#don't hate me!

[stellaluna33]

Do you see Rory & Jess post ayitl lives in NYC or in Stars Hollow?

Uh, well... I feel like this may be an unpopular answer, but I like to think of them settling in either NYC or Philadelphia, haha. I think they'd VISIT Stars Hollow a lot! They both have important family and friends there! But I can't see either of them wanting to LIVE there. Even Rory, when circumstances (and, you know, the plot...) forced her to move back "home" with her mother, seemed pretty frustrated and eager to get out in AYITL. The first thing she started doing once Jess's book idea gave her a sense of direction was to look for an apartment in Queens (which is one of the boroughs of NYC)! And again, circumstances (getting pregnant) might keep her there a bit longer, but... As a character, I don't think Rory wants to LIVE in Stars Hollow for the rest of her life, even if she's very fond of it (and I definitely don't think Jess would want to live there permanently, either).

Stars Hollow is Lorelai's home. Rory has always wanted... more. That's why Dean was so full of crap when he was trying to make Luke feel inadequate in s5. "They want more than this." 🙄 Oh, please, Rory wants more than this! They're not the same person! (That's directed towards Dean, not you, haha!). Lorelai's happy presiding over her little kingdom! But Rory has always wanted to explore the "out there," whether through books or her dreams of travel. The way I see it, I think part of the appeal of Logan and his world was in her desire to see MORE of life and of the world, and having a lot of money makes that so very easy. Rory was always a bit caught between worlds, and one of the things that makes Jess so well-suited for her is that he is too! They both have connections to Stars Hollow, but also both crave more intellectual stimulation, culture, and exploration than a small town like Stars Hollow can provide. They aren't just "Luke and Lorelai 2.0" and have their own personalities and interests, and I don't think Luke and Lorelai's life would really satisfy either of them. NYC and even Philly (which also has a lower cost-of-living going for it) are still an "easy distance" (as Mr. Darcy would say) from Stars Hollow by U.S. standards, so would make it very easy to visit frequently, while still being the thriving centers of art and literature that make Rory and Jess's literal life's work more possible.

And I get that it's fun for us VIEWERS to imagine the whole gang together forever! But I can't see these characters being happy there. And obviously, that's just my opinion! Other people see it differently, and that's fine! But this is what I think about it. 😊

[max-reblogger]

Romeo and Juliet - PARIS

If you couldn't tell from the title, in this post I am going to be talking about the character Paris from Romeo and Juliet. I was recently in a production of Romeo and Juliet and I played Paris. I realise that in a few versions of this story Juliet is very young while Paris is a grown man and their relationship is very much disgusting, however in this version (and many others!) Romeo and Juliet were both sixteen and if Paris was older it would only be by a year or two which is a very small age gap and would make Paris a teenager just like the main couple.

Anyways, I've been looking through Romeo and Juliet content on here and in the few that have mentioned Paris (which there is barely any!) he is hated on very strongly, which isn't completely a bad thing, it just feels like a personal insult because I played him (lol). Now if the people who make those hateful comments are thinking of it as a predatory relationship, the hate is deserved, but otherwise what real reason do you have to hate Paris.

He was a young man who fell in love with Juliet and wanted to marry her... Just like Romeo. Very few people hate him, but everyone hate Paris.

In my production I played Paris thinking that he and Juliet would have interacted a few times prior to their engagement because of their statuses, so thinking about that at least he knew Juliet before wanting to marry her. (ROMEO!) Paris was also genuinely in love with Juliet, and had no idea about Romeo and her, if he did, I doubt he would keep the engagement going. In all of the scenes where the characters were together it was clear that he cared for her and in ACT IV Scene I he respected her privacy and left her to speak alone with Friar Laurence. Yes, he did say some possessive things, however I believe he was genuinely trying to comfort her and because her parents had moved the engagement closer he most likely thought it was because Juliet wanted it to happen, so his "possessive" words about her face being his and such would be something he'd think was alright. Then later when he found out she was "dead" through his words it was clear that her death hurt him, broken his world even, especially after cousin, Mercutio's death. And in Act V when he went to her grave it was clear he was experiencing strong grief and would continue to be in grief for a very long time if not his whole life because of how much he loved her.

To add, when Romeo came into the room where body was it was clear that he was afraid Romeo would do something to defile her body or even Tybalt's. And he most likely (reasonably) blamed Romeo for their deaths as well as Mercutio's. To him, Juliet killed herself because of the pain she was feeling about Tybalt's death. So, when he attacked Romeo to me it was completely understandable. He wanted to protect Juliet from any more harm and had no idea that they loved each other.

