#like they weren’t over seeing it

[fluffypotatey]

The narrative is so funny sometimes. It gave us a character who struggled in making his own choices and speaking up to others until the worst possible moment where he snapped, and forcefully subjected him to the orders of someone else, even binding him in chains for it the second he entered his "new revival, new me!" era. Maybe a consequence for how evil attracts evil. Someone for whom the very letters of his name sound fluid and free like his shadows, which are never evenly cast, always waxing and waning like the moon, disorderly and chaotic yet he's dressed in the image of rigidness. His silence and respect is forced, to speak is meaningless. I wonder if his lazy smirks and villainous laughter is a way to keep himself from falling into his default OwO expression, something else to channel his emotions into so he never says something like....you've become like this, obsessive demon. The way he talked to LBD was all loose and airy, compared to the harder, defensive way he talked to the Brotherhood in 4x5 👀 interesting in how he handled confrontation changed too. Granted, with LBD he was trying to leave, so I wonder if he just up and vanished or had to nonchalantly laugh and back away from them. Still soooooo interested in how he NEVER fought back against the Pilgrims with them. And I question LMK repeating the same story of "Sun Wukong now yielded to an agent of the Celestial Host!" Azure was on about. Macaque currently has no good thoughts on the circlet based on how he reacted before it was even finished being cast, however~ He might have seen it in action ;) the "snapped in the good intentions to help his friend" is still fairly feasible. It fits in with the tragedy, but I'm still on the fence about it. Any super secret thoughts on what transpired you haven't voiced yet?

hm idk if there’s stuff i haven’t but i do think Azure’s account about Wukong’s time in jttw is sO skewed that i would never recommend taking that as truth. that’s what he believes, certainly but it is not what really happened

it doesn’t help that Heaven also has access to the circlet too (tho i think it’s only for “admin” purposes. like given to them AFTER jttw and for the emperor to use as a last resort for any serious threats.) because it does not help with refuting Azure’s biased opinion or assumptions that Wukong was working under Heaven during his journey when that was far from the case. but i digress.

i am pretty sure, in the jttw legends, the fight between Wukong and Mac is earlier than the “Camelhead Trio” but lmk is not known to be 100% by the book or follow it to a T so Wukong’s fight might have been earlier or after he fought Mac (but given how lmk makes Wukong and Mac close friends, i wanna say Macky’s fight was after because that validates Macky’s reasons for leaving them early and adds to narrative drama)

[dykedvonte]

Curly had two days to act and Swansea had two months.

I think it’s just interesting that every defense of Swansea not immediately acting are the same ones that are argued against for Curly. “He didn’t want to alert Daisuke or makes things worse for Anya either Jimmy!” I mean people also assume that about Curly and the crew. “He has to think about his plan of action and a right moment!” Again so did Curly, power and authority aside, he still would have to think of what he had to do. “He makes sure he doesn’t have to be around Jimmy!” So did Curly and they only do this to an extent, both give Jimmy more than a few opening to keep harassing Anya.

This isn’t defense of Curly nor a damnation of Swansea. Their actions are very parallel to each others in tragic and sour ways when it comes to how they approached helping Anya. In the grand scheme of it all they both did the same thing: Nothing. No action either took stopped the inevitable outcome of her death nor Jimmy’s continued damage to themself.

The only real difference is Swansea didn’t like Jimmy which is pretty substantial, but also just as damning as Curly knowing how bad Jimmy could get to an extent. He had even less of a reason to wait, even more of a reason to act seeing as he was now worried for Anya AND Daisuke. He is not bound by the possible procedure as Captain and actively does not care about what happens next. So what does it matter if he acted in the moment? Why did he wait? I think he’s just as morally complex and grey as Curly and we hold him on a pedestal that still perpetuates things in rape culture the game critiques.

It’s not just enough to dislike and be abrasive to predators/abusers like Jimmy. It’s not enough to just put yourself between them and the other person. It’s not enough to hold tensions when you know someone is vulnerable. He and Curly do the exact same things but on different sides of the coin. I ask how is it better to not turn a blind eye but still not really do anything about what you are seeing? Not until it affects you atleast…

The game makes a big point to not put men doing the bare minimum or who wait to do more on pedestals and I’m actually surprised so many are missing that point.

[futuremrscameron]

jjpopecleo showed up and showed out this season so i still won

[4x01]

when you see a recipe you know you would absolutely hate due to your own tastes but that has to be so objectively excellent and you just get mad that you wouldn’t be able to appreciate its conceptual and technical elegance

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

mentally I’m here

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

At The Feet Of The Sun

book 2 in a slow paced high fantasy duology*

the right hand of the emperor (who is off searching for an heir) struggles with what to do after passing on his responsibilities and also discovering various pieces of information that are mindblowing to him, personally,

after adventure is thrust upon him, he travels to find His Radiancy and they go on some otherworldly adventures while growing closer and figuring out the nature of their friendship

(*there’s extra novellas & i think another book coming? duology adjacent, currently,)

[touchlikethesun]

nothing fills me with more vindication than watching someone get into spn, get to cas’ introduction, and then bit by bit come to the realisation that everything they’ve heard about destiel has not been over exaggerated in the slightest and that the “crazy fan behaviour” from destiel shippers that they’ve heard about has actually always been entirely justified. like yes. they did actually do all that, for years they did that, we’re not crazy, we never were crazy, and now, finally, you can see that too. welcome to hell.

