#i am trying to avoid responsibility

[elumish]

dude...no need to be an asshole to that last anon, wtf? I can absolutely see how they read your post like that. just because you run a writing blog doesn't make up incapable of being unclear.

your shitty response was way out of line and uncalled for. maybe try chilling the fuck out and not attacking people because they read your post differently than you intended, jfc. shit like this makes me feel like I can never engage with your posts because you might fly off the handle and act like an asshole to me for not reading your post exactly they way you intended. which is pretty fucking shitty behavior on your part.

that anon made really good points, and I think they were a valid response to what you said. not their problem (or any reader's) that you don't like that that's how some of us read you post. good posts provoke conversations and discussions about nuanced topics - instead you decided to shut that down and be an asshole. grow up, and maybe take your own advice and chill the fuck out. nobody called you a racist or some shit, but you're acting like you got attacked when the only person attacking anyone here is you.

Here are my choices when people send me asks that misunderstand or misrepresent posts that I made:

I ignore them. I do this sometimes. I can and will keep doing it.

I entertain their argument and get sucked into a conversation I have no interest in having.

I tell them that they misrepresented my post and that I'm not going to engage with it.

In this case, I picked option three. Was I a bit harsh? Yeah, maybe. I'm sorry if my tone came across as more aggressive than I intended.

But I am sick of the standard reaction to me talking about things like being cognizant of what we write and trying to avoid doing harm being people telling me that it's censorship or that it's somehow infringing on their ability to write what they want, or that I'm implying that they can't ever bring up a bad or hurtful topic at all.

Because that is probably the most common type of ask that I get whenever I make posts like this. This are not even the only conflating glorifying with talking about at all and then arguing with me based on that misunderstanding reaction I have gotten in the last 48 hours.

But, and I mean this genuinely, I would like to know what I am saying that is implying that. I have read through the posts I made and tried to see where that implication might be coming across, and I can't find it. And so please, I would truly appreciate you or anyone else telling me what in my phrasing or word choice is leading to that conclusion.

Because I want to avoid saying that. That's not the argument I'm trying to make and it's never the argument I've been trying to make. And so if I am accidentally implying that somehow in what I'm saying, I want to know that and change it.

But it's not my job to engage every time someone starts arguing with a point I didn't even make.

[mariuspompom]

I will never understand people insisting that it was Jaime's fault Elia and the children died and that he didn't do his job. I don't understand why people cannot acknowledge that the multitude and diversity of factors working simultaneously and opposite to each other is precisely what creates the tragedy of the event(s), these factors being slowly morphed into a mechanism functining on its own accord, beyond any power individual decisions could have. Every single individual in this tragedy (the sack and the rebellion in general) had entirely different motivations and aspirations, and no individual had the full picture at any occasion whatsoever, and this is precisely because of the broader mechanism that was in motion that I mentioned above. And there lies the whole point, the concept of not knowing, not being able to know in advance. The idea of actions, choices, decisions having unexpected consequences that a character could not be able to imagine in advance. Things could have been different if at any point any of the individuals implicated in this event(s) knew the whole picture, or at worst, if they were more careful, more diligent, if they had made a better assessment of the situation at hand. I don't believe what happened was technically inevitable of course. It could have been avoided, which is something that amplifies the tragedy. Of course the individual decisions of any of the factors involved shaped the result. But we need to take into account all these parameters that were at play leading to each and every decision, prior to the decision itself, in order to avoid a bad faith reading of the text. We know everything that happened. The individuals did not know what would happen prior to making the decisions they made.

Rhaegar running away with Lyanna seems suspicious in general and there is definitely a lot of info missing there (which has been confirmed by grrm, meaning there was probably a reason they run away together - and i'm NOT talking about the braindead fanon theory of rhaegar collecting dragon heads like pokemons). Aside from that big hole of info we don't have that would give a solid context for this otherwise pretty inexplicable action, R and L could not have expected in advance that the events would play out in the way they did, they could not know in advance that someone (Baelish?) would spread the news of a literal kidnapping, they could not know in advance what Brandon would do, what Aerys would do, and so forth, and we don't even know when exactly they found out that all these things happened since they were isolated. They for sure could absolutely not know that Tywin, who didn't even take part in the rebellion, would eventually think it would be a great idea to randomnly order the rape and murder of Elia and the murder of the children. Nobody could ever imagine that in their right minds, yes, not-even-jaime-hello, which is precisely why this is an act of TREASON (and treason is an understatement), which is precisely why that act has such an impact and such an aura of horror and shock surrounding it, because of how unexpected and inconceivable it was, and also, how unneccessary it was, at a moment where the war was already won.

