#heck spouts nonsense

[heckoffmate]

Headcanon that Warren has no sense of personal space

[ilikekidsshows]

I've recently watched the ML London special and had to think about your words several times. Mostly about Maribug's pity party and coddling.

My negative coddling highlight (which also made me laugh in disbelief) was when Marinette questioned her decision to keep Adrien in the dark to "protect him" and she "had no choice" so Tikki tells her she isn't the Kwami of Truth (???) and Marinette should "stop thinking and take some rest". What the heck. That felt like they wanted to show a worried, sympathetic Marinette, but quickly brushed aside anything else. A simple "we don't know" of the Kwamis would have felt more natural, too, instead that cryptic Kwami of Truth nonsense. Plagg apparently doesn't care much about Adrien anymore now that he's under Marinette's wings, he has shown no emotions or opinion about Adrien's wellbeing. Sad, very sad.

Also, seeing the whole conversation in which Marinette decides that Nathalie has to be Adrien's surrogate mother, while Nathalie was not convinced of that but was ready to go to jail instead....wow. Forced motherhood onto a woman who clearly didn't feel called for that position and who rather atone for her very real crimes... feels kinda sexist to me. Why is Marinette the one to decide that for Nathalie and Adrien? And Marinette and Nathalie suddenly having a bond strong enough for hugging and that shit? Where did that come from? Everything for coddling Marinette, apparently, everyone but the new villain is on her side.

The only scene that felt worthwile to me was the very short moment in which Adrien lashes out at Bug Noire. He finally felt alive and as his own person for the first time in forever (S5 essentially), even going as far as - gasp - making Ladybug uncomfortable. Chat Noir also was completly forgotten the whole special, only to come back into existance for that empty Ladynoir scene at the end in which he has to spout his obligatory "you and me against the world" speech.

I did like the background music, though, and the fighting choreography, which actually made me realize that Ladybug never before has fought hand-on-hand that long on her own. Which, of course, she had to here, since there was no Chat Noir to do it for her this time. I couldn't not think about your "Chat Noir fighter" post then.

Sorry for the wall of text. I just wanted to let you know that I had to think several times about your posts and answers during the special.

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Thanks for the peer review, Anon! In media analysis, someone watching or reading the work and finding the analysis a good match for the source material is a clear indicator that the analyst has hit a resonant reading.

I think what we have in the Nathalie example is a writers' crutch becoming obvious. I can point several instances where Marinette gets instant or near instant support as soon as she needs it, but the Nathalie situation is extra glaring in how little in-universe sense it makes. Cat Noir propping her up in ‘Origins’, ‘Miracle Queen’ and several other times makes sense; he’s her superhero partner. Alya makes sense, she's her best friend. In ‘Love Hunter’ Luka almost magically drove past and happened to notice she was upset and could drop whatever else he was doing to tend to her instead as soon as she needed someone to cry against. That one is a bit ridiculous, but it was used to set up them getting together later so it feels organic after the fact.

The notoriously stoic Nathalie, who has zero bond with Marinette up until now suddenly holding her more gently than she's ever held Adrien while she cries happens only because no one more appropriate was around to do it instead. It's an escalation. Luka’s super timing was stretching believability so much people started to joke he had actual empathy-based superpowers. With Nathalie, it's completely out of nowhere, but the stans ignore it because the show has made it a staple that someone will always prioritize Marinette, and because they're just so glad Marinette has someone to comfort her because she's such a miserable wretch who never gets enough support. Finally, there's an adult she can count on! Except, Nathalie also starts immediately taking marching orders from Marinette, so it's just even weirder.

It's not that Nathalie is actually being set up as a confidant to make up for her past misdeeds, she's just instantly a Marinette groupie because the writers needed someone to prioritize Marinette's feelings. It functions as a way to make it clear to the audience that this is what they should worry about: how Marinette is feeling. And it worked; just as Adrien started voicing his own emotions, he got shut down by our lead and a big part of the fandom was more concerned about Marinette being upsette than Adrien, who is infinitely worse off than Marinette.

[54viruses]

Ancient Greek Thoughts.

I've been reading a lot of Greek literature lately and got hooked on Epic: the musical.

It's funny. I usually despise the characters in Greek literature and more often than not cannot empathize with the primary emotional drive in the piece, but I keep reading.

Take Electa for example. In her story, she's mourning the murder of her beloved father; King Agamemnon.

Good riddance to bad rubbish. Agamemnon had it coming and his death was better than he deserved. (Did Agamemnon ignore Cassandra's warning not to go into the house because she was cursed, or because he was the same idiot who didn't listen when his generals reminded him the gods hate human sacrifice?)

So, no pity for Electra's mourning and don't especially feel her mother, Clytemnestra, had to die... but that didn't stop me from digging up all three versions of Electra's story. After reading all three versions, I purchased the complete surviving works of Euripedes because his version was the best.

I absolutely hate Zeus. Can't stand Achilles. Don't pity Electra. I'm convinced Odysseus ruined his chances of going home promptly with most of his crew intact because after escaping Cyclops island Odysseus suddenly remembered he was GREEK and had not met his daily quota of arrogance.

Later Odysseus's crew nearly starves to death not because there's no food; but because they're heroes and heroes are too important to eat fish.

But... I keep reading.

It's hard to pin down why this writing is so GOOD.

My literature professors would want me to spout some kind of nonsense about the stories appealing to my deeper human emotions.

No. I cannot relate to a king murdering his daughter so he can go to war and kill people just to feed his arrogance. No. I am not deeply affected by descriptions of shields. (The bulk of Seven Against Thebes and the entirety of Hercule's Shield.) I'm not prone to wishing people dead, but if I decided there was no other choice you wouldn't find me crying in the cemetery because my brother hasn't come home to do it for me.

