#but it just sounds tonedeaf

[starfruit-baby]

riverdale has done Much questionable shit before but id dare say its uh. a little baffling to mention the Very Real Life murder of Emmett Till in the middle of time travel paranormal nonsense and right after have a woman of color blatantly flirt/seduce a white woman that keeps mumbling homophobia. but what do i know. camp and all

[freehologramreview]

That's very true, sorry, that was a kind of poorly worded comment on my side.

Hate it when Big Media takes blorbo-able scrappy young main characters and turns them into generic paragon mascots with no distinct character flaws aside from “cares too much” because they’re marketable to children and children are supposedly too dumb for nuance.

[grlsinterrupted]

frat bro ! dallas winston hcs ౨ৎ˖ ࣪⊹

quick little modern day headcanons that i’ve been thinking of .. also i’m so sorry abt how slow i’ve been with requests ! ₊˚⊹

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general hcs :

THE ultimate nonchalant frat boy

the only clothing items he has in his closet are tank tops, nike shorts, some snapback hats, and a pair of yeezy slides

when he first pledged, his frat forced him to make tiktoks with soda and steve dancing to audios

HE WAS SO UNENTHUSIASTIC.

like go girl give us nothing !!

but all know that secretly, he loved doing all those stupid little dances

he LOVES hazing the freshmen

one time he started a fight club and made all the pledges fight eachother

the loser had to take a shot

unfortunately, the whole fight club did not last very long .. :(

he refuses to drink white claws or twisted teas

or any sweet alcohol, for that matter

“i don’t drink that pussy shit. in this frat, we shotgun beers like real men.”

he’s assigned to kick any unwanted people out of the parties

gosh .. all of this partying just to have a 0.42 gpa

he tries to convince everyone that he STRICTLY listens to rap

he’ll play drake, 21 savage, future, and travis scott whenever he’s in front of people

then he’ll make disgusted faces and fake gagging sounds whenever a taylor swift song plays

but when it’s just him, he’s BLASTING taylor swift

he belts all the lyrics to don’t blame me despite how tonedeaf he is

sometimes two will walk in on dal while he’s singing

”okay, justin bieber,” two slow claps his way into dal’s room. “you should really go on america’s got talent, y’know. you’ve got the voice of an angel.”

”GET THE FUCK OUT, TWO!” dal swings an empty can at two’s head, hitting him on the way out

dating hcs :

surprisingly amazing at beer pong?

he forces you to be his partner every time you guys play

once the two of you win, he celebrates with a makeout session in front of EVERYONE

it’s safe to say that no one’s ever challenged you to beer pong after your 5th win with him

if the making-out doesn’t make your opponent quit, his taunting will

when he scores, he starts beating his chest and screaming “YOU DONT KNOW ME, SON! YOU NOT LIKE THAT, LIL BRO!”

he’s a sappy drunk. you can’t convince me otherwise

“mmphh.. doll, why ya so far away from meeeeeee? come closer, i miss yoooouuuuuu..” dal’s words are slurred, his cheeks flushed with red from all of the alcohol he’s been drinking. he grabs onto the sleeve of your sweater, pulling you closer towards him.

”you’re so clingy when you’re drunk.” you roll your eyes, gently running your fingers through his hair as he nuzzles his head into your neck.

we all know that he’s the one screaming, “IF YOU’RE NOT IN SIGMA LIGMA CHI, GET THE FUCK OOOOUUUTTTTTT!”

but occasionally, he’ll set up a chair for you to stand on top of

then, you get to scream at the top of your lungs, “GET THE FUCK OOOUUUTTTTTT!!”

if you’re not allowed to stay the night at the frat house, him and like 5 other brothers will walk you back to your dorm

all the brothers love you .. or maybe they just act like it because they’re actually TERRIFIED of dal

the amount of sass this man gives you whenever he’s hungover? he is literally such a diva

like damn girl who hurt you..

he secretly uses your skincare products whenever you stay over

he likes that your moisturizer makes his skin look all shiny

you’ll spend most of your sunday mornings taking care of him and making sure that he drinks plenty of water

dallas lets out a low groan, pulling his blanket over his head as you nudge his shoulder.

”dal, hurry up and drink your liquid iv. it’ll make you feel better.” you pull his blanket down, placing the lip of the cup by his mouth.

”nooooowuuahhhh, i’m too tired..”

despite the stereotype the frat guys get laid by 30 girls a night, we all know that dal is so loyal to you

he’ll just grimace at any sorority girl that approaches him

@glxsyymads ik you asked for some frat headcanons so i’m just going to tag you so you can see :)

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[martialartslover7]

Why I think Kishimoto isn't sexist, but just VERY tonedeaf and an idiot

Boy, will I have some venting to do today. I mean, at this point, it's not a secret, that Kishimoto has consistently stated that "he can't write women", to save his life. And to this day, for as long as I was a fan of the series, I am going to be absolutely real: This statement is so full of shit. Why? Simple. And allow me to express it in very big capital letters, so that even the last giant mental invalid can understand:

WOMEN ARE HUMAN-BEINGS WITH BREASTS AND A V BETWEEN THEIR LEGS. WHAT TYPE OF "NUANCES" IS THIS GUY TALKING ABOUT? THERE IS NOTHING "COMPLICATED" ABOUT THEM. WHAT NONSENSE IS THIS?

Like, this entire statement is bullshit for a completely reason altogether: Why even reduce his own point to the fact that the shinobi just so happen to be female? This just sounds like excuses on top of excuses, especially considering the competition like One Piece and Bleach, who all have badass, memorable and sometimes, quite well-written characters, that just so happen to be female.

Let's count up a few IPs that I am aware of, written or directed by males, that has some of the most badass, and most memorable females in all of media:

One Piece

Bleach

Soul Eater

Kill la Kill

Jujutsu Kaisen

Code Geass

Persona

Tekken

Street Fighter

SoulCalibur

Fire Emblem (not all of them, some of them, from what I have seen, can be insane jokes)

And so on, and so forth, the list goes on. And you know what all these IPs have in common, that make them stand out, compared to what Naruto does to its females?

THE FEMALES AREN'T GETTING BOGGED DOWN BY IRRITATING, REDUNDANT AND DOWNRIGHT OFFENSIVE TROPES, THAT FLAT-OUT RUIN THEIR POTENTIAL AND APPEAL AS STANDALONE CHARACTERS!

Like, allow me to list up all the tropes, that Kishimoto made use of, while writing the manga, or being involved in the process of writing / directing the anime, along with the movies.

