#im struggling with the name rn

[marco-le-loser]

So I'm making a murder drones au, that's all the context I'll give

(Bonus! Comic page WIP)

[sunnymainecoonx]

Got art stuffs so painted. Personally I like the sketch more but eh it's fine...

[throwawayasoiafaccount]

When I see stuff like this I kinda want to bash my head into a wall:

To start off, I’m not sure whether this person was commenting on book or show Cersei, but honestly, it doesn’t even matter because she’s so much more than the ‘ambitious villain’ or the ‘murderous girlboss’ tropes in both the book and show.

(Of course, I do have my issues with the way Cersei was written in the show like most people but this is simply a rant post so I’m not going to go through the differences of Show vs Book Cersei)

Cersei is a female character who was shaped by her environment, who’s insecurities were created by her environment, and she’s a woman who’s idiotic mistakes can be traced back to how her environment shaped her. She’s much more than a murderous girlboss, she’s both a victim of the system and also a beneficiary of it, while also acting as an agent of it to keep the status quo while also desiring what the system denied her.

Cersei is NUANCED and complicated and even now people hate that about her and want her to have been a purely evil woman handcrafted in a vacuum, ignoring the context of her life because readers would rather not engage with Cersei’s victimhood and nuances because that ruins their idea of: She Was The Problem and Always The Problem. (People would rather say that she deserved her walk of shame instead of interacting meaningfully with the theme of systematic gender-based violence that is so prevalent in Cersei’s story. The exploration of patriarchal violence in Show Alicent’s story is done so horribly in comparison.)

And what really pissed me off about these tags is that this person has clearly decided that they don’t care to interact with the nuance of Cersei and are fine with flattening her, and yet they shit on others for not liking Alicent.

Because of the way Alicent is written in this show, she almost always has a ‘woe is me I can do no wrong’ attitude, which of course drives people away from the character (woe is me I deserve to take a child’s eye 🥺). However, what actually annoys me is how she’s made out to be stupid, foolish, ignorant, and inconsistent due to the horrible writing of this show, all of which are deviations from her book characterization. Also, I despise it when people want me to support writing decisions and changes made in adaptations that are downright misogynistic and are meant to attract the male gaze.

But what pisses many people, including myself, off is how the changes made negatively impacted many other characters. Alicent’s terrible characterization is like a black hole that distorts and warps the whole story! It’s annoying af!

So when people like this say: ‘She’s nuanced and people just can’t handle it 🙄;’ I say: No. She’s horribly written and a different character from the book and people have a right to be critical about these changes that stripped a female character of 1) her agency and 2) her intelligence!

And the thing is, there was little reason for the writers to have made all these changes to Alicent’s characterization! In the book she is an interesting character with clear motives and understandable reactions. She’s cunning and ambitious and acts the way a noble lady who became queen would. And despite her clear ambitions and dislike of Rhaenyra, she still makes a comment wondering about who would protect the Princess from Ser Criston, and yet she then takes Cole into her service after his falling out with Rhaenyra. That’s a perfect example of nuance! Show Alicent could never compare to book Alicent’s clear moral values and consistent disregard of said moral values in pursuit of power.

And because of this, Book Alicent isn’t easy to stomach. It’s hard for most people to come to terms with a character like her and it’s even harder for people to feel sympathetic for her at the end when she went mad with grief.

On the other hand, Show Alicent was designed in a way to garner pity, and when the writers felt like her current arc wouldn’t be enough to garner the specific reaction they wanted they would then throw in a time skip and suddenly she’s completely different and yet still Thee victim. She’s designed to be as sympathetic as fucking possible! The camera angles, the background music, and the lighting is set up in a way to make sure you the viewer feels pity or sympathy for her! Cause that’s her role in this series! She’s thee Ultimate Victim!

