#but I needed to get this off my chest

[anandrettisimp]

So when it comes to IndyCar we have a ‘big three’ when it comes to journalists

Marshall Pruett from RACER magazine

Nathan Brown from the IndyStar

Jenna Fryer from Associate Press

And, in all honesty, this whole Penske P2P situation shows everyone’s strengths.

Pruett is one of those motorsport journalists that were previously a mechanic so not only has that technical knowledge to give a different insight and expand on the information we have so far but has sources amongst the engineering and technical sides that’s others often don’t have.

Brown will ask questions, having gone to Tim Cindric several times since this all came to light and do his own investigations.

And Fryer, throws shade and stirs shit on twitter hoping it will somehow convince someone to give a tell all on her fainting couch.

Like, I wish I was joking. The woman has been attacking Josef since this began of all this happening.

Fun fact: Josef was always scheduled for Friday media, even before it was announced that he would be doing a mini conference in the morning.

And it’s not the first time she’s pulled shit like this.

She spent the “Daytona 23 hours and 58 minutes” acting like a gossip channel about what had happened to Devlin’s puppy as if to justify why she was at the track cause she talked more about blocking people than she did the race itself.

Then we have her basically bashing David Malukas for being upset that he didn’t win the Indy 500 rookie of the year over Jimmie Johnson, falsely claiming that he had abandoned another AP Journalist when he hadn’t and giving a half hearted back pedal before calling him and Dale Coyne Racing unsporting.

There’s also when she reported on Fernando Alonso’s announcement to be doing the 500, which was full of misinformation (highlights being that IndyCar and F1 totally use the same Honda engine and Fernando wasn’t going to have to do the rookie runs). When people including Mario and Michael fucking Andretti were calling her out on her bullshit, what did she do?

Compared herself to a journalist who had been murdered in Russia for speaking out against Putin and then used Billy Monger’s fund raiser as further deflection.

She acts like this, knowing that because she works for AP, people will still come to her with stories.

We’ve literally had Zak and Chip fight over her fainting couch throughout the Palou Contract saga.

And it’s fucking infuriating.

[bunnybelleisamess]

I LITERALLY knew about (and downloaded) Love and Deepspace yesterday, yet I'm already at Level 21 😅🥲😭

Is this a problem?

ANYWAY

I GOT THE FRIGGIN MEMORY HAJAKNDJDJSNSKSBSJAJ ｡ﾟ(TヮT)ﾟ｡ I couldn't stop fangirling during the kindled scene. Especially because before pulling the memory I encountered him in the café (๑>◡<๑)

Bunny's Live reaction whenever Rafayel's on screen:

[rowarn]

// tw suicide : vent

[reefies]

Having dissociative identity disorder and wanting to heal so bad is [for us] wishing people would realise that you’re all one person, different parts that make up one person. But not purely singular or explicitly Plural all the time.

Wanting them to treat you as a mix of plural and singular. Do not deny us our disorder. Do not deny my parts their individuality if they wish for individuality.

Recognise we are one. Instead of focusing on the “who are you”, focus on the “what do you need at this moment” if it’s clear we aren’t in the best headspace, you might ask if someone else has switched out, but let it be on their time that they tell you their identity, if they tell you at all.

Expect us to take system accountability, as we all make up one person, but do not deny us our disorder and understand if it is a personal issue that sometimes system accountability is not going to work out. Abusive or hateful behaviour? Make all of us accountable, we’re all one. A problem with something one of us said and you don’t know who? Explain the situation to whoever’s fronting and allow us to work through it with you. A problem with a specific alter that’s personal to you both? The beef is purely between you two.

Let us talk about our innerworld experiences, let us talk about ourselves, our identities, if we wish to. Let us develop identity, if we wish to. Do not stifle individuality. But do not *expect* us to, some parts view themselves as purely a part with a job and nothing more.

Recognise that all alters will have different thoughts on you. Recognise that some alters do not wish to have the same relationship with you that other alters might. Recognise that some alters wish to be seen as the collective way you view us, some wish to be seen as their individual selves.

We *need* this deep understanding between us and friends and family that we are ONE but also MANY… and treating us as if we are singular or plural may be based on the circumstances.

