#it’s b/c I’m stupid and kept saving the wrong references so I have to go back and get the right ones

[knightofbalance-13]

Welcome to Reality

http://dudeblade.tumblr.com/post/165307951521/is-remnant-stupid

How many times are we gonna go over this?

First, let’s do the big stuff.

Almost all of which will bite you in the ass.

All abusers should not exist. They shouldn’t exist in the real world, but the reason they shouldn’t exist in Remnant is because abuse breeds resentment, fear, sadness, and hurt. Emotions that we are told would attract grimm. Why would an abuser do this if the risk of a giant murder bird coming in to eat you is likely?

Because Grimm would hunt down the people being abused and the abusers are psychopaths so they aren’t a target. Likewise, why should they abuse someone when they could get killed in their sleep? because human beings and our reality isn’t rational so why should Remannt be any more rational than our world?

Racism shouldn’t exist. Much like abusers, it really shouldn’t exist in the real world, but in this world, racism would breed resentment, fear, sadness, envy, and hatred. Why do that if doing that to an entire minority race would cause a giant armored gorilla to come by and rip you in half Mortal Kombat style?

Why would you devalue someone because of their skin color in real life? Because you’re irrational and things like that don’t apply to irrational people.

Shrinks should be more valued than Hunters. I mean, it would be better to PREVENT the grimm from coming in the first place with some good psychology rather than having a bunch of glorified exterminators kill them off? What, do these guys not understand what attracts grimm? I’d rather have my emotional issues be solved rather than have it build up so that a two-headed snake can try to digest me.

Because Grimm are only ATTRACTED to negative emotions and they’ll still attack people. Not to mention Shrinks don’t always work and people won’t always admit to having problems or needing a shrink despite the emotional problems this will cause because PEOPLE ARE NOT RATIONAL, especially the people you are explaining.

Now for the little stuff.

Which will bit you the ass even moreso. Yes, it is possible.

Cardin would have been morally right if he had just outed Jaune from the beginning. Jaune’s lack of experience and competence is not only putting himself in danger, but his whole team as well. I don’t give a shit if he’s a “Good Tactician™” or whatever, but Jaune’s lack of combat abilities would get him and his team killed sooner rather than later. Instead, Cardin bullies Jaune, which leads me back to my rant on how this would breed resentment yadda yadda yadda You know the drill by now

Of course: Everyone not Jaune right, Jaune wrong. Excluding the fact that the same can be said for Ruby and her reckelssness and her immaturity and her lack of experience and amplified by her sister Yang being around as well as her uncle and especially her father constantly worrying about them being killed like SUmmer but I don’t hear you saying that at any point.

Jaune is in the wrong for melting that stuff down to upgrade himself. Instead of going to my usual tirade though, I have a screenshot of how I perceived Jaune’s actions that’s from another post of mine here.

I also have a post I cvan reference (http://dudeblade.tumblr.com/post/163800343229/i-hate-jaune) proving any opinion you have on Jaune is disbarred due to bias against him personally and any opinion on any male characters disbarred due to sexism.

Follow-up Question: Why does nobody think about Pyrrha’s parents?

Because if they are so stupid to have lost all of their daughter’s stuff while she was gone, so selfish they sold it or so blind they didn’t think to keep anything then they don’t really deserve it.

Qrow calls his own niece either “a Liar, Crazy, or both” when she was tricked into kneecapping Mercury. Real Uncle of the year material there, Qrow. What’s next? - You use your other niece as bait for a deadly agent of Salem - Oh wait that actually happened. Why are the adults all assholes in this world?

A. He was stating teh proof that was there and there is no otehr rational explanation.

AndB. He clearly didn’t know about Tyrian. Although has a dick so it should be obvious you would try to portray as bad.

Ironwood doesn’t take Weiss into child custody. He’s seen what pressure Weiss is under in her own home. Winter has surely told him about what Jacques does to them to keep the family under his thumb. Why doesn’t he take action? - He has two seats on the council, it shouldn’t take that long, and considering that child abuse might breed negative emotions… Well, you saw my comments about abuse earlier in this post.

Except Jacques is the richest man in Mistral and there is nothing saying that Ironwood has authority over child services and if he failed, Weiss’ abuse gets worse. Also, how does Ironwood know? He has never been in the same room as when Weiss and Jacques talk, Jacques is subtly abusive in public and people don’t exactly talk upfront about this.