But too bad for the writers as many people are fed up with this kind of inconsistent writing. Even when the writers created a whole new challenge for Alicent where she’s shitted on by the green council and forced to face the beast she helped to raise, I and many others could never feel any satisfaction as it was clear that once again Alicent was being made to be Thee Ultimate Victim who was just led astray by the patriarchy and was a victim of it and was only just realizing it so don’t you pity her don’t you feel sad for her and now she’s trying to do the right thing so pls pls pls pity her 🥺~ So it shouldn’t be surprising that many people are annoyed by these eNLiGhtEnEd changes that have led to a complete deviation from the source material.

To summarize: Cersei is an excellent fucking character who’s by no means easy to stomach, and because she’s not easy to stomach she’s often reduced to annoying ass tropes by dumbasses who are reading above their comprehension level. But when you actually try to understand her, you can easily see why she turned out the way she did and you can feel sympathy for her while understanding that she’s both victim and perpetrator! On the other hand, Show Alicent is a mess and HOTD is trying to make her serve a different narrative role than she did in the books so ofc people are going to be unhappy with the changes as book readers are once again faced with the annoying reality that the writers don’t give a fuck about the source material.

[wintersettled]

Honestly the way different archons in genshin impact have such different interactions with their nation is very interesting to me, especially with how its further expanded in fontaine recently.

The archons who are closest to the way we traditionally (in the west) think of a god (ie. all-powerful and on a completely other level of existence to humans) would probably be Barbatos first, then Rex Lapis.

Barbatos/Venti having churches dedicated to him and not appearing (as far as most are aware) in society for centuries is very similar to how the christian god is seen, as someone worshipped but never directly interacted with on a level beyond the spiritual. Meanwhile Rex Lapis/Zhongli has tons of myths and stories dedicated to him across lands and made appearances for years until his "death". In this way he's somewhat comparable to Greek gods (or even Jesus, to keep the christianity analogy going). He's far more openly entrenched in humanity but still remains separate and "above".

It's more-so with the three other archons we've encountered that our understanding of what gods must be like in teyvat based on Rex Lapis and Barbatos is totally altered with Ei, Furina, and Buer, all three being the "replacement" archon for their respective nations.

Ei, the third archon we meet, takes a direct role in Inazuman government as the Shogun, a totally different approach than the previous two which i find more similar to various rulers claiming divine right of kings. Also, despite not being the original electro archon most dont actually know this because Ei took on the identity of her sister, who died during the calamity. I think Ei taking on her sisters identity definitely helped her maintain her "divine authority" where other archons (buer) failed to maintain it in their nations.

Speaking of Buer/Nahida, you'd think the whole changing the past to everyone except descenders thing would complicate our interpretation of her but it doesnt at all. I think the reason for this is that destroying the previous archon in irmunsul didnt actually change the past. I also dont think the wanderer/scaramouche actually changed the past. I think they just changed peoples memories of it. but anyway. Nahida also takes on a governmental role at the end of sumerus archon quests while still remaining a somewhat holy figure. She was obviously shut out/disregarded following the passing of the previous dendro archon, unlike Ei she wasn't able to maintain her authority. After the archon quest however, her position in government kind of reminds me of the queen of england early in her rule. There was still a democratic governing body in the prime minister and other representatives but she maintains power.

Furina/Focalors also reminds me of the queen of england but at the end of her career instead. Furina appears to be more of a mascot in fontaine than a proper ruling body. It actually seems that the machine and neuvillette hold more authority that she does. Obviously we havent really explored fontaine much yet (its only been out a few days but im loving it) and we've only gotten so much info from the archon quests but as far as i can tell, furina appears to be kind of scrambling to live up to the previous hydro archon who was seemingly so well liked that fontaines people are repenting to this day. (as am i misremembering or did they say the previous archon didnt side with celestia but her people did?? what!?). Its even actively pointed out how people in fontaine do not view their archon to even a similar level as people in other nations (i mean their archon does meet and greets and is very reckless with her accusations but-).

anyways 👍 yes.

TLDR: zhongli + venti = traditional gods ei + nahida (now) = government furina + nahida = queen of england idk also i dont think they actually changed the past, just people interpretation of it. btw whats up with the fontaine profecy and the whole "they sided with celestia" thing??