Those same literature professors would want me to mention catharsis, and there sure as heck is a lot of that where anger is concerned, the Greek writings usually make me mad!

But if a modern writer disgusts me as much as the Greeks, I stop reading. I get rid of the book. I avoid the author.

And yet, I keep reading.

[ilylmwwifys]

ー𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 [𝟐]

ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴᴛ ʜᴀɴᴅʟᴇ ᴀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴍɪɴᴇ, ᴅᴏɴᴛ ᴡᴀsᴛᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴇ"

JOUNO X READER (can be female, or male Whichever you prefer)

PART 2 (go read part 1 of you want to)

@jounosproperty

WARNING : cringe, bad grammar, quite confusing (this was hurried)

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I was going to like upload this awhile ago, but I ended up on a shopping appー putting hair care product on my carts💔

You sleepily arrived at your house, tears still forming in your eyes. You were tired, too tired to be honestー How could he say that? You tried to help him and yet he spout nonsense things to you that affected you badly.

You closed the door as you walked inside your roomー tears spilling from your eyes, you collapsed at your bed, sheets getting dampned because of your tears.

You sobbed recalling what you did wrong to make him snapped at you - which you cried even harder.

You think of the things you spend with himー cuddling, laughing, smillingーall were things that you've cherished, soー why would he snap at you? There were only few arguments, you guys mostly argues about worksー but it wasn't serious or anything dangerous at all, he would even tried to reassure you that things would go fine after the arguments, butー this time why didn't he? Did he even truly loved you? Obviously he did! Right?

Bawling, your thoughts soon got pulled when you heard a loud noise, it was your phone- ringing.

Not bothering too look at to know who's it from, you already knew it was Jouno, deciding to ignore itー as the sound still continue, your phone vibrating non-stop.

How many days was it? 3 daysー no, it's been weeks, 4 weeks to be specific. He didn't even bothered to visit you, heck, he stopped calling you that night.

Was he really giving up that easily? Those times, moments you spend together, didn't he even bothered to think of that? Was he really an asshole?

Yes, yes he is.

He would give you up, hell, he would even sacrifice you for the world! That's what he is, a cruel, manipulative, sadistic person he is.

You knew this, and still dated him, you knew what you was risking when you decided to date him.

[unofficialsapphire]

Hi all, Let me know if this chapter bored the hell out of you.

Warning: angst. Strong language. Violence.

CHAPTER  4: VIVID DREAM

Lately, Mui has been distant to you, every time you ask to hang out, he would come up with an excuse.

You didn't notice at first, but the situation was starting to be repetitive. You asked his twin brother if something is bothering him but he would shrug and told me not to worry about it. Of course that didn't calm you, you would stay late at night in your room wondering if you did something wrong. Maybe something is wrong.

For the past week was hell. You don't know what you did wrong. Why he became distant all the sudden and when you asked about it. He'll deny it, "Stop being paranoid" He muttered before leaving you after you asked him multiple times. You were hurt by his word but you didn't push further. You tried to understand the situation, Maybe he's right. Maybe you're being paranoid.

Your anniversary is coming up, so you went to the mall to find him a gift, maybe that ease up the tension.

You were scrolling in the mall, when you spotted someone. Mui is with another girl, who happens to be the one who has a crush on him, the one who dislikes you. Of aaalll out of person he could have spend his time with, he choose her. HER?!

You tense up, you feel the burning sensation around your body, it was like your blood is boiling and you couldn't seem to shake the feeling off. Your chest feels like its going to burst out on how fast they were beating. It is not a good feeling this time.

Muichiro has already gone before you could approach him. You took a ride straight to their home. You came before him. Yui is in the living room when you arrive, but his younger twin is nowhere to be found.

One look from you and he knew something is wrong. He tried asking you but you ignore his question, Wanting to know where the heck is Muichiro

"Where is he?" You spat, your eyes is laced with anger. "Mall?" Yui answered, he was confused why you are acting this way now. “OH so you knew that he's with his side chick ha" You snapped, The older Twin only added fuel to your anger with his answer.

"..I. What?!" He exclaim! " What the heck are your talking about?!" He looked at you bewilderedly. “You know damn well what I am talking about Yuichiro. Why is he with that girl?!" You spat. "That's stupid! He went alone in the mall! There's no side chick" he argued, he didn't understand why you were spouting nonsense. He knows Mui wouldn't do such a thing.

"Well I'm sure as hell I'm not blind. I saw Mui at the mall with that btch" you cried out. Yui was shocked. He couldn't believe it but he knows you wouldn't act this way. Maybe something happened, though he was sure as hell Mui wouldn't hurt you. Maybe there's a misunderstanding.

Just in time, Muichiro entered their estate confused as to why you were in that state. Yui walked outside muttering you and Mui should talk it out.

"Y/n love? What happened?" He tried touching your shoulder to comfort you but you flinched. "Love?! Haha funny you call me that word. Love" You sarcastically spat.

"wha..what?" "What are you talking about? Did I do something wrong?" Mui grew concerned as you never acted this way.

"Did. I. Do. Something. Wrong?!" You spoke ear words with venom in your voice. "Oh I don't know Muichiro why don't you enlighten me, Why are you with that btch” Mui froze on his spot as if he was caught. He opened his mouth to say anything but couldn’t muster up some words. 

You were glaring at him, as if a predator would do to her prey. One wrong move and you’re out. “How long?” You asked, seeking any words from him. “It’s not what it looks like” He finally answered. “We were just friends” He tried to explain.

“Friends? That’s not what it looks like” you retort, turning your back at him, you couldn’t face him now. Muichiro was avoiding you for days and you just saw him at the mall with someone else. Now it all make sense, He was cheating on you.

