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Yall, who is this budget ass One Direction church?!?!?! Ads here are wild
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Call me homophobic, but I don't actually think it's great representation to stick a complex, dynamic, newly-realized bisexual character permanently with a flat, boring, underdeveloped love interest just because that was the first guy who showed interest.
#in my hater era#like what you like#but goddamn#the argument that this is somehow outstanding queer representation is baffling#they have had 13 episodes to DO something with this character and they have chosen not to#no development anywhere#even though they literally brought him back so there is built-in background ripe for the picking#and yet#anti bucktommy#anti tommy kinard#the saddest part is#i don't even hate him#he's not important enough to hate#there is just absolutely nothing to him#and that's sad because whether or not he was intended to be long-term or endgame#the writers are better than this and the character SHOULD have SOME development#like why are we all swooning over 911 shoehorning in a returning character to tell a bi buck story#but treating that character like the most expendable love interest in history#i don't like him but actually i think queer characters#and especially ones who are part of such a major later-in-life bisexual realization storyline for a beloved main#deserve a little more respect than what 911 has been giving him#anyway#might delete later i don't know#also i need to stop looking at the 911 subreddit#worst takes i've ever seen that place is a cesspool
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The Sword of the Moonmaiden and the Servant of Selûne.
#baldur's gate 3#bg3#aylin x isobel#dame aylin#aylin#bg3 aylin#isobel thorm#isobel#bg3 isobel#justanotherignot#i don't know shit about coloring#but i tried my best to get rid of the green in aylin's scene and the blue on isobel's#i love love love the wing flex aylin does#look at her wings#so majestic and so pretty#i hope isobel looks like she's staring up at aylin#because that was my intention and why i put her under aylin#not like isobel would complain about being under aylin anyway#i wish isobel's title was chosen of selûne instead#c'mon selûne it's your daughter's wife
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a summary of purple's experience in the latter half of King Merc AU
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#tommy's stickmen tag#pitch's art#ava#ava/m#avm#ava au#ava purple#avm purple#ava/m purple#c!alan#c!becker#alan becker#i actually think that purple and chosen would get along decently well ngl#don't know why i just think like. they'd be chill.#animator vs animation#animation vs animator#animation vs minecraft
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hulu was doing live coverage of the election until 2:00am, at which point my power randomly went out and when I reopened the hulu app on my tv the election coverage was replaced with
#us politics#I don't care if it was intentional or a coincidence or what that shit is funny as hell#I got like 3 hours of sleep in the past 48 hours#my closest friends are sleeping and don't know yet#we're going to dc a month from now on vacation and none of us expected this#I've been on twitter and it's crushing I see my friends in fear for their lives#I see the worst people in the world cheering for their own downfall because all they care about is someone else having it worse#like they'll douse the vulnerable among us with gasoline and pray for hellfire thinking they'll be safe#but the flames don't discriminate like they do and we're all going to burn#except for the wealthy and powerful of course they'll be polluting the solar system or dead from old age#and the only hell they'll ever know is the one millions upon millions of people eagerly built in their names#in the name of 'greatness'#(man I get really melodramatic when I haven't slept)#and I'm scared too I didn't think this was going to happen and I have no idea what the future holds anymore#and I know I'm privileged to be able to say this when people's lives are about to be destroyed but I think I'm more sad than anything#so disappointed that 70 million people voted for *that*#because it's completely unconscionable to anyone with a soul but somehow he's winning the popular vote for the first time???#what do you mean more people like him now than they did in 2016 and 2020#this genuinely feels like a nightmare are we really so far gone as a country??? as a society?????#that we would not only let a convicted felon (who was served a lawsuit ON ELECTION DAY) on the ballot#but that SEVENTY. MILLION. PEOPLE. would vote for him? to run the country??? to represent us on a global stage?????#*THAT'S* what we as a nation have chosen??? what the fuck is wrong with this country?????#why him indeed#and yet I still have hope#inexplicably
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What would've happened if Chosen went back to live with the CG after the Showdown?
Chosen doesn't know how long he's been standing there, nor why he was standing there in the first place. It's not like he can't leave; he could easily fly and run away from this unpleasant place. Yet his feet seem to be rotting from being in the same spot for a long time.
Why is he here?
Was it because of loneliness? Regret? Guilt? Or maybe something akin to revenge?
No, it can't be.
He promised he wouldn't end up like him, let alone someone like Noogai. Guess that's the weight he has to carry for being the Chosen One. Again, something else to blame his creator for.
