#generalized sense and not take you seriously

[actuallynickels]

Inspired by the previous ask I got, I wanted to talk about some thoughts I have on shipping, not just with Digital Circus, but with all fandoms.

Also to be clear: NO HATE TO THAT USER! They just had a valid question that activated my fandom autism lmao

I think fandom spaces would get 1000% less toxic if people stopped touting what ships would most likely be canon, should be canon, so on and so forth.

I generally see two camps when it comes to shipping and it feels a lot like one side just does not like the other because they can't understand them and it causes so much unnecessary fighting.

Camp 1: I just think they're neat -smashes characters together like barbies-

Camp B: I think these two have the best chemistry based on their canon dynamics and so I firmly believe they are/should be canon

Camp 1 is my camp. I just like smashing characters together and seeing how their dynamic would play out in fun scenarios regardless of canon and have no interest in how "realistic" it is. Going to use a real world example I experienced to demonstrate. Funny enough A LOT of people were toxic as hell to me back in the day because this is how I shipped Radiodust.

Love/Hate. Annoying the fuck out of each other. Basically zero romance. Tons of fun.

This is where Camp B comes in. And I want to be clear not everyone on this general side of shipping is shitty or toxic. But a lot of people who see shipping as an exercise in what should or should not be canon then started to swoop in and make all sorts of insane claims that I support abuse and in particular the abuse of queer men??? and that I'm acephobic???????

And I think this happens because Camp B folks who think of shipping only in terms of canon don't/can't understand that not everyone shares that mindset like Camp 1. So to Camp B these weird unrealistic ships feel almost like an attack on them and the canon if that makes sense?

I completely understand how it feels that way. And let me be CLEAR. There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with shipping according to the canon. That can be super fun as well! I have a lot of ships that line up with canon just as much as I have absurd ones. However I think the issue comes in when people who ship according to their vision of canon then believe they have the CORRECT opinion and need to be validated by the canon.

The things you love are valid by the sheer virtue of you enjoying them. It doesn't need to be canon or validated by anyone else but YOU!

But anyway thanks for sticking with my long winded rant lmao

TL;DR Shipping is silly and fun. Don't take it seriously.

[rickyriceinator]

BLUE LOCK CHARACTERS AT THE FAMILY FUNCTION:

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Julian Loki:

The high-achieving younger cousin everyone is compared to (“he’s so smart, so athletic, and so handsome!”), but you can’t even be mad at him because he’s actually so nice. 

Seems like an upstanding guy but secretly yearns for tomfoolery (he loves it when people get pranked at the function as long as it’s not him). 

Hangs out with all the adults for some reason, and they all sit around the adults' table discussing mortgages and the current state of the political environment. 

He’s like a secret agent because he knows all the adult drama.

Constantly pestered by all the kids to spill the said drama. 

Silent but deadly tabletop games master.

Sae Itoshi:

The older cousin who goes to school in a foreign country and shows up to a family function once every three years plus a solar eclipse.

Shows up purely out of familial obligations. 

Throughout the function, he’s on the coach or in the office with his headphones in, laptop open, working on a research paper. 

It’s okay because he pulls up with a suitcase packed with snacks from overseas, and all the kids swarm and jump him the second they see him entering the house with his goody bag. 

The kids think he’s so cool, and they’re fighting for a chance to sit next to him during meal times or talk during the rare occasions he’s separated from his laptop. 

He doesn’t understand why all the kids like him so much though. 

Rin Itoshi:

The other cousins dragged him to the function. 

Hyper competitive when it comes to games (has flipped the table so many times) and copes so hard when he loses a game.

Always gets the broken controller.

Forced to work in the kitchen because he’s good at cooking. 

Runs the kitchen like Gordon Ramsey. He yells way too much, has impossibly high culinary standards, and just generally takes his job way too seriously. 

God forbid you don’t take home leftovers or compliment the food– he won’t say anything, but he’ll make it obvious that he’s disgruntled. 

The drama between him and Sae is constantly brought up and re-examined at every function (much to Rin’s chagrin). 

Gets called emo behind his back.

Normally eats his meals in the kitchen because the sight of his relatives and their displays of boisterousness causes his blood pressure to rise.

The little kids like to annoy him because they find his reactions funny. 

Gin Gagamaru:

The distant second cousin twice removed who lives in the mountains

No one really knows why he’s there, but they all vibe with him.

So many rumors about him are exchanged at the function, ranging from mild (he catches fish with his bare hands) to downright crazy (he only eats roadkill, and that’s why the highway near the mountain pass is so clean). 