“Love please, why don’t you believe me. I only love you” He tried cupping your face to look at him but you couldn’t. The pain in your heart was unbearable. It was like the same pain you felt before you met him. Now its happening again.

"She was hugging you and you fcking enjoyed it" You yelled, tears starting to form in your eyes, pushing his hands away from you."It was a friendly hug! Dammit! Why couldn't you see that" he exasperated.

“All I could see is the way you reach for her hand!” You sobbed, why this is happening. “No, she was giving me some...” you cut him off, “So now you’re in stage of gift giving now?” 

He sigh loudly “Why couldn’t you just trust me?!”  

"I trusted you! I trust you” You repeated you words. “No, You don’t trust me, You tell me that you do but your action said otherwise” He rant. “You’re always suspicious, get jealous whenever I hang out with other girls even though they are girlfriend of my friends.” He continued, "you are always around Y/n, whether at school or here at estate. I don’t get to hangout with the others anymore in the thought that you’ll get jealous over nothing, you are being paranoid right now when you don't have to be." he grumbled.

This was the first time you and Mui ever got into a fight. Usually, you and Mui would talk it out but this time, you were too hurt to comprehend.

You don’t know if you’re being gaslight right now but maybe he is right. 

“Maybe you’re right Muichiro, I’m sorry if I’m being paranoid, I’m sorry if I’m always around, I’m sorry that you don’t get to hang out with your friends anymore. Let’s fix that. You’re free now. Goodbye”

With one last look, you left.

Never Looking Back.

It’s been a week since your last talk with Muichiro. Yuichiro tried talking to you but you also avoided him. You don’t want any reminder specially someone who looks exactly like him. You couldn’t avoid seeing him as he was still your classmate after all but not for long, graduation will be next week you had no plan of staying long.

You planned to move out after your graduation, you are currently packing your stuff, when you came across with an album, Yui and Mui’s baby album. You remember taking this from their estate. Mui was embarrassed that he wouldn’t let you view his baby pictures so you took it when he was not looking, browsing their pictures you couldn't help but smile a little. He was too cute. Your heart aches for him.

There's a lot of Mui's stuff in your room. He always forgets his things every time he comes over and he is always over at your estate. You rolled your eyes at the thought. "And you tell me I'm always over at your estate" you sarcastically mutter to yourself. You pack his belongings in a different box.

You know you are being irrational right now. Making big decisions of moving out but you were too hurt. You still love him though, you can't just throw away years of friendship to relationship.

After contemplating, you decided to bring Mui's belongings to their estate. It was just a few minutes walk across the highway and it's not really that late at night.

An ear-piercing scream can be heard inside their estate. Making you run inside without thinking. You froze at the sight in front of you. Blood is everywhere. You locked eyes with Mui. Mint-Green eyes were clouded with pain and fear. You immediately grab the nearest thing to you which is a flower vase. You smashed it to the intruder's head with all your might making him drop his knife and holding his head.

In a split second, Your attention turns to the twins. Bloody hell. Their faces are bruised. Gashes everywhere. Face. Arms. Body. Yui had it worst. You tried helping them up to run, but Mui tried pushing you "no no. Run y/n"

"you btch!" You heard behind you before you can react, he slashes your back making you stumble and howled out in pain. "Y/n" Mui yelled out. He tried rushing to you but he was too weak. He has used up his energy.

The intruder grabs a fistful of your hair before smashing onto the wall. You cried out in pain. You could've sworn you hear a crack. It fcking hurts.

"stop please stop! We'll give you the code just please let her go" Mui cried out. You were in too much pain to understand what was happening. You were fighting not to lose consciousness. You force your eyes to open even if your body is fighting against you.

Eyes open... Closes... Open... Closes..

You were lost in the moment, before you realize you were in Mui's arm. You were whimpering in pain. "I'm sorry love" he whispered, "I'm sorry Mui" you barely breathe out. "Shhh. It's okay, you're okay love, he's gone" he tried comforting you but you were in too much pain. "It hurts" you whimpered.

"I know, I know. Just.. just try to hold on okay. Help is on the way. " he whispered, he was in pain too but he hurts more seeing you like this.

You were slowly losing consciousness when Mui cupped your face. "no.. no love. Don't you dare. Don't die on me. " He chokes out, his bruised face facing you, tears in his eyes. You tried to stay awake. "Please... We.. we are supposed to make up. I was going... I was going.. to propose to you." He pants. It was hard for him to talk but he needed you to stay awake. "The day you saw me.. I bought the ring from her... Her family owns a jewelry shop.. I..... I want the ring to be perfect.. So I asked for a customized ring..." he paused, taking a deep breath tears are flowing in his eyes as he feels your breath slowing down.. "Mui.." you barely whisper out. "Shhh. I know I know, I know we're too young.. but I love you.. I don't want to lose you. But now I'm losing you.."

That was the last thing you heard before you let go and let the darkness consume your surroundings.

[ralphdro]

My thoughts and theories about Power Girl's future

As you may know, I am a big Power Girl fan. As such, I couldn't be happier with her getting so much new content as of lately. After vanishing post n52, and ignoring her n52-Earth 2 incarnation, it is really refreshing to see her again.

But, after some thinking I reached a theory about her present state, which I plan to present and explain my train of thoughts. Let's get to the point then, what did I "discover"?

Well, I am pretty sure Power Girl is going through a revitalization process right now.

And I am not talking about just coming back after so many years, I am saying full on new solo and stuff. Well let's get to it and start explaining!

As you may know, in 2023 DC is doing a soft "relaunch" called Dawn of DC. The purpose of this is to: 1) bring back old legacy characters, that have not had content for quite some time, 2) present big names in a welcoming manner to new readers, or 3) presenting new names altogether.

In this scenario, Power Girl stays right on the first category. That being said, DC has been revealing stuff in a slow pace, letting people savor the hype. BUT, I think they already making preparations for PG's return.