This inexplicable need to feel responsible for everything that happens around him, to be worthy of an imposed and painful title he didn't ask for. Maybe if he was called "normal" or "Regular" as a stickfigure, everything would be easier for him, something that could show he's only the victim in all of this. Because that would mean it isn't, and it won't be, and it's not his fault, no matter what he does.
He's only defending himself, surviving, yes, surviving, as always.
And now it seems like fate forces him to also protect them
Because they have no idea whose PC they've been living with and Chosen does, so if something happened to those kids, Chosen isn't sure if he would be able to sleep at night again. Just because of the knowledge of the past.
No matter how much he changes his name, to Chosen, he's still the selfish creator he used to be.
Behind those glasses that reveal nothing of his true intentions.
Noogai.
Or how the kids call him.
Alan.
«What a stupid name» Chosen thinks bitterly
"Hey!, You okay?" Suddenly, a worried voice snaps him out of his thoughts— that orange kid who refuses to accept he saved them all. He was standing a few feet away from him, while his other friends were hovering nearby but not interacting directly yet.
Chosen sighs again
«What did I get myself into?»
#alan becker#animator vs animation#stickmans#ava#fanart#ava fanart#ava tdl#ava the chosen one#ava the dark lord#ava the second coming#ava tsc#ava tco#i don't know why but i think the only reason Chosen would stay at least for a while is to watch over the CG.#its like the oldest child not believing how good the youngest is living when they had the same parents/hj#Going back Au
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KILL!!!!!!!!!
#my post#this is so mean. why did i make this#but also....... the gun is in your hands now#i'll admit that it's my fault for putting the gun in your hand... however i've no say in what you choose to do with it#will you pull the trigger and accept whatever happens from now on? will you give yourself into the role forced upon you?#no one will know anything if you don't say anything. there will be no consequences or repercussions to this choice#but you will know. and you will need to live with that knowledge for the rest of your life#a gun not fired is like an itch not stratched#in the end i have no control over what you do... but free will is a funny thing#the brain is very susceptible to suggestion... everything we see and experience will remain with us in some way#if that's the case then how much control do we really have in our lives? how do we separate what we really want vs what we're told to want?#things like hunger... desire... they're all things the body asks for. but are they things that we truly want?#or are they merely a mechanism built into us for the sake of survival?#everything blends into everything. your past actions will inform your current actions. you're the only one who's ever lived your life#you're the only one who will ever live your life#little variables and experiences we all share... but the order varies greatly from person to person. everything is just a series of events#the way i see the world is different than the way you see it regardless of how similar they are#what choice will you make now? and how does it differ from the choice you would've made a week ago? a month? a year? does it differ at all?#does free will truly exist? i think it does... but not in the way most people think it exists#you and i... we might differ on that thought. or we might not.#regardless of whatever i've been rambling about right now... refusing to make a choice is still a choice you make. life is ironic like that#does one of them really have to go? that's for you to decide now#i've merely chosen to put the gun in your hand. to make you aware of the possibilities#so i hope you realize what power your choices have#dca fandom#daycare attendant#yeah sometimes i just say things that i think are deep but they're really not#i hope the choices i make have an effect on others. even if it's just one person...#if i can make even just one person think about something they wouldn't have normally thought about then isn't that a win?#life is a series of choices... ''it'd be great if you could see a figure of light by the time you die'' ♡
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since i've been playing games i wanted to assemble my dear characters in a pleasing manner i love them all they are me (i will edit this when i defeat honour mode)
#i don't play ffxiv any more i barely remember it nor much liked it. but it's the same kind of Self-Chosen Character.#i just started dragon age inquisition. i miss da2. i miss my man... im gonna play slow cause i dont care as much without him...#also i'm 50 hours into my 5th bg3 playthrough but it's honour mode and i really do actually want to SURVIVE THIS TIME!!!!#so i'm not including them so it doesn't jinx it. when we survive...i will edit this. I WILL SURVIVE.#why am i suddenly a dragon age player. i feel like i dont even know what dragon age is. and i've met like 1 dragon#i will return to drawing witch hat atelier soon .#my bg3 character who is the most dear is hellebore. gloam pav hell and yill my darlings. but hell is dearest.
