#like. whose fucking fault is that????

[garlique]

day 7 of no fucking nicotine and it really just feels like it's getting fucking worse :/

[sashayed]

time for me to review The Whole Bible. ready? ok. to be honest my favorite part of the gospels is Mark 8.22-26, when Jesus spits in some nice blind man's eyeballs and accidentally gives him cosmic consciousness. guy's just like "may i have a teaspoon of visual response to stimulus" and jesus is like "oh sure" and gives him God Vision. fuckin...ayahuasca sight that perceives the interconnectedness of all life. "oh is that not normal? does everyone not have that? nuts. ok try these eyes. are those more regular? great. maybe lie down by yourself for a while and please don't mention this to anyone"

[starrysharks]

i want to delete my twitter account so fucking bad

[agirlking]

I feel like I'm the only Loustat-er that was... totally satisfied with the 1x05 revisit? It's not about a bad guy. The way they approached it was to show all the ways in which they both fucked up and were responsible for things reaching that point. They are both responsible for the relationship crumbling. The 1x04 revisit was to show they were both equally responsible for making Claudia.

Their love is fatal, their love is never ending. It was never about Claudia. Neither is absolved.

[blueskittlesart]

do you have any thoughts on zelda not staying as a dragon? me personally I like it and am very cool with it mostly because I think zelda should get to be happy forever (and because I'm smart enough to know she changed back because of recall and not some ambiguous power of love lmao) but a lot of people seem to dislike that it made the draconification inconsequential?

i think there's like. some valid concerns surrounding inconsequentiality/"curing" the physical problems characters have as a way of giving them a "happy ending" but I think those concerns don't necessarily apply to totk in the way people seem to be applying them, especially irt zelda's draconification and link's arm.

most of the time when the criticism of this "magic cure" trope is applied to media, it's because the trope is used as a cure-all to erase a character's suffering or trauma and make them "normal" again, and often ignores the character development or themes of the story in favor of giving the character a happy ending. I don't think that applies to totk, though, because the "curing" link and zelda experience is both within the realm of possibility given the worldbuilding present in the game (recall could easily have done it, as you mentioned) AND thematically consistent with the rest of the game. One of if not the most important central themes of totk is the idea of failure and second chances. we see a hyrule that has been given a second chance after link's initial failure with the calamity brought it to the brink of destruction. we see characters who were deeply unhappy and entrenched in the shame of their precalamity mistakes like purah and zelda become active, beloved members of their communities. we see the people of lurelin village take back and rebuild their destroyed home. we watch this kingdom and its people make an unprecedented comeback after a century of struggle and ruin.

Similarly, totk's gameplay is LINK's second chance, his comeback from the initial mistake of losing zelda, of specifically being unable to reach her with his injured hand when they fell. The consequences of that--the master sword's corruption, the loss of his arm, and zelda's draconification, are all supposed to SEEM irreversible, because that's how LINK initially sees them. he believes that he doomed both himself and zelda all because of that SINGLE moment in which he wasn't enough, a viewpoint which is obviously left over from the pressure he experienced to perform to an impossible standard of perfection pre-calamity. The story of totk is about deconstructing that belief and proving it wrong. the mistake he made caused harm, but it's never too late to repair things. he can fix the regional phenomena ganondorf causes and rebuild those communities. he can revitalize the master sword. he can GET ZELDA BACK, with his own arm, uninjured and able to reach her this time. no matter how impossible those things may initially seem, no matter the perceived finality of his mistakes and their consequences, there is always hope. there is always a second chance. no one person's single mistake can doom an entire kingdom for eternity. the fate of hyrule was NEVER resting on link's shoulders alone. he was never their final hope. there was always going to be an after. the whole POINT of the draconification and the loss of link's arm is that they AREN'T final. they ARE inconsequential, because they were born of one mistake and ONE MISTAKE IS NOT THE END ALL.

[zaddyazula]

obviously i love strangelove’s character but she wasn’t written well… as a woman or as a lesbian…

[uncanny-tranny]

Two things that are simultaneously true:

1. Gender and sexuality are complex and can be fluid. An identity isn't always fixed and can change with time for many reasons

2. It is not acceptable to force others to change their gender or sexuality and the mantra that they (queer people) can change if they only "try hard" is both cruel and homophobia and/or transphobia

[iscariotapologist]

"celebrating people for having killed other people is bad"

"first of all how dare you"

literally sorry for thinking murder is bad even when it's people in a different country and gets you healthcare or whatever

[rise-my-angel]

The funny thing about Tywin is that he thinks he is the one restoring his family. No you aren't you miserable tabby cat. We must study his brain for science, there had got to be a complex in their somewhere.

Tywin is obsessed with restoring his family legacy, and it's like. Buddy, you only had three children. One of whom you never paid attention to because you hated. And YET, he still didn't notice that his favorite son was fucking his sister for HALF OF THEIR LIVES. YOU DIDN'T NOTICE, ARE YOU SHITTING ME, TYWIN?