Ozluminati sends the drunkard whose semblance is BAD LUCK to guard a person of importance. Was Ozpin TRYING to get Amber killed? I mean, you can’t have a person with super speed to guard Amber so that if she gets in trouble, the guard can rush in to save them? You can’t have a sniper keep watch from a distance, and pick off opponents who would kill her? Why the drunkard whose semblance is the causation of bad luck to those around him?

A. Because Glynda is teaching in one of the most, Ozpin is running a school, Ironwood is running a school AND a miltary and Leo is runn9ing a school. Qrow literally has the most time.

B. Who is this person with super speed? Can they be trusted? Are they stronger than Qrow? Can a sniper be trusted and would a sniper be effective due to Aura? See, you don’t answer YOUR questions.

C. Wow Dudeblade, I thought you were critical bt you’ll take Qrow haing bad luck at face value when any evidence for this is cirtcumstantial at best? ALmost like you only do it to bitch about it.

Winter should have taken Weiss away from Jacques. Winter knows full well what her father can and will do to Weiss. Why doesn’t SHE take Weiss away from Jacques? She’s got the power to do so! She’s a legal adult, she has a high rank in the military, she can afford Weiss’ living expenses! Why can’t Winter help out her sister? Is she selfish or something?

Because Jacques is richer, more powerful in a legal systemn, could manipulate Winter since he also abused her and Winter has nio proof. You know, like how child abuse works in real life.

Why didn’t Ilia just pass “Color Change” as her semblance? - It probably wouldn’t have been that hard,and she could have offhandedly mentioned that maybe, a faunus once saved her life once when she was younger so that she could have an excuse to sympathize with them? - This makes no sense at all as to why she couldn’t have kept her cover better. For a chameleon, she does an awful job of blending in.

No, you just don’t pay attention: You cannot accidentally activate a Semblence and Illa’s color change is inherent in CHAMELOENS as a sign of EMOTION: This shit isn’t a Quirk, stop acting like it is.

Why do Raven and Qrow play the Pronoun Game? All Qrow had to say was either “Yes” or “No” to Raven’s question,and she would have answered his. But no. Mr. “I’m using my niece as bait” has to try to take the moral high ground over Raven and lecture her about ‘family’ and crap. While, y’know, USING RUBY AS BAIT!

A. You’re lying and trying to paint a MASS MURDERER as a good guy.

B. Raven was also dancing around teh subject and used her own daughter as leverage and unlike you, I can provide proof in the fact that Raven never visits Yang, outright spat in her face and only pressed Yang when she could be used to control Qrow.

C. So...why aren’t you criticizing Raven for mass murdering people and abusing her daughter? Let me guess: She has a vagina and thus your sexist ass ignores her.

RNJR doesn’t take any kind of transport to Mistral because of reasons. Despite the fact that they’re trying to get to Mistral ASAP to warn them. And since Ren and Nora decided to NOT say something like “Hey, this place is dangerous, we should find a different way around or get through as quick as we can.” Then they waste a bunch of minutes against the Nucklevee. With his stupid noodle arms, and ability to make buildings and other structures relocate themselves. Maybe that’s how it killed other, more experienced hunters. Whenever one of them found cover, Nucky would use it’s structure relocation powers and make that cover disappear.

A. https://youtu.be/IZKpkzPIRlw?t=16m42s

B. Trama nor is it shown that the Nucklevee was near by until it was heading towards Kuroyuri and they were informed about the Nucklevee.

C. ANy proof it can do that? Becuase not only is this a baseless accusation, this has no point in what you are saying. Of course, peopel could give you teh benefit of the doubt...but between your apparent sexism and you’re lying: It’s safe to assume you said this because the writer’s are male and you wanna put in Ad Hominin.

Salem only sends one goon after the dreaded “Silver-Eyed Warrior.” She has a guy who gave her a tough time when all he was doing was stalling, a person who can alter one’s perception, a bunch of other fighters, and an army of grimm at her beck and call. Goddamn villain stupidity.

A. Gee, not like they killed those so called “dreaded” warriors before...

https://youtu.be/IZKpkzPIRlw?t=3m45s

Huh, almost like you ignore facts to suit your narrative.