1. Making the women overtly dependant on the male characters

This one, is not as egregious, but it's a good kickstarter. In the context of the world these characters operate in, to me, it does make sense to show that, like in the Edo period of Japan, women were always seen as second-class citizens, always needing to be tied to men somehow, otherwise they are "worthless". Considering the corrupt, militarized system that most of the girls work in, mostly operated by wrinkly, old farts, who enjoy playing god too much, it does remain understandable to me, that they would be hesistant to be 100% committed to the job, and just ask for normal lives...

...BUT...

...it does leave you asking: Why did they choose to be ninjas in the first place, then? To get smitten with the boys (not counting Hinata, by the way, because she was literally forced into this role)? Just applying as literal child soldiers in a war, that they didn't even start to begin with? And yes, I get it, kunoichis excel in areas that male shinobi struggle with, like silent reconnaisance, charming other men, or sometimes women, to tickle information out of them, being healers, but here is the thing: As the Naruto progressed as a story, this pattern kept repeating, every time a female character got introduced, it would fall back on the following checklist:

Is this woman a healer?

Is she obsessed with looking for a boyfriend / a husband?

Is she lacking in combat-based strength, to the point where she needs protection from either of the male characters?

Because, except for the healer bit, which is more of a specialized field, I just brought it up, because I felt it to be awfully noticeable how often the girls requested to be healers, as if they have to fit into such a mold, or they aren't capable as shinobi, the other two questions get repeatedly answered, for pretty much 98% of all female characters, especially by the end of Shippuden.

And don't get me wrong: This is NOT a negative, per se, that they desire a boyfriend, or someone to spend the rest of their days with, this is not what I am complaining about. In fact, a good chunk of ships in the series are hella cute, and I don't want them to go away. Because to an extent, the romance aspect feels genuine, especially between Naruto and Hinata, or Sasuke and Sakura (yeah, fight me on that, I will defend these two as a ship, until I die), or hell, especially Shikamaru and Temari, which are the GOLD standard, of what a good ship needs.

What I am complaining about though, is that, the series kind of uses this romance aspect as a shield, or excuse, to undermine the female characters, in the long run. Think about it, when was the last time when Sakura, in spite of all the grueling training she had to suffer through to become this strong in the first place, not wanting to be a hindrance to anyone, legitimately kicked ass, after killing Sasori? Not counting the war arc, because this arc is frankly, an inexcuseable mess, and Kishimoto should be ashamed of himself for making it suck this hard for how many asspulls this arc had. Nope, the moment Naruto goes berserk, and Sasuke just... appears... she is reduced to a whimpering mess, who can't stand on her own two feet, and has to be saved by someone. And this happens. ALL. THE. TIME. That's all that happens with her, sure, she heals countless ninjas during the war, but again, healing isn't the only specialty she got:

SHE IS A SHINOBI! SHINOBIS FIGHT! THEY DON'T JUST STAND AROUND LIKE IDIOTS, AND EXPOSING THEMSELVES TO ENEMY FIRE! GET! ON! WITH IT!

I swear, man, this just frustrates me beyond any reason, and the worst part, even someone as awesome as Hinata, who kicked so much ass in Part 1 (especially the filler arcs, don't get smart with me, I watched the anime, suck a small one on that), who had a whole, potential story arc hinted at with Neji, and the issues regarding their entire clan, was reduced to a simple Naruto #1 fangirl for the entire duration of Shippuden, not even the filler could salvage her in any way, and for someone like me, who relates to Hinata on a spiritual level, I find this just so damned pathetic. And whenever I watch The Last, all I could think about was this one coherent thought: You. Had. ONE JOB. Kishimoto. And you failed her. As a standalone character. Causing the entire movie to come off as if you were just shoehorning everything together, as if we only liked Hinata, because of the NaruHina ship. Well, newsflash, it couldn't be further from the truth. So, screw you, and the entire The Last movie.

Plus, I am sure I am speaking on everyone's behalf here: Anko Mitarashi and Tenten were done the MOST dirty by Kishimoto. Nuff' said.

On that note, that brings me to my next point:

2. The angry Karen housewife stereotype

I swear, this meme right here...

And Kushina's entire existence truly proves my point that, Kishimoto is really not doing himself any favors, whenever he says "I don't know how to write women". Oh, but then THIS is your answer? Is this how you see them all, the very second they get married and have kids?

So let me get this straight, the moment a woman, in the Naruto universe, gets married, has kids, and takes care of them, they become:

Aggressive, to the point of physically assaulting their own kids (Kushina definitely would have done so, let's not lie to ourselves, I love her, but this behavior of hers, combined with Sakura's general attitude towards Naruto, would have definitely made him suicidal after a while, if it weren't for the fact, he accepts it in his mom's case, because she doesn't know any better, considering her childhood)

Unpleasant to be around for their husbands (as if, we get guilt-tripped into thinking, the wives are the ones being selfish, wanting their lovers to be home with them, which, by the way, is a serious piece of shit way of thinking, because, they are married for a REASON, and not to stay apart all the time, THEY ARE FAMILY, at least, from how it gets painted as, in Boruto, from what I have seen so far)

Becoming total sociopaths, as if their genuine worries and concerns get painted as something so abnormal and "creepy"

...and this is how you see them all? THIS is your answer? Again, I know, we have ZERO evidence to prove that Kishimoto himself, is sexist in real life, it would be irresponsible of me to put that out there, because I just don't know the guy. I am just saying that, with how the housewives were all written thus far, and how, from Naruto's POV, he began having a fear of angry moms, calling them "scary", and how the females got seriously underrepresented in the course of the story...

...IT DOESN'T DO HIM ANY FAVORS.

I can't even believe I have to say this, because, newsflash, Kishimoto, and I will say it in caps: NOT ALL MOMS IN THE WORLD, ACT LIKE THIS!

They can get mad with us, they are fully in the right to whenever we do something stupid, no matter how old we get, because they will always view us as their babies that they cradled in their arms. But the problem here is: In Boruto, it gets painted as if the moms are the ones in the wrong here, just for being a tiny bit more concerned than others, because again, the world that they live in, is dangerous. And leaving the Otsu*redacted* aside, I can fully sympathize with them, so seeing someone like Boruto himself taking so many liberties being a spoiled, rotten brat, who never suffers serious repurcussions for his behavior (I know, he lost his headband for cheating, but for someone like him, who wished literal DEATH on his own father, just for him not being around enough, needed a way harsher punishment, you just don't say that your parents, dude, this doesn't take a genius to understand, especially since this is Naruto and Hinata we are talking about her), once again, it undermines the females, as if the kids ALWAYS "know better", and they "just suck, because moms are scary". Fuck off. Seriously. This is just disrespectful. No excuses. It shouldn't be written this way. Even more so, because the POV of the mothers gets never tackled, making this seem one-sided.

