#i have a friend who is playing the victim

[trubbishrubbish]

I played Genocide Jack's UTDP Events. Here are the highlights.

Hope's Peak really looked at the most famous serial killer in Japan and accepted her in as a student. Normal people pay bucketloads just to get in the reserve course but Syo gets a free acceptance cause she's good at killing.

Genocide Jack sees Kiyo and immediately profiles him as ugly.

Amazing.

Yasuhiro fails the one job he was given.

Ahhhhhh she's so cute in this scene!

You have nothing to fear Chihiro, Genocide Jack gave you a nickname, she already loves you so she won't ever hurt you.

The most serious character vs the most silliest character.

Genocide Jack teaches Sonia the Fujoshi life.

I mean yeah she says this. Byakuya very likely told her to not kill but that's not the true reason why she stopped killing. She stopped killing as she wanted to stay in Hope's Peak with all her new friends.

Trigger Happy Havoc doesn't offer one definitive answer as to why Genocide Jack stopped killing, but she's smart. She knows being in Hope's Peak and killing would get her in trouble.

I like the bit of introspection about how a killer like her got a normal life at Hope's Peak.

Cause according to society and morality, she should not have a happy life nor deserve one for all the victims she's killed. But she got one anyway with no strings attached. Jack doesn't feel guilt being here but she knows it's not something she deserves.

HOLY SHIT. Chiaki can dish out burns when you don't expect it.

Based UDG reference.

She knows who she is.

[twilightakiishi]

ughhhh being the bad cop sucks

[dykedvonte]

I think a big misunderstanding is the power people give Curly to actually change things about the way the pony express operates or could’ve done things on the Tulpar.

We are talking about a company that docks pay for bad synergy despite mandated psych evals that should tell which staff members would work well together, only allots for 5 hours of sleep despite having literally no other tasks to truly do and locks all resources behind the access of one person. The last one is likely to manage resources and make it easier to justify collective punishment and blaming one person for it; someone needs something in “excess” or the captain gives in? It’s all on them your pay is docked. Instant resentment.

It’s insidious how the company works, it’s by design to distract you from coming after them, to force tensions to line their own pockets. With all the restrictions and forced interactions, altercations are bound to happen. 5 hours of sleep a day, limited sources of entertainment, no real tasks… the monotony alone would cause bad cabin fever, mix that with just only one absolute mediator and you get the exact environment that allows shit like in the game to happen.

The idea he could just complain and try to throw his weight around to get them to dig into their pocket for the crews comfort is laughable and misses the predatory and dehumanizing aspect of capitalism the Pony Express represents. Curly was and is still just another asset to them. Being a top show pony doesn’t mean he’s anywhere close to the actual top. He is the top of the working ladder, not whoever’s in corporate, he wouldn’t even be on the bottom step unlike what Jimmy perceives. The resounding recommendations he would get are almost mocking as they throw him out like nothing just like the rest. Being a shitty fucking company, how much do you bet they’d mean anything anyways, especially since he wanted to leave the field all together.

He made a fuss and they didn’t listen, he says he should’ve done more but you can tell he knows it wouldn’t have changed anything. Jobs like this are willing to make a sacrifice if it means even a penny more. Curly makes a bigger fuss they likely would’ve just found an “unrelated” reason to fire him, hired a more pliable guy or, terrifyingly, promoted Jimmy. The company was failing, going to shut down whether anything happened on the ship or not. But knowing that they were shutting down and that everyone, including him, would be out of a job with this being their last paycheck, he had to factor in not destroying the last bit of their financial stabilities combined with every other issue on the vessel and his own. He gets another cryopod or locks and then he has to break to them that they are not only fired but there will be substantial cuts to their paychecks due to the “upgrades” (things that already should’ve been in place on their part) on top of anything else that could be docked along the way.

You can blame him for saying it so early into the trip but then again, if he mentioned it later who’s to say it wouldn’t have been worse? On the capitalism side alone how would people in a galaxy away from home, out of a job and already stir crazy react? Don’t get me started on how Jimmy would have reacted if he realized he only had two days left to fix what would be a very hard to miss “problem” in his head…

I can’t even consider explaining this as devils advocate because it’s just facts of the world we and they live in and factors that heavily affected the situation. People are just so quick to make claims on the ease of the choices when P.E literally makes it hard to choose to do anything but suck it up.

