#he has literally never done anything wrong in his life

[brenna]

Would love for this work day to be over

[noodles-and-tea]

MY BBG POOKIE PIE!!!

[cranberrymoons]

all i’m saying is, if MY man was mummy-cursed with hideous plague boils and also mad at me about it for some reason after i sat by his hospital bed and translated his pumpkin guts shoulder dislocation story into Normal Human Person speak for his visiting boyfriend? i too would make fun of him to his face about that.

[forestdeath1]

Well. It’s really long and even I got tired editing it lol. I doubt anyone will read to the end but whatever.

I think, you’re going in the wrong direction here. You think anyone in the Marauders fandom thinks James is fluffy meow meow? No. James isn’t some innocent saint – almost no one excuses his bullying. But if we look at it in the context of war (if this wasn’t a children’s book written in peacetime by a woman who denies the holocaust, but real life), things would be much harsher.

But the whole point is, for you James is some child of Satan, like his actions were so horrible they literally justify every choice Snape made. You keep going back to this, as if he’s the only reason for everything. In peacetime in your perfect academic books on social psychology, it makes sense: studying the background, analysing how past experiences shape a person to adjust behaviour and prevent radicalisation. That’s right, no one argues with that.

But responsibility doesn’t just disappear. A person isn’t completely determined by their past. The myth of having no free will is just populist bullshit. Yeah, circumstances affect people, but if you step outside your perfectly deterministic world and look at reality, it’s obvious that plenty of people with a horrible past made the right choice and plenty who had every chance for a good life made the worst ones. I have examples. You do too.

But you don’t even understand what free choice is because you all keep repeating the same thing: "Snape's decision to join the DEs was largely affected by his traumatic experiences, including those with the Marauders, and I truly apologise if this obvious conclusion one can make if they read the damn books ruins Snape's character for you, because clearly having realistic, humane reasons to do bad things takes agency away from people."

Yes, trauma has an effect. But you’re literally saying Snape couldn’t have done anything differently. That he had no choice. You make him look like a helpless victim of bullying, almost a saint. Even tho from his very first scene on the train he starts the conflict by insulting Gryffindor. And in the context of that time, of the First Wizarding War, it’s just… I have no words for it.

That’s what I’m saying: your logic strips Snape (and millions of people along with him) of agency. You take away the core of human existence – the ability to make free choices, to decide not to choose evil.

And that’s what makes Sev different from Sirius. Yes, Sirius was cruel. One of the cruelest characters in HP. But he made choices. He tried to make the right ones, even if he didn’t always succeed lol

Snape also made his choice. Yes, it was influenced by his life experiences, but in the end, he was the one who made it.

Now, the second point

Death Eaters weren’t just an extremist organisation. This was a war. A literal war between good and evil. Hope no one’s arguing that.

You say Snape grew up in an environment where violence was normalised. But for some reason you don’t apply that argument to James?

War always dehumanises people. It affects children, and James, being highly proactive, expressed that proactivity in a pretty brutal way. Yes, at first he disliked Snape simply for being a Slytherin. Then other reasons piled up (I know bullying never has a real reason – it’s just an excuse in the aggressor’s mind). You’ll say James never bullied anyone else? We don’t know that. We know he got plenty of detentions. There could’ve been other Snapes. But you love ignoring that possibility because it breaks your little image of James spending all 7 years tormenting poor Snape

Another issue is how JKR portrays the war – some things are fine, like the context, certain scenes (especially the traim meeting). Even in the bullying scene and Lily’s later talks with Snape, it’s there to some extent. But when it comes to Harry’s conversation with Sirius and Remus, they speak as if everything happened in peacetime. There were some mentions of the larger conflict in their talk, but not as prominently, you know why? Because JKR needed to push the idea that “good with fists” aka James’s actions were wrong. James had to be condemned, because that’s not christian, that’s not alchemical path. And Snape had to be forgiven. The father had to be flawed.

Of course, that was a narrative crutch for JKR, because she had to shove in her idiotic сhristian-alchemical message of absolute forgiveness, where James’s actions aren’t justified by anything at all, whereas Harry, as her Сhristlike sacrificial ideal, rejects revenge and chooses non-violence. You say I have issues with analysis, but maybe you do if you can’t see the exact moments where this book turns into JKR’s personal soapbox, completely detached from the real pain of real people...

The Marauders (and James especially) are, in her narrative, the embodiment of "old methods," meaning "good with fists". Funny how this entire series is about war, yet JKR drags everyone down the path of non-resistance and forgiveness. Super realistic, right? And then you seriously analyse this and attack others for not understanding how reality works. Right. I see how well you understand it.

Because yes, it’s all pretty on paper. Forgiveness, understanding, love conquers evil. Blah blah. But reality is different. War changes everything. The First Wizarding War was – at its core – between Slytherin and Gryffindor. Do I think James’s violence was justified in this context? I don’t justify violence in principle...

But I don’t equate James and Snape. Because James chose the Order and Snape chose the Death Eaters. And that is crucial.