3. A few romances fall back on tropes, that disrespect not only the girls, but also the guys

OK, I will probably get some flack for saying this, but, regardless of the explainations in one of the Retsuden mangas, the InoSai ship, is perfectly encapsulating to me, how the romance in Naruto isn't without its flaws, and it mostly stems from how some of the characters just never get the privilege of gaining their own story sections about their own individual struggles as standalone characters.

I AM LOOKING RIGHT AT YOU, CHOJI AND KARUI! THEIR ROMANCE IS SO OUT OF LEFT FIELD, IT'S NOT EVEN WORTH JOKING ABOUT, EXCEPT, IT'S LITERALLY A JOKE, DUE TO THEIR NAMES BEING POLAR OPPOSITES TO ONE ANOTHER. HA. HA. HA.

Personally, to me, Sai is not that interesting of a character to me, I was never able to connect with him in any way, despite the importance he had in the story, alluding to the ROOT Anbu under Danzo's leadership.

But his "romance" with Ino, was seriously pushing it to me, not only because, it just regresses Ino's entire character, pushing her back into this mold that she is only interested in brooding, mentally ill edgelords like Sasuke, which paints her a shallow person, but it just paints Sai himself, as a stand-in for Sasuke, too, which undermines his own character, unintentionally. There are so many things wrong with their overall dynamic, I can't even put it properly into words.

And don't think, InoSai are the only exception to this rule. As much as it pains me to say this, NaruHina and SasuSaku are also affected by this, not as severe, but it's still pretty noticeable.

NaruHina

The fact that, with NaruHina, we needed an entire freaking movie, which, frankly, should have never happened, had they done a better job at utilizing Hinata as her own character, with Naruto present to help her out with her clan, and it all hinged on Naruto himself regressing as a character too, needing to be put in a fucking Genjutsu, just to see how he "truly felt" about Hinata... I am sorry, what is this? I mean, from a writing standpoint, this is just straight-up BAD. It's clichéd, it's painting Hinata as a damsel in distress, needing to be saved by Naruto, and Naruto himself being pardoned with "he is just dense", and overall, you can really tell, this is all just hamfisted into a single movie, because they needed to desperately convince us: Look, this is a thing. They are together now. Now play the emotional music, because that's all it needs.

Listen, I know Naruto never had a clear grasp on his own emotions, but the overall pay-off, to me, is just not there, no matter how hard I try. It just feels hollow, I don't feel happy with this. Because, for this to ship to work, they had to go through all these extra lengths to regress them both first, as individual characters, just so they can shut the lid on the whole thing. Made even worse by how this confession of Hinata during the Pain Invasion arc, was never brought up again to Naruto, until the freaking movie, and I still don't understand why. I know he didn't "ignore" her, but why does he fail to recognize Hinata's love confession, but the moment Sakura drops by to confess to him, too, he immediately calls it BS? Please. Make it make sense.

SasuSaku

Listen, nothing will stop me from loving these two as one, they deserve the peace amongst themselves, but the problem is, like InoSai, it falls back on the trope of, the girl bearing this mindset of "I can fix him", and while Sakura certainly did succeed... hear me out:

This is a purely universal thing now, this isn't just applying to SasuSaku. Otherwise, both ships have a solid foundation, ruined by shit writing. Nothing else to say.

That moment of Ino crying for Sasuke, really made me realize: Kishimoto really is clueless, not just about women, but men, too.

Because, again, for how often some of the girls bore this mindset of "I need me some brooding hunk of meat", essentially, desiring a man that knowingly treats them like crap, just so they can bear the delusion of "I can fix him", while downplaying and belittling the "uncool" guys like Choji, Rock Lee, or hell, even Naruto or Kiba, guys who, for the most part, have a solid grasp on their moral compass and their self-worth, denouncing their advances with "ew, no", is honestly disgusting to me. Like, come on, man, they aren't as cool as the edgelord teammates, but why downplay them so hard in the presence of the girls? Don't they deserve love too? Why belittle them for their eccentricities, it not only paints the girls in a bad light, but it straight up mocks the male "goofball" teammates for being the way they are. In short: NO ONE IS THE WINNER HERE.

Phew, OK, I hope, I made my point, loud and clear now. Because these points have been bothering me for a VERY long time now, and look, correct me if I am wrong. I am never 100% foolproof, so if I left out anything, feel free to correct me.

I needed to vent about this, because I felt so genuinely pissed off for how underpowered and underepresented the girls are, and how unkind and unforgiving the writing was to them, overall.

Peace.

[bonefall]

I understand being upset by the moonpaw dog post but i dont think talking about some random teen publicly (on a pretty big fandom blog) as opposed to like, dming them about it, is a very nice thing to do? Would recommend keeping that kinda gossip in dms going forward personally.

??????? "That kinda gossip???"

Saying that it's fucked up that a publicly posted incest joke about how deformed she should look went to the top of the Warrior Cats and Moonpaw tags, is gossip???

TRENDING TAGS?? GOSSIP?

I'm not talking about "some random teen," I have not even dropped a username and been VERY clear I don't want harassment of anyone. During this discussion about wider ableism against Moonpaw, I've directly answered two anons about the contents of a post that was/IS extremely popular to the tune of nearly a thousand notes.

One of those two asks was an anon who only stumbled in to say that the post was funny in a display of SHOCKING tonedeafness, while I was talking about how shitty it is to compare people who are the products of incest to unethical dog breeds, especially in the context of WC. The other was an actual XX/XY chimera who expressed that the extremely popular post hurt their feelings, and when they tried to express discomfort to someone, got told they "probably killed their twin in the womb."

It's not just one rando weenie little blog the minute half of the Tumblr space is openly laughing at a joke about deformed incest kids and hoping Moonpaw dies because she's so "gross." Not nice?? Your feelings are hurt? OTHER people's feelings were ALREADY hurt.

NOTHING about this was "nice" to begin with!

Difference is, when YOU cry me a river, you can build me a bridge, and get right the fuck over it. A person who's the product of incest cries and has to go right back to every shitty banjo-hunchback-hapsburg joke they've heard before, just feeling more unsafe about a space that PRETENDS to care about the abuse they experienced. If you feel guilty about that, maybe you should!

If you were under the impression I was ever "nice" about bigotry, you were mistaken. I don't appreciate calls for ME to be more polite when I'm at a trend of fandom ableism and calling it fucked up. I've named NO names. Sounds like what you ACTUALLY want is for people like me who have a platform to shut up.