The worst thing is, you can never tell if the rumors are true or not. 

Oddly good at Mario Kart for a person who spends a majority of the year in the mountains without Wi-Fi. 

No matter how many times it’s explained to him, he does not understand any of the rules of card games or tabletop games. 

The pets love him. 

Charles Chevalier: 

Never leave your plate unattended because he steals food. 

He’s like an immortal snail. You round the corner, and he’s there. You sit down on the couch, and he’s there. You step out onto the front porch, and he’s already there, tearing into his fifth plate of the night. It’s like he has a sixth sense and can teleport.

Always tries to ransack the kitchen before all the food is laid out and gets yelled at by Rin every single time.  

Has set the kitchen on fire before because he “tried to help Rin cook”, and the fire department had to be called. 

Puts whoopee cushions under seats and thinks it’s the funniest thing ever. 

Chronic bathroom hogger.

Brings his iPad over to play games.   

Is usually found on his iPad playing Roblox with little kids in a random room. 

The one requesting Shidou to play atrocious music. 

Invent random rules whenever they play Uno.

The cousin who teaches all the old people (Chris Prince and Noel Noa) brain rot. 

Ryusei Shidou:

The cousin who’s lowkey considered a bad influence and probably the culprit behind grandma’s second heart attack.

Also, the fun cousin who takes the kids to Walmart for snacks and the pitch at midnight to play soccer.

The adults are tired of him, but all the children think he’s the pinnacle of coolness.

The function is alive and the music is fire because he’s in charge of the AUX (and you know he’s bumping Charlie XCX). 

Grown man who shamelessly plays Roblox with the little seven year olds.

The one busting out the karaoke machine.

Good at singing but purposely sings badly sometimes to piss off his relatives.

Forces everyone to either play Just Dance with him or watch him play Just Dance. 

Reo Mikage:

Perfect cousin number two who always dresses up (all that money, and his fits are still lowkey atrocious). 

Get on his good side because during Lunar New Year, he gives out fat red envelopes. 

Grandma’s second favorite grandchild, because he always picks up the check whenever the family function is hosted at a restaurant. 

Always brings over the humongous, elaborate fruit baskets. 

Once brought an entire chocolate fountain, and Charles ate half of it. 

Barou:

The cousin who’s the designated babysitter because he has two younger sisters. 

By default, he’s forever cursed to sit at the kids' table with all the sticky fingered seven year olds. 

Said sticky seven year olds force him to play Roblox Adopt Me with them and avenge their honor if someone scams them. 

Grandma’s favorite grandchild.

Sometimes helping Rin with the kitchen.

Always gets extra food on his plate (Rin’s way of showing his appreciation). 

Always brings a big Mary Poppins ahh bag with him to functions (whatever you imagine, it’s in there: umbrellas, first aid kits, cleaning equipment, extra clothing, breath mints. It’s like he’s packing for an apocalyptic event). 

Stays behind after the function ends and forces others to stay with him to clean up. 

Seishiro Nagi:

The token friend that a cousin (Reo) brought with him. 

No one knows anything about him except that he’s a friend of a cousin. 

Reo is the one initiating conversations and introducing him to the family because otherwise Nagi would be standing in a corner on his phone the entire time. 

Gets swarmed by nosy relatives looking to extract information about Reo.

Reo has to rescue him from the said nosy relatives’ claws. 

Crushes everyone at every video game they play except for Just Dance. 

Chris Prince:

The beer guzzling uncle who believes it's his God given duty to work the grill. 

Unironically wears a chef’s hat and one of those aprons that say ‘Kiss the Cook’ on the front. 

“You know… back in my day.” 

Tries to paddle “advice” to the younger people, but no one can take it seriously.

Gossips way too much and knows all the dirt on everyone (he keeps family drama alive).

Tries to connect with the younger generation by sneaking slang into their conversations, but it’s so painfully obvious that he googled slang words to use two minutes prior. 

Excruciatingly dreadful at mahjong and poker, but always insists on not only playing it but also betting money on it too. 

Always ends up drunk, shirtless, and his wallet a couple of hundred dollars lighter after the function ends.

Ends up spending the night because he’s too drunk to drive home. 

Noel Noa:

The uncle who commandeered the living room’s television to watch sports and will genuinely become so livid if anyone dares to change the channel.

Spends the most function on the coach watching television with a bowl of sunflower seeds and Diet Coke in his lap.

