#it still makes people feel bad about themselves. fucking stop or gtfo

[scarycranegame]

hate when people act like it's mandatory to move out for whatever mental health reason.. like. have you SEEN the economy. are you aware that the "haha funny housing crisis meme gif!!!" is not, in fact, just a meme gif? like. sorry you have issues with your parents and want to pretend like everyone else does too for the sake of projection but wtf do you want me to do, be homeless?? (also i love my parents, fuck you lmao)

[jack-ackles]

i have waited long enough to say this but LORD DEBLING IS AN ASSHOLE.

i cant fucking take all these tweets and "opinions" saying penelope should've ended up with debling and that debling is better than colin

all those people can go and (i can't stress this enough) fuck themselves!!!!!

A man in his mid forties looking for a bride in a room full of eligible women in the age group 18-22

He was looking for a wife in the room full of girls who wished for a good match, loving and dashing husband.. but HE wasn't looking for "love" as he would always love nature more.

He wanted to marry asap so that he could leave for his tour, which also meant:

he wanted a wife who would basically be his housekeeper and look after his estate.

which probably also mean, since he doesn't have a family, he would leave for his tour but not before getting his supposed wife preggo so that he will have an heir to continue his legacy in case something happens to him. that's why he was looking for a wife urgently this year.

he was looking for someone LOYAL? but when did he ever give any hint that he would not cheat? he was the one to roam the world meet thousands of people.. no promise of being loyal himself but wanted to leave a wife behind him to take care of his properties AND be alone waiting for him?

The way he didn't need more than one hint that penelope was in love with someone else to cancel his proposal makes me sickkk, not a chance, no understanding, just a direct assumption that she WILL cheat behind his back.. its a proof he just wants a housekeeper and someone to make and look after his heir, NOT. A. WIFE!!!

Also, lets look at this from penelope's angle.

to all who think lord debling is in the race and there is a debling-penelope-colin love triangle are sadly mistaken and once again i blame media illiteracy of people.

the only reason pen even looked at debling's way was because she gave up hopes of LOVE and a happy fulfilling life. When she realized if she wants freedom from featheringtons for rest of her life she needs to get out there and marry someone from whatever options she can get,to fit in society. she gave up on waiting for colin to love her back, she gave up on colin (and thus, the first polin kiss). And the first, only and best option she got was lord debling.

And as for colin..

When he said "I would never dream of courting Penelope Featherington", The intent behind his words was not to belittle Penelope but rather for his friends to know that the nature of their is relationship as friends only.

(ofcourse this is obvious because colin could never say bad things about penelope.. evrr!! but once again.. media illiteracy! or should i say colin haters)

saying colin is a rake who "slept around half of europe".. colin is 22 or 23 years old. trying to fit in society. trying to find a purpose, trying to find intimacy and not feel distant. he is young, he was single, young, didn't have realization of his romantic feelings for yet.

but people are acting like debling in his mid forties did not sleep around.. he literally travels all the time, colin is still half his age. And also, in the show nothing implied he would stay loyal while on tour after being married.

colin didnt realize pen was in love with him so as his friend, a man, he always kept his distance respected her boundaries as a woman. He interacted with pen very less at the balls and events because he is seen as an eligible suitor in the eyes of society and it wouldn't help pen get suitors. in season 3, he hears pen and wants to help her (selflessly as he did with others) to get a suitor - but started realizing his feelings.

but the day he realizes his feelings for pen he didn't play around like other MLs, went straight away to pen, managed to come on right time to stop debling's proposal, he didn't play around.. just confessed his feelings then and there!

i am 101% convinced that whoever keeps saying pen should've ended up with lrd debling really wants her to live a miserable, lonely life even after the show keeps telling us she wants a loving, fulfilling life after what she has to go through with featheringtons.

wanting penelope to end up with old ass debling who is distant detached over a young tall and handsome man who is also her bestfriend, who she also loved ever since she first saw him?.. its cruel. its simply HATE.

"colin couldn't match her intellect"

"colin will definitely end up cheating"

"who would want to marry a rake over a rich smart explorer who would be gone for years and you could live a life like jane austen"

"it felt like throwing the fat girl a bone"

stfu. gtfo. kys. fys.

[iaintyourbro]

Shipping Makes Me Question My Sanity

I learned about the FFVII waifu wars after playing the remake. I played the OG many moons ago, replayed it a few years ago, but really got interested in the character dynamics after playing FFVIIR. 

I foolishly looked up “Is the remake pushing Cloud and Tifa more?” I found the shipping wars... That I never knew existed. 

You see, I played the OG and it was pretty clear to me that the story went a certain way. In fact, I didn’t even associate FFVII to romance. 

FFVII was a story about a villain who was pissed off that a grunt killed him, so he finds a way to come back from the dead through clones that his father made to fuck with said grunt and get revenge on all the humans that wronged his Mother. 

(This is my explanation in as few words as possible, because we all know explaining FFVII would take multiple posts). 

So why did I look up my question about Cloud and Tifa? Well, I was shocked at how they presented them. I didn’t remember this from the OG. Like I said, I didn’t associate FFVII to romance like I did with VIII, IX, and X. Those were clear. FFVII didn’t have this as a main theme. FFVIIR created extreme sexual tension between Cloud and Tifa. 

I remember when you finally found out Cloud wasn’t a SOLDIER, that he actually DID kill Sephiroth 5 years ago, and that he did come to save Tifa - he fulfilled his promise. The part when the main theme plays and he takes his helmet off... chills. Even now, I love that part. Still, I associated this with us finally getting answers to some of the weird shit that happens earlier in the game. And I was way too young and dense to understand the Under the Highwind scene. 

Needless to say, I wanted to see if others had the same impression. It seems they did, and those posts were then overpowered by the other side. “Yeah, I used to ship Cloti, but the remake made me see that it’s clearly Aerith.” What? What did I miss? 

So I questioned my sanity a bit. I played every quest - I did both Tifa and Aerith’s discovery quests. Until the point we get back to Tifa in Wall Market, I still was kind of iffy on how they were presenting Aerith and Cloud. They removed a lot of stuff from the OG that was a bit more direct from Cloud’s end. They also removed a lot of the jealousy scenes between Tifa and Aerith. Seems they gave all the jealousy to Cloud in other scenes. 

Cloud clearly is soft with Tifa. He remembers The Promise, he calls her beautiful, you have no choice but to give her the flower. No matter what choices you make with Aerith. He still gives her the flower. He gets jealous whenever he even thinks a guy is talking about her in a romantic/sexual way.

Then I see things like “Cloud was so emotionless and mean until Chapter 8″. HOW? And this goes beyond Tifa. Cloud had a ton of character growth during the first 3 chapters, and it continued on until Chapter 8. This was not something where he suddenly turned nice to Aerith. He had a ton of people help him out before.

Take Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie. Cloud was a dick to them. I mean, he really was. I was sad for Wedge, cuz I think he’s so nice, and Cloud was just mean to him. By the end of Chapter 4, he’s much nicer to them. He’s left out of their celebration, and I think maybe this was a reference to him as a child. He thought he was better than the other kids (except Tifa). He treated everybody like shit (except Tifa) in the first three chapters and Barret told him to gtfo. 

Jessie made sure to let him know she wanted him there. Now, I’m not a fan of how thirsty Jessie is. I mean they REALLY slam it on you how bad she wants to get with Cloud. Cloud then says what I was thinking “Are you seriously that desperate?!” Yes, she is, and it’s obnoxious, but I think it’s a hilarious addition to the story. However, I think it was a light bulb moment that he would be included if he was a bit nicer to people.

Cloud and Barret start getting along more as time goes on as well. This is all before Chapter 8. So I actually have commented on these posts... “Did you play the first 7 chapters? Did you play the rest of the game?” There’s so many points during FFVIIR where Cloud clearly has character development outside of what Tifa and Aerith do. 

They ignore this. That’s my issue. The ignore everything else in the story. They ignore reality, so that makes people like me question themselves.

It reminds me of a personal situation with my job. We had a really bad leader. Like, cruel, mean. And he got away with it for a long time. You can say, “just leave”, but I think anybody with a family knows that’s not as easy as it sounds. Not when you rely on your job for not only income, but benefits, retirement, and stability. Not when changing buildings causes months of legit mental breakdowns (imagine changing companies completely?). So, it wasn’t really an option.

The worst part during all of that was knowing and seeing the reality of what was going on and having people flat out try to tell me that what I was seeing wasn’t true. I had conversations with other co-workers who started to question their sanity. Is it us? Are we the problem? Are we wrong? What are we missing? And that’s tough, especially when it goes on for so long.

In the real life example, there was a resolution earlier this year, where finally the guy was fired. And a lot of people were fighting him. More than you’d think. But they were scared, so they had to be careful. This is real life, not a game, so the stakes were much higher. The truth all comes out after this type of thing, and it was actually worse than we thought. There was a lot we missed, and a lot we just weren’t aware of. We weren’t crazy - there was just a group of his followers trying to brainwash us in to thinking he was great. 

The shipping wars give me the same feelings I had during that. I question my sanity and don’t get what I’m missing. This is beyond how you interpret the LTD. This is legit ignoring parts of the story as it’s presented. SE put these Cloti moments throughout the Remake to make a point. They have Aerith say things to make a point. They even have Aerith stop making moves on Cloud after Tifa comes back and she sees the obvious “thing” between them.

There are tons of analysis on multiple scenes and how Cloud reacts. Facial expressions tell a lot, so does voice acting. There are reasons they put these scenes in. There are reasons they are part of the main story and not part of side quests. There are reasons that the devs responded the way they did in interviews. 

The Ultimania clearly talks about Cloud’s feelings. The OG talks about them. 

So why do I still feel upset when I see these? Well, for one, the posters that say “I was a Cloti until..” in most cases are probably shipping the other side, but this is a great way to make people question themselves. It may make new fans not enjoy the story as much.

Then you have Twitter. And it’s a shame, because there’s some great fanart on Twitter. But, you can’t search for “tifa” without seeing some really bad posts. And it’s the same accounts over and over. There isn’t a large amount. 

The entire goal of these posters is to fight people who don’t agree with them. They also start posting similar complaints about a week after the Cloti side makes them.

The most recent being that Cloti fans are going after Nojima and it’s not going to change anything. What? I saw a similar post about the C////erith side about a week or two ago. Why are Cloti’s going after Nojima? So I went through some of his posts. I found one where he posted about FF7R. The only Cloti posts I saw were thanking him. The C///erith ones were over the top trying to say how it was all C///erith and there was no Cloti in the remake. One even said that “millions of fans want Aerith to survive.” No, I’d say the majority of fans want the original plot points to stay. 

Nojima himself liked a fanart of himself... where they called him the Cloti king.

So where are the Cloti’s going after Nojima? I only saw praise... 

The next new one is that C///eriths aren’t racist and Cloti’s are. I’ve seen this argument in reverse as well. It seems they scope out some things and repost them in the opposite argument. 

I just don’t understand the extreme nature. You can ship who you want, but you can’t erase parts of the story to make it work. Why even bother playing the game? The romance aspect is SO SMALL in the OG. 

In the remake its a bit heavier, but it’s different times. Sex sells. Let’s add some spice to the game, and they did. I felt no sexual tension between Cloud and Aerith. Jessie tried HARD. The only mutual tension felt was between Cloud and Tifa. That deep, dear lord please do something to release this tension, feeling. Cloud and Aerith had cute little moments similar to a Disney movie or a kids movie. Tifa and Cloud had the moments you see in more mature things. 

Some of these moments are optional - the resolution scene you can technically avoid every time you play if you choose to. The Clotiscrew tunnel roll is a bit harder unless you KNOW you can avoid it and/or are terrible at the game. You literally have to try hard to mess up to not get that scene. 

The Clotiscrew tunnel scene is also hilarious to watch people react to. Cuz you do feel like you need to take a quick walk to cool off from that heat. Even my husband who doesn’t give a shit was like “wow, yeah, okay, that’s... intense.” 

It didn’t have to be, it could have been a roll and release, but he holds her and says “You okay?” in that soft af voice THAT HE ONLY USES ON HER. Her response is equally sexy. Then they get up and stare. Once again, not necessary.

All the “unnecessary” touching that goes on is fun to point out. People are still finding moments, I think. During battles, in the background during other scenes. They’re making this a point. They make it a point to show shots of those two during other scenes in the game. They aren’t being subtle anymore. 

So I don’t understand how you can erase all of that. 

The other side has a small group that is completely shitting on Tifa to do it. I don’t see that as much on the Cloti side towards Aerith. I’m not saying it doesn’t exist, I bet it does, but it’s not as easy to find. Almost EVERY shipping fight has something about Tifa’s boobs, Tifa not telling Cloud about his past, something. They make stuff up in some cases.

All of this is a way to recruit people to their side. To “convert” them. I feel bad for the streamers who like Tifa and you see a group come in to try and “correct” that thought. Why do they care so much? 

Maximillian Dood doesn’t seem affected by those opinions - he’s a great supporter of Tifa as a character. He was very happy with the way they handled the remake, and that says a lot. He also has some great reactions to parts of the game. He also is a more experienced streamer, it seems.

My thoughts are... the Remake has blown expectations on how it was supposed to go. Probably a lot of fans assumed they’d make a point to build up Aerith as the love interest... but they didn’t. Tifa is in almost every chapter (2 is the exception). She is referenced multiple times in Wall Market - especially if you actually listen to the lyrics for Midgar Blues. Why place that song in during that part? 

So we go to the attack mode of survival here. They’re going to change as many opinions as possible. They’re going to make people question themselves. Make people feel bad. 

The reality is, there’s a clear cut story - they’re making it that way. There’s multiple hints that there isn’t going to be a love triangle. There’s multiple hints that Zack is going to be a thing in the Remake. They’ve definitely put it on more heavy that Aerith still loves Zack. 

I can only hope that things are made clear. That this can stop. I still say people should ship who they want. Hell, I ship Vincent and Lucrecia (this was my only romantic love in the OG back then...). However, canon is that Hojo and Lucrecia married and had a child. I wanted Vincent to secretly be the father so bad, but he’s not. That doesn’t ruin the game for me, at all. 

It would ruin the game for me, in a sense, if they completely pull a 180 in Part 2 and try to “remove” all of the stuff from Part 1 from a character dynamics perspective. It would feel wrong for Aerith to tell Cloud not to fall in love with her, tell him that everything isn’t real if he does, and also have her back off completely after Tifa is back, and then all of a sudden throw herself at him. It would erase all the friendship scenes between Tifa and Aerith.

And how could you just “turn off” Cloud’s attentive nature to Tifa? It wouldn’t make sense. It would ruin it for me because that is legit trying to erase parts of the story.

I don’t think that will happen. But I still get anxious when I see shit on the internet.

[inmyarmswrappedin]

Episode 15! And you won’t believe this, a white person showed up! 

