#but people just throw that term around

[valewritessss]

When people say Annabeth was an unreliable narrator and her stepmom was actually nice to her…

[juniepops]

This post wasn’t supposed to get notes and the main focus was on the tags so I’m leaving those intact in case anyone clicks through to the original

[moeblob]

I have had really low energy and haven't been playing much of anything but I did start a file on Switch for 1.6! Her name is Eve and she just showed up one day in winter and stays there with some chickens. Once she's able to buy seeds without raising suspicion though? She discovers farming is really fun.

[betterthanbatman1]

Okay, I don’t know if I’m looking too deep into this but this made me really sad and uncomfortable.

I mean, Jason could say something along the lines of “don’t kill the kid, kill me instead” but he said “I’ll do anything you want, anything”. Him repeating the word ‘anything’ wasn’t a stutter from the fear kicking in (they used ‘-‘ and ‘…’ to portray the stutter/ repetition of words due to strain/exhaustion). But this word was written so clearly as just a repetition to emphasize that he meant anything. What ever it is that he was implying, is very upsetting nonetheless.

Then the way Scarecrow held Jason’s face. That could easily just be a villain trying to make their victim weak, holding them firm, leaning in close-invading their space, and ensuring they feel vulnerable. Yeah okay I get that.

But then Joker walks in and calls Crane a pervert. And sure you can argue that Joker is just throwing names around. But this whole multi interaction caught me off guard and yeah maybe I’m reading too deep into it. Maybe Jason just felt helpless and spewed out words? Idk.

Whatever the situation was, still hurts to read. I don’t know, it just felt so wrong. Even if he wasn’t implying anything, Scarecrow and Joker are still taking advantage of a vulnerable person. Which obviously is awful and disgusting,

[bywandandsword]

Since Hazbin Hotel popped off, I've seen a few times people asserting that there is something racist about Alastor's backstory, given that he is canonically a Creole from New Orleans, but his demon form does not have any overt indicators of his being a person of color

So here's a gentle reminder and clarification, as a Louisiana Creole myself;

"Louisiana Creoles (French: Créoles de la Louisiane, Louisiana Creole: Moun Kréyòl la Lwizyàn, Spanish: Criollos de Luisiana) are a Louisiana French ethnic group descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana before it became a part of the United States during the period of both French and Spanish rule. They share cultural ties such as the traditional use of the French, Spanish, and Creole languages and predominant practice of Catholicism. Some mistakenly think the term is a racial designation, while in fact people of European, of African, and of mixed ancestry have all been termed "Creole" since the 18th century." (x, emphasis mine)

Please pay special attention to the last sentence. While many, probably most, Louisiana Creoles are of mixed-race ancestry, not all are. I'm not saying there aren't valid critiques of Alastor as a character, this just isn't one of them

[licnheartedd]

fellow marauders fans i am begging you to stop using the word ‘cripple’ when referring to disabled characters

[mouth-less]

idk whenever i see that stuff im just like "do you actually care that much about what strangers on the internet are doing or are you just saying that because you're scared of your friends leaving you if you dont"

[smile-files]

just a kind word for all of you lovely folks out there: if you say the r-slur or you don't call out your friends for saying it then i hate your guts :)

[emotivehardcore]

I feel like some people forget this cis is not a personal identity term, it is a social category that describes an axis of gendered privilege, and you objectively do not fall into that category if you transgress the sex and gender that you were assigned

[lunar-years]

manic pixie dream girls are a stock character archetype in FICTION btw. Most commonly used to describe certain female characters written by men for men. Manic pixie dream girls are not real actual girls and women. in fact, I think calling real life women manic pixie dream girls is inherently misogynistic :)

Also dropping this here.

Phew! Ok

[bearenjoyers]

sorry im just thinking about bcs but like. why not add a few smaller scenes of gus interacting with his own men? why does it seem like, in comparison, mike is almost immediately elevated to a higher status than those two in bcs purely because we actually get to see him having normal conversations with gus? like i understand they might not keep the plot moving as well because of the fact obviously if victor is currently doing something it’s because gus told him to etc. but for the most part all of the smaller interactions gus does have with those two ends up being in a somewhat high stress situation where it feels very tense between everyone. and it’s just like damn! is it always like that?? why do those two even care that much about their jobs if their boss is a bit of a dick? etc. i think even an additional scene or two with those guys (either alone or the both of them) talking with gus in a more normal situation could’ve both added a bit more depth into how gus treats his employees (we got a lot with how he treats lyle and co., but not a whole lot with the illegal side of things), how comfortable vic and tyrus feel around him in a calmer setting, and exactly why they both feel the need to be as loyal as they are to the guy.

and also on the other side of this i don't think it'd hurt to maybe elaborate on their pay just a bit..? i'm not saying to randomly put a number out into the atmosphere but i just mean some smaller things like. do they buy nicer things for themselves? what's their housing situation? what's their car situation? are the escalade / yukon their own vehicles or does gus just use those two for business situations? do they use them when they're doing their own stuff off the clock or do they have their own cars? etc. that can also help with understanding their motivations a bit. don't get me wrong i don't think they should be visibly rich or something because that's not what gus would want but just smaller things! cause it's easy to write their loyalty off as Well they probably get paid super well, which i'm sure is true, but if they don't show a single hint of that then what's the point. even something as simple as giving tyrus a nice watch, or maybe victor having a nicer looking gun, etc. something small like that. because as it stands right now the average 41 year old viewer who watched the show once only knows and will only ever know victor and tyrus as those two guys in the background who do random stuff for gus with no clear motivation. just the personification of "On it boss (salute emoji)". and to be honest this is true for a whole lot of fans who do watch the show multiple times and enjoy thinking about it more in depth, because on screen we barely have anything about the two.

and to be clear i'm not trying to say we should have an episode just for them or something like no i understand they're side characters. i understand we don't need all that. and i understand this is also primarily Jimmy's show. but it's not like these two are on the same level as like, arlo or paige and kevin etc. these guys have been around since brba. victor was literally introduced in the same episode gus was. and they are a huge part of gus's story, especially in brba. s4 wouldn't have been what it was without victor and tyrus. and in bcs, ignacio's situation wouldn't have been the same if it weren't for victor and tyrus as well. and i just personally believe that if their goal with gus in bcs was to go back and elaborate on how everything came to be and show what he was like a few years younger, they could've dragged victor and tyrus into that. and i think his character would've benefited from taking that extra step with those two.