Makes a younger cousin (usually Kurona) refill the bowl for him. 

Only gets up to dominate his relatives at ping pong.

MLS and VNL season is actually hell– if the team he’s rooting for loses, he won’t speak to another person for a quarter of a calendar year. (Also every year he chooses a new team to support.)

Super Bowl Thanksgiving is the pinnacle of family functions for him. 

Death stares at the kids when they’re being too loud and he can’t concentrate on the game. 

Usually quiet during functions but randomly drops crazy lore and wisdom. 

Also randomly drops the stats of an athlete mid meal with no context. 

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a/n: switched writing styles like i promised (finally). lmk if yall prefer choppier (but more bullet points) or more structured (but less bullet points) headcanons. next thing i'm working on is growing my brain so each character can have an equal amount of hcs (i fear my brain is barren whenever i write reo or nagi).

[jayktoralldaylong]

“He trained all the marines and believed in absolute justice.”

Akainu must have been his favorite student.

“Kizaru was his least favorite.”

Geez I wonder why. 😂😂🤣🤣😭😭

(How Zephyr and Kizaru’s relationship probably went: Zephyr: Slacking off again!

{Kizaru immediately disappears. 💀}

Zephyr: How many times have I told you to stop running away from battle with that stupid devil fruit of yours! Face me like a real man!! 😤😤)

Actually couldn’t stop laughing when I heard Zephyr want a big fan of Kizaru. I mean considering his belief and the way Kizaru acts it just makes sense in general because that man has never taken his job seriously. It will never be that deep to him. 😂😭

Aokiji watching Zephyr scolding Kizaru for the 10th time that day: Borsalino san….is in trouble again. 😅

Akainu: Yeah. He’s in trouble again. 💀

Zephyr: If I’ve told you once, then I’ve told you a thousand times! You can’t keep relying on your powers in battle. One day it’ll be the death of you. You need to get up real close and use your fists, your legs, anything! And you can’t run away from every problem, it’s like you’re not even taking this job seriously! Are you listening to me, Borsalino! 😤😤🔥🔥

Kizaru, who really just wanted to escape practice for that day: You’ve said the same thing a thousand times before, my ears are bleeding! 😭

One fateful day many years later

Kizaru: Hey teacher, long time no see. 😆

Zephyr: So you’re still depending on your powers in battle. 😒 When will you ever learn?

Kizaru: Still giving lectures at this age huh? 😅

Zephyr: You think I won’t scold you cause you’re an admiral now? Don’t let your head get so big. 😂 (Gently tweaks his robot arm) So, you’ve come to kill me huh? Funny that you’re the one they sent. My least favorite student.

Kizaru: Life works that way sometimes. 😅

Z: Well I’m not going to make it easy for you.😏

Kizaru: Of course you won’t. 😂

Z: You just hate to get your hands dirty don’t you. Alright then, let’s see if you can kill me, Borsalino. 😈🔥

Kizaru, because it’s the last thing he wants to do, but he’ll do it anyway: ……… farewell sensei. ✨

[theincorrigiblemagpie]

Rilla of Ingleside - Chapters 19, 20, 21

Oh, this is going to be LONG—I am so dreadfully behind!

There's nothing I can say about the Verdun offensive and the Ingleside reaction to it that hasn't been said already. Instead, I will tell you all about a scary dream *I* had last week. I dreamt I was in one of my childhood homes (the one we lived in when I was about 8). And a storm was coming and I was rushing to close the windows and balcony doors. Not to keep the storm out (ok a little bit to keep the storm out) but because I knew a scary flying WITCH was coming to get me. A cackling Baba Yaga-esque witch (Indian folklore has similar depictions). And my sister was not taking me seriously at all, nor helping me close the windows. I woke up and immediately texted some of my friends about it and we spent a very enjoyable hour trying to interpret my dream.

No, Gilbert, don't stop laughing at Gertrude's dreams. She needs someone to give her a reality check.

"But work He does, Miss Oliver, and in the end His purpose will be fulfilled." Maybe you should explain this to your anxiety-riddled child instead of lecturing Gertrude, JOHN.

Listen, the whole Robert Grant incident was tragic and I can't imagine how awful it was for Gertrude. But it's doing nothing to dispel my 'oh yeah, my boyfriend goes to another school—that's why you haven't met him' story line. Like, 'you could have met him but unfortunately, he was killed heroically in the war.'

"and then 'joy came in the morning' as the Bible says" Interesting! Wasn't this the verse Anne quoted after hearing that Gilbert was out of danger? Another parallel for @gogandmagog's list.

