#but i'd be a hypocrite to go on a rant about things i dislike

[emb-bbg445]

The game

Black!fem y/n

Summary: you and miles go to a game with some of your friends and you come across an ex guy bsf who had secretly had a crush on you.

Warning:some fluff, lil make out,cussing, a bit of the n word

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The black Toyota then stops at the front entrance of the school. "Bye mom, thanks for dropping me off." You said as you then stepped out the car gently with you're phone in your other hand. "No prolem. Stay safe, and call me if you need anything." She said. You then close the door and start walking up to the gate, looking for your close friend, Miles. You two had been hanging out for quite some time, y'all would flirt from time to time, and you sorta started to catch feelings. But you didn't want to ruin yalls friendship.

You then pay for your football ticket and cross through the gate and see Miles waiting for you. Your eyes light up and you then walk up to him. And give him a hug. "Hey Miles."You said wrapping you arms around him. "Cmon, you gotta mean some of my friends. They'll really like you!" You said with excitement. You then take his hand and start rushing towards the bleachers to where a bunch of other people were. Him slightly tripping on how fast you were rushing. "Hold up Ma, slow down." He said forming a smile. 

You then look around for your group. "Y/N!" A voice shouts on the opposite direction of you. You then turn your head to see your best friend and your other friends waiting for you. You then smile and rush over to her and hug her as you two squeal from being reunited. Mile's watched in the distance. He smiled at how happy you were. He then slowly walked over and stood beside you. "Oh I'd like you guys to meet someone. This is my friend, Miles." You say stepping aside for him.

He then waves at then slightly and you all head over to the bleachers and start talking. Y'all catch up on some of your stories of how Highschool was going. After all some of these friends you hadn't seen since middle school, so you were really happy to reunite and catch up.

You all spend the next 2 hours sharing stories about some people in the past and how things are going with them as the night starts to settle in. "Oh yea y/n, remember Dominic?"ybsf/n asks. You then roll your eyes in realization and remembrance of him. "I heard he tried joining the football team, and he couldn't even deadlift 60lbs!"  And and your best friend laughed at the random boy she brought up. Miles eyes widen at your guys sudden conversation. "Who the fuck is Dominic?" Miles asked curiously.

"Oh it was just this guy I used to be friends with. I used to have a crush on him, but that nigga then started acting weird as shit." You said rolling your eyes. "What do you mean weird as shit?" Miles asked once more. "He was always staring at me, he got me something on Valentine's Day, but then again he would always treat me a certain way, and he was such a fucking bitch. He was such a hypocrite, he was extremely selfish, and he was just overall a bad person." You continued.

"I just disliked him because not only did he act like he liked me-which he most likely did- but he would also say he didn't, and then go off and start caring about the people I had crushes on!" You yelled angrily. Just the thought of that boy made you so pissed off. "Wouldn't he also make fun of you for having Dark skin??" One of your friends asked. "OH YEA! That nigga was so fucking racist! Like how are you that disloyal to your people??" 

Miles then stared at you listening to you rant about this extremely horrible friend you had in the past. "Oh Hermosa, he shouldn't have treated you like that. Your skin is perfect just how it is." Miles said concerned. You then smile at his comment. "Thanks Miles." Suddenly, a voice then shouted out your name. "YO Y/N!" 

You then turned your head to see the one and only. Dominic. Him and his friend group were down at the bottom standing watching you, some of them giggling on the side. 

You then suck your teeth and walk down to him and his friend group backs up. "The hell you want Dominic?" You asked, annoyed at his sudden appearance. 

"Damn you just gon come after to me like that? Not no Hi or Hello??"

"Just get to the point please." You roll your eyes. 

He then looks you up and down and smiles. You then scrunch your nose disgusted at his sudden gesture. "You look great tonight" he says flirtatiously. "What are you tryna say?" You ask as your eyes widen. He sighs. 

"Look the truth is..I've liked you for so long. And I can't take it any longer. I wish I said somethin' sooner, but I honestly thought you were the most beautiful girl I ever laid my eyes on." His friends then start Ooooing in the back getting hyped at him. You then sigh and take a deep breath. 