I started watching the episode after I answered this last ask, which itself made me think about 19. The thing about 19 is that it neither praises nor condemns white people, because they simply don’t really exist in Aisha’s world. (That’s not true for every 17-verse season though, I know for instance Abdi had a white gf.) When white people show up on 19, they’re that guy that checks tickets at the bus, or a customer at the smoothie shop. They’re the nameless law students Aisha sees when she has to make Yusuf believe she’s already attending uni. They’re the people in the judicial system that Emrah sometimes talks about (lawyers, judges, etc). 

All this to say, I was surprised when this white woman showed up and had several lines lol. 

So Aisha arranged a meeting with a woman around her same age who can tutor her in maths. But she probably arranged said meeting when she didn’t have more pressing concerns, like getting Emrah to agree to have dinner with her brother and herself. As such, Aisha’s not really paying attention to the lecture. And though I tried to follow the lecture myself, I also wanted to figure out exactly what Aisha was texting Emrah, without using google translate. So yeah, things are not looking great for that math test.

On that note, I’ve been wondering for a while what event the episodes are counting down to, and I’m thinking it might be Aisha’s actual math exam. It’s either that or something to do with Emrah’s international drug deal. But I hope it’s something that impacts Aisha directly.

Anyway, I think Aisha left her cellphone at home intentionally, because when she walks up to Khushi’s (not a pal, but an actual Indian restaurant in Oslo), she hides between two cars to check the time on her laptop! It’s already 6:07 pm and Emrah is nowhere to be seen. However, Yusuf is at the entrance, pacing the sidewalk.

(Edit from the future to say that three different people sent me asks to remind me that Aisha’s mom confiscated her phone after their fight. So, including me, there are at least four people watching the season in real time! A veritable crowd!!)

Time to face the music, so Aisha walks up to Yusuf. Yusuf wants to know where Aisha’s boyfriend is. Aisha says she doesn’t know and doesn’t have her cellphone. Yusuf says to use his cellphone. Aisha says she doesn’t know Emrah’s cellphone, Yusuf says to look it up... Anyway. For a second, it looks like Aisha might come clean and say she broke up with Emrah, but instead she says he must’ve gotten tied up at work. Gvhvhv please Aisha, we have 4 episodes to go, when are you going to stop lying? 😂

Luckily, Emrah jogs up right at that moment and backs Aisha up, with a story about how there was some trouble at work. Aisha introduces the boys, Emrah extends his hand, and after a moment of playing tough, Yusuf shakes his hand.

While at the restaurant, a server comes up wanting to know what they’ll be drinking, and Yusuf’s like “tap water, now gtfo.” They have some SERIOUS shit to be talking about here, server! Indeed, Yusuf cuts straight to the chase and says he knows about Emrah’s history. He says his sister is the most important thing in the world to him, even over his parents, and Aisha isn’t allowed to see Emrah. HOWEVER, he’ll now be going to the bathroom, and when he comes back, he wants to know what Emrah has to say for himself.

I’m going to take a break here to talk briefly about Wtfck, a show where another Moroccan girl has an overprotective older brother. My thing about Yusuf as compared to Elias Ait Omar, is that we’ve been shown over and over again where Yusuf is coming from. We’ve been shown that Yusuf is himself pressured by his environment to check on his sister, have opinions on what she wears, on who she hangs out with and who she dates and who she makes out with in public. We’ve also been shown that, otherwise, Yusuf loves his sister and is genuinely proud of her, that he as an older brother loves to tease her and fuck with her, that he isn’t all disapproval all the time. I know that when Yusuf says that men and women are different, he’s saying that because he can see that his environment treats men and women different, and he doesn’t know or hasn’t questioned or thinks he can’t fight why this is, NOT because left to his own devices, he’d uphold this system he and Aisha are part of. Elias has simply not gotten the same treatment. I understand when people say that Elias isn’t a villain, and that Muslim siblings have this kind of conversations all the time. But do the wtfck writers know that boys like Elias are subject to pressure themselves? Or do they think Elias is a willing oppressor? Because it’s very clear that the 17-verse writers know Yusuf is only trying to play by the rules as he understands them.

While Yusuf is taking a leak, Aisha begs Emrah to make up a story, say he’s done with that life, just anything that won’t get Aisha in trouble with her parents. Emrah’s like, “I’m done lying.” That makes one out of the two of you, man. Meanwhile, the server comes with a jar of water and tries to pour it in each of their glasses. Aisha’s like, “Excuse me, I got this! Can you gtfo I’m having an important conversation here!” Lol this poor server.

Yusuf then comes back, and Emrah’s actor is given the chance to deliver on the best monologue I’ve seen so far on the show. He made a mistake, he did time for it. He’s trying to get his life back on track, thinks he might study to become a teacher. He would like to help teens in the situation he was, teens from bad environments who could be led to make the wrong decision and ruin their lives. Which isn’t to say he blames someone else for his choices. He made the choice to get involved in drug dealing himself, it was all him, not anyone else’s fault. But no, he’s not done with that world because he still owes money to Bigmac and has to pay it back.

Yusuf’s like, “Alright, that’s enough. I don’t want you to see my sister again.” Emrah says he respects that decision, and puts on his hat and coat to leave. Aisha begs Yusuf to let Emrah explain. This is pretty funny because she never let Emrah explain to her lol.

But Yusuf agrees to listen, and Emrah adds that, because of his decision, he lost everything. His future, the person he loves... But most importantly, he lost his little brother, because as Emrah was sitting in jail, Ibo, just 16, was out in the world all alone. He finally says that when he first got a handful of bills, he felt like a king. But in reality, he was just a loser with good clothes.

The mention of Emrah’s little brother goes straight to Yusuf’s heart, an older brother himself. He once again reiterates Aisha is the most important person in the world to him, and he wants to know how he can trust that Emrah truly just wants to be done with drugs forever. Emrah says that’s up to him.

This is such a good scene. It really became about Emrah and Yusuf, connecting both as older brothers and men in an environment where things and decisions don’t necessarily come easy. It reminds me of Markus’ season in the sense that I don’t agree with these men’s every decision, but I understand how they got here and understand they’re subject to different pressures than myself. It does make me believe that if you approach someone in good faith and make an effort to understand them, a better world is possible. Which is also what I felt when I first watched Isak’s season.

Indeed, when all three are done with dinner, Yusuf says he’s going to catch up with a buddy and sort of tells Aisha she’s free to go home by herself (remember that the only reason Aisha was allowed out was because Yusuf was going to tag along). Pretty much letting Emrah and Aisha walk home together and have a moment to themselves. Aisha feels that everything is coming up Aisha! But Emrah says that they’re done. Aisha says no, she wants to help him. But Emrah says this is his mess to clean up, and now that he made things good with Yusuf (and by extension, Aisha’s parents), they’re officially broken up. 

Guys, I screamed in frustration.

[greatfay]

controversial opinions?

Cold pizza actually not good. Tastes like angry bacteria.

There’s a completely separate class of gay men who are in a different, rainbow-tinted plane of reality from the rest of us and I don’t like them. They push for “acceptance” via commercialization of the Pride movement, assimilation through over-exposure, and focus on sexualizing the movement to be “provocative” and writing annoying articles that reek of class privilege instead of something actually important like lgbtqa youth homelessness, job discrimination, and mental health awareness.

Coleslaw is good. You guys just suck in the kitchen.

Generational divides ARE real: a 16-year-old and a 60-year-old right now in 2021 could agree on every hot button sociopolitical topic and yet not even realize it because they communicate in entirely different ways.

Sam Wilson is a power bottom. No I will not elaborate.

Allison’s makeover in The Breakfast Club good, not bad. She kept literally and metaphorically dumping her trash out onto the table and it’s clearly a cry for help. Having the attention and affection of a smart, pretty girl doing her makeup for her was sweet and helped her open up to new experiences. Not every loner wants to BE a loner (see: Bender, who is fine being a lone wolf).

Movie/show recommendations that start with a detailed “representation” list read like status-effecting gear in an RPG and it’s actually a turn-off for me. I have to force myself to give something a try in spite of it.

Yelling at people to just “learn a new language” because clearly everyone who isn’t you and your immediate vicinity of friends must be a lazy ignorant white American is so fucking stupid, like I get it, you’re mad someone doesn’t immediately know how to pronounce your name or what something means. But I know 2 languages and am struggling with a 3rd when I can between 2 jobs and quite frankly, I don’t have the time to just absorb the entire kanji system into my brain to learn Japanese by tomorrow night, or suddenly learn Arabic or Welsh. There are 6500 recorded languages in the world, what’s the chance that one of 3 I’ve learn(ed?) is the one you’re yelling at me about. Yes this is referring to that post yelling at people for not knowing how to pronounce obscure Irish names and words. Sometimes just explaining something instead of admonishing people for not knowing something inherently in the belief that everyone must be lazy entitled privileged people is uh... better?

Stop fucking yelling at people. I despise feeling like someone is yelling at me or scolding me, it triggers my Violence Mode, you don’t run me, you are not God, fuck off. Worst fucking way to "educate” people, it just feels good in the moment to say or write and doesn’t help. Yes I’ve done it before.

Violence is good actually.

Characters doing bad things ≠ an endorsement of bad things. Characters doing bad things that are unquestioned by the entire rest of the cast = endorsement of bad things, or at the least, a power fantasy by the creator. See: Glee, in which Sue’s awfulness is constantly called out, while Mr. Shue’s awfulness rarely is because he’s “the hero.” See also: the Lightbringer series, in which the protagonist is a violent manipulator who is praised as clever, charming, diplomatic, and genius by every supporting character (enemies included), despite the text never demonstrating such.

Euphoria is good, actually. It falls into this niche of the past decade of “dark gritty teen shows” but actually has substance behind it, but the general vibe I get from passive-aggressive tumblr posts from casual viewers is that this show is The Devil, and the criticism of its racier content screams pearl-clutching “what about the children??” to me.

Describing all diagnosed psychopaths as violent criminals is a damaging slippery slope, sure. But I won’t be mad at anyone for inherently distrusting another human who does not have the ability to feel guilt and remorse, empathy, is a pathological liar, or proves to be cunning and manipulative.

It’s actually not easy to unconditionally support and love everyone everywhere when you’ve actually experienced the World. Your perspective and values will be challenged as you encounter difficult people, experience hardship, are torn between conflicting ideas and commitments, and fail. My vow to never ever call the cops on another black person was challenged when an employee’s boyfriend marched into the kitchen OF AN ESTABLISHMENT to scream at her, in a BUSINESS I MANAGED, and threaten to BEAT the SHIT out of her. Turns out I can hate cops and hate that motherfucker equally, I am more than capable of both.

Defending makeup culture bad, actually. Enjoy it, experiment, master it, but don’t paint it as something other than upholding exactly what they want from you. Even using makeup to “defy the heteropatriarchal oppressors!” is still putting cash in their pockets, no matter how camp...

Not every villain needs to be redeemed, some of you just never outgrew projecting yourself onto monsters and killers.

Writing teams and networks queerbaiting is not the same as individuals queerbaiting. Nick Jonas performing exclusively at gay clubs to generate an audience really isn’t criminal; if they paid to go see him, that’s on them, he didn’t promise anyone anything other than music and a show. Do not paint this as similar to wealthy, bigoted executives and writing teams trying to snatch up the LGBTQA demographic with vague ass marketing and manipulative screenplays, only to cop out so as not to alienate their conservative audiences. And ESPECIALLY when the artists/actors/creators accused of queerbaiting or lezploitation then come out as queer in some form later on.

Queer is not a bad word, and I’ve no clue how that remains one of few words hurled at LGBTQA people that can’t be reclaimed. It’s so archaic and underused at this point that I don’t get the reaction to it compared to others.

People who defend grown-woman Lorelai Gilmore’s childish actions and in the same breath heavily criticize teenage religious abuse victim Lane Kim’s actions are not to be trusted. Also Lane deserved better.

Keep your realism out of my media, or at least make it tonally consistent. Tired of shows and movies and books where some gritty, dark shit comes out of nowhere when the narrative was relatively Romantic beforehand.

Actually people should be writing characters different from themselves, this new wave in the past year of “If you aren’t [X] you shouldn’t be writing [X]” is a complete leap backward from the 2010s media diversity movement. And if [X] has to do with an invisible minority status (not immediately visible disabilities, or diverse sexual orientations and gender identities, persecuted religious affiliations, mental illness) it’s actually quite fucked up to assume the creator can’t be whatever [X] is or to demand receipts or details of someone’s personal life to then grant them “permission” to create something. I know, we’re upset an actual gay actor wasn’t casted to play this gay character, so let’s give them shit about it: and not lose a wink of sleep when 2 years later, this very actor comes out and gives a detailed account of the pressure to stay closeted if they wanted success in Hollywood.

Projecting an actor’s personal romantic life and gender identity onto the characters they play is actually many levels of fucked up, and not cute or funny. See: reinterpreting every character Elliot Page has played through a sapphic lens, and insulting his ability to play straight characters while straight actors play actual caricatures of us (See also: Jared Leto. Fuck him).

I’m fucking sick of DaBaby, he sucks. “I shot somebody, she suck my peepee” that’s 90% of whatever he raps about.

“Political Correctness” is not new. It was, at one point, unacceptable to walk into a fine establishment and inform the proprietor that you love a nice firm pair of tits in your face. 60 years ago, such a statement would get you throw out and possibly arrested under suspicion of public intoxication. But then something happened and I blame Woodstock and Nixon. And now I have to explain to a man 40 years my senior that no, you can’t casually mention to the staff here, many of whom are children, how you haven’t had a good fuck in a while. And then rant about the “Chinese who gave us the virus.” Can’t be that upset with them if you then refused to wear your mask for 20 minutes.

Triggering content should not have a blanket ban; trigger warnings are enough, and those who campaign otherwise need to understand the difference between helping people and taking away their agency. 13 Reasons Why inspired this one. Absolutely shitty show, sure, but it’s a choice to watch it knowing exactly what it contains.

Sasuke’s not a fucking INTJ, he’s an ISFP whose every decision is based off in-the-moment feelings and proves incapable of detailed and logical planning to accomplish his larger goals.

MCU critique manages to be both spot-on and pointless. Amazing stories have been told with these characters over the course of decades; but most of it is toilet paper. Expecting a Marvel movie to be a deeply detailed examination of American nationalism and imperialism painted with a colorful gauze of avant-garde film technique is like expecting filet mignon from McDonalds. Scarf down your quarter pounder or gtfo.

Disparagingly comparing the popularity and (marginal) success of BLM to another movement is anti-black. It is not only possible but also easy to ask for people’s support without throwing in “you all supported BLM for black people but won’t show support for [insert group]” how about you keep our name out your mouth? Black people owe the rest of the world nothing tbh until yall root out the anti-blackness in your own communities.

It is the personal demon/tragic flaw of every cis gay/bi/pan man to externalize and exorcize Shame: I’m talking about the innate compulsion to Shame, especially in the name of Pride and Progress. Shame for socioeconomic “success,” shame for status of outness, shame for fitness and health, shame for looks, shame for style and dress, shame for how one fits into the gender binary, shame for sexual positions and intimacy preferences, shame for fucking music tastes. Put down the weapon that They used to beat you. Becoming the Beater is not growth, it’s the worst-case scenario.