"because everybody else had gone to the station to meet Di and Nan coming home from Redmond." RIP to two more siblings Rilla doesn't care about lmaoo

"Anyhow, my king and country need me now to cut potato sets for the back garden" I do not enjoy Susan's jingoism but I deeply admire her pragmatism. Even when the world is burning, dinner has to be cooked and the dishes washed, and she is unflinching in doing her everyday duty.

I know the text wants us to loathe Whiskers and grudgingly like Norman Douglas but I severely dislike both. Not sure why, but Norman Douglas has always struck me as a discount Marshall Elliot. Like he wishes he was Marshall.

"I am afraid that there must be something incurably frivolous about me, because, right in the middle of it all, with me crying and Fred looking so wild and tragic, the thought popped into my head that it would be an unendurable thing to see that nose across from me at the breakfast table every morning of my life." Rilla continues to be insanely relatable to me.

"If Fred's nose were as handsome as his eyes and mouth some such thing might have happened. And then what an unthinkable predicament I should have been in!" PLEASE I'm screaming she's so funny asdfghjk

This dude with the two first names is entirely too chill asking for a kiss from a girl who just said she doesn't like you like that. (Yes, yes, I know Arnold can be a last name, but Hey Arnold! made an impression on me as a child.)

Love how Ken (from Toronto) and Fred (from somewhere in the Four Winds general area) know that they're rivals when no one else in the entire Blythe family seems to sense this love triangle. Were they chatting with their respective guy friends about "the interloper"?

Were Leslie, Owen, and Persis as shook as Anne when Ken announced his engagement to Rilla? Did they have some inkling? Did Anne write to Leslie to discuss this development once she found out? Did Anne discuss this with Gilbert so he'd be less confused later?

[spr1ngpvrinbwunnie]

🎣 “Fishing Date???” Headcanon with Steve Raglan / William Afton 💜

(Don't ask me. I just can't get out the thought movie Afton is the type dad bring you go fishing and holding the fuckin' fish like trophy... I think I'm hungry now mmm fried fish)

He mentions it so casually.

“Thought we’d go out for the day... Somewhere quiet.”

You expect... a park, a coffee shop, maybe a weird museum. Or just his pizzeria.

Nope. Fishing.

“...Wait, fishing?”

He looks at you like you’re the weird one. “Yes. Fishing. Is there an issue?” This man fully believes that standing in silence next to a pond, holding a fishing rod, is the most romantic thing ever!

He acts like it’s the most normal, charming date idea. Like obviously you’d enjoy watching him fight a fish on a line for fifteen minutes straight.

Location: some nameless lake near Hurricane, Utah — he probably refuses to tell you what it's called like it’s a secret government site or something. Well, good luck ig

Honestly, he’s... way too good at it. Ties knots expertly, casts perfectly, reels with precision. And when you ask how he knows this? He just shrugs: “Did this a lot growing up. Calms the mind.” (Translation: A man who stares into the void often finds comfort in quiet, repetitive tasks.)

You standing there confused:

“So… we just… stand here? And wait?”

Steve, completely serious: “Exactly.”

You: “This is the worst date ever.”

Steve, smirking: “You’ll thank me when I cook you dinner tonight, sweetheart.”

Every once in a while, he’ll reel in a fish, look at it, then look at you with this smug face like “Look. Look what I caught. Are you impressed yet?”

If you struggle with the fishing rod, he stands behind you, hands on yours, guiding your arms—like the dumbest, most unhinged version of that pottery scene from Ghost.

Whispering in your ear while fixing your grip: “Relax your wrist, love. Not everything has to be a fight.” — oh, the irony.

You accidentally catch a fish and immediately panic. “What do I do, WHAT DO I DO—”

Steve, completely unhelpful: “Reel it in. Quickly. Or it’ll unhook—”

You freak out more, drop the rod, and the fish escapes. Steve only stares at you like “...Incredible. Truly.”

“We were gonna eat that.” / You: “Good for the fish.”

🍳 After the long fishing trip, He actually cooks the fish he caught, and he’s weirdly good at it. But the whole time he’s skinning and gutting it, he’s talking to you like it’s the most casual thing in the world.

“See this? Clean cut along the spine. You gotta be precise. Delicate work. Not unlike... other things.” — Cue suspicious glance from him.

You sit there... both impressed and mildly horrified.

Once the sun starts setting, you two sit together quietly, watching the water ripple.