"Look man imma keep it a buck but... I don't like you like that. First off you're extremely immature, your very toxic, you don't give a shit about your appearance, or hygiene. Uhh not to mention you couldn't even describe you're own personality like nigga you literally didn't fucking have one. You don't care about your grades whatsoever ever- you basically don't give a shit about yourself whatsoever, and you damn sure didn't give one about mine when we were friends from the way you treated me. So what makes me think you're gonna treat me better in a relationship?" 

The way his friends faces dropped in shock from your reasoning was outrageous. "Woww okay you dirty fuckin monkey bitch! You just not finna get wit me??!" He yells. He then backs down when you then feel a sudden hand on your waist.

"Do we have a problem nigga?"

It was Miles. He  then stared at your ex guy best friend with dead, narrow eyes. The then looks down in defeat. "N-no.. no we don't" he says walking away back to his friend group.Miles then noticed your face still full of emotion. "Cmon, let's leave." He says still holding onto your waist. You guys then walk out and walk around the school building, and he just hears you rant non stop about the whole situation and how much of a horrible person your ex guy best friend still was. "Y/n stop." Miles kept repeating, but you couldn't stop rambling about the guy. 

"Ma please, stop." He says now assertively and taking you by the shoulders turning you to face him. "Oh...I-I'm sorry Miles, I didn't mean to-"Stop apologizing as well." 

"Oh..okay, what's wrong?" You ask surprised. Your heart starts to slowly accelerate as you two were now face to face. You could feel his breath near your neck. "Because the second I heard and saw that man, and the way he treated you, I wanted to punch him so hard he gets a dislocated and broken nose, throw you over my shoulder, and take you home."

Your heart quickens in pace. "What?" You say faintly. "I'm saying I want to be more than friends Princesa." You two then stare at each other, him at this point pinning you against the dry brick walls. He then moves his hands to your waist and pushes you against him pressing his lips onto yours. You then slowly melt into the kiss returning it. You then wrap your arms around his neck as he then roams his hands around your body as if it's something new to explore. 

He then goes lower to your hips and down to your thighs lifting you up. Feeling the fabric of your cargos. You then wrap your legs around his waist as he slightly grips your legs to not let you go. He then pulls away to look at you again. "I like you too." You say to reply to his comment earlier. He then starts kissing you around your jawline and down your neck. Tickling your neck slightly as you then hold your hands on his head. He then goes back to your lips and continues to kiss you. 

All of a sudden, somebody yells your full government name. You and Miles stop kissing and turn to see your friend group catching you two in the act. "Called it!" Your best friend yelled. Miles then lets you down gently. "Sorry. I forgot to tell y'all I left" you say in embarrassment. "Girl it's nothin. But the game just ended Fr, so erybody kinda leavin. Yall wanna go get sum to eat wit us?" She asked. 

You then turned to Miles and gave him a look. He approved and took your hand. You and your friends now walking to the car to head off as you text your mom on where you were soon to be.

[fanfic-inator795]

I've talked a lot on here about my favorite characters, but what about some of my LEAST favorite characters?

Honestly, I don't have too many characters that I just hate with a burning passion or anything like that... but there are def characters that truly get under my skin. So let's have some fun and rant for a bit, shall we? Starting with least hated to most:

Sadie Miller (Steven Universe): Gonna be honest, a big reason why I dislike this character is because of her voice. No disrespect to Kate Micucci, but MAN her voice is just so grating to me personally (tbf, I feel the same way about Greg Cipes). As for the character herself, she's just incredibly whiny and annoying imo. I couldn't really relate to her frustrations with her mother, and that whole mess with her and Lars was just... yeah. Still can't really overlook the whole Stranded Island incident. Say what you will about how terrible Lars can be, but at least Lars can be funny and interesting sometimes. I just don't care for Sadie at all.

Mo Morrison (Lightyear): Laying out my biases here, I really don't like Lightyear in general, it's a very frustrating and agitating film to me personally, I could honestly rant about that movie for hours. But beyond the story/plot issues, Mo is just a very annoying character to me. They try SO hard to push him to be the comedy relief, and it just does not work. Then, when they try to push him as the team screw-up, they push too hard and just make him frustrating to watch since he literally can't do anything right and doesn't get a win until the payoff with the stupid spacesuit pen. Literally every scene with him just ends up making me go "goddamn it, Mo, why are you even here??"

