#i dont have to further elaborate

[wangxian-the-zhijis]

This is CQL only as I haven’t read the novel or watched the donghua. I REPEAT: THIS IS CQL ONLY.

Hi! So it’s been established here that lwj did A LOT of significant things that the story chose not to show.

Written in that post is: Lan Wangji saved A-Yuan and Wen Qing and that’s why he was late at the Battle in Nevernight.

There are a few more things that I want to say:

Lan Wangji spoke up for the Wens. He openly expressed that the Wens should not be executed.

For those who are saying that Lan Wangji is just as useless as anyone who did nothing for the Wens, then stop. Because HE DID something. You could argue that he didn’t do enough. But what else do you want him to do? Battle the Jins himself and lose his life? Point is, if you check the deleted scenes, Lan Wangji, in fact, DID battle the Jins (even the Lans!!!) in order to save Wen Qing’s life. He’s so much better than those who literally did nothing and let the Jins do as they please.

This was already stated in the linked post above but I’m still gonna put it here: Lan Wangji saved A-Yuan BEFORE Wei Wuxian died. Not after.

When he saw A-Yuan, he didn’t have the arm injury he got from the Battle in Nevernight. When he was defending the Burial Mounds, you can see the blood on his right arm, which indicates the presence of the injury he got from the Battle in Nevernight. So this means that he saved A-Yuan before he got his arm injury— before the war— before Wei Wuxian died. So for those who’s saying that Lan Wangji only redeemed himself after Wei Wuxian’s resurrection, you’re wrong. He has always been on Wei Wuxian’s side since day one.

I’ve seen people say that Lan Wangji probably didn’t have any contribution during A-Yuan’s growth since he was recovering. Wow, idk where they got that from. They must know better than A-Yuan then?

A-Yuan openly expressed that he adores Lan Wangji. When he and Wen Ning reunited, he kept talking about Lan Wangji. A-Yuan himself said that Lan Wangji is his father/brother figure, which means that HE IS a big part of A-Yuan growing up. Look, just because the director didn’t show it, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. Who says that a man can’t show love and affection to a child just because he’s injured?

Lan Wangji leaving Wei Wuxian at the end wasn’t uncharacteristic. He doesn’t deserve the hate he gets because of that.

Y’all hated Lan Wangji for leaving Wei Wuxian in the end. It’s probably censorship, I agree. But for me, it wasn’t uncharacteristic. I wish you all to stop being WangXian-centered for a while and think of what just happened. Lan Xichen is currently experiencing a very devastating heartbreak. I think the reason why Lan Wangji couldn’t leave with Wei Wuxian was because he wanted to take care of his brother. Y’all hated MDZS Lan Wangji for leaving Lan Xichen just like that when he’s experiencing what Lan Wangji experienced 13/16 years ago but now that CQL Lan Wangji prioritized Lan Xichen, y’all still hated him? Whatever Lan Wangji does, he always gets hated, doesn’t he?

Lan Wangji is very dedicated to Wei Wuxian but let’s not forget that he still has a life outside Wei Wuxian. The reason why he was able to let Wei Wuxian go on his own was because Wei Wuxian’s life wasn’t in immediate danger anymore. He wasn’t a target anymore since the entire world probably heard of the news already that Wei Wuxian was actually innocent. Lan Wangji had to take care of his brother. He had to take up the role of being the sect leader. And he became the Chief Cultivator, which majority of you think is uncharacteristic. I don’t really have a say about him being the Chief Cultivator but please stop limiting Lan Wangji to what you’ve seen him capable of doing. He is surely capable of growth.

FOR THE LAST TIME: THIS IS CQL ONLY.

[descisco]

we deserved a shot where mickey’s bouncin on it

[wackywatchdotcom]

before i go do smth else like smth i think abt often but was thinking abt a few hrs ago in particular is how the circus easily tricks the audience into thinking the circus would be Better Than Real Life. when i think from literally almost any angle you examine it its just as bad (if not worse, depending on your own problems)

i think theres like so many problems its hard to even list them all. some of it is personal taste things. cus i think a lot of people think itd be fun because they enjoy specific aesthetic choices in the circus, or bc of other interest related things. but like. what about people who HATE bright colors. what about people who dont like the idea of not being human. what about people who dont enjoy things like roleplaying. some aspects of the circus are only even appealing to specific tastes in things, making one of the few 'draws' of it not really even being a universal thing

