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dragons1re · 10 months ago

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What if I were an angel and you were a demon and we loved eachother so much it changed everything??

#like we both learn that we’re deserving of worship #you learn you aren’t truly forsaken #and I realize there’s more to life than simple devotion #more than blindly following #I find that I can be worshipped as well #you find that even the damned can love #that you aren’t to “dirty“ to worship #that your hands are clean enough to hold mine #we find that true salvation is love #that if worship and devotion ever existed that it was in our hearts #we find glory in intertwined fingers and locked eyes #we find deliverance in lingering kisses and gentle sentiments #small prayers to eachother #sire’sramblings

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tea-cat-arts · 6 months ago

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I simply think this fandom doesn't give Wei Wuxian enough credit for the various ways in which he saved Lan Wangji

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #wangxian #idk man- i just see a lot of “Lan Wangji has always been protecting Wei Wuxian” posts and its like...#I mean... Lan Wangji has always certainly been trying to protect Wei Wuxian #it took him a long time to figure how to successfully do that though #rereading the books rn and noticing theres a lot of instances that could be read as lwj being frustrated over his inability to protect wwx #like he seemed ready to cry when wwx went missing for a while and then came back with the cursed leg #lwj has always been great at protecting wwx from physical threats (ex: waterborn abyss) but had no idea how to protect him from himself #meanwhile wwx has always been instictually good at saving lwj from both #like I'm 100% lwj would've become like Jiang Cheng if wwx hadn't snapped him out of the blindly following authority thing #and also like... 15 y/o lwj wasnt happy with his life. he was lonely and stressed and literally signing up to be flogged whenever he goofed #wwx is who allowed lwj to grow up by showing him what it was like to actually be a kid (shown in story whenever lwj gets drunk)#he led lwj to having a more flexible mindset. and it both let lwj relax and set lwj up to be a better parent #looking into lwj's dynamic with the juniors- he lets them break a fuck ton of the petty rules and encourages them to question authority #he also teaches them to not be married to any one meathod of problem solving #wwx is also able to save lwj from his own stubbornness #ex: carrying lwj when he broke his leg. getting lwj to cough up bad blood. getting lwj to keep the rabbits #wwx also tends to give lwj the words he has trouble saying himself. helps him communicate #wwx also protects lwj in fights a lot but thats narratively less important #except the various times wwx puts himself in danger to help lwj. those times are what made it so lwj could never move on from wwx #like with the cave incident #or when wwx helped surpress the arm instead of using the chaos to escape cloud recesses #tldr i guess: i think this fandom tends to treat lwj being the best like its natural to him when really wwx accidentaly rewired his brain #I'm looking directly at fanfic writers who act like the Lans would've treated wwx better than the Jiangs #lwj had to do so much work and self reflection post meeting wwx to be the way he is. he is not the sole product of the Lan teachings

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angelsdean · 1 year ago

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me, dean, and everyone else watching: ok sure, sammy

#vics spn rewatch #spn 1x10 #the apology is made worse by j*red's inability to actually sound sincere #he's doing his fake sympathy voice and it is so. grating #adds a fascinating unintentional layer to sam as we've talked abt before #and it's like not necessarily a Bad thing to perform rather than feel sympathy #but like. this is very much a non-apology and dean knows it and we all know it #sam DID mean those things on some level. maybe not as harshly as he said them bc his anger WAS being heightened by the ghost #but those feelings were real #and sam is allowed to feel them. but they are in many ways. a projection and also unfounded #sam literally could leave at any time and dean would let him go (as we'll see in thee very next episode!!)#just bc he feels those feelings doesn't mean they're inherently true #dean isn't keeping him trapped. dean isn't just blindly following orders. dean Does have a mind of his own #and in fact dean isn't being all that great of a dutiful son bc he actively is not all that interested in finding john!! not the way sam is #and you'd think for dean being the one to initially show up and ask sam's help that he'd be more invested in finding john #and making sure he's actually alive instead of following random coordinates to a case. and taking on every other case they find too #anyways. sam's feelings of anger are real bc he feels them and it's okay to feel things #but he's massively misinterpreting and projecting things onto dean #and then he feels guilty (like post-possession) and tries to swipe it all under the rug and claim he didn't mean any of it #but he Does. and dean knows it. everyone knows it.#his perceptions do not align w/ what's really happening. bc he doesn't have the full context.#bc he doesn't know just how complicated dean's relationship to john really is. bc he was sheltered from a lot of that.#he sees dean desperate for approval and a good little soldier #when in reality dean was playing peacekeeper and mediator and punching bag most of their childhood.#and rn dean doesn't really care that much abt finding john. he just wants to hang out with his brother #not samcr*t btw. we love all this abt him it's spicy it's crunchy it's tasty