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The funeral
#ts4 gameplay#ts4 challenge#ts4 legacy challenge#ts4 screenshots#the light is AWFUL i'm sorry it was cloudy af (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻#anyway that was the spoiler 💔#Leif has always had the emotional intelligence of a rock lol#He's sad about the passing of his parents and he's hurt and angry because Jay has chosen to show his face NOW in this moment#But instead of TALKING to Jay like a mature grown-up man (which he isn't) he decides he's going to act like an asshole#Nothing new just Leif being Leif I guess#Have you seen Hope there?#She's not scared of Leif but of hearing her daddy talk in that tone#Jay has a special tone for Leif not exactly a growl but clear enough for everyone listening that he's not happy with the man's presence#this is part 1 of 3 btw 👀👀#I love Jay's profile. I have 6000 pictures of his profile I don't know why I just like how he looks 😩#pollock legacy#gen4#jay pollock#miracle holm#leif pollock#hope pollock
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Don't talk to me; I'm still recovering from the fact that the first computer-synthesized voice to sing in 1961 - the IBM 704 - sang Daisy Bell, a love song.
#positivity#do the computers know i love them#sometimes i watch the recording of the audio and it blows me away that i can do that#like yes daisy bell was a very popular song from 1892 but the point still stands#there were a million simple songs to give the computer to sing and the one that was chosen talked about enduring love#so yes you can be apathetic about it and say that there's no point in thinking about it deeper than a proof of concept for 60s tech#but i say nonsense to that - nay i will not stand for it here. everything is deep. everything is significant#to teach a computer a love song is the highest form of humanity and i don't care if that's dumb#hot take (semi-related): computers have humanity in them. humans made machines. we gave them purpose and existence.#(that's not saying that computers are 1:1 human BUT that humans made those machines - everything out there originated because of us)#(and i think that's why i don't buy that machines are more neutral than a human especially in judgement)#(a machine has whatever judgement their people had while making it. it isn't neutral at all based on the technology we have today)#i'm not obsessed with machines but i've learned to respect and admire them for what they are#i'd say that i would want to learn about tech for fun but i'm not enthused by it like other transsexuals are
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"the michael kandel translation of "the witcher" short story can't hurt you!!"
the michael kandel translation of "the witcher" short story:
#WE HERE IN K L O T H S T U R#the witcher books#[ Nobody liked that. ]#i like how the first two 'main' translations (like published for mass market circulation ones i mean)#were like 'no we can't call it a strzyga... no no...'#(maybe like: 'the english readers won't understand...')#and then when the game and book hit (i.e. both beginning with geralt fighting the striga)#everyone was like 'whoa that striga was really cool'#idk idk enough about it yet to say anything definitively#but my experience and all the other reviews and experiences i've read#from other anglophone readers with no prior exposure to polish or broader slavic myth or culture#has been just like: 'whoa i never knew about that... that's really unique and cool'#and on the flip side. originally witcher gained popularity in part because of the familiarity of the fairy tale#and so despite that witcher in general takes a lot of everything from across europe#if i may just summarize it really obtusely and without taking the precaution of nuance and all#although the first two translations were very much intended to feature polish writers and writing#in the way of the actual translation it feels like they tried to diminish its 'polishness' for the english reader#like for example in chosen by fate itself there are no diacritics (though idk maybe that was a lack of capability of the printing press)#it FEELS like that i'm not saying it was intentional but#for example when you don't say 'leshies' and instead say 'bugbears' that feels like diminishing it#but then later when the witcher's quote-unquote 'polishness' is allowed to come through clearer#then it actually is part of why english audiences were like whoa this is interesting i like it :)#you know real-life events are stories too. and i feel like this is a story with a good moral: 'be yourself'#this is also one of the prime subjects where i disagree with sapkowski lol#because re: 'death of the author' theory type stuff. authors cannot control how their works are interpreted by their audiences#works get interpreted on their own fortunately or unfortunately#so though i think it would be misled to engage with the witcher as if its ONLY good quality is its 'polishness'#i think that also it should be acknowledged how its unique take on culture made it appealing to both domestic and foreign audiences#i think where the problem lies is when we believe it can't be both polish and a blend of multiple cultures and traditions#because like yeah. author is an arthurian weeb
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i think the main issue in arguing with zionists is that, well, they believe in zionism! if israel did deserve to exist, then the genocide and injustice in palestine could be argued for (not like it should be, but it certainly could) -- and zionists believe israel deserves to exist.
i, unfortunately, have a large amount of experience interacting (personally) with zionism and zionists. most of those i've talked to feel for the palestinians, and the violence they are facing, but they fail to realize (or they staunchly deny) the very, very active part israel and the IDF have had in that -- and how it's representative of what the nation has always done.
