#i did say the specific mutual but i will not say even tho the post was just about eddie’s hands

[hellfireeddiemunson]

why did i refresh my dash and the first post say “liked by (mutual’s url)” at the top

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

AITA for calling my friend annoying?

My friend group and I (15NB) all met on twitter, specifically on anitwt for a specific fandom. Won't name it, but it's super popular, anyway, I really like the main character and I make lots of edits of him that I would post on twitter or just rt art of him I like. I made a few oomfs who liked my edits and we soon became friends :]

tho one of our mutual friends has a delusional attachment to the main character, which I don't mind at all, but the problem is that whenever I post my edits, he (16M) ALWAYS comments something along the lines of "Oh 😳", "I didn't know you felt that way about me", "Did you edge to me while making this", "this is my roman empire <3" and other stuff. It was funny the first few times, but it's become very annoying now and I can't stand to see his replies under my edits. I muted him but even then I know he's still saying that since he says the same comments in my tiktok comments too when I post my edits there.

I know he doesn't control the delusion but it's still annoying he keeps talking about the character as if like I'm personally in love with him when i just like the character, i've gotten sick of it. I vented about it on my priv, I did not say any names but I did say "its fucking annoying getting the same annoying comments from the same person as if im in love w them and yknow not the actual fucking character 🥸🥸". It was all on my priv but I'm pretty sure someone saw the tweet and guessed it was him, since it got leaked with him having a screenshot of it (Ive since deleted it).

He called me ableist and told me it's not his fault he's attached to the character and I should be ashamed for calling someone with a DA annoying for what they can't control and insuiating that they are not the character. I made tweet out of anger which is why I made it on priv but I get now I shouldn't have said that. What I had meant is that I find it really annoying when he makes every comment or post of mine about the character to be about him like I'm flirting with him. I know he's the character but like also not??? Idk how to explain and I'm sorry if it was ableist and still ableist of how I'm explaining it, I just don't want every post of mine to be taken as flirts when I just like the character. (im a lesbian anyway so if that helps).

I made a apology on my main, removed my oomfs who didn't want to be oomfs anymore and deactivated my accounts. I still have time to reactivate them but I don't know if its worth it. I still really like the character but idk if I want to do that all again. I'm just thinking about making a new edit account for a new fandom and moving on, but at the very least I just want to know if I was the TA in this

What are these acronyms?

[mini-jiminie]

Saw a few of ur posts and loved that there are ppl with diff perspectives as well.

I agree with anon who said that there seems to be an imbalance regarding emotional side as well as jungkook seems to be the guy who's mostly on the receiving end. i won't talk about his other rs but if we just consider About Jkk then that seems to be the case mostly. jkkrs always say that TK don't have that emotional depth which jkk has which i kinda agree but at the same time it's JM who makes that difference is what i belive and not jk. With jkk it's jm who gives that chance to ppl to be vulnerable with him while as Tae himself is kinda reversed and not much of talkative atleast on emotional side so maybe with TK they don't talk much about those emotional things(not saying they don't have emotional bond they do but not as deep as jkk maybe) while as jm offers that space to every single person he's friends with because he's got high EQ.

Another thing is the efforts doesn't seem 50/50 to me at all. jm has been consistent with his efforts when it comes to jk while as jk is like I'll do it if you come to me idm but i won't come to u myself is what happened in chapt2 (not saying that's always the case). jk saying "if not for the show we wouldn't even meet", "When i was free i didn't look for you, when u were free u didn't look for me" is definitely not a good luck then jm going "That's not true i called you/looked for you" like this makes U wonder that if jm didn't come up with AYS we wouldn't see anything jkk related the whole 2 yrs at all. Jm flew for jk 2 times did jk do smth like that? we always talk about Jm going to jk for his b'day but what about jk? did he go to jm specifically for jm's b'day? i don't remember them ever saying that.

JM was more busy than jk cause obviously he was making 2 albums and he's participated in more things than just sing nd dance so he's been busy since they were on tour. what jk can do is reach out to jm, if he don't want to take jm's time out of his work he can simply visit jm on MV set, or go to his music shows but nothing like that happened. i saw jm saying sorry to jk because he couldn't make it to jk's mini concert while i don't remember jk ever saying sorry to jm even tho jk was on break for months during jm's album preparation/release/promotions. makes you wonder where's the mutuality. what's disappointing is jm specifically asking jk to come more often to support him but jk didn't go even tho he was free lol.

U said jk wouldn't know jm's schedule because he wouldn't check the grp updates because he was on break which yes true BUT if you're my bestie nd i wanted to support U for ur debut album what I'd do is either ask you myself what's ur Schedule or check the gc myself and see when I can give you that surprise visit at ur work place. I'm just talking in the sense of besties not even couple because if we start talking considering they're couple then this literally proves they're not at all couple/were not dating e/o. A frnd who called to wish u b'day VS a frnd who went to ur home to give those wishes in person definitely makes difference. it's about putting efforts and i see those constantly from jm's side not jk. watching things online like u always do can't be compared to what yg and hobi did for jm in those times.

Another thing i don't believe is that jm was too busy to meet Tae and jk. there's no way you're going to tell me park jimin couldn't make time for jk for months. i personally think that was deliberate on jm's side not meeting the two. maybe because as you said he was in different mindset. the mindset he needed for his album Or he simply didn't want to meet them at that time of period. i refuse to belive jimin couldn't make time for jk for MONTHS.

jimin has been a big supporter to jk when it comes to emotional things i wondered has jk done the same for jm? the only times i remember jm saying is "When I'm down jk would come and do silly things to make me happy" what I'm asking is how jm went after jk when jk was alone drinking at that club and jm went after him to comfort him, how when that whole mijoo thing happened jkk had that live they did and jk said he was grateful ig that was jk's first online appearance after the whole thing and jm was there to be that person for him. we know jm has always been first to wipe off jk's tears on stage. But there's many times jm talked about feeling lonely, alone and jk's part is nowhere where they ever mentioned that jk came to Console him or anything. That time when they were eating together jm said that he felt alone n cried or smtg while jk talked about sleeping without a care in the world. in Their doc jm said he went through a depressive phase and his other friend made him realise that. So again i wonder if jk plays the same role for jm or not. Jk saying "IF we're born on same yr we would be copies of e/o" makes me wonder why they can't say that NOW when they just has 2 yrs difference. or the sentence could mean nothing at all like I'm thinking lol. I wonder if jm sees jk as equal in when it comes to mental capacity or not. He seems to be talking about those things more to hl than he does with Maknaes.

I know a rs can't be always 50/50 but with jkk it constantly LOOKS like 80/20 and that 80-90 being jm Most of the times. ppl say jk is more of a action guy than while jm expresses through words but it's quite literally jimin being louder through words as well as actions for his love/support/care for jk. alot would say that "why would jm constantly do smtg for jk when U think jk doesn't do it in return" so my answer is "Idt jk doens't do anything at all he does but on rare occasions, jk is jm's maknes he has more soft side to ppl younger than him than others, JM by Nature is a giving person even TH said he feels like he's constantly at jm's receiving end. Jm definitely ain't a damsel in distrees but giving w/o expecting things from others is his nature, his astrology says so too so he can't quite help it. He went to tae's music show when no one else went and even tho Tae didn't come to any of his MV set or music show jm didn't hold it against him, he knows how to be better and he went to do his part as a frnd".