Mr. Herriman (Foster's Home): As a kid who was a big fan of Frankie growing up, it shouldn't be surprising just how much I hate this rabbit. I think what really gets me is how callous and unfair he can be, with stuff like "Imposters Home for uh Make-em-up Pals", "Crime After Crime" and "Setting a President" showing him at his absolute worst. An all-around VERY frustrating and unsympathetic character to me, worse so than Bloo or any of the show's actual villains. Honestly, it makes me sad that we don't get to see more of his softer side - i.e. the life-long friendship he has with Madame Foster/the stuff that makes Madame Foster love him - as that easily could have saved his character. But for the most part, he just comes off as a huge jerk.

Stickler (The Cuphead Show): Similarly to Herriman, I think I just get incredibly annoyed with characters who put rules and procedure above everything else. What makes Stickler worse though is the voice they gave him, as while it's kinda funny in his first couple appearances, by season 3 I'm cringing just as much as Devil does whenever he pops up. They also amp up his jerkiness and pushiness in the later episodes - and while I get WHY they need to, given how distracted Devil gets, it's still a tad annoying imo.

Dr. Owen Hunt (Grey's Anatomy): Literally my least favorite character EVER. This guy... he really is just the WORST. And yes, I know there are in-universe reasons for how he acts, but when he continues being a shitty person to his wives and others, I stop caring about those reasons. He's a huge hypocrite on most things, has a 'my way is always right'/'My way or the highway' mentality, and he's just such a baby whenever he doesn't get his way or when he has to face consequences. YES, I KNOW, on Grey's pretty much everyone is a shitty person in some way because it's a dramatic medical soap opera and they need drama, but Owen really does just get under my skin the most with how stubborn and 'holier than thou' he acts a lot of the time.

...That being said, if any of my followers actually like these characters, no disrespect to you. In fact, I'd love to know WHY you like these characters, as perhaps I can get a new perspective on them.

[here-there-were-dragons]

after seeing the last full day of constant extremely vitriolic and accusatory rants acting like they're under seige from a ceaseless tide of hateposting compared to the like two more posts i've seen even mildly criticizing the new breed. yeah i'm convinced people are mostly just making up a guy to be mad at. and i checked onsite and unless the staff have deleted a bunch of shit again (which wouldn't surprise me, they're fond of their nukehammer) i didn't find very much of the Endless Flood Of Disgusting Hatred Tm there that people seem to think they're drowning in either, beyond like, a couple of people on the announcement post being rude, and like one disappointment thread where some of the posters were being shitty and fatphobic about it. if nothing's been deleted then the only way i can imagine the near-universal angry defensive outcry forming as it has is if people are going out of their way to interpret literally every single criticism as being secretly about fatness even and seemingly especially when it's not. and two thirds of the "defenses" are just basically "people aren't allowed to have different tastes from me or want different things out of a design" and are one step over the line in the notes of a minor art edit post off from being like that person in the keel announcement thread way back that went around insulting people's keel reinterpretations and calling them skin conditions. i've already seen people calling the person that edited the male silhouette just to move the tail back a little a fatphobe and an entitled whiner and bigot.