Works by minorities do not have to be focused on their marginalized identities. Some ladies want to ride dragons AND other ladies. The pressure on minorities to create the Next Great Minority Character Study that will inevitably get snuffed at the Oscars/Peabody Awards is some bullshit when straight white dudes walk around shitting out mediocre screenplays and books.

Canadians can stfu about how the US is handling COVID-19 actually. Love most of yall, but the number of Canadian snowbirds on vacation (VACATION??? VA.CAT.ION.) in the supposed “hotbed” of my region that I’ve had to inform our mask policies and social distancing to is ASTOUNDING. Incroyable! I guess your country has a sizable population of entitled, privileged, inconsiderate, wealthy, and ignorant people making things difficult for everyone, just like mine :)

No trick to eliminate glasses fog while wearing my mask has worked, not a single one, it actually has affected my job and work speed and is incredibly frustrating, and I have to deal with it and pretend it’s not a problem while still encouraging others to follow the rules for everyone’s safety and the cognitive dissonance is driving me insane.

It’s really really really not anti-Japanese... to be uncomfortable with the rampant pedophilia in manga and anime, and voice this. I really can’t compare western animation’s sneakier bullshit with pantyshots of a 12-year-old girl.

Most of the people in the cottagecore aesthetic/tag have zero interest in all the hard work that comes with maintaining an isolated property in the countryside, milking cows and tending crops before sunrise, etc. And that’s okay? They just like flowers and pretty pottery and homemade pastries. Idk where discourse about this came from.

You think mint chip ice-cream tastes like toothpaste because you’re missing a receptor that can distinguish the flavors, and that sucks for you. It’s a sort of “taste-blindness” that can make gum spicy to some while others can eat a ghost pepper without crying.

Being a spectacle for the oppressive class doesn’t make them respect us, it makes them unafraid of us. This means they continue to devour us, but without fear of our retaliation.

Only like 4 people on tumblr dot com are actually prepared for the full ramifications of an actual revolution. The rest of you just really imprinted onto Katniss, or grew up in the suburbs.

Straight crushes are normal. They’re people first, sexual orientation second. Can’t always know.

The road to body positivity is not easy, especially if what you desire is what you aren’t.

You’re actually personally responsible for not voluntarily bringing yourself into an environment that you know is not fit for you unless you have the resolve to manage it. Can’t break a glass ceiling without getting a few cuts. This one’s a shoutout to my homophobic temp coworkers who decided working a venue with a drag show would be a good idea. This is also is a shoutout to people who want to make waves but are surprised when the boat tips. And also a shoutout to people who—wait that’s it’s own controversial opinion hold up.

Straight people can and should stay the fuck out of gay bars and queer spaces. “yoUrE bEInG diVisiVe” go fuck yourself.

[angeldormante]

a common speculation i see that i don’t necessarily agree with is that dutch’s behavior wouldn’t have gone completely off the rails if hosea hadn’t died. personally, i think it would have been just as bad, maybe even a little worse -- the only improvement i can see is how the others might rally and pick their sides more carefully.

dutch? hosea knew that dutch has been gone since the start. literally, in colter, hosea can have a conversation with arthur where he expresses that he’s trying to keep dutch from getting everyone killed. even that far back, he was sizing up their lot. his arguments with dutch continue into horseshoe outlook and all the way to shady belle, and the thing is? 

he rarely (if ever) actually manages to stop dutch from pulling his schemes. hosea is touted as this heavy counterweight to dutch’s stupidity right up til the end, but as often as he does throw his lot in against dutch, it never actually stops the man from doing whatever the hell he feels like. i don’t doubt that he used to be a stronger influence, but i feel like that changed once micah “echo chamber” bell came along, and we.... never actually got to see a time when he had a better handle on dutch’s impulses.

in fact, it’s pretty easy to see that hosea rapidly switches gears from “heel, dutch” to “ok well screw dutch”. as early as horseshoe outlook he’s consistently putting most of his energy into planting thoughts in the others’ heads: lenny, abigail, john, arthur, he is constantly dropping unsubtle hints left and right that blind loyalty to the gang is no longer a viable philosophy. and that is ballsy, essentially telling people to gtfo of dodge right under dutch’s nose, considering how paranoid the man already is by the time they’re in shady belle. hosea does all of this while still getting into the occasional row with dutch because this man does not give a single shit, and just because he’s accepted dutch as a lost cause doesn’t mean he isn’t going to give him an earful about it whenever the opportunity presents itself.

this is why i think a universe where hosea had survived the bank would have an even messier climax, albeit in perhaps a good way: because he died before the splits in the gang got truly ugly, hosea was never forced to choose sides. and there were going to be sides whether he lived or not; hosea recognized this, or he wouldn’t have spent the entire game trying to prepare the others for it. i have zero doubt in my mind that hosea would have been the first to denounce dutch, and frankly? i’m pretty sure that would have hit dutch a lot damn harder than hosea’s death did. hosea died to dutch as a loyal friend, but if he had lived and chosen a side, he would have been dead to dutch as the ultimate traitor. and we all know how well dutch takes traitors -- imagine what it would to do him to see hosea, of all people, truly standing against him.

tbh the whole reason this gets me so tilted is because essentially?? hosea was fucking FRIDGED for dutch’s manpain when i’m 100% sure that things were going to go sideways whether he lived or not. hosea deserved so much better honestly and like.... r* was super not subtle about killing off pretty much everyone who would have sided with arthur, but why

i would have loved to see it. i feel like dutch’s and especially hosea’s character arcs were cheated out of this potential: of their differences finally coming to a head, of hosea making the choice to save his family and dutch not having the excuse of grief pushing him over that edge. 

hosea spent so long trying to prepare his family for the fallout he saw coming. all he wanted was to see people safe before he passed, but he recognized that he may not even have the chance for that, and that the best he could do was teach his boys that it was okay for them to take a stand for themselves. he deserved to see that he succeeded.

[hellyeahomeland]

“Chalk One Up”: an HYH recap

It’s five days after the ceasefire. Carrie’s still riding around on motorcycles at night, though it’s unclear where she’s going or why. On her way back to her room, she hears what sounds like her voice. A few tech guys are—very loudly!—listening back to her conversation with Yevgeny and trying to make out just what the hell they were talking about.

This makes Carrie so damn anxious that the next day she ventures into the (unlocked) COMPUTER ROOM. I have no idea what she was trying to do. Hack into the main frame and delete the audio undetected? She starts rummaging through desk drawers (why???) when in walks a square-jawed military policeman. They ask her to come with them, and Carrie does about as well with this lack of info as you’d imagine. She starts yelling, doing her whole Carrie thing, then name drops Saul Berenson. “Mr. Berenson’s fully aware,” replies Officer Square Jaw. It all has the ring of that scene from “The Star” when the Iranians find Brody at the safe house and Carrie’s like “PLEASE, SOMEONE CALL JAVADI,” and they’re like, “The colonel IS. AWARE.” Everything that’s happened this season reminds me of something else. Not in a bad way...

Meanwhile, Samira’s back. She’s chatting with her friend as they go shopping. I checked and she’s only credited as “Samira’s friend,” but I FUCKING LOVE HER. She’s a “bright and shiny” person, as Shonda would say. She’s going on about how peaceful it’s been, how the ceasefire is working, and everything is changing! Samira is more than skeptical. Outside the market two men with ice cream cones approach and one offers Samira his cone. Samira’s friend decides now is a perfect time to take a selfie. It is the most awkward and tense and “something bad’s about to happen” selfie that ever existed. But I still love her. They arrive home to find Samira’s brother-in-law waiting for her. Her friend looks on concernedly and that is how we know this woman is a Queen!

Carrie continues being the opposite of chill in the car on the way to her mystery destination, which turns out to be Bagram Airfield. Carrie is about 4000% sure this means she’s off to some CIA black site but instead she just meets Saul there, and he informs her that actually President Beau is on his way. And he wants to meet her. But no one knows what about. So just chill—for real this time—for the next four hours.

In Kabul, a bunch of people and one dog file slowly into the Presidential Palace for another mystery announcement. Tasneem is there, dressed in all white and a strand of pearls, looking like the bossy but classy angel of death that she is. They do this thing where they check their phones, the same way you would a coat, and Tasneem looks HIGHLY displeased to have lost her device. We continue to stan. She runs into G’ulom inside and they both whine about how they have no idea what’s going on but also have a feeling that Beau himself is coming to Afghanistan. So actually they do know what’s going on. Anyway, Tasneem has had enough of this.

Tasneem: I’m outie, y’all. See ya on the flippity. Saul: Not so fast. Tasneem: I can’t believe you went behind my back. We were pretending to be frenemies! Now we’re just enemies! Saul: You tried to kill Haqqani. Thanks for that, btw. It really broke the log jam. I guess you could say that… backfired. Tasneem: [rolls eyes]

Elsewhere, Samira and her brother-in-law have a nice chat, and by “chat” I mean he tells her to come back to their village because people are talking and also he would like to marry her now. She tells him to gtfo and the cinematography is like something out of a tense indie domestic drama (in the best way!!).

Back at Bagram, Carrie squints her eyes, which is really not something she does all that often, unless she’s looking at a screensaver, and WHAT DO YOU KNOW Jenna is there. Carrie, I know you are already on high alert about this woman, but homie is gonna probably try to kill you.

Beau Bridges gets off the airplane and greets the Afghan President. Then he makes a beeline for Carrie, whom he wants to personally thank, because, y’know, if Keane hadn’t bailed on the presidency because she didn’t give half a shit about getting Carrie out of Moscow he might not be Commander in Chief! That’s how season seven ended, right? 

Anyhoozles, Carrie sort of changed his life and is also why he’s standing right in front of her, which bodes really well for Carrie’s constantly simmering guilty conscience. He talks about how courageous Carrie was, he can’t imagine what she went through, etc. Carrie becomes visibly emotional but is ultimately speechless. He’s likely the first person who’s acknowledged the type of sacrifice she did make, instead of glance suspiciously in her direction. He excuses himself because the next stop on his trip requires a flak jacket (always a good sign!). He gets into one of two helicopters—Chalk One and Chalk Two—and off he goes.

Carrie is hoping for a nice silent ride back to the Kabul station but Jenna has other ideas.

Jenna (booting up, non-verbally): How. To. Be. Human. Woman? … Gos. Sip. Jenna: So what did the president say? Carrie: Nothing. Jenna: It didn’t look like nothing. It looked…. INTENSE. Carrie (non-verbally): This homie really just wants me to say something passive aggressive to her again, doesn’t she? My God. Jenna: Was it classified? Carrie: No, it was personal. Can you take a fucking hint? Jenna: Carrie, you have no friends. Why wouldn’t you tell me, your not-friend, something personal that the President of the United States told you in private? Carrie: First, thanks for reminding me I have no friends. Second, he thanked me. Jenna: For being a pain in all our asses in Kabul? Carrie: No, actually he thanked me for Moscow. You know, that thing that you all think makes me look extremely suspicious? Well, our boss up top actually thinks I’m a hero. How’s that for personal, dummy? Jenna (non-verbally): I wonder what it would be like to have a mind of my own? …

Their conversation is interrupted by Samira calling Carrie, because Carrie didn’t really have enough to do this week. Samira—oops!—let her brother-in-law back into her apartment for some reason and now he and some other Taliban dudes are going to basically kidnap her and take her back to the village so he can marry her. Carrie says she’ll be there ASAP.

Another surprise! Beau is coming to the exact same combat post where Max has been trapped stationed for the last four episodes. This all plays out in a somewhat surreal montage since, for some unknown reason, Beau’s trip is being broadcast live around the world. Saul gives a speech at the palace about how peace is happening and—I shit you not—the red curtains behind him literally open up to reveal the live feed. In case we couldn’t understand that it was theater.

Meanwhile, the Hot Marines get ready for the president and Hot Evil Veep in Washington says, “No thanks, Linus, I’d rather watch this on Fox News by myself.” Tasneem sulks in the corner, and then later outside with G’ulom. Beau explains to the soldiers that they’re coming home and they cheer. He takes selfies with some of them and makes corny jokes. Everyone shakes hands and congratulates themselves on a job well done, even though several people this episode openly acknowledge that this is just step one (cue Carrie in Sara’s mind: “this—this is just phase one, the real attack has not come yet”).

Afterward, it’s finally time for Max to leave. The Hot Marines try one last time to convince him to stay—they’re still staying for the foreseeable future after all, the US Military moves at a glacial pace. Maybe it was the sad puppy dog eyes they gave him, or maybe Max really does have a sixth sense about these things, but, improbably, he decides to stay. He doesn’t get on Chalk One.

Samira is being escorted out of her apartment by her brother-in-law and some of his Taliban dudes but their car won’t start. Too bad no one was watching the car while they were inside to prevent this exact thing from happening. Anyway, Carrie appears out of nowhere and tells them not to fucking move. They have the car surrounded and she, rather gracefully and quickly, gets Samira out of one car and into the other. All in a day’s work, I guess! But she can’t revel in the triumph for too long because there’s been an “RTB” (return to base) call and they all need to go back to the station.

And why exactly? Well, the president’s helicopter (Chalk Two) is nowhere to be found. I know what you’re thinking. But it’s NOT aliens. Apparently the escort helicopter saw nothing, which is strange, because it had, again, literally one job.

Saul arrives back at the CIA station to the camera in Chalk One surveying the wooded forests, looking for Chalk Two. They locate it, spewing smoke, crashed on the ground. In the White House situation room, everyone looks around sort of dumbfounded at the feed. HEV asks who’s in charge and Linus is like, “uh… you?”

Carrie races into the command center and asks Saul what’s happening. He tells her the president’s helicopter is down. She asks how that’s possible, which is a great fucking question! Before Chalk One can land to attempt a rescue, they spot some Taliban soldiers with an RPG approaching and start shooting. They fire the RPG back and hit the helicopter directly. So much for a ceasefire. Carrie and Saul look on, shellshocked, at the now blank screens.

[lesbian-deadpool]

Tony, His Adopted Blue Murder Child, And Co.

Tony has created a chat.

Tony has renamed the chat: Fuck Space. Fuck This Shit. I Want Pizza.

Tony: All byyyyyy myyyyy seeeeelf.

Tony: Don't wanna be.

Tony: All byyyyyyyy myyyyyyy seeeeeeelf!

Nebula has joined the chat.

Tony: Tf? Leave me alone to my suffering.

Nebula: Bitch make me.

Tony: Okay, Smurfette fite me.

Nebula: Nah, can't be bothered.

Nebula: Come over here and let me shoot you.

Tony: Don't wanna walk.

Tony: Messing with this ship has exhausted me.

Nebula: Fuck that cable...

Wade has joined the chat.

Wade: I don't think I need to elaborate on that.

Wade has left the chat.