The power Rhaegar had in changing these events in any way shape or form was minimal to none, faced with the mad king that could go off the rails at any moment, the treason, the unprecedented cruelty of his enemies that were supposed to be allies, and more than that, the general mechanism already in motion leading to this tragic outcome.

Which leads me to Jaime. Jaime feels guilty for what happeend to Elia and her children, of course he does. He was there, in KL, he was sitting on the iron throne (i think that's when it happened) while the events took place and he didn't prevent them. I would also feel guilty if I were him. Who wouldn't? He was there. If he had thought this through, if he was more diligent, smarter, quicker idk, more perceptive maybe he would have figured this out sooner, maybe he would have done something, maybe he would have been able to save them. That's undoubtedly what he tells himself. Rhaegar would undoubtedly feel extreme guilt if he was alive after the sack of KL (which is a mere hypothesis since the sack of KL wouldn't have taken place had he been alive). Hell, even Ned feelts guilty for what happened to Elia and her children. That doesn't mean these people (i'm talking mainly about R and J) are actually responsible for what happened. That it is their fault that it happened. That they willingly wanted it to happen, or expected it to happen and didn't care, or let it happen in Jaime's case. Jaime's guilt stems from an error of judgement at worst, the fact that had he known every single parameter at play, had he imagined the exact motivations and intentions of a multitude of people and how far they were willing to go, had he expected what would happen in detail, he would have acted differently and maybe, maybe the result would have been different. That's not even certain, given, again, the multitude of factors at play that were beyond Jaime's power. But Jaime of course cannot help but think about the what if. The result could have been different had Jaime acted differently but Jaime acted according to the specific situation he had at hand, according to the specific problem that he had to face. He did what he thought was right in that precise moment. He didn't and couldn't possibly know what was going on outside from his sphere and if he did, we do not know for sure that he could have actually prevented the worst from happenning.

And I'm being exceptionally strict here by attributing an error of judgement to Jaime because I could have just said he was entirely innocent for what happened to Elia and the children, and it wouldn't be false. Again, error of judgement doesn't equal responsibility for what happened, it doesn't equal "moral flaw". An error of judgement does not give the reader a reason to morally judge a character. It is an entirely different thing.

I got this from Britannica :

I don't get how people can be so dense when reading anything related to the sack of KL and/or Robert's Rebellion in general. "Jaime didn't do his job", "Rhaegar led Elia and their children to their deaths" like, can you actually read? I was unnecessarily thorough here for something that is not all that complicated. It is pretty straightforward actually. It's sad that people do not get it. Like, I see BNFs being all deep and analytical about Jaime's moral struggles and dilemmas and overall tragedy and how he was in a situation that exceeded him and then they're like "rhaegar is the reason elia and the children died". From the other side I see people saying that Rhaegar couldn't have known what would happen and then they're like "Jaime didn't do his job!!!", guys. Guys. I'm begging you. I IMPLORE YOU : correcting a mischaracterization (Rhaegar was stupid/selfish for leaving """""all that responsibility""""" to Jaime) with another mischaracterization (Jaime "didn't do his job" because he's a moral coward) is not the way to go, it is done in bad faith, it erases the entire point of Robert's Rebellion along with a bunch of very important themes in asoiaf (the impossibility of choice, the fact that moral codes are actually a construct and don't always apply/sometimes contradict, and the feeling of powerlessness of an individual when faced with a monstrous mechanism, a system that is beyond their control).

[fullmetal-scar-simping]

To the anon who just sent an ask for the username of the zionist f/ma blogger, dm me and I'll provide an answer.

