#most of these are irrational

[oswaldthatendswald]

do you ever think about how doflamingo never knew that law was in the treasure chest? do you ever think about how he never learned that roci's "i'm sorry i lied, i just didn't want you to hate me" WASN'T actually for him? do you think he ever thought about that, in the years afterwards? do you think it ever haunted him?

So, it's taken me a few days to answer this ask, and the reason for that is the same as my answer: every time I think about Doflamingo's reaction to Roci's apology, I get so emotional I have to lie down. Because, like--

You get your brother back. More than ten years, and you thought he was probably dead, but you get him back. He's the only blood relative you have left, and you're a Donquixote, so blood matters. Your brother is back and you fold him into your life, because you trust him. Of course you trust him: he's your brother.

Then suddenly, he leaves inexplicably to save a kid he's never even liked and whatever, okay, fine, but the problem is, the moment he leaves, the Navy stops being able to find you every time you dock. And he's your brother, but you're no fool. You can put two and two together. You shouldn't have trusted him. Then you get proof that he tried to pass on information about your plans to the Navy.

You have to kill him. He's your brother. He's a traitor. He has to die.

Even when you confront him, he's unrepentant. He stole your chance at immortality to save that kid. He's kept the kid from you. He says the kid is better off without you, that he'll be better than you, that you're monstrous. He's a Marine, he's a traitor, and he hates you.

Except in the middle of all of it-- he apologizes. Not for betraying you, but for lying about it. I just didn't want you to hate me, he says.

You kill him anyway.

But as you walk away, wouldn't you think about it? Wouldn't you wonder why he'd done it all, if he didn't want you to hate him?

Do you hate him?

You have to hate him. He was a traitor. You killed him, and if you don't hate him, then how can you live with killing him?

Wouldn't those words come back to you, in quiet moments? Every time you doubt yourself, wouldn't you think about the absurdity of it? It wouldn't make sense to you, that's the thing. A paradoxical apology in the middle of all that vitriol.

I'm sorry I lied. I just didn't want you to hate me.

You'd wonder, eventually, if your brother chose to live in the same lie he fed you. Maybe your brother imagined, between selling you out to the Navy and lying to your face, that he could really be part of your family. Maybe he lied to himself, too.

You're not the sort of person to doubt yourself. But maybe you'd wonder if you could have fixed it. Maybe you'd vaciliate between hating him, hating his lies, hating that you trusted him-- and wishing it hadn't come to this. If you'd held your fire, what could have happened?

You couldn't have, of course. He was a traitor. He had to die.

But before that, he was your brother.

Yeah, I think it'd be haunting. I don't think you'd ever get out from under that ghost of your own making.

[tomatorabbitsticker]

Why did you travel so many kilometers in your condition?? I hope he takes a moment to sit down and think about why. It’s illogical but that’s just what love is. His heart wanted him to keep living. Love was literally keeping him alive. Please I’m going insane with this. Send help.

[lemonyinks]

When will the MDZS fandom take phobias seriously. It is not just something you are slightly afraid of or something that freaks you out a little, phobias send you into full blown fight or flight mode.

They make you so fucking scared that your body could shut down, that you're sent spiraling and can't think straight or make rational choices. Sometimes it's so severe that it's a full blown anxiety disorder that can be constituted as a disability.

And you don't get to decide if someone's phobia is "stupid" or not just because its something you love. Just because you think dogs are cute, doesn't make someone else's extreme phobia of dogs invalid.

"But they're so sweet and fluffy" yeah to YOU. They're sweet and fluffy to YOU, not to someone who is deathly afraid of them, not to someone who had to fight off rapid dogs as a child just to survive and have something to eat.

It's not funny or fun to force someone into being around their phobia. It IS torture to tie them up and lock them in a room with the thing they are most afraid of.

[bl00dalchemist]

I dont like Sasusaku very much, they make zero to no sense for me. But i like when Sasuke is a big softy for Sakura (basically never tho)

I don't like it either, I would have prefered sakura to end up with naruto tbh

[hella1975]

getting a diagnosis for smthn is actually so crazy. 22 years old and looking back at my whole life like OHHHHHH. I GET IT NOW

[ace-and-the-rpg-horrors]

i was sort of wondering why exactly i've been sympathising with Eva so much, apart from, admittedly, bias- i did start considering that due to that, maybe i'd been internally exaggerating how Wolfgang & Co had been treating her. but i replayed some of Chapter 1, and honestly? now i'm of the opinion that Eva was justified to be afraid of Wolfgang, even if what she did in response was inexcusable.

because it wasn't just that Wolfgang told the others to be wary of Eva (and Damon) which caused them to feel othered. consciously or not, he literally attempted to control their movement on at least two occasions- when he attempted to stop them joining in on the exploration of the pharmacy, and then when he demanded to know where they were when they reached the dining hall last.

