#like again !! i respect everyone's opinion on this !!!

[seeker-of-stories19]

𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙠𝙖𝙞 𝙏𝙖𝙞𝙠𝙖𝙞 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙍𝙤𝙗𝙗𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙣

I have had this in my drafts since before part one was released and I never finished it, after part two I came back to it because we didn’t know the Sekai Taikai victor yet. Now I feel like we all know how it’s going to end but I thought this might still be interesting to post before the final episodes drop.

I love both characters and I really believe that Miguel losing is just as important as Robby winning for their respective story arc in the series so these are some of the reasons I think the narrative would make more sense if this was the outcome. While I don’t think this is actually going to be the result of the tournament I feel very strongly that Robby being the victor makes the most sense to the show so I’m going to lay out some of the reasons I think this would be the best ending.

- Robby is the underdog and the original karate kid was all about the underdog story. Miguel hasn’t been the underdog since the first season but Robby has gone through so much shit throughout the series, specifically in the tournaments, and constantly gets mistreated and stuck in his own head. Even in season one when Miguel had more of an underdog story he was still the instigator with Robby. He’s been through constant trauma, incarceration, homelessness, struggling to pay his moms bills, physical abuse, sexual assault, mental health issues etc. and has yet to get a major victory. Even in part two you can see how they reinstate Robby’s role as the underdog repeatedly (specifically in relation to him struggling to manage his emotions and insecurity which has been an ongoing battle for him through the series) before Miguel gives him the confidence and support he needs to step up.

- Robby is the best fighter in the series, he’s able to master incredibly advanced moves like the two legged kick after only training for a couple months and he holds his own with many opponents who are bigger and more experienced than him. He’s also able to fight off all of Cobra Kai at once in season four, only getting taken down when he turns his back. In my opinion Robby is the most talented and skilled fighter but the least consistent as he is so vulnerable to his emotions, still we’ve seen that he can win when he finds balance which is what his whole arc and a lot of the show is about.

-Robby’s kicks are his go to move and they’ve specifically stressed kicks as being important in the Sekai Taikai, both earlier in the show when Robby Miguel and Hawk are talking about how high the contestants kick and again when they get there and Robby and Kwon do the kicking competition. Not to mention it’s how Robby beat Kwon both times. Even in the teasers for part three you see Robby practicing his kicks and many of his significant moments in the series have been centered around kicks as well.

- Robby also has the strongest ties to both dojos, with so much of the show being everyone coming together I feel like Robby being Johnny’s son and Daniel’s first student he would truly represent victory as a combined dojo better than any of the other students.

- Finally Cobra Kai has tried really hard to bring Johnny’s side of the story to light and I think after him being so haunted by his loss against Daniel Cobra Kai ending in the opposite way with Robby following a different path and ultimately winning would be a really great full circle moment.

Now for the second part of this post here are the reasons I want Miguel to lose. (I know this sounds mean but it’s because I think it honors his character journey and storyline better.)

- Miguel has already won a tournament, and backed down from the second one because there were other things that were more important to him. I feel like that was a very important moment for him, especially after how far he was willing to go to win the first tournament, that showed him wanting to find himself outside of Johnny’s influence and that karate wasn’t the most important thing in the world. Which again shows that he had grown a lot since the first tournament where he hurt Robby.

- Miguel feels like the tournament is his only chance at Stanford which I personally think has a lot more to do with how desperate he is to win, it’s about his future dream at least as much if not more than it’s about karate. But Miguel could still get into Stanford without winning the Sekai Taikai (and even if he doesn’t get into Stanford he’ll go to another really good school.) To me this is important because Miguel has been set up with other possibilities while Robby hasn’t. Miguel realizing that is a significant moment because he apologizes to Robby and makes sure he knows he is on his side. This is a massive moment after the ups and downs in their relationship and it marks so much growth for him in being able to look past his own wants and care enough about Robby to put him first.

- Growth is what makes characters and stories interesting and there’s been a lot with Robby and Miguel over the course of the series. I feel like Miguel winning would take away from some of the significant moments in his story where he has to start building an identity and future for himself outside of Johnny and karate but still using the lessons he’s learned. Miguel fixing things with Robby and coming far enough to cheer him on would be a better end to the series than anything else with them both having satisfying well rounded ends to their respective character arcs and their overall dynamic.