people going to legit war over this thing and the mere idea that anyone might not love it quite as much as they do. people defending a goddamned dragon png from what seems to be a largely imagined horde of dogwhistling bigots like it's life or death. acting like the lead actress of wicked when anyone mildly alters a precious dragon png in a way that does not even remotely alter it's weight. i don't know how to express how absurd all of this is to people who seem to genuinely think that the existence of dragon dislikers is a direct and personal attack on their spirit and sanctity of humanity and that this is some sort of vital symbolic battleground for ideological victory against the dark forces of bigotry and hatred. meanwhile i can barely even find anyone both on tumblr and on the forums mentioning the weight as anything but a boon. which again, makes it seem like people are going absolutely out of their way to interpret every single criticism-adjacent post as secretly being about fatness. i like the things generally speaking and i feel very clearly that it's completely impossible for me to say anything honest about some of my issues with them because i know for a fact that literally no matter what i actually say i have an issue with or how clearly i articulate what i'm talking about i'll just get a flood of people screeching about how "you can just say you hate fat people and go" and shrieking about how entitled i am and how i'm a hypocrite because someone else once said they wanted something that mildly contradicts the thing i'm saying i'd prefer and as we all know people you disagree with are a monolith and yelling about how no one is allowed to complain about biological plausibility or factual consistency because it's a "fantasy game" even if neither thing is literally ever brought up at all, and so on. because making sure that literally no one ever even mildly criticizes anything about a dragon png game ever is the single most important social issue of our time i guess. if you mention any issue that could be even remotely construed as related to their weight or body type on any level you get called a fatphobe and if you DON'T have any issue even possibly arguably related to their weight then they just accuse you of being a closet fatphobe anyway. lack of evidence of guilt is treated as evidence of guilt! you can't win! no one's allowed to dissent in the slightest without it being a secret signal of evil and a direct personal attack on Likers in general! and you're not allowed to *like* something unless it's completely unconditional with absolutely no actual thought or criticism either! the repeated posts i've seen as well about how "I'vVE never felt the urge to go on site just to say i don't like something, that's so weird, what's wrong with you?" are especially baffling and stupid as well, because how the fuck do you think the developers are supposed to figure out what people want and don't want if the only thing anyone's allowed to do is log on, post some largely contentless mindless positivity like "OOOGHOUGHHHGHG I LOVE" with zero delving into any real aspect of exactly why they like it, and never say anything at all when they don't? don't lie to me, i know no amount of constructiveness in criticism is ever enough for you no matter how much these types go on about how criticism needs to be constructive. it didn't take very long at all for the people yelling about concrit back in the day to jump all the way to "actually concrit is bad and evil and entitled too. no one is allowed to say anything unpositive about anything i like ever no matter how politely and constructively you word it". this is a problem fr's had for it's entire lifespan and all it's ever done is get worse and more gaslighty and goalpostmove-y. laying eyes on this eldritch horror of a fandom mindset feels unsettlingly like talking to my mother when she's at the absolute deepest point of her deluded violent manipulative everybody's-out-to-get-me-and-i'm-the-purest-saint-alive lunacy.

and i know if anyone manages to find this post (god i hope not) i'll just get someone putting words in my mouth going on about how i and everyone else just want to bitch about their weight and them not being "elegant" enough (and that apparently people have decided that's a secret code for Skinny now) even though i literally never said any of those things and neither did 90% of the other people i've seen even mildly criticizing anything

and i can't emphasize enough to any outsiders that might be watching that all of this is about a png of a grub-based dragon on a neopets clone dragon game, that i like and think represents a step in the right direction for breed design philosophy and body type variety

[alittlebitofrainbyyourside]

I think one thing a lot of the Laois/Toshiro conversation is missing is that like....

Just because someone who is currently upset lists off a series of rather small things that they hated.... doesn't mean they've always hated those things.

Or viewed them through that lense.

Right now a specific person in my Real Life is on my shit list. There is a very Real problem that they are making worse, they are 100% taking advantage of me and my willingness to make shit work when I have to. To be at my most venomous, I'd rather she just fucking steal from me because at least thieves recognize they're doing something wrong. Even if they justify it to themselves.

I don't feel like I can say anything because she's in a bad spot. I don't feel like I can say anything because I don't actually think saying something would change anything.

Which means that for weeks I have become an increasingly stewing ball of hate around everything dealing with her. I have drank the haterade. The way she breathes fucking annoys me right now. I have regularly in the last few weeks gone on rants about her to third parties about how much I despise her. How I think she's selfish. How she's my least favorite kind of social justice person- the kind that has all the theory right but doesn't actually give a single fuck about people in her life if it might inconvience her. How she thinks she's smarter than she is. How she's obnoxious.

Anything and everything she does is fair game right now to set me off. And it is all equal fodder in rants.

Except.... I don't actually care about 99% of it. 99% of it, if it weren't for the Actual Problem Between Us- would at worst gain an eye roll. Maybe on a bad day some of it would be genuinely annoying but I know that on average? It's shit I don't care about.

And I know that should the situation fix itself... and I'll be honest with you, not currently hopeful it will...

That I will go back to not caring about those things. Some of them I'm probably even fond of at times though the veil of agitation means I can't see that right now.

And like... I think there's a big chance that's the case with Toshiro and Laois too. That like, shit he maybe mildly finds annoying got thrown out there with a mix of things he actually disliked because he was pushed to the fucking edge. He hadn't eaten, he hadn't slept, and the woman he loves- who he went down into the dungeon to try and save- was saved... in a way that puts her in danger.