at the same time, they focus more on israeli hostages than palestinian ones -- and i know, of course, that these zionist jews i've interacted with are either israeli or have loved ones in israel, and so have a very personal stake in the safety of israeli hostages (which may very well be friends or family members), but i find it strange how much emphasis they put on hamas' cruelty in taking hostages while the IDF is doing the same thing (in essence; the exact details of who's doing it worse are important to note, but not relevant right now, because folks should realize that their side is being at least as cruel as the enemy's).
recently i was drawn into an argument with an israeli zionist (who, unfortunately, is very close to the action and tragedy by being israeli), and she was incredibly offended by my anti-zionism and my opposition to israel's abject cruelty to palestinian citizens, as it seemed (to her) like i was bypassing the cruelty hamas has enacted on israeli citizens -- which is very telling. i've noticed that we as jews have the tendency, whatever the situation may be, of focusing more on our pain than the pain of others, even if we are the ones hurting them. that person has every reason to be scared and hurt, and i'd be lying if i said her response wasn't at least somewhat sympathetic, but her pain in this horrible, violent conflict does not invalidate the pain on the other side. jews, throughout this recent crisis, have consistently not talked in depth about the constant losses in palestine -- am i suddenly being callous by focusing on those losses, and not our own? (YOUR PAIN AND THEIRS AREN'T MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, YOU DOLT! sorry...)
because it all comes down to believing in israel! my mom has always told me about how beautiful it is there, about her time living on a kibbutz... and sure, it might be nice. i can't argue with that. but why is it that our nationalism for israel is so strong, so virulent? i have not seen patriots as loyal for any other country. and when you criticize israel, israelis feel like you're criticizing their entire existence -- and many non-israeli jews do, as well. because zionism has been built so deep into the modern religion! it's made to be a necessary piece! belief in it is the default!
and, from the inside looking in, i can't be surprised that many jews take anti-zionism as being antisemitic -- because, to them, israel and zionism stand as the pinnacle of safety and support for the jewish people. it is impossible to argue with them about anything above that base layer, as the base layer itself serves as a foundation: so long as a jew thinks that israel is right, deserved, and necessary, no proof will sway them into hating israel. it's just impossible, and that's very frustrating.
for me in particular, i find it very frustrating, as this single idea has turned so many people i know to support a genocidal entity. they believe in and support israel, so they stand with it now -- even if they condemn its current actions, they neglect how those actions are just an extension of its inherent existence -- whether they think israel's doing the right thing or wrong thing right now, they don't really care at the end of the day, because israel, to them, is necessary in keeping the jewish people alive. they stand with it, thinking that jews can only stand at all if they do.
but a genocidal crutch is no crutch at all: it only breaks us more. zionist jews make me so mad, and the worst part is that i could never express that to them in a way they'll understand.
#melonposting#anti-zionism#israel#i am so madddd and frustrated and stressed#with the whole camp thing going on my parents will inevitably find out (and soon!) that i'm anti-zionist#and given their age and proximity -- they're so deeply entrenched in zionism that i can't even hope to sway them#it's so sad and scary (i don't want them to be mad at me -- even though that really isn't the important thing here)#but it's also philosophically bizarre... like these people have good principles!#it's just this one tiny stupid thing (believing in israel) that's effectively turned them into bad people!#<- it's weird saying something like that. because i don't think they're bad people. but they're zionist.#part of it is that they're my parents and i love them but also... they're so good otherwise. a single thing went wrong.#(okay well not a single thing but it's generally minute things y'know?)#i don't wanna hate my parents. and i don't want them to hate me. can they please for the love of god stop#(takes every jew i know by the shoulders and shakes them back and forth) PLEAAAASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOPPPPPPP#anyway it's very hard for me to do work because i have this on my mind.#how do i break it to my parents that 1. i won't be working at camp this summer and 2. it's because i hate zionism?#i'm not cut out for situations like these ughhhhh why did i have to post that stupid anti-zionist instagram story in march#i could've just chosen not to take the job on my own accord and have enough time to come up with an excuse for my parents#whatever. too late for that. i dug my grave and now must lie in it#i guess it's character-building?? :')
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I know I've said before that I cried, but I was exaggerating for dramatic effects because I'm a liar
BUT TODAY...OH I AM SOBBING RIGHT NOW ! THE TEARS ARE ROLLING ON MY CHEEKS ! I AM SNIFFLING ! I'M EXPERIENCING CHEST PAIN ! WHAT THE HECK REVERSE 4 YOU ? THIS SO HEART SHATTERING I'M DYING ! THE MOST EMOTIONAL WORST BREAK UP EVER !