B.  What other fighters? Mercury and Emerald would be fucked against RNJR due to their new abilities, everyone else is doing their own work: What “fighters” are you referring to? And the Grimm? Why not wlak up to Ozpin and his allies and say “HERE”S THE TRHEAT I’M TRYING TO ELIMINATE”?

C. Yeah...this is just like getting a hold of the world’s most powerful warrior, having her in the palm of your hand and the  not doing anything Oh wait, Korra did that. ALl the fucking time. And I do believe that in Storm Hawks, Piper has let t5he main villianess go due to their bonds before.Yeah, almost like youy are setting an unaturally high bar for RWBY.

Darwin. Award.

Every single person in Remnant is gunning for a Darwin Award. Like, only our ‘main’ protagonists are somewhat smart, and even then, Blake thinks that just putting on a disguise is going to distract from the fact that she shares the same last name as a previous WF leader.

Everyone on Remnant is an idiot.

Just like our world where the examples you pull exist here. And whil;e you can point at Grimm, I can point at Dust and Aura and the three would counterbalance each other. So Remnant is no more unrealistic than our world with the same flaws and the same actions. ALmost like humans can’t remove themselves from their own experiences and being is the ENTIRE POINT OF A SHOW.

God, no wonder you suck at writing: You’re too obsessed with faulty logic.

Either that, or the writers are making this up as they go along. But that would be insulting the original writers. And we can’t be critical of people who are ‘trying.’

Yeah, lying and being sexist and being bias and setting unnatural high standards and ignoring facts is not being critical. My proof: This entire post.

[nadineblogs-archived]

For You [Benny x Reader]

Pairing/s: Benny x Reader

Author’s note: Oh look an In The Heights One-shot no one asked for ahhhh!! I was working on an Usnavi one before this but it’s a lil’ longer than this one and I apparently love Benny so much I can just word vomit out some love for him real quick. I don’t write a lot so this is kind of helping me get back into it?? I don’t know my writing sucks compare to my drawings tbh but we all love Benny so let’s not be too harsh on me and just enjoy some cute Benny!! [I wish I had more fanfiction to reference Bennys personality *screams* also the ending is kinda whatever but isn’t it always?]

tw: None??? If there’s anymore let me know!! <3

You waved goodbye to Usnavi and Sonny, stepping out of the bodega with two coffees in hand; you practically began to skip to your destination. You were pretty excited, today happened to be the anniversary of the day you met Benny, your best friend, your sole confidant, partner in crime, the boy you happened to have a crush on bad--Anyway. It was your anniversary and at first you had thought against doing anything for it, friends don’t do the anniversary things y’know; that’s for couples and really cheesy people but you happened to know Benny was very cheesy. Just thinking of his stupid smile made you even more giddy, even if he thought what you had planned kind of dumb you knew he would still like it.

“Benny! Goodmorning, how are you?” You greeted Benny as soon as you walked through the door of the dispatch, Benny immediately smiling at your presence, standing up to meet you half way. “Morning (Y/n)! I’m much better now that you’re here,” Benny grinned, giving you a side hug while taking the coffee you offered him. Your cheeks burned at the comment but you shook it off, knowing he was just playing around. “Haha, don’t you have a dispatch to be running?” You hum playfully nudging him in the side with your elbow. Benny lets out a laugh before releasing you, you both work over to his desk and put your coffees down. “You stayin’ long?” Benny asked, trying not to sound to hopeful as he looked down at you. You smiled and Benny swore he would have fallen over if he hadn’t been holding his chair so tightly. “I dunno, I wouldn’t want to distract you and all. And I've gotta head back to the bodega soon otherwise Usnavi might actually fire me this time.” You giggled and stuffed your hands in your pockets, Benny watching you in awe.

You just couldn’t stop being cute for a second could you? “Maybe if we told him I kept you here against your will you could stay a lil’ longer” Benny offered, playfully yet serious at the same time; he stepped closer and you felt comforted by the heat he gave off. “That would never work, Usnavi knows i’d love to be here then at the bodega! But oh, right! I want to take you somewhere later, after work. Come to my place and then we can go okay?” You bounced in excitement, remembering your plan; Benny felft himself melt, he knew he could never say no to you. “Yeah sure, what time?” Benny asked, not caring where or why, he would go anywhere if you asked. He would do anything for you. “As soon as you get off work! Wait no, maybe get dressed first and then right after that! I’m getting off early today so i’ll definitely be home!” You say quickly, your eyes shining with excitement.