Thats Hella dysregulating. That is a 'I'm so upset that I'm going to throw everything in with the kitchen sink' situation of needing to vent and let it all out.

And idk I just think it's so important to remember that when people are pushed to the edge and snap... it's not necessarily the most honest version of themselves talking.

It's so weird to me that we view it that way societally.

And I think that's important to remember of our past, and our friends too.

When I have a migraine, I find my wife's singing annoying. I'm the kind of person who just... clamps my hands over my ears when I'm low on spoons and she understands... but if I were a different kind of person? There are worlds out there where a version of me would probably say something mean about her not knowing how to sing or to snap some shit about like 'why do you always have to be doing that? Do you just love the sound of your own voice?'

I know people like that. I used to find them so unbearably hypocritical. But I realize now they were just... dysregulated humans. They weren't being more honest when they were at their meanest, they were interpreting the world and their memories through that agitation and dysregulation.

That's my statement. Don't let someone's irritation and dysregularion be taken as facts. In life and in fiction.

[tuiyla]

for a spicier take, who's your least favorite glee boy out of the s3 members?

Well you're really not wrong Anon, that is spicier.

I'm gonna get bogged down in the details and ponder what, exactly, least favourite means. Because if it's who I care the least about, it's Rory and Joe but that's obvious. Talking just about the main characters, I'm mostly neutral on Artie like my previous list showed. It's not that I hate him, I just rarely vibe with him and the occasional weirdness (i.e. misogyny) doesn't help. Rewatching season 1 I liked him more than I remembered I did but we'll see what I say after season 6.

Least favourite as in, "pisses me off the most"? Finn. Finn Hudson makes me mad like no other Glee character could ever begin to. And again, I don't hate him as such but he often makes it very, very difficult to like him. Artie I just don't care much for but I certainly feel something when Finn is on screen, most of the time. I've begun forming new theories as to what it is exactly that he bothers me because it's certainly not a single thing (so it's not just you know what) but I don't like to focus too much on negatives. I mostly try to either not think too much about Finn or think about him in s4 and where he could have gone from there. Sadly he never did.

[werewolfetone]

I need to know in detail why you hate William Godwin. I need it

YES I HAVE BEEN WANTING AN ASK LIKE THIS FOR SO LONG.

First of all, the most pressing issue is that he was one of the founding scholars of anarchism (or at least the ideas it grew out of, he didn't call it that, but for all intents and purposes he was pretty much a proto-anarchist), which is like, close to as far left as you can possibly get, but was pretty much like "anarchism is the best! Break the rules! Fuck the man! Do it!" and then people started, y'know, doing what he said to, and he was like "WAIT NO I DIDN'T MEAN TO ACTUALLY DO IT" which is just really not cool in the first place but also irks me as an anarchist myself.

Secondly, he published memoirs after Wollstonecraft's death detailing EVERYTHING she did, including the affairs and suicide attempts, which, ok, his intent was good, but it wrecked her reputation for so long, which as a fan of Wollstonecraft I am also not ok with. Like, c'mon, Godwin, I think you could have predicted that.

Thirdly, as you may be able to tell from my blog, my favorite historical figure, historical blorbo if you will, is Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who was, as you also might know, an opium addict, alcoholic, and also like. the world's most mentally ill Romantic poet. Coleridge and Godwin were good friends, they had a pretty ok relationship that admittedly was mostly arguing about various subjects, but also included, y'know, nice friendship moments. Anyway, when Coleridge was at one of the many "darkest periods of his life," wallowing in addiction and mental illness, Godwin was like, "well, I mean, have you tried not being like that? I think that would probably work." Again, his intent might have been good, and he was living in a time where addiction and mental illness weren't understood as issues, but Jesus fucking Christ that doesn't excuse being such an insensitive bastard.

Fourth, Percy Shelley. Shelley basically added Godwin as one of his father figures (there were a lot of them), and lived out the whole ideals that Godwin had laid out in his writings. What did Godwin do? Well, to begin, he borrowed more and more of Shelley's money while Shelley was drowning in debt. Shelley, who had been disowned by his parents, was also borrowing money at a rapid rate, putting him in even more debt, but whenever Godwin asked... Shelley still gave him more money. He also told Shelley not to do any of the things he had previously said were So Awesome™, basically pulling the "no don't do what I said to you're so sexy aha" thing I talked about before. For specifics on things with Shelley, ask @a-mask-of-anarchy, because I'm not really qualified to talk about him, like, at all.

