's been able to exercise any strategic thinking instead of simply following orders.

[silverwhittlingknife]

can we have a hint about what the spring break tim patrol chapter of red letter day contains? (you kept having dick say "if the joker shows up" and tim's "he won't." for me to be convinced that goes off without any trouble)

i'm sure it'll be fine. :D

i am delighted you're enjoying the story <333 i haven't updated it in soooo long but i got some very sweet comments lately so i have been looking at my scribbles again <3

[hallowpen]

Never thought I would say this, but there are some relationship dynamics happening in MMDIY and TSOU that sort of link the two together in my mind for an interesting conversation about the difference between 'unhealthy' vs 'toxic' relationships. And while TSOU has some very strong emotional acting (which is the real draw for me and I will continue to praise the actresses for it), the last episode really places it below MMDIY in terms of how these relationships are being tackled within each respective series. I'll see TSOU through before I pass any final judgement... but boy do I have a lot to say

Combo meta post??? 🤔🤔🤔

[brutalmasks]

margaret atwood, the year of the flood // han kang, human acts // may sarton, a durable fire: poems // tracie macvean, claustrophobia // george r.r. martin, a game of thrones // anne sexton, a self portrait in letters // ada limón, the echo sounder: lucky wreck // mary oliver, summer morning // robert mora, untitled // laurie halse anderson, speak

[sleepyorchidmonster]

Ok, while Skirk's design seems to fail at the whole "battle hardened warrior that adopted and mentored baby Ajax", mostly because she looks twenty and seems to lack scars, it can still be used as a way of showing the effects of the Abyss.

Like, maybe she lacks scars because the Abyss doesn't fall under Istaroth's rule, lacking the concept and passage of time, forcing all abyssal beings to remain stagnant, with not even a single trace, be it a scar or even a nick in one's blade, to indicate the passage of time. Nothing but the ever-growing mental toll and corruption.

As for the fact that she looks twenty, well, I think it's a cool spin on her role as Childe's mentor. Where, instead of being an old and wise warrior, or an actual parent, she is basically an older sibling trying to act as a responsible adult. She has experience fighting the Abyss, but is still only barely older than Ajax and is doing her best to teach him and keep him safe.

As for the outfit.... Yeah, that's just HI3. The best I can do is say that they're technically dealing with the Dark Sea and/or Primordial Sea, so a swimsuit makes sense.

[laugtherhyena]

Kizuna comphet lesbian is a headcanon that you'll need to chop off my hands if you wanna take it from me

[dylanlila]

okay okay okay mal opened my eyes to some things so i just wanna say that if you ever feel like somebody listened to you without actually listening to you, you can come to my inbox and i will do my best to listen to you

[geronimomo-spd]

its littiraly been 4 years since i watched The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals and my brain is still realing about how anti story it is, how the main thing is about going against the idea of story stracture itself, and how giving in to your role in the story sociaty creates for you can actually be so destractive, how its important to remember that we are all indeviduals in our own non scripted lifes

im still so not normal about this!!

[youuuimeanmee]

I just watched Link Click S2's Opening, and...

It's so gorgeous?? And a banger??? EPIC

I can't help but wish I Love Yoo in the future could get an animation like this??

Like GOD 😫😫😫

[aberooski]

I'm seriously hanging on by a thread right now I might just go drop dead 😭

[ghoul-haunted]

sextus pompey-mark antony but not in a way that fixes anyone

[direwombat]

what’s your ocs’ literary archetype?

phwew ok, tagged by @adelaidedrubman​, @socially-awkward-skeleton​, @purplehairsecretlair​​, @fourlittleseedlings​​, @detectivelokis​ and @sstewyhosseini​ and @aceghosts​ to do this uquiz!

not tagging anyone because this seems to be doing the rounds, but if you haven’t been tagged (yes you!) and you want to do this, consider yourself tagged! just going with the girlies i have banners for bc i’m lazy

the caregiver. you've spent so long taking care of others, you don't know what to do with yourself if you aren't. you probably suck at taking care of yourself though, maybe you feel like you aren't worthy or deserving. but deep down, i know you wish to be cared for too. you want someone to show you that you are worth even just half the effort you put into caring for other people. dont neglect yourself.

