#if you get upset that is valid

[indigodiskmybeloved]

Do you like fanart for your AU if it has g0re in it?/genq

I wanted to ask cause i didnt want to make u uncomfy if there's blood in art for your au

I am the one on the right

[notbecauseofvictories]

I have many vices, however one of the dumbest is advice columns. Give me a Dear Prudence or Ask Amy or a Hola Papi or AITA and I am a happy camper; I love to rubberneck on other people's problems, and am a very attentive listener if you've got drama you want to explain in punishing detail. The best part is that I will never remember names, so I really can't go telling tales unless your coworkers are fascinated by: "And then she said that---John? I think? I think his name was John. Maybe James. Or Johnny? I don't know, let's just call him 'John'. Anyway, John---"

Slate in particular is very good about serving me multiple advice columns, and even better, they have active comment sections where people discuss or deride or give their own opinions. However, it's also become....unavoidably clear that the comment section hates being told that maybe they should do literally anything for anyone ever.

It's starting to bum me out.

I mean, maybe all these anonymous commenters do genuinely love sitting in their houses alone with unimpeachable boundaries they alone control! If that's what makes them happy, godspeed, and I mean that sincerely. But as someone who spends a lot of evenings sitting in her apartment alone, with complete control....I think there's a downside the comment section hasn't stopped and considered yet.

[kisses-in-the-void]

One of the reasons I don’t agree with the interpretation that Melkor hated and mistreated Mairon is that, instead of being a "more accurate look at canon", I feel like it oversimplifies him and turns him into a flat caricature with no depth.

It's like he doesn’t even need a motive to hate someone, and hatred is the only emotion he’s capable of experiencing nonstop — like breathing. (I know the Valar probably don’t need air, but you get my clever metaphor.) It makes him a very boring and one-dimensional character, and I just don’t think he belongs in that category, even if he is a literal Satan and the root of all evil in Arda. But he still had his own specific reasons for actively loathing someone, even if sometimes those reasons might seem illogical.

He hated Varda because she rejected him. He hated Aulë because they were similar, but Melkor was jealous of his rival’s talents and insecure about his own. He hated Ulmo and his dominion — the ocean — because he couldn’t subdue it. He hated all of the Eldar because he believed they were responsible for his imprisonment in Mandos (since the Valar went to war against him to protect them). He hated Húrin and cursed his family because Húrin disrespected him.

Melkor might have been quick to feel anger, hatred, and a desire to destroy or punish someone — but he still needed a reason for it. When he felt denied, disrespected, threatened, or unable to control something. And I just don’t see Mairon falling into any of those categories.

On the contrary, not only did he willingly accept Melkor as his master and serve him to the best of his ability, but he also admired and adored him. I think even someone as evil and cruel as Melkor would have felt at least some satisfaction in having such a servant — someone who acknowledged him as a leader and as a talented creator. Maybe… he might even have been grateful.

I don't think it’s such a stretch to assume that he could have been pleased with Mairon to some degree. Or that it was absolutely impossible for him to feel any positive emotion when he accomplished something good (good from his own perspective, of course). Mairon, being complicit in all of Melkor’s deeds upon Arda, could very well have earned some rewards for it — and been uplifted above others.

And it’s very much canon that he trusted Mairon the most — that Mairon was his greatest servant and held "the great power" under his command. To me, that suggests something closer to respect (at least to the extent Melkor was capable of feeling it for anyone) rather than hate, and also a recognition of the value of his most devoted follower — loyal from the Elder Days to the very end of their relationship.

[utilitycaster]

I truly have no patience for "criticizing a creative choice is disrespectful" as a statement. If you can't tell the difference between sending hate or harassing creators/fans, vs. saying "I didn't like this and here's why" you are an idiot. And on the flip side if you're a creator and someone says "I didn't like this" without any sort of personal attacks or hate involved, simply on the basis of critique and personal preference, and that makes you feel bad enough to stop creating then maybe you should step back and either get offline or make room for someone who has an actual creative vision that isn't "I want everyone to like me."

[anxiously-sidequesting]

how about you shut the fuck up Mr. Irresponsible

[gamebunny-advance]

GAMER EVE CONFIRMED

(source)

[stargirlfeyre]

So whose going to tell these people that Elain was friends with the shadow twins before Nesta was friends with Gwyn and Emerie? How are Elain fans copying y’all by talking about her trio when canonically her trio existed before Nesta’s😭?

Seriously though the possessiveness Nesta fans feel over normal things is so…? They’re some of the most envious people in this fandom because how are you gatekeeping friendships? It’s canon that they’re friends. It’s canon that they spend more time with her than her own sisters. It’s canon that they’re friends with her not because they’re getting paid for it but because they like spending time with her (they literally rejected when Feyre tried to give them a raise for helping Elain). Elain’s life does not revolve around Nesta and she does have outside relationships that matter to her. Y’all need to just cope with that.

Like having friends is copying someone now? Please go outside platonic relationships are normal.

And secondly how are you gate keeping a court that already belongs to Rhys😭? “Elain fans try to steal Dusk from Nesta” now how can they steal something from Nesta that doesn’t belong to her in the first place? The Dusk Court/Prison does not belong to Elain or Nesta and it’s already said that even if it’s an 8th court, it still falls under Rhys’ jurisdiction. His blood is the only thing that can open the gates. You’re gatekeeping territory that already has Rhys’ name slapped on it. But you want to talk about fans copying and stealing from other characters?