Fifth, Mary Shelley. To put it simply: Godwin was a really bad parent. He even disowned Mary for, again, doing what he had said was good. With Mary Shelley as well, I'm going to have to point you to the same person as for Shelley, because I'm not qualified to talk about her either. Just know: Godwin was a bad parent.

Honestly, it mostly boils down to a hypocritical bastard who repeatedly went back on what he said and what he thought, as well as spoiling his wife's reputation and telling Coleridge to try not being a drug addict. I should probably end my rant by saying that saying that I *hate* Godwin is maybe a little bit of a stretch... I'd probably say 'strongly dislike' instead, because hey, the man did have some good ideas, all of which I should totally start following religiously so as to make him spin in his grave like a corpse maraca.

EDIT: Ok I forgot to add this about why I hate William Godwin earlier but discussion on Discord has reminded me that when Coleridge first went to see Godwin in the 1790s to be like “what do you think of my utopian society built on your ideas?” Godwin had almost the exact same reaction as he later had to Shelley: something like “fuck off you young hooligan I didn’t mean that don’t do it,” which is the main reason the whole “well he just got wiser with age and didn’t think that anymore” doesn’t hold up as an argument for Godwin being a dick. The man was just a hypocritical asshole for his whole life.

[gralunaisland]

yeah that subsection of pros always felt off to me. There's also a popular colourist (also an adult) that stalked an account they were blocked by on twitter to bitch and make fun of how said account didn't believe gruvia fell under the enemies to lovers trope. That teacher the prev anon mentioned defended the colourist by using her age old 'excuse' about how the internet is a public space and that what you post is free to be viewed & commented on in ways you like or dislike. (1/2)

Short Rant About Childish Behavior in Arguments and Hypocrisy

I combined your two asks so it’s easier to respond!

(Side question, I’ve noticed a few of my askers send their ask in 2 parts, and I’m wondering if I somehow have a limit imposed on how long my asks can be, because I’ve sent a pretty long ask to another blog and it let me do it all in one go. Idk if limits for asks is even a thing. If anyone knows what the issue is, because I checked my settings and I don’t see what’s wrong, please do drop a comment/ask! Thanks!)

Honestly, it's just really saddening, that there are so many grown adults who feel justified with harassing people online. I don't think they realize (or choose to ignore) just how many people have committed s*icide because of cyber bullying. It's a real problem, and these types of people are the ones creating it.

First of all, I suppose it's not too surprising this bully of a person would stalk someone who even actively tried to distance themself from them by blocking the bully because that's exactly what their lord and savior juvia lockser would do.

(Remember, y'all, not all Pros are like this, I'd bet most of them aren't, but there really is a subsection of them that act exactly like her).

It really makes me mad that the bullied person was just giving their opinion, a very valid opinion, on what trope they think gr///via is not, and this colorist decided that was fair grounds to mock them and insult them. Again, she's a FICTIONAL CHARACTER! Thinking someone's harmless opinions on a piece of fiction is wrong is negative grounds to mock and insult someone.

Honestly, what's wrong with people nowadays?? I've tried to have calm discussions with people online on things that we disagree over, not even just about gr///via, and more often than not, even if it starts out respectful, it devolves into them making all these assumptions about me and insulting me to high heaven. Even when I call them out on it, and question them by asking, "Do you honestly feel good about yourself for using ad hominem? (which is a fallacy where one attacks you as a person instead of the argument.) Do you feel mature by insulting someone and attacking them just over a disagreement?", and they always seem to say "You don't deserve my respect because you're an idiot" or "a bigoted troglodyte" (that one was new) etc. etc.

These types of people just don't care that about the effect of their words. And the fact they can't see that they only make themselves look like "idiots" or "bigoted troglodytes" or just people who don't have any good arguments is seriously concerning. No matter if someone has a wrong opinion, the moment you insult them is the moment you lose.

Which is worse, being wrong or being a nasty, childish human being? (Imma say the latter every time).