Nebula: What? Who was that?

Tony: I have absolutely no clue.

Nebula: Anyway... how long till we touch solid ground again?

Tony: Please refer to my previous answer.

Nebula: Well ain't you just 190lbs of sarcasm.

Tony: Hey! This body is a tight 171lbs.

Tony: But you're right, the majority of it is sarcasm, yes.

Nebula: And what's the rest of it?

Tony: Trauma.

Nebula: Well, I'm sorry, but I can't help you with that.

Tony: Peter used to help me.

Nebula: With your trauma??

Tony: Peter told me he was sorry.

Nebula: What?

Tony: Peter used to say that.

Nebula: Okay...

Tony: Peter used to say that, too!

Nebula: Are you crying?

Tony: Fuck no. Tony Stark doesn't cry for anybody. You can thank my abusive father for that :)

Nebula: I know how you feel.

Nebula: We both have bad fathers.

Nebula: Thanos will breathe his last breath soon enough. Then your son will be avenged.

Tony: PETER USED TO BREATH!

Nebula: Tf?

Nebula: Seriously, stop crying.

Tony: I'm not crying.

Nebula: Then what's that coming out of your eyes?

Tony: Oh, this?

Tony: This is just some depression leaking from my eyes. It's a natural occurrence.

Nebula: ... so, crying?

Tony: HOW DO YOU KNOW?

Nebula: I can see you dude, you're bawling your fucking eyes out.

Tony: SHUT UP.

Nebula: Hey, now you can drink your tears!

Tony: I'M NOT CRYING. I told you, it's liquid depression!

Nebula: Ffs.

Nebula has renamed the chat: Drink your tears, Tony.

Tony has renamed the chat: Go fuck yourself, Nebula.

Nebula has renamed the chat: Drink your liquid depression, Tony.

Tony: That's more like it, thank you.

Nebula: Are all humans like this?

Tony: Only the ones with issues.

Tony: So yes.

Nebula: What a race.

Tony: You can't tell me you've never cried.

Nebula: When I was a child. Before Thanos removed my ability to cry, along with most of my body parts, and organs, replacing them with metal.

Tony: ...

Tony: You're my child now.

Tony: I'm signing your adoption papers. You're legally my child now.

Tony: I've always wanted a daughter.

Tony: You will be safe with me. I promise.

Nebula: ... that was really sweet, and I don't know how to reply to that.

Tony: My God, you are my daughter.

Tony: Don't worry, I will give you the fatherly love you deserve.

Nebula: Your son was so lucky.

Tony: Wait, son? Huh?

Nebula: Yes. That little spider child.

Tony: Peter?

Nebula: Yeah, that one.

Tony: Peter wasn't my son.

Nebula: He wasn't?

Tony: No.

Tony: Yes, I loved him like he was my son. Tried to guide him with what fatherly wisdom I may have. I tried to protect him with my heart and soul. Was proud of every-single-thing he did. Went to every special event he had. He won his high school decathlon you know. He's so smart. And special. I was lucky to have someone so happy in my life. OMG, I miss him so much. Come back, my son!

Tony: So, yeah. Not my son at all.

Nebula: Right... whatever you say...

Tony: Oh my, I almost forgot I was so excited. Consent is key.

Tony: Would you like to be my daughter?

Nebula: Aren't I a little too old to get adopted?

Tony: Idc.

Tony: ???

Nebula: .............. yespleaseIwouldlovethatverymuch............

Tony: Alrighty then. You are my child. I love you, daughter.

Tony: Don't worry. I'll teach you what love is. Me and my to be wife, Pepper. She's your mom now. If she's still alive, that is...

Nebula: Thank you.

Tony: You are welcome.

Korg has joined the chat.

Korg: Hey fellas, fancy joining a revolution?

Nebula: Fellas?

Tony: Who the fuck is this?

Korg: Hi, I'm Korg. I'm made out of rocks, but there's no need to be frightened. I'm a kind guy.

Wade has joined the chat.

Wade: The Thing. But space.

Wade has left the chat.

Nebula: There he is again!

Korg: Who was that? A friend of yours? Does he want to join a revolution?

Tony: I am way too sober for this.

Nebula: I can kill him for you.

Tony: How about we don't do that?

Valkrie has joined the chat.

Tony: Now who the hell is this?

Valkrie: Who the hell are you?

Tony: I'm the hell person whose chat this is.

Valkre: Oh. Well trust me, I don't want to be here as much as you don't want me to be here.

Nebula: So why are you then?

Valkrie: Korg. Stop talking to these weirdo's, and come help me build this fucking ship.

Korg: A revolutionary ship?

Valkrie: Korg, you do know that we don't need the revolution anymore? We won.

Korg: There's always a need for a revolution.

Tony: I actually agree with the space rock here.

Nebula: Same.

Nebula: Especially if it's against Thanos.

Tony: I'm pretty sure that's not how that works.

Nebula: Whatever. As long as I can stick my blade through Thanos, I couldn't care less.

Valkrie: Who's this Thanos?

Tony: You know how people/aliens/whatever turned to dust around you?

Valkrie: Yeah?

Tony: Yeah, well that was Thanos' doing.

Nebula: And also half of the universe turned to dust, not just the things around you.

Valkrie: Oh.

Valkrie: Yeah, let's kill him. Brutally.

Tony: Glad you agree.

Valkrie: Korg, come on, let's build this ship. And help kill this fucker.

Korg: ... a revolutionary ship?

Valkrie: It can be whatever type of ship you want. As long as you help me build it!

Korg: Okay! Bye guys, I'll send you some pamphlets, if I find out where you are.

Korg has left the chat.

Tony: Hold on, what revolution?

Valkrie: I don't actually know. I black out every time he talks about it. All I know is there was a lot of fighting, and we won.

Nebula: Who mentioned a revolution?

Valkrie: See? Just like that.

Valkrie: Anyway, I gotta go lose what's left of my sanity... maybe I can get drunk.

Tony: Get drunk?

Tony: Where? How? Can I have some?

Tony: Please. I'm so sad. I have lost so much, and I don't know who I've lost on Earth.

Tony: Please help me dull this pain.

Nebula: Jesus man. You need help.

Tony: Hey, that's dad to you. And yes. Yes, I do.

Tony: So, about that booze.

Valkrie: No. All mine.

Valkrie has left the chat.

Tony: Oh, gee thanks.

Nebula: Want me to kill her for you?

Tony: We really need to have a discussion about your immediate reaction with murder.

Nebula: So, is that a...?

Tony: No. That is a firm, no.

Nebula: Do you want me to kill ANYONE?

Tony: No, you don't have to murder for me, or my love.

Nebula: You really are the best dad.

Tony: That is the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me.

Nebula: Are you crying again?

Tony: No.

Nebula: I can clearly see you.

Tony: ... no, you can't.

Nebula: Just because you're now wearing your Iron Man helmet, doesn't mean you're not crying.

Tony: Yes it does.

The Grand Master has joined the chat.

The Grand Master has changed their name to: TGM.

TGM: Does my name sound weird like this?

Tony: Anybody who calls themselves 'The Grand Master' is a narcissistic weirdo.

Tony: At least 'TGM' can be an acronym for something better.

Nebula: Like 'The Great Mistake'.

Tony: And 'This Guy is Measly'.

Wade has joined the chat.

Wade: 'Tomg it's Gjeff Mgoldblum'.

Wade has left the chat.

Tony: Huh?

Korg has joined the chat.

Korg: 'To Ghost Men'.

Korg has left the chat.

Tony: What?

Valkrie has joined the chat.

Valkrie: 'To Get Masacered'.

Valkrie has left the chat.

Tony: What?!

Nebula: I like her.

Tony: Of course you do.

Tony: Oh my God, you and Nat are going to take over the world.

Tony: If she's still alive that is...

Nebula: Only one world?

TGM: Oh, oh, can I join?

Nebula: No.

Tony: Leave now.

TGM: This wouldn't happen if I still had my champion. Fucking sparkles.

TGM has been blocked from the chat.

Nebula: Who was he talking about?

Tony: Idk.

Tony: Probably some aliens or something.

Thanos has joined the chat.

Thanos: Sup losers?

Tony: Oh daughter of mine, do you notice something?

Thanos: Daughter?

Nebula: No, my father, I do not.

Thanos: Wait, father?!

Thanos: What have you done to my second favourite daughter, Tony?!

Tony: So, daughter. You were telling me about your sister... like an hour ago.

Thanos: Ahh, yes. My favourite daughter.

Nebula: Gammora. She was an assassin, just like me. I love her. But SOMEONE threw her off a cliff.

Thanos: It was the price to pay for the stone.

Tony: If she were still here I would adopt her, too. Skrew it! Dead or not! She is my daughter, too!

Thanos: WHAT?!

Nebula: She would have liked that.

Nebula: And so would I. Because it would annoy her boyfriend.

Tony: Who's her boyfriend?

Nebula: That imbecile Quill.

Tony: ...

Tony: ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!

Nebula: Nope.

Thanos: I hate him, too.

Tony: I suddenly like him more now.

Nebula: Same.

Thanos: Are you ignoring me?

Tony: Do you notice anyone else in this chat, daughter?

Nebula: No father, I do not.

Thanos: I know what you're trying to do.

Thanos: And I hate you both.

Thanos: I'm glad I destroied half of the universe.

Thanos: Well, screw you two. I'm not going anywhere.

Carol has joined the chat.

Thanos: Oh, shit...

Carol: Hey you purple fuck!

Carol: It's time for you to, gtfo!

Thanos has been blocked from the chat.

Tony: Well thanks for that.

Carol: It's aiite.

Tony: ...

Tony: I'm sorry what?

Tony: Why are you speaking like its the 90's?

Carol: Cuz I'm HELLA cool like that.

Tony: Oh God.

Nebula: Want me to kill her?

Tony: Thinking about it.

Carol: Geez chill. I'm on my way to get you right now.

Tony: Second thoughts! I love her!

Nebula: So do I!

Nebula: Do you have food?

Tony: And water?

Nebula: And oxygen?

Carol: Yes, yes, and yes.

Carol: I also have some guy named Phil, he says he knows you.

Tony: Oh, yeah... I'm hallucinating.

Carol: No you're not.

Tony: I gotta go pass out now.

Tony has been disconnected.

Carol: Drama queen.

Nebula: Good night, dad.

Nebula: See you soon, Carol.

Carol: Cool beans.

Nebula: I don't understand you...

Nebula has left the chat.

Carol: I dig that.

Carol has left the chat.

Somewhere in the soul world

Bucky has created a chat.

Bucky has added Sam, Peter.

Bucky: What is this place?

Peter: I don't know, Terminator Jesus Sir.

Sam: Terminator Jesus!

Sam: That's amazing!

Bucky: Can we be serious here?

Sam: I am being serious! That name is amazing. Screw you and your bad tastes.

Peter: Are we dead?

Bucky: I think so.

Peter: Meh.

Sam: Woah, kid, are you okay?

Peter: Yeah. Man, Aunt May's gonna kill me when she finds out I'm dead.

Bucky: H... how?

Peter: She'll find a way.

Peter: I hope Mr Stark doesn't blame himself.

Sam: Wait, 'Mr Stark'? Are you that spider-kid?!

Peter: Spider-MAN.

Sam: You are!

Bucky: Who is?!

Sam: He is!

Bucky: Oh!

Peter: What is going on?

Sam: YOU WEBBED US UP NEXT TO EACH OTHER!

Peter: Ohhhh, you're those guys.... hi?

Bucky: HI?!

T'Challa has joined the chat.

T'Challa: Death meeting. Now.

Sam: What?

Bucky: How did you even get everyone to listen to you so fast??

T'Challa: A king has his ways.

T'Challa has left the chat.

Peter: He's so cool.

Peter has left the chat.

Bucky: I'm cooler...

Sam: Dream on, Barnes.

Sam has kicked Bucky from the chat.

Sam has left the chat.

(Bonus)

Carol has created a chat.

Carol has added Y/N, Natasha, Thor.

Carol: Right I'm gonna go get your friends.

Carol: Brb.

Carol: Oh, and don't let Goose eat you.

Y/N: Eat us? What?

Natasha: How can a CAT eat us?

Carol: You don't want to know.

Thor: But he is so tiny and fluffy.

Carol: Yeah, you'll be fine. Just don't lather yourself in bacon grease, or have him anywhere near your eyes.

Y/N: Well there goes my bathing plans.

Natasha: And why no eyes?

Thor: It's fine I've already lost one!

Carol: Exactly.

Carol has left the chat.

Y/N: Should we be scared of the cat?

Thor: Probably...

Natasha: We should be scared of every cat. This one more.

Thor: I agree.

Y/N: Hmmmm

Y/N: Gonna go poke him.

Natasha: Wait Y/N...

Y/N has been disconnected.

Natasha: Jesus Christ.

Natasha: Let's go help her.

Thor: And cuddle Goose!

Natasha: Thor no.

Thor has been disconnected.

Natasha: I work with children.

Natasha has left the chat.

[thebibliomancer]

50 More Days of Comics! 44/50: Countdown #39 (2007)

What is there left to say about Countdown that hasn’t already been said? 51 issues of eight plotlines that barely went anywhere and then were summarily ignored by the event they were supposedly counting down to? At a cover price of $2.99 that’s over $150 of nothing plus tie-ins and spinoffs needed to understand all this nothing that didn’t amount to anything. And even if it were a self-contained story it would have been a bad one full of gratuitous deaths, character derailment, and shaggy dogs galore.

Unrelated but Marvel had their own countdown recentlyish called Infinity Countdown. I’ve been enjoying it but its kind of funny how both serieses have a moment where a cosmically empowered horn saves the day.

ANYWAY.

Of the plot threads, this particular issue covers about six of them. Three of them get only two pages to tiptoe forward. And they’re all intercut with each other. I’m going to jam all the plot from thread into the same stretch for my convenience. What an untwisted skein.

First we have the Karate Kid and Triplicate Girl plot at seven page. Karate Kid has been kicked out of the future because he has a deadly disease and Triplicate Girl is with him because she loves him. Apparently Starman told them that Oracle might be able to help them and instead of setting up an appointment, they decide to break in.

Karate Kid kicks down a wall when they get to a dead end revealing a giant screen with Oracle’s web avatar on it. Also, I love Karate Kid on a conceptual level. He’s a kid who is really good at karate. The one rule of the Legion of Super-Heroes is that you need to have one non-suck power and they let this guy in who knows karate but really good. There are actual people with mostly decent powers that the Legion have told to screw off like Night Girl and they let Karate Kid in. Its pretty amazing.

Oracle: “Did all the expensive keep-you-out hardware not clue you in? I WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE!”

Also, this is in Metropolis. Not sure why a Batfamily character is in Metropolis but she does telecommute so.

Anyway, the only reasonable response to a break-in is tentacles. Maybe Oracle has spent too much time on the internet. She tells them to set up an appointment and gtfo. She’s busy.

