#block rating

[sweet-berrry]

And if I do not have one-sided relationships with Minecraft blocks, what do I have?

[pudgybun]

I bring a kind of "McDonald's uses slave labor and has horrible ethical practices, I refuse to eat there and I refuse to endorse them even in hypotheticals and fantasies" vibe to the function that a lot of feedists find off putting and strange 😁👍

[nqueso-emergency]

16hrs ago: (for 911 season 8 episode 5)

Now:

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes 🤭

[pango-doots]

gay wrongs

[redbootsindoriath]

Apparently in my absence this post had its 1000-notes-iversary.

This time we get to see the culprit responsible for ruining our heroes' lives as well.

I've really missed you guys, by the way. I know I've said that already, but I'm serious. Once or twice this year I've been right on the brink of coming back but schedule stuff always keeps me from letting myself commit to that again, and that in turn has kept me from posting anything at all. But I've been in an unexpected drawing mood lately and so if I can get enough stuff to set up a queue we might pretend I'm back for a month or so sometime this year. Maybe. Hopefully. We'll see. No promises though. That's why I'm hiding this paragraph under the cut.

Transcription:

[Beren:] "Uhhh...barkeep...I think he's had enough now..." [Tolkien:] "No, I don't think he has...!"

[anxietycheesecake]

There's something so "performative" about the finale, not sure how to articulate it. I mean, it's been like that for a while, but there were still sincere moments every now and then (probably from the cast putting all their actussy into it). It wanted to make a statement so bad, regardless of whether you think they were mocking us or not. "I'm not a normal sitcom, I'm a cool sitcom, like Seinfield. I don't fit in and I don't want to fit in. Have you ever seen my characters evolve? Oh... Oh... No, you haven't! I artificially took that back every single time! That's cool."

They wanted to remove the sense of a plot and a purpose that season 3 and partially season 4 gave it so hard it's like they couldn't think of anything else. It's funny because it's pointless and unsatisfying, even though we have managed to balance raunchy comedy and emotional scenes just fine before. It's easier this way and it get us Reddit praise. But here's the thing, it wasn't even that funny. Season 1 was just sitcom shenanigans and dark comedy and it was hilarious. Like, when was the last time you physically bent over in laughter while watching this show and are you sure it wasn't because the actors were making a funny voice or a funny face that absolutely wasn't scripted?

But I mean, all that aside, I think it's just cringe. It's giving "how you doing, fellow kids?" It's overdone and so eager to be disruptive it ends up being anticlimatic. "That's the point! We were trying to be anticlimatic!" Ok, bro, you're either a shit writer because you couldn't come up with an actual conclusion or because you genuinely thought that'd make good tv.

Comparing wwdits to Seinfield is like when wannabe great American novelist says he's writing the next Great Gatsby. No you're not. And I don't mean this as "wwdits isn't worth shit compared to actual high art sitcoms such as Seinfield" (I actually liked it better when it wasn't trying to become Seinfield); it's just... There's already a Seinfield. And there was already a wwdits that had found its footing and its voice and was doing a near perfect balancing act between comedy and drama, while keeping it humor-focused at all times. Your story is yours but when my book was starting to sound a lot like The Girls by Emma Cline minus the ABSOLUTE LITERATURE of it (arguably the best thing about The Girls), my mom was like "this not you, girl, what are you doing?" And that was MY MOM, not some random people on the Internet who are a small portion of the people who put food on my table (hopefully, heh -pay writers better, bitches >:(-). Like, dude, you're in your 40s, how can you be this petty?

At the end of the day, it was just petty. It read like fanfiction a troll would write. And they can try to gaslight us into buying it was actually such a smart move and amazing writing, but we know the truth. "We've thought about six possible endings for Guillermo's arc and haven't decided on one", "We kind of just come up with things that might be funny and work them into an episode"; things being said about a show one its fourth and fifth season. Absolutely valid, of course, but you can just admit you bit more than you could chew and wanted an easy way out. We get it, it's your job, do whatever you need to get that (far too small) paycheck, but don't put a "subversive" label on it and call it a perfect ending.