[cyberbullyhunters]

Hi here^^ (because I am still polite). Remember me? Ff7simp The girl you pretended to be friends with, whom you trashtalked to like 4 people and you made your toxic friend/secret lover/venusoneechan cyberbully me just because you could not admit you lost interest to a fandom? XD As I will leave social networks to focus on real things, I allow myself to comment you one last time. ^^ it is funny how in 2021, I actually loved your art (fanfics, fanarts) and how much I tried to convince you your arts were great and you shall never give up on trying (oh. You will say you did the same to me and you DID I will not deny that. But you decided to get a bad memory and minimise I did too because you wanted to portray me as a toxic mf to your friends lol). Anyway now that I rewatch it, I realize how lame it was. Not the art itself indeed. You have talent. Really. I think you do have. But it is lame because how awful of a person you actually are. I cared for you first and I think you cared for me too and that is why I cannot believe a person who view another as a friend would do things like that. You never apologized and you always denied what you did to me. Yes. If you think I blamed you for not reading my stories well surprise. It was not for that. It was just because in our last hours of friendship you talked about yourself yourself yourself. You pretended there were a glitch who left messages in "Seen" in order to lie about why you did not talk to me when I needed your help. And when I asked your help you were like "oh I draw. Good night". Okay what a good friend you were. And thats not only that. Talking trash about me to people I did not know about our dramas to make yourself look like a stupid victim was sad indeed. Allowing your stupid friend Venusoneechan who I think is a giant troll to attack me and call me a piece of shit was sad indeed. If there is a piece of shit here it is you two. Saying I was the one who cyberbullied you in public and accusing me of things I did not do (telling me I deprived you of sleep and saying I acted like your so called abusive boyfriend lol…wow. i never did that). Anyway I am not sure you were really abused indeed with how much a jerk and how much you play victim here. However you know. I do not get angry at you. I feel pity for you. Apparently venusoneechan is your sole friend. It is sad you have nothing in real life. It is sad you will never finish your stories indeed or other arts. I finished mine. I chose to delete all coz I want to move on with real life. Something I feel you will never get coz you will probably never be happy and coz there is no real friend online. I am sorry. Not about what I did (even if i regret things I could tell you and I wish things would have got better between us) but I am sorry for you. Really. Anyway. Try getting happiness and stop cyberbullying others. Do not answer to me. I will not read. Goodbye.

[katyspersonal]

Lrb dear god, this reminded me of that time when Alfred-chan got sooooo mad at my post explaining why fans should respect bisexual headcanons for Maria and Malenia instead of pretending like they're canonically lesbians and that they get oppressed and erased by mxf ships with them. They kept vagueing that post for like a MONTH in their blog including in tags under reblogs of Maria fanart, passively-aggressively changed their url to character+sexuality to "spite" me and then even made a sockpuppet account to start shit with me in the comments.

They deactivated when me and Val completely obliterated their "you cultivate lesbiphobic following by telling people why they should respect all sexuality headcanons instead of acting cultish or assuming their experiences and stereotypes equal canon confirmation" garbage with actual facts and logic tho but I screenshotted everything fjthfgfj (I learned to document everything the hard way after they've changed the she/they pronouns to they/they pronouns ONLY to accuse me of misgendering, so thank you for making me wiser I guess 😎). Even more vile, as they, a white person, larped as an Arab in that sockpuppet to hold even MORE "privilege" against me in discussion gjtjfh Because for them race, gender or sexuality are just badges of honor and dishonor, they don't see these as traits of actual human beings. And Dr Eugene X, who worked with them and weaponized her race to accuse everyone who disagreed with her of racism, didn't bat an eye at such a terrible act too?? As usual, rules are not for their friends, lol

It is not even the worst thing Alfred did, and yet all of this just, just, JUST because I wrote a point on why bisexual headcanon people did nothing wrong and there is no ground to claim something is canon when it isn't. 🤦‍♂️ Like, they were soooo convinced that I hated lesbian headcanons and that I'd feel angry if they called Lady Maria a lesbian, when what I was angry at is this exact toxic behavior in the fandom. No matter how much you like a headcanon, don't be a bitch about it. Maria doesn't """belong""" to any gender or sexuality, she belongs to anyone who likes her and is invested in her complexity as a character!!!