Karate Kid karates through the tentacles and saves Triplicate Girl who hadn’t done a thing to help herself. Then he karates through the screen which apparently hid a passageway to Oracle’s real location. Not the best security setup.

But when they find her, she still refuses to help.

Oracle: “I’m keeping the secret identities and home addresses of every superhero in the world from being stolen. Think maybe that’s a little bit important?”

Oracle… Barbara… why did you even have all that information in your systems? You have a computer brain with perfect recall. D-don’t you remember what happened when Batman kept the secret weaknesses of all the Justice League in his computers? They were inevitably stolen and used for evil? COMPUTERS AREN’T SAFE!

She also later fails at keeping the Anti-Life Equation from being emailed to literally everyone so maybe she’s just not great at her job that she’s really good at.

Next, we have Pied Piper and Trickster with eight pages. They are on the run on suspicion of killing Barry Allen and have taken up refuge with the Penguin. He then immediately sells them out to the Suicide Squad. Like immediately. He only asks that they not damage his wine cellar.

Of course the Suicide Squad are professionals and yeah no. They chase them through the actual Iceberg Lounge restaurant smashing things and blowing up stuff. Captain Boomerang manages to konk Trickster out with a boomerang to the back of the noggin but Piper just slings him over shoulder and still manages to get away. Damn the Suicide Squad suck!

Trickster also sucks because upon regaining consciousness he immediately accuses Piper of feeling him up while he was out.

The two fugitives manage to shake the Loser Squad thanks to Piper pipering some music which makes them invisible. He can do that. But then the two are cornered by the Question and Batwoman. And Renee Montoya apparently loves punning on her name now.

The Question: “Before you start running, guys, you should ask yourselves the question… would I really have come after you alone?”

Then two pages of Donna Troy and Jason Todd and also Ryan Choi and Bob the Monitor’s fun multiverse questravangza to find Ray Palmer to prevent a Great Disaster. Apparently you can’t look at the space between spaces because it would drive you mad.

The group arrives in non-euclidean space with Bob feeling like they’re being watched.

And that’s it. Can’t move a plot ahead much in two pages.

Next is another two page plot increment with Jimmy Olsen. Jimmy has mysteriously gotten a bunch of his silver age powers and decided that he should become a superhero. This tracks as far as Jimmy Olsen’s thought process is likely to go. He puts together a Mr. Action outfit that wouldn’t be bad for the Silver Age and looks awfully earnest now and goes to fight crime.

He easily stops a purse snatcher and even gets a smooch from the girl who calls him adorable.

Since everything is going so well, Jimmy is thinking that obviously he’d be a huge asset to any team and starts wondering what team would be best for him, dismissing the Outsiders as too angsty and eventually settling on the Teen Titans.

Meanwhile while he ponders, the purse snatcher gets up and sneaks away.

Womp womp womp.

For two pages this one actually felt like it moved something somewhere somewhy. Probably because it was one dude and this small event is going to serve as a motivating factor for him.

There’s also two pages of Holly Robinson, Catwoman’s girlfriend. She has joined one of Athena’s woman shelters but feels something is off. She asks about the shelter turning away a mother and her child but Athena just bemoans that her resources are limited and then signs Holly up for a self-esteem workshop. Which seems a non-sequitur but its all an evil scheme anyway.

Finally there are four pages of the Monitors arguing amongst themselves about stuff I don’t understand or care about. None of these dicks are labelled and I can’t really tell them apart. They’re arguing that people shouldn’t travel between universes but I don’t really grasp the argument, just that one dude really wants to kill people that do cross realities and the other is like ‘should we do something?’ Anyway, fuck Nix Uotan. For no particular reason. I just harbor intense animosity towards his stupid hat.

[bezzuba]

hey stingray.. u should.. talk about.. ur opinions about how hiccup and toothless grow together as a pair over the course of the movies... and also perhaps ur thoughts (again) about how the third movie agrees with or conflicts against ur views on their friendship and their development..

the httyd films do a wonderful job when it comes to showing how hiccup has grown over the course of his friendship with toothless, and it is very heartwarming to see. toothless’ growth, however, isn’t as explicitly displayed and it is easy for many to mistake what is arguably character development / progression for character degradation / deadlock. in this essay, i aim to rectify that by pointing out a few of the many things toothless has learnt and become for the better through his friendship with hiccup.

flskdjf no but for real thank you for sending this in julie! i feel like…a lot of people equate toothless’ ‘softening’ over the years he spends in berk to Domestication™ ( he’s tamed / trained / made accustomed to humans / literally any other related word that is not ‘domesticated’, lads…i’m no expert and maybe it’s just a case of semantics but domestication is an inborn rather than acquired trait that appears over the course of many generations, lads… ) and like. it makes sense! toothless isn’t a human so him acclimatising to living with them sure would count as Domestication™ but. consider this…dragons aren’t humans…but they’re sentient…self-aware…not as much as humans maybe but they’re clearly on a similar level. that softening? to me, it’s not ‘taming’ so much as it is toothless learning that trust and empathy are just as powerful + effective as domination and apathy.

i’m not saying that toothless isn’t not, to some degree and by human definition, tamed. living in a dragon-receptive, enriching environment like berk has absolutely had some effect on things like hunting style, reactions to threats, and cognitive processes in general; the shift in focus from surviving each day to actually doing more than just surviving + the fact that environmental enrichment has been proven to promote brain activity through increased synaptogenesis means toothless literally cannot think like a typical non-berkian dragon. i just. strongly dislike how people think of toothless more as an animal than someone who is simply non-human. the distinction is hard to explain but like. from what i’ve seen, for them, emotional and cognitive growth is Bad. toothless can’t not be the wary, mysterious dragon we see in the first film. he can’t be ‘downgraded’ into a playful nerd who doesn’t immediately harm every human that approaches him.

it. says A Lot about their Edge ( “a character opening up to literally anyone? unacceptable!” ) + their understanding of interesting and realistic characters. like? opposing qualities in a character aren’t? mutually exclusive?? a toothless who is an adorable fucking dweeb and a toothless who is majestic and takes no shit from anyone aren’t! mutually exclusive! they can be! the same toothless! a character! can have more than one (1) facet! god just. this notion that toothless trusting hiccup + berk’s humans enough to be vulnerable around them is somehow inferior to toothless Being Wild And Alone Forever is so! overrated! let jaded characters learn how to be soft and trusting you cowards! let characters who have been lonely for their entire life learn what and how it is to be connected you cowards!

maybe i’m looking too deeply into toothless. maybe it’s because i write him and toothless ( as anyone with self-awareness would ) sees himself as a person, not as an animal distinctly separate from a human. i don’t fucking know but i don’t appreciate it when people narrow toothless, a lovely character with an identity outside of ‘dragon who was befriended by a human’, down to literally just that.

flkdsjg okay enough complaining…more expanding on + gushing about how Best Tier this interspecies friendship is. i’ll try to leave my headcanons out of this but if i happen to not succeed in doing that you can’t blame me for doing what canon was too afraid to do ( which is explain things and make sense )

so first off! can i just talk about how important hiccup and toothless’ bond is, not just to people like me who would fucking kill for more media content with a strong emphasis on platonic soulmates, but also to the characters themselves? i have seen a lot of people make very logical, very probable inferences about toothless being hiccup’s first actual friend but please also consider the idea that hiccup might be toothless’ first actual friend, too!

we don’t know a lot about toothless’ past in canon but there are some things that can be confirmed for sure / with 99% surety:

he was separated from fellow night furies at a young age.

i say this with 100% certainty lmao there is no other way to explain his estrangement with his ‘night fury side’, which in httyd3 is depicted as his keen unfamiliarity with his species’ mating dance.

not the best depiction but i’ll give dreamw.orks a reluctant pass for that because although courtship rituals are genetically hardwired ( i.e. toothless inherently knows what ‘steps’ to take and what to do ), if he hasn’t ever seen one initiated before he probably would not know what to do when one is initiated to him ( i.e. he has no context for these ‘steps’; he doesn’t actually know that they’re a part of a courtship ritual ).

ig there’s also that thing about him not knowing he can harness lightning or whatever, but the fact that the first thing that popped into my head was that mating dance scene when i thought about how httyd3 depicted toothless’ disconnect with his ‘night fury side’ probably speaks something of how much they handwaved away any explanation for that phenomenon + consequently lowered the mnemonic impact of it

he was as much of an outcast in the red death’s nest as hiccup was in berk.

this is said with less certainty than the assumption above it but like. in the first film, hiccup says toothless “never steals food, never shows [himself], and…never misses” and we see toothless destroying human weapons / constructions. it all sets toothless up to be this Ultimate dragon to humans but can you imagine what that looks and sounds like to a dragon who is part of the red death’s flock?

“never stealing food?? what the fuck, courts danger?? do you want to die??? the queen’s gonna eat you what the fuck!”

i hc that she doesn’t eat toothless because she associates his presence in raids with more dragons coming back ( as she should because destroying human contraptions that trap / kill dragons makes it harder for them to. y’know. trap / kill dragons ), which equates to more food being brought back

so she makes one (1) exception for this quietly defiant but very amusing flock-subject

and everyone’s probably aware of that but they’re also like WHAT IF THIS IS THE DAY SHE CHANGES HER MIND BRING SOME FOOD BACK I DON’T WANT TO SEE ANOTHER EATEN!!

“what! are! you! shooting! at! it’s just weird dead-bark and metal! and that’s dead-bark and still-fire, what the fuck at least shoot at human dens if you’re gonna shoot at dead-bark!”

it’s very obvious to us humans what most of the contraptions we see in berk are used for but to dragons? dragons who don’t have the same cognitive processing and are probably too busy trying to gtfo with some food to figure out what this weird human shit does?

listen. we see toothless disarming humans. the dragons see toothless doing something they don’t understand for reasons they don’t understand.

HM DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR

okay he probably wasn’t an outcast per se but he was. definitely avoided.

basically, toothless was alone just like hiccup was!

so yeah. they changed the world with their friendship but their friendship absolutely changed their worlds first. that fact alone is delicious enough but then you look at what their relationship is actually like and god! finally_some_good_fucking_food.jpeg

i love! the comfort! the faith! the trust! the ease in which they touch and calm and talk to and fly with and sleep on and just…be with each other. we don’t see it much in httyd because duh, prologue but. there’s this sense of…complete and utter security in their bond by the time httyd2 comes around. they know each other so well. they love each other so much.

hiccup, completely unafraid of the plasma blasts detonating dangerously close to his fairly immobile, very vulnerable form. hiccup, trusting in toothless’ faith in him as he splays a simple hand out to stop him. hiccup, “TOOTHLESS!” / “HEY! you left my dragon back there! he can’t fly on his own! he’ll drown!” / “we have to head back for my dragon!”

toothless, willing to support hiccup’s decisions even if they are stupid af. toothless, trusting in hiccup’s judgement and ability to defuse situations where he would have exacerbated them. toothless, so ready to shield hiccup from harm from anything or anyone.

hiccup, terrified for toothless even as he grieves for his father. hiccup, ignoring drago, ignoring the bewilderbeast, pleading one more time for toothless. hiccup, willing to die reaching if only to have toothless reach back. hiccup, “please. you are my best friend, bud.” / “my best friend.”

toothless, sensitive to hiccup’s upset and wanting so badly to make it go away. toothless, waiting as the haziness becomes clearer, waiting for the touch, the face, the voice. toothless, willing to fight “the strength of will over others” to reach back. toothless, “he’s challenging the alpha!” / “to protect you!”

god there’s so much more but if i listed every single detail about their friendship as observed in httyd2 this answer wouldn’t be ready for posting for like. at least a week

and even before they reach that stage, those decisions in httyd that go from hesitant to confident…

hiccup, tentatively trusting this dragon to eat the fish and not his fingers. hiccup, sticking around because he’s got no better place to be in and no better company to be with. hiccup, reaching and reaching and reaching.

toothless, wary and mistrustful but willing to give this human a chance. toothless, mimicking hiccup rather than completely disregarding him or chasing him off. toothless, slowly…cautiously…hopefully…reaching back.

hiccup, throwing his cheat sheet to the wind and relying on instinct and trust alone. hiccup, standing tall under astrid’s doubt and saying with full conviction: yes. hiccup, casting his helmet and viking status aside because he can’t not see a bit of toothless in every dragon now. hiccup, jumping onto a burning ship with no goddamn fucking hesitation to free a trapped toothless. hiccup, falling into the fire of his own creation, into the end of a centuries old war.

toothless, putting his faith in this human who has never once flown in his entire life and then putting even more faith in this human who quite literally throws caution to the wind. toothless, climbing out of the cove not for himself but for hiccup. toothless, going against instinct and swallowing his fire because hiccup screamed “NO!”. toothless, terrified for his hecking life but willing to “stay with me, buddy, we’re good, just a little bit longer” and “hold, toothless…NOW!”. toothless, falling into the fire with hiccup, determined to make this the end of one thing only.

PLUS SO MUCH MORE. these are only from the first two films alone; gotnf gives us even more Good Content and i’m just! fuck! i love two dweebs! i love hiccup and toothless so much!

and now for specific character growth / developments that i will never get over…i won’t talk about hiccup because i am nearing 2000 words BUT TOOTHLESS…LISTEN. toothless never used to drink “have mercy on others” juice. he never used to drink “don’t shoot or maim or otherwise injure when provoked” juice. he never used to drink “give others a chance because everyone deserves a chance” and “not everyone is out to kill you or hurt you or take everything you love and cherish away from you” juice. but after bonding with hiccup? he’s hooked! he’s so hooked! he is more willing to lean into faith rather than doubt! he is more willing to believe in an after rather than a never! he is more willing to compromise rather than overlook! he is more willing! to empathise!! i’m so emo!

i already talked a bit about how he comes to trust enough to be vulnerable ( i.e. not constantly guarded / cautious ) around berkians and like…can you imagine how big of an achievement that is for someone like him? for someone who has been alone for so much of his life? for someone who knows what it’s like to be forced to be vulnerable for someone they don’t trust at all? I’M SO! EMO!