the mentor. you're a natural leader, you've got a specific aura about you that draws people to you. you're smart, not just academically, but worldly smart. people tend to go to you for help and advice, and you're more than happy to help. of course, that also means that you feel like you're a therapist rather than a friend, family, or lover. it can make you feel isolated from everyone else, and i hope that people realize you are human before a teacher.

the siren. this archetype is one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented in my opinion, which i assume fits with you nicely. people see you as some cold and awful person, seducing others only to discard them when you get bored. in reality, you probably didn’t have a lot of control over your life before, did you? this is the same case as the ruler, both lacking in power and autonomy. the difference between you and the ruler, however, is that you only care about reclaiming that power for yourself. you also seek the feeling of being wanted, truly and wholly, and this quest seems never ending. try your best to avoid putting yourself into horrible situations just for a brief moment of respite from the loneliness.

[randomnameless]

Disengange DLC anon

but lizards bad? and religion BaD?

But at least, this time, when Humanity wages war, it's a Human Thing thus automatically better (tm) because no lizards involved!

All jokes aside, it feels like a pwp fic to have an excuse to get "evil" or "mirrored" versions of the characters we know, either to get more fallen alts or to get the "sads uwu (tm)" of fighting characters we previously knew (even if they're not the same!!).

I just hope they won't fall in the obvious pitfall of Il and Elle (iel?) being Fell Dragons but who really want to help and all (the reason why one of them is a blue cobra) and the cast not believing them since they are a Fell Dragons and "Fell Dragons are inherently evil" or something stupid like this.

I just miss the FE3 War of Heroes - where we had real stakes and emotions when Marth had to fight Hardin and the Wolfguard, it wasn't just a "what if" from a DLC!

But it's not trendy anymore...

[genderqueerdykes]

if you genuinely believe that trans men and cis men are enemies and need to be pitted against each other: you drank the terf juice.

if you believe that pre transition or never transition transfems "look too threatening" or "too cishet" or "unsafe for other queers to be around": you drank the terf juice.

if you misgender butch trans women and multigender transfem lesbians and remove them from lesbian spaces: you drank the terf juice.

if you police transfems and call them "loud," "aggressive," "mean," or "rude," just because they have deep voices or high testosterone bodies: you drank the terf juice.

if you genuinely believe that all men and mascs need to be barred from entry into non binary, lesbian, and other queer spaces: you drank the terf juice.

if you genuinely believe all cishet men are inherently queerphobic, evil, and dangerous to be around: you drank the terf juice.

if you genuinely believe trans and cis men are inherently violent and dangerous because they're men: you drank the terf juice.

if you genuinely believe that cis-passing trans men aren't queer and/or don't belong in queer spaces because they look and sound "too cis" or 'threatening': you drank the terf juice.

if you genuinely believe that anyone who is AMAB and/or has a penis is inherently violent: you drank the terf juice.

if you genuinely believe it's okay to profile strangers to assume they're cis or het (or ANYTHING): you drank the terf juice.

literally ALL of these things are terf ideologies and actions. in order to accept ourselves and be accepted, we must accept that just like how our identities are not inherently violent- neither are cis and het folks'.

blaming cis mens' gender instead of their actions and behaviors for their dangerous and queerphobic actions removes the responsibility from the individual man. that was one man who did something wrong.

hold that individual person accountable for their actions and leave their gender and/or birth sex out of it- they're irrelevant to the situation.

making trans women, intersex trans women, transfems, nonbinary people, genderqueer people, etc. uncomfortable by policing how they look and sound is not the way to go. policing transfems and preventing them from queer spaces is not the way to go. policing trans men and mascs and preventing them from entering spaces they belong in is not the way to go.

excluding queer men and mascs from the communities they rightfully belong in isn't helping anyone. cis gay men need community. cis asexual men need community. cis aromantic men need community. cis polyamorous men need community. genderqueer, non binary, and gnc cis men need community. cis bisexual/mspec men need community. trans women who are also men need community. trans men need community. intersex men need community. the list goes on.

community means working together, not fragmenting ourselves off into the tiniest micro pockets imaginable for the sake of "Safety". running afraid from every. single. man and masc you encounter will not keep you safe- femmes and women are capable of abuse. we cannot fall into this "woman good man bad" trap. being afraid of a group of people wholesale doesn't help you heal from whatever trauma you have. it's going to keep you scared for the rest of your life. it's best to move on and stop judging strangers for features they can't help or didn't ask for.