First off, we have Action Comics. PG got a mini backup story in three chapters there, done by the QUEENS Leah Williams and Marguerite Sauvage. The story actually started in Lazarus Planet Alpha, but the meat and potatoes is in AC.

This story served as mini reintroduction, quickly going through her most important lore points, all the while establishing a new and very interesting status quo for the character. Having developed psyonic powers, PG has united forces with Omen to open a psychological support clinic for heroes, with their first patient being Beast Boy. This is a great set up, and opens up MANY possible adventures and cool plots. Imagine if they got a chance to talk and help all kinds of heroes! Like Kon or Tim Drake. Heck, current Power Girl could have helped Wally West back in the event-I-shall-not-name. That's a really cool way to reinsert her in the bigger DC universe, and differentiate her from the rest of the Superfam.

Even more than that, she even got an AMAZINGLY GREAT redesign! This might not seen much in the great scheme of things, but why else would you contract and pay people to do a redesign, if you don't plan on using it in the future. Commercially it makes sense to think they plan on using her more now, if not they would probably just stick with the old design.

And the last thing I wanted to bring attention to is: DC will release a new edition of her Power Trip TPB in March, which contains the start of her 2009 solo. Considering that this TPB brings back a more in depth look at her origins (in JSA Classified) and some solo adventures, and looking at the fact that it comes out just some days before her last issue in Action Comics, it looks like it's a product aimed at showing even more of her for new readers.

It would not surprise me if later they release a new edition of her TPBs from Judd Winick's run (I want this so fucking much) , and even later on the year start a solo limited/miniseries, like Superboy's in April.

And that's it! Sorry if it got kind of convoluted, but I had so many thoughts, and I had to put them out there somewhere. I know this might jus sound like a mad fan spouting nonsense while drowning in copium, but I really love this character, and knowing she might have a chance to finally be under the sun again (no Kryptonian pun intended) is such a good prospect I cannot help but feel excited to what the future might hold for us!

The future looks bright for our Queen! And I will be there, on the first row, NO MATTER WHAT!

[ouatsnark]

Rolling my eyes.

Saw a confession saying things Emma and Killian should not name their kids: Liam, Leopold, Hope, Alice, Milah, etc.

I can't remember them all.

And someone turned it into a 'things I think Killian and Emma should not do together': have kids.

Bleh.

Like.

First of all, the confession is dumb. Like. I understand why not Milah or Leopold or Eva.

Eva, James, Leopold, Ruth, and Robert (which I think were also names on the confession) Emma didn't know.

Killian also probably wouldn't be comfortable naming their kid after the grandfather he murdered (Robert). Emma probably wouldn't be comfortable with it (unlike SOME PEOPLE).

Milah, Graham, and Neal, well. They're exes. And I'm not sure either would be comfortable with it, though I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to Graham as a middle name if they were. But again. Not likely.

And Liam. Well.

Liam would have been a nice name had Emma not met Liam in the Underworld. He acted badly so of course they might not want to use the name.

That's not even accounting for Liam Jr, Killian's younger brother whose existence would probably keep Killian from using the name.

Brennan is a heck no, for obvious reasons.

Ingrid is iffy.

But Hope?

That was the literal canon name for the Captain Swan baby. My friends like to think of it as a tribute to Snow White and David's whole hope thing. Which. Nice. It's not a bad name.

Alice isn't either (it's also a semi-canon and nice one, if you assume Rogers and Killian's mon had the same name. Even though I like to ignore/rewrite season seven completely minus the newer characters).

Like. I personally don't like the whole reusing the names thing because it was done a lot. But saying they shouldn't name their kid Hope, and then the whole 'shouldn't have kids thing'.

It's just rude.

And of course, they had the nerve to do laughing emojis too but if I do that for their ship I'm wrong (which, for the record I wouldn't do. I don't post my opinions on ships unless asked and even then I'm not outright rude about them).

I really don’t care about the other ships on this show until they come for mine but stuff like this is why I don’t care to keep silent. If they can spout their nonsense then I can drop some truth bombs.

Was there a reason they gave for why “Emma and Killian shouldn’t have kids?” Or is this another “if CaptainSwan has a baby then Emma is replacing Henry but if Emma and Regina or Regina and someone else had a kid that’s perfectly fine” double standard bull shit?

I agree that the whole “reusing names” thing is tiring. Emma’s baby brother being named Neal was dumb enough. I stand by the theory that Emma just never told the Charmings the entire story and by the time Neal died the writers had the characters viewing him as some kind of hero. Idiotic really. Or maybe it was for Henry’s sake. I don’t know. It was dumb. The only one that made sense was baby Robyn.

But it is crazy to even list some of those names… I mean the writers are stupid at times but none of them would be stupid enough to name the CaptainSwan child Milah, Alice or Liam! Liam and Alice already have living namesakes. A second would be absurd. And I also don’t think the writers were dumb enough to name the CS child after their respective dead exes or almost exes! I wouldn’t even agree with Graham because Killian never met him! I can’t see Killian wanting that, personally.

I wouldn’t have minded Eva or Ruth as a way to honor her parents and the family line (people do it even if they never met the relatives) but I always saw Emma and Killian giving their children names that were significant to their journey together. I'm not sure Ingrid would fit since she didn't have that much of an impact on them... Elsa, maybe! But I don't think that fits either, honestly.

I am firmly in the “Fook and Hook do not share the same past” camp. So much was retconned for that wish realm that I just firmly believe that other little details could be different. Killian never mentions his mother’s name so in my mind she’s a nameless figure that died before he is even old enough to remember her.

I have heard SQers try to say that Hope is a Swanqueen thing but it isn’t. It is a Charming/Snow White thing. So it makes perfect sense that Emma would want to name her daughter Hope.