I personally believe jimin deserves s/o who would be willing to put those efforts for him and it's not just him constable doing the most. he deserves s/o who's pretty equal to him mentally. yrs of me being here i never personally thought they were dating or smtg so it's not even about that for me but the not so mutual efforts is what was bugging me. it kinda felt like if jm doesn't do it we wouldn't get it. obviously i believe they're still very good friends.

Hm, I can see why you might think that. I think looking at the boys at a surface level during chapter 2, it might seem that way. However, we're only privy to a small percentage of their lives. What they share on social media is only what they've allowed us to see. It's not a complete representation of them or their personal lives as a whole.

I think we also have to remember that just cause jm expresses his affections a certain type of way, doesn't mean jk will act the same. Jm is an extrovert and jk is, famously, not. Speaking to that, I think jk is a lot more reserved and quiet when it comes to expressing his affection. Ofc flying to different countries to be with jk is an extremely grand gesture and, don't we all wish to have a jm in our lives? But, I also believe that organising a trip to Tokyo and recording the most beautifully edited video featuring jm also speaks equal volumes. There's also this comment that many people have made over the years where they ask jk why he's always recording jm or why jm seems like the main model of gcf (to which he gave the most lousy answer lol).

Yes, you could argue, 'well why didn't he physically go and support him?' and tbh I don't know anon. But, I don't recall jk going to physically support any of his hyungs during their solo promotions in chapter 2 (please correct me if I'm wrong). He was however, actively mentioning them, making congratulatory posts on weverse and binging their content on his lives. I don't think there's a textbook 'right' way to show support. To your point on Hobi and yg going to support jm during his face promotions, I think that's wonderful but, yg released d-day right after face and they even promoted together for a while. I think due to the timeline of their schedules, it made sense why yg would come visit jm. Hobi was also technically finished with his promotions and about to enlist. Again, I'm not saying hobi and yg were doing it out of convenience but, I think scheduling played a part e.g. Tae and jk's promotions were very close together and Tae was the one to visit jk at music shows.

I also think, when we go down the route of 'it's one-sided' or 'jm deserves better', it tends to be that jm ends up getting pushed into the 'helpless damsel' archetype. Jm is incredibly intelligent and as you mentioned, has an extremely high EQ. Those aren't just empty words to throw around. If he felt that his relationship with jk was supposedly one-sided or that he wasn't feeling appreciated, I'm sure he's more than comfortable with voicing that out. In their more than decade-long friendship, I would think they would be comfortable communicating with one another. I think an example of this would be the shifts in their dynamic from NY to Sapparo in AYS. The fact that they talked about and voiced their frustrations over not having met up in a while in front of the camera proves that they have the type of relationship where they have healthy communication. I'm sure a lot more talking happened off-camera too.

To your point on jk's EQ, I would have to disagree. I think jk, out of all his hyungs, is especially attuned to jm's emotions and moods. I feel like this isn't discussed enough but, one of my favourite instances that really proves jk's emotional intelligence is the boys' 2021 speech at the UN. As soon as jm begins his part, jk physically angles his body towards him (surprise surprise), and nods the whole time jm is talking. There are also moments where you see them make eye contact and jk nods assuringly.

(I've linked their speech below)

Timestamp: 2:22-2:48 & 4:38-5:08

Later on, when the boys go live, they tease jm about his little fumble and try to make the situation lighthearted (they also go on to reassure him later on). Jk was also teasing him initially but, seeing how jm still seemed a bit bummed, he immediately stops and says "you guys should comfort him."

Looking at a more recent example, there was jk's '#jm fanclub president' live. My man spent more than an hour watching jm's music videos, his interviews and a whole bts teasing jm compilation.

There's this goofy ass bit where he fixates on jm struggling cause his food was too hot and burning his mouth. He also smiles whenever jm smiles. Little things like that show how attentive he is towards him to the point where he can pick up on tiny jimin-isms, even through video.

One last thing I wanna touch on is the back and neck rubbing. The way the massaging has ramped up in the past couple of years....

Jk is constantly massaging and rubbing jm's back and neck (because jm is known to have chronic neck pain). Even in the last ot4 live, his hand was glued to his back, especially when the topic of jm shaving his hair was brought up. He understood jm wasn't comfortable with the idea and was so damn sweet towards him the whole time that conversation was happening. Therefore, I would argue that Jk has a very high EQ.

In Jeju, Jm says that he doesn't have any concerns over fighting during their enlistment. Jk echoes the sentiment and is very quick to agree. In Sapparo, they agree that were they the same age, they would be 'the same person'.

And quicky, to your point on their 2 year age difference not being that significant, we do have to remember the culture they've been brought up in. Korea is a country that has very strict social hierarchies, especially when it comes to seniority. Even Yoongi and Seokjin are only a meagre 4 months apart but, it doesn't come off that way does it? It does make more sense, culturally, for jm to dote on jk and jk, as the younger, to be the receptive one.

Finally, I think we also have to remember the one thing that I personally believe to be one of the biggest acts of affection (and devotion) : their joint enlistment. Again, these boys have been together for more than a decade. Ofc they're contacting one another and hanging out beyond what they allow us to see on camera. Not making a birthday post or not visiting jm at music bank doesn't override something like a joint military enlistment.

Thank you for the ask :)

[isa-ghost]

(BTW I'm very down with wanting sapnap being dead for being sapnap I just wanted to be sure I was hip qirh the kids and pissed for the Correct reason)

DLSKFLSJFSKF SORRY I WAS OUT TOUCHING GRASS WHEN YOU SENT ME YOUR FIRST ANON.

Also in hindsight I worded this answer like you have 0 clue who Shartnap is but I'm gonna keep it that way for anyone who sees this and Doesn't Go Here At All.

Here's a good overview post abt Crapnap from my friend.

This Specific Instance we're wishing death upon him more than the default amount because he's participating in Squidcraft, a Latino-made/hosted and primarily Latino-played Minecraft competition with a big cash prize. (Aka that irrelevant ass sweaty ass racist Texan is literally only playing to win more money he doesn't need. He also won last year's SC 🙄). Last year there were a few non-Latino players (like him), but this year there were a BUNCH, most likely thanks to the existence of QSMP. There were Americans, Brits, and French just to name a few!

My mutual @pixiecaps has been the most outspoken on my dash about the dumbshit being in Squidcraft, so I'll tag them here and they can add any additional context they see fit in the reblogs or replies. They might have insight or perspective that I don't bc they're Latino and I'm not. 👍🏻 And this was baby's first Squidcraft for me purely bc QSMP members were in it, so idk much abt previous ones whereas Pix might.