Now having heard about the leaks it doesn’t seem like this is the ending that we’ll get which is very disappointing and (again in my opinion) a very unsatisfying and poorly thought out choice. I don’t have very much faith in the writers and while there are obviously many things I love about the show there are also some major issues I have with it such as Miguel’s unrealistic recovery, how Robby and Johnny’s relationship is handled, their general inability to write good romantic relationships, the whole Johnny and Carmen plot even before the baby, and Robby being sexually assaulted without it being addressed.

At this point I’m incredibly nervous for the final episodes but still somewhat excited and there’s always fanfic to fix things. Now that I’ve finally finished this I’ll share it and hopefully someone finds my rambling interesting.

[glade-constellation]

This might just be a very niche problem I have, but if I don’t say anything about it it’s going to keep bothering me.

Please stop calling the Astrals a cult.

This post is not directed at any singular person, it’s something I’ve seen since the Astrals were first introduced. I know a lot of people throw the word cult around, so I tried to ignore it, but I also think people need a reminder as to want a cult actually is.

A cult, by definition, is “a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious”. Basically, a religion based on weird or false information. Some definitions go even broader. What people tend to forget about is that cults have specific characteristics that classify them as cults.

First, cults typically display authoritarianism. There is typically one person in the group regarded as the leader, and they are treated with the highest of respect. Anything preserved as disrespectful towards this person is highly frowned upon, and can lead to harsh punishments. The leader can never be questioned and is never wrong about anything they say. There is no accountability to their actions.

You could say the Astrals portray this with Taurus and Leo, but that’s simply not true. They are very loud about their opinions, but they do not set the rules and they are not the leaders. They are simply the enforcers, just as Virgo is the judge. They simply play a role, they aren’t an authoritative leader. Plus, Gemini said some pretty disrespectful things about both and were allowed to have their opinion. Cults do not allow this behavior.

Which leads into the next point. Cults are very particular about behavior. They are isolationist by nature. They follow a very strict set of beliefs and rituals that must be upheld, or you will be shunned. Breaking them can also result in harsh punishment.

This one I can understand. The Astrals are very strict on rules and behaviors. Breaking them can result in death. Once again, you have to look at this in the right context. Astrals aren’t human. Both characters from the show and Reed himself have explained this. They cannot be held to human standards when they aren’t human. They have to have these rules, because one mess up isn’t just an oops situation. It could level worlds, kill entire universes. Lunar permanently disabled Earth, and has accidentally hurt others before with it. His punishment was completely fair considering what was at stake. I’m not agreeing with how they handled his training by any means, but you have to remember what was at risk.

There are other characteristics that just have nothing to do with the Astrals. The zodiac lore humans came up with pretty obviously aren’t real in TSAMS universe, they don’t have any “sacred text” to follow. They are enforcing cosmic rules to keep the balance of nature, not one set person. They work as a group, no single member has more power than the other. There is no abuse or exploitation of members because they aren’t a religion.

You want to call something a cult? Just look at our Dark Star group. Most are over here praising Cetus as some great higher being. They do everything in his name. The only reasons others are allowed to stay is because they’re spreading the DSP, and even then they’re aren’t really considered members so much as underlings. There are levels to their group. The higher you are, the closer you’re considered to Cetus. Anything else, they just kill. It’s about performance, not genuine belief. (There are cases like Rez where there is belief and then they just become deadly, because they believe everyone not in their group truly deserves their fate.) That is a cult. That is a religion built on false pretenses.

Context is key. Yes, Lunar wasn’t really treated with the best respect. There were things the Astrals could have done differently. Thing is, you cannot hold a non-human being to human standards. Plus, the last time they allowed someone to be an Astral, it backfired on them to the extreme (Cetus). When you have that much power, you have to enforce boundaries for yourself so you don’t accidentally kill a world. Lunar wasn’t blameless. He put himself in this situation the moment he even considered using DSP. The Astrals are not the only ones to blame for Lunar’s current predicament. If anything, the DS group are the ones to blame, not the Astrals. Cults will do that. They will exploit your weaknesses to draw you in and then keep you there. The only reason Rez wanted Lunar to join them was because Lunar had power Rez could use for himself. They dug at Lunar’s fear of uselessness and desperation for control of his life. Lunar is a victim, just not of the Astrals.