Enough about that rant, back to what you said, Anon.

Hoo boy is this alleged Pro gr///via teacher just continuing to be a grade A disappointment. You're right to put "excuse" in parentheses, because saying "it's a public space" is never a valid reason to be mean to someone. Sure, you have the right to say whatever you want, but that doesn't make you a good or decent human being who should feel proud of themselves. Besides, these are the same people who tell Anti's we have no right to speak about why we don't like gr///via and who mock the existence of Anti blogs like myself on a regular basis, so they're most definitely hypocritical.

Speaking of hypocritical, your second ask shows just how ridiculous some of these people are. I saw a post with that scene where Gray hands Lucy his coat to cover her up, and some Pros continue to be delusional to pretend that GraLu has no chemistry or potential.

They're honestly probably just threatened that there's someone out there that just works better with and is better for Gray and so lash out at GraLu shippers to try and make themselves feel assured that they're the ones in the right. If Pros were really confident and content and happy with their own ship, they wouldn't care that other people ship something that they don't agree with. Shipping is a personal preference thing anyway. But nooo, if anyone dares to suggest that Gray might like someone other than their disgusting queen juvia, they must be publicly shamed until they never step out of line again.

Really, I don't think there's anything wrong with taking almost any scene as a scene that supports their ship for themselves (if it's not something morally abhorrent like p*dophilia or the like of course) if they know the reality of their ship. "Ship moments" shouldn't only describe canonically and intentionally endgame romantic moments between characters; it could be anything, from merely talking to each other, the tone when they do, the facial expressions when they look or speak to or about the other, even when they're just standing next to each other in a scene or a cover image-- it could be anything!

Shippers can headcanon whatever they want, and they can even show other people these scenes and remark on the cuteness or the chemistry of their ship. Pros who want to bash the daydreams of GraLu shippers (or shippers who ship Gray with ANYONE besides juvia) clearly don't trust the chemistry (*cough* the absolute lack thereof *cough*) between Gray and juvia to keep their own ship alive, so the only way they can make their ship seem better is to invalidate all other shippers. I talked about that in this post of mine, which I'm pretty happy with, and a quote I'm taking from that post is "It just shows how insecure you are if you have to invalidate every other ship you don’t approve of in order to feel like your ship is the best or valid."

(It's only when people truly and mistakenly believe that two characters who aren't canonically in love are actually in love and that that's what the author wants that there is a problem, at least concerning their interactions with other people in the fandom. I believe it's just a great way to anger other fans and make yourself look sort of foolish and ignorant. In the end of course, it's not that big a deal, and other people shouldn't treat it as such and should just go about their day because either this person is trolling or is simply and innocently mistaken.)

As a GraLu shipper myself, I soak in allll of the sweet or comedic or downright romantic moments between Gray and Lucy. I even made a list where I documented these moments so I could go back and watch them from my most recent watch-through. But I know the reality is that Mashima sucks at writing romance, and they're not canon or endgame. It's clear that gr///via will have its way with Fairy Tail 100yq no matter what is ethical and good for Gray.

But even knowing the reality of GraLu, it makes no sense that "I wouldn't be allowed" to ship it, since Pros can't tell me what to do (remember y'all, I give all the reasons why people shouldn't ship gr///via, not that no one isn't allowed to), and Pros aren't better than non-canonical shippers because, as I said in this post, canonicity doesn't equal admirability, and it's a perfectly healthy ship! And as I touched on, Pros don't get to define what is considered to be a shippable moment. They're seriously being the delusional ones if they really think a guy, who's blushing profusely, being kind and gentlemanly and offering his jacket to his naked friend, who is herself blushing, isn't romantic or the least bit sweet.

Anyway, I'm glad that other people called them out for their actually dumb take. Glad to know that there are still sane people in this fandom. Now, I wouldn't excuse anyone from stalking people who've blocked them or if they tag correctly or asked them to stop harassing them or what-not, and if an Anti or a GraLu shipper was doing so to the colorist, then that was wrong. But you're exactly right that the "teacher" was being hypocritical and biased by giving their own ally a pass and then condemning others for doing the exact same thing.