and thats the superficial stuff. because more importantly, if you dont like the real world (for whatever reason), the circus may provide a temporary solution to that, because its so far removed from reality. but i think the circus is way smaller than people realize. theres definitely always going to be things to see since caine can always make things, but its just as limited if not more than the real world, because while the world grows and changes, genuinely new things are created and discovered and stuff. caine will never really get to see that, let alone recreate it for the players- and even then, it still isnt actually that thing. that doesnt even factor in that caine is already operating on limited knowledge of the real world. its not clear how detailed he can get on things, since the accuracy can vary (spudsys being so accurate to the real world, vs the dinner in ep 1 being so flat and lacking almost any detail), but theres a good chance that anything he makes is going to be limited to, at the most, a CONCEPT from the real world, if theres nothing in the real world you like, thats still all youll get, just in a different way.and if you DO like things from the real world, youll never get to truly reexperience it (even if caine remakes it, youll know its not the real thing, and it wont be 100% how you remember it, either)

then theres the safety/pain/horror aspect to what caine makes. i think because there hasnt been gore or anything its easy to assume the circus is still tame, and that anything bad that happens cant be TOO bad. but this is NOT true at all. the teaser of the show establishes that even when caine is not going for horror, he still hurts the players. theres things thatd be physically horrifying to a person like getting possessed, theres physical pain (i see it debated but i think its clear that even if they were to experience less pain, they still DO experience pain, but thats a different topic) or extreme discomfort, theres psychological torment (the exit doors are genuinely very cruel even if that wasnt caines goal, what ep 4 did to jax and gangle. kinger getting taunted in ep 3, etc). its all survivable but even if you like them caine isnt trustworthy enough in this way to never do smth horrific to a person, or cause it through his actions

then theres the complete lack of autonomy, which imo is one of the most frightening things about the circus. bc unless your tastes are always aligning with the exciting, completely family friendly existence of the circus, and you never deviate even a little, you are going to be barred from any semblance of it. its best illustrated in how pomni HATES being touched but caines always prodding her and moving her places and stuff, and in how zooble is denied the option to opt out of adventures even when they state they want to directly by episode 4 implying the choice to even have time to yourself is deeply conditional (plus, the whole lack of an exit entirely meaning that even if you liked the circus, the lack of option to leave would still affect a person. youre getting locked in a big room for the rest of time and youll never get to leave). and also this post

and THEN you factor in the social aspect. because regardless of how you prefer socializing if at all, the circus is a nightmare. if you dont like people, thats great! you dont NEED to be anyones friend! except that you are going to be forced to interact with them eventually, and when you do its going to be repeated. its not gonna be once. and once caine notices hes going to bother you about it. forever

alternatively, if you DO like social interactions in any way, no matter what, if its not you, youre going to see others abstract. you are going to inevitably watch those you care abt struggle and eventually get stuck in a state that Seems Extremely Horrifying To Experience forever. its long and drawn out and itd suck and it wouldnt happen once

then is the easy to forget fact that if you have psychological problems they can and WILL follow you to the circus. gangle and zooble are the biggest examples of this. the circus didnt get rid of their problems, they just gave it a new, horrifying inevitable consequence. i sometimes fall victim to looking at the circus and assuming that ohhh i wouldnt have this problem! because i wont have to deal w it getting set off! but like... yeah i would. i wouldnt stop having this or that in the circus id just have to deal w it while ALSO going on adventures

theres many things. you cant truly eat you cant die you dont get to decide anything when you do die it seems terrifying to experience and youll be stuck in some level of that forever and anything you enjoy is not with you and anything you dont enjoy will follow you too to some degree and the list goes on and on

all this said i dont think any of this is an indicator that the characters lives are meaningless or smth just because it sucks. theres a reason gooseworx has said that the takeaway from the show should be that theres meaning to be found in a stagnant life. theres still meaning in their existence and i dont think its as hopeless as it may seem- but i think its still BAD. and tbh the idea that its worse only HELPS that theme of the show!!! i dont think itd hit as hard as a theme if the circus DIDNT suck

[angelicvigilante]

Leviathan acting like a snake during winter, hiding in his room more often, eating less; Everyone sees him even less than normal. Like, he actually goes through a period of brumation. Because I think that'd be interesting.

He'll still interact with people and play his games, but he definetly seems more tired than usual, and more out of it.