It's annoying enough that Crapnap is in the competition at all, but yesterday a bunch of other previous DSMP members (Philza, Tubbo, Foolish, to name a few) all died in one of the games together and were thus eliminated. Shatnap's petty nobody poopy ass was literally CHEERING when they all died, which is poor sportsmanship for one (he has none tho let's be real here), and two: No Toxicity is one of the competition rules. So by all means, he should be investigated by the Squidcraft mods and (hopefully) disqualified for his bullshit.

And some additional context bc my guess is this all plays into why he was so outwardly toxic like that: Tubbo has outspokenly hated the Dr*m Team for a while now. He also had direct beef with Shatnap bc the dumbfuck tried migrating to Kick (basically Twitch for bigots & predators, to say the least).

AND, most relevant and recent: Philza was just on Tommy and Jack Manifold's podcast Shut Up I'm Talking about a week ago, and on the Patreon version of the episode the three of them talked about how Dr*m is a piece of shit, they all hate him, and how nasty and weird he was behind the scenes during DSMP, especially to Tommy.

Dr*m Team 100% knows this was all said, bc a) some of it was clipped ofc and b) Dr*m fucking posted the DSMP world download as damage control after people started talking abt what was said on the episode bc god forbid he look bad and get negative attention for 2 seconds. He's been begged by numerous people for LITERALLY LIKE 3 YEARS to drop the world download and only JUST did it to do damage control and make himself look all good and innocent or At Least distract people (spoiler alert: didn't work, he just made himself look even more pathetic. He basically gave the people who correctly hate him a gift in addition to clowning on him).

Shartnap literally lives with Dr*m, so there's no way he doesn't know Tommy, Jack & Phil have spoken some of the truth TECHNICALLY PRIVATELY. IT WAS ON PATREON BEHIND A PAYWALL.

Soooo yeah. As usual, Dr*m Team fucking sucks ass (many such cases, no one is surprised). Crapnap is the ""last remaining"" of the Dr*m Team to not have some Extreme horrific controversy and that's what keeping him able to be in competitions like this, rather than isolated to a shitty corner with the other two dumbfucks. (CLARIFICATION: He DOES have controversies. You can assume what some of them are based off of things said in that post I linked. Plus the Kick thing. But in comparison to Dr*m [a groomer, among other things], and George [sexual predator, among other things], Shatnap is ""the least awful"" of them, which is almost definitely why he's still ""welcome"" in competitions like this one).

Additional silly context: I'm calling him variations of shit because he openly admitted sometime earlier this year that he shit himself (or at least sharted) on stream.

[batsplat]

bat splat thank youuu for saying the pecco jorge rivalry is just for pecco as opposed to having the specter of Vale hanging over it. I want to ask tho, I have been seeing people say the only reason pecco wins the race is because he copies jorge's setup throughout friday/saturday/Sprint. Wanted your opinion on this because I have also heard that Pecco gives decent engineering input and builds his race slowly over the weekend. Was just confused about how much data sharing can actually help, and how much does it help with the ducati specifically!! Have a nice day, love your posts

have a good day too, anon!! and I will gladly spread the pecco narrative independence agenda!! it's something I really do like about the rivalry - expanded a bit in the comments under this, but it's neat to have something that really is Just Pecco's. from inception it's very much his own rivalry, his own narrative... idk, this sport is too reliant on valentino to provide any kind of narrative tension, and it's just sort of refreshing to see this multi-year narrative play out that has fuck all to do with that guy. enough

on the set-up copying, obviously that is bullshit. I mean, to be clear, I'm sure pecco absolutely copies the set-ups of other ducati riders, but that's very much a mutual process - it's something that benefits all the ducati riders, and they've all openly spoken about this. it's very helpful to be able to see the data from seven other riders!! that's a big part of why ducati has been so bloody good!! the main difference is that jorge tends to be faster from the start of the weekend, whereas pecco tends to take time to reach his level. which I suppose makes some people draw the conclusion that pecco is only fast once he's copied someone's set-up. again, this isn't the case - it is just a difference in approaches. points come... well, unfortunately, not just on sunday anymore, but they certainly do not come on a friday. pecco knows this, which is also why sometimes he's not even trying to top an fp1 session - this year there have been quite a few instances of jorge but not pecco throwing on a fresh set of tyres towards the end of fp1 and setting a particularly impressive lap time. there's also nothing wrong with THAT approach, jorge is playing to his strengths, but at a certain point we're just talking different run plans

(there is also a very obvious logical fallacy with this line of reasoning. if you are copying someone's set-up, then by definition you have the same set-up as them. and if you beat someone with the same set-up, then it stands to reason that you were riding better than them. sure, you can argue the success is less earned because your team... idk, just lazed around all weekend, but at the end of the day surely you still cannot be a bad rider if you are getting more out of another rider's set-up than they themselves are able to manage)

and yeah, pecco is known for giving good feedback! just being a good learner in general. here, actually, a little throwback from start of 2019 where pecco's crew chief gabarrini (who also ofc has worked with casey, lorenzo and briefly with marc) compared pecco and marc:

"A driver - all of them do this - starts at a certain level and ends the day at a higher level. What makes the difference is starting again where you were. Few have this quality: it often happens that a driver sets good times - without knowing why, without being aware of how he got there. The 'good' ones, on the other hand, have this characteristic: they achieve a result and know why they did it," explained the chief technician. Gabarrini even goes so far as to compare the MotoGP rookie with the current world champion: "I saw this quality in Márquez: I was with him when he made his debut in the MotoGP World Championship. His ability to not forget what he had learned impressed me. Once he had understood an aspect of the riding style, the set-up or any other thing to be faster, he had it in him forever. Pecco also has this quality." "In Valencia we started with a base similar to the one Lorenzo used: on paper it suited Bagnaia, based on what you could understand when you saw him riding a Moto2 bike. From then on, the normal changes to the set-up were made so that he could ride the bike as he liked. In the meantime, Pecco has worked enormously to adapt his style to the Ducati."