[icewindandboringhorror]

Everytime I face a new character limit on a website that didn't have them before/used to have really long ones... AUGHHhhh the modern social media world was not made for people like me (lovers of details, rambling, elaboration, thorough explanation, and nuance)

[cafecitoeddie]

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[hopecomesbacktolife]

classical music rant ahead~

I’m not gonna reblog the post itself because people can’t be normal in the notes* but oh my god that “if it sounds like X, it’s Y composer” post is the most infuriatingly, wildly inaccurate thing. “mansplaining” for Wagner?!? REALLY?!? Saying Bach sounds “like a vampire” what does that even meANNNN. don’t get me started on the Beethoven (!!) and Shostakovich ones or I will turn into an incoherent seething mess. it’s worse than just being inaccurate even, it’s insulting to their music and range how inaccurate that user’s descriptions are.

like. there’s so many ways to make FUNNY posts about classical music!!! throwback to my prof bringing in shot glasses and grape juice when we covered Tristan and Isolde! Throwback to my cinnaminim meme!! Throwback to the [redacted] symphony members MEME GROUP where we EXCLUSIVELY SHARED CLASSICAL MUSIC MEMES. throwback to my Bach shirt with CHICKENS ON IT. Composer memes. Symphony memes. Translation memes. Oboi. drunk sugar plum fairy. old twoset skits. like.

I just. keep classical music accessible, yes. criticize it, yes! love it, yes! meme on it, yes!! remix it in sillygoofy ways! yes! Be silly and unserious or serious and yearning about it! Or both/all/more all at once! by all means!!! just. don’t make a joke that’s unfunny because it’s wildly inaccurate, then get mad at me for not laughing. 😐 like. lemme just call you the scarecrow because of this wild strawman fallacy logic you’re exhibiting.

*apparently some tumblr users can’t understand the concept of “this joke isn’t funny and it’s probably because the ‘joke’ isn’t really very accurate to the subject matter itself” because any time someone in the notes says that, people accuse them of being “elitist about classical music” like bro what. that is just. false equivalence. saying a joke isn’t funny because it’s inaccurate isn’t elitism it’s just the truth

[coldjustness-archive]

OKAY CAN I JUST TALK ABOUT HOW NEVE AND HARDING ARE BOTH GRIEVING VARRIC AT THE START???? And the fact that we don't catch Neve in her emotions over it just reflects how she reacts to grief. I was remembering someone suggesting that one of the reasons why she tells Rook about Brom and the guilt that tears her up, and takes them to that vigil wall for the dead was because she thought she and Rook could both use it FOR Varric as well? She was trying to get them to open up about it and didn't push because she knows how to deal with people in grief and you can't MAKE them talk about these things (tragically we know how that turned out.)

NOT THE POINT.

It got me thinking about Neve and Varric as friends, years and years spent writing letters back and forth, that long journey that was spent chasing Solas (that yes touches in both comic books and the actual books themselves), and I got to thinking on the casual touch thing I just mentioned and yes this would have absolutely applied to him as well especially if being friends for years and years like you find out in the comics.

Varric and Neve, spending several nights on said journey just writing in their respective journals or letters, or she's writing for a case and he's writing for a book, with nothing but candlelight and drink shared between them both, and the occasional quip and smile exchanged.

Varric and Neve, writing letters and both having nicknames for one another. We learn he called her slick, but she never talks about what she called him because it's still hurts.

Neve, now picking up the full time habit of making nicknames for people as a way to honor Varric.

Varric and Neve, him bumping her shoulder with HIS hand when he lands a damn good joke or reference when he knows she will get it.

Neve, sitting in the same spot she sat on in the Missing, Volume 4, when both Harding and Varric are gone - sadly watching the door - aching for friends who are now gone. And lifting her big wooden mug as she takes a drink of it, resting her elbows on the table in the same way she did then and sighing. Trying not to cry as she for one second, imagines that any time, they will be walking in - alive and well, and calling after her so she can jokingly call/reference Varric - the Viscount of Kirkwall.

Neve, not talking about the metal box that holds the letters she's received from Varric (and soon the one made for Harding after). Tucked away, with the things she will not look at - not yet.

[alkeneater]

Hey, that anon is a COWARD. I'm so sorry that happened to you!! Idk what's the issue tbh. Like you age him up with you! That's so cute imo! You guys are like an old married couple <3 warning too if you get more asks like that it's most likely the same people. Don't listen to them as they're just judgemental. I'm so sorry that you had to share something personal. I really am.

Ahhhh (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠) Thanks for your support, I'm so happy you don't judge me for this ❤️

I really thought I was a bad person for this, but I really should stop listening to random people's opinion. Like, I already know who I am ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ Just a silly guy who's too obsessed with certain character

It's okay, I'm glad that most of you are supportive 💙💙💙 My followers are the best