[lesbianjoannaharvelle]

okay i saw the post lol. Couldn't be more wrong. The reason we were experiencing a mass hysteria on nov 5th 2020 was yes, the heightened stress situation because of the election and yes, something fandom-related happening was funny because it was silly compared to it, but it HAD to be destiel to make the reaction that extreme. Because destiel was the ship that had shaped tumblr culture the most. remember how we all recycled old tumblr memes because the height was tumblr cringe fandom culture was almost all spn and destiel. And also destiel was the ship we never thought would go canon. The gayest most homophobic ship. THAT'S why we were hysteric

[iwowzumi]

MUTUALS LOOK AWAY. ok now that it’s just me and the bsd fans. having many thoughts about a soukoku and shinsoukoku hadestown au with skk as hades and persephone and sskk as orpheus and eurydice and im going to eat drywall

[oh-gh0st]

i hate how good he genuinely looks

[tls12lessthan3]

as much as i praise orv on here there are some times i think it falls into pitfalls of the genre and the way it treats sexual assault and it's consequences is definitely one of those times

[active-mind-15]

I have a headcanon that when the Teiko gang is older, Akashi gets tired of seeing Aomine and Momoi being oblivious to the relationship they have with each other, so he conspires with the other GoM + Kuroko to get them together and it works.

[chellys-catbox]

One of my friends said you blocked her

She told me to ask you why

i'd rather elaborate on this in private rather than a public post but here we go

there were more factors to me blocking her than just her putting fetish tags on a drawing which was not supposed 2 be fetish in the first place.

fetish talk //

one of those main factors being me coming to terms with the fact that our friendship was kind of getting innappropriate. now im not trying to accuse her of being a groomer, infact i don't see her behavior as grooming so dont label it as such, but for context she's 17 and im 15, it's not that big of an age gap but what was alarming was that she had no issue talking about her fetishes with me despite my age. yes, i've started such convos first, most if not all of the time after i learnt that she made fetish content herself and i shouldn't have done such. but she did no effort to shut such convos down and would infact engage with such, she'd only shut them down if it was about a fetish she wasnt into. i would also request her fetish stuff as well because sometimes she'd come up to me and ask if i wanted anything from her either in the form of writing or art, and she'd do them. i feel really bad looking back because i was a minor willingly requesting her fetish stuff to do, yes it was consentual and she wasnt rushed to do them, but it just felt wrong due to the fact that she was going to be 18 soon.

another factor was that i was starting to get uncomfortable with the fact that she'd post fetish art in the tags unprompted. everytime i opened the tags one of the first results would be fetish art or some fetish fic. at first i didnt mind it much but as time gone on it slowly began to make me uncomfortable but i didnt wanna block her because i didnt wanna come off as mean (hyperempathy moment), i'll be honest with you i only became friends with her so that i could heckle her and her friend's antics, that was extremely assholish of me and im sorry for such, but this doesnt mean im going to unblock her because i want to set more boundaries for myself iykwim.

tl;dr i blocked someone because our friendship was becoming innappropriate and they made me uncomfy in general and its kind of my fault for not voicing that in further detail to them.

[bureauveil]

random maggie things

› owns an old leather jacket that belonged to mason — wears it when she needs to feel close to him. › carries an aa coin but doesn’t always attend meetings. › has a minor fear of small spaces (not debilitating, but it makes her uncomfortable). › hates mornings – needs coffee to function. › still owns mason’s old watch – she wears it sometimes but mostly keeps it as another keepsake. › enjoys reading crime novels before bed – the structure of fictional mysteries comforts her. › collects old newspapers from historic events. › can’t drive stick & avoids learning. › once won a karaoke contest but refuses to sing in public again. › has a soft spot for classic noir films. › prefers practical gifts — doesn’t care for grand gestures. › doesn’t celebrate her birthday — reminds her too much of mason. › always punctual — hates when people are late.

[riarnu]

ಠ益ಠ

[0zzysaurus]

listen to me. listen.

[galatoma]

This older mini avocado factory that he keeps shittalking is his very own great gastby green light in the distance

[tendingtenderpaws]

I know it's been a bit of a talking point lately about characters using "therapy speak" to an unrealistic degree, but as someone who has been to therapy, I think there's something to be said for a character knowing logically "I have X disorder that causes me to exhibit Y symptoms" while in the moment being unable to access that vocabulary or fight against their own instincts. I think you can still accurately describe what a character is going through while having them (the character in the text) phrasing it differently depending on who they're with or even whether or not they really believe it about themselves. You can have characters apologize vaguely or even inaccurately (disrespectfully even, to themselves) while narrating "this is why they act the way they do". Idk.

[divaythfyr]

she leg me