and there you have it - pecco's good at progressively getting better at stuff, including over the course of the weekend. as for the set-up copying thing, partly it's just typical competitive paranoia (even though it feels like the fans are currently doing it more than the riders). back in the day, valentino and jorge used to have the world's dumbest arguments about this every other week. led to one of my all time fave messy jb moments:

god I miss that guy so badly. they don't do ride-or-die like that anymore

the point is that both sides were engaging in pretty silly mudslinging, just kind of for the vibes of it. valentino/jb trying to get under jorge's skin and jorge a bit more earnestly aggrieved. as ever, if you want to read more about how that particular era of jorge/valentino unfolded, see here. this is just to say, this kind of faffing about is a tale as old as time and it's always a bit silly... you had jorge say that it was impossible for them anyway to copy each other's data in the very same answer as he accused valentino of copying his set-up. like, I'm sorry, I am not going to take this seriously. a lot of sports is about having dumb arguments

and yeah, again, pecco does gradually build up his level over the weekend. more of a valentino than a casey, it's fair to say. and that'll hurt him in the sprint format - which I talked about a bit recently while going through casey's latest interview about how sprints are satan's providence:

so yeah, casey thinks that if anything there isn't enough time to work on set-up, and mat oxley thinks it's rubbish to say pecco relies on sprint data to be better on sunday. (as I said in that post, I do find it fun if unsurprising that casey is so virulently anti-sprints, because you'd think a lot of aspects of the format - including less time for everyone for working on set-ups - really would have suited him. keeping it real.) so on the whole... y'know. maybe he just gets better over the course of the weekend. it's been known to happen. there's actually some pretty significant ways in which the current version of the sport isn't all that pecco-friendly, from the shitty michelin front tyre we're keeping for another year to the sprint format we appear to be stuck with. it's just that he also happens to be on the best bike - and the fact that he's winning a lot but simultaneously isn't highly rated by fans makes people want to believe that the current series is 100% ideal for him

a lot of fans are loathe to admit pecco might actually be a good rider so they'll find basically everything to justify that prior. including getting into increasingly conspiratorial territory. but my actual take is this - if pecco has been gaming the system so expertly that he is somehow the only guy able to take full advantage of everyone else's data, so shrewd and cunning that he can spread magic dust on his bike so that he suddenly leaps ahead of jorge, such a dastardly operator that he can steal the set-up that poor jorge perfected on friday morning to fix his bike five minutes before the sunday race, then... good. I support it. I hope he's cheating. the more unearned the success is, the better in my books. long live corporate espionage and foul play

[matheoxs]

Hi! I keep seeing people asking for proof about your manifestation I think it was? Anyways, I was wondering what brought this on 😭 did you make a post saying you manifested a car or smth

Yes it all started with this user loaisacult basically calling loa a cult

And also to note before this person loaisacult made that acc

I’ve had ppl sending me ask on anon right but I never responded to them

Like one of them were like telling me that I’m lying about me manifesting being rich cause I remember in August I showed a picture of how much I manifested money that specifically month August it literally said “August”

And others were asking if I could show something expensive that I own or maybe video it or sum I ignored it

This was back then btw before the loaisacult user made that acc

And I made this post talking about the election if you scroll down you will see it all sudden I saw this user talking about loaisacult calling loa suicidal stuff like that and that made me like really mad it hit my nerves you get what I mean? So after those anon ask or wtv that I have been getting I decided to just show actual video of proof

Of a car a red car Lamborghini right so I entered my car I showed the logo before starting the car I made sure to show the logo to make people see that it’s actually Lamborghini and I also did start the car for some mins

If you watch the vid you can tell that there’s this car next to mine I was at a different place I was sleeping somewhere with my friends I hang out a lot it wasn’t where I lived and there you can’t talk loud like if you’ve ever been in a garage you will understand

This was on November 7 btw

I literally got like many ask sending death threats and other were like doubting me saying “oh this was on somebody ig “ but couldn’t even provide the ig username ?

And so I had my lovely followers and mutuals in the comments saying that I don’t need to provide more proof because it was actually leading to serious issues like it was getting to far

I showed my ig because I said I’m more active there and if you have any questions right you get what I mean

But anyways day after that few days later

I went to tumblr I saw this ask telling me to draw ❤️ + you on my car

I was inside my house and if you look at the back you can see the other cars there yep those are my friends car they came to my house and if you look at the ground you could see a water bottle I put it there so I can erase the the thing I wrote on my car right

I had to come out of my house to just write that thing on my car

Mind you I already stated before that I own other cars the red car is not the only car I own I put it in my car collection

So I was like okay let me just draw it on the car then

After I showed that picture of me drawing on the car I literally got death threats sent to me and my friend so that’s why I rushed to tumblr saying that I’m not providing any proof anymore

Like it got to a point where they sent death threats to my friends even tho I did exactly what the anon told me to do ? It’s like no matter how much proof you give you will still get death threats

So I was like I’m not providing any more proof to anybody because I’ve had enough I care about my friend’s safety if something is putting negativity in my life I will not do it

And then this user I forgot her username she came in asking if I could write my username on a paper to the red car ignoring how I literally did what the other anon asked me to do ?

And I was like thinking to myself that no matter what you do people will not believe and I will still get death threats so what’s the point ?? Plus she came late I already have reached my limits

She went on calling me a liar because I wasn’t consistent with my post and how I was with the red car and now I’m with yellow even tho I have stated that the red car is not the only car I own

Plus the vid with the red car was filmed on November 7 and the death threat I got was today November 14 she didn’t even know the date💀 and just went on telling me that im inconsistent with my post

That user IS SO LATE yet have the odacity to say something

She also mentioned how the place was different and I said yes you could clearly see that that place was a different place I was at my friend house I slept there

And she said that “oh so does your friend know you’re claiming their cars to be yours”

It’s just so insane because if my friend can own that car that means I can’t own a car like that too?

And I told her do you know something called driving ? (Because of the yellow car )

Or car collection? (Because of red car )

And I told her that she just proved my point that no matter what you do people will not believe you

You can paint your car, write something, and even write your username THEY WILL NOT BELIEVE YOU and they will still send me death threats

Me giving proof resulted in me getting death threats and my friends somehow

So I was like I’m not providing any proofs anymore like what the hell?

Wait part 2 coming

[mazzystar24]

sooooo did you know that someone confronted that bt stan about the old buddie post? so she responded that she stopped posting buddie in 2022 (liar bc the last post about buddie was date 15 march 2024) and now she is saying that eddie is daniel surrogate also she is still parading around that famous tim’s dm that he sent her with info about s8 lmao

GAJDKF YEAH SOMEONE SENT ME OR ONE OF MY MUTUALS ONE THATS LEGIT JUST AS SEASON 7 CAME OUT (abt the promo stuff for 7x04) SO ITS DEFINITELY 2024 not 2022

everyone who’s like “they’re brothers” or DANIEL SURROGATE?????? I pray to god they’re only children even if I’m an atheist cos as someone with 4 sisters I can confirm people don’t act like that with they’re siblings (unless they’re Marisol 🤭🤭)

What in the sweet home Alabama is this😭😭

Like I’m sorry for the trauma this activity will cause but I want you guys to pause for a minute and envision the kitchen scene between siblings instead, or the whatta man scene

See?? Absolutely horrifying beyond measure

Also everytime someone brings out the brothers debate I’m like this whole show is abt found family, when they want to make a fatherly bond they explicitly state it or reference it, when they want a brotherly bond they explicitly state it or reference it, we’ve seen it with buck and bobby we’ve seen it with chimney and buck with hen and buck with chimney and Kevin and so on and so on

You know who we haven’t seen it with? Eddie

What did we see instead tho someone remind me?? Oh yeah we saw the elf scene with someone assuming they’re together, we saw Maddie tease buck about his boy crush, we saw chimney call himself bucks basketball beard, we saw buck think Maddie is talking abt Eddie when she said he’s so cute abt chimney and so on and so on