Benny could read you like a book and could only figure this was about your anniversary, he wouldn’t admit out loud but he may have been counting down the days this past week. There was no other reason why you would be so excited, that he knew of anyway. “Okay, okay! I’ll be there, anything for you y’know,” Benny smiled, rubbing the back of his neck nervously when he realised that may have sounded to sappy. But you just grinned and punched his arm affectionately, saying your goodbyes and rushing out; leaving Benny staring after you with a stupid smile he was unable to wipe off his face.

It had taken some convincing but you had gotten Usnavi to let you off early, he warned you that this would be the last time you could come in late but you knew he was too much of a softie to actually fire you. So know you were at home, in a cute outfit you had picked out and your gift for benny snuggly hidden in your bag. You stared at the clock counting down to the time Benny finished work to the time you heard a faint knocking on your door. You grinned and practically raced to open it, only pausing to check how you looked in a mirror before actually opening it and rushing into Benny; nearly knocking him over in a bear hug. Benny laughed but held you closely, enjoying the smell of your shampoo and the feeling of having you in his arms.

You grinned, feeling incredibly tiny in Benny’s arms; it was a nice feeling. You both eventually let go, neither willing to admit that hug was a tad too long for just friends, and you closed your door before taking Benny’s hand in your own. “Ready to go chump?” You grinned as he snorted at your nickname. “Whenever you are princess.” He shot back playfully. You lead Benny by the arm until you reached a familiar street, Benny’s brows furrowing in confusion as his eyes landed on the bodega. “What are we doin’ here?” Benny asked, amusement clear in his tone as you dragged him along with a bright smile. “Well, I don’t know if you remember but this happens to be where we met! Do you remember? I was standing...” You both stood in front of the bodega as you pointed and reminisced about the first time you met.

Benny could only watch you with a soft expression. How could ever forget the first time he met you? (Y/n) (Y/L/N).  He thought back on it as you talked, remembering coming into the bodega teasing Usnavi as usual, but then stopping all of a sudden as he caught a glimpse of you. You had been wearing your pyjamas, your hair unruly and expression sour; it was your third day in Washington Heights and you were feeling like hell. But Benny thought you looked beautiful, the morning sunlight hitting you in a way that made you glow and then your (e/c) eyes met his and he felt his heart leap out of his chest. You smiled and he felt like he was going to fall over. He hadn’t been able to speak to you, his tongue was in his throat and before he got the nerve to say hi you were gone. It was Usnavi’s turn to make fun of him that morning.

You turned after awaiting Benny to reply to you only to find his warm eyes staring into your own, his went wide as he realised he had just been caught staring at you in a not so platonic way but luckily for Benny you were a bit clueless. Completely oblivious to the blush that dusted over his cheeks and how hyper-aware he became of his probably now sweaty hand in yours. “Benny?” You called his name, removing your hand from his to place it on his shoulder. “Y-yeah?” Benny cursed his voice for failing him, putting on a hopefully confident expression as he looked down to met your awaiting gaze; it was then he noticed what looked like a small wrapped box in your free hand, a shy smile on your face as you beamed up at him. “Happy anniversary you big dope!” Benny stared at the present in your hand in awe, he should have known you’d do something like this.

He was expecting maybe a free round of drinks at the club or something but a present? He felt his heart hammering at this small gesture, mentally telling himself to stop getting over excited. “I-I know you don’t really do the whole anniversary thing, or mushy-sappy stuff but I thought it’d be nice considering... I dunno I guess I can be sap enough for both of us or something?” You grinned sheepishly as Benny finally took the present from you wordlessly. You stared up at him nervously as he slowly and delicate unwrapped the gift, watching his face intently as he pulled out the small silver pocket watch. “I know you’re probably thinking; why a pocket watch this is the weirdest gift ever?? but uh, I had it in-inscribed? Is that how you say it, whatever--Okay so I had some really sappy speech saved for this uhm, It r-represents how I-I uh- y’know what? I’m not so good at sappy speeches after all never mind!” You rambled, quickly shoving your hands into your pockets and staring down at your feet, swallowing your ‘almost’ confession.