And these Pros really want to go there?? They want to go so far as to call GraLu shippers "delusional"?? I've found a lot of the loud Pros to be the delusional ones, where they straight up ignore any of juvia's bad qualities and her damaging effect on Gray and her surroundings and then bash Gray for not wanting to date her as if his consent isn't important and he has no say in the matter. If they were to admit this ship was toxic, that's one thing, but many Pros I've talked to deny any sort of toxicity from juvia at all. They sound exactly like juvia, blissfully ignorant of her misdeeds and willing to attack others who cross her.

Anyway, I hope this rant-y post made sense, and I hope it wasn't too long haha! Thank you so much for the ask and for sharing the annoying and hypocritical moments from the teacher and from a Pro; they're always fun to read!

[limitlessimagines]

Heya, I'd like to submit a type 1 apex match up, ehhhhh, probably romantic, because why not.

I am gay for everyone, so any character is alr. I prefer someone who will respect my interests, and who will leave me alone if I need to be alone ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

If I'm friends with someone I'm pretty honest and, ahem, """funny""", mostly I don't even have to be friends with anyone to be honest with them. That honestly extends to my rambling and ranting. Though most what I will express is anger, something like "I'm angy because X happened and I hate Y", I'm too proud to admit anything else.

I am mostly chill and don't really start any fights, unless someone continually bothers me while I am doing something, then I will get aggressive, but never really physical, but I've got my moments where I don't feel like anything at all.

I hate getting touched, especially my shoulders and back, but I'm a hypocrite, and like touching someone's hair. I am also not really extroverted, and like my peace and quiet ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but these phases are short. Like the touchy touchy part, I've got my phase where I cling a bit too much. But one shouldn't expect any "I love you"s from me, but I will express it in a different way.

Some noticeable quirks I have is my hair twirling, especially inspecting the sunlight refract from single hair, and when I stand I walk around a lot. I also look at my smoll hands a lot.

Right, hobbies exist. I like to be creative, like writing and drawing, but most of the time I don't want to show my work. I daydream a lot about creating art, too. The other hobby is just gamin.

Listening to music is also considered a hobby, yeah? Well, I do that, I get bored fast if I don't have any music blasting in my ears when I get onto a bus or something.

I'm going to touch up the "respect my interests" aspect here again. If someone respects my interests, I will respect theirs. Be it religion, sexuality and some more. And hey, I will defend their interests (or whatever else they have going on) to my death.

That's it from me, adieu.

Your romantic match up is with Loba!

You mentioned that you want someone who is respectful. If they respect your interests, you’ll respect theirs. There isn’t a person better known for respecting boundaries than Miss Loba Andrade. She is big on communicating, and she makes sure to spell things out simply, so neither party gets confused. She dislikes when her boundaries are crossed, and she makes sure to be mindful of others’ boundaries (except Revenant, naturally). She loves that you are loyal enough to defend her interests to death. It’s really nice to have another person on her side.

Loba loves listening to a good rant, and she thinks talking about it in a safe space with someone with a clear head is a healthy way to cope. That’s what the two of you were for each other, before dating. You went to her once, spitting out something you were absolutely pressed about. She didn’t overreact, she just listened, and offered to distract you by going out to do something nice like shopping, or give you advice if you wished. After you went to her a few times, realizing she wasn’t telling anybody, you became surprised, and wanted to be more friendly with her. As Loba became more comfortable around you, she slowly opened up, talking about little things during the day that irked her. And when she trusted you even more, she would talk about her family’s unfortunate events. Loba also tends to be a proud person. But if it comes down to it, she’ll admit what she must.

Loba was surprised to see you bite back after someone wouldn’t stop bothering you. She liked that you didn’t take their waffling, and considered you a great friend by then.

On the topic of touching, it circles back to boundaries. Since Loba knows you don’t like to be touched, she makes sure to ask before she wants to hold onto one part of the body for longer. It’s just plane manners and respect. On the other hand, she is open to be touched by you. She is just careful where she touches you back. She’d hate to make you uncomfortable.

If you’re not comfortable sharing your creative work, that is fine with Loba. Some things you just want to keep to yourself. She understands that. Loba does not game, unfortunately. She won’t even watch when you play. She does not find it interesting. Sorry.

Loba finds it adorable when you twirl your hair. She herself hasn’t done it since she was a child. So it always brings back kind memories for her when she catches you doing it. And now, she can add another nice memory to it too. Being with you!