Cults are a real thing, they aren’t just a tool used in fiction. Real people are affected by them. Please stop throwing things like that around carelessly when you don’t know the true definition. It takes away from their true weight. Victims of cults are told they’re over exaggerating and telling lies. Turning real world problems into simple fictional tropes have real effects on real victims.

[notmyprey]

Unfortunately, I have to make another post about this, as the situation is not getting better:

Tldr:

There are multiple people (or one person with many burner accounts) spamming asks.

The asks are often along the lines of "@notmyprey×@the-potted-plant" or "im sorry potted plant hates [notmyprey], the potted plant is such a horrible person for that". If you see these accounts, please dont interact. Block them, and if they start sending you any of these asks, report them for harrassment, please.

List of current accounts who have sent the "nmp×plant" asks:

Boldlyoriginalkid

Perfectzombiegalaxy (this account has sent this ask at least to 2 people, once to me and once to a mutual)

Verymakerfestival

List of current accounts who have sent the "potted plant is such a horrible person" asks:

Lolboy9

Ironjellyfishcat

Longer explanation with screenshots under cut:

I'd like to preface this by saying that I understand that not everyone likes me, and that's ok. This issue did not start because I can not handle others hating me. I have made it very clear before that people can dislike me, and for that, they do not deserve any hate.

How it started

This issue started a little while back in December 2024. I can not 100% remember what came first, but the first thing I remember happening (and that I can confirm happened) was that someone sent @the-potted-plant an ask regarding her opinion on me.

This post has since been deleted, and I do not have a screenshot that I took.

That said, I did find a screenshot from one of the spam asks that was sent to me at that time. This is the screenshot from said ask:

Again, this is not my screenshot, but when I first got it, I compaired it to potted plants original post, and as far as I could tell it was not edited.

It is made very clear that although the potted plant does not like me, she is not hostile towrds me or the person who asks.

She simply does not like a lot of my posts, and she is right in the fact she should not follow me if she doesn't want to see my posts.

Despite @the-potted-plant having a relatively respectful reaction to this question, the situation started to escalate.

The Asks that have been sent

Note: As it seems, I am very much the odd one out in these screenshots since I use tumbr on light mode. So unless I specify, the lightmode screenshots mine.

First type of ask:

I got two asks trying to villainize potted plant and spark up a fight, which were these here:

Second type of ask:

Both the potted plant and I started getting these messages as well:

Along with these, other people not even a part of this started receiving similar asks (note that the potted plants username at the time of this one was Christmas-tree):

More recently, the asks have started up again. These are some of the more recent ones:

Some of these seem very similar, and at the moment, there is a possibility that this is just one person with multiple burner accounts. That said, there is no proof of this, only speculation.

What to do about this

Honestly, at this moment, I just wanted to make the community aware of this since this does seem to be affecting many people.

The best things you can do is either block these people or report them if they try to send you any of these asks.

Another thing you can do to help is reblog or privately message me any screenshots that are like the ones above so I can continue to add to the list of accounts and asks that have been sent.

[yandere-romanticaa]

just saw that anon who should honestly just block you and any yandere tags if it bothers them so much but also just wanted to mention how they chose to bring up the two characters who are arguably the most likely of the cast to be yanderes??

like one of them has massive control issues and attachment issues that could very easily latch onto someone and the other has lost practically everyone close to him and is probably gonna want to prevent that happening again if he can!!

besides, if it's well written (like your works are) literally anyone can make sense to be a Yandere-

I see your point with Jing Yuan BUT in my honest, 100% non biased opinion, I do not see him going down that route. He's just too kind, patient and respectful for that b u t there also is some logic in thinking why he'd go down such a path to begin with.

But Sunday??

My dude, dark content writers were being fed a whole 10 course meal with him!!

He is controlling, manipulative, always on edge, he always thinks that what he's doing is right but he is also benevolent in canon, he is kind, fragile, sensitive - !

Before he joined the Astral Express, he really was just the ultimate pretty princess for dark content creators. He's legitimately perfect, no one can come close to him when it comes to that.

2.7 will always be my favorite update ever though. I'd kill to play through that quest again. My whole soul lies in that one single update.