AHJDKF ALSO WHAT s8 info I heard abt it vaguely but not the specific DMs😭😭

[codes-and-stuffs]

also also while researching i did see bbc published an article about which parties are saying what about gender identity and single-sex spaces and (while some of the wording in the intro is... interesting, imo) they do cover most major english parties + the snp and plaid cymru. i think it is worth a read, especially as this is a huge topic on this website for uk politics rn!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4nng2j42xro

tldr (tho i still encourage reading the article for details, explanation, and the sake of not just going off what one tumblr user is saying) below (also cw for discussion of trans rights that at times veers into blatant transphobia)

conservatives

pledge to rewrite the Equality Act in order to clarify 'sex' to mean 'biological sex'

have drafted a bill to prevent schools from teaching 'contested' material such as 'the view that gender is a spectrum', and to require schools to tell parents if a child wishes to identify as a different gender at school

labour

pledge to 'protect female-only spaces' while treating trans people with 'dignity and respect'

may also back that conservative bill about not teaching 'contested ideology' - i'd check the official wording on this one, it's a little unclear

pledge to ban conversion therapy

pledge to remove 'indignities' of applying for gender recognition certificate, however still requiring the diagnosis of gender dysphoria

lib dems

pledge to overhaul process of gender recognition so no diagnosis is required and people can self-identify

pledge to ban conversion therapy

pledge to make nonbinary identities recognised in law

pledge to make large companies report on pay gap and employment for lgbt+ people in a similar way currently done for gender

scottish national party

have already tried to enact a bill to overhaul legal gender recognition so that it is based on self identification rather than medical diagnosis (this occurred last year, you may still remember it), but was blocked by uk gov

unclear if the new mp holds the same plans, may be worth separate research on that

reform uk

(previously known as brexit party)

pledge to ban 'gender questioning', 'social transitioning' and 'pronoun swapping' in schools

pledge to scrap the Equality Act as well as any other diversity, equality and inclusion rules

farage (party leader) speaks about respecting trans rights and also 'women-only spaces', and says that trans women should not be allowed in women's sports

green

pledge to allow people to self identify for legal gender recognition

pledge to add the option of an X marker on passports for nonbinary/intersex people

plaid cymru

pledge to allow people to self identify for legal gender recognition

[obligatory disclaimer that this post does not intend to influence any individuals' votes, only give perspective on a specific issue, it's worth looking at other issues and sources, etc etc, just thought this would be interesting for my (mostly not even british) mutuals]

anyway yes if you got this far thanks for reading !! i would love to hear your thoughts on all of this!

[fuutaprotectionsquad]

Yknow I feel like I should have a main post where I share my Milgram opinions/verdicts (thought of this bc i was writing my sister's opinion on the milgram characters). So I'll go character by character.

Will anyone read this? I don't know but its here

Haruka: I relate to him a bit (shitty mother, intrusive homicidal thoughts, neurodivergence). I def feel bad for him but hes still really guilty in my mind. I just think the whole killing for attention thing is a really dangerous mindset you can't just get out of, especially if you're being told you're not in the wrong. And it definitely seems like he doesn't actually feel bad for the girl he killed, just feels bad because people are mad at him for it. Idk. But I enjoy his dynamic with Muu a lot, even tho its toxic i just think its really interesting. But I wish him the best and he deserves a hug. His songs are mid tho (/hj i like them)

Yuno: I love her personality and I think shes so fun, but I honestly don't think about her a lot compared to the others. But I love her and specifically enjoy her dynamics with (obv mostly in fan content) Kazui, Mahiru and Fuuta. Her and Fuuta are such a good platonic ship (romantic is fun too). Innocent vote, obv. I like her songs, but Tear Drop moreso than Umbilical.

Fuuta: Oh my god I wonder what I think of him. In all seriousness he's a major hyperfixation of mine at like every given moment. I adore him and i think he deserves better and to be innocent. Like he feels so guilty for what he did and he didn't know any better, everyone around him was encouraging his behavior and praising him for it. But then it got too far and all his friends abandoned him and blamed him like. Poor fuuta :( and he's like 100% right when he says him and es are exactly the same. On another note, major fan of 0309 (romantically, but either way works), and also love his dynamic with Haruka, Yuno, Mahiru, Amane and Es. His songs are both in my top three (backdraft being #1)

Muu: Tied for my fav character(? Fuuta might beat her idk) I love her personality and vibe and everything just ❤️❤️ queen shit. And her queen bee design is gorgeous. Typically my favs are men but shes one of the first women ive hyperfixated on this much. Again, love her dynamic with Haruka, not from a like. healthy relationships could make the characters better standpoint, but from a story perspective its interesting. But yeah guilty. As for her songs, INMF is my #2 and i like After Pain

Shidou: Honestly I used to be kinda indifferent about him and just found him to be boring but then I rewatched his voice dramas and read some fics and I like him more now. I feel really bad for him bc he went through a really shitty situation which he felt he had the power to change and was stuck in a shitty moral dilemma bc of it. And in the end he did shitty things to save those he loved and it didn't even matter. He feels so guilty and doesn't deserve it. Innocent <3. Also romantic 0507 ftw (0506 is cool too). Him and Amane are silly too. As for his songs i like them, but they're not my fav

Mahiru: i like her, but im not too like. invested in her ig. But i feel bad for her :( she just wants to feel love and like. clearly she did something wrong but she didn't know she was. She never intended to hurt anyone. So innocent. Unless we find out she like. did something really fucking bad then maybe guilty. But in I Love You it implies it was a mutual toxicity so it probably wasn't something super terrible? But anyway. I love her with like all the characters cuz shes just so fun to see interact w others, but specifically with Yuno, Fuuta, Shidou, Amane and Mikoto.

Kazui: Hes so fun i love him. Like all he wants is to be honest and be himself but he feels pressured to lie and then finally he tells the truth and his wife fucking kills herself like- jeez- poor guy. Like following the gay theory, i get why she mightve done it (imagine being told the romance you built your entire life around for like 20 years was all a lie, and that your husband never actually loved you and just pretended to and every time you kissed or something he was just pretending like. that sucks poor hinako) but its so awful that he had to go thru that. But anyway innocent, kazui come out we accept you. And stan 0507. Song wise cat is easily #4 but. half is ok ig

Amane: Yknow i love amane but I also hate her and i think part of that might be the fandom? idk. I feel sorry for her bc she grew up in such a shitty situation but also i think shes beyond the point where we can uninstill those ideologies. Like shes 12, not 5. And amane says it herself that she has as much of a free will as everyone else and that her decision to kill/stay in this environment should be valued. Not that i think she should remain in this abusive situation, but she's not just some innocent kid whose being manipulated, she knows what she's doing. Hence, guilty. I don't think either vote will change her or anything so im voting with my honest opinion. As for dynamics, i love seeing her interact with all the other prisoners, but especially Shidou and Fuuta.