Yet, apparently, common Malenia simps / Finlay shippers are no better than common Maria simps / Mariadeline shippers. Just, wild how after shit like this, many people have the guts to claim that it is "sexist redditbros" who are the biggest problem of creators in the fandom. 🤦‍♂️ They'd actually blush if they encountered what such self-proclaimed "feminists" do to their own (!!!) over headcanons. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[kitten4sannie]

look at the way i ride ~

[weregonnaneedabiggerboat]

Okay so I really wanna talk more about this scene because it really hit me hard after what Kinger said in episode 3, so prepare for a LOOONNNNGGGG rant of me being a supreme Jax apologist again 💜 ^w^

CW: Mentions of isolation, depression, and suicidal ideation. If you like Gangle I suggest scrolling because I'm going to be very critical of her here 😅 especially towards the end.

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Okay. First of all,

Look at this.

This shot in particular.

It's shot from his point of view, over the shoulder. Ragatha and Zooble are inviting Pomni to join them for Kaufmo's funeral.

And nobody is looking at him.

Nobody even acknowledges his presence.

A POV shot from Jax's perspective, showing the characters not paying attention to him, then switching to him to show that he's upset before he walks away? Yeah, that wasn't by accident.

I think Ragatha maybe glanced for half a second, but the fact she didn't even bother to say anything to him in this moment just really brings home how isolated he must feel emotionally. People really seem to overlook these shots when they judge Jax's character too, and it almost feels like the fandom treats Jax exactly the way the others treat him too.

No wonder he stormed off, they are LITERALLY FACING HIM, STARING DIRECTLY AT HIM, and decided that y'know what? It's actually not important at all to invite this guy who's been stuck here for years with us and also knew Kaufmo, and who, might I add, has very likely been really close with Kaufmo because both love to joke around and pull pranks. Jax called him "Kauffy" in the first episode so that told me they're for sure friends, and this moment just solidified it for me.

But essentially? Jax's best friend basically committed suicide. And nobody even asks him if he wants to go to the funeral. Like holy shit.

And Pomni, bless her sweet little heart, she's totally innocent in this!! Because like, she literally just got here, she has no idea about the relationships between anybody! And Kinger has the excuse of being crazy/demented so we can't say for sure that these things cross his mind between all the fog

But... Zooble? Gangle? Ragatha...?

None of you... None of you decided that, well, maybe you should check to see how jax is doing...?

Like, even if you think he doesn't care... Wouldn't you at least want to double check...? Just in case he does...?

And in episode 4 with Gangle as manager, I think Jax had a moment of realization after that torture scene that Gangle genuinely hates him، and for the rest of the episode he seeme pretty disconnected and almost confused, as if in his head, the adventures are just fun silly things to do because they're in a video game and the goal is to play the game

He didn't know people took them seriously, and when everyone is suddenly playing the fast food shift adventure seriously, you can see how increasingly frustrated he becomes with everyone else, because everyone is just letting gangle boss them around and assert her fake authority over them

And the thing is, he's probably so mad that everyone would rather please Gangle and feed into her delusions of authority, DESPITE HOW CRUEL SHE'S BEING TO HER FRIENDS, rather than actually have a fun and silly adventure. He only wants to mess around, because it's a video game for fuck's sake!!

Not only that, but the fact gangle focused more on punishing Jax rather than, oh I don't know, helping Ragatha out of the fucking deep fryer maybe, purposefully illustrated to me how selfish Gangle really is. She just told Jax his list of tasks, and then left. She didn't even check on Ragatha or anything, so obviously this wasn't about Ragatha, but about being in control.

But she hides behind her tearful mask and plays victim so that people feel bad for her and defend her. She said she used to be a shift manager in her previous life, so it's no doubt she used to treat people the way she treated her own friends in episode 4.

And for those saying Jax always breaks her mask, he's literally only done it once (and a half? lol)

In episode 1, Pomni was the one who knocked everyone over and broke the comedy mask. In episode 2, it was an NPC. In episode 3... Yeah sorry Jax, can't defend ya buddy. And in episode 4, it was an accident, and you can tell because Jax didn't show any signs of actually wanting to aim the ball at Gangle. He doesn't pick on Gangle any more than he does the others, she just cries about it more.