[yikes-em]

Nap Away

For @astrangersummer week 2: afternoon nap

steddie | 976 words | gen/no warnings | college/modern

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Tuesdays and Wednesdays are Steve’s weekends. He’s a hairstylist, a junior one at that, and works Thursday through to Monday. He and Eddie have no overlapping days off, Eddie’s from the bar falling on Sunday and Mondays, but Steve has his Tuesdays and Wednesdays. He goes grocery shopping, gives the plants of his their weekly watering should their routine require, doctor and dentists appointments. This Wednesday so happens to be Steve’s rare empty day. He’s already run the dishwasher and laundry, both audibly going in the kitchen. The bathroom is clean, they’d already agreed on pizza for dinner so no need for prep. Everything was right in the world. One glance at the clock told Steve, nested into a pile of blankets and pillows on the couch with a book, that Eddie should be home from his noon class shortly. The sound of keys in the doorknob confirmed that fact not even five minutes later.

“Heey, Stevie,” Eddie hums, bag dropping to the ground by their door as he toes his shoes off.

“Hi, sweetheart,” Steve muses back, dogearing the page. He pushes his glasses to the top of his head. “How was class?”

Eddie holds a finger to his lips with closed eyes. Steve understands. “I’ve gotta be back on campus in a few hours.”

“How many?”

“Three.”

“Right, thank you,” Steve hums. He adjusts his body to make room on the couch and tucks his book under the pillow beside him. “Sorry I forgot. How can I help you?”

Eddie blushes, kicking his feet up a little as he steps further into the living room to the beat of the music Steve’s got playing through the TV. He speaks through a yawn-- “I dunno.”

“Sleepy?”

“Yeah.”

“Hungry?”

“Not really.”

“Need to do any work before class?”

“Surprisingly, no,” Eddie grins when his shins hit the couch. Steve reaches up for Eddie’s hips with both hands, holds him firmly, and presses a gentle kiss through his shirt just under Eddie’s belly button. “Whatcha reading?”

“Still trying to get through Watership Down.”

“Fuck yeah, baby, let me know if there’s anymore words you need help with?”

Steve nods. He moves his hands from Eddie’s sides up to grab his hands, tugging down at him. Eddie understands, sitting where Steve’s made space for him. Eddie yawns again and goes where he’s pulled until he’s flush against Steve’s body. The warmth on the couch grows as the shifting sun hits the front window just right and flashes rainbows through the lounge. It’s beautiful and safe and most importantly, theirs.

“How’s your day been, love?”

“Calm,” Steve hums lightly as he cards his fingers through Eddie’s hair. The dark green block of color taking up the left half of his bangs would be ready to be colored in the next few weeks, with his roots grown out a half inch already, but currently it was a tonedeaf and seasick teal. Sometimes Steve would find himself overcritical of his work, particularly on Eddie. Now, like it had been in the short months they’d been living together, his mind was quiet. Steve picked apart a few curls that clumped densely together.

“Good,” Eddie says, yawning yet again.

“When do you need to leave?”

Eddie takes a peek across the room at the same clock Steve had. “Class is at 5, I’ll be out at 6:15, I think. So leave around 4:30?”

“I’ll drop you off, we can leave quarter till. Go on and nap a bit, Eds.”

“You’re so chivalrous,” Eddie grins like a dope up at Steve. He nuzzles into Steve’s shirt, nose poking through the space between the buttons. Steve lets out a breathy giggle and pushes his face back. “I’m so lucky!”

“Yeah, you are.”

“You sure you’re comfortable?” Eddie asks, voice turning soft and genuine.

“Well, here, hang on.” Steve slides out from under Eddie with only a few grumbles, returning a minute later with a fresh glass of water and a small bowl of pre-cut strawberries with powdered sugar on top. Eddie whines again when he’s forced to hold himself up enough for Steve to return to his previous spot, but is quickly soothed by a few strawberries and a kiss on the head. “Alright, now we’re good. Nap away, my love.”

“I need to be up by 4 at least…” Eddie mumbles, all but a whisper. Steve nods as he wraps his arm around Eddie and pulls him close. He doesn’t wake Eddie until 4:15, a solid two hour nap in Steve’s opinion, with a kind nudge of his knee and kiss above Eddie’s ear after returning Watership Down to the coffee table. Eddie rouses slowly with a pathetic whine.

“Steeevieeeee,” He cries, wriggling around on Steve’s lap. “Sleeeeepyyyy…!”

“I know, baby,” Steve hums and shifts again so Eddie has no comfortable resting spot anymore. He sits up and rubs aggressively at his eyes. “Come on, tie your hair up and we can take a quick shower before I drop you off.”

“Hot?” Eddie peeks out from behind his knuckles.

“Yeah, Eds,” he laughs softly, already reaching for the hair tie around Eddie’s wrist. “Now, hop up, let’s go.”

Steve doesn’t even have time to dry his hair before they have to rush off, Eddie making it to class exactly on time. If they’d gotten a little carried away in the shower, who can blame them? But by the time Eddie returns home again there’s a hot meat lovers pizza on the coffee table, an episode of Jeopardy queued on TV, and Steve perched yet again in the middle of a blanket puddle on the couch. There’s no disagreements when Eddie further investigates and finds Steve in one of Eddie’s old band hoodies and just his boxers, limp hair sending thin clumps of waves over his forehead. Yeah, Eddie’s a lucky guy.

[ombrathefurry]

Ok, shall I just continue writing little stories cuz I have no fcking sht to do with these two remaining braincells o' mine?

If SF is actually good at making some 'noise'… "Good job, buddy." I smiled while turning around to face him. "You're actually pretty good!" It then hit me I listened along while I promised I wouldn't when he looked at me with big eyes. "Erm…" — "My fault…" I chuckled awkwardly.

The awkwardness fell into silence. "No, but, seriously… You're quite the singer…" — "Or should I say hummer, aye? Get it?" I jest, laughing at my own joke. (🫐: Srsly, so mecoded fr, but I'm already writing out of the I/me-perspective… (this is why I need 2 braincells).)

I sighed, "I don't find that your throat is tarnished…" — "Or at least, the sound of it." — "Can I… Hear more…?"

If SF is completely tonedeaf and has no sense of music… "You're doing it just right, buddy." I smiled while turning around to face him. "Did that help a little?" — "I hope so…" He doesn't seem quite calm… "Can I touch you?" I ask, "Like, give you a hug or pat your shoulder…" I added quickly. "I need your consent first…"

When he doesn't reply, I just scoot to sit next to him, and look away. "I'm really not one to talk about life, cuz I'm also not the greatest at it… IykwIm…" "But there's one thing I've learned…" — "You're not alone." I look back at him. "Even if it seems that way." — "There'll always be 8 billion people where at least 1/10⁹ will be your true friends who will help you get through with whatever you're dealing with…" "So hold on a little while longer, lil' buddy, you're strong!"

