#ehe im in trouble

[neilfinnaesthetics]

Oh

[k1tty5]

hey look at me drawing a portrait of etho for the seventieth time ive totally not done this before haha what

[saltysatellite804]

Warning for a poorly-written and planned post, but I want to get some thoughts out of my head because of something I read.

You know when you can't tell if you're being biased toward your faves or not just because they're your fave?

I'm saying that because it really rubs me wrong when people talk about Aizen being the "biggest manipulator" in Bleach. I noticed people make this like the entire foundation of his character in discussion. I haven't been able to articulate why this particular assessment annoys me, however. First of all, I feel like a manipulator and someone who leads a double-life to fool their enemies are two different creatures, as well. Real life manipulators are usually just selfish people trying to get their way or isolate relationships to keep control... They're very fake people because they don't care about anything but themselves. To me, Aizen has a very authentic core to him. He is passionate about his beliefs and follows them whole-heartedly. I always felt like Aizen really only uses manipulation as a weapon against his enemies during battle to weaken them, but also a lot of what people label his manipulation is weirdly something that comes off as harsh honesty, so how do you label that? He knows how to press people's buttons by digging at their insecurities and weaponizing their flaws against them(ie: taunting the visored for their soul reaper views that hollows are lost souls so they are dead in their own minds). Aizen never struck me as overtly controlling of others. For example, just look at him letting his Espada gallivant about as they please. Did he micromanage them? Nah. He gave all of them the freedom to choose to follow him, as well? Did he manipulate Gin or Kaname into his service? Also no. He even clearly told his followers to not trust him blindly because he would turn on them if necessary. He earned their respect. The loyalty he inspired wasn't fake. Aizen is actually extremely honest in his actions most of the time (after betraying the Gotei 13). He is so honest that he even tells Shunsui hed never fight for the Gotei. He didn't try to manipulate Yhwach into freeing him. When he was giving Ichigo the rundown on his own backstory, he was being entirely honest there too.

To me manipulator and liar are not synonymous. To me my mental image of a real life manipulator/abuser does not match these actions. Perhaps I am incorrect, I'm not an expert on human psyche by any means.

Maybe it's just that I'm way too attached to the character and I feel it waters him down or something. I see so very few people act like there is any substance to his character, like he is just a shallow two dimensional villain. Just think about the fact that barely any fan works exist for him that have any depth despite him being such a complex character. In most say, fanfics, he is treated as a simple villain who does horrid things for fun, or not really having any emotions or complexity. I was in a discord where I complained about something I read where Kubo apparently stated Aizen doesn't like tea, and someone basically mocked me for being annoyed "the lying character lied" because I didn't like this vision of Aizen's attitude toward tea.

These same people will give a lot of attention to other characters who are no morally better, as well. Maybe I'm just being salty for no good reason? Reading into things I shouldn't about his character?

I would not say Aizen is a good person, but I do not think he is completely evil.

I don't really even know what my point is. I don't want to "excuse" the actions when analyzing the narrative on it's own, the point when I'm analyzing other characters, too, and that's not what I'm trying to do. I think my biggest issue is I'm undecided if I'm caught between wondering if majority of fans are right and I'm fooled into thinking the character is more complex than I assumed, or does my subconscious reaction to these takes have a good cause.

[wheatcak3]

who hurt you 🥺😭💔

[a-tired-human-draws-junk]

"If you could see yourself like this, you'd have never tried it"

[mariemariemaria]

Found out about this recently and it's driving me insane lmao

[qasian-tech-support]

Please excuse the lighting and the messy bg (I'm in the process of moving in), but I got catcalled by a group of 8 dudes at a gas station today (I ignored them but they called me 'catgirl' bc my hat has cat ears. I think it was regular sexism and not transphobia), and when I went to a Ruby Tuesdays to have dinner with my mom, I was told that a couple of the waitresses were checking me out (and one apparently flirted with me which I didn't realize until later!).

So, yeah, I figured I'd post a pic bc I must've chose a great outfit today

[godtierjune]

I feel like the qsmp fandom likes to shit on tubbos rp skills with no attempts to analyse or even just look deeper but the SECOND he does something more obvious/lore heavy they fucking. idk just do their best to misinterpret it???

and don't even get me started on the way people were praising "the admin playing creation" at the start before they learned it's tubbo and then the annoying ass fucking hate started

[trabandovidas]

Favourite thing to do as a human is picking foreign money from the floor, looking for where it is from, and then finding someone from the money's country and giving it to them just because I can

it achieves absolutely nothing but get people a little bit excited for a few seconds and sometimes it gets me stories about their country or their immigration journey or about their family back home or whatever, so I do get a lot actually, I get the best part

[stamplerfag]

im gonna answer the other ask later but TRANSFEM SCARY I WAS. ALSO THINKING HBBBGNN

[taniushka12]

guys be honest if i were to open commissions would you buy em? (people who have seen my art and have any opinion on it only)

[heaven-dope]

man this conversation shit easy just ask questions

[1o1percentmilk]

SEE IT'S LIKE…. in my head... Hatori is soo confident and "knowledgeable" when it comes to computers and tech and everything like that because of his powers but he turns into a bumbling idiot around people… and then Touichirou has the double edge of being both the most powerful computer in the world = Hatori HAS to do something with him, but also being a very powerful, dominant human man at the same time... and Touichirou obviously sees all of his subordinates as simply tools and reserves of psychic power but I think he's also willing to set that aside at times to leverage human connections and networking to get ahead (he's so business major coded)... it's honestly the gray area in their power dynamic that's interesting to me... who's the tool and who's the user...?

[catboybrain]

FINALLY HOME! ! ! ! !

[saetoru]

I’m proud of you tee. Remove those negative nancies!

NFJAKDJSJD THANKS 😭 an anon told me last night to stop being nervous and just close my eyes as i hit the block button and i didn’t get a chance to read my inbox until i got home after class but i saw it and i was like ykw anon. ur right. i must just remove ppl i don’t like being in my space. no being scared. and then i did it ‼️ i hope u will all call me a baddie again 😍

[scienc5life]

Man I fucking hate all the restrictions on Adderall. I have another medication in the same drug class but I can get that one mailed to my home. My Adderall tho? Can only be picked up from my primary pharmacy. Which fucking sucks because the only pharmacy in my town is open only exactly when I'm an hour away at work and closed on weekends. And I'm not allowed to send my prescription to the city I work in to pick it up there on lunch, or to a third city that has the one pharmacy open on weekends-- unless I want to make one of them my primary. Stupid that the focus on task and memory drug has all these fucking hoops that screw me over when I'm out of them.