HICCUP FINDING STRENGTH IN TOOTHLESS? TOOTHLESS FINDING STRENGTH IN HICCUP?? MmMmMm that’s some good shit ( Good Shit ) right there!!

i have…a lot more screaming about their friendship + love for each other to do but i’m tired and you can tell so i’ll wrap this up with some more opinions on httyd3′s Bad Tier handling of toothless’ character and the consequent portrayal of his bond with hiccup! i know you’ve already read it julie but if anyone who’s read to this far hasn’t already seen it…maybe take a peek at my first essay™ here…

i haven’t seen the final movie in a while so my memory of it might be a little shit but i’m glad that they at least maintained some element of that gentle ease / security / comfort we see in httyd2. definitely not as much as i’d hoped, but i would’ve been able to deal with that — maybe even justify it — if they hadn’t also insulted hict.ooth’s friendship for the sake of a ‘love at first sight!’ romance i can’t get behind multiple, multiple, MULTIPLE times.

i failed to address this in my first httyd3 critical post BUT LIKE. the way EVERYONE acts like and states that toothless ignoring / dismissing hiccup was a very natural, logical consequence of him being interested in the light fury ( which he. defs would stop being after she nearly killed what is literally half of him oh my goOoOod ) was so! fucking! insulting! to not only hiccup + toothless’ bond, but also to almost everything this franchise stands for and the characters themselves!

after six years of seeing hiccup and toothless interact with + love each other, do you really think HICCUP’S FRIENDS would say “well, what did you expect?” to toothless leaving?? do you really think that they would imply that toothless only stayed with hiccup because he didn’t have a choice? ‘maybe they don’t understand the weight of their bond, stingray’ AFTER SIX GODDAMN YEARS OF SEEING IT DEVELOP AND DEEPEN??? and maybe they don’t but surely they understand how important toothless is to hiccup and wouldn’t make a callous comment like that RIGHT?? god i’m so ready to throw hands at dreamw.orks for having astrid say “he didn’t have any reason to” to hiccup’s “he didn’t leave before” i am sO r e A d Y

also just the fact that IT’S IMPLIED THAT TOOTHLESS ONLY STAYED WITH HICCUP BECAUSE HE DIDN’T HAVE A CHOICE / ANY REASON NOT TO?? it’s so gross what the heck dreamw.orks why bring gotnf up if you’re just going to retcon it i don’t understand!

httyd3 is a good movie in that it is very evocative, has an insanely lovely colour palette + insanely amazing soundtrack, and tries its best to give a satisfying ending to “the friendship of a lifetime”. i love it and will absolutely be rewatching it so many times when it’s released on blu-ray, but it’s not perfect and i could go on and on and ON about the tragedy that is toothless’ characterisation.

flskdjg okay i’ve run out of steam now so tl;dr:

thank you so much for asking for my opinion so respectfully julie this was a delight to see in my inbox + a delight to answer

i love toothless and hiccup

I LOVE TOOTHLESS AND HICCUP

I LOVE! TOOTHLESS! AND HICCUP!

i am never getting over my love-hate for httyd3

[nierly-amazing]

yo talk to me abt 2b and 9s. i need friends 😭

You want me to talk about 2B and 9S? YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT 2B AND 9S????? ARE YOU SURE?!?

OKAY FRIEND

THEY ARE BOTH SO GOOD I LOVE THEM.

THEY ARE SAD BROKEN IMPERFECT CHILDREN WHO NEED LOTS OF TLC.

And there are people out there who are too hard on one or the other and it makes me S A L T Y because they’re shoving their moral purity bullshit on two deeply broken characters and expect them to make the right decisions all the time.

Of course they’re gonna make mistakes, of course they’re going to choose the wrong options. They may be androids, but they are pretty damn human.

2B’s trapped in a cycle of killing the one she loves over and over and erasing his memories of her and everything.

Defecting isn’t really an option in her mind. She’s an E unit so she knows how successful they are; she probably wouldn’t think they’d last very long out there with no way to maintain and repair themselves. She doesn’t know of any successful defectors; command never tells them about A2 when she kills them, obviously, because they wouldn’t want to give anyone any ideas if they found out there was someone who’s survived years on her own out there (albeit falling apart and only surviving out of spite).

Plus, A2′s much less of a threat than an E-model and their best scanner model who is powerful enough to hack into the Bunkers defenses to dig out classified information. A2′s just some prototype who found out she was sent down to die yet continued to survive out of spite. 2B and 9S had the potential to cause a LOT of problems for YoRHa, since 9S found out one of the biggest secrets kept from all androids and other info that could possibly be very dangerous if the enemy got their hands on them. So it’s pretty likely they’d put a lot more effort into killing them than they did with A2.

A2′s circumstances are different than 2B and 9S’ anyway. Her only order was to die at the end of her mission. So for her it’s either let yorha kill her, or go on the run until she eventually gets killed by them or a machine. There are no other options for her. She has no one left to protect or worry about losing, nothing to tie her back.

And she was in a similar situation to 2B; they all did find out they were programmed to die after the mission but chose to see it through anyway instead of defecting.

So if command ordered her to kill 9S again and said they wouldn't reinstate a new one, who says she wouldn't take him and gtfo?

2B hates her job so much that she once chose death over killing him again, and the only reason she survived because he killed himself instead and made her promise to keep killing him. He wouldn't let her take the 'easy' way out because he knew that wouldn't solve anything.

That promise kinda complicates things too. Since it kinda invalidates what the next 9Ss might be feeling so now she’s even more stuck since she has orders from command AND orders from the 2+ 9S that made her promise.

Like, her job hurts her to the point where her own data corrupts in a way that’s ‘physically’ painful to the ‘touch’ (aka memory thorns).

She’s tried what she could to try to stop 9S from coming to the same conclusions as last time. She’s even tried to get command to retract their orders before but to no avail.

She’s cold and strict with him, but never outright cruel and mean. And, heck, maybe she could have been gentler on him, maybe she could have been herself more to make life easier on him. But like at what expense to her? The closer she gets to each of them the harder it is on her to kill him. Remember the whole “as close as possible yet eternally distant” thing?

So like, she could have made some better choices, but she was pretty stuck in what she was doing. She was stuck walking down a path where any decision she made could have bad consequences, so geez, give her a break for choosing the ones that had less terrible consequences (at least in her mind).

AND NOW FOR THE BOY

I already gushed about the poor boy at length [Here]

BUT I can still gush a bit more anyway. 

Some people are too hard on him too. Like do yall really expect someone who was:

A: Thrown into an endless war from the day he was born with no ability to quit. 

B: Given all the emotions and wants and needs of a human and then prohibited from expressing or trying to get those needs met.

C: Paired up with someone who’s emotionally distant to him and he doesn’t know why, falls in love with her anyway, only to find out she has to kill him over and over and is falling apart at the seams because of it. 

D: Has his memories wiped but some remaining something still draws him to her to the point where he’s willing to sacrifice himself for her after only ‘knowing’ her for an hour or so.

E: Programed to be incredibly curious then punished when directing that curiosity in a way YoRHa didn’t like.

F: Tortured and violated by some creepy humanoid machine and forced to face his complicated feelings about her and the world in a definitely not healthy way.

G: Thrown into traumatic battle after battle the moment after she starts reciprocating feelings for him.

H: Watched almost everyone he knows and cares about die in the span of an hour, many of whom he had to kill himself.

I: Watches the most important person to him get stabbed right in front of him, just when they were finally free of their cycle.

J: Wakes up thinking she was murdered in cold blood and fucking nobody thinks to tell him it was a mercy kill. Anemone knew, the pods knew, the weapons dude knew, A2 obviously knew and had multiple ways to take 5 minutes of her day and safely let him know 2B was infected, but didn’t. 

K: Intentionally tortured by the machine network because the Red Girls had some weird fascination with him. 

L: Had no real support network because androids in the middle of a 6000 year war likely dont have any grief counselors. 

M: The only time he’s had contact with A2 she said some cryptic bullshit that could be easily interpreted as taunting or something by him.

N: I could probably think of more to get all the way to Z but I want to do something else now.

Like yall really think someone who has gone through that much trauma with little to no support would be expected to behave like some morally pure uwu angel and make all the right decisions? Could he have acted better and made better decisions? Probably. But give the poor guy a break. He’s an endlessly fascinating character to study and relate to despite his flaws and mistakes.

Anyway I love them both so much despite their flaws and mistakes and they are an amazing pair because of the potential to grow and heal with each other after they wake up after [E]. They’re finally free to be as emotional and supportive of each other as they want and finally get t-shirts. 

And i just love who they are too. 2B is a gentle and kind person when she’s not forced to be cold and strict. 9S is just a curious ball of energy and is super sweet and respectful to 2B. He can be kinda snarky but he always backs off and respects her boundaries.

And just, I love the role reversal in this pairing. 2B’s the strong stoic one, where 9S is the bubbly support. It wouldn’t have half it’s charm if the genders were reversed.

There’s just SO MUCH POTENTIAL with these two. Like before I had no real intention of reading or writing fanfiction but then I played nier and I probably have written nierly (heh) 200k words over all my fics but now like, I just want to explore so much with them and their complex and unique relationship and uguh just

I

JUST

LOVE

THESE

LOUSY

GOTH

ANDROID

BABS

[moriangelhere]

Things you should know about me in a relationship

So I had a dream during my nap yesterday about my ex trying to get in the bathroom where I was despite me telling him no and forcing the door closed. Then I had another dream where I beat the living shit out of my other ex... So I just had an idea that I should just lay down some stuff for you guys. These are just things I’ve experienced while dating those two fucking assholes.

1. I’m in one or two moods: I need to do everything in a certain amount of time or I’ll die or Idgaf let me sleep. Don’t tell me to drop everything because at this time in my life, there are more important things than you so either be patient or gtfo. As for me wanting to sleep, yeah I’ll be a bit grumpy but I’ll get out of bed. I’ll get out of bed quicker if food is provided.

2. Don’t call me while I’m at work unless it’s an emergency or at school. Don’t call me and not have anything to say because I’ve got shit to do. If you really want to hear from me or send some sort of communication, text me. I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.

3. If for some reason we aren’t having enough time together, make time. I’ll get up early to spend the morning with you if I’m not too tired but you’ve got to be willing to do the same. Don’t make plans with your friends and family after I ask you if we could meet up during the weekend. If it’s something you can’t get out of and or it requires the entire day, then invite my ass.

4. I get that you want to vent to me about your family and maybe some of your friends, but don’t talk shit and expect me to join you. I don’t know those people like you do. I’ll vent about the people in my life too but don’t you dare talk shit about them. You can express your opinions and concerns about my relationship with other people but not in a way where it comes off as if you downright hate the person.

5. If there’s something bothering you or if I did something to offend or upset you, tell it to my fucking face. We’ll work it out. If you don’t, it comes off as if you don’t trust me or you think very little of how I handle things.

6. I’m glad to meet your friends, I’m ok with you hanging out with them, inviting them over, and I’m proud of you going out of your way to help a friend in need. I won’t get between yall no matter their gender. But if they are talking shit about me, do something about it and don’t bring them around me. Do NOT invite them or have your friends around when it’s suppose to be our time.

7. Now I’ve dated a guy who went from believing in God, to not believe in God to now who believes in pantheism. The other guy is an atheist. Both have confined these parts about themselves to me and both of these boys haven’t really told their families who more or less are Christians. I am a Christian but I do not force my religion onto others nor do I share some qualities of certain Christians because I know humans will (and have) twisted words of faith to benefit themselves and to bring others down. But under any circumstances do NOT start a mother fucking religious “debate” with me. I was open to the idea of dating guys outside my religion as long as they respect mine, I’ll respect theirs but fuck that. Give me a Christian man.

8. Heaven forbid if you somehow find the strength and nerve to tell me what the hell I should eat. Bitch, I’ll eat whatever the fuck I want to eat and don’t you dare try to pull the “I don’t want you to be overweight” as if I won’t still be beautiful if I gain some weight or as if I don’t know how to take care of my body. I’ve been petite the majority of my life, all that weight you’re worrying about is ghosting me. It unfriended and blocked me. It really pisses me off when you’re muffin top ass is telling me this.

9. You can tease me about the things I like because I’ll tease you back about the things you like. But if you talk shit about the clothes I wear, the shows and films I like, the music I like, the car I drive, what I eat, to the fact I’m a major introvert...FUCK YOU. You’re done. And if you breathe some shit about my pet(s) and or my artwork. I will get fucking violent. I will make you crawl out of the relationship battered and bruised.

10. Apologize to me if you hurt my feelings. Doesn’t matter if you think you’re right, I don’t want to deal with you if you hurt my feelings. I don’t even want to talk to you so don’t try to stir a conversation up as if nothing fucking happened. Whether I’m right about something or not, I will apologize if I hurt your feelings because I wouldn’t want you to be sad or angry.

11. I’ll try to get into and understand your hobbies. But don’t disregard mine or others. It makes you look like a pretentious prick.

12. One of my exes stopped smoking as soon as we dated and he found out that I wouldn’t have dated him if he was still smoking. I realize some people have smoking habits and that it’s hard to quit. But this guy, he was really doing it and I was proud of him until I saw him smoking while drinking a beer at a party. I was about to break up with him on the spot but I thought this was a relapsed or that he was hiding the fact that it’s hard for him to quit. Nope. He said he only smokes now when he drinks. I should’ve went through with it and dumped his ass but that would’ve been petty wouldn’t it? Well, idgaf now. You smoke, I won’t date you. If you stopped but smoke again, I will dump you on the fucking spot. I don’t have time for this shit. No smoking and no drugs.

13. If you drink, I don’t mind but I will probably keep my distance from you the rest of the night. Don’t take it too personally though. I don’t like drunks and I’ve had a bad history with people who do drink. I don’t drink myself and I won’t force anyone to not drink. Just don’t try to force me or persuade or guilt me into drinking with you. It’ll only annoy me.

14. I don’t like parties. Let me rephrase that... I don’t like parties with people I don’t know and or close to. I don’t like big parties in general. So if I come across awkward and or anti-social or “fake”, just know I’m uncomfortable in that kind of environment. Don’t get upset with me about it. I’ll endure by staying and I’ll try my best to be “normal” because I do want to be a bit more social and I want you to be happy. But I would be so grateful if you for some reason decided to leave and take me somewhere quieter or with a more relaxing environment.

15. If I say we’re moving to fast, that’s not a fucking reason for you to try to persuade me it’s normal. When I’m not ready, I’m not fucking ready. Whether it’s to meet your parents, for us to move towards the sexual part of our relationship, talking about our future such as living together, us living together, marriage, children and what our daily lives would be like. I don’t care what your experiences are in a relationship, but if someone is not ready, it’s not your fucking decision to make or chance to persuade them into doing things you want.

16. Whatever your parents thoughts are on me, your opinion is the most important. I will respect your parents but for the love of God don’t leave me alone with them!!!

17. Don’t get mad when I don’t want to do anything sexual with you. Especially if you’ve been ignoring me all day. If I’m tired or not in the mood or not ready, leave me alone. If you say you want to watch something with me, then let’s watch something. I’m not about that Netflix and chill life. You can only turn Netflix or music on when we are about to fool around just for background noise.

18. Living together is a huge step and we would have to know each other for years before you even consider the idea. I had to move out of my old house for reasons and I was looking for a place to stay. I couldn’t afford a place of my own and I wasn’t making enough money to live with my friends who had room (pay bills and buy groceries and stuff) and my ex wanted me to move in with him and his parents and his two little brothers and his two tiny dogs. We were only dating for a couple of months and I thought this was a bad idea. What makes matters worse is that they barely had room for me and I wasn’t allowed to bring one of the dogs I was taking care of. So I’m like no, we’re a package deal. If move, he moves with me and no I’m not depending on anyone else to take care of him. Luckily I found somewhere else to stay with my dog and my ex had to move not too soon after all the way to Virginia that was just on the boarder of Washington. Yeah, no. He was still talking about me moving in with him and for some reason he couldn’t get it through his head that I did not have enough money, I am not moving anywhere just to be with some guy, his family moves around too much, I’ve got too much shit to take care of here, I know he didn’t want me to bring my dog but again we’re a package deal, and we haven’t been dating long enough for all that.