“(Y/n).” Benny called your name softly, sounding as sweet as honey but you were still hesitant to look up. You can’t believe you backed out at the literal last second what is wrong with you- “(Y/n) look at me, please.” Benny said even softer, moving forward to cup your cheek in his hand. You looked up and only then realised how close you were, Benny staring down at you with adoring eyes, a soft smile on his lips as you stared up at him. “I love it, I don’t know how to where it but i’m sure you can show me how,” Benny started with a joke, grinning as you laughed, “i’m also sorry I don’t have anything to give you... Well, maybe, I have one thing I could give you.” Benny finished with a low whisper, starting to lean closer to you, your breath caught in your throat as a hundred thoughts raced around your head. It couldn’t b what you thought could it? No-it couldn’t be. But your doubts were soon swept away as Benny kissed you softly, you felt yourself at how light and sweet it was. Benny held your cheek as lightly as he would if holding delicate china, his kiss filled with a fiery passion yet was as soft as a butterfly kiss.

You both parted and Benny leant his forehead against yours, both of you feeling the high of your kiss. “I think that, was a way better present than a pocket watch.” You whispered, not wanting to ruin the feeling in the air. Benny grinned and wrapped an arm around your waist, taking your comment as approval. “I dunno, I think this is gonna be my favourite pocket watch from now on.” Benny hummed and you had to stop yourself from jumping on him in glee. “That’s your only pocket watch!” Both you and Benny were startled by none other than Usnavi, who was now leaning against the front of the bodega, sonny beside him making kissing faces at the both of you. “Thanks for ruining the moment boss!” You called with a playful pout, Usnavi grinned and sent the both of you a wink before pushing sonny back into the bodega.

You giggled and looked back up at Benny, moving to swiftly place another sweet kiss upon his lips; leaving him more light headed than the first. You parted and smile widely at him. “Yep definitely better than a pocket watch.” You hummed, Benny smiling and pulling you in for a hug. “Well, anything for you princess.”

[tessatechaitea]

New Titans #108

I can't believe we had to wait 108 issues for Marv Wolfman's take on the trauma of rape!

The advertisement on the inside front cover is for the movie Blue Chips and I've never hated past everybody more. Shaquille O'Neal starring in a movie directed by William Friedkin with the tagline, "In your face." Maybe I'm judging this movie too harshly simply because my first thought was, "What fucking world were we living in where we decided Shaq needed a movie career?" But then, he's playing a basketball player in this movie so he probably nailed the role. I'm sure there's no difference between the way he performed his role and the way he answered press questions after a game. And I guess he was kind of funny and charming, so what Hollywood bigwig wasn't getting on the horn and yelling at casting directors, "Get me Shaq! I've got a script here for a basketball movie and he'd be perfect! Also maybe throw this genie script at him!" Anyway, the Internet and Roger Ebert seem to think this movie wasn't too bad so maybe this isn't a hill I should die on. Not that I haven't died on a whole slew of hills that weren't worth dying on. Maybe not as many as Deathstork fans but I've still had my share. I don't remember any of those hills because I purge my memory of all the times I acted foolish so that I can continue to believe I'm the epitome of the perfect human being. Also, maybe I shouldn't trust Roger Ebert's judgment as much as I do seeing as he began his review with this word: "Alot". Unless that indicates he despised editors too in which case I'm back to being his #130,503,227th biggest fan! The issue begins with Starfire visiting Councilwoman Alderman in an insane asylum. Kory is dressed in torn rags because fuck you. You don't deserve a comic book that makes sense if you stuck with New Titans this long! My first thought was, "Is this a nightmare?" But I skipped ahead a few pages so that I wouldn't write a bunch of shit that didn't matter when it was revealed to be a dream and I don't think it is a nightmare. My second thought was that Kory broke in to confront Alderman but Kory mentions things the guard said to her, and references waiting for the guards to open the door leading to Alderman's cell. So she went through the proper channels for a visit and nobody seemed to care she was barefoot and wearing a torn sheet that was skimpier than her superhero costume. But then I remember this is a comic book from 1994 and even when a hot female character is dealing with the trauma of rape, the artist still must cater to the male gaze. You know how many comic book drawings of dead female heroes I've jerked off to?! I mean, obviously it's zero! That was meant to be hyperbolic and satirical!