YOU GAVE JAIME ALL THE ATTENTION IN THE WORLD AND DIDN'T ONCE NOTICE HIM GIVING HIS SISTER THE "PEG ME" EYES???

He is terrible at it. He also knows for years his family is running out of money, and fucks over his own families kingdom by forcing the crown to divert tens of millions of gold to the Iron Bank in debt with no plans as to what to do when everyone finds out the gold mines ran dry.

He knows his son and heir is in the Kingsguard and will not marry or inherit, still refuses Tyrion his right because he's hates him (even though hes just like him), like what is your long term goal, moron?

The only thing he did right was focus his attention on taking Dany and her dragons as a threat seriously, which he wasn't even good at because as soon as he was dead, he didn't give his brother or daughter enough information on why they should take it seriously either.

Like Tywin you had one life goal and you were TERRIBLE at it.

[rynrising44]

Me: starts typing

Me: types for days.

Me: does so much freaking work researching and thinking through complicated plotlines and potential dialogue. Fully fleshes out a story or a concept after months of stagnation. I'm talking months of backstory and descriptions and side plots and crying.

Character: actually, I'm going to do this instead. This one little thing that destroys everything you've been working towards. And if you try to change it, or make it different in any way, I'll make your life a living hell.

Me: Or you could just... you know, not do that?

Character: ... Nah, I'm gonna.

[florbelles]

finished hera & started lady macbeth and we have got to start blaming women for shit again for real

[boyswanna-be-her]

The dog I've been sitting for in the haunted house is the most neurotic dog I've dealt with, which is really saying something. She's not bad but she IS completely bonkers. And she's not a rescue! Same owners her whole life. How do people fuck up an animal's brain this hard?

The only thing I've seen even close was a rescue dog adopted during covid lockdown who then didn't understand what other dogs are and had crazy separation anxiety.

[tigergendermoved2tigergender]

Remembering the toxic hellscape that was 2015-2019ish SU fandom and just how much hate the show got is really insane when you rewatch the show after it's been a while. Like the show is good what the hell were any of these people talking about

[fairydust-stuff]

Black Lagoon: Mr Chang, Sing Soo Ling

Balalikia watches coldly as her comrades pummel each of the insolent little brats. Sing sits there near tears protesting. 

“ For someone who claims to care about their men, you certainly didn’t hesitate to drag them into a hopeless situation” Chang said smoking his standard cigar. 

“ What was I supposed to do let Shorter go unavenged?” 

“ See, I don’t think this is about your dead cousin at all. If you were that devoted to vengeance. Then why ally with Ash in the first place?” 

“ It wasn’t Ash’s faul!” 

“ You know There’s nothing I hate more in this world then hypocracy. And you New York criminals seem convinced your shit smells like roses” he pauses  “ Your just a little boy chasing his idol around. Its not about justice or revenge.” 

The brat goes quiet as the truth is thrown so casually in his face. 

“ You gang members are so obsessed with your symbols” Balakilia taunted. “ Your guns and your leaders as these invincible gods” she lets her contempt bleed through. 

“ I was just trying to free Ash!” Sing protested  

“ What did you think would happen if word got out the Lee family couldn’t even control their own gang? Mr Chang asked him 

“ But that guy was destroying Chinatown thanks to him. Citizens couldn’t even walk safely in Daylight!” 

“ I’m sure that had nothing to do with you and Ash turning New York into a war zone,” Balalikia said sarcastically. “ You create chaos and the vultures crawl out to prey on the civilians  in the wake of the destruction… especially in a city already weak from destitution.” 

She pauses 

“ What do you think would happen to Chinatown if The Lee family got wiped out?   If you were luckily you’d get over run by one of the other gangs. If you weren’t it would be as if you and your boys had never existed”  

Sing blanches. 

“ Starting to get it are we?” Mr Chang asked him 

“ Sir please kill me if you must be spare my brother, Sing is still young he wasn’t aware” Lao comes forward and bows. 

“ Noble sentiment but your not my concern, Yut Lung will decided what to do with you” Mr Chang said. 

“ He’s going kill us” one gang member whimpered. 

  Balalikia grabbed the gang member by the throat and slambed him to the ground “  

“ Han!” 

Sing yelled he sprang up  just as Balakilia suspected . She smiled as she kicked him straight back down to the ground and grabbed him by the hair. “ You don’t deserve mercy” she said with a quiet mence 

“ You backstabbed your own leader, and nearly put him in the crosshairs of every twisted pervert in New York! ” she paused  “ If it were me, i’d have you choose which half of your guys die. You’d pick out every name and look them in the eyes, as my comrade's bullets found their  marks” 

Balalikia emphasized watching Sing’s eyes fill with terror. 

“ I think Mrs Balalikia put it best….” Chang smiled….

Yut Lung paused after his proposal  Revy and Shenhua on either side of him. 

Cain Blood looked at him  “ I don’t trust you, So ’m coming with you”  he starts for the limbo with a smirk “  Besides, I never rode in one of these things” 

Revy grinned. 

Yut Lung chuckles and opens the door for Cain “ After you Cain Blood” he replied. 