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chiimeramanticore · 2 months ago

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you guys are choosing what ships/media you enjoy based entirely on the genders/sexualities of the characters and not the quality of the actual content? that's not a joke?

#juno.txt #theres people who actually legitimately dislike all m/f ships just bc theyre m/f even if they have rly good chemistry??#theres people who watch shows that suck ass just cuz the execs dangled a gay character in front of you?? ur not just fuckin around?#theres people who fr think f/f pairings are better than m/m ones bc... idk more women = more feminist or smth?? idk???#the amount of ppl who consider themselves leftist and yet operate just blindly following buzzwords they like is. concerning sometimes #anyway that's my allotted bitching time for the day

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susielesbianism · 11 months ago

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Been watching people play Home Safety Hotline recently and oh my god y’all please fuckinng play it it’s so good

#heed the content warnings though. it is a horror game and as such can be heavy at times #chief among them is unreality. including but not limited to the fact that the game uses a windows 95-esque ui #the game also has implied child death and implied animal death at certain points #there are also phobia settings that you can check and uncheck if you don’t want to see certain things #other than that it’s the type of game you should definitely experience as blindly as possible #I know im posting this on the ut/dr blog but I have more followers here so. exposure yknow

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thunderboltfire · 10 months ago

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Poor battering ram of a woman, how come you've chosen so badly who to follow?

#WIP #My first association was a large predator #bc a barbarian #but you know what #she has ram horn(s)#and I actually love the symbolism of her being a sheep #barbs rush headfirst into battle without a second thought and rely on the toughness of their body to tank damage #exactly like a ram would crash into anything with his head #Karlach's fault that led into her falling into servitude was her naivety #she followed wrong people blindly not knowing that they're going to sell her like livestock #also she's got so much devilish accents in her looks that depicting her as a sheep feels like flipping the script #and reflects more of what she really is - someone who lost her way and it cost her - than how she looks like #(also yeah I changed her pupils. Slit ones didn't truly fit here)#anthro #if You remember the ancient times I made anthro characters from Paladins yk I've got a long tradition of associating tanks with herbivores #which is coincidentally why I know that there are breeds of sheep in which ewes also have horns #she actually has a threatening grin on her face in the full picture but I like that if I crop it like this it looks like a death glare

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knightelf · 4 months ago

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i could turn jacob seed. i could make him forgo his brothers orders and see through him for what he was evennn if he was maybe right about montana getting nuked whateverrr like what everrrr okay

#hes genuinely such an interesting character when you give it 5 seconds of thought after the obvious hotness of him okay like i GET that #i DO wanna fuck him too i GET it but dude hes a disillusioned war vet on the brink of suicide when joseph finda him again and the ONLY #reason jacob didnt eat a bullet was because somebody gave him a purpose. and he followed it. not even blindly he had his doubts but it was #something to live for and someone to protect and who better than his own little brother #even bwfore the dlc came out i was like ok even if everything went according to plan you Cannot see jacob surviving that shit #he had a death wish he did naught want to live. he fully intended to die in the process you cant convince me otherwise #im saying so much nothing rn LOL idk i just have had nobody to talk to about this game and its been 6 years. so.#just. jouist fuckin. i like this character so much. i think he served his purpose for the game and i get why he had to die #but i do still wish there was more to explore with him ykwim #anyway im just annoyed bc i wanna read about him but all anybody ever writes abt is how good at sex he is with women and its like . yawn #HE DOEESNT EVEN STRIKE ME AS SOMEONE THAT WOULD EVEN CASUALLY FUCK IS THE THING LOL like you flirt with him and hes like what the fuck #are you doing. who the fuck do you think yourr TALKING TO #can anybody hear me???? does ANYONE get it

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sidesteppostinghours · 4 months ago

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6, 11, and 19- UHHHHHH any of them that vibes these questions! <:"Dc

afternoon lori!! thank you for the ask :D

6. Who will they take advice from, no matter what it is? Who won’t they take advice from, no matter what it is?

Caine-

taking advice: chen. without a doubt its chen. caine would question him or argue if they dont understand why hes giving the advice he does, but at the end of the day, he trusts that chen has his reasons, and that those reasons make sense.

refusing advice: hmmm,,, significantly harder to answer tbh. caine is pretty accepting of a lot of avenues of information. maybe hollow ground? so far hes been extremely suspicious of the kingpin, Especially after almost getting threaded. either that or regina, but would she even survive long enough to give them advice???? shes the only person so far they actually want revenge against.

Cyrus-

taking advice: anathema. too bad hes dead. nobody to stop cyrus now.

refusing advice: id say chen, purely for "fuck him, he wouldnt piss on me if i was burning" reasons. hed be way too suspicious of any 'advice' chen gives to act on it.

Cecilia-

taking advice: ceci doesnt exactly do advice. more like suggestions. most of them come from ortega, not because she particularly trusts him but because most of his suggestions tend to be fun. ofc she also turned down therapy so like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

refusing advice: daniel. for extremely petty reasons. even deciding to stay at his place was an idea she came up with, not him. danny has no Idea how much of a pain shes going to be now that theyre rooming together.

Cynthia-

taking advice: hollow ground. #justthreadedtingz😍🤪

refusing advice: the funny thing about cynthia is that she cares for the people shes close to, she just doesnt trust them, so this applies to a lot of people. definitely ortega because thats probably the messiest divorce i ever did see, but also dr mortum, because she doesnt think she would understand the situation shes in enough to give advice even if their relationship Doesnt completely fall apart when the puppet thing is revealed.

11. They’ve won the lottery. Spend, or save?

Caine- nothing really to spend it on. save, unless theres something he really wants to get his hands on.

Cyrus- could be useful in the future. save.

Cecilia- depends, does she still have her funds from thievery? if no, spend. if yes, pretend to spend it by showing off things she already owns to throw people off her track, then save it. or spend if theres something mundane she wants.

Cynthia- doesnt really like having big sums of money lying around. spend it on villain work.

19. Do they study before tests? Practice before job interviews?

Caine- i mean. does going into a rabbit hole of tangentially relevant information a week before count? not for job interviews though. they couldnt care enough about that.

Cyrus- duh. hes the person somebody would go to if they need notes or extra tutoring.

Cecilia- no, but if she cared about tests enough shed be a top student, and she usually manages to fly by on job interviews because shes pretty charming.

Cynthia- yes, but for school its because the subjects are interesting to her, while the job interview is for general "i want to get the job" reasons.

questions from here!

#pulp answers #ask game #once again i am obsessed with chen and caines dynamic with trust #but to elaborate a little more while sparing the rant #caine trusts chen enough to argue with him because they want to understand his perspective #theyd do a lot for him but he wants to know /why/ first- he doesnt want to act blindly for the sake of following orders #which is more than what i could say for some of their other relationships #if i had to say somebody alive for the “who would cyrus get advice from” question itd be dr mortum #hes smart+one of cyrus best friends+doesnt have any annoying moral hangups to get in the way of giving good advice #theres just a small little hangup of dr mortum getting extremely pissed at him for letting argentine get hurt but you know im sure its fine #OKAY BUT TO BE FAIR TO CYNTHIA #EVEN IF SHE WASNT THREADED #AS LONG AS SHE GOT THE PROTECTED STATUS SHED BE THE MOST WILLING TO LISTEN TO HOLLOW GROUND #potential big sibling???? who seems to care enough about her to protect her from their own mind???? who cynthia doesnt have to worry about-#-a big bad secret destroying their relationship over????? are you fucking kidding sign her up #hollow ground couldve had it All if they hadnt fucked it up first meeting by threading her #now its just a matter of time before that explodes in their face Again #something i find really interesting is that cynthia kinda. underestimates ortega and dr mortum? but not in terms of their abilities #more in what they would accept and understand. like she doesnt think they could ever really Get the things shes done yk?#which is why she keeps lying to them #all of my steps are already well-off to wealthy but still choose to live Like That (coughcainecough)#anyway! thank you again for the ask lori!#caine lynzal #cyrus becker #cecilia rider #cynthia garcia #sidestep #fhr

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badcountryofficial · 5 months ago

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Nothing nothing nothing nothing NOTHING in this world is permanent. The joy won't last, but neither will the sorrow!! The grief will come and go in waves, will you flow with it or fight it? Will you feel it and move with it or will you fight it until you collapse and drown. Nothing nothing nothing is permanent. Your life truly is yours to change.

#i used to feel so powerless 'i cant do anything abt this depression' but you can #it just takes work. real work #it isnt easy or enjoyable but its worth it #i woke up i got my ass in gear and i went back to the skills i learned in dbt #no more feeling powerless in my own story #im riding out self destructive urges and journaling #im reminding myself exactly what im worth and realizing it's more than i ever let myself believe #i am worth respect. i am worth effort. i am worth all the things ive wanted my whole life and never got #i am worth more than what has been given to me but i didnt see that so i blindly followed what felt better than nothing #idk. all the wisdom i have is pouring back stronger than ever.#i shut it off for 2 years because i was scared of it 'ruining a good thing' and that was both wrong and stupid of me #wrong for everyone involved #i feel guilt abt it and at the same time i cant change the past so i continue on and understand i wont make that mistake again #im vowing. from here on out i live in my body and i live for myself

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desiredcrescent · 10 months ago

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feeling nauseous and cant get on my puter to make a fully fleshed out post just yet but there's something to be said abt my bg3 characters and their relationship to home as a concept (Feeling loved, safe and secure) vs home as a place

#like idk i think its so prominent throughout the three of them its inch resting #they all have different views and such on this and it impacts ultimately how they all navigate the world #and their willingness to play along with the grander schemes at play #daeris blindly following with no concept of a home to own... his oath being his only security + that's already wavering (more on this later #Cress who is homesick so so bad they'll follow reckless choices to get a semblance of approval outside of their home.#They're learning that they can have multiple homes (one that travels with them in their friends they're having so much fun btw)#And Farryn who was driven out of his home. has nothing to return to after the game and spends the whole game lost.#even as far into act 3 as i am he's still uncertain as to what's to happen should they survive.#they dont really want this to end. what will happen to their home theyve found in companionship?? farryn doesnt want to be a hero anymore :#there's more to it than even these tags but yeah #and i'll make a post after ive finally made an introductory post to my guys <3 #Daeris (durge)#Cress (Tav)#Farryn (Tav)#my ocs make me so unwell

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portokali · 1 year ago

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will no longer be furious w rage not bc injustice is over but bc im tired. it eats one alive. i will be furious with joy instead

#i used to think i was fine feeding my rage n sticking to it bc its justified but actually i dont have a right to be angry #more than other ppl.. all anger feels justified when ur experiencing it but just bc it does doesnt mean you should blindly follow that #n never question it or try to be productive abt it..#nyway furious w joy is my new thing.. think yoshitomo nara girlies women scream singing the color yellow longboard dancing #joy as a form or resistance.. creativity as an expression of rage..#WAIT WHAT THAT WAS IN MY DRAFTS.. SOO TRUEE 2 YRS AGO ME SOO TRUE #i keep having revelations n then forgetting.. well actually i didnt forget i just forgot id worded this so well #good things to remember #talk.mp3

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sailforvalinor · 2 years ago

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Bad Batch Spoilers:

I didn’t think there would be any circumstances in which I would be totally on-board with a Crosshair redemption arc, but dangit Mr. Felony has done it again.

BUT I think it’s important to point out that this is only the beginning of a redemption arc—while he’s come to recognize the cruelty of the Empire and how it sees Clones as expendable and defunct, he is still going to have to deal with the consequences with his own actions, and contend with the fact that even if he was acting under orders, unlike the rest of the Clones, he had full autonomy. His status as a “cog in the machine” doesn’t excuse him from the evil he’s done, he bears that responsibility, and it’s going to be fascinating to watch him grapple with that over the rest of the season (granted, given that he’s able to, as the circumstances in which he finds himself at the end of the episode look very concerning. It’s Mt. Tantiss, and given Tantiss’s EU track record I am VERY worried.)