He nudges your knee with his. “Y’know... You complain a lot for someone who smiled the whole damn time.”

You don’t even argue. Because despite the bugs, the boredom, and the fish guts...

Sitting next to him, feeling his shoulder brush yours, hearing him hum softly under his breath...

Yeah. You kinda liked it.

More headcanon whatsoever

He hands you a fishing rod with the utmost seriousness. “Take it. It’s your destiny now.”

You: “It’s a stick and a string, Steve...”

Him, smug: “It’s a sacred tradition passed down through generations. Show some reverence.”

If your line gets tangled, he crouches down beside you and helps untangle it—way too close, way too tender, hands brushing yours.

“Patience, sweetheart. That knot’s just like people—tighten it out of panic, and it gets worse.” / You: “…Did you just give me a life lesson while fixing my line?” / Him: “Yes. You're welcome.” (bitchass)

Sometimes and sometimes...he catches absolutely nothing for hours, and then turns around and blames you for scaring the fish with your “too pretty presence.”

Steve: “They sensed you. Got intimidated. Swam off.” / You: “You just suck at fishing.” / Him, offended: “I’m a master angler! You’re just a bad luck charm.” (He secretly loves every second of this.)

Both of you walk side by side along the lake’s edge. He always insists on holding your hand, thumb brushing across your knuckles with lazy affection.

He stops randomly to point at rocks or tree stumps, making up nonsense like

“That rock’s haunted. Don’t sit on it. Spirit of a drunk fisherman lives there.”

You: “…Is that why you sat on it earlier?” / Him: “I had to assert dominance.” (Alr William)

Every so often he gets weirdly poetic out of nowhere: “You ever think about how quiet the world gets near water?...There’s something holy about it. Like the whole lake’s listening.”

Then five seconds later he chucks a rock into it and yells, “HA! Suck it, silence!” (🫩)

You once asked if the lake had a name.

He told you it’s classified.

You tried to Google it. He glared at you like you’d betrayed national security.

“There are some things Google doesn’t deserve to know.”

You: “Like our lake?”

“Exactly.”

Bonus thing: He caught a fish once and tried to kiss it as a joke then it slapped him in the face hardly. Make you almost passed out laughing. He glared at the fish like he’d been personally betrayed.

“You’re ungrateful. I was being romantic.”

You dared him to name the fish before releasing it. He whispered dramatically: “Go, Gerald. Live well.” (You now refer to every fish as Gerald)

[paradoxcase]

that's correct. i don't want to talk about this

So you openly admit you're just here to harass me, then. Got it.

#pro fiction#anti harassment#proship#anti censorship

If this post was intended to call out antis, as you claim, why did you tag it #proship? Are you under the impression that there are a lot of antis in proship spaces? What antis do you think are going to read your post and have a change of heart? If you wanted them to see this, you should have tagged it #antiship or whatever the fuck tag they follow.

Most of your tealdeer here is completely irrelevant, because like I've said repeatedly at this point, there's only one specific part of your post that I'm actually disagreeing with.

we have already gone over how the term "ruin" means "degrade, devalue."

I don't know where you got this frankly insane definition of "ruin" from. This is what "ruin" actually means (source: Wiktionary):

Here, we're obviously talking about sense 4, "To make something less enjoyable or likeable." It's completely reasonable to say that something you really did not like about a movie made it less enjoyable or likeable. It doesn't mean you're saying that it has no value, or that other people can't enjoy it, it just means that it made it so that you can't enjoy it.

The rest of your post pretty much falls apart after this point, so there's no reason to address it.

saying that shit is ruined simply because you (general you) hate seeing sex on screen is a symptom of a sex-negative society

Here's the other thing I responded to. Are you seriously going to claim that this actually meant "saying that you didn't enjoy a sex scene might be a symptom of sex-negative society, or it might equally be that you're sex repulsed"? You didn't say that. Stop claiming that you didn't only give one possible reason for why that might be the case.

not what i said. i said other asexuals in my notes disagree with you.

And what was your purpose in doing that? What relevance do they have to this discussion? Do you have any reason for why you said this other than to say "some asexuals agreed with me, therefore your experiences are invalid"?

you (paradoxcase) engaged with me (wincist) in bad faith

Good to know that asking people to maybe occasionally take a break from calling me an evil prude because of my identity is "bad faith". I guess telling someone that they're tokenizing themselves is "good faith", though?

you refuse to believe people when they tell you that you misinterpreted what they said

If you actually thought it was fine for people to sex-repulsed, you could have said so at any point in this conversation. Instead you continue to dig in your heels and double down on what you originally said.