I need inspiration to draw and write, but I'm going through my pre-pre-midlife crisis (Yes, I said pre twice.) So I can't. And so I'm using your characters to write lil stories for you. (Please, do tell if they're inaccurate and if you're done with my writing, cuz I'd gladly stop if they're starting to bother you!) I can also write more sinister crap for the people who're interested… Yours truly,

~🫐 Anon

(While Smallfeather is not tone deaf, the state of his throat makes it difficult for him to sing on-key)

[doriantomybasil]

the most tonedeaf thing i’ve ever heard was when on our lunch break we were having a conversation with my coworkers and our boss said (i’m paraphrasing) “i always see people walking around with their laundry basket on my street and i just don’t understand why people go to laundromats, why don’t they just buy a washing machine and do their laundry at home?” like do you realise how ignorant you sound? wow

[teecupangel]

TOP 5 “EZIO’S FAMILY” VERSIONS + TOP 5 TRACKS

Tagged by @peridot-tears

I will say... that I'm not good at explaining music in general (I barely pass my music classes as I'm apparently tonedeaf to high waters)

Ezio's Family

I didn't get any notes that the Ezio's Family that are only qualified for this list are the ones that are in AC games so...

Earth (Assassin's Creed 2)

I love how this starts slow then goes deep before going fast. I knew I had to pick an Ezio Family version from AC2 and it was either the OG Ezio's Family, Venice Rooftops or Earth and I chose Earth because it's the middle ground of the three. It has the fast pace style of Venice and the slow beginning of Ezio's Family. Plus, I like the vocals of this one and the way the music ends feels... uncertain which I think shows the uncertainty of Desmond's future in the present and the mystery that persists in AC2 concerning the 'Prophet' talked about in the Codex.

2. Main Theme/Ezio's Family (AC Identity)

I might have never played the game but goddamn this theme. When the beat drops and it gives a more hard rock version of Ezio's Family theme? I'm sold. I love rock versions of non-rock music and there's just this hint of isolation in this theme that works well with AC Identity's story.

3. Main Theme (AC Rogue)

This just hits differently (which is to be expected for an Assassin's Creed game with a protagonist Assassin turned Templar) and you can feel Shay's Irish roots as well as this feeling of adventure and freedom that has an underlying sadness to it (especially in the vocals).

4. Family (AC Syndicate)

Gonna be honest... it's the violins. I'm a sucker for violins and the violin of this one really hammers in how the title Family isn't meant to be joyful. It's meant to be a prelude to how Evie and Jacob's relationship would end in Syndicate's main story.

5. Venice Rooftop Soul Caliber V Remix

It's a faster version of Venice Rooftop and has that Soul Caliber music-esque addition to it that I just love. Soul Caliber is one of my favorite childhood games and hearing an Ezio Family official remix of a similar vein as the other Soul Caliber stage music? I can't help but love this. (Is this cheating? Probably but... oh well... XD)

Honorable Mention: Odyssey's "Ezio's Family", Russia's Main Theme and Origin's "Main Theme".

Additional Favorite Tracks (in no particular order other than no 1):

Flight Through Jerusalem (Assassin's Creed)

You know it was going to be the top one. It's my most played music in Spotify when I was still using Spotify and it will forever take that spot because I stopped using Spotify (other than podcasts). Why is it my top one? Well, here's my exact reasoning from that Spotify callout post I made last year: Flight Through Jerusalem is a track that manages to show the conflict of Jerusalem during the 3rd Crusades by mixing Gregorian-like chants with a kind of traditional Middle incoherent sounds trying to defend music choices

2. Underground (Assassin's Creed Syndicate)

This one is super specific. I think this could be a really great MV for Assassin's Creed especially the lines of "Loved ones taken long before their work was done" would certainly be about Desmond because fuck Ubisoft, where's our modern day setting Assassin's Creed where Desmond showed he's the ultimate Assassin and successor to his ancestors' wishes and will?

3. Fight Club (Assassin's Creed III)

This is, hands down, my most favorite music in ACIII and it's one that really makes me go "Okay! Let's go do something!". I don't know how else to explain this one other than it's a really fun and motivating song.

4. Masyaf Village (Assassin's Creed)

Okay, this one is more of a personal favorite of mine because it's creepy. There's this just feeling of being unsettled that does not go away the entire song and it's a great music to represent the mystery surrounding the Brotherhood itself. I just love the female vocals of this track. (Sidebar, this can be heard in ACR when Altaïr places the Apple in the library)

5. Altaïr and Darim + Requiescat in Pace (Assassin's Creed Revelations)

Apparently Tumblr has a 10 videos max so here's Requiescat in Pace

Mostly if you listen to "Altaïr and Darim", you would automatically hear Ezio's "Dear Claudia..." and yeah, that's one reason why I picked this one. But the reason why I picked this over AC Revelation's Main Theme? Because this is the music that plays when Darim and Altaïr have their last talk. When Darim tells Altaïr "All that's good in me began with you, father", I lost it. I was just crying. And "Requiescat in Pace"? That's the song that plays when Altaïr takes his final rest and I'm just gone. I'm out for the count. I don't care if it's cheating that I picked two for one spot, I can't separate the two because of the emotions both tracks give me in succession.

Honorable Mention: The High Seas from Black Flag, Fish in the Sea Sea Shanty(which didn't make the cut because it's not an AC original music), When Horns Resound from Valhalla and Rather Death Than Slavery from Unity

Tagging... uuuhh... I guess @saberamane and @fanworldbuildingfun if they'd like to do this XD

[marvelousmop]

You Should Watch "Hamlet in Rock"

One odd musical I really like to talk about and expose to people is "Hamlet in Rock" - a Rock Opera adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet, made in Germany but sung in English with lyrics ripped straight from the play (but shuffled around a bit so it fits the conventions of a song, i.e. having a chorus).

You can watch it here (or alternatively there's this version which includes explanatory cards between scenes if you're a bit lost on what the plot is), the whole thing is just delightfully hammy (no pun intended). You're not going to get a good performance of Hamlet, but you will get a fun one featuring some good rock songs (though sometimes quite odd musically if you're familiar with how the characters are meant to sound) and the most bizarre costumes and props you could get for a production of Hamlet.

Seriously, look at our boy Hamlet, he looks like he just got done with his day job as a Kingdom Hearts villain. The glass sword he's seen wielding later in the play doesn't help matters.

Here are some more weird fun things from this version of Hamlet that I just want to list off (mild spoilers below the cut).

Here are some more examples of bizarre costuming in this production:

And the piece de resistance:

They make these guys (the theatre troupe) stand still in these poses for a whole song, by the way, it's great. You can tell by the end that the one in the front really regretted choosing a pose where he had to keep smiling with his arm up for 3 minutes.