[mars-ipan]

god i cannot wait to be off these steroids…

[petrichormore]

!! The following is a rant and is slightly fandom critical, it’s also over-exaggerated and half joking !!

!! I’m just expelling frustration it’s not serious I’m just being silly rn so beware all ye who enter here (and also read the tags) !!

the only character that is allowed to kill an egg without repercussions is q!badboyhalo because this fandom treats him like a glorified nanny and they only care about him when they’re yelling at him to take care of their fav egg. he ain’t that egg’s government-assigned parent and he isn’t responsible for constantly keeping every egg alive but i damn well know if an egg dies on his watch, or if an egg dies of neglect he’s gonna get blamed - especially if an egg dies of neglect since he’s the only islander that cares about that apparently lmao (mostly joking). And the worst part is he’ll probably blame himself too but it honest to god is not his problem.

Bro needs a vacation - an actual one where he’s not taking care of an average of 3 eggs daily lmfao

[earthbaby-angelboy]

ladies and gentlemen, after some tears and managing to pull myself together, i have an exciting announcement!!

january 30 is my 17th birthday, so it only seemed fitting that i do something elvis-related to celebrate it! the opportunity presented itself, so i took it. without further ado…

i saw ryan pelton and shawn klush in concert, front row. 🥹

i got a teddy bear from ryan, and a scarf from shawn; i also got ryan’s tie, which is something he never usually gives out so i was over the moon about that!

me and my ma stayed at the hard rock in atlantic city, so we also saw elvis’ rolls royce phantom V and his adonis suit worn for the live at madison square garden album.

they also had a green shirt he wore in the 60s, and his light blue silk pajamas!

seeing (and doing) all of this was beyond anything i’ve experienced. seeing ryan really had the 50s vibe, that feral excitement and joy! while seeing shawn was more mellow and calm. during both of their performances, i closed my eyes for a few seconds and was able to hear elvis’ voice, and feel his energy, come through them.

they do truly do him some justice.

i also brought my 35mm camera with me, but those need to get developed, so more photos are soon to come!!

-with a full heart, cicilia xx

@kiankiwi @arianatheangel-girl @mooodyblue @hooked-on-elvis @lookingforrainbows @alienelvisobsession

[gottarunfromthelaw]

Not to sound like a sore loser but I feel art doesn’t always need to improve or have steady permanent growth. Especially if you are a hobbyist and have no desire to pursue it professionally. It can be more satisfying to constantly be improving but. To be fair. Sometimes you are at a level where you are fine where you at. You have the skills to draw what you want. And sometimes there’s no more drive than that. Or sometimes a lack of growth is because you don’t have time to put love into your hobby because you gotta pay bills. Or hell even disability’s both physical and mental can be a huge road block to get growth that some would say is required with the amount of time you put in it. Anyways yeah. Sorry.

[cupiidzbow]

also omg achhd is one of my fav games ever I just love decorating and world building games but also I adore the in game employees. i like the idea of having a good relationship with all of them i think …..

[bilestat]

insane how quickly something small can tank my mood

[sassmill]

In Act 2 of Lempicka when Tamara and Rafaela enter Le Monocle for the first time they look around at all the women together and Rafaela says “a room full of nothing but US” and Tamara says “let’s never leave” and guys I just went to a lesbian bar for the first time (okay it’s actually a deli but they turn it into a lesbian bar at night) and GUYS? That is the safest I have ever felt out drinking and dancing and I felt so natural and I was surrounded by other queer women and that’s. That’s the first actual queer space I’ve been to in YEARS and especially post-pandemic. And I’m feeling such an overwhelming mix of emotions right now because I didn’t realize how isolated I felt from the queer community in my day to day life (ie not online). I just. God.

Dedicated queer spaces are so important. Lesbian bars are so important. This is the only one I’ve been to but I’m VERY aware that these days there are fewer and fewer of them but I just. I didn’t know how badly this kind of place and experience and connection to community was missing from my life until I suddenly had it tonight.

[cowardstiel]

the other week a woman in my class said that gay marriage was legalised fifteen or sixteen years ago in australia. it was actually legalised in december 2017. less than six years ago. people forget just how recent this change is and just how significant it is.

[pnuk-r0ck]

I often think abt this mutual I used 2 have and o the thing in The Office where they stare @ the camera