This has come with recognising it within ourself that we have based our identity on being PLURAL for so long that we are failing to develop identity even past that. And it’s causing a lot of issues. Self doubt, dissociative tendencies spiralling, etcetera. We focus so much on who we are instead of what we need even when triggered and becoming frustrated at ourselves when we can’t work out who it is whose fronting leading to us doubting we’re even a valid system in the first place. And we focus so much on being plural that it’s causing us MORE dissociation rather than healing and eventually coming together and integrating, possibly fusing.

[askdacast]

I don’t really get the way The Chosen portrays Jesus. When one of his disciples gets something half right by offering to help Jesus carry stuff out of the goodness of his heart, Jesus responds with a half assed, “Thank you but…” When Jesus orders his disciples to work with wheat, Jesus acts like an earthly king by not even being there to work with them. Jesus also rudely interrupts one of his disciples when that disciple tries to tell him about an idea to raise funds.

Hey anon, forgive me for not answering your questions directly. But seeing as you’ve been going around sending this same message to several different blogs talking about The Chosen, I do feel the need to address something else.

(IMPORTANT EDIT: if you’re not the same anon who’s been sending messages to @sojourner-between-worlds then please ignore this post, I wrote it with this assumption in mind)

First of all, while I’m not really particular about spoilers, you have to keep in mind: I’m a busy person. Most of us are, with jobs and lives outside the internet. I have my postgraduate studies right now, and lately because it has been quite busy, I haven’t had the time to catch up with The Chosen’s new episodes exactly as they are uploaded. I’m still stuck on episode 3, mind you, with basic knowledge of episode 4, and I won’t be able to catch up very quickly. I know it probably wasn’t your intention to spoil me, but coming into my asks and telling me directly about events I haven’t watched yet is just a tad rude in that regard, especially if I really DID care a lot about not being spoiled.

Which brings me to my next point - I have absolutely no problems discussing The Chosen, even critiquing it. I’m not going to tell you that you shouldn’t criticize anything about this show. It’s not like I have 100% positive things to say about this show either - as mentioned before, I quite disliked the ending of S4E3. So I’m usually more than glad to share my opinions, positive or otherwise about this show. And I don’t mind either you sharing your opinions and asking for a discussion.

However, it appears to me, from your asking this same anon Q to many blogs, that it’s not really a discussion you want, so much as to complain about things you don’t like and asking “big name blogs” (if you can even call us that, we are just random people on the internet…) to affirm your negative opinions about this show. And I’m sorry to say, I don’t intend to do that.

If it really was a discussion you wanted, you are free to make your own Tumblr blog to make your own critical posts. You can complain as you please, and you can even invite further discussion and other’s opinions. After all, reblogs are much easier to keep track of than anon asks. But instead, I see you not just repeating the same asks, but when a blog gives you an opinion you disagree with, you send further anon asks basically picking apart their opinions and arguing with them ad nauseam about how The Chosen has so many detail inaccuracies in the show.

Forgive me for being blunt, but there are so many better uses of your time than arguing with strangers online. This is neither healthy nor productive.

You need to remember The Chosen is NOT Gospel. It is entertainment - it is an adaptation of the Gospel. Artistic liberties and inaccuracies are bound to happen. ANY story - not just gospel-related ones, but adaptations of history, famous books etc. - will inevitably have to take some liberties as you move from book to screen, fact to fiction. Do I agree with all of these changes? Do I think the “it’s fiction” argument is a good excuse to just change the source to whatever I want? Of course not. One needs to respect the heart of their source material and what it’s trying to say. We will rarely agree 100% with the way something is adapted. But we need to approach these things with grace and some common sense, because adaptation in writing is really really really hard. Word for word faithfulness to the text will not always translate to the screen well, and liberties NEED to be taken in order to tell a good story.

Just because the Bible never says exactly where Jesus did XYZ miracle doesn’t mean The Chosen should just show them going nowhere. Just because we don’t know the half the disciples actual backgrounds, does not mean it would be better storytelling for Thomas, Thaddeus, Nathaniel etc. to just show up like “ayo Jesus I appeared from the ether and want to be your disciple.” It would be confusing, especially for a newcomer who knows nothing about the Bible!