Cain slides in and reclines on the seats  “ Soft as a baby’s butt” he sighed. 

“Champagne?” Yut Lung asked as the driver offered them two glasses. 

“ You seriously think i’m going to drink something you prepared?” 

“ I think its mere tradition to seal the deal with a private toast” 

Cain sniffs and dips his finger in the glass. “ You’d have a way to mask the taste….better not risk it” he sets his glass down mournfully. 

“ Weak little girly drink, now Rum that’s a real fucking drink!” Revy exclaimed. 

“ I’m more of a cold beer guy” Cain retorts. “ What about you salaryman?” 

“ Anything you find at a bar, social drinking came with the job” Rock exclaimed. 

“ Its true” Revy threw her arm over Rock’s shoulder affectionately  “ This guy did a drinking competition against me once, straight up vodka.” 

Yut Lung nods as the driver starts the car before downing his own glass. 

“ Say how old are you?” Cain Blood asked  “ You look smaller up close” 

“ Does it matter?” 

Cain looked sad for a moment  “ No I suppose it doesn’t” 

Its not that long before they reach their destination. 

Yut Lung has one of his bodyguards remove a case from the trunk. Which he takes. 

Balalikia and Mr Chang greets him. 

“ Hello, Yut Lung you look slightly more sleep-deprived then usual,”  Chang asked  “ I see you brought Cain Blood” 

“I just want to make sure Sing gets freed, like Yut Lung Lee, promised” 

“ He has every right to be skeptical” Yut Lung interjects. 

“ Of course gentlemen this way” Balalikia leads them to Sing and his men’s cell. 

Yut Lung’s breath catches in his throat Sing is covered with purple bruises and  has circles under his eyes he’s paler then usual. His boys don’t look much better black and blue and battered. 

Cain’s eyes widen. 

“ Sing?” Yut Lung asked struggling not to ask how he is or offer ointment. He clears his throat “ Its come to my attention….that I was not fair to you and your gang” he pauses as Rock gives him a nod  “ So please accept this token as an apology” 

Yut Lung brings out the head of Dino Golzine from the steel case, ignoring the way his stomach is starting to turn at the sight of it. 

Several of Sings guys look shocked, A few turn green. 

Lao gapes  “ Is that?” 

“ I know you wanted to do it yourself. But Shorter was one of my men as well. So It wouldn’t be innaprorite for me to make this my gift to you. I’m hoping their won’t be anymore bad blood between us” he said casually. Then he holds open the jail cell door “ Your free to go Cain Blood will make sure you get…..” 

Cain rushes past him and steadies Sing  “ I gotcha, baby” he said. 

“ Cain….I think I fucked up” Sing said softly. 

“Shhh shhh its ok, lets get you out of Alcatraz and cleaned up” the older boy soothed. 

“ Before you take Sing one more thing” Yut Lung walks up to Sing and slaps him across the face. 

Lao rushes forward “ Furiously what are you…..” 

Yut Lung slaps him as well, and goes around and strikes each of Sing’s remaining men across the face.

 “ If any of you ever betray me again, especially in public…..I’ll make each of you dig your own graves…..before you lay in them….understood?” he asked feeling a bit better 

There are nods and voiced yes Sir’s. 

Then Yut Lung watches them all file out before following them….. 

[xx-psych0-rabbit-xx]

btw not to be a disabled poor piss baby but the way ppl (SPECIALLY americans) treat struggling to recall things deemed common sense that you learned in school/straight up not knowing them as some personal moral failure is fucking weird lmao.every education system has a problem w failing disabled kids that cant follow along typical learning by just letting them fall behind w zero ways to catch up n my country has an issue w teenagers dropping out to support their families so they dont starve to death so it just rlyyy doesnt sit right w me when ppl claim if you cant remember some random fuck middle school class fact youre an idiot that doesnt remember bc you dont want to.i dont know how to explain to you all if a CHILD is being failed by adults to be taught smth its literally not their fault specially when in nearly all cases its bc of outside factors (i mentioned disability n poverty here but lets not forget stuff like abused kids being unable to focus due to stress or bc they lack a safe environment to study at home, for example)

idk ig my point is not everyone had a great home life w a stable financial situation n zero genetic conditions that let them get head pats from adults for being good at memorizing books, n its weird af to want to be superior than ppl who didnt have those bc its literally not our fault that as CHILDREN we were failed by adults n nowadays only managed (at BEST scenario, remember lots of ppl nowadays still cant even read bc they didnt even get the chance to do elementary) to remember actual essential basics that let us get by n not high school physics trivia.also if all those things r suuuuch big common sense idk why yall want to feel better than us for knowing them, by your own reasoning theyre completely worthless knowledge everyone has, no point in showing off you know smth like that, but ig at the end of the day its all abt feeling special for having success handed to you in a silver plate compared to the losers not born as lucky

[superbattrash]

Sometimes I see a take so bad that I have to physically put my phone down and do breathing exercises to make sure I do not become One Of Those People

Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, everybody is entitled to their own opinion, everybody is entitled to their own opinion eVEN WHEN IT IS SO FUCKING WRONG