19. I one day would like to travel around the world and live somewhere other than the place I grew up but now is not the right time. If I move, it’ll be for the right reasons such as schooling or my career path and I would have money. I’m not going to live somewhere just for a guy and struggle in a place where my needs aren’t being met. My ex asked me if I would travel with him around the world due to a career he wanted. I said sure because I thought he meant, traveling as a vacation but always have a place we could call home. But no he was talking about being stationed for months to years at various places  and always on the move. Fuck that! Just because your fucking family likes to play hot potato and travel wherever the fuck they feel like, doesn’t mean everyone is like that. And how the fuck he came up with the idea of me being afraid to leave home I’ll never understand.

20. I don’t want kids yet. I’m on the boarder line on whether or not I want to adopt a kid but as far as giving birth. Fuck that shit.

21. I was okay with the idea of having a simple marriage to where it’s a small wedding to not having a wedding at all. Then for some damn reason, I said I was okay with not getting married because all that mattered was to be with the man I loved. Fucking stupid romantic girl was I. Now, yes. I do want to get married. Idgaf about the history of marriage. I want someone to be my forever. I want to believe there is a thing called a soul mate. I want to get married and I want to have a wedding. I don’t want a big wedding, but I want it to be one the happiest day of our lives. If you don’t want a future with me, quit wasting my fucking time. I don’t need you.

22. If I get sick, don’t expect me to stay awake for you. I get really sick and would just sleep all day and all night. I would occasionally get up to use the bathroom or eat a snack (my appetite will drop) but that’s about it. I don’t want you to get sick or to go out of your way to do anything extra for me. Let me rest and just keep a eye on me in case I get worse or if I’m having a nightmare.

23. I love massages but if you’re not good at it, get some bath salts, bath bombs, bath oils, bubble bath soap, and join me in the bath.

24. Don’t bring up my ex(es) the fuck out of nowhere. In time we’ll talk about exes but don’t bring them up asking about my feelings for them, if I’m attracted to them still,  or if I still talk to them. It makes you look like a jealous creep whose being very clingy and lack the confidence in our relationship.

25. Don’t belittle the things I care about or what I think matter. I stop giving a fuck about a lot of things, don’t make yourself part of that list.

26. Don’t tell me how I should be feeling or assume you know why I’m feeling a certain type of way, and don’t get mad when I don’t feel something either.

27. Before we dated, my ex was on a dating app and he saw one of my friends there. He swiped left because “She was too pretty that she had to be a guy in drag”....Wtf. Never pull some shit like that. What the fresh hell do you expect me to say to some shit like that?!

28. If I’m tired from working and school and do other responsibilities, don’t say things like I need vitamins or to work out and eat healthy or compare your life to mine and say I shouldn’t be tired.

29. Deflate that big ass head of yours that's housing your ego and quit mansplaining things to me or your attempts to. You’re not always right and the times that you are, I either already know or it doesn’t fucking matter and you just like to hear your own god damn voice.

30. I’m not going to take a four hour drive that ends up being six hours because of traffic just to visit you in your igloo of a house for two days every other weekend... That’s a full twelve hours I spend in my car on the road in a chaotic and stressful traffic. I wouldn’t feel refresh and I would have to get up early in the bloody morning for school you selfish douche.

31. It’s not easy to find a job and I’m not going to drive over an hour to a job that pays minimum wage everyday. That’s a waste of gas and I’ll be loosing more money than I’m earning because I keep having to fill my car with stinking gas everyday!!

32. If you bite your nails or the skin around them. I know it’s a habit but no. It didn’t bother me before but it does now. I’m sorry.

33. If your ankle bitter of a dog tries to bite me, I will kick it in defense. I know she loves you but if you know she does not like people or at least strangers, put her fucking up away from guests dipshit.

34. I have a car. Don’t block my car and let me fucking drive once in a while especially if you’re complaining about money. Quit being an ass by complaining about money but then you don’t want me to drive so you’ll use your gas and money but then you’ll turn right back around about money problems and say you won’t treat me. (When I don’t even ask you to pay but whatever).

35. We don’t always have to go out somewhere. If we spend all day out together, I want to rest and take it easy, not go in the bedroom or drive somewhere you want us to have privacy. Selfish ass.

36. If I’m cooking a big breakfast, don’t be an ungrateful fuck by saying you want to go to iHop. If I’m making and giving you a gift just because, don’t be a ungrateful shit and make it seem like it’s a bother. 

37. Talking about politics is ok every now and then, but if you LOVE to talk about it more than once day everyday? I can’t. It gets annoying, repetitive and I’ll start zoning you out because you won’t shut the fuck up.

38. Don’t pick me up if I really don’t want to be picked up. I have might legs of fury.

39. I can’t dance so don’t expect me to.

40. I get cold easily. I like to cuddle and I like to fall asleep while cuddling. It’s ok if you hog the blankets because I do that sometimes too.

I’m really tired so I’ll stop here for now. If I have anything else to add I’ll do it later

[tellywoodtrash]

ishqbaaz 25.09.17 lb

oh NOW om is calling gauri all frantically. asshat. 

i’m sorry i just can’t take shivaay seriously in those sunglasses. 

greattttttt, phatphati is outta gas or some shit. 

suman be like jfc, trusting these two was a baaaaad idea. 

this mukhiya is so ridiculouslyyyyyy OTT i can’t even. 

OH GOD ANIKAAAAAAAA DON’T SPLIT UPPPP

shivaay’s radar beeping that wife is nearby. 

OMG THIS IS THE WORST HIDING I’VE EVER SEEN YOU STUPID GIRLS

ok fwding coz ughhhhhhhhh 

mukhiya, those two were on the side of your one good eye. honestly. 

ANIKA DON’T BE A DAMN HERO 

LORD ABOVE

ok i hate mukhiya so much. someone beat him up. where tf are you, shivKara???

OK FUCK YOU SUMAN THESE TWO PUT THEIR LIVES AT RISK FOR YOU

suman’s dialogue delivery is hella bad

GREAT. anika’s gonna get herself fucking slaughtered at this rate. stand still you idiot girl. 

shivKara eavesdropping on these two gundas from like a mile away. in pouring rain. amazing.

lmao listening at the description they’re like YUP. SUCH GANDDDDH CAN BE MACHAOFIED ONLY BY OUR GIRLS. 

SLOW MO SWAGGER WALK. impaired by the ankle deep flooding. 

pft, first of alllllllllll, so fucking extra, you assholes. secondly, that poem was for bromance purposes. don’t be modifying it for your bs heterosexual relationships. 

lmao mukhiya’s second eye is also gone. 

ok fwding coz this is hella boring. 

ok shivaay, that could be ANYONE’s blood. or does your Awareness™ extend to doing blood typing and DNA testing by eye too?

i’m 1000% here for om’s angsty discovery of gauri’s kapde ka chichdaa tho.

girls, this is india. have you not been living here all this while? don’t you know what the police is like? 

“kadak ho ya bhadak, humein isse kaa matlab??” lol 

oh great. madamji is here. 

oh ho anika baaaat sun toh letiiiiiiiiiiii

LMAO HER NAME IS TAADAKA 

fyi: name of a powerful female demon in hinduism, slayed by lord ram. 

oh noooooooo. they’re laughing at her name. 

oh boy. madamji is like madhusudhan phupa of sarabhai. just the “hein???” is missing. 

anika’s miming is hella bad. do not pick her to be on your team for charades. 

greattttttttt. both of them have gotten themselves locked up. 

lo, suman bhi andar. LOL SHE’S SO CUTE. I LOVE HER FAAAAAAAACE.

shivaay’s like me - sees an unknown number calling and like NOPE IM NOT PICKING THAT UP

i toh don’t pick up known numbers also. like, just don’t call me. i won’t pick up. i hate the phone. just text me like a normal person. (so i can leave you on read.) basically, unless you’re my mom, i’m most probably not going to respond to you. just don’t try to contact me.

SAB PHONE PE HI POOCHENGE KYA, IDHAR NAHI AAYENGE???? 

snort.

oh ho tyaagi ki bhi badi dukh bhari kahaani hai. 

ok literally don’t care about ruvya. fwding the fuck outta them. 

shivaay, ouff, must you be such an asshole to all public servants??? like, at least know the scope of your jurisdiction man. 

lmao, awaaz neeche, really???? lady, you’re deaf. 

lol gauri too appealing to bade bhaiyya, as if her husband standing next to him is invisible. 

BAAT BAAT PE HOME MINISTER, JAISE UNKO TOH KOI KAAM HI NAHI HAI, BAS TUM LOGON KA PHONE HI UTHAATE REHNA HAI

OH MY GOD OM IS EVEN MORE TADIBAAZ, HE’S LIKE CALL THE DEFENCE MINISTER, WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU IDIOT

aaaaaaaaaaaaand…. 

yup. 

lmaoooooo anika taunting om too. 

shivaay’s finally met his tadi match in inspector taaadka. 

lol shivaay snarkily asking suman if she’s okay and enjoying, hee hee hee

pffffffffft no jail can contain sassy!kara’s sass. 

lol his gesturing at someone to let them go. ugh why is he so damn cuuuuuuuuuuuute??? and look at gauri watching him!

LOCKUP MEIN ROMANCE SUJH RAHA HAI????

please don’t dismiss her billu, tera bas chalta toh you WOULD sex her up here. dadi bhi nahi hai tujhe control karne ke liye. 

UGH ANIKA WHY SO CUUUUUUUUTE. i love your damn face so much. 

ok fuck his stupidass hand wound. awaiiiii. 

lo. ho gaye shuru idhar bhi. 

ok stop trying to be all rational and shit here, omkara. you’re wrong. shut up and stand there in your wrongness being wrong. 

“gauri, meri baat khatam nahi hui hai.” “lekin humari sehan karne ki shakti khatam ho chuki hai.” 

in more ways than one, son. so mind it. she’s thisss 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽 close to leaving your ass. 

OK TEJ IS BEING THE MOST FUCKING EXTRA HE’S EVER BEEN IN HIS LIFE

lmaoooooo all of them gesturing noooooooooooo in the bg. INCLUDING SUMAN.

LOLOLOLOL

aaaaaaaand…. 

LMAO ANIKA’S DEATH GLARE AND OM’S SIDE EYE AT SHAKTI. 

“jab shivaay aur meri nahi chali toh kiski kya chalegi.”

at least this maamle mein tej recognizes that shivaay has more tadi and extraaaa than him. 

who will freeee them nowww?????

fwding this ruvya nonsense. 

pffffffffffft, everyone’s yelling at anika and gauri. 

if she’s deaf, how come she can hear all this??? 

waaaaaaaaaah. dadi is here to show HER tadi. 

lol shivaay guraaaoing in bg “isne DADI ko lock up mein daala toh i’ll SUE this lady.”

anika: simmer down loser, you need to gtfo here to be able to sue her in the first place. 

face-off between two badass buddhiyas. 

indian judiciary has come down to settling cases by a match of panja. maybe this is how salman khan keeps escaping jail, by beating all the prosecutors in arm wrestling matches. 

LMAO THEIR FACES. SP. THE MEN. 

oh of course, the old birds are friends. 

i want to kiss these two faces. i love them so much. 

pfffffffffft, idiots calling out their names as if dadi’s forgotten who they are. 

omfg, shivaay adding “sabse chotiiiiii” after gauri yelling her name. #thisBROTPwillKillMeWithFeelz.

how considerate of gauri to intro suman as well. 

“tuney inhe andar kyun kiya?” “arre, bolte bohut hai. 😒😒😒😒” 

dude i love her. i say we get inspector taadka to move into oberoi mansion. she’ll shut down their nonsense and have that ship sailing smooth in one day flat. 

ok, good. suman is safe. 

god dafa karooooooo rasmein and just get these little shits married alreadyyyyyyy.

CHUNARI KI RASM. THAANE MEIN. oufffffff. matlab, hadh hai. 

billu is ever ready. he don’t give a fuck. he just needs to marry her. who cares where. iska bas chale toh shamshaan ghaat mein bhi shaadi kar le. 

wow what even is happening with ruvya? they look close to making out. 

they should. it might make them infinitesimally interesting if there was at least some sex to their relationship. 

aaaaaaaand they lost me with the close ups of their mouths. fucking whyyyyyyyyyyy are they shot like this??? you don’t do this to shivika and rikara? then why this grossness here??? 

chalo chaddho, mainu kiii. i don’t even like this pairing.  

they literally decorated the thaana. my goddddddddd. these ppl are so fucking extra. inka bas chale toh they’d bring all the fairy lights in oberoi mansion here too. 

so just…. fuck jhanvi and pinky, i guess. 

can you really blame pinky for feeling left out and hating the rest of them? i don’t. these people are hella insensitive. 

PFT. BILLU. IDIOT. 

ALSO OUFF OMKI WHY SO CUTE?????? BUT ALSO WTF IS THAT WEIRD PIC BEHIND YOU????

lol inpector taadka truly is dadi’s friend. she’s like DOOOR HATT!!!!!!

pft is this photobaaazi necessary? 

ring ceremony bhi baaki hai aaj, oufff.

so, did shivaay buy that stupidass persian emperor ring or what? 

ugh ruvya nonsense. isse achcha toh meri svetlana ko dikhaate. 

OMFG RUDRA JUST SAID AAPKI UMAR MEIN OPTIONS KAM HOTE HAI…. I WANT TO….

FUCK HIM UPPPPPPPPPP BHAVYAAAAAAAAAAA. 

ok you know what, fuckkkkkkkkk this guy. honestly. fuck him to fuck. i still love him as a brother and devar and all, but he honestly sucks in literally every other dept. 

i’m kinda glad sumo escaped him while she could. i now envision her living her best life with a hot surfer nerd in australia. 

yesssssssss, manav’s here! fuck youuuu rudra! 

manav is looking more and more handsome to me. esp since rudra is fucking ugly on the inside. 

wait why the water wars tomorrow???? 

ew that ring is fug. 

[skylinesentinel]

😡

😡 : Worst role play-related encounter and what advice you would give to others to avoid similar situations?

I have two that really stand out from past blogs I’ve been on. 

One was an OC that was in the Final Fantasy fandom and another was an anime blog in the Free! fandom. 

Final Fantasy one first. As an OC related to a canon character, I didn’t get very many asks in the nine months I put effort into this character. Every day I was working on parts of the character that were relevant for her, organizing things, or simply making headcanon posts. I joined a verse group and, for a little bit, I thought it wasn’t going to be a bad place. 

A few issues rose in the Skype when I noticed that one of the mods, the most vocal and aggressive (aggro mod), had a tendency to try to one-up everything that I said or discredit me. I didn’t particularly care, they were young so I put it off as them feeling a need to prove themselves. I got a little more involved in the story and was talking to other members in the group one on one. It was great because holy shit, my OC is actually starting to belong somewhere, people wanna know more about her! 