[yourfavepookiebear]

I just realized something. I'm not good at anything.

I'm not good at learning. I'm not good at teaching. I'm not good at concentrating. I'm not good at listening. I'm not good at working. I'm not good at pe. I'm not good at horseriding. I'm not good at rock climbing. I'm not good at hiking. I'm not good at running. Im not good at basketball. I'm not good at volleyball. I'm not good at football. I'm not good at roller skating. I'm not good at ice skating. I'm not good at maths. I'm not good at physics. I'm not good at chemistry. I'm not good at computer. I'm not good at biology. I'm not good at technology. I'm not good at researching. I'm not good at writing. I'm not good at cooking. I'm not good at speaking. I'm not good at remembering. I'm not good at comforting. I'm not good at being kind. I'm not good at being myself. I'm not good at being pretty. I'm not good at being funny. I'm not good at acting. I'm not good at singing. I'm not good at voice-acting. I'm not good at French. I'm not good at Spanish. I'm not good at Arabic. I'm not good at German. I'm not good at Persian. I'm not good at advising. I'm not good at analyzing. I'm not good at statistics. I'm not good at negotiating. I'm not good at convincing. I'm not good at eating. I'm not good at observing. I'm not good at creating. I'm not good at being creative. I'm not good at helping. I'm not good at respecting. I'm not good at dancing. I'm not good at..

I'm not good at anything. There's maybe two or three things I'm relatively good at : daydreaming, cleaning, and thinking. Heck maybe even at spouting bullshit and random nonsense in the middle of class.

Mom was right, I'm actually not good at anything. I always hated her for saying that but ig she was right. How will i even find a way to support myself when i grow up ? At this rate, even working as a Walmart cashier is too hard for me.

How will I find a job ?

Mom says I have to be a doctor but I doubt I'd even get accepted into a university, much less a med school.

Lawyer ? Impossible, I wouldn't get accepted and I'm bad at arguing, plus I'm mostly a pacifist.

Writer ? I have bad imagination and on top of that I'm lazy and bad at writing.

Singer ? I'm bad at singing and I don't have the looks.

Actress ? Im bad at acting.

Voice-actress ? Nope

Office worker ? I can only concentrate for 30 minutes maximum

Therapist ? I'm the one who needs therapy.

Police officer ? Nope, not a chance. Not only do I hate that, but I'm also pretty weak so it's not even an option.

Philosopher ? I'm good at overthinking but Philosophy courses need a lot of complicated math.

Mathematician ? I'm horrible at math.

Translator ? Maybe, if it was my last choice.

Soldier ? I used to want to be one, but I'm weak both physically and mentally and emotionally and psychologically.

Dancer ? Low stamina, I get tired easily and I'm bad at dancing.

Scientist ? It's super interesting to me but science is not my forté.

Carpenter ? Nope just no.

Maid ? Maybe, but the pay is horrible..

Waitress ? My voice cracks, I'm clumsy, and I struggle to keep my balance.

Rock climber ? Nope. My hands and feet are always super sweaty and cold asf. I really sweat a LOT, even if the weather is cold.

Hostess ? Idk man, doesn't sound too good

Flight attendant ? I really like that job and I think I would be good at it but then again I'm scared of heights and I'm not strong so I wouldn't be able to help a passenger eith their luggage.

Pilot ? Scared of heights.

Chef ? Cooking is just not my thing, I'm bad at it and I often get impatient while cooking, and I get my hands dirty easily.

Model ? I'm not tall enough. Plus i doubt I'm skinny enough bc to become a model you have to be as thin as a stick and as tall as a tree.

Assassin ? Nope, nope, just nope

Hitman ? // (^)

Spy ? I would probably trip on something or laugh and expose myself.

Bus driver ? I can't even ride a scooter/bicycle, what makes this an option..

Uber driver ? No, I'd rather avoid anything consisting of driving a vehicle, whether it's a car or a motorcycle..

Fuck hopefully if I get really really super duper lucky maybe I'll find a rich guy i could marry.

[rose---child]

Badly tagged theory videos annoy me

God watching the takes people have about “the amazing digital circus” piss me off, like are you even watching the show I’m watching. Stop watching game theory, they clearly don’t know what they’re talking about.

I respect them but GUYS THE FURST THING YOU BRING UP IS RELIGION, THE SHOW ISANT GHNOSTIC OR CAIN AND ABLE, THE CHARACTERS ARNT CONSCINECE DOWNLOADED INTO THE COMPUTOR.

And if they are BACK IT UP DONT JUST TAKE IT AS FACT ON A HUNCH

“That’s deep lore” no it’s sub text, deep lore is that Jax is 22 because it’s stated outside of the “the text”

GOD CAN ANY OF YOU JUST KNOW HOW TO WATCH A SHOW

I like to watch theory videos and reactions and stuff but why are they spouting the same nonsense, guys stop taking game theory as fact, ITS A THEORY, not a fact

PERSONAL THEORIES

Like no one speculates about the fact that pomni is symbolically in a position to oppose Caine, since the show sees him as a king, and court jesters are both a assistant of the king but also ones who can critique the king

Also why does xddcc and pomni as names both have significance if you read them as “out” and “remember” (ceaser cipher and Russian) like pomni fits a role to be able to oppose Caine

Heck so far we have seen pomni stray away from Caines wants multiple times.

[pupintransit]

It's month 9 of The Wait ™️ and everything is fine and I am being cool and normal about being a month away from a life changing reconstructive surgery.*

*Very obviously a lie.

So, everything that I have to buy is bought at this point. I even have a couple things I might not even need. The cane is probably gonna end up being a wash, for example. GRS Montréal uses a regional anesthestic and some knock-out meds rather than a general anesthestic for the surgery, specifically because it helps to regain mobility faster. Worst case I'll put on Craigslist or something for free, that way someone who actually needs it can just have it.