Speaking of Paris kind of blaming Romeo for Mercutio's death, in our version of the story Paris and Mercutio were very close, more like siblings than distant cousins and Mercutio and Tybalt were implied to be romantic throughout all of their scenes. So, because of Mercutio and Paris' closeness he would have most likely known about their romantic relationship and although it was technically Tybalt who stabbed Mercutio, Paris would not have believed that Tybalt actually tried to kill his cousin and he knew Romeo killed Tybalt, so what was to stop him from killing Mercutio. This aspect of Paris specifically has to do with our version of the production and therefore I understand why I am most likely the only one to take this into consideration.

So, in conclusion, Paris is not nearly as "evil" or deserving of hate as people make him out to be. Just like all of the other characters in the play he was just as affected by the tragedies of the play. And in the end, he even had to die, not even realising that Romeo and Juliet were in love and married. He died attempting to protect the woman he was in love with who most likely hated him. That is so unfair, and I just want some people to hate him at least a little less.

These are all just my own opinions and you don't have to stop hating him or anything I just felt like talking about this. This also is not a Romeo hate post although I do make him sound pretty bad in some of my points. I honestly love Romeo and his character, and I want to play him one day. I'm also not hating on Juliet for disliking Paris and just not having feelings for him in general, it's fair enough. If you read this and don't one hundred percent disagree with me, thank you.

[lesbxdyke]

I could think of no better way to share the news than this!

So when I was 17, my cat went missing and I'd given up hope of ever seeing him again.

Until on Monday, 27th of May, 2024, my friend sent me a FB post asking 'isn't that your mother?' about the person named on the microchip.

Here he is! 16 years old, and found safe, twelve whole years after he went missing!

Yesterday (Tuesday the 28th of May, 2024) I went to the rescue that had him, and I reclaimed my boy, renaming him Artie! (He'd originally been called 'Cat' because my mother and I couldn't decide on a name)

He's home safe with me now, currently inhabiting my bathroom and purring up a storm every time someone goes in there!

I'll be doing slow introductions between him and my current cat to give them the best possible chance of living in harmony!

Here's some pictures of Artie once we let him out of the carrier:

[transrevolutions]

the thing terfs (and transphobes in general) don't seem to get about sexual preferences re: not being attracted to certain genitals is that like. okay. you have a preference. this feature is a turn-off. but that does not mean it is necessary to constantly broadcast how unattractive and undesirable you find people with this feature. you do not have to do that. in fact, it is generally considered quite rude. sexual compatibility or lack thereof has nothing to do with moral purity or legitimacy.

[nouverx]

"I want to eat you" is their love language and you can't change my mind

[inkskinned]

this is just my opinion but i think any good media needs obsession behind it. it needs passion, the kind of passion that's no longer "gentle scented candle" and is now "oh shit the house caught on fire". it needs a creator that's biting the floorboards and gnawing the story off their skin. creators are supposed to be wild animals. they are supposed to want to tell a story with the ferocity of eating a good stone fruit while standing over the sink. the same protective, strange instinct as being 7 and making mud potions in pink teacups: you gotta get weird with it.

good media needs unhinged, googling-at-midnight kind of energy. it needs "what kind of seams are invented on this planet" energy and "im just gonna trust the audience to roll with me about this" energy. it needs one person (at least) screaming into the void with so much drive and energy that it forces the story to be real.

sometimes people are baffled when fanfic has some stunning jaw-dropping tattoo-it-on-you lines. and i'm like - well, i don't go here, but that makes sense to me. of fucking course people who have this amount of passion are going to create something good. they moved from a place of genuine love and enjoyment.

so yeah, duh! saturday cartoons have banger lines. random street art is sometimes the most precious heart-wrenching shit you've ever seen. someone singing on tiktok ends up creating your next favorite song. youtubers are giving us 5 hours of carefully researched content. all of this is the impossible equation to latestage capitalism. like, you can't force something to be good. AI cannot make it good. no amount of focus-group testing or market research. what makes a story worth listening to is that someone cares so much about telling it - through dance, art, music, whatever it takes - that they are just a little unhinged about it.

one time my friend told me he stayed up all night researching how many ways there are to peel an orange. he wrote me a poem that made me cry on public transportation. the love came through it like pith, you know? the words all came apart in my hands. it tasted like breakfast.

[o0kawaii0o]

no mercy 😭

[4natri]

Don't worry, If anyone finds us, i'll still be playing the villain

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

HOT, SINGLE, UNSTUDIED SPONGES. 3000 NAUTICAL MILES AWAY. Come sail the distance and read Tiger Tiger!

[gothamite-rambler]

That was actually a good deed, Jason.

Jason Todd walked over to Bruce Wayne scrolling through photos on his phone. He tapped the man on the shoulder.

Jason: You want baby pictures of Damian?

Bruce spat out his coffee in shock. Jason chuckled.