You say Snape’s past explains his choice. That James was one of the reasons – if not the main reason – Snape made that choice. That everything in Snape’s life logically led him to the Death Eaters. That this even justifies him. But James isn’t justified by anything.

But in reality, during war almost no one on the defenders side cares about their enemies background, about the pain they’ve been through, or about their childhood struggles. No one cares whether they grew up rich or poor. Many join the “evil side” for money, because of propaganda and lack of education. Because centuries of imperialist tradition haven’t been wiped from their heads. But when they make that choice, they still make a choice. They don’t try to understand what’s right and what’s wrong. They don’t try to grasp that they’re the aggressors. And the true horror is that almost no one on the defending side will feel sorry for them. No one will think like “ohh poor thing, he was bullied at school.” There was a choice. They made it.

James made a different choice. He had everything – a future wife, money, a pretty safe life. He could’ve sat it out. But he chose the Order, knowing he was risking everything. And in the end, he lost it all.

You love tying everything back to reality. Well, in reality most people experiencing war on the defending side don’t pity their enemies. They wouldn’t be thinking about how their opponent suffered. They’d see one fact: he chose a side, and for them, that side was evil, the enemy’s side. Yes, that dehumanises, and yes, in its essence that attitude is inhumane and wrong. But what, is killing people for some imperialistic/etc goals humane? Is there an excuse for invasion? For genocide? For stripping people of their freedom? Evil has reasons? Yes, maybe it does. But don’t come to me with JKR’s forgiveness propaganda, which is just an oppressive ideology meant to teach people compliance

And yet, you don’t even consider the reactions from the other side – the side that fought for what was right. The actual victims. You all even go so far as to call Lily a bad person when she was the only real victim in this entire situation. How blind do you have to be to miss that?

Snape made his own choice. James made a different one – he had everything and risked losing it all (and in the end did lose everything), even tho no one forced him to join the Order – he could’ve easily stayed out of it.

And that is what actually matters.

You all just try to whitewash Snape at James’s expense, completely erasing the significance of their choices. You justify everything Snape did with James’s actions. And you don’t even think about the massive tragedy hidden behind everything that happened between them.

Isn’t that funny that Snape stans are obsessed w James as much as Snape himself was obsessed with him

[shannonsketches]

Why is the anime so weird, it's not even the same series dude?? It's like,

Anime:

GOKU: I have a great idea to bring peace to the universe, and my leadership and compassion alone will unite us all. I have No Flaws and am A True Relatable Everyman :)

VEGETA: NO! I AM THE BEST AND I WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS UNTIL I AM RECOGNIZED AS SUCH!!!!

Manga:

GOKU: Vegeta what's cornmeal made of? I know it's what the corn eats, but what's it made of? VEGETA: Hey Kakarot let's play the quiet game until one of us dies.

[ghostinthegallery]

Whenever I see someone raving about a 40k character or faction or event or concept that I do not like or just fine incredibly boring, I remind myself that the odds are good we both have entirely different ideas if what those characters/factions/events even are. We may legit not be talking about the same things.

I'm not talking about having different tastes (which also happens). Between the books, codexes, more books, white dwarf, books, and fanfic it's so easy to get wildly different impressions about literally everything in 40k. Half the shit is made up by fans and the official stuff is contradictory. Nothing is canon, everything is true, the only constant is that your blorbo is a war criminal.

[strawberryjampire]

heres the thing. i dont actually hate stanford pines. hes not my favorite, i dont hate him, im fairly neutral on him. i even enjoy him sometimes. my hatered of him is vastly overperformed, largely due to how many people seem to treat him like hes never done wrong. ford fans (love you guys, this is just my singular greivance) not infrequently talk about ford as though he hasnt done bad things. this is a man who let his brother get disowned and kicked out onto the streets, who didnt talk to him for 10 years despite his ability to at any time. this is a man who called stan up after ten years to send him away (and i don't even really blame him for this considering he hadn't slept in days). he did mind control for the government. he endangers dipper and mabel (infinity sided die in a cheap plastic case with his regular dice while playing d&d&md with dipper, giving mabel a crossbow, taking dipper to a spaceship where he didnt know if all of the aliens were dead (which is still a dangerout trip anyway), giving the twins a mind control device to use unsupervised,).

(obviously, i dont think stan has done nothing wrong either. he is s thief, a con artist, a criminal, he uses a false identity, he commits tax fraud, llamacide, he taught a bear to drive, he didnt tell ford what happened when the machine broke, he had dipper and mabel make fake money, ect. but he didnt deserve to be homeless. maybe i was just a closeted teenager who kept emergency clothes and blankets in my car trunk because i was so afraid i would be disowned if my parents found out im trans, and growing up with that fear certainly affects which stan i latched on to, but basically no 17 year old deserves to be homeless (and no, i dont think he is at fault for the portal incident either, that shit just fucking happened by fate or some nonsense. theres no way).

ford isnt faultless. (no, i dont blame him for getting manipulated by bill. i do blame him for being mad at stanley for reactivating the portal when he had been screaming at stanley to help him, which means stan quite literally was doing what ford said, especially considering by the tine he read the warnings in the journal about the portal it had been 30 years of his life working on this. and i blame both of them for not talking about their feelings as teenagers, but it was unfortunately the 60s).

neither of them are faultless, their lives are a comedy of errors, they hurt me to think about, im high while im typing this, i love this show im so normal about it, ford fumbled the bag (fiddleford) so bad man, ect ect

[we-love-morioh-cho]

They're holding hands stop itttttt 🥺🥺🥺

[maxwelljacobfriedman]

[peoplearescary]

"Han Yoohyun has done horrible things and is a bad person"

He's literally neurodivergent and a minor, so.