[9mysterybook6]

Rhylie a you are just crazy about power and you still do your bad deeds

Seriously, you say I'm crazy about authority while you call yourself the queen gacha

And another thing, you are just trying to get followers so that you can cause problems with others.

And you use any method to get more followers

You were Reblogs on your blog a lot of other blogs And you were posting videos from YouTube

And do I have to remind you that you tried to throw your followers at others before, the one that you them you harassed them

You don't deserve any followers, and your blog.

You never changed from the beginning you are still the same bad person

And again, you tried to be friends with the person you harassed.

Didn't I tell you to leave prometheus2007 alone?

Didn't I tell you before not to mention their name on your blog? You have no right to say their name.

Let me talk about something else.

Everyone thought Rhylie had deleted her blog But the truth is she just changed her name

rhylie the queen of gacha community

I find this funny.

This is funny, Rhylie called me before that I thought I was a queen

like I said before I never called myself a queen tumblr or gacha Just like she used to call me While she calls herself the queen

And this was her response to them

And I must say there was a lot of Narcissistic in this post.

And again, imitate other people's posts.

First stop Rhylie

After reading this I see you are the childish person here

You never respected or listened to other people's opinions.

The biggest example of what is Pamit.

You never respected her wishes, her opinion, or listened to her.

but you stalker her and her friends like a creep

And if someone obstructs your path with Pamit.

You will harass them, spread lies about them, and steal their posts and do hate drawings about them.

And I am %100 sure that is did not happen to you with Sergio

You always lie in your stories and events and make yourself the victim

But what about Sergio

Sergio has the right to tell his part of the story.

And I won't be surprised when he tells me the truth about you.

And again look at your actions

Here is the translation

How I look America Sergio's behavior How I'm getting 600 followers while leaving him alone

If I may, do you think I'm incapable of showing intelligence or maturity when responding? I wanted to tell you that I'll stop leaving Sergio and Pami alone while everyone can make fun of solosergiohd while I take a break from making fun of sergio, but zb189 is incapable of reasoning and all he does is create hate memes about me. But I'm going to have 600 followers and Sergio will get more jealous.

Are you kidding me? I asked for an apology for Sergio and not that trash of a post

Again, you are imitating my words to you

zb189 didn't do anything to you, you deserve all this after harassing and bullying people

And again you are still the dirty art thief

Remember guys when I said she doesn't put it on tag so Nobody finds stolen posts that she stole from the other

Surprise she does it again

Like I said when no one is looking or noticing she posts stolen art on her blog to get a lot of followers.

Look at this This is a drawing by braydenhalo.

https://www.deviantart.com/braydenhalo/art/Lila-JollyFox-Smiling-Critters-Oc-1149570688

Like I said, she's still a dirty thief and she's never changed.

Like I said, she does whatever it takes to get followers.

And you know Rhylie previous actions when she has many followers.

Rhylie usually lies about things and presents herself as the victim, then asks her followers to attack, bully, or report her victims.

Rhylie is also trying to get people who don't know her drama to report her and stand by her side after she told and spread lies about the truth.

Rhylie always tries to win the affection of others and sympathy of others so that her blog will not be reported.

And makes herself a pitiful victim

That's why I say spread awareness about Rhylie and I say report her blog.

Because imagined the disaster Rhylie would cause with her followers and the impact Rhylie would have on them, especially minors.

As you know, Rhylie loves stalking and chase minors like a creep.

And you know what's funny, remember this reply?

This is so funny

Aren't you the same person trying to be in a relationship with two girls you know nothing about

Even one of them said her age 18 While telling you your age 21, They do not feel comfortable with your words in a relationship

Then you, stupid, answered

Rhylie: I am 21 years old and a sensitive person Blah blah blah

You are trying to insist on being in a love relationship with two people, and one of them is their age 18 While your age 21!!!!!

This is what I call Pervert

And when you failed to convince them to have a relationship with you

Rhylie started doing drama and crocodile tears.

Rhylie: say you're not the right person for me Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah

Even in the end you tried a guilt trip and a manipulative to get them to be in a relationship with you or at least be by your side

But of course this did not succeed because they know your true nature and your heinous actions.

So Guys remember to spread awareness about Rhylie and report her blog.

So as not to cause too many problems in the future, or Rhylie get more people to target Or do more horrible things

And a message to Rhylie:::: Before you say I am jealous of you As usual just Lie and excuse

This is not true.