[psychlocke]

what the hell is with the yaoi ship featuring kabru? sorry i can't hear you over the sounds of my tragic monsterfucker yuri?

[god-syndicate-if]

Sorry if this was asked already, disregard if that’s the case haha, but will we have options on how we deal with our rage?

I want my Ares to be a feral, rage-filled chaos gremlin, but that has the chance to take their rage out in healthy ways as well as unhealthy ways. Like, Ares jealous regarding the ROs? Will swallow that shit down only to evicerate a punching bag later, or demo a house, or run multiple marathons. Might also drink themself stupid, chainsmoke 13 packs, pop some pills, or beat the daylights outta someone who knows. Depends on the vibe.

Kind of yes. The major choices you can make regarding your anger managment are a bit limited. Everyone automatically starts with wanting to just hit stuff, which is why you're a boxer. But I also have you choose vices. It's only a handful (currently 4, but I might change it to be 3 or 5, depending on a few things.) and I want each vice to actually affect the story in major ways, as well as affect how the characters feel about you when they learn of said vice. For instance: Dating Mitch is going to be pretty hard if you're an alcoholic. There will be chances to take your rage out in general ways as well, like exercising. But the major way you'll take care of it is through vices.

[checkadii]

Sniffs. Hack. Cough

[jrueships]

guess whos not going in at all this week, actually

[dracanboys]

i wanted to wait to upload this with other art but i'm bad at waiting and god knows if my art strength will linger after this but continuation of my au insanities. known levels of faux-wyverians ft. genesis who is having a normal, fun time. text transcript + further rambles:

none (or very little): the base level for low rank KNIGHTs. senses are sharpened but often no monster-related attributes are visible. average: the level for high rank KNIGHTs. monster traits show in things such as scaling, hair coloring, small tail, etc. the use of sleeveless uniforms is standard to show off one's traits. advancement: the level for master rank KNIGHTs. heavier scaling as well as more unique external traits. master rank KNIGHTs will have their uniform modified to compliment their traits. advancement-degradation: phenomenon found in nova-type KNIGHTs. caused by the unexpected maturation of the sapphire calamity and further exasperated by a mismatch with the main host. extremely painful. not shown: advancement-stable, further monster traits achieved through any method where the subject does not experience the mutation caused by a main host nova mismatch. examples would be vincent and zack.

++ this will come with a uniform change since before i had sleeveless be MR standard when it should be HR standard :') there is also another level but it's not "officially documented" - i'll get to that whenever i draw it smiles. irt genesis' (main!) monster assignment, since it's so typical, i need to clarify,

++ i've suddenly thrown a lot of words at the handful of people who have glanced over at this au (hi! i love you! sorry i'm insane!) but you can think of the "nova mismatch" phenomenon as akin to the situation of chaotic gore magala. i might elaborate on that sometime if someone needs me to or on my own if the brain demons don't get me about it. bye <3

[raspberrysmoon]

moots are you aware of how much i like you? how much do you think i like you? like do you understand how genuinely wonderful i think you all are. i have a list of peoples names and pronouns so i have them on hand at all times. i genuinely. do any of you have any clue of how much i like you. i dont think you do

btw. 99.999999% of the times its Not no

[emily-mooon]

✨Sparks in the Club✨

[ponytailzuko]

calculus online is kind of kicking my ass rn

[skinnedred]

he's trying to get this hard headed ass little boy to understand he can't body slam people even if they're being bullies (boys got too much strength)

[allthebettertobiteyouwith]

Slowly beginning to think it's not very cis of me to get off to the thought of being a boy fucking another boy n drawing out pretty noises from him while telling him he's doing such a good job for me

[gravedirtandbriarthorns]

Hark a daemon!

[mymitochondriaforpresident]

Simon during that one scene in class giving his socialist rant in front of a bunch of rich hoes including the literal Prince of Sweden:

Simon in his room with Wille basking in the soft light and trying to talk about his feelings name his fish like: