#literally cannot stand when people do that

[brainscrems]

Then I stand by my original point lol. If you think the choice that matters is literally walking away then you have severely misunderstood the idea of omelas. But, judging from your first response to me you, did not wholly disagree with that analysis. So I think you may have misunderstood what Jemisin was going for, since it seems neither you nor I were the intended audience. Not being the intended audience made me confused by it at first as well which is why I’m making this assumption. Jemisin’s response was specifically about that misunderstanding, and meant as a persuasive essay in the form of a short story to explain to those with that perspective why they’re wrong. That people ask if they’d stay or walk away without realizing that choice is meant to represent a false dichotomy presented by those in power who tell us there is no better world than this, and that the choice is to either eat or be eaten. We are not supposed to believe them, so jemisin highlights this by first crafting a world without suffering, meant to be rejected by a hypothetical reader who bought into the lie of omelas. That there really is no world without exploitation. This reader believes Um-Helat cannot exist as told. The reveal that it doesn’t is supposed to be a key turning point in this persuasive essay of a short story. The goal is for it to provoke an emotional sense of injustice from those same people who believe the lie of omelas. The ones who rejected Um-Helat for its lack of exploitation. In doing so they are now confronted with a choice. They first reject Um-Helat because it lacked exploitation. They then reject it because they did not like what Um-Helat did to maintain itself. This is meant to force the reader to confront a contradiction in themself. That, either, Um-Helat was fine before and there was no need for a reveal as to its flaws. Or. That Um-Helat can exist on its own, that the causes of the flaws of our world are successfully “regulated” in a way we expect. And. Still. It is a better world than the one we live in. You, the reader, can reject one Um-Helat. But you cannot reject both the Um-Helat presented to you at the start AND the one at the end. Either you (general you) accept murder and exploitation as a necessary price for a “better” world, or you don’t. If you don’t, then you must accept the version of Um-Helat first presented as an achievable world. If you don’t, then, you must agree that Um-Helat’s exploitation and murder is far less horrific than that of our own and, still, choose to fight for a world like that. The choice to, generally, make those who accept the price of omelas as those who would be victims in Um-Helat is deliberate as well, to encourage the choice that the first version of Um-Helat is the one that should be fought for and not the second. To make them reject the injustice. To make them say, “WAIT! IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT!” when they are on the receiving end, to force them to realize that it does not have to be like that at ALL. That’s what she was going for, and I suspect it didn’t land because it doesn’t seem like you were not the target audience.

ursula k le guin: if confronted directly with the knowledge that society requires suffering to be maintained, would you be capable or willing to abandon the structure and safety for uncertainty, strife, deprivation?

strange and inscrutable people who claim to know how to read: i would simply solve the problem

[poisonf0rest]

Question!! How is Rafayel your first and Sylus your second when their personalities are so different lol?

Different? No, no, you misunderstand anon.

Come, walk with me as I break down how the fish and the crow really are two sides of the same coin

Surface level:

Both are insanely powerful mythical creatures, inherently deserving fear/respect/worship

Both are authority figures within their own societies (and now both canonically mafia bosses)

Both are sassy and clingy

Both are anti-villains

Both are fashion icons, and use their exorbitant amount of money on fine items (read, rich boys)

To elaborate:

They're both annoying as fuck. Both of their love languages is bullying/annoying mc and they do so OFTEN, albeit for slightly different reasons. Sylus is also such a brat to MC, people tend to skip over this part but mutual annoyance is my love language and is why I like Sylus as well.

Both of them are such simps. But seriously, Rafayel is the most romantic and devoted of all the LI's I'm sorry argue with a wall, and Sylus is always reminding mc of her free will, consent, and the absolute trust and control she has over him. Both are respectful, absolutely whipped men for the woman they love.

Continued, they both would destroy the world for you. They both have. Both have killed people directly and doomed entire kingdoms for their love. Rafayel really cannot stand other people and is generally a rude/intimidating/an uninterested ass to them, and Sylus naturally creates and relies on fear as a gang leader.

Both are canonically good with children! Sylus has Luke and Kieran and Rafayel repeatedly has cards where he plays/teaches kids how to paint (into the canvas + private trip), which obviously proves their respective kindness, patience, and maturity.

Both like being at MC's mercy. Rafayel is the easy one everyone headcanons but he also has several cards where he gets tied up (only to free himself and flip the script) while Sylus also constantly insists MC tries harder to force him into submission. His debut card was literally him getting off being dommed by her-- even if it was a dream. Both are switches and I'll stand by this. They also both give me the vibes that they're bi but that's a personal headcanon I'll keep to myself-- what are the chances of centuries old god-like creatures not having a history both both men and women lovers (if we seperate the fact that they are literally bound to MC heart and soul).

Overall these two are very much two sides of the same coin, which is why I was actually very surprised to see people talking about how Xavier/Sylus are foils alongside Zayne/Caleb, but I suppose I see both now.

Anyways anon I hope this helped you see the light that is this wonderful duo, because they both deserve all the love~

[mellosdrawings]

hihi! I would like to know how you see/feel about the dynamic of the Tweels and Azul, if you don't mind sharing of course!

Hi o/

Sorry, this one took me a minute, I was trying to figure out the best way to explain my feelings about their relationship but... I realized that while I was unable to give a name to KaliJami but was able to explain the relationship, here I am unable to even explain the Octatrio's relationship.

They're best friends who would do anything for each other without needing any explanation, but they also would sell each other for a corn chip. The Tweels are Azul's first friends and also his most consistent bullies. They keep saying they're not friends but nobody around them believes it.

And, you know, I actually like how their vibe is "as long as we're having fun, we're staying together". Relationships don't have to last forever to be cherished. It's perfectly fine to stop frequenting who was once a dear friend if the relationship ends up not being enjoyable anymore. People change and so do their relationships, and that's a healthy mindset to cling to the fun and not force yourself into something that doesn't fit you anymore (in my opinion, at least.)

Though I have a feeling that, for the Tweels, it might come from a shaky family situation. Like Cater who can't will himself to have friends because he keeps moving, so he can't imagine a long lasting relationship whatsoever, I think the Tweels who might come from a family that has some kind of criminal background might approach their relationships in a "that won't last, but at least we'll have fun while it does". They're kinda the opposite of Cater in that regard. All of them are ready for their relationships to stop at any moment, but Cater has a darker view of it and refuses to open up while the Tweels are more nonchalant and try to get the most out of their relationships. The difference might come from the Tweels having each other anyway while Cater has a strained relationship with even his sisters.

Going on a tangent here: a thing I've come to realize is that Azul shows his love the same way the Tweels do. Lemme explain.

The one person we have seen Azul interested in is Jamil. He's shown it in forever bothering him and inviting him to join him and completely disregarding any complaint or refusal Jamil throws his way.

Feels familiar? That's how Floyd approaches Riddle too. That's also how the Tweels approached Azul at first. We don't have that much backstory but we do have an example of Azul trying to drive them away, and them not listening at all and continuing to come bother him until they have carved a place at his side.

I'm personally of the opinion that Azul learned his love language from the Tweels, because it was the only example of (lasting) friendship that he's ever had.

There's also the whole debt thing to take into account. Azul needs to feel unindebted, he cannot stand owing things to others. That's just how it is. The Tweels though would totally do whatever they need to have whatever they want, no matter the debts. But they do play by Azul's rule. Sometimes they even use it against Azul to gain favors from him. Though most of the time it feels like they're indulging him by asking favors when they just wanted to help him. It's a fine line, a fine balance, just like everything else.

The OctaTrio is just always on the cusp of being perfectly in sync with each other, using each other's strength and weaknesses to the best so they could all get what they want, while also being perfectly terrible to each other, literally just using each other for their own gain. It's a very interesting relationship and maybe one of the most balanced and precise out of every other relationships. They're just... in sync.

And contrary to KaliJami, those three can very well work on their own without needing each other. They constantly do their own things, decide to ditch the others because they have something better to do elsewhere, etc.

All three of them say they are into this relationship purely out of personal gain. And, yeah, I'm sure they're getting a lot out of it and they even get to be selfish while still working well together. Buuuuut...

I mean, come on, the Tweels keep coming to Azul's rescue. They were super worried when the anemones disappeared and discovered Azul overblotted. Boys aren't hiding their feelings as well as they think. And Azul isn't any better.

You know what, I think I finally figured it out. I finally know what to call their relationship, despite my introductory statement.

They're siblings.

Azul has pretty much been adopted by the Tweels. Being selfish morons ready to throw each other under a bus while also going on a rampage as soon as a bully decides to target one of yours is 100% sibling-coded. And I'd know it, I almost got into a fistfight because my lil bro got punched once. And I'm usually ready to punch him myself.

The OctaTrio are siblings who know their relationship might not last forever, but who have nonetheless decided to make the most out of it.

[bee-cringe]

If you hate one your past self for liking dsmp don't even talk to me, in fact, if you hate on your past self for being "cringe" or "weird" I think you should think about why you're doing that, is this really what makes you happy? Hating on yourself for daring to find joy in something?

[rowansro]

Hehe okay here it’s is, I sort of forgot about it I finished it like a week ago, this is more just yapping than anything, I might turn it into a proper fic at some point :)

After the final break (electra pov)

Okay okay so, i like to think that after their final break porter had done or said something that literally shattered leccy completely. And it hurts them so bad that a day or two after they start full on spiraling and going down a rabbit hole of stuff like ‘i won't ever be able to trust someone again’ ‘why would he say that about me’ and eventually end up to the conclusion that they had done something wrong and that something was wrong with them internally / something wrong with their system so they try to figure out what they did wrong OR what's wrong with them. Then fast forward like two hours and the components have not heard anything from leccy and are getting worried so they send in killerwatt to find out what's going on and he walks into leccy sitting on the floor with their hands inside of them pulling wires out of themselves trying to find the problem, their like in full tears and the tears are getting onto the wires making MORE problems and kw is just standing there frozen in horror with no clue on what to do because their boss is sitting in front of him literally pulling themselves apart and he is NOT trained for this.

Electra is completely oblivious to killerwatt being there and just keeps pulling at wires, just as kw starts walking over, leccy notices him and just as they look in his direction they pull out and accidentally snap the wire that controls their emotions and help them regulate, this sort of severs their emotions. They just kinda stop and look up at KW who is in shock at what he's just watched electra do because he knows what wire they just destroyed and they know had dangerous this situation has just become, as a singular tear escapes their eyes that are like full of horror because they ALSO know what they did, and it's sort of what their aim was, if they cannot feel anything then they can't be hurt by anyone again.

KW sits down in front of them and all theses wires and grabs their hands both to stop them from doing any more harm and to start trying to ground leccy who has literally no ability to process emotion but is somehow the most panicked they will ever be, KW starts frantically calling for wrench and the other components because, well, electras insides are all over the floor. While wrench and all that tend to electra, kw just tries to keep holding leccys hand both for electra and for his own comfort because my man is traumatized, eventually volta or joule notices how traumatized kw is and drags him away.

Killerwatt tries to stay as close to Electra as he can while they recover, the other components have to pull him away to make sure he takes care of himself instead of watching over electra.

I like to think that one of the things about leccys recovery from the breakdown is to do with their emotions, considering that they really went and fucked them up in the breakdown and needed they systems that control their emotions to be replaced they needed to learn lot of things emotionaly again and it kind of changed them as a person, they become a lot nicer and more of a people pleaser, trying theri best ot not hurt someone but also at the same time not letting themselves get to close to other people after they are cleared to be out and about again. Killerwatt his slightly hurt by this but wont show it, over the time frame of a few months KW and electra start to become closer as leccy finds that KW is really good at grounding them when they start to panic or get overwhelmed / overstimulated and slowly opens up to him emotionally. KW at one point does want to talk to electra about his feelings for him but is too scared to because he knows what electra is capable of doing if things work out.

About, i would say 5 or 6 months after the breakdown electra calls for KW late at night and just sort of asks him to sit down next to them on the couch/bed without saying anything else, electra could feel like a panic attack could happen and didnt want to be alone, as they start to feeling like more overwhelmed with their thoughts they sort of interlock pinkies with KW before he catches on to why electra had called him in and properly holds his hand, electra ends up resting their head on killerwatts shoulder and KW just lets them rest for a moment before asking them whats wrong, and in slightly shaky voice they respond with “killerwatt i remember” and KW looks down at them and asks them “remember what?” electra looks up at them with glazed eyes and just bluntly says “i remember how it feels to sit there and rip out my own wires” before they start to weakly sob, although this isn't an odd sight for KW after the breakdown, it's odd for electra to talk about what's upset them so KW pulls them into a proper hug knowing that the physical touch and deep pressure helps electra alot. Electra ends up falling asleep on top of KW and he also eventually drifts off, when electra wakes up killerwatt is still asleep and they kinda have a bit of a ‘holy shit is that what love feels like again’ (they definitely felt this kind of love with porter but as i mentioned before, they had to relearn their emotions) , when killerwatt wakes up leccy apologizes for being an inconvenience and for calling KW in so late the night before but in response KW just hugs them tighter.