Hey, I can't respond to you on the actual post because the OP decided to block me instead of having some kind of reasonable discussion about their claims that sex-negativity is the only possible reason anyone could have for not liking a piece of sexual content.

I've seen the weird "porn addiction" people, too, and if OP had actually mentioned those people at any point in their post, I would have agreed with that (and I do also agree with pretty much everything else they said other than "stop insisting that sex scenes or erotic material ruin movies and shows just because you, personally, get icked out watching it.") But they didn't mention that at all, and their post seems to be about something completely different. I don't think I generally see the porn addiction people talking about regular mainstream media that just has a sex scene in it.

Context

Didn't mean to ignore you or anything, I just fell asleep between my last reply and when you sent your ask.

The thing is, this isn't a claim the OP is making. The whole post, start to finish, is about the mentality that porn is opposite to art, and sex is opposite to intellectual value. That's the context, the post in which this paragraph exists. You're imposing a whole separate meaning onto that paragraph.

And I even tried to broaden that context further to explain the social attitude it is responding to. No, OP didn't specifically respond to the "porn addiction" people. OP responded to a mentality that comes from the same root, which I brought up in response to you saying that you don't see it happening. I wasn't saying "this is what OP is talking about," I was saying "the thing OP is talking about exists and here are examples of more attitudes I see because of that." Because if you didn't see the conversations it's directly responding to, I thought you might recognize the cultural shift if I gave you more examples of it.

Fascism has a whole concept of sex being degrading to art and to the consumers of said art. This is on the rise, and if you don't see it I'm happy for you because it's exhausting. But that doesn't mean it isn't real.

And in my opinion, bringing up asexual and sex-repulsed people into a conversation about puritanism in media and fascist "degenerate art" attitudes -- which, this is what that conversation is, this is the whole entire point of it -- is unfair both to the conversation, and to asexuals. Acephobes love to act like ace people are trying to shut down their expressions of sexuality, and that's a common ace-exclus talking point I was seeing all the time when acephobia was louder on here.

[rocketbirdie]

it looks and sounds just like you, but,

[pondererswandererswonders]

This started off as a neat little fun idea and nothing more, but my autism decided to finally take matters into its own hands.

A RoTTMNT playlist heavily inspired by the fanfic, "Mutant Ninja Midlife Crisis" by a_platypus; among different works like Trial & Error and Odd Man Out. Songs have been placed in specific order to MNMC, but can be enjoyed on shuffle as a general Rise playlist. TCEST DNI.

@mutantninjamidlifecrisis

I looked at other playlists to see common themes and songs that are enjoyed by the average Rise fan, while also looking all over creation for songs that I thought would best fit MNMC specifically. I ended up finding a couple of awesome GVF songs along the way, that I'm genuinely surprised no one has used for anything remotely related to Rise?

Not a lot of future-Leo-goes-back-to-the-past type of playlists, but I really suck at finding things, so it's not like there isn't a lot out there. But anyway, I was a bit afraid that this playlist would be ooc for the fanfic because of my song choices? So, it kind of took me a while to make the actual playlist on Spotify, let alone make this post. But I know I'm simply overthinking it. It's the perfectionism talking.

Most of the songs have lyrics that align with major key points of the Rise movie and the fanfic, but other songs I also put there solely for the ✨vibes✨ and instrumentals really. I am still adding songs here n' there every so often, but I do plan on eventually cutting myself off from the playlist.

I was going for a "soundtrack" or "songs that sound like they belong in movies" type of feel for the whole thing, which I think I did okay on, but it kind of slowly turned more into a playlist where you can make cool animations or AMVs to; especially since this is not a listen-while-you-read type of playlist, because there's too much going on with the music in general.

Overall, just something I made out of appreciation that I think turned out okay.

[the-transgenda-agenda]

I generally try to keep this page positive, but I've been thinking about that ask I got the other day. I'll admit that I'm probably "privileged" due to my ability to pass well.

There were times before I even started testosterone that I was assumed to be a boy (until I spoke and said something goddamn my voice used to be obnoxiously high).

I still have faced pretty extreme transphobia and harassment and shit though. Being able to pass does not make someone safe from bigots and transphobes.

I've seen a handful of transfems in corners of the internet who try and say that transmascs have an easier time passing and evading hate. While that might be true for a handful of people, that's not true for everyone.