As I said, The Chosen is not Gospel. It is a piece of entertainment to encourage people TO read the original gospels and form THEIR OWN opinions about who Jesus really is and what He came to do for us. Dallas Jenkins and co. have made NO claims to presenting gospel truth or a new gospel. All they have ever set out to achieve was to bring to light what the gospel is, why it is so important, and HOW it could be important to you too. We can absolutely disagree with how they have gone about this goal. But let’s not claim that the very act of making a tv show is the same as trying to rewrite the gospel.

If you still don’t like The Chosen despite other people’s opinions, that’s 100% fine. You are entitled to your opinions, and you can hold firm to them. Ironically, going around asking people to agree with you, and angrily arguing with them when they disagree, only shows a lack of conviction in your opinions, that you NEED someone (people online whom you’ve never met no less) to tell you that you’re right. I’m not asking you to like this show, but to have some grace towards the people who do - the people who’ve really been touched by God through this show - and the people who’ve made this a possibility.

I am, once again, not saying you cannot criticize this show. But I am imploring you to do so in a way that doesn’t tear people down, but builds them up. If you don’t like how The Chosen portrays Jesus, then show people who the REAL Jesus is.

We are all doing our best to obey and serve the Lord with what’s in our hands, and only He alone can judge whether or not we’ve done the right thing. (Romans 14:3-4) I suggest you do the same.

[ultranerdygirl]

I know they were talking about having a “special person” as a strictly romantic thing, but I’m still miffed at FCG for not even mentioning Ashton by name at all. Like.

Ashton— the one who found FCG in the aftermath of the one-eyed monster incident and took them home.

Ashton—who defends this little robot to the end of the Earth and tells him “If anyone makes you feel bad, I’m going to fucking kill them. You’re the best of us.”

Ashton—who is hyper aware of FCG’s self-destructive tendencies and wants to save them from themself.

Ashton—who would do anything for their friends and has basically been shoved to the back of everyone’s minds throughout this whole interlude with Deanna and F.R.I.D.A.

FCG, my dear little aeormaton, you do have a special person. While it is a wholly and strictly platonic relationship, Ashton fucking loves you and is your best friend. Don’t forget that.

[real-sun-wukong-fan01]

Tw // angry Italian //

Call me dramatic, annoying, crazy, whatever i don't care

But you have no idea how much this fandom has been bothering me lately. How can you MISUNDERSTAND a character SO BAD.

It's not anymore about the book, because look. If you don't know about it or read it, it's fine i don't give a shit. But you WATCH lmk how can you MISUNDERSTAND IT SO BAD???

WHERE DID THE WUKONG IS MANIPULATIVE COMES FROM?? and most of all, how can you SAY that when MACAQUE used to be the manipulative one in basically most scenes he was in during the four seasons. (We do not count season 4.)

How can you even complain about how much of a "bad mentor" wukong is and then say MACAQUE would be better? How hypocritical can someone be when they don't understand a character?

I'm not calling someone an hypocrite on purpose, but on accident because of people not understanding a character.

Wukong is TRAUMATIZED. He's not gonna be GOOD. HE'S GONNA BE A FUCKING FLAWED CHARACTER.

Some of you are literally who wukong refers to in the first episode on season 4.

"there will be always someone who will bring up your mistakes, no matter how much you want to forget them." ALL YOU DO IS BRING UO WUKONG MISTAKES THAT HE'S TRYING TO FIX.

He's TRYING to be better nut no people need to fucking shit ok him because he's TRAUMATIZED and can't be the "perfect hero." Or mentor.

Stop pointing out his MISTAKES. IT'S ANNOYING.

ESPECIALLY when you go and talk so well about macaque, your "baby girl". because it makes me so fucking pissed.

why is wukong so hated for mistakes he was probably forced to do most of the times, but love macaque for intentionally traumatizing MK? For trying to kill him?

you have to ACCEPT that wukong is NOT perfect, and that he's trying to be better. Take him accountable do whatever, but do NOT shit on him and then act like macaque was better in this three seasons.

"Yeah but wukong betrayed macaque" I DON'T GIVE A SHIT. MACAQUE STILL DID BAD IN THE SEASONS.