[alienfailboy]

being a thor fan is so tough cuase like

yes. he is a literal god. yes. he's my meow meow.

yes. i do like tlat and ragnarok. no. that is not how he would ever act.

and no. marvel will not give us new content,hold your comics close to your heart.

[put-them-thangs-away]

lmao i see we have unearthed the kpts spongebob meme again,,,,,,, how we doin vegaspete nation

(bad, i’m guessing)

[chalkrevelations]

Rolling into part 4/4 of this week's Dangerous Romance, and I have done a superhuman job of maintaining my emotional equilibrium so far, first repeating grimly to myself through gritted teeth that Kanghan is a teenaged boy who has some fear and grief to process when he turned on Sailom immediately after promising that they would get through this together, and only threatening once to reach into the screen to strangle him when he pulled out that completely noxious little speech about "poor people" and what they'll do for money, because yeah, fuck you and the coddled little gremlin that's rearing its ugly head back up again. That's actually something I might be going back to at some later point, because I think it's maybe related to one of the deeper themes of the show, but for right now, just let me tell you, it's not looking good in the preview for 4/4, because no, Kanghan, you don't get to turn him out into the street like an abandoned dog and then have a single. fucking. word. to say about what he does to survive after that. You may be allowed to have his back by rescuing him from dangerous situations, but you do not get to say a single. fucking. thing. about how he ended up in those situations in the first place, particularly if it's in anything even approaching an accusatory tone or a raised voice. (I know what's coming, and I'm breathing. I'm breathing. I'm breathing.)

Three days ago, you wouldn't have given a rat's ass if your dad got shot, and the only reason you do now is because of Sailom. Who was also - let us not forget - the one person out of everybody who didn't want Saifah in the Sukprasert house in the first place.

Also, I'm assuming there's a gigantic puzzle piece we don't know about yet that's going to come to light whenever we get a flashback to the conversation that Name and Saifah had after Name said he'd need Saifah's help for his last job for his hardcase boss. I guess we'll get the flashback when we find out that Grandma Ging was right about Saifah all along. How she can so consistently be right and still manage to raise two perfectly horrible boys in two generations who picked up zero skills from her on how to avoid being a rich prick is something that has me throwing my hands in the air.

Speaking of which, I think this explanation for Kanghan's dad's behavior was ... unsatisfying, Show. First he's Papa Bear, then he's Mama Bear, and Sailom has to come along and play Baby Bear to get Expectations For Kanghan (tm) Just Right? Come on.

Two thumbs up, though, on proving me right to have some faith in you when I said weeks ago that everything was NOT solved and that you were going to circle back around to Kanghan's bad behavior and worst impulses. I have not wanted to put this brat through a wall so bad since Ep 2.

On to 4/4, I guess.

[quietwingsinthesky]

I don’t understand how people can watch the show and hate Sam. Sam? What did he do to you? Was the sexy blood drinking and identity issues and getting chased by the devil not enough for you? You don’t like Sam? Have you seen him? Genuinely someone tell me what people find objectionable about him, I’m coming up blank.

[deargravity]

look at my lawyer bruh i’m going to jail 😭

[furylad]

Johnny's goals don't even make sense anymore as an engram. "I want to stick it to Arasaka" who in Arasaka lol? The old dead dude who used Soulkiller on you but who you know is dead because it's in my memories? His son and daughter who have nothing to do with you or what happened? or is it the hoards of brainwashed office workers and security guards that you want to "stick it to"?

I'm prob wanting too much from Phantom Liberty but my life for there to be an alternative "good" end that isn't just "yeah giving into your most aggressive and irrational impulses because Capitalism Bad while knowing these petty actions change nothing (because they've happened before and changed nothing then either!!) is the ideal ending :)"

it just annoys me. sometimes I feel like the writing team are brainless. this is why video game writing will never be taken seriously because characters and plot happens Just Because It'd Be Cool and the morals and motives the story ends up communicating are always like lmao what the fuck

like sorry the game keeps trying to insist to me that terrorism good and I'm the asshole for trying to find diplomatic and sensible options to things but I don't actually like the idea of killing 100s of corpo employees in a bloodbath because the voice in my head keeps insisting that's the best thing to do. idk how that ending was the "good" ending for years, when there's a bunch of people still being massacred but you've just decided you don't care about them :|