Jason: You have to pay me.

Bruce (frantic): You better not be lying to me because if you have baby pictures of him I will pay you whatever price you ask.

Jason: Um okay I have about 10 I can give you now so $10,000 for each one.

Bruce: Stay there, gotta get my phone and I'll transfer the funds to your bank account.

Bruce ran out of the room leaving Jason Todd with Alfred watching the entire interaction, impressed.

Alfred: Jason, how did you get baby pictures?

Jason: Remember, I knew about his existence before Bruce ever did. I visited the kid for the first 9 years before Bruce found out about him. Talia paid me to take photos of him for memories.

Alfred: That's very wholesome of you.

Jason (confused): I said Talia paid me.

Alfred: Money or not, you did a good deed. Now Master Bruce can have a few photos and trust me, he's been begging Talia for baby pictures for years. Be proud of yourself.

Jason smiled.

Jason: I appreciate you saying that.

Alfred: I mean every word of it. You're welcome.

[sugarlywhispers]

the sudden thought of bakugou katsuki sending an audio to his s/o while at the gym, where he speaks IN BETWEEN GASPS AND GRUNTS AND EVEN GROWLS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT HE'S LIFTING WHILE ALSO TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR DINNER AND SUGGESTING MEALS OR PLEACES TO GO IF YOU WANT AND THEN HE SAYS, "Ugh... whatever you... mmh... want, baby, it's yours..." AND HE EXHALES FUCKING SEXILY AS THE SOUND OF THE WEIGHT DROPPING IS HEARD.

— I'M DYING HELP.

[deep-space-lines]

IT'S FINALLY FUCKING DONE. I'M FINALLY FREE

UNTIL FRAUD COMES OUT

Tumblr shrinks it down pretty bad so please. please. I am begging you. look at the full sized image and zoom in. This art piece made my friends worried for my mental health I need someone to witness the amount of detail and effort I put into this

also the original sketch under the cut bc I think comparing them is really funny

[golyadkin]

it's because i wouldn't let you kill the bounty hunter isn't it

[tofixtheshadows]

Sorry but Kabru is so fascinating to me as a character, in a pure mechanical sense, because of what Ryoko Kui does with him. Everything about him is a red herring. He's deliberately introduced as some kind of rival for Laios, a party leader who is hopeless against monsters but absolutely brilliant with people both in and out of combat, and who has good reason to oppose him.

By the end of chapter 31, you might even think Kabru's going to end up as some sort of anti-villain, an antagonist with the best of intentions who nevertheless tries to foil our hero's plans. He wants to defeat the Mad Mage himself, he suspects Laios of being too irresponsible to be trusted with control of the dungeon, and his crew even thinks that Laios's party stole from them (and they're kind of right!). All signs point towards an inevitable showdown.

And then ... none of that happens.

Confrontation over the stolen treasure? Kabru is literally too smart to fall for the classic miscommunication trope and correctly decides it's not worth making a big deal of.

Kabru's deadly PVP skills? Aside from trying to take down Falin, he never fights another human again.

Wanting to be the one who defeats the dungeon? Turns out he was only doing that because he didn't think any other adventurer would have people's best interests at heart, and he's more than willing to play a support role in the whole affair.

Thinking Laios is up to no good? He really did just want to get to know the guy more. He has his misgivings, but ultimately ends up trusting Laios with his life.

Is Kabru going to get some sort of comeuppance for hating monsters and not appreciating their ecosystem? Well no, he has good reasons for hating monsters. He ends up wanting to learn about them through Laios's eyes, but he's never forced into any "Wow, guess I was wrong about them!" revelation.

Hell, even his implied ladykiller ways, which might lead you to think he'll end up being the stock "chivalrous lech" type of character, don't really manifest. He has a lot of opportunities to act flirtatiously around women, but doesn't. He's just a guy whose natural charisma makes him into human catnip.

And that's all hysterical to me, to pull it off. It's a fascinating way to tell a story. To introduce a character explicitly as a rival, potentially even a villain, and instead make them a deuteragonist. It's like a magician making a coin disappear, then slowing down their trick to show you the misdirection. "Did you see what I did there?" they ask with a wink. "The coin was in my other hand the entire time."

[azherwind-art]

"Tell your favorite creators that you like their work, people usually enjoy things silently, but hate tends to be loud"

This is a phrase I just heard from Dnd shorts that captures perfectly why I often try to make the effort of commenting on posts and telling people that I enjoy their work and why Even to small creators, I advice everyone to make the extra effort to tell them, I can guarantee it makes all the difference in the world, it's not cringy or obnoxious, it'll just brighten someone's day

[linterteatime]

Slugcat distribution system gave them an explosive rabid raccoon and a overpowered sewer rat ❤️