There exists transfems who have an easier time passing than certain transmascs and vise versa. I have met numerous transmasculine people who struggled to pass and spend every conversation having to correct people on pronouns over and over.

I'm lucky to be tall, but there are many transmascs who are not. Who are short. Who can't get the surgeries or hormones that they want. Or maybe they don't want them but still just want to be seen as who they are.

I don't know how else to word this, but struggles are individual. All we can really do as a community is stand together. Listen to what people have to say. Support our brothers and sisters when they struggle or fail. Lift each other up.

There will always be someone who "has it worse". Throwing around death statistics means nothing. I know transmascs who are forced to be seen as women in their lives. There are transfems to have the same problem.

Our struggles overlap. Sometimes they diverge because of the nature of how gender is seen in society. Pointing fingers at each other out of jealousy or trauma is not helpful.

I've seen vents of things I might not have batted an eye at but you know what, I have sympathy for it.

The trans community is supposed to be a community, regardless of gender. We should be united. We should be spending out time and energy helping one another. Giving each other tips and advice. Supporting each other. Hyping each other up. Sharing resources.

Not hate. Not divide. Not complaining about who has it worse. Its pointless, and its stupid.

I understand the urge of having something bad happen to you, and wanting to scream into the void or at someone else you think has it better, but its not productive.

[rileylastname]

has the ceaseless unavoidable presence of undisclosed AI generated content absolutely everywhere made anyone else’s mental health so much worse basically all of the time or is it just me

[icewindandboringhorror]

Help complete the poem:

"I bear a heavy somethingnothing others seem to lack, they drift and frolic freely, no weight dragging at their backs. I keep with me my somethingnothing, nurturing the rot, as somethingnothing is my bones, it cannot be forgot. I long, I yearn, I try to swim, alas I never float, for there it is, the somethingnothing, tugging at my throat. Somedays I fear my somethingnothing is the whole of me, (now you pick the final line from choices below)

(context: In the game I'm making one of the characters you can talk to is some moody nervous exiled prince and in one quest you can help him with his writer's block on some of his poetry. This is one of the 'poems' (+ menu choice prompts) that I decided not to use in the game, but I thought it was kind of amusing on it's own and might would be fun to see the votes on)

[arundolyn]

on a rewatch i appreciate the literal Micro details of jax possibly actually feeling either bad for picking on ragatha so much or uncomfortable at how sincere she's being and how that completely subverts this conception he has that she must have some ulterior motive for being so nice to everyone all the time. probably both. its literally just a facial expression but it adds a lot of depth. and both times its when something completely unexpected happens. when she shares (overshares) some details about her previous life and particularly about how it sucked when everyone else was leaving feelings out of it and kinda reminding him (and everyone else, but particularly him, the guy who always gives her shit) that she's a person with feelings even if she tries to avoid acknowledging them much, and when she apologized SINCERELY not even for yelling at him when she was completely justified in doing so but for bringing up something that was clearly way too far as evidenced by both their reactions. when tbh i still dont think she needed to apologize for that either given how he treats her that shit was justified as hell. theres this Look on jax's face that indicates he might almost kinda feel bad about treating ragatha in particular so miserably because shes still nice to him anyway, and clearly doesnt have shit to gain from it

[alexoreality]

You might not have to hear this but some one piece ships literally don't make sense that it gives me the ick 🥲 (some ships i just respect and leave alone, i'll color them in blue.) (And the ones that give me severe trust issues is purple)

AceSan - ...okay... The smirk...? What else...? Trauma bonding?? What...? I mean, its cute, i can leave the ship alone and its fans. I think this ship stemmed from the way Ace was drawn looking at Sanji *my boy was greasy* Y'all are horny though.- (sorry. But they'll get along so well with supporting and stuff- TRAUMA. MY GUY. I KNOW IT WHEN I SEE IT 😭

HanLu - thats a grown ass woman.

LawLu - and thats a grown ass man. (But Luffy's 19- AGE GAP???)

ZoSan - i'm sorry HUH. The two men that insult each other 24/7 were being shipped??? HUH. (But they respect each other- I KNOW THAT??? BUT GODDAMN THE FICS DON'T GET THEIR CHARACTER RIGHT 😭 ZoSan is a well-liked ship, but don't consider them canon and that they'll kiss after Zoro defeats Mihawk)

ZoBin - THAT IS HIS MOTHER FIGURE.

SaboSan - ...They never met 😶... and what if they do? Trauma bonding again?... Y'all I'm sorry but huh- how. Legitimately I'M SPEAKING RATIONALLY, HOW THE FUCK WOULD TWO PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE??? THAT WAY???