As alluded to earlier, a lot of the songs in here seem like the composers didn't quite know the meaning of some of the less important-seeming words that inform tone (which is understandable given most of the people here are German). Examples include:

"Taken to Wife" with lyrics about Claudius marrying Gertrude, but sung like a power metal ballad for some reason

Polonius in general gets an oddly intense performance considering he's meant to be an old man who talks a bit too much (this is more of a problem in the earlier song "I Do Not Know")

There's of course the inevitable slightly tonedeaf "To Be or Not to Be" song which I'll cut them some slack for since that monologue is hard to nail

"You're Sister's Drowned" makes the unfortunate choice to make the chorus "Your Sister's Drowned! Alas then, she is drowned. x2"... Granted, I'm not sure what other phrase you could repeat as a chorus in that scene, but it's not exactly the most poignant exchange the Bard wrote, and definitely not one worth repeating three times.

Finally, there's nothing actually wrong with this bit, I just think the way he says "Murder" is funny:

[certifiedcoffeeaddict]

Have you heard the theory that shinichi is faking his singing abilities?

From what I remember, the theory basically goes that yukiko put him through singing classes when he was younger and he faked being tone deaf to get out of them but by this point it's become a habit he hasn't bothered to stop.

The main evidence, from what I remember, is the fact that he has demonstrated possessing perfect pitch multiple times throughout the series (that movie is just the only time it's mentioned by name to my knowledge) and his skills with a violin

i've never heard of that theory, actually, but it sounds interesting and would definitely fit into the usual kudo family dynamic!! especially since it is canon that yukiko practised music w him!

something that wouldn't quite match up is that shinichi plays the violin differently from other people, at least according to ran, who claims he has a "weird habit" when playing the violin -- although that could be movie canon? since i don't remember when she said that. anyway, if it is canon-canon, i figure his "weird habit" might have to do with his perfect-pitch-and-tonedeafness-combo?

actually, there's a second thing that bothers me. in the... the dissonance of the stradivarius case, shinichi tries to decipher the melody he heard when vermouth called the organisation's "boss" and asks ran about it. in the following discussion, conan tries to sing the note sequence he thinks 0858 (?) creates and fails -- and it seems unlikely that he'd refuse to kick the habit in the face of something he considers to be so important.

(on a less grave note, i also feel like not being tone-deaf as conan would take some suspicion off him being a shrunken kudo shinichi (as well as lessen his not-actually-peers' teasing), but frankly, that could be debated; maybe he doesn't want to separate who conan is from who shinichi is so much, because he already has to live a lie and doesn't want to add to it any more than necessary.)

what's funny is that i was stuck in my detco rewatch right at EP385 and this ask is what made me watch the three parter :D

[dearweirdme]

Please explain to me in a logical way how the first gcf was about his friendship with Jimin?

When he said he’s very detailed about everything and even talked about the editing process, what he used and mentioned that he usually uses songs that mean something to him. And then he adds the gayest song that is about a man longing for his bf.

HOW ARE YOU SO TONEDEAF TO DENY ALL OF THIS???

Hi anon!

It's really not that hard to do. Songs are very often important/special/meaningfull to people for other reasons than the lyrics being a fit. The sound of a song is what catches me personally most times, there are songs that mean the world to me, without them being aplicable to my person at all. Song can be special becuase they remind you of a certain time; a song you hear at a holiday often, or a song from a funeral or a wedding for instance. Or the song can change meaning for you, like Little Mix's Secret Love song... is it about a queer relationship that has to be hidden, or is it about having an affair? Songs about love, can often also be applied to friendships. Sometimes having a best friend feels almost as intense as having a relationship... just without the physical stuff.

Troye Sivan himself (!) dedicated this song to his fans. Making it very clear that it is not a reach at all. What it looks like to me is that the song does hold meaning to Jk, because they probably listened to it while in Tokyo, since the song was still big then, having been released only months prior. Sivan describes the song as "an anthem for accountable friendship and love". He does dedicate it to the lgbtq community, but as support.. not as a dedication of romantic love. "When your tears fall down your pillow like a river, I'll be there for you." "When you're screaming, but they only hear you wisper, I'll be loud for you, but you gotta be there for me too." Those are words of friendship, of support and wanting to be supported in return. Both Jk and Jimin would know that feeling and connect to it. Jk dedicates things to army ALL THE TIME. BTS were going through the toughest time in their career. This is for army. It is him telling army he's there for them, asking army to be there for him too.

I think it very possible Jimin is queer as well. Which would make the message more pointed indeed. Asking army to be supportive of them being queer in general. But the way they described the trip, the way it has been used for promo heavily, the footage of the trip, it's all not indicative of it being a romantic trip at all. And if you think a South Korean company would allow their artists to put out a footage that points at their actual queer relationship... you are the one being tonedeaf to the situation.

[pixeljade]

Idk. I mean on the one hand threatening the CEO while saying "I wonder what itll take to get me banned" DOES fall under Play Stupid Games Win Stupid Prizes, but. I still have a lot more sympathy for Predstrogen than Photomatt in all this.

I get that threats of violence are never okay but enforcement has been alarmingly selective over Tumblr's history. Yeah Photomatt blames that on an "external contractor" but that doesnt let Tumblr off the hook imo, thats still a choice you made. You DECIDED to contract with them, and therefore you should take some responsibility, and not just shrug it off as someone else's doing. Foisting responsibility onto others is a very VERY childish move, up there with naming a company after yourself!

The reality is, as a trans woman online, I've been chased off one platform after another, while watching cis people who do the same shit as me get away with it endlessly. I got doxxed by Nazis on twitter way back when, you wanna know how Twitter protected me? By recommending I block the user. I got harassed so heavily during that era that I ended up having to delete my account, setting back my career YEARS, just to get a bit of peace.

Now here on Tumblr I've been slightly safer, but I still get death threats, suicide suggestions. And I've had a LOT of those continue on without a hitch on technicalities. "Technically they didnt tell you to kill yourself, they just told you to join the 41%, which could mean ANYTHIIIIING". 🙄 Still, I gave them the benefit of the doubt, because my work and life experience has shown me that moderation of communities is a tricky thing: make one move that could be viewed as overstepping policy or making exceptions, and you open yourself to lawsuits. I know this, I have written policy and enforced it in different spaces.

But the answer in these cases is to update your policies to clarify, not to continue blindly following these bad policies. And, in situations wherein a person with a platform DOES seem to be sending death threats over a genuine misunderstanding, maybe try talking it out with them first??? Does your policy not take that into account Photomatt? Every policy I've ever seen on user code of conduct allows for discussion. So why not just talk it out with Predstrogen and clear up the misunderstanding instead of deleting her account and threatening to call the cops on her?