So sexily satirical!

Comic book fans think they have it rough now, what with Tom King portraying Batman as a man who might actually have to deal with the psychological trauma of his entire life in ways other than beating criminals nearly to death. Back in 1994, we had to deal with poor misunderstood and tormented Raven turning into a rape monster just like her father! It was a hard lesson! Thankfully, the only people who had to learn it were the assholes who still kept buying The New Titans after the Wildebeest story arc. Nightwing arrives to save Starfire from more trauma induced by Alderman's ranting. He appears in full costume because men are allowed to be dignified. Although, technically, with the way artists draw characters in spandex, Nightwing looks more naked than Starfire. Starfire yells "Kynasf'rr!" and blasts through the wall, leaving Nightwing free to think about how Alderman said he was always second to Batman. I mean, Kory's pain is terrible and Alderman taunting her about a possible Trigon pregnancy is terrifying but second to Batman?! Below the belt, crazy lady! Phantasm makes an appearance to say, "Trigon's seed has returned to Earth!" So now I'm thinking about Trigon's ejaculate, so thanks for that, Marv Wolfman! You dirty pervert!

Based on these two articles on the front page, I'm guessing nobody at the Globe knows what "landslide" means.

Beast Boy and Dr. Sarah Charles have a grieving session while packing up Victor's things in whatever space Victor kept his things. Garfield decides to remember things so that Marv Wolfman can show that Garfield has learned a lesson about inspiration and hope from Cyborg. Gar says, "Only [Cyborg] never complained. He just kept going on, even after what happened to Sarah Simms. Even after he realized he was going to die. He just took things as they were and changed what he could and accepted what he couldn't." Maybe I'm the one remembering things wrong but I felt like Cyborg was constantly complaining! He was constantly angry at his dad for turning him into a machine. He was constantly upset at his robot life because it didn't allow him to fuck his romantic partners. He was always saying "Booyah!" because what else is there to say when your body is a constant and painful reminder that you'll never again be human and you're bound to live a life of loneliness? I mean, I could be remembering wrong. And anyway, this plays much better. You want the dead guy to have left some kind of meaning filling the void his presence has left. Also, Garfield needed this moment to grow the fuck up. It reveals too much about my inner character so I won't discuss the scene where I identify too strongly with Pantha's grousing about the Beast Boy/Dr. Charles scene just before Red Star almost beats the shit out of her. Those two are definitely about to fuck, right? Roy Harper discovers that his bosses at Checkmate have found a non-Dayton Industries corporation to begin design Titan weapons systems and that corporation is run by Alexander Luthor. Not Lex Luthor! Alexander! The one with red hair and the beard. The one that was fucking Supergirl. But not the real Supergirl! The Supergirl made out of slime or computer data or something. I don't have a real clear memory of these post-Death-of-Superman Superman family histories! And finally, Starfire travels to South America — the Tamaran of Earth, I guess? — to undergo Kynasf'rr. I don't know what that is but I bet it's sexy. New Titans #108 Rating: B-. I almost gave this issue a C+ which is worse than a B- but feels more positive because our perceptions of things, as humans, can be fucking stupid. I was hoping for Marv to really plumb the deaths of Starfire's tragedy but instead he just scripted a few pages of Starfire nearly naked while Alderman tries to convince her to let Raven rape her again. Marv doesn't even spend much time on the Titan's grief over Cyborg since he had to deal with a bunch of Titans' bureaucracy over their current leadership and membership problems. This seemed like an issue where Marv could have really flexed some emotional writing muscle but he spent only a few pages superficially glossing over the Titans' grief and pain. The Letters Pages! Jeff DeMos of New York, NY, gave me a good laugh when he wrote, "Why is there a periodic need to overhaul a character that will 'change (them) forever?' Has Cyborg really become so boring and dated? Has he exhausted all possible storylines?" Why, yes and yes, Jeff! Thanks for asking the truly important rhetorical questions! The editor's response to those obviously rhetorical questions was another good laugh: "Cyborg never became 'boring or dated.'" Ha ha! I suppose that statement is true if you consider Cyborg has always been boring and dated which means he could never become those things!