At the end of episode 4, Gangle tells Zooble she "doesn't deserve a friend like her", and honestly, that gave me the BIGGEST ick, because she just reminded me of those people that are constantly like "I'm so useless, I should just die, you should leave, I don't deserve anything" and suck all the emotional life out of you without ever even bothering to listen to your needs. Because when has Gangle actually tried to help console anyone?

And I'm gonna be honest, I really can't think of any moment where Jax was doing something particularly evil. In episode 2, presumably his "worst episode", he was just acting like... Someone playing a video game. Like a guy who's dicking around in Grand Theft Auto or Minecraft. He's aware the NPCs reset and all and he didn't stick around to actually watch any of that "violence" that he inflicted in the end, it's kind of like when people decide to just bomb villages in Minecraft or run over the pedestrians in GTA, because they're just code, not people.

The only dickish thing I can think of was when Jax threw Pomni out of the truck, but it didn't look like Pomni was in pain, just scared and frustrated at the sudden action. He was also pretty rude-mouthed to Gangle and Ragatha, but it struck me more as teasing, not genuinely wanting to make them upset.

Anyway... Sorry for rambling and getting mad lmao, I had a lot to say, especially with everyone saying "Jax deserved it" and saying that Gangle was "acting reasonably", because in my opinion she really wasn't.

This is my two cents, I just wanted to throw my thoughts out there and see what everyone else thinks lolz

At the end of the day they're just fictional characters and my thoughts won't affect the show, please remember this if you're planning on replying with hate :')

Love you guys!

"In this world, the worst thing you can do is make someone think they're not wanted or loved." — Kinger

[sourscratched]

everyone look at these blurry but lovingly taken pics of rashawn scott performing in Drunk Little Shop of Horrors (ft. grant o’brien getting eaten by audrey II in the background)

thats all i wanted to say; have a great day

(full show + some fun BTS on official channel in above link)

[compassmili]

I kinda really hate how I've been treated throughout my life

[graveyarrdshift]

the way everyone has been annoying me lately

[moutainrusing]

I knoww I love btikm so much😭❤️ listened to dream state, looping it rn (love it, love overdosing on byler best friend angst) also the WHOLE song is them, entire thing, in general, it’s after Will’s left for Lenora and Mike’s remembering their friendship and then what it was like when Will was missing and presumed dead (and now how life’ll feel incomplete without Will) !! (I’m so excited about them being sad–) (not *sad* sad,,) (added to my byler playlist) (also helpp Mike thinking he’s the only queer kid😭 not like other guys™)

I think Robin n Vickie also played those like. trumpets. at his match !! and Steve is awesome, and SO would love to get one of his (honorary) kids into sport. didn’t Lucas go on a whole hunt with Jason for Eddie tho? I didn’t like the Eddie betrayal… oh yeah I get it, having multiple interests is important (me with my hyperfixation in the corner👀) but Lucas was always in his own skin. like in s1 when he went off to find Will on his own and didn’t let other people take him from his goal. and with the water bottle when he dribbled back into it cos he’s so unself-conscious😭 (don’t need ya validation🥴🤟)

they did kill the other poc as Vecna’s victim (in the scenes I’ve seen, he and Lucas don’t seem that close tho?) (also that scene made me kinda like Jason cos he was holding his friend’s dead body and looking so miserable and gutted and I was like… bro acc cares bout his friends… aww friendship😭) but I suppose basketball’s associated with Black people? like, 70.4% of the players are Black. (0.2% are Asian😭) maybe it’s a cultural thing? wait I googled it, medium says that lower-class African-American people used to play basketball a lot on the streets, and then basketball companies opened opportunities up to Black people way before other sports. then genetically, Black people are faster and more energetic (so their genes suit the sport) (which suggests Lucas learned from his parents?) data says that most Black kids are encouraged by their parents (who were encouraged by their parents) and also in the media, where they see athletes that (finally) look like them playing basketball. in conclusion I love basketball as a way for Lucas to connect to his culture.

lmaoo I’m always nervous bout whether or not kids younger than me actually like me😭 also I want them to look up to me. (in physics today I was doing my practical in a yr 8 class and was so scared bc I wanted them to think I was smart and a good role model😭) (I’m literally a foot taller than them, why am I scared.)