@photomatt that post comes across to me (and seemingly the greater trans community here) as immensely tonedeaf. Predstrogen made a frankly extremely unserious "threat post" about you (car covered in hammers? Really? This sounds like a real threat to you?) most likely angry over some misunderstanding over the management of this site (something which transfem people are IMMENSELY on guard regarding because well, have YOU SEEN THE NEWS LATELY), and you decided to react by hitting her with a ban, no appeals allowed, and *threatening to call the cops on her*??? It straight up feels like you didnt even try to empathize, to recognize your privilege, to understand, none of that. And you may be thinking reading this "I shouldnt have to do that while being threatened!" But again, the threat example you use is not one which is really actionable on Preds part. Its a *joke*, albeit a poorly chosen one.

I did see a post this morning that said "if Photomatt saw the kind of death threats I receive daily he'd throw up" or smth to that effect, and god thats the truth here. If you want to prove otherwise then stop this crusade and talk it out like an adult.

Or you can just ban me too. If ya do you'll be setting back another trans woman's career. In case he does, mutuals, find me on bluesky, @cosmotropic.bsky.social! Because frankly I wouldnt be surprised if the lashback here causes another purge. Photomatt, do better or not, you have the choice here.

[pinkmoondoll9shihtzu]

mIss Pinkmoondoll do you have any opinions on Cortney Love? ♡

Cunty Love<3....my opinion is that shes an complicated icon for misunderstood genius doll women, who was treated horribly by the media due to th way she acted out under the immesnse pressures grief, addiction & fame. yeh i mostly just feel sad for her. she was raised in this terribly unstable environment n i think a lot of her outbursts reflect that.. then it was just too easy for the media to spin it into a circus n use her as a scapegoat for what happened to kurt. like ugh i cant imagine losing ur famous husband & then for the next 30+ years everyone is publicly speculating about whether YOU killed him or not. especially in the 90s/2000s it was rly popular to just fucking obliterate famous women w addictions via the tabloids. ur baby has to grow up seeing that.and look at the double standard of how ppl still treat kurt like he was this innocent baby angel...he was NOT lol. idk. i feel bad that all her music is kinda overshadowed by her status as a spectacle. she sounds tonedeaf as fuck when she tries to get political but thats what ive cometo expect from anyone who's spent too much time being rich in LA. on the level of her personal struggles, i think many ppl relate to that feeling of being hunted if they dare show the unsavory side of themselves. i hope she can recover from it all. her and kurt are both life path 9 i alwasys thought thats neat.

[marithlizard]

Helluva Boss s2e4: thoughts while watching

People who do full actual liveblogging with screenshots have my great respect, this took forever!

The official description for this episode is "Striker exists and things sure do happen".   Amazingly, it does _not_ set a record for vagueness.

- Pfft that restaurant.  "Where the poor pour for you!"   And I'm willing to bet it has never occurred to Stolas that Blitzo is very aware he belongs on the pouring side and has opinions about that.

- OMG the poor tiny imp holding up a coffee pot bigger than he is.  New theory:  the staff at places like this often sell the the juicy tidbits of information they pick up from wealthy demons who think of them as furniture.  Perhaps Stolas' butler does too and that's why he was at Ozzies.  ...Spymaster butler, now that's going in a future fic somewhere.

- "C U next Tuesday"?  Is the subtitle reading off a text message we can't see?  Maybe from Blitzo?  (TY those who told me afterwards it’s an attempt to discreetly subtitle a cut line.)

- DEAL AT OZZIES  we were right! we were all right!

- Bombproof riding down the street.  Coffeepot imp,  you can see him coming, get out of the way.

- "Stop making this harder to bullshit"  I was not expecting to like Andrealphus at all, but I have to appreciate the way he is so obviously done with his sister's lack of impulse control.

- Hey, that lady is part succubus and part shark demon. I think? 

- Stella was not at all concerned that bullet would hit her, even though it came within inches.  Meaning those pistols aren't angelic.

- Nice quick reflexes from Stolas. Goodness, that bullet went through his hat.  

- that lady has an imp in her purse!  Imps have a much wider size range than I thought. Either that or Goetia magically shrink them for convenience. Hell would be an accessibility nightmare for someone that small...

- The barista seems to be a different type of demon, sort of goat-ish?

- Hey, that's a wanted poster of Striker

- Blitzo’s ringtone is now 500% more subtle than it was in Murder Family. He does learn.

- Huh. Loona looks scared and M&M look worried, and it has nothing to do with the incoming phone call. Are the theories about Loona being sick right?

- "I'm sorry it's a bad time yet again Blitzy"   So Blitzo has been avoiding Stolas since Ozzie’s. I wondered, since in Seeing Stars we saw a calendar with a question mark on their meeting day.

- ooohhhhh Loona is terrified of shots.  Interesting that M&M are coming along, given the hostile relationship between Moxxie and Loona.  He’s not mocking her and she’s so scared she doesn’t even care about him witnessing her humiliation.  Blitzo is probably making everyone behave through sheer boss willpower.

- He's in mortal peril and you don't even seem slightly worried and you're not going to come save him?  I think we fans may have been overestimating Blitzo's feelings for Stolas, at least the conscious ones. 

- I mean, not that Stolas’ perky  "I think you should come save me" isn't full of tonedeaf assumptions itself.

- It took 5 years to get an appointment for this?  Okay, that says two things. Hell's healthcare system is as bad as I thought, and Blitzo has been trying to get Loona this shot since the day they met.

- She's been doing a lot of field work? I guess we have seen her on Earth 3 times so far, and there may have been more.

- "Oh shit. Am I in danger right now?"  STOLAS FOR FUCK'S SAKE

- Okay, now Blitzo is properly alarmed. And he starts to ditch the vital health appointment without hesitation.  And he's appropriately concerned for M&M, too.  Good job.

- Moxxie really does sound just like his dad sometimes.

- St Ans. Is the name a play on Satan, even though Satan rules the Wrath ring and this is Sloth?  

- Motel 666 keychain,  horseshoe and a key with a heart.  Blitzo probably does one night stands at that motel.

- Now what are those roundish gray demons?  They don't look like any type we've seen before. (ETA: They’re from Envy, someone said?)

- Notice on bulletin board:  "In search of kidney, I need your help, not a scam, call Chuck".  

- I like the plant with its closed eyes and exaggerated long eyelashes.  A big theme for Sloth, evidently, given the similar eyes decorating the building everywhere.

- Sign on wall:  Soothing sleep, sounds and light - Appointment status FULL - purchase at our gift shop. Wonder what that is.

- No cameras sign, but what's the other one prohibiting? Looks like a vial of potion?  (TY those who said holy water. I’m not sure why anyone would have that in Hell, yikes.)