I know about the anesthesia thing because of the surgical consultation i had earlier this month. I wrote about that earlier but it went really well! I feel a lot more informed about the surgery than i did previously, and i'm pretty confident about my ability to take care of myself afterward. I mainly just wish I could have that confidence with undergoing the surgery itself! I ebb and flow a lot more with how i feel about my genitals. It's never more positive than feeling adequate about them, but that seems to be enough to have me second guess myself. Sure, now that i'm sitting on my train I can feel my buldge and it's incredibly distracting, but sometimes i can lay down and not mind it too much! Call my secretary, surgery's canceled!

Ugh.

If I go through with this and regret my choice I want it laid out for the record that I was not sped through the system. I did everything properly, my doctors did everything properly, and my therapists did everything properly. There were enough checks and balances to properly inform me about what i was going to do and make sure it was right for me. Heck i had to do a readiness assessment for TRT and my only goal for testosterone post-op is not getting osteoporosis. If I start spouting nonsense about gender affirming care, please smack me and show me this blog post.

I see a lot of people who regret their surgeries go off about grooming or trans folks manipulating people, and i want to say flatly how gross that is. For me to engage in that kind of behavior would be a fundamental betrayal of a community that has shown me nothing but support and kindness, and which went out of it's way not to romanticize or sugar coat the realities of this procedure. It'd be a particularly nasty betrayal to my husband too, who is not only transgender himself but has been a complete angel throughout this journey of mine. I can't guarantee i won't regret this, but i do guarantee that i won't do harm to the community that held me up when i was struggling. To do otherwise is morally repulsive.

Anyway. Last thing on the checklist is the medical EI application. The federal government doesn't let you file it early so i gotta wait until my last day of work. It is what it is 🤷 I'll be working on getting the paperwork together next week and all throughout February before the big day.

32 days to go....

[heckoffmate]

Steve from Bigtop Burger and Billy from We Heart Earth have the same vibe

And they're similarly shaped

[f0point5]

Idk about you but personally people in general hating on women or men for liking a tweet years ago and stuff is pathetic to me. Cancel culture is stupid. People like offensive TikTok comments all the time but then go ahead to hate on a celebrity for doing so 6 years ago. People need to get lives tbh who even scrolls down on someone’s likes THAT far 😭 insane imo but you do you I guess. Sure liking a racist tweet ain’t it and having a sponsorship from a homophobic author isn’t the most moral thing to do but it’s not the end of the world as a lot of people make it out to be. Often times people put celebrities on such high expectations like they’re gods that need to do the right thing all the time/ need to use their voice on every single topic. Sorry if I offend anyone but also the war between Isreal and Palestine(🍉).Obviously it’s important to be educated and stuff but people go ahead and expect every single celebrity to comment on it. People need to remember that those people have a platform built for entertainment not politics. Using your platform to educate people is awesome but no need to shame someone for not speaking up about politics when their content is about beauty and stuff yk. Cancel culture is embarrassing as HECK and then those that claim to have ”cancelled”someone act as if they’re saints. I wonder what kind of jokes they laughed at in their lives or what tweets they liked etc. cancelling isn’t even real. The ”cancelled“ celebrity will disable their comments and keep going with their content because the era of being cancelled lasts at most 1 month and then everyone keeps supporting them again.

I’m pretty sure cancel culture is not real because when was the last time the internet successfully cancelled someone? They come back like a whack a mole 😂

But anyway, yes I agree that making discussions out of the likes tweets or Instagram stories of women who date boys that drive cars is pretty sad behaviour. Because trust me the people submitting this nonsense to gossip pages would not pull their boss/family members up for the same thing. They like to talk when there’s no consequences. It’s the same theory as “punch down” humour…you’re too scared to say it when saying it might actually affect you. So you say it about people who don’t care about your opinion. It’s just so…exhausting.

And yes, people really be expecting the world of these people for why? Where were they educated, what are their qualifications, where did they sign up to be UN ambassadors, that you expect so damn much from them? They’re people who do a job that means a lot of people know who they are, that doesn’t make them more “ethical”, educated, informed, or interested, than anyone else. In most cases it makes them far less educated than the average person. So you’re holding them to these arbitrary standards on what basis? Idk man.

Personally, I like it when celebrities stfu about politics. Because I simply don’t believe they are educated or informed enough for their opinion to be necessary or adding to discourse in a positive way. Just because 5 million people like to watch you get ready for a night out, doesn’t mean you know shit about shit. And frankly, most of them aren’t interested. Which is FINE. It’s totally fine not to be interested in every world event, but just hold your hands up and say you don’t know, or just leave it alone. Don’t have your assistant collect 4 infographics from Google and then repost something on your story just to pretend you know what you’re talking about. You recommend foundation for a living? Stick to that please. The amount of celebrities and influencers that spout political/economic jargon when it’s clear they don’t have the slightest understanding of the terms they are using or the principles behind them never ceases to depress me (and 99% of the time their “ideologies” are incredibly hypocritical, which they don’t realise because they don’t actually know what they’re saying).“Political” celebrities give me the ick.

[lightofraye]

did you know 70% of the internet is filled with fake news, shit posts and conspiracy theories?

this is specially true on tumblr, where everyone is anonimous and can say anything they want.

so tell me, why would you believe some random mean spirited person, instead of going to the direct source of information?

is like believing global warming is not real because some random dude posted an essay about it, meanwhile serius sources like National Geographic are reporting that animals are dying because of the extreme heat. isn't that freaking idiotic?

so, why should i believe some internet rando, who hates Danneel and Jensen (i'm taking about some of your dear friends) and who just want to stir drama, and have previously been known to made up shit for giggles, why believe them over Jensen, who have been living with Danneel for almost 20 years and all he has to say about her are nice things, and how much he loves her.