I never get jealous of a corrupt person like yourself.

I don't even care how many followers I have.

But at least I respect them and don't use them as tools to attack others like you.

I mean do you see me crying crocodile tears like you and guilt trip like you

Of course not

I'm just telling the truth about you and your harassment of people.

So keep harassing me, bullying me, attacking me, drawing hate on me, And make your followers attack me And spread lies about me and copying my words, Because eventually you will be banned from here.

[imagoodcop]

@idefendthecrimes

{Questioning and reading people… That was something I couldn’t help but to do anytime I was in someone else’s company. That was my job. It was who I was as a person. One thing I was really good at. Truthfully, I had one of these mindsets where I’d expect the worst in people until they managed to prove me wrong. Maybe it didn’t make sense to others, but this way of handling things worked best for me. I always went in expecting people to have ulterior motives to avoid ending up disappointed and put out once they proved me right. On occasion, though, there were people who managed to show me they were good. Bradford and a couple of others I worked with were in that category, but few others managed to break through my tough exterior and my rough around the edge wall I had built up around me as a means of protection and self-preservation. If anyone could understand why I was like that, it was Wesley, given what he pulled back in high school. That broke my heart, yes, but it also taught me a lesson. It pushed me to toughen up; all the while refusing to let people screw me over again in the future. I thought to myself in justification as I listened to his response. Eh, he seemed genuine. His compliment felt real, but I wouldn’t make that decision about his genuinity yet, since for all I knew, he was like most guys who tended to toss out compliments in hopes of softening me up enough to get into my pants}Thanks. Guess we’ll see how it goes. {I aired out casually in response before nodding in agreement to his comment about family} Hell yeah, they are. For years I let it bother me. I mean, how could you not? Everyone wants to be accepted and supported by their family. Then, I don’t know, I guess I felt the unnecessary stress and insecurity it was putting on me, so I just stopped caring. I realized life is too short to let other’s opinions matter that much to me. The people who matter will accept you for who you are, even if they don’t always agree with your choices in life, and well, those who don’t accept or support you don’t deserve a place in your life. Thing is, it’s your life to live, so you need to do the thing and make the choices that will help you sleep at night. You can’t base your happiness or what someone else wants or expects from you. Why should you be miserable and unhappy just to make someone else happy? That’s dumb and something I refuse to do anymore. {I shrugged indifferently as I took another drink. Listening as Wesley shared his thoughts with me about his mom} Have you told her to back off or put her in her place yet? I mean, I know she’s your mom, and you’re trying to be respectful, but sometimes a little tough love might be exactly what you both need in order to get on the same track. {I casually suggested. I know only Wesley could decide what the best way was to handle his mom, but if there’s on thing I learned from my own family issues, it was sometimes they won’t back off a bit until you put them in their place and let them know where you stand on their unwelcomed opinions} 

Time in life when it was simple yet never the best of us.

@imagoodcop

Time in life when it was simple yet never the best of us. 

Wesley Evers, the guy that defended the crimes that he felt weren’t committed. He was also the wealthy lawyer that refused to allow his mother to help him out. Growing up he never saw everyone in black and white. In school he purposely tried to disappoint his mother, he wanted to be the black sheep. He never understood the concept of well income families being better than the lower. He never cared about the money, he never wanted a career the best law program, the best lawyer company based on who his family was. He wanted to earn his spot on his own merits. A concept his family never understood. When I graduated I purposely picked the farthest school from my family, I honestly considered changing the last name but too much effort. 

Wesley was a defense attorney he was based in LA, he was one of the defense lawyers the Wilshire station used when a cop got themselves into a sticky situation. Wesley had those cops on speed dial it helped his reputation. Grey knew he was able to call day or night, and I’d hope out of bed and be restless and do my job. Being in LA the last few years; Wesley had reinvaded his life. He came off a broken engagement; purposely. He was guilty for the fallout; he was guilty for hurting Monica, for forcing her to end it. Truth was instead of being honest with myself, about how I didn’t love her enough to say I do, I felt like she liked the name Evers, what my family’s money the last name could do for her. Which is why I opt from allowing any of my dates from knowing who I am, the evers name. It opens doors but at what cost? 