And if you're so willing to disrespect your fanbase or convince them they were watching a completely different show mere three years ago, for fuck's sake, commit to the bit and at least make it entertaining. Characters just spelling out things that are going to annoy the fans or prove to them it was silly to care about the shit and fart show for half and hour? THREE TIMES? Dude, you can be more subtle, media litecary's been dead for a while now. It's not unfunny in the sense that it's offensive; rather it was offensive how deeply unfunny it was. How can you manage to be this dishonest while doing everything in your power to make yourself seem even more dishonest??? smh

[confusedalpacart]

beasts (miscellaneous)

[questionable-idea]

Good news: I'm inspired to get back into writing

Bad news: it's to start a new wip

[browngonzo888]

Finally working on Psychonauts comic again. This will be the last installment of the Prologue: Who’s chasing who. It’ll go right where the red circle is!

After that, we’ll finally get into 01: Plagiarism and Adult Magazines

I look forward to entertaining you all

[recurring-polynya]

what is the best attack in bleach and why is it la muerte

[pettytiredandjewish]

Just so y’all know:

I’m biracial and I’m not Israeli (or from Israel)

But I guess I’m a piece of genocidal white trash because I want the war to be over and have all the hostages be freed. I guess I’m also a blood thirsty Jew because I want Palestine to be free from Hamas and the only way for that to happen is for Hamas to be taken out. G-d forbid if I care for both Israelis and Palestine (the innocent civilians not Hamas)

Y’all must be very bored because I’ve been getting harassed and threatened since I woke up this morning. Instead of harassing random Jews (who are rightfully allowed to express their anger and frustration about the election) maybe you should do something else? Like go outside, read a book, stay offline??? It’s kind of funny. You guys can express your opinion but when we (Jews) do it y’all circle in like vultures… I wonder why?

[sweet-berrry]

Some of my favorite block ratings (the noir detective one is the first time I ever personified a block like that btw)

[rannadylin]

Today's tea is one that Adagio doesn't seem to carry any more; which is unfortunate because this Green Assam is quite good! It's...a little closer to a black tea than most green teas are; brews as a green but tastes a little stronger and less grassy.

Today's knit is almost halfway through casting off! 23 leaves done and I think 27 to go if I am counting right. It's going to be quite a canopy when they're all done and blocked out, going by how much the one corner I pinned for this pic has stretched out!

(Mallorn Shawl in Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud Fingering, Daisy colorway)

[kasaru-chan]

So about my older Maxley! Fake dating AU...

So I'm all finished with the first draft of the first chapter and currently editing it while working on the second.

If possible I would like to have a beta look it over for grammatical mistakes, and tone inconsistencies. (Also to just listen to my mad ramblings about where I want this fic to go if that makes sense)

Here's the summary:

Bradley Uppercrust the 3rd is well on his way to success. At 27 he is all lined up to take over his dad's business, marry a beautiful woman and live his supposed happily ever after.

But one night of weakness and a well timed photograph at a gay club threatens to undo everything he's worked for and get him permanently kicked out of the cushy lifestyle he's grown accustomed.

Rather than hide away, his publicist suggests leaning in. To play the part of a gay male in a starcrossed romance helplessly forced to be straight by his homophobic father and in turn get the public on his side.

But who on earth could play the Romeo to his tragic Juliet. Certainly not the up and coming pro skater that Bradley was rivals with in college... right?

[thatswhatsushesaid]

haha

it is SO rich for the jgy critical crowd to insist that it's the jgy stans who are being weird and defensive given /gestures @ all of this. like what's the opposite of defensive 🧐 because that's what this is.

as i said to someone else earlier tonight, i'm manifesting the capability to climb through these anons' phone screens so i can chase them through their houses with a nerf gun. every little foam projectile will include a relevant printed out page from the EXR translation. probably with highlights and notes in the margins. maybe some frowny faces for emphasis.

anyway this is why i'm insane

[ihhfhonao3]

Shockingly, I do think there can be nuance in this issue. "Being proship is a discourse stance, you're going to find discourse and people arguing with the 'other side' in the tag that is intended for discourse, and part of our culture is built upon fighting back against the people that have hurt us and calling out their hypocrisy and cruelty" and "seeing all of this negativity and hatred from antis in a place that is supposed to be safe and welcoming is actively harming my health, because screenshotting someone saying 'you deserved to get raped' and having someone else repost it saying 'this is insane can you believe this!!!' doesn't make me feel very good about myself. and it makes it worse that this is put into every single tag we have, including tags that are more intended for positivity and spreading joy like the tag that is explicitly labeled 'proship positivity.' some of the other tags are also for things that might squick me out, like the comship and darkship tags. there is no place for me to go, I am surrounded by discomfort" are thoughts that can and should coexist I feel