Mikoto: I love mikoto a lot but im so on the fence about his verdict. Ive been voting him innocent but theres still a part of me thats like. debating it. Bc he shouldn't have to be punished for John's actions, and it sucks that that's the situation hes in, but its that or more murders are left to occur. The main reason i say innocent is under the idea that John could go dormant or just stop fronting as much if we reduce mikoto's stress (like he says will happen i think). But hes so complex and fun i love mikoto. Specifically i love romantic 0309 but also his dynamic w the smoking group and mahiru. Also i love his songs.

Kotoko: I love her but also fuck her for hurting fuuta (and mahiru too but mainly fuuta). She annoys me bc she was so quick to almost murder several people based on a preliminary verdict that was made using little information. Like she knew this wasn't a concrete verdict, but attacked them anyway. I get her ideology of "kill people who evade justice to protect the weak" but only when they've actually done bad things (ie. the guy kidnapping the little girl). But when she doesn't know what they did and knows the person accusing them doesn't either???? Like bruh. But i like her character shes fun. I like seeing how she interacts with es and everyone she attacked. And songs, harrow is okay and i really like deep cover.

Whew im done.

[rollercoasterwords]

rae give us your thoughts on taylor swift more specifically her rich white feminist thing she’s got going on and her influence on the current ‘girlboss’ trend and the current perception of women in media today???? asking bc i love reading your opinions on this stuff 💕

it sounds like u have some opinions of ur own lol but sure i can talk abt taylor swift! will be putting it under a cut bc i love my swiftie mutuals tho...swiftie mutuals look away im going to be mean sorry....

i mean yeah overall u kinda summed it up lol. i don't think i'd really care much about taylor swift were it not for the way she's been branded as some sort of groundbreaking feminist and subsequently played into that perception to profit ("the man" makes my eyes roll out of my skull sorry...)

i think my dislike of her was first seeded when "you need to calm down" came out--before then i just hadn't really cared abt taylor swift, knew a few songs but wasn't crazy about them, etc. but then she dropped "you need to calm down" and suddenly she was getting TONS of praise for doing SO much for the queer community and i was like. well first of all the song is bad second of all she's literally comparing her online haters to violent homophobes as though those two things are in any way equal or similar experiences third of all she's getting praised for profiting off positioning herself as a #ally. like this song and music video are not some sort of feminist praxis they are a way to funnel money into her already bulging pockets.

but because literally everyone around me (many swiftie friends) was gushing over how amazing she was for hiring all those dykes + faggots to dance behind her i felt like i was being gaslit + the fact that taylor swift was just happily accepting the money + accolades at the same time made me dislike her

when folklore came out i actually did enjoy the album which was. the first time that's happened for me lol i usually like maybe one or two of her songs and think the rest are mediocre at best but i was like huh maybe she's like changing as an artist and sort of settling into a new groove that's kinda cool. and then i didn't like evermore as much but i was still like okay cool new sound new vibe. and then she dropped midnights and i tried really hard to like it for my swiftie friends but...honestly i was shocked by how bad it was lol. just felt like a new level of low in terms of bad lyrics and the music was incredibly bland and boring to me, nothing new or interesting going on there. and then i felt gaslit again by all the swifties raving abt the lyricism of lines like "draw the cat eye sharp enough to kill a man" like!!! babe that is a tumblr post from 2014...

but aside from finding it genuinely incomprehensible that she gets so much credit for being an amazing writer or lyricist when the bulk of her discography is simply incredibly mediocre or straight-up bad imo (bc honestly that alone wouldn't be enough to make me dislike her; ik these are all subjective measures so even if i find it annoying to hear people rant + rave about music i think is bad it's not gonna make me dislike the artist or the people raving necessarily) what bothers me more and solidifed my dislike of her is the continuation of the way she acted when "you need to calm down" dropped. which is to say, it's infuriating enough that her fandom has sainted her, but what's more infuriating to me is the she seems inclined to play into that sainthood.

she often leans in to portraying herself as either a victim of misogyny or a #girlboss feminist. and like--this isn't to say taylor swift hasn't experienced misogyny, or that she shouldn't talk about those experiences, or that rich white women are exempt from sexism. but her feminist consciousness seems to begin and end with her own personal experiences of sexism, with no effort at a deeper political engagement made. she flies her private jet around and poisons the environment and when people try to call her out for it she sits back and lets her fans accuse anyone that criticizes her of being sexist. in fact, it seems that any criticism of her is met with accusations of sexism, which is an infuriating obfuscation.

at the end of the day, her politics such that i have seen are incredibly liberal and toothless, and her feminism seems largely focused on making herself more money ("the man" being about "getting ahead" faster, the whole thing with that one guy owning her masters centering around a dispute over property + who gets to make money, etc). she is a capitalist first and foremost, and because of that her feminisn kind of sucks, so i hate seeing people treat her as a Feminist Figure. i also think the gaylor thing is sooooo stupid and annoying and reinforces the concept of identity first and foremost as a discrete ontological category rather than something socially constructed + materially rooted. like the idea that taylor has some mystical gay Essence inside her that exists regardless of how straight her music + lifestyle is, the makes her Queer--sorry but give me a fucking break lol. i don't give a shit if she kisses other girls, taylor swift is not a Queer Icon, and i don't understand why people desperately scrabble to find proof that she is when there are already plenty of openly gay pop singers!

in conclusion taylor swift is the epitome of #girlboss liberal feminism to me and her supposedly genius music being aggressively mediocre is just the icing on the cake lol

[dooplissss]

i saw your tags on that post, can you tell me about the homestuck quadrants? i was hugely into homestuck like 10 years ago but i’ve forgotten almost everything. i want to remember the ancient ways

* cracks knuckles >:) *

Matesprit ❤️ is easy, its just what humans see as romance and true love etc. One of the two reproductive quadrants, yadda yadda you get it.

Examples: - Morticia <3 Gomez - Ruby <3 Sapphire - Darcy <3 Elizabeth, with arguably some grey/black romance thru the story but thats what makes it so enduring

Moirails ♦️ is my personal favorite quadrant and is fairly straightforward, tho the canon definition is different from fanon. In fanon, its interpreted basically as best friends/queerplatonic, which, yeah, can and usually does happen with that proximity and thats why I love it, but in canon its more a power balance to prevent violence and death, typically with one figure reining back a more chaotic one. When applying to humans and other fandoms tho its better to lean toward the slightly fanon interpretation since Alternia's violent culture is so different from ours.

Examples: - Nepeta <> Equius - Aziraphale <> Crowley (obvi the situation is changing but lets leave this here) - Dean <> Castiel (obvi i'm team matesprit but canonically they belong here up til cas declares his love) - Joel <> Ellie (this is a strictly platonic quadrant dw) - Caleb <> Nott/Veth (I want to shake liam and sam so bad and explain that the relationship they were looking for was right here and they didnt have to awkwardly choose between romance and friendship)

Auspictice ♣️is the one everyone gets wrong and drives me the most insane. It's a tricky and very specific balancing dynamic thats hard to find, except maybe on the CW. Canonically, its a group of three people, two (left and right leaves) want to outright kill each other. This does not make them kismesis, I cannot stress that enough, kismesis don't want each other dead, but we'll get there in a sec. The third person is meant to prevent them from killing each other, being the mediator. Its rare for this dynamic to not be outright toxic, esp in human examples, but its a healthy option on Alternia to prevent unnecessary murder. I think this dynamic is meant to be temporary tho, even in that culture, as it weighs on the mediator a lot.