#Last time I cried like that in a gl was when Kim and Wan broke up for the third time#LIKE WHAT DO YOU MEAN ? WHAT DO YOU MEAN ?#WHY#WHYYYYYYY#Four will never stop being the greenest flag#sacrifying their happiness of ten years#Four KNOWING that it's impossible for them to be together and have Vivi alive so she's willingly stepping away from her soulmate#THE RING#THE FUCKING RING#TRACING THE SYMBOL IN HER PALM TO REMEMBER IT FOREVER#THROUGH ALL LIFETIME#WHO HAS CHOSEN MY DEATH TODAY ?#WHO DO I HAVE TO TALK TO ?#I swear#This show is personally angry with me#I don't deserve this much pain#Reverse 4 you#reverse 4 you ep 7#four#wa#four x wa#jattawa
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What if stick!Alan gains powers at some point? He’s fidgeting with a random item and accidentally resizes it somehow, and he just silently stares at it wondering how that just happened and what it means
god that'd be funny. SC is so excited because HOLY FUCK THAT'S SO COOL!!!!! and alan is just unsure if he should be worried about this ability or not. i think it'd be fun if he could do similar things to what agent does with his array of tools as well. plus like. that'd be hella interesting when vic comes around
#tommy's foolery#tommy's stickmen tag#i don't know why. but i feel like vic would get like. extra unethical upon discovering this. maybe trying to take those powers for themself#because alan sure as hell doesn't deserve them. right? all they know is he'd probably use them to torment others#(meanwhile like. jump cut to the others asking alan to spin them because they're curious what it'd be like)#(yes they do immediately get sick. yes he tried to warm him. no they did not listen.)#tommy's stick!alan#chosen is slightly concerned about it but then finds out about those shenanigans and is like. 'ok yeah it'll be fine'#i know chosen probably already knew after 4 years with c!alan that he's just a nervous wreck#but honestly i would not be surprised if he frequently ends up blowing their expectations out of the water on how much of a wreck he is#tommy's aus
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When the POV character is (a bit of) a cunt and his parallel (who is something he could be if things were different and vice versa) is bound to him inseparably through the sheer power of obsession and the refusal to let go, creating a power dynamic that can be likened only to Munchausen by proxy but exhibited by Aesop's frog and scorpion.
Well I think that's a little bit gay. In a very bad way.
#i won't say what exactly I'm talking about because this applies to several things at once#and also because I'm curious about what you think this is about or what this reminds you off#because it's possible that some of you know of a narrative i don't and I'm a connoisseur of this#possibly because it's a bit of a twist on the more traditional Knight archetype and it combines that with my favourite genre of protagonist#(cunt who was declared the narrative's special little boy which is the only reason why they have whatever role they have)#(traditionally it's someone who was chosen to save the world / a group / anything by a god and who is fighting#against someone who is actually worse than them which does help the perception of them)#(but this is not the rule as there are at least two exceptions where the role of the god is fulfilled by something else that holds power)
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one thing about me is that i’m an orestes-electra-pylades defender. if you don’t hear them being defended anymore that means i am deceased
#something something about them being linked forever#none of them being redeemable all of them being innocent#about this sister who was refused love all her life and who kept it all inside her to give it to her little brother#who loves him so much that the lines blur and we don't know if she's sister ; mother ; father ; or lover even#because who could love him more than she does ?#about this brother who grew up with nothing but rage#rage towards this man he was given to ; that man ready to sell him into slavery#rage towards his mother who got rid of him#rage even towards this father that he has to kill for despite never having known him#rage towards the gods who set up his own curse and let him suffer for a good long while#and apollo did not tell him that no holy ritual will ever truly wash all the blood from his hands#but despite all this rage has chosen to love#to love this sister that he only knew the name of#and who welcomed him with more warmth than three suns combined#who had more fight in her than him and who urged him to do them justice#that's why he did not really hesitate when he killed clytemnestra#because he had seen his sister - a princess - reduced to rags and is skin on bone#and about this friend who became the definition of devotion#who voluntarily chose to follow his friend whom he knew was damned#chose to share the burden of killing with him#and who followed him on every corner of the earth they went to#and i know those three took such gentle care of each other#i know that electra and pylades both refused to go to sleep while the other tends to orestes having his fits of delirium caused by erinyes#yes their hands are bloody#but it's the same blood that's running through their three hearts attached by a red string#and the red of blood looks a lot like the red of love#electre/oreste#classics
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