#the thing is I didn’t even care about crosshair that much as a character in season 1 other than as a foil for hunter #but I’ve loved his pov episodes this season #he’s still not a favorite of mine by any means but he’s getting more compelling by the day #it’s interesting that THIS was truly the moment where he realized that he was completely expendable to the empire #and furthermore that he CARES that he’s expendable #he thought he was okay with being a cog in the machine until this specific moment #it’s very interesting #I wonder if mayday reminded him a bit of hunter. hmmmm #but the important thing was that mayday showed him that blindly following orders would have tangible consequences #the bad batch spoilers #tbb #tbb spoilers #tbb crosshair

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denkies · 2 years ago

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The way Teruko talks is SOO chuuni. I hope she gets more development in the manga so I can like her, bc she's funny as hell

#''kekeke! you're lucky this time‚ my servants!'' get her ass back in middle school NOWWWW #she's the only hunting dog who hasn't defected at all and blindly follows Fukuchi. which is why i don't really like her #like i guess she had mercy when she let atsushi go‚ but i mean. tachihara and jouno DIED standing up to Fukuchi #and Tecchou stopped blindly following Fukuchi after Kenji promised to help him look for Jouno #(Tecchou being more loyal to Jouno than he is to the Hunting Dogs is very lgbt of them)#anyway. wish Teruko was more likable 💔#a.txt #bsd

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tenderlambkin · 3 months ago

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Ublock Origin

Youtube: SponsorBlock (skips ads within videos), DeArrow (replaces clickbait thumbnails & titles), Blocktube (block channels), Enhancer (Quality of Life features), Youtube-Shorts Block

Youtube Mobile: Youtube Vanced/Revanced Manager

Twitter: Minimal Theme extension

Tumblr: xKit/xKit Rewritten, Dashboard Unfucker, Stylus with "Old Tumblr Dashboard" userstyle

Spotify: xManager (desktop & mobile)

Firefox: High chance you'll love it and curse holding out for so long.

Linux: No whiney search box trying to Edge you, no ads in the start menu, no trending searches reminding you about celebrity gossip & politics.

i would move heaven and earth to avoid hearing one single advertisement

#I'm not going to blindly tell you to “switch to Linux” but you can easily test it out in a Virtual Machine within windows.#There are guides online that will hold your hand through the setup process. Linux Mint is not scary. You might love it.#If setting up a VM still feels like too much? Then yeah stick with Windows. That's understandable.#but if you're reading this far then you must have caught on to how your ability to fight back is tied to your tech literacy skills #If you're already following workaround guides to forcibly disable Windows features that piss you off or install modified apks...#then you're halfway there #we all pick our battles & hills to die on though (My deepest condolences if you require Adobe for work 🥲)#There is also Ublocks 'element picker' but you can cause more confusion than good if #you don't know what you're doing (You can always remove filters)#Or do what uBlock picker does by learning a tiny bit of CSS and you can make anything you want on a website go bye-bye #pssst! ''display: none'' & ''visibility: hidden'' CSS declarations #I originally listed all this in the tags and realized it was a mess. May as well keep the tags now though:#Linux #Firefox #uBlock Origin #SponsorBlock #Youtube-Shorts Block #DeArrow #Youtube Vanced #ReVanced Manager #Revanced #Minimal Theme for Twitter #Stylus #xkit #xkit rewritten #Dashboard Unfucker #xManager #I spent my morning free-time on this 😪

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communist-ojou-sama · 4 months ago

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People who talk about what population density is necessary to "justify" a rail system are wrong but they're wrong in the opposite way from how they think. Even in Japan which has more than twice the population density of China the rail system is not profitable. JR makes most of its profit by operating malls and collecting rent from vendors. If you blindly follow profit instead of considering the broader social benefits the result will always be putting your rail system into a death spiral of rationalization. Stop expecting public transport to turn a profit that's not what it exists for.

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enchantedephiphany · 16 days ago

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I've found being too attached to labels of any kind blinds you to the truth because you don't see the flaws of what you're connected to. So I'm claiming very few labels.

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