ALL OF WUKONG DID WAS TRYING TO PROTECT MK IN THESE SEASONS, LIKE A MENTOR SHOULD.

STOP BRINGING UO HIS MISTAKES AND SHIT ON HIM FOR IT. point them out, do analysis but DON'T shit on him because you're all annoying like this.

i always ignore them, but trust me I'm not the only one annoyed by this.

And i get it, if you don't love as much wukong as i do, but you're all hypocrites if you shit on him but then drool over macaque, because i know most of you do.

You're all making me go insane, i HATE the fandom when he does this, because you guys just don't put effort in understanding. And you can't say he's too complex, ALL LMK CHARACTERS ARE COMPLEX.

Everyone is GRAY, everyone is COMPLEX, you CAN'T understand ONE character and then shit on the other because you didn't care to understand it.

it BOTHERS ME, because just SAY IT that you don't care about wukong, SAY IT.

I DON'T CARE ABOUT MK. MEI. SANDY, i DON'T CARE about them, i admit it and if i get them wrong it's because of THAT, but at least i have the balls to say it without acting like if i know them so well i can shit on them,

Some of you are standing on my nerves because of this exact reason i probably said horribly and it'll sound i think I'm better than others but at this point what can I say? I'm bad at talking and expressing my emotions, like a certain monkey.

[strade-fuckers-anonymous]

Some of you have a ridiculously INSANE parasocial relationship and you REALLY need to work that out.

You dont know her. She's not your close friend. She's not your "mother figure". She's an artist on the internet who you like. Granted, i do feel like she kind of fostered parasocial relationships, especially through her patreon discord, but you still need to give yourself a reality check.

[thejadecount]

So does anyone else ever think about how Future Leo and Future Mikey are technically the original Leo and Mikey from the series since the turtles in the movie are somewhat new ones in a different timeline and the hopeful kids we originally watch our first time during the show all end up dying in the Krang Apocalypse or just me?

[2ofswords]

The Fears as Jacob Geller Videos

(because my favorite youtuber sure loves talking about dread and I was wondering if I could fill them all...)

The Burried: Fear of Depths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MOKTU9tCbw&t=65s

The Vast: The Horror of Universal Paperclips and Space Engine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oca8BnDMin4

The Corruption: Four Short Games about Pain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgpvZVsfiVM&t=1117s

The End: Outer Wilds: Death, Inevitability and Ray Bradburn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-yTZFi-_eY

The Spiral: Gamings Harshest Architecture: NaissanceE and Alienation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkv6rVcKKg8

The Eye: How Can We Bear to Throw Anything Away? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukJ_UA-JS5o&t=1463s

The Lonely: Artificial Loneliness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUwTh4uSILg

The Slaughter: The Conceptual Failure of Orbital Lasers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntLc4hHWqHs&t=1369s

The Web: Fixing my Brain with Automated Therapy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcYztBmf_y8&t=556s

The Flesh: What’s the Point of Taking Apart a Body? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohco3PB6eBw&t=1010s

The Hunt: Rationalizing Brutality: The Cultural Legacy of the Headshot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4ynPp10jMc&t=8s

The Desolation: Time Loop Nihilism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZrEayPIrVE&t=350s

The Stranger: The Single Best Gaming Moment of 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKiHSRYawIM&t=1093s

The Extinction: Art in the Pre-Apocalypse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9N7Awpk9lE

The Dark: Head-Transplants and the Non-Existence of the Soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMkrrjKf5AE&t=321s

Bonus Videos (aka Videos that fit multiple fears really really well and I didn’t wanna leave them out)

Games, Schools and Worlds Designed for Violence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usSfgHGEGxQ&t=368s (I really wanted this one on the list and it is soooooo slaughter themed…. But it also spends half the time talking about survailance and the panopticon, so it simply isnt clear cut)

Three Specific Types of Terror https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDrHpmkL4rY&t=1734s (I wanted to put this for the Stranger, simply for the ‚Who is Lila‘ bit. But this one is about three very different types of terror and definitelly also about the Burried and the Vast)

[tymorrowland]

i’ve just realized how corny, cringe, and downright pathetic the name “automattic” is. i just thought it was just a quirky spelling. like how much of a self centered jackass do you need to be to shoehorn your name in an actual fucking company name

[getosbf]

Shercock Holes

[thoughtsofalonelyraven]

I have some original projects stored in my computer, and, apart from moments of love/hate towards them, I sometime dream of publishing them.