Examples: - Eridan <3< Sollux ^ Feferi, unfortunately unsuccessful showing how difficult and straining this relationship type is (also everyone who said eridan and sollux were kismesis owes me $5, I'll become a millionaire instantly) - Edward <3< Jacob ^ Bella - Pearl <3< Greg ^ Steven, a happy ending example of an auspictice (ignore the ptsd)

Kismesis ♠️is. man where do I begin. its so good. its such a fun dynamic, especially when you have a pairing that gets it just right. Kismesis is perfect enemies, arch-rivals that share a mutual respect and drive each other to improve themselves to better outwit their opponent. Its when a captain sees one of their ships on fire and smiles, knowing just who did it. Its tipping your opponents head up by the tip of a sword. Its the bad guy showing up at your doorstep because theres no one else they trust more than their greatest nemesis. Its the other reproductive quadrant because its just as deep and passionate as true love, and it can in fact switch between love and hate very easily and often.

Examples: - Quark <3< Odo (imo the BEST non-homestuck example) - Batman <3< Joker (friend hates when i say this but i'm right, esp with lego batman) - Xavier <3< Magneto - Light <3< L - God <3< Satan, why not lmao

I wish homestuck was seen as less cringe bc the quadrants are SOOO FUN to apply to ships and dynamics in other fandoms and contexts. At the same time, people get the quadrants wrong constantly, especially between kismesis and auspictice. And the quadrants aren't static, you don't have to lock a ship in just one forever! feelings change and very easily turn from black to red to black again, its all so complicated and fun to watch.

Hope all this makes sense lmao, thanks for the ask!

[mxtxfanatic]

I checked out the "canon jiang cheng" in hopes of finding my people and yet all I've found are JC stans saying the weirdest of things were absolutely canon.

I am very tired.

Then I figured that I should just try my hand at the character tag and regretted it even more when I fell on an anti wwx post.

I didn't know those people existed and frankly, I am worried for them.

Seriously tho, this post was unreal, I can't believe I just read that with my own two eyes.

Can I rant with you please?

Yeah there was a whole thing when twitter users fled back to tumblr where twitter jc stans decided to “reclaim” the tag because they’re upset they didn’t successfully bully canon enjoyers out the fandom. They usually either fill it with fanon jc mess, jc thirst edits, or hate for any other character with the intention of antagonizing everyone else like they did in the main novel tag and the main jc character tag. I personally don’t use character tags to know how bad it’s gotten, but I use my mutuals to find new blogs to follow by paying attention to who they reblog from.

I don’t mind ranting, as long as it’s about a fandom trend and not about specific individuals* whose content you can trace back to.

*caveat to the “specific individuals”: sometimes I do talk about identifiable individuals, but usually it’s because they’ve either directly interacted with me or I am pointing out the disproportionate influence they’ve had on fandom in negative ways, so still fandom trend commentary. I don’t care about dissecting every individual jc stan fic or headcanon or “meta,” though, because they all say the same thing and jumping on one person for doing what the whole group is doing feels redundant.

[digiblueslush]

Hello everybody!

My names Rory, and I’m back on tumblr for the bajillionth time and rebranding for the bajillionth time (seriously why did I ever leave in the first place, I love yall)

Anyways… here’s my whole spiel about who I am, what I do, etc.

^^^ where I post from lolz. Anyways, here are the basic stats

Name/what y’all can call me - Rory, Cyber Rory, idk anything else just not any of my old names if you know them

Age - 19

God what else do you put in these OH OMG

Pronouns - irl they/them, online they/it (and ask about neos if interested)

Sexuality/gender identity - i identify as bisexual, abrosexual, and gender-fluid (please do not use he/him or she/her even if I say I feel more masculine/feminine, they/them is always preferred)

What’s my deal - I’m an artist! Previously I never really posted my own stuff, but now I want to start doing that. Obviously I’ll still repost things I like, but it’s not gonna be my whole page lolz. I started taking my art more seriously since I switched my major from marine bio to a double major in art and psych (physics and chem are too hard) I’m currently not in school (I had to withdraw during the middle of my first semester due to mental health issues, but I’m going back this fall! So excited!!)

What kind of art? - glad you asked. Im really into Frutiger aero and cybercore at the moment, so that’s what I usually base my art around, but I really don’t have one set style/“aesthetic” in my art. I go in between Frutiger aero, cybercore, y2k, scene, mizuiro, and basically anything else that I can sneak the color blue in

Other fun things about me

Music I’m into - I don’t mean to be one of those “oh I’m into everything” kind of people, as it’s not fully true, but it’s true like 90% of the time. My favorite genres right now are metal core, emo, whatever Ayesha erotica, millionaires, and slayyyter are, and ambient instrumentals (more specifically cybercore ambience and the little big planet soundtrack) I will not listen to most country, and pop music is very hit or miss, but other than that I usually like everything else. Specific bands I’m into include bad omens, mcr, motionless in white, spiritbox, and pierce the veil

Shows/Animes I’m into - hot take but I really don’t like to watch tv *gasp* I know I know, but it’s so hard for me to start new shows and keep watching them, especially if episodes are longer than 20-30 mins. Even with anime I have a hard time watching shows that I wasn’t into over a year ago. I’m really into JJK, Haikyuu, Yuri on Ice (rip), the aquatope on white sands, and tbhk

Other things I’m into - just gonna dump them all here lolz. Blues clues, Winnie the Pooh, stuffed animals (NOT squishmallows, hot take sorry) deltarune/undertale, sally face, Fran bow, project sekai (forgot to put vocaloid in music lolz), and the ds and Wii era Nintendo

ALMOST DONE

I’ll be setting up either a card or a link tree hopefully soon, but I’m also on TikTok (regretfully) and instagram, both are @/cyber.rory13 if y’all are interested. Eventually I hope to open up commissions and/or a sticker and print shop, but for now I’m waiting til I have more traction on my socials as shops cost money, and I’ve been unemployed since October (starting work in may tho!) so I don’t want to make that investment quite yet. Commissions however, I’m open to the idea of them, so if you are interested feel free to message me and we can talk about details there (they will have to be digital or traditional transferred to digital). And finally, the moment like one of y’all has been waiting for, some of my actual art!

Digital

Traditional

Anyways, I hope you all enjoy, my page is a safe place and feel free to reblog really engage anyway if you’d like to be mutuals! Slay queen!!