I cheated why? Because I knew it would be the straw that broke her; force her hand to toss the diamond in my direction. Wesley liked helping people but when it came to dating he was a massive mess. Wesley decided his energy was best put into his career, he was just stepping out of his car, the expensive one, the only black expensive car he wanted in his life; but he did buy on his own. He had his briefcase in hand as he was preparing for a debriefing here at the station, a kid was wrongly accused of stealing, when it shows it was only because the manager of the store was unwilling to work with him, give him the money he owed the young idiot. He was near the food trucks where the cops of LAPD tended to hang out on their off shifts or a lunch break, when he barely felt the movement. “ Greg” He called as he felt the way my case fell, and I felt wobbly on my feet. My own client was the one what I felt ambushed me. As I got a handle on myself; Wesley spotted the boy running away with his flies; his case. Panic arose as he glanced to the two cops. 

“ Help, he just took my flies.” My flies, eyeing the younger male as he already had his hand on the gun and made a beeline after my idiot client. Stressful on my part. As for the brunette; she felt familiar yet I had no idea how. She wasn’t a client right? Brows pushed together; as he eyed her. “ Are you just gonna stand on your ass or will you do your damn job?” I asked more so out of annoyance; or was I about to go man hunting for my own client.

[gnomewithalaptop]

Rereading the Our Worlds at War tie-in again and God I miss their friendship every day

[kizmitt]

it makes me sad honestly,seeing how in the Muslim community,atleast the one i grew up in, is so anti-art: "making art is haram..." "writing books imitates Allah" -im someone who found solace in art because i couldn't find that in other people , my guess behind it is that at its core, art is meant to disturb the comforted and comfort the disturbed. Art , be it literature, film, drawing ,you name the rest , is too raw and truthful for a lot of the older generation and exposes too much so they pass on that fear and hatred onto the next generation : under the guise of saying "it's for your own good"

[kyleetryme]

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you guys do NOT understand how pissed I am at the elections. America is doomed

[alaskan-wallflower]

i think it’s funny i’m the one people send brody hate to lol like okayy

[polysucks]

some of you don't know that telling someone they crossed a line w their behavior, or that their behavior is inappropriate for the social setting is a basic human communication skill and it shows. letting someone know that they hurt your feelings, or made an ass of themselves is not callout culture, that's a normal human thing to talk to someone about, and it's sad that the fear of someone else's reactions cause you to think your personal safety, comfort and boundaries aren't worth standing up for. and I'm tired of pretending it's not.

[bleue-flora]

I want to debate with you over dsmp lore but I'm terrified you'll hate me

Hate? I won’t hate you for having an opinion, everyone has a right to one and I’m happy you have one :D especially if it’s your opinion not purely someone else’s (not to say it can’t align with someone else but it’s yours as in your not just mindlessly repeating someone if that makes sense…). And typically there is a little truth in both sides. Even in the times I’ve disagreed with people it has made me question things. Like for example my conversation with elmhat about c!Quackity prompted me to ask the question: why do I see him as unempathic and find no sympathy for him? Was he not betrayed? Was he not hurt? Was he not discriminated against and overlooked? Why is it that I can be so against him when some of the same things I sympathize with Dream on happened with Quackity. Which then spurred my research into Antisocial Personality Disorder (disorder relating to psychopaths and sociopaths) and Audience Perception. So even if I disagree or dislike what you have to say, I’m not going to hate you for it, and it’ll likely make me question why I think differently, often spurring my dive into lore where I usually find other fun things.

Like this funny clip with c!Schlatt and c!Quackity I discovered last night where c!Schlatt says that Austin Show is dead with him, which almost implies he’s some secret additional mystery character drifting in limbo?…

unless of course we consider that c!Schlatt also talks about the picture on his wall as his Dad who runs the gym with him… man seems to be going insane to be honest and who can blame him, he’s spent how many decades in limbo?…

Anyways, having said that, while certainly optional, definitely not required or necessary or expected, I’ll just let you know as an autistic person I do appreciate sources because there are a lot of times I forget about something or didn’t know and I want to see for myself, not because I don’t personally trust you but because my general rule to the internet is to not pass something on as truth just because someone said that because even in the context outside of dsmp analysis that’s how misinformation spreads so fast.

[arttsuka]

Ok bear with me here because I can't explain it well.