UGH ITS JUST A 2D CHARACTER!!

Well DAMN YOU WEREN'T TREATING THEM LIKE THAT WHEN I WAS DISSING THEM??

[torgawl]

a bit obsessed with the idea of kusakabe dying as a form of sacrifice to specifically protect/save somebody else. it's consistent enough with the theme of the past generation achieving no meaningful feats against significant threats but it's also ironic enough that someone without a technique and who claims their philosophy is primarily self-sacrificial - although he tends to stay from his own ideals in critical moments, proving he's not only brave when necessary but he does have a sense of responsabilty and guilt - ultimately redeems themselves through death resulting in the achievement of something his colleagues have failed to do. not that i'm wishing for him to die, i hope he doesn't. but it would also make a clear-cut distinction between him and a character like mei mei, who narratively serves a very similar purpose (besides her being a foil to nanami). to have someone be awarded by their selfishness just for it to not be worth much within a world and system that runs and sustains itself due to the sorcerer's labour power, whose only means of subsistence is to sell themselves away. a class of people who is doomed no matter what path they choose to take, as long as they do not break free from their duties and as long as the system doesn't collapse. a death that could serve as a symbol of punishment towards solidarity and altruism but a win for revolution.

[cave-monkey]

Monkey King 2009 Episode 3

Them having Stone Monkey (apparently purely on instinct) constantly scratching while being introduced to the troop was pretty cool, since that's a legitimate deescalation behavior in monkeys. Something about how revealing stress acts as a bonding behavior and makes it less likely they'll be attacked. Humans do it too, kind of, when they rub at their hands or shoulders or neck (etc. etc.) when nervous or overwhelmed. ("Empathize with me! I am very stressed!").

Also something-something instinctive behaviors aside Stone Monkey being excited/overwhelmed/maybe a little overstimulated and choosing "ESCALATION!!!" as his response to all of that. He thinks the troop being scared of him is hilarious. He's scratching the fur off his arms but he's also going to get right up in your face anyway. Cautiously join him in admiring his cool new rock? He is going to play-lunge and also scream. Absolutely amazing. The troop has no idea what to do with these mixed signals. This kid is a menace and I love him.

Six Ears even gets in on the scratching behavior occasionally in the background, which might be because Stone Monkey actively terrorizing literally everyone trying to be playful (because he has the social skills of a literal, actual rock) is stressing Six Ears right out or it could be an attempt to deescalate on Stone Monkey's behalf. Monkey version of following in his new friend's wake throwing apologetic grimace-smiles at everyone. Possibly it's both. Point is: They included these behaviors and it's very fun.

You can also tell it worked because in just the journey to the cave you watch the four generals' views on Stone Monkey go from "uncanny valley horror entity lurking in the forest probably to kill us all" to "what a rude little kid >:| Emphasis on RUDE."

And, okay, I admit, I have softened my stance on the four generals. Somewhat. They seem to actually be taking their jobs seriously now. Maybe Episode 1 was a wake-up call and they won't utterly fail to notice an incursion until it's in the heart of their territory again. I don't want to go too crazy, but maybe they'll even be able to even muster a coherent response! Good for them.

Should probably still not be managing children, though.

Speaking of, Six Ears's increasing despair watching the train wreck in motion that was the four generals fumbling hard in giving Stone Monkey his very first etiquette lesson after he finally settled down and seemed willing to hear them out is also very relatable and hilarious. He knows they failed the test. Stone Monkey is definitely never going to listen to them again. They blew it. RIP Flower Fruit Mountain.

Stone Monkey does check in with Six Ears when he decides the generals are useless about explaining though, and that's pretty cute. He trusts his friend :) He also definitely internalizes that thing about having to ask to leave the presence of the king, so at least they managed to teach him some manners. ONE manners. A single manner. (Spoiler: They immediately regret this.)

But hey! This time Six Ears is left entirely to his own devices and still manages to get caught smack in the middle of enemy action. Not the Generals' fault for once! Six Ears just attracts this kind of thing, I guess.

3/3 Six Ears is Damsel-ed, but only 2/3 it's the adults' fault. The tally develops.

[svidrigailovs-bathhouse]

king of - hang on, monarchy's not relevant here - undisputed champion of - dude, why's it gotta be a hierarchy? - well i'm quite good - relative to whom or what standard? - uh - well often lately I've just had a sensation that I make a lot of to-do lists in which I complete maybe one task. that's all.