- AHAHAHA fourth wall acknowledgement that people really hated the slur in the pilot.  (When I was a kid that word was hurled all over the playground right along with “gay” and “faggot” and “slut” and “moron” and others.  It’s always been an insult but I had no idea it was now considered so horrible as to be unspeakable even in the midst of the whole breathtakingly WTF inappropriate profanity of the pilot, while other words are still used or even reclaimed. Attitudes and norms change over time and language is more fluid than people tend to realize.)

- Wow, Blitzo in the process of drawing on the nurse when he realizes there's a witness looking very pointedly at him.

- Oh, poor Loona....all her bristly fuck-you energy is gone. She actually looks slightly reassured by his cosseting!   (I have a feeling it's going to turn out to be a horrible giant painful thing though, no matter what he assures her.)

- Striker has a fan group literally singing his praises who were waiting for him to pass by.  I feel I should not be surprised.

- Wait how literally are we supposed to take this? They know the plan.  Okay no this is some real Monty Python energy and I love it (Sir Robin’s bards, anyone?) and it should make clear to all that some things about this show are in Silly Logic territory. Which has been part of the core concept since the start, but I sometimes forget when the relationships and emotions are so real.

- He has a lair. and a statue of himself.  We knew he was an egotistical git but it makes him seem less cool to know he puts so much deliberate effort into his coolness.

- Ahahaha no it's NOT deliberate, he doesn’t want the fan singers, and that makes it even better.

- And Stolas is a bit intrigued by the theme song, you can't tell me he's not

- ...Welp, time to walk back all those reassurances to reactors that I.M.P doesn't really kill kids and that was just a pilot thing.  Yikes Blitzo. Would he really have pulled the trigger, I wonder?

- "SAME HAT"  why do I feel like this is referencing the tumblr meme

-  They're tiny now!  Maybe size changing magic is a thing some imps can have, sure, let’s go with that. 

- Moxxie taking out three demons more than twice his size in the background, in feral melee style just like his wife.  And matter-of-factly pumping gas while doing it, that’s SO badass.

- That is a Blitzo drawing Millie is showing off, dyslexic R and the distinctive style. Blitzo had a doodle of Striker in the car.  He probably keeps a sketchbook there? I’d love to flip through it, that’d make a great comic/animatic. 

- "Very outlaw aeshetic"

- "Wouldn't a holy bullet have sufficed? Or could you not afford those?"  I knew this would be addressed.

- "Is the giant statue of yourself also a classic, or..."   Salty Stolas is the best. Is it just me, or has he picked up a very Blitzo style of trash talk?

- I mean Striker isn't wrong, here, and in another situation I'd be on his side.

- RESPECT.  Stolas just took just another angelic stab wound without even flinching and handed back snark in equal measure.

-  I wonder if he's telling the truth and their S&M play is that vicious. The bear traps thing suggests Stolas likes serious pain, but I didn't get an angry contemptuous vibe from their interactions in Truth Seekers or Harvest Moon.  Fond, if anything.

- The hut-sized Fortress of Solitude look of Andrealphus' place is kind of silly, but I do really like the icy feathers.

- So Andrealphus wasn't in on the Striker thing. And he doesn't seem at all concerned about Stella losing all her status and wealth.  These two may be close but it's not the genuine family love we see between our protagonists.

- So Stolas does have legions? I still cannot picture him as any kind of war leader, as fierce as he can be when provoked. Must know more.

- "A Goetia's never behaved like this before" - interesting.   Probably not true and past indiscretions have been hushed up, but Andrealphus seems to believe it, which means not many and very well hushed up.

- "Eternity is a a long time"  - so Goetia do live forever?  That's very unfortunate for Stolitz. :(   Don’t like that idea at all. It also means that unless we're handwaving all practical considerations - which we might be -  something is weird about the Goetia. Why does Paimon have so many kids if they won't age and die naturally?  Are there tons of ancient birds cluttering up the place that we haven’t seen?  Or do they get winnowed out somehow? - Am I getting a Folger’s Crystals vibe here?  That wouldn't bother me (seriously, Game of Thrones had that going on and everybody but me was all over that show when it was airing, even the non-geeks, nobody batted an eye)  but it would be a suprising choice when the creators know how hypercritical the fanbase is.

- Ooh, thank goodness for cartoon logic or that van would be totaled.

- Oh my god Striker is tapping his foot to the beat.  He's into this fight. What a relief for him after dealing with Stolas and Stella who both refuse to stay on script.

- And he's so annoyed when the music changes to pop (with similar lyrics - is it the same song?) 

-  Moxxie taking a cue from Angel there. 

- I like the plague doctor masks on the EMTs.

- "He can get hurt?" Oh. Oh, hon.  You never thought he was actually in danger.  Not even after the Harvest Moon festival?  Did you not tell Stolas about that attempt because you downplayed it in your own mind to make yourself feel better?

-  the texts.  the texts.  Oh my GOD.  oh, sweetie, Stolas, oh.  He’s trying so hard and he is SO clueless. “come over and say mean things to me, haha, I always enjoy that...”   Flailing desperately to put a light positive spin on the situation, like he’s been doing his entire life.  But this time he doesn’t know what Blitzo wants to hear and his “lead with joy” style is not suited to the situation.

- This makes me feel better about Seeing Stars. There’s the missing context for their seemingly-effortless pretense that nothing is wrong in that episode. They already did the awkwardness over text.

- The whole ending sequence is heartwrenching, but not unexpected.  Next episode I hope we see the meeting with Ozzie to deal for the crystals, and perhaps some conversation about what it’s like to have a forbidden relationship.  Will Fizzarolli reveal a bit of why he hates Blitzo so, and tell Stolas he’s better off without him?

- Who are the flowers from, I wonder? Not Via’s style.

[gunbunster]

Did you really say the Harry Potter game is antisemitic 😭 there’s a trans character in the game btw. Y’all tumblr sjws are so bitter it’s lowkey scary. Please for the love of based god go outside and touch a flower and grass I just know you need it badly. Hella weird!!!!!!!!

I work a fulltime job so I touch more grass than you probably do. Harry Potter as a whole has always been antisemitic because of the depiction of the goblins. Since the game features the goblin as a major part of the story and adds new lore to them that also directly references jewish traditions like the jewish instrument shofar, I think it’s safe to assume that the comparison is intentional and calling out the antisemitism is justified.

Also the new trans character suffers the same problems that any character of a minority suffers by giving them the most stupidly offensive and blatantly tonedeaf name imaginable. The trans woman is called SIRona RYAN ffs. AND given a male voice not even trying to sound feminine, making this trans character an offensive caricature.

Harry Potter was always flawed, if you’re offended that I occasionally talk about it amidst all the other things I talk about and enjoy then cry me a river and next time come off anon you pussy. No fucking non tumblr user would just randomly come across my blog so have a fucking backbone and come out of hiding.