Excuse me... what?

"did you know 70% of the internet is filled with fake news, shit posts and conspiracy theories?"

I'd love to see your citation for 70%. But yes, I'm aware the internet has fake news, shit posts, conspiracy theories, and nonsense. I see it all the time, regardless of the source.

Hell, it's been like this since the 80s, when Reagan spouted that nonsense about "welfare queens" and lied about how AIDs is spread. Heck, I remember reading Christian science claiming condoms don't prevent the spread of HIV and knew it was a lie--and that was in the 90s!

Even nowadays, some persist, such as the stories about wolf packs (which had been debunked by the very person who suggested how they form, but try telling that to the Alpha bros).

"so tell me, why would you believe some random mean spirited person, instead of going to the direct source of information?"

Because a lot of what I've shared and said did come from the source! Jensen was told of Danneel being pregnant via email instead of over the phone! Jensen was told of Danneel being pregnant with the twins via a card from JJ instead of directly from her! Danneel is emotionally abusing Jensen--as evident by all the mean stuff she's said over the years, be it from Instagram posts shaming his weight to her posting a humiliating picture of him on the toilet. There are screenshots of her bullying and fighting fans on Twitter. Pictures of her writing "He's mine, bitches" on fan pictures. A lot of what has been said and shared come from them!

"so, why should i believe some internet rando, who hates Danneel and Jensen (i'm taking about some of your dear friends) and who just want to stir drama, and have previously been known to made up shit for giggles, why believe them over Jensen, who have been living with Danneel for almost 20 years and all he has to say about her are nice things, and how much he loves her."

They're not "dear friends". They're Tumblr pages that I talk to. There's an extreme difference there. I know not all of them like Jensen and they know this--they know I'm a fan and if they say something about him I disagree with, I just shrug and go about my business. I'm not a rabid fan who'll attack and argue. The thing is though, he has done and said some problematic stuff that make me cringe as a human being.

Ahem.

Jensen really doesn't say much about how much he loves her. Too often it's silly stuff that we know isn't true--she doesn't have business acumen. The Winchesters was done badly, the press about it was awful (like Danneel trying to say Dean knew all about hunting from his mom, but he was 4 years old when she died and the mom had retired from hunting for years by that point), and there were a lot of problems on the set (including one of the crew being hit by lightning and now suing Jensen, Danneel, CW and WB over it). Instead of acknowledging it, they're mum.

Jensen called Danneel a shark. In business terms, that's a bad thing. He calls her Scary Spice. (What?!) He claims he buys her expensive gifts all the time to impress her--that's an awful way to go about impressing your partner.

I could go on.

The thing is... no. I don't think they're in love. She's possessive, mean, and has done a lot of questionable things. Jensen rarely looks like he's happy to be with her and frequently travels away because that's the only way he can handle it. Not to mention their excessive drinking. That too isn't healthy.

[siryouarebeingmocked]

bogleech>Dude look at the comments on any major news story about anything, or spend maybe one minute on 2024 twitter.

I already do. I don't see people doing that.

Heck, a lot of right-wingers reblog from me, on this exact post, and I don't recall seeing it.

scars >Yeah eat absolute shit, @siryouarebeingmocked. Did you completely miss "your body, my choice"?

Yes, I did. In fact, I specifically pointed out elsewhere that I see a lot of left-wing people complaining about this supposed phenomenon, without a single example.

It's not actually anyone else's job to go out of their way to prove your case for you. Neither of you have provided a single particle of evidence.

And frankly, I've seen the left saying so much nonsensical and wrong things about the right - even just limiting it to this election (EG the Project 2025 hysteria*) - that I would need a lot of very good evidence before I would believe this is a widespread phenomenon that isn't just trolling.

And in the off chance you are right, I will say, again, that anyone wishing someone else commit suicide is absolutely wrong. No equivocation, no qualifiers.

Even if I believe the person is suicidal for bad reasons.

I will also say, again, that the pity/outrage party isn't helping, and helped cause the problem in the first place.

Eat. Shit. Buddy. I don't want to fucking hear it. Go read project 2025 AND SHUT THE FUCK UP

You mean the thing that Trump was never involved in, has actively disavowed, and you people spent more time and effort on getting worried about than his campaign platform?

Perhaps you should ask yourself why Trump's actual stated goals weren't bad enough for y'all to use against him.

Perhaps you should ask yourself if this post will actually be productive, or if you're just raging and spouting memes from your ingroup.

*This isn't the first time I've bought up an example, then read on, and the person I was talking to proved my point.

[theshenanijiang]

Back again with a new episode of Word of Honor! Amber walnuts, gently rotated in WKX's hands XD Oh jeez... he wants to be Zhou Xu's sugar daddy so bad. LOL Those are some pretty nice horses though. "Mr. Zhou and I got along well from the start" Zhou Zishu's face! 😂

Ah shit... the Beggars are here! And quite a lot of them! Wow.. they aren't taking any chances are they? Awww Chengling knows what's up. He's moving behind Zhou Zishu. And MOAR beggars... Yikes. This is gonna be a fun fight. WKX calling them out... Beggar vice captain is like... Nah nah we don't want trouble... when there are like 30 of them... sheesh

He says he doesn't know Shen Shen, but the way he grabs onto Zhou Zishu says otherwise. Oh no.... No you didn't! Calling Zhou Zishu an abductor? WKX: You are good at confusing right and wrong, maybe you should be a lawyer. XD

Murder dads... I swear. Zhou Zishu being like: Keep an eye on him. And WKX putting a hand on his shoulder and guiding him away like.. don't worry, daddy's got this.

WKX: His waist skills must have been trained since childhood...