I really don't like when (in movies or books or whatever) they make them specifically about a topic but instead of having it imply the message it is the message.

Like how elemental (2023, disney) was supposed to have the theme of racism and migration by having the fire people be outsiders. I specifically remember a part of the film where they didn't let the protagonist and her father go in a botany garden(?) because they were afraid it might cause a fire. And it was this big part of the movie etc but like, wasn't it a valid concern? Not that they'd do it on purpose but accidents happen? The same way it would be a valid reason to not let either fire or water people in a library for example. I get where the movie was coming from but by embracing this message as a core plot line of the film is really weird? I don't know, probably only me.

What I'm trying to say is, when they try to pass a message by making it an actual plot instead of an allegory, they usually fail (at least in a world with fantasy elements)

[cyarskj1899]

The producers knew they ate when they added that in there. and in both of these losers are still locked up. as we say, won’t he do it?

[hassianlovebot]

i've seen some people talk about einar's romance dialogue and how it feels offputting and rude to him but i'm gonna be honest,,, i never really saw it that way?

like i do agree that the player's dialogue options Suck compared to the other romances. something about it just feels really childish and definitely not as,,, "serious" or even committed as the other romance dialogue options. that being said, it never felt patronizing toward him.

to me, it feels like the player is just. being human. while einar is being galdur. the player doesn't get mad at him for not understanding certain jokes or not showing affection in the same way. and einar doesn't get uncomfortable with the player being human, making human jokes, or showing human affection. they're just Being Human and sharing their humanness with einar. which einar, while not always understanding of it, is completely used to and Does understand and enjoy it later on in the 3-4 levels. not that he didn't enjoy it before, but once you get closer to him, he Does understand more of the jokes and even joins in on certain ones (like the catch one!).

idk man it just always felt like the player and einar are just sharing their perspectives, personalities, and culture with each other. and of course there is the chocolate thing where he says he doesn't need it and the player has to learn what he actually wants from the relationship (ie spending time together). and there are still jokes that he ends up taking seriously, which yknow, that's kind of what i meant when i said the player's options often feel very childish compared to other ones. but it just never came off as patronizing to me, especially since einar repeatedly says that he enjoys spending time with the player and engaging in their "togetherness".

like to me it always felt like he enjoys learning about new things, even if he doesn't want to participate. like at the maji market when he says that while he doesn't understand the hotpot game, watching it fills him with "oneness". he enjoys learning about human and majiri culture and seeing them just be themselves! none of his dialogue implies that he's uncomfortable with the way the player shows affection (there Is something to be said about the dialogue options only ever showing one form of it,,, but tbf they can't put in 50+ options to cover the minutia of human brains lol)

idk i want to be clear im not shitting on anyone else's opinion on this!!! there's room for all perspectives here. i just wanted to share! i've seen SO many people say that romancing einar feels patronizing and like. i've just never seen it that way ! and it always confuses me when i see it akjhgd tbf i think some people are also neurodivergent (same lol) and don't appreciate the dialogue options that einar doesn't understand because in real life it Does feel patronizing when someone does it on purpose even knowing you won't get it. but for me, einar being galdur and not a neurodivergent human/majiri is an important distinction. he shows multiple times that he enjoys learning about human cultures and perspectives, that he enjoys talking to the player even when they don't understand each other, and that he's capable of understanding the player's jokes and sarcasm once explained to him. he Likes that they're different !

einar seems to enjoy the player acting "human" with him because he gets to learn about them! and he wouldn't want them stifle their true personality just to please him! einar is alllll about being true to yourself, your beliefs, your oneness, etc. he wants the player to understand him and his affection, but he also wants to understand the player's personality and affection. he wants them to share each other's "quirks". and don't get me wrong, i do wish there was more we could do to share in his way of affection (especially if his way is our way,,, like i'm Not flirty or jokey like that irl at all and i'd love to have more options where it really is just "hi i enjoy parallel playing with you :)))" lol) and that the dialogue options were less jokey or at least more affectionate/serious but idk,,, i think for me, i've just always seen einar as someone who wants to know and appreciate everything about the player, even the things he doesn't Immediately understand. he wants the player to explain things and share their culture with him SO bad

[that-was-anticlimactic]

hottake but r.enee r.app actually wasn't that good in the new m.ean girls movie musical - y'all are just attracted to her