Something something, Electra angst in regards to coalectra that end up turning into leccywatt, something something

Im cooking guys I promise

[camellcat]

lose my mind every time the doctor takes rose's last name in fics. brilliant, amazing, splendid, absolutely perfect.

like, what do you MEAN she'd be the one to change her last name? he doesn't even HAVE a bloody name like us! plus, she's rose tyler. you think he's going to want that to be different? it's the doctor and rose tyler in the tardis (or I suppose whatever they do in pete's world, but that's still the doctor and rose tyler having their new adventure)!!

she's rose tyler and he is whatever-he-wants tyler. end of discussion. the whole pond diabolical should've been clue enough imo

[jinxie-117]

ngl seeing everyone d riding jinx is actually driving me fucking mad. jinx is literally my favourite character in the entire show but ur hoe asses need to find a way to stop defending and babying her. bad news for jinx fans everywhere, she kills people!! and that's a bad thing!! and it's not worth less just because she's traumatised... i don't agree with the fans that say she's entirely irredeemable but no wonder they wanna double down on their point when y'all are acting like this

and like when that clip of her and sevika came out and everyone was like "MY BABYYYYY" "GET AWAY FROM HERR" oh my god have you guys heard of shutting up??? just a thought. stop infantilising her it's actually driving me fucking nuts i cannot do this anymore

[apotelesmaa]

> looking for a tenma siblings relationship study

> ask the op if the study is actually about the tenmas or just treating saki like an accessory to tsukasa

> they don’t understand

> pull out an illustrated diagram explaining the difference

> they laugh and say “it’s a good relationship study sir”

> click the post

> it’s treating saki like an accessory to tsukasa

[secretsoftheuniverse1987]

Thinking about the idea of a James Tartt Sr. redemption, and I feel like some people just forget about Amsterdam? Or just don't take it that seriously? Like, I can freely admit my own biases and that I wouldn't have appreciated a James Tartt Sr. redemption arc even if Sunflowers had never been written, but I feel like it does deserve to be a part of this conversation. James's abuse wasn't limited to cussing his son out about football and throwing boots at his head.

[selfinflictedgunshotwound]

sorry for only saying this type of shit lately but i kinda wanna drive a car straight into a brick wall at the highest speed possible

[lokilysolbitch]

me autistic and with chronic dissociation and light processing issues especially with glare, white paper and black text, using an online textbook, copy and pasting my chapter into google docs, changing the font and it's size, making it double spaced, changing the font color, highlighting the text in a different color, putting my glasses on, changing my screen brightness, and TURNING OFF EVERY OTHER LIGHT IN THE ROOM to reduce glare, rocking and using blankets that don't make me want to exit my skin: okay reading time

me: hm it's not making sense still,,,,,

me:

me: oh the author is just refusing to make the topic easy to understand. oh. oh okay. yeah okay cool great cool

[backseatloversz]

Trying to watch panic at the disco behind the scenes but so fucking much of it is zack hall and aside from the fact he is legitimately terrible on his own and also just comes across as really annoying he reminds me of the dad of this one childhood friend of mine who i inexplicably hated and was terrified of for like my entire childhood and i dont know why but i am still uncomfortable around him. so. Thats really awesome& cool

[youssefguedira]

so

[hauntingblue]

Will I ever get over garp's scottish accent....

[fagmegumi]

i know I should focus on writing and not poke hornets nests but. though saionji haters of the “i dont care about him & dont wanna hear about him” variety are completely valid . If you for real think saionji is a villain the way akio is a villain. you completely missed the point of the show

[shartfinz]

TOMORROW I am going to spend half my day practicing drawing Mario characters that aren't Luigi because I figured out how to draw Luigi then got to scared to figure out how to draw the other ones so now I only ever draw Luigi