[lith-myathar]

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[rouge-fauna]

I'm jealous of how many asks you get I wouldnt be complaining about them

not sure if this is meant to sound as aggressive as it comes across or even if this is related to this [post] or not, but by no means am I trying to complain about it. I just found it funny. I'm not casting any shade and I love interacting with yall. <3 <3

However, having said that, when I was putting together my indexes and counting up things from this year [post], I determined that I answered over 413 asks just in 2024 - mind you that number only includes the posts that are currently posted, it does not include the ones I deleted, answered privately, are in my inbox or are stuck in the limbo that is my drafts. That is more days then there is in a year and almost half of the total posts I did in 2024. And these are not necessarily short posts either, I try to take time and effort to answer each one, so a lot of them are long. I made this blog specifically because of the influx of asks, but then ironically I feel bad if I answer them here and people don't see it.

In other words, I have spent a lot of time this year answering asks, some of which that were even on the harassment side, and I am just not sure I want to continue that trend through 2025. I wrote around 40% less than I did last year because there is only so much time in the day and there is only so much free time I actually have to do what I want. And I'm not sure I want to spend it answering random asks instead of making art, or writing, or playing Minecraft or now making a video or working on my irl social life... does that make sense?

[clockworksheep2]

best example of "can u believe i didn't know i had OCD" in one post:

i really have been trying to figure this shit out for years though. or at least a few years. i want to take responsibility bc that makes me a better person and i want to be a better person because i don't want to be miserable bc i am causing other people pain w my actions and behaviour. but then that falls back to doing things just so that i am not inconveniencing other people, which is Bad to be doing. so it's a catch-22 sort of? maybe i just don't know how to detach from the idea of wanting people to like me or enjoy being around me. but i feel like that's ... a pretty basic human desire. we are social animals. how do i just... stop caring what other people think?? esp when i've spent so much of my life isolated and alienated? i would like connection. what do i do if i want connection, but people tell me I shouldn't want to be Good (and being Good is what makes other ppl not hate you bc u are a highly traumatized autistic individual and that is off-putting for ppl so u always sort of have to be controlling your behaviours so that u are being appropriate in the social situation) bc being Good is a bad thing to want to be bc u should just live for urself and not feel responsible for other ppls thoughts and feelings. <- but maybe me saying i am a highly traumatized autistic individual is infantalizing myself and not taking responsibility for being a shit person <- but maybe me saying i'm a shitty person is not taking responsibility for ... being a person who is shitty sometimes? <- but maybe i need to be more neutral about it, and that means I need to acknowledge the fact that I am autistic and traumatized (uh oh you are declaring u have trauma, that's -15 credibility and responsibility-taking from ur score!) and therefore act in inappropriate ways occasionally <- oops we're back at potentially infantalizing myself by blaming my shittiness on being traumatized and neurodivergent <- ....... okay u get the point.

I DON'T GET IT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. i try to figure this shit out and just go around and around in circles and no matter what there is always something wrong w my thinking according to some sect of therapy/self-improvement/psychology/etc. truly honestly sincerely i don't know if there is a way for me to become a Real Person (uh oh theres the infantalizion again! the skirting responsibility! the demeaning yourself to avoid acknowledging that you are capable of harm <- I KNOW I'M CAPABLE OF HARM. and that causes me so much fucking grief, just acknowledging that i am struggling to be a Real PersonTM does NOT mean i am not also aware that i am probably hurting ppl a lot while struggling, i am not shrugging off the responsibility to do my best to not hurt people just bc i am struggling!!!) and I really do feel like I am going to have to end up killing myself bc seemingly every behaviour of mine has potential to hurt people in some way and I cannot seem to find a way out of hurting people bc every thought or behaviour i try to replace it with is just toxic in some other way! (<- and boy i am so fucking aware of how bad it is to think about committing suicide as a way out of all of this, can you BELIEVE how toxic that is to even say here, and the fact that i am choosing to say it even though i realize it is bad is even worse, and the fact that i am acknowledging it here is Even Worse than even worse, and the fact that i am continuing to choose this is basically just proof that i'm a terrible person but oops there i go again avoiding taking responsibility and oops just saying THAT is avoiding taking responsibility and . so on and so forth. i think i need to go live in a cave forever. (oops yet another example of toxic avoiding-responsibility and infantalizing-self!))