[inchidentally]

this is classed under gossip even tho it's nothing negative or rumor-y but still putting under a cut!

as you say all these gossip accs have to be taken with a grain of salt etc and I'd never repost anything that was negative - but honestly I did look at more of their stories overall and tbh they're a hell of a lot more balanced and believable than the usual rumors etc - esp since they're not hawking it as direct fact.

and I've got to say there's zero incentive for them to say such positive things about Lando and Oscar bc gossip pages barely even think about Oscar let alone care about if he and Lando are friends at all. Lando and Oscar don't come up much in wider F1 fandom gossip at all precisely bc they don't have any drama attached to them. and tbh when I run through the current lineup of teammate relationships it actually checks out that they'd have the strongest friendship beneath the partnership. bc Carlos and Charles would rate the highest otherwise but the strain they are constantly placed under bc of the warring factions around them I think we all know has to make life difficult for them. every other partnership is either neutral/disinterested in each other outside work, mildly antagonistic or flat out rivals. Alonso and Stroll are an exception for being from two totally different generations and Alex and Logan while clearly doing a great job maintaining friendliness despite everything, are in two totally different social circles outside racing. everyone else is cool with sticking to a work relationship only.

so that leaving Lando and Oscar who have had mutual friends for years already, are essentially the same age with the same interests, similar career paths, both want the same car spec, both have always avoided drama with teammates/other drivers as much as possible, makes total sense. Lando himself said he thinks he and Oscar are extremely similar. and I think fundamentally the way they avoided cultivating a PR bromance and allowed their relationship to develop gradually and naturally - and the fact that they've both class their time together off duty as part of their private offline world, like. it makes sense that to people working the paddock - they've got the best friendship of the driver pairings.

side note and I know it's dumb and I'm not taking it like crazy seriously when I keep posting about it butttt the way they specifically describe Lando and Lily both as sweet but shy ;_; like, Oscar being someone who is so "low frequency" as he says is such a safe place for people who suffer from shyness in unknown spaces or around people they don't know. bc I've noticed he doesn't get credit for how confident and at ease he actually is when he's thrown into those kinds of scenarios - sure he doesn't really like them, but he never seems nervous or awkward! the number of times he and Lando have been thrown into something during media duties that Lando wasn't prepared for or that's in front of crowds and Oscar ends up being the one leading !!

(and like, I have a whole thing about the fandom misconceptions about women working for promoters and the ideas about escort work and the fundamental lack of a difference between that and a small time IG model who exchanges likes and DMs with famous men. but that's a whooooole massive topic and idk if it's worth delving into at all.)

[edsbacktattoo]

ok i was kind of purposefully avoiding the details of the gravy basket theory because it's sounded so dumb but holy shit i really didn't know the extent of it. sorry in advance to be rambling in your inbox.

i thought if i wanted to talk about it i should read the post in full but honestly that was a struggle on its own. it just completely misunderstands the way the show uses ed experiencing purgatory as metaphor. like, the innkeeper does not show us this sort of wish fulfilling dream state at all, and ed externalizing his self hatred into the figment of hornigold is a simple, concise idea that the show specifically goes out of its way to make clear. episode 8 just doesn't have this. like, you'd have to make the argument that literally EVERY CHARACTER PRESENT IN THE EPISODE is somehow representative of an aspect of stede's psyche. it's not just a matter of him projecting his desires into a falsely constructed space, it's a matter of internal issues manifesting from the subconscious, which is what the show has established. it's particularly bizarre to me that they don't make any effort to argue what izzy is meant to represent in this theory, or what him dying could mean symbolically (which is. y'know. the point of the gravy basket as it's been explored). also there's just a complete disregard for ed's arc in the finale which is. eugh. come on.

and this is all still being generous in taking the idea of the "gravy basket" at face value. like, it feels a little ridiculous to even entertain the idea enough to try to argue it. i'm just so baffled.

(it did make me think about psychonauts to the point of wanting to replay it, so. i guess there's that.)

PRECISELY!!!!!!!!! don’t apologise for rambling in my inbox when you’re so correct my dear friend <3

i can’t believe that this theory has such a vice grip on some people. when it first appeared on my dash (and it did, not because a mutual reblogged it, but bc i follow the ofmd tag, and tumblr is evil and gave me the post bc it thought it was being helpful) i thought it was. a joke. i thought the op was having a laugh. but the more i read the more i started to worry. it takes a very distinct lack of media comprehension to come up with something like this.

now, i want to make it clear that i do feel for the people who enjoy izzy normally. like the folks who just like him because he’s interesting and fucked up and strange. the people that don’t woobify him, ya know? those guys are all right.

but the kind of devotion that leads to behaviour like this? threatening and belittling the writers of the show? calling ed violent and thinking he’s going to be an abuser to stede, the man he’s in love with? if you genuinely believe that then there is something seriously wrong with you, and i think you ought to look introspectively <3

also, as a side note, a large criticism i’ve seen for season 2 is poor writing (which is just not at all correct) but to make up for said “poor writing” the theories that people are whipping up are genuinely like. worse? imagine if they did the gravy basket thing again. gravy basket 2: electric boogaloo. that would be bad writing. that would be lazy!!

no, what they did instead was deliberate and careful and beautiful and hopeful. open ended and bittersweet. and yet. AND YET!!!! you get folks trying to cope so bad it makes them look stupid.

and this is all that i will say on the matter. tho, ive never played psychonauts and this might be the thing that makes me dive into that :)

[jewish-vents]

(a few weeks ago or smthn i sent a vent about a couple mutuals reblogging blatant neonazi propaganda for context)

one of the mutuals did it again. it’s not as bad this time like the post isn’t saying zionists are brainwashing the tv owning population into thinking antisemitism is a problem but the post was still erasing jewish history and playing into the whole “they jews killed jesus” thing (except now it’s literally “the jews are killing jesus’s brothers and sisters”… fun)

it sucks bcz i rlly like this person, we aren’t in any of the same fandoms rn but we’ve been mutuals for well over half my time on tumblr and at one point we were eachother’s closest mutuals too

similar stuff has happened and is happening with other mutuals and people i follow on both sides of this thing (tho i’ve seen a lot more goyische mutuals become antisemitic than jewish mutuals become racist over these past few months-) but again i’ve known this person on here longer than most of my mutuals (ignoring the people i know irl) and i know they aren’t being malicious here but honestly i’m scared it’s gonna turn that way

i wish i knew how to confront them about why all this is bad but i’m really not sure how. at least with the other post it was incredibly obviously a conspiracy theory AND i send the ask to the other mutual (tho i did tag them) but really i’m not sure how to confront this person about this specific thing

i hate how i can only think of 2 or 3 people on here (or at all) i trust to not start saying insanely antisemitic or racist stuff because they got pushed too far down a political pipeline that you can’t even easily dispute on either side because people are fucking dying

idk i’m just sick of it all (sorry just realised how long this is-)

That really sucks. I think you have a couple of options here. You can ignore it, but that won't solve anything. You can trust that your friendship will make them listen to you about this issue, so you can talk to them about it. Or you can simply decide this person isn't worth your time and grieve the friendship and move on. None of these options are really easy, but sometimes we need to do hard things to keep ourselves safe and well

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