no but it is kudos to stranger things for demonstrating the fact that parental abuse exists for these reasons:

ok but post-lil Henry killing his parents, I don’t like *Vecna.* I don’t like how this monster is killing children he doesn’t even know :( the ones who need love and care :(( so I specifically think *Henry* could’ve been redeemed. but Vecna is no way. that’s why I say Henry when I talk bout him??

art be dragging your exams for too long✋

(thanks for the tag !!)

hiii rue :) 

I hope you’ve had a lovely week so far 🥰

i’ve had a weird week (specifically a very weird day) so, I thought maybe i’d spread some kindness 💖

I never expected so many honest conversations on this little app, I always hoped i’d make fandom friends somehow, but I didn’t think i’d get one like you ✨

You inspired me to indulge in my creative freedom and write fanfics again. I had the time but no ideas, before you. It might’ve taken nine months but I wrote again, and I missed it. I don’t want to wait another nine months to write anything else. And I won’t have to because you continue to inspire me :)

Also you’re genuinely so lovely, you have faith in people and the world, and whether you value your stubbornness or not, I truly do. In a world that feels unstable right now, you have a moral voice guiding you that I wish others had. 

Plus you’re open and you listen and you’re willing to consider your view and consider if you’re right, which is the most important part to being stubborn really. In my opinion.

And you know, you’re insanely creative, it’s so cool how ur brain works and I cannot say that enough. 

That’s… all I guess :) SORRY im not as good at popping up in ur inbox with cute little messages like you do with meeeee <3 

i adore talking to u

LOVE U RUE 🥰

hi glue!!!

thank youu🥰 I've had a pretty average week to be honest, how was yours, good weird or bad weird?

I never expected to make online friends in general (I mean, stranger danger, safety first etc. etc.) but then I met you and slowly I was like... hold on... you're not a stranger anymore so WE'RE FRIENDS AND I LOVE YOU AND I'M SO HAPPY YOU DECIDED TO TRUST ME TOO

your fanfics are ALL YOU, amazing like YOU. always do the things you love❤️ and I'm honoured you take inspiration from me😭🫶

I'm not that lovely😭 it's because we're texting, right, usually I never think before I speak but with you I dooo. meet me when I'm stubborn about the wrong thing:

(flips sides like a massive hypocrite, "who me? no, I don't think so... really, I would never say that, I've always been so morally correct-")

don't worry glue, our world is stable because you are the glue to my stick and we STICK :p

(^my creativity at it's finest🫡)

WDYM you're not good at popping up with cute messages?! this is so sweet, it can't get sweeter, thank you so muchh!! you're always spreading kindness💖 by existing and sharing your beliefs and being willing to change and listening and always trying to be the best person you can be, because you are the best person, and you inspire me to be more generous and think outside of the box and rant for as long as I like about whatever passions I have- in conclusion you are everything and more, WDYM you're not good at cute messages, your favourite emoji is: 🥰

AND I USED TO DISLIKE THAT EMOJI.

but now I love it because of you. thanks for that✋

I LOVE YOU AND YOUR BRAIN🥰 (look at how I now excessively use that emoji. I'm changed😭)

[serpulalacrymans]

//I’d like to remind everyone that, while rather quiet and anti-social, Lawrence has still killed people and raped their corpses. Thanks.

[gu6chan]

most cathartic moment of my life was last night when me and my sister were yapping to each other about our least favourite pieces of media ever and i showed her ONE scene from DOD3 after bitching about it for like a million hours and she was just "okay i see why you think every dod3 fan is a horrible person what the fuck is this"

[kaleidoscope-ize]

love having to run a whole goddamn press tour just to make sure I don’t lose any friends over one person intentionally using their influence to lie about me

[dykedvonte]

Something something perhaps the reason Curly lacks a truly undamaged ID where his face is visible is to represent how much damage Jimmy had already affected on him throughout their relationship and the way Curly obscured part of who he is and what he stood to unintentionally cater to this toxic influence in his life.

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

Uh… sorry about your boyfriend. He was bitten by a spider… yeah, we had to amputate his leg… But we also taught him how to swim and fight to the death; he’s a pro at it!