[lesbianlenas]

i have been very sociable since starting the new school yr vs last yr where i was like not lmfao & i was wondering why that was bc i was a lot more sociable in college and then after starting law school i was like avoiding ppl again for no reason and having a lot of trouble being like idk normal talking to ppl bc it’s like i get really 😐 and i will not give anything to ppl i’m talking to which is truly not me at all personality wise but it is smth i struggle w…..but anyway i was thinking to myself why am i doing so much better like i am quite honestly being more sociable than i have ever been in my life now when not much has changed & i had just majorly regressed but i think i was just really emotionally drained last yr for several reasons and i know the reason i was like that in high school was bc i was stuck living w my dad & that was so mentally/emotionally draining that doing everything including talking to other ppl was so difficult and i was very closed off to ppl bc of that & i think i was going thru a similar experience of emotional/mental exhaustion last yr that just made me really drained & not able to be normal around other ppl 😭 bc the only thing that is different abt me now from a few months ago is that i have really been able to let go of certain things that have been causing me a lot of mental distress for a while & even tho i have been dealing w depression issues as always i have been in a way better place emotionally even if not so much mentally & i have been able to be so much more comfortable interacting w ppl & being myself & not being so closed off it’s very nice 😌 i actually feel normal now & it is helping w my depression a lot too bc having that issue again was making my depression a lot worse too. but basically i feel like a normal person again after spending the past yr feeling extremely uncomfortable & not in control of myself bc of how i couldn’t make myself act normal & being all closed off even tho i didn’t want to be. so i love that for me 😊

[tiredtriedfailures]

im so unwell im wearing the ring my friend got me. for emotional support. like a corny movie protagonist with his dead wife.

[vampirebeverage]

That thing that people do when they hate that you use "big words"¹ because it makes them feel small, fragile, and insignificant, so they decide that you're doing it on purpose to make them feel that way rather than accept their own feelings of insecurity?

Bane of my autistic existence.

People have been doing that to me since I was a child. Adults did that to me when I was a child.

The sad part is that I don't consider myself to be of exceptional intelligence. I might be very slightly above the mean, I suppose? I know what actual intelligence looks like, and the people I consider to be exceptionally intelligent are like... particle physicists and rocket scientists.

If someone is made to feel insecure by ME of all people? Bit sad. I don't even work at CERN, bro. I'm not that clever. If I'm your idea of a smart person, that tells me how many actual smart people you have encountered (few).

¹ - These are just normal words like "incongruous" or "antithetical" that you can usually glean the meaning of from context clues, unless you have an immediate emotional reaction to seeing a word you don't know which causes you to become enraged for some fuckin' reason... idk man.

[glados-kisser]

doing training courses for various therapeutic modalities is beautiful because now i know the secrets of social interactions.

[dihalect]

i need to post about palestine on facebook but i'm fucking terrified

[secretlyofthefeywild]

I know that this has been said a thousand times, but can we stop censoring shit on this app? i have tags blocked for a reason and censoring your trigger warnings completely defeats the purpose. i cannot feasibly go around blocking every single iteration of the same few words.

[phagodyke]

ykw actually I am angry + disappointed w them. I've been pushing how I feel aside and trying to make it my own fault so it's all contained but I think theyve just been mean. and they really should know me better ik I try to pretend I don't expect more from them so I feel less hurt when they do things that upset me but we've been friends for years by this point. like come on.

[wizardnuke]

i love college and i love my friends it is extremely good and enriching for me to be doing all this but 10am-5pm near constant social contact three times a week is killing me a little bit. anyway next week one of those 10-5s is going to be a 10-6 and the week after is an 8-7 sort of situation. help me

[jelliclekay]

Tumblr what's the point of giving me the option to block certain tags if you're still gonna show me content that has the tags

[ygodmyy20]

day 1: confession