... And then I think about how some people could horribly twist everything or start making up stuff just because they hate me, thus ruin everything and transform a dream into a nightmare. And that's when I just freeze in place, conflicted about what I should do with them in the future.

I shouldn't be this scared of just sharing something on the internet. No one should. But I've seen how people (fans and haters alike) behave when it comes to new stuff, and I really don't like it.

[burritello3000]

Hey guys. Um so I’m taking a writing hiatus of some sort? I just haven’t had the inspiration lately. I’m not abandoning The Fifth Turtle or anything, though. I will finish it. I just don’t have the inspiration right now. I picked up my phone to jot down an idea and I could barely type anything. Heck, I’m struggling to write this!!! I think things will pick up when I start school. I know that sounds crazy, but I think I write better during the school year, because my school blocked a lot of stuff on the chromebooks so there’s not a lot to do if you have free time. Anyways, it’ll hopefully pick up soon once I get my shit together. Thank you for listening :)

[calamitycons]

Dan Heng, you don’t owe the Xianzhou fucking ANYTHING. This goddamn alliance has done nothing but bring you and your people pain for ages upon ages, they have oppressed and mistreated you and manipulated you into thinking you deserved to be punished for the actions of a dead man when you FUCKING DON’T. YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE MOTHERFUCKERS.

THE XIANZHOU ARE ROTTEN TO THE CORE. They foster an environment of superiority toward “Outsiders” and even toward their own people they mistreat the people they consider lesser. They abuse and distrust and create and environment where the disabled are ostracized, left to fend for themselves, are threatened with losing their jobs, and don’t even provide accessibility aids for people they RESPECT AND HONOR IN HIGH RANKING POSITIONS. DAN SHU DOESN’T HAVE A CANE. WHY DOESNT SHE HAVE A CANE.

The Xianzhou essentially threatened the Vidyadhara or something to push them into the Luofu to seal away their mistake and you DON’T NEED TO FIX THEIR PROBLEMS THAT T H E Y IMPOSED ON YOU. For FUCKS sake they DON’T EVEN TREAT THE CURRENT MASTER OF MEDICINE, A VIDYADHARA, WITH A N Y RESPECT AND LOCK HER THE FUCK UP.

THEY banished YOU when you were a CHILD and YOU STILL THINK THEY DESERVE FUCKING ANYTHING god to the shitting fuck damn it i hate this shitty ass boat i want to get OFF OF IT

[bigbrownboots]

here’s the thing, and I’m about to go on a very opinionated rant about this so bear in mind that this is just how I feel, and you’re completely valid if you disagree. But I’m going to talk about the HBS continuation poll.

I don’t really think that any of the flashbacks should get a continuation. There, I said it. I think that it would be much more impactful for Anton and Avior and Elliot to get BAs when they are all safe, happy, and reunited with their partners. Getting anything before that is just going to be bittersweet - at best.

You know that if Anton gets the BA, it’s going to be so heartbreaking. Knowing that it’s the last night he gets to spend with his partner before having to leave immediately in the morning, and that he won’t see them again for so long.

If Avior gets the BA, it’s going to be with a Starlight from BEFORE their memory loss. It’s not even their current relationship, it’s the one before ALL of the character development - from both sides of the relationship. That, and the fact that it’s them trying to make the best out of a frankly horrible situation. They’re in a hellscape, trapped and afraid, and the best they can do is pretend that they’re anywhere else.

The same kind of thing goes for Elliot if he gets the BA, knowing that he was so happy back then, and knowing how much pain he’s going through now. In the present, Sunshine is the one that was captured, and he can’t just adventure forth and save them. There isn’t some dragon he can slay and then run in and kiss them and bring them back home. They’re actually being held hostage, and it’s real and it’s terrifying.

Those three absolutely should get BAs at some point, I’m not saying that they shouldn’t, but they should be in the present. We can wait a little while longer for a satisfactory conclusion, can’t we? Or are we that desperate that we’ll take anything, if just to have more content? Come on, guys.