And it’s funny how people only have an issue with saying another character is going to get Gwydion when it’s Elain. Don’t get me wrong I don’t think she’s going to get it because I’m personally not an “Elain becoming a warrior and wielding a powerful sword” girlie but why is it this big discourse only when it comes to her? Mind you, y’all aren’t even arguing over how her becoming a warrior and getting Gwydion wouldn’t fit her character (which would be valid)…y’all are arguing over her “taking” something from Nesta. Which makes no sense because almost every character is foreshadowed (by this fandom) to wield Gwydion and y’all don’t have as much of an issue with that.

Like I’ve even seen some theories about Nyx, a baby, getting it (because if the High Ruler plot does happen he would be a future High King) and it wasn’t a big deal. It’s like people understand that Nesta did not claim that sword the way she did with Ataraxia until Elain is brought into the conversation. We can make fanart and create theories of every character under the sun with that sword but you better not even think about Elain getting it.

From gatekeeping Motherly relationships, friendships, a court that doesn’t even belong to Nesta, and a sword I think it’s safe to say Nesta fans have officially lost it.

[madaqueue]

unwarranted quinn wisdom for the day: sometimes things are bad, and it’s okay for them to be bad. (but, that doesn’t mean the thought should end there). i often find myself getting stuck in the spiral of ‘something is bad’ -> ‘everything is bad,’ and struggled to get out of that headspace, but taking a step back and being able to say ‘well, some things are bad, yes. but some things are good’ was really helpful because it brings you out of the black-and-white/all-or-nothing thinking for a moment into the grey zone of good and bad where most things live. it breaks the thought cycle for just a moment, and sometimes that’s all you need. let things be bad, because it also frees them to be good, too!

[wardensantoineandevka]

you're really annoying but in, like, a refreshing way?

I'm sincerely flattered, anon. I worked very hard to become really annoying. 💞✌️

[thorinlandscaping]

waaaaa they took away my male lead in the Only Straights Show from 2-3 seasons from now and made him a girl for some sort of WOKE AGENDA they're changing my badly written misogynist book series woe is me we need more straight rep!!! this is because i like their story not for any other reason!!! i'm bi as well!!! more straight romance!!!! no nonconformity!!!! the books!!!!!!!

[shadovvheart]

Are there actually people who get discouraged from playing a game when they get spoiled too much? "does bioware understand that if they reveal too much people won't be interested in playing the game" that's crazy if so, imagine refusing to engage with a story after you already know some portions of it... being this afraid of spoilers just leads to a culture where studios don't tell their actors who they're playing and what game they're even acting for

[lemurballing]

the only reason tangle isn’t a bigger menace and threat than she is, is because she doesn’t want to hurt people.

she’ll bash up badniks and robots and stuff no problem, and doesn’t mind sparring! but anything that could go towards actually hurting a real person? no way.

she definitely has the ability to do a lot of damage, but that’s not something she has an inclination to do.

she lived through the Forces war - but she stayed in her hometown, where she knew she could trust and rely on every neighbor around her, and didn’t have to deal with unknown agents and treachery. she may have faced death - but she wouldn’t have had to face killing, at least not someone who was a threat.

as opposed to whisper, who signed up specifically to help take down and kill eggman, tangle’s here to help people - and to her, that doesn’t include killing. she cares about whisper so much, and that’s part of why she doesn’t want whisper to have to kill mimic - tangle sees killing as the most wrong awful horrifying thing someone can do, and if SHE killed anyone, she would agonize over and regret it forever. she assumes whisper is the same - and doesn’t want that for whisper in addition to whisper’s own grief. doing her best for whisper in her own way, from her own experience - you might judge that a bad choice, or bad encouragement, but it comes from a good place. if mimic were already dying, or it came between mimic and whisper, i’m certain tangle would pick whisper, and let mimic die. but doing it *herself*, personally, is the line.

[aprillikesthings]

Okay I do want to watch another episode tonight instead of just back-tracking to watch stuff from earlier episodes over and over and roll around in my feelings and yell about them at my partner

BUT (this is from Corridors)

Yeah yeah Horde Prime is evil and the actual villain of the series but the fact is: he could read Catra's reactions to things. ("Elevated heart rate, dilated pupils. Adora means something to you.") And while obviously he sees affection/love/etc as bad things, he still nevertheless tells Catra (more than once) to her FACE that she still has feelings for Adora.

And yeah the feelings are often a mixed-up mess of envy and resentment, which comes out of Catra as anger and a need for revenge, and which Horde Prime accurately interprets as very painful for Catra--none of those feelings would be as strong without the love and grief under it all and causing so much of it.

It's a cliche but it's true: the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference. And Catra might feel many things for Adora but indifferent is not one of them.

And it's just SO TELLING that after Horde Prime's next line: "Don't you want to be free of it?" Catra doesn't think "ha ha yeah that would be a relief lol"

She bristles and gets angry.

And then looks terrified

And YEAH obviously some of it is a logical reaction to being threatened with joining the hive mind.

But also she doesn't actually want to be freed from her feelings for Adora. And I don't know if she even knew it until that moment.

[sun-marie]

being so honest. i have so little attachment to v*rric tethr*s. when i realized the reveal i literally cheered out loud 😶

[smol-blue-bird]

not to sound like an obnoxious ChatGPT shill, but the way some people talk about AI on this website is absolutely ridiculous. AI technology helping researchers discover how proteins fold is not the same as freshmen using chatbots to cheat on their homework. C'mon, guys