Me: You, sir, are a perv and a flirt. Let's talk.

WKX: Eat a walnut, it nourishes the brain. (Me: Flashbacks to the MDZS donghua)

Chengling's face: How can you think about nuts in a time like this?!

Ah yes, the wet towel slap, a time-honored fighting move. I may die before this episode is over if WKX keeps saying things like: Your soft sword is too soft.

WKX: Oh no! Ah Xu! *attacks* How do you like deez nuts!

Oh.... Oh hell... Wow. WKX is amazingly scary.

Hahaha "Philanthropist Wen"

Waaaaait... how does Gu Xiang know this lustful ghost guy? Who is Madam Luo? Waaaaait! Guys! Guys! How did I not put the walnuts together.... WKX is the leader of the ghost valley people isn't he?! I think he might also be Zhou Zishu's friend who "died". That is a prediction.

The party boat keeps on partying! Why is Zhou Zishu's wine bottle always empty when WKX shows up?

White Cloth is a real interesting name for a sword. Comparing their relationship to the badly cooked fish is a delight. Hahahaha "If you wanna see it so bad, you don't have to waste your words" "Why're you so grumpy? Must be my fault. I hurt your feelings.

Why's Chengling the only one plugging his ears? I am with him on this one. That noise.... eugh. Those girls just walked into the river. Who gonna save them?

Did ZZS just cut someone by playing the xiao? I am amused by him wiping the mouthpiece down with his sleeve.

Hahaha. I need to see WKX giving ZZS "flute" lessons. Awwwwww WKX patting Chengling's back while he hurls. What a good dad-like figure.

Stern dad, soft dad. LOL Also, I have never heard "The one who dislikes you is the one who is really good to you". What nonsense are you spouting now WKX?

Pft. "I already know you are firm of word but soft of heart." Ah... he is such an optimist.

Scorpion Sect Four Assassins have such interesting names. Phantom Musician Qin Song, Pretty Arhat, Evil Bodhisattva, Blood Monster Jiang.

Evil Bodhisattva: "You are a wimp." This made me laugh so much.

ZZS about WKX: I didn't expect this man to blow such a flute. Me: *eyebrows waggle*

WKX is vicious to Gu Xiang. Wow. Just downright catty. "Your internal force is shallower than the water in this cup" is amazing.

He really played that flute all night, didn't he? He just sat on ZZS' sleeve. "Let me feel your pulse." Nice stand and stretch maneuver ZZS.

WKX what are you teaching this kid?! "Tough women can't resist clingy men" ????

What the heck is the suprapubic region and why are you insisting ZZS know about yours WKX? 🤣

He made him drive the cart!

Chengling driving ZZS to drink. "Take me on as a disciple! Take me on, Master? etc"

[dallasareaopinion]

Conspiracy theorists amaze me

I am a bit perplexed even though I understand the technicalities behind it as to why so many conspiracy theorists on social media make so much money. Sure advertisers will pay them to be on their sites since they have so many followers, but really. Whose at fault here?  And what gives? Corporations will market to what they think is their target audience, but are corporations relying on the gullibility of people or are they just going where are the numbers.

And complaining about corporations is not why I started this post. It amazes me how a conspiracy gets started and subsequently gains traction. I have not researched it, yet I feel confident there is an enormous amount of reading material on this subject so maybe the answer is there or partially there, but in some ways I doubt it fully comprehends how bad it is on social media. Yes I do get on social media mainly to follow a couple of topics, but there is so much madness in the way of my browsing. I am not sure what I did to cause the algorithms to target me with some of this madness, but the little I do receive is beyond the pale. And in curiosity I read some of it and all I can say is wow. People believe this madness?

And some of you may ask, am I jealous of what they make and I don’t. To a degree yes, but I started this blog years ago knowing I would not obtain massive amounts of followers. It was more to allow myself to write what I wanted and since my topics have a limited audience I knew I would be extremely fortunate to gather a following. I started because I was mad at the world around what happened in 2008 and 2009. Eventually I decided I needed to do something to make me feel better so I started this blog to complain about how bad public policy was for the market crash and recession that happened at that time. And I tried to offer other ideas that I thought were better. So instead of just complaining I tried to make it a positive. And trying to write better public policy in the United States has never been a game changer when it comes to attracting an audience. And to this day I still try to offer alternative or variations of a theme ideas different from what the duopoly of Republicans and Democrats offer. And add in, I spout my personal opinion about a variety of topics so I knew I would never rival the Kardashians in a following.

And I know conspiracy theorists have always had an audience throughout our history, but the degree to which they are taking advantage of social media amazes me. Are there that many people who cannot fathom what these people are saying? What drives them to this madness? And again there is much written about this topic, but deep down what are they so afraid of that they need this sense of community to be apart of that they will believe the most unsubstantiated nonsense. And of course to them it is not nonsense, or at least on the surface of their brain.

And how much do the actual writers of these theories believe themselves? Or are they just laughing all the way to the bank? Who knows, some might, but really how deep do they go in their own brains to promulgate this charade?

One of my favorites is the new world order and all its variants. How does anyone think whatever billion people on this earth is going to let themselves be ruled by one government. It seems ironical that conspiracy theorists postulate this idea yet they prove themselves incorrect by telling their audience to question any hint of a NWO, so if people don’t believe in a new world order then how could one come to fruition. And then throw in all the different types of cultures, religions, governments, heck even terrorists, and the capability of a NWO seems far fetched at the least. Yet these types of conspiracies run rampant and people spend money listening to all these people explaining how they are saving them.

So here we are in 2024 with so many real problems that need to be overcome, so many people actually doing good work in a variety of endeavors not getting half the attention needed nor the recognition and nut jobs making a fortune telling us only they can save the world. Oh yeah, then there is Truth Social. Smh

Have a better day