That didn’t last long. The same members I was talking to started trying to find a way to nudge my character out of damn near every interaction. She was a fucking nurse doing her job. 

So one of the younger members and a guy about my age were talking in a three-person group and the younger girl (Martha) was talking about something weird with this guy (let’s call him creeperson) in the same verse. Every single thing she was saying raised all the red flags I had about him. So I said something about it. 

Next thing I know, I’m pulled into a group chat with the two mods, the aggressive one absolutely ripping into me about how their friend (creeperson) would never do anything to hurt anyone and that I was being banned from the group for, what they called, ‘talking shit, stirring trouble, and fear mongering.’ Okay, yeah, sure I’ll go fuck myself and thanks for making sure the other mod wasn’t online so you could do what you wanted. 

So. I left the fandom, abandoned my blog, and took the OC to Skype only. 

Not even six months into my new blog in a new fandom, I get a skype message from Martha. It’s generic ‘hey how you doin’ stuff for a little bit and then she starts apologizing about my being banned. Idgaf, it’s been half a year, but then she goes on. Turns out Aggro mod pressured her into a screen share on Skype and saw the entire conversation, got butthurt, and attacked. Turns out that creeperson was starting to ask for nudes and smut not even two weeks after I was banned. 

Moral of the story: If you have a gut feeling about someone, listen to it. Pay attention to their rules pages and look at how they present themselves. Get a bad feeling from it? Then there’s a good chance that there’s something going on with that person and you need to GTFO.

Free! fandom is second.

So I was one of the main character RPers in this fandom and made a friend (Jim). They were pretty cool and chill, talked to them a lot and all, then they ghosted on me. Everyone has lives so I just waited and hoped they would come back. 

Started talking to another main character RPer (satan) and started a thread with them. Never RPed the ship before so fuck it, why not try it. Everything was okay for a little while and then Jim came back after about two months or so, got to talking again.  

My threads with Satan never seemed to go anywhere so I gave up on trying to RP with them, they were more interested in other ones, which is fine, but I wasn’t too keen on trying to keep their attention. See, Satan didn’t like moving the plot along. They would reply but moving the plot was on me the entire time. 

I mentioned this to Jim and was venting a bit of frustration. Jim listened and didn’t comment much. Didn’t think about it too much and a few days later, I get a fanmail (yea, this was back when fanmail was still a fucking thing, however stupid it was to begin with). Not only was it openly aggressive, it was clear that Satan was looking for a fight. We exchanged a few words and it dawned on me that Jim was feeding Satan all the information on me about what I’d vented to them before! 

Now look. I know you’re gonna say ‘well if you didn’t want it spread around, then you shouldn’t have said it to begin with’ but look my dude, when someone’s telling you something in confidence, then you don’t go around fucking telling other people what they’re saying. I wasn’t even bitching about them for the sake of it, I was venting and announced it as such. I told Jim that I had no intentions of even talking to Satan about it. 

Then I refresh my dash and there’s a callout on me from both Jim and Satan. They’re claiming I was ship forcing, drama mongering, and even trying to start things between them. Look. I stopped talking to Satan because they didn’t want to do anything with the thread. What reason did I have to talk to them anymore if they clearly had little to no interest in the thread? So I spent about four hours that night trying to get them to chill out. 

Then the statcounter ship comes up.

Satan’s IP showed up all over my blog and not just one page. No, they went about thirty pages back into my blog. It didn’t stop there. Satan literally refreshed my front page every ten minutes and this went on for almost a week. I had both Jim and Satan blocked. To this day, I hide my IP, I’ve changed my pen name about fifteen times, and if I ever see their IP show up on a blog, I IP block it and reroute them to google. 

I even got a call from their state. I know that’s not unusual because of toll free calls and all that, but where they lived was really fucking obscure. Who else could it have been?

Moral of the story: Fucking watch your mouth/what you type. Tumblr will get crazy. People weaponize IP addresses and they’ll get offended over the least little thing. I know someone will drop in my ask and tell me that you can’t weaponize an IP address but my dude, people on Tumblr have gotten doxxed before. If 4Chan and find a chick from a photograph and get her address and phone number, then I’m not convinced Tumblr can’t do the same. That’s why you will never see a selfie on my fucking blogs. 

[propertyofmusicwhore]

KAISTAL

Rant. Here it comes. For people saying we’re horrible for being happy.   Okay, first of all, in the ENTIRE YEAR AND A MONTH that Kaistal were together, Krystal was asked about Kai ONCE and it was in another country, interviewer probably did not know she could not ask this and Krystal said nothing.  From there on out, NO ONE dared to ask THEM about each other.  EVER.  Understand, interview questions in interviews are all pre-planned.  Neither did they ever feel the need to talk about it freely themselves.  If they wanted to keep their relationship a secret, SM could have easily brushed it off as being friends, but they didn’t.  They were given the “go ahead” to PUBLICIZE IT and for what exactly? (that was a rhetorical question, as you all know damn well why, since we’ve all talked about it before in the past, all of the stuff occurring during the time it was announced) And here we are again, SM feels the need to tell us they broke up, and they got this information “THROUGH A FRIEND”.  A break up CAN be rough, especially when it comes to idols and same with putting their relationship public.  Both of them enjoy their privacy and never outright came out with their relationship themselves except for that one obvious picture dispatch took, and then a few debunked rumors.  So, WHAT IS THE NEED TO PUBLICIZE THEIR BREAK UP, TOO?  Shouldn’t we also be upset at SM for putting out to the public something so private and “painful” instead of allowing them to come forth to their fans about it themselves if they so wanted to?  And if they’re over and no one ever knows about it, then what does that matter either?  Is the answer not obvious that it’s all for publicity?  To stir shit, to guide YOUR (you, the fan) ATTENTION and put it in THEIR direction to prepare you for something?  How is it that you still do NOT see the obviousness of it?   I love both Kai and Krystal way before the scandal.  Do you really think that because of my ship (which is Kryber, and who probably had something in the past but probably don’t anymore, so they’re not even currently deemed as real, and who I still shipped happily regardless of the scandal because I still believe they have a great bond regardless of who they are dating or not) So do you really think that because of my ship, I’d be happy to see Krystal and Kai sad due to their break up?  Of course not!  YOU are sad because you think that THEY are probably sad, yet not even SM gives a shit and publicized their break up.  How sad can it really be?  And to blame busy schedules when both Kai and Krystal, ESPECIALLY Krystal has literally been doing nothing. She has no schedule as of right now, barely!  They were busier during the time they supposedly “got together” when Kai was flying back and forth for concerts and Krystal was preparing for HER concert, yet they happen to squeeze a few hours together in between all of the flights, BUT SUUUUUURE! THEY “BROKE UP” BECAUSE THEY’RE BUSY!  The way I see it, I’m happy because they’re no longer being manipulated by their company and being used as pawns or their image being tarnished and controlled, not only by the company but also by shitty fans spreading disgusting rumors about them buying condoms and fucking in a pool at a resort in public.  YOU (the kaistal shippers)  would see these very posts and get happy and excited and outwardly talk about how happy you all were that they were “fucking” – just like that, you’d say it and very publicly.  So, if they WERE actually in a relationship, I’d still be happy, because if they didn’t work out, then it wasn’t good for them.   Friends are happy when their friends exit out of bad relationships but are still there for them to support them when they’re feeling down from it.  So, stop trying to turn this around and seem all self-righteous now, when we all know you were all happy for them before and for all of the wrong reasons, and now you’re just sad because your ship is sinking.  WE are happy for the RIGHT reasons.  You all know god damn well that kaisoo and kryber shippers are not happy to see their idols sad.  If there were actually true proof and sincerity of their relationship, I’d be the first to jump on it because I love them both and all I want is for them to be happy.  Heck, I even would have loved to see Krystal with Minho, or the dude she did the collab with for her single, I even ship Amber with Henry because it’s THERE.  But this was so obviously elaborated and it sucked.  We are happy for other reasons, and sure we can CONTINUE to ship our OTP with the hope that maybe it can happen someday, but we never stopped shipping them to begin with, so don’t try to turn this around and make yourself seem all great and holy, because you’re not.  Truth is, your idols were being screwed over the entire time, while you all basked in happiness in all of the fake and fucked up rumors about them.  THAT is the truth. So, gtfo.  

[stummervogel]

Guuuuurrrrl...

I’ve been making fun of Princess Of The Moon from day one but right now I’m just seriously pissed off and am gonna rant about it. I’ve played a lot of free mobile otome games and a lot of them had stupid plots, annoying characters and bland protagonists but this is the first time one of these games has made me want to approach the writers and scream at them. I’m not even sure if I still want to finish this game. I’m into some weird shit and willingly pick the sadistic characters usually but HOLY FUCK THIS IS TERRIBLE. I like a lot of questionable characters with bad personalities, I’m a yandere fan I love old school Diabolik Lovers. But the difference is that in all those other stories the narrative acknowledges that the characters are bad. They do fucked-up things but it’s never treated like they are in the right. In Princess Of The Moon, however, the characters are ruthless rapists who only care about themselves and use the protagonist as a tool to achieve their goals and the narrative, the other characters and even the player’s character ALL ACT LIKE THIS IS FINE. There isn’t even any romance at all, like, maybe I could file this under guilty pleasure masochistic smut but no. It’s very evident that the characters don’t care about the heroine and they have no chemistry whatsoever but she falls in love with them anyway and it’s treated like a romantic story.

Once again, bare in mind that I’m not easily offended and very tolerable towards casual sexism in dating sims but this game made me feel actually sick.

The game’s story starts with your character going to a foreign country called Crescent for some job. Some boring shit happens and she finds herself stranded on deserted streets at night, it’s raining and she’s lost her way. She decides to randomly enter the next best building and fortunately the doors aren’t locked for some reason, so she stumbles into a room full of good-looking young men.

The young men turn out to be the four princes of the country and their bodyguards knights, because everyone’s fashion sense and culture here got stuck in the middle ages somehow. They ask her name, she introduces herself and the first guy promptly tells her he’s going to have sex with her. Just like that. First I thought, “Ok, this is weird but I don’t mind if one character is a kinky little shit. It’s supposed to be kinda quirky, right?” Then things take an unexpectedly dark turn when this guy, called Alph, orders his knight to restrict the heroine so that he can have his way with her. WHICH HIS KNIGHT TOTALLY DOES. The incoming rape is only barely avoided when the other princes protest. So it turns out there’s a reason for all this, behold! According to legend, the four princes are to gather on this date and wait for the “Moon Princess” to come and pick one of them to be the next king. She will marry the chosen prince three (?) months later and when they say their vows the Moon Goddess will either bless or curse the country depending on wether the couple’s love is genuine. Crazy shit. Anyway, everyone believes that the heroine is said Moon Princess since she’s the one who showed up that time. And so you have to pick one of three guys (more to come, maybe?): The cocky narcissist Alph, the seductive Rudy or the mysterious Seraphino. There’s also Dean who’s established to be a bad guy right off the bat. Anyway, Rudy and Seraphino didn’t show much personality at all and since I’m a masochist anyway I went with Alph. I probably picked the worst possible character but I’ve heard from other people that the other characters are just as horrible.

Alph takes the heroine to his bedroom and once again forces himself upon her. When she struggles and tells him to GTFO he conceitedly says that any other girl would be ecstatic to get fucked by him. WTF. Once again his rape attempt his averted, this time by his butler Laurent who tells him it’s wrong to force someone to have sex against their will. I’m relieved to finally see a sane character in this bullshit story BUT THEN HE CONTINUES, SAYING ALPH HAS TO WAIT UNTIL THE NIGHT OF THE FULL MOON. It’s against the traditions to fuck the Moon Princess before a full moon, but after waiting a month it is totally fine to rape some poor random girl who was unfortunate enough to stumble into this group of lunatics.

Some time passes (time that you spent locked up in Alph’s secret room for rejecting him earlier) and you get introduced to Dean’s younger brother Cyril, a cute teenage sunshine. He invites you to a tea party but Alph is like, “Fuck no, he’s Dean’s brother and Dean is EVIL. He wants to be king so he’ll surely try to do something to you!” FUCK YOU, ALPH YOU RAPIST PIECE OF SHIT, WHAT COULD DEAN POSSIBLY DO THAT WOULD BE WORSE THAN WHAT YOU’RE DOING!? Oh yeah btw, after three months the Moon Princess can make up her mind and pick another prince as her husband/king if she’s unsatisfied with her first pick. And that would be cool if the game actually let you do that but no, you’re FATED to be in love with the guy you first pick. But anyway, doesn’t that mean that the worst Dean could do was to win her over? He’d just shoot himself in the leg if he tried to kill her or something. Alph finally agrees to let the heroine attend the party but only together with him and only if she does something for him first. Spoiler: It’s oral sex. Weirdly enough the heroine isn’t the one performing it; instead there’s a rather awkward scene of Alph eating her out that night. The tea party starts out all nice and fun but Alph is a huge party pooper and starts shit with Dean for no good reason. They somehow decide to settle their differences in a contest, and the winner gets to be the heroine’s partner at the next ball. Naturally, the heroine protests, pointing out that she isn’t just an object to be claimed as a prize. Alph tells her to STFU and she runs away, right into the arms of Alph’s knight Marius. After hearing why she’s so upset Marius tells her not to worry because Alph won’t lose to Dean. Um, THAT WASN’T THE POINT!? AT ALL!??? But the heroine feels a lot better for some reason.

Later Alph visits her in her room and is offended that she would still be angry at him. Not like the dickhead ever apologized or anything. He molests her some more and a bit later there’s a scene that made me want to vomit where Alph promises to Marius’ little brother that he’ll make many babies with the heroine so that the little boy can grow up to be a knight like his brother and protect the next generation of princes. That is the most fucked-up thing I have ever read.

And what do you know, it’s finally a full moon! Alph gets the heroine drunk (”So I heard you like wine? Here, I bought ALL this wine for you, aren’t I a nice guy?”), then strips her naked and just when she - barely conscious - realizes what’s going on he flat-out tells her that he made her drunk so she couldn’t fight back so much. In what would normally only be seen in a horror movie but is supposed to be romantic in the context of this game, he also adds that he made her drunk but not so drunk that she will pass out. He wants her to feel and remember everything he does to her.

And in all honesty, whatever happens in the chapters after this is kind of a blur because that really made me sick. Basically Alph gloats about raping the heroine, everyone else (including the heroine) acts like it’s nbd because she’s the Moon Princess and it’s her duty to fulfill the future king’s desires and then other characters openly tell her that they want to do the same to her and AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MAKE IT STOP!

This is shit. This is pure and utter bullshit! Nobody should pay money for this game and quite frankly, I would love to tell the writers how fucking shit their sexist excuse of a “story” is. And punch them in the face. This is terrible, just terrible, I can’t, I fucking can’t!