in his defence, i don't think Wolfgang was being malicious in doing so, i reckon he did genuinely believe he was protecting the others. but in doing so, for the two members of the group he disagreed with, he actively attempted to further restrict their freedom- in a situation where they're all already trapped!! i'm not surprised that Eva, with frustration, mentioned during the trial how much she'd been watched and suspected- multiple times, if i recall correctly. of course it got to her.

but that probably wasn't even the scariest part for her. it was probably just how easily Wolfgang had taken a leadership role within the group and how willing they were to listen to him without question. only Diana really spoke up against him on one occasion and got him to begrudgingly "allow" Eva and Damon to tag along. i mean, on that note, the fact that Wolfgang even casually commented that he wanted group decisions to be allowed by him, following the minor incident of Desmond taking initiative and checking the room locks, was extremely alarming!! like i mentioned, i don't want to villainise Wolfgang, but it does seem like he has the tendency to be rather controlling, whether or not he realises it. i would be willing to bet that the herd mentality implication was done completely on purpose, considering that Wolfgang's animal motif is a sheep and the writing team have done the symbolism in the game so well.

for all this, i can understand Eva's point of view. i know that, as Wenona had mentioned, there's a chance that Eva didn't actually feel threatened by Wolfgang, but i personally am willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. because if she was honest about being on edge, that would be a rather reasonable emotional response, in my opinion.

what else are you to feel when you're at odds with an honoured individual who effortlessly holds the power to turn so many others against you too and potentially put your safety at risk, if not terror?

[beanghostprincess]

people often treat zoro as this devoted dude who would blindly and without a doubt do anything for luffy. and don't get me wrong, he definitely is! but what people usually forget, too, is that zoro is the one that keeps luffy grounded and realistic. he's his first mate. he's the one to stop luffy from being irrational or if he does something not worthy of being the captain. he trusts luffy with his heart and soul, but whenever the guy is acting stupid, he tells him without hesitation and stops him.

i'm tired of people making it look like zoro is this big, stupid swordsman who would do anything luffy asked him to because he is not. he would follow luffy to hell and back, not because it's luffy, but because he trusts him consciously and willingly. he chooses to trust luffy. he isn't a brainless dude in love with his captain. he literally stops, thinks about what luffy says, and then proceeds to either agree with his idea or to stop him right away.

why? because that's his fucking job as a first mate.

captains can and will be stupid and irrational too. being the captain of a ship is not being the one to decide everything and it doesn't make you instantly the smartest. luffy is human. he can make mistakes and he can fuck up and that's why he needs somebody like zoro with him. luffy knows this. that's why he chose zoro. not because he was the first one to appear in front of him, but because from the moment they met, luffy instantly knew he would be the one to ground him and keep him in his place if he ever got carried away.

i'm also sick of people pretending zoro's love for luffy is this huge, poetic, religious thing (it is, though) and making it seem like luffy's devotion to zoro isn't the same fucking thing. this shit is not unrequited, folks, i don't care if you don't know how to read luffy's character but the guy trusts zoro just as much too.

TL;TR: these two are not as stupid as y'all make them seem. devotion goes both ways. if luffy does something wrong, zoro will stop him. and luffy loves him trusts him just as much.

[maxdibert]

Snaters are so annoying. One of them said this as a response to me saying that James sa'd him: that he did it with the spell Snape created – implying what? That it’s Snape’s karma? Next, they said that the "prank" was Snape’s fault 'cuz he followed them around and wanted to reveal Remus as a werewolf. Another thing – that Snape was only spying and repenting on Dumbledore’s orders and the fact he was forced by Dumbledore to do good, so it's not really his actions. That Snape had friends (Avery and Mulciber) just like Harry, so they had the same life at Hogwarts, and that his "rivalry" with James was similar to Harry’s and Draco's rivalry. Ughhh they’re so annoying, I need a break from them.

Thank you for your blog, you’re giving me hope there’s still common sense in this fandom.

They're just bullshit excuses to justify hating the character. You can dislike a character without resorting to victim-blaming, gaslighting, or minimizing everything they did—but they don’t know that. Their cognitive dissonance is too strong.

First of all, just because you own a candy shop doesn’t mean you’re responsible for kids getting cavities, just like inventing a spell doesn’t make you responsible for people using it against you. If it hadn’t been that spell, it would’ve been another. If James hadn’t used Levicorpus, he would’ve found something else to humiliate him in front of everyone and make his life miserable.

Second, Severus could have just told Dumbledore about Voldemort and the prophecy, walked away, and left them all to their fate. But he didn’t. He stayed, faced the consequences, and actively worked for the “good guys,” who not only failed to appreciate it but treated him like trash. The guy literally sacrificed his freedom and his life to help people who didn’t just take him for granted but outright despised him. Personally, I would’ve told them all to go to hell, so honestly, that seems pretty ethical to me.

And as for the whole "rivalry" thing—it’s a take from people who have no fucking clue how power dynamics work. A rivalry happens between people who are either on the same level or at least somewhat close. Severus and James were on completely different levels, with a massive power imbalance between them. For starters, James was a coward who never attacked alone, and on top of that, he had way more power than Snape in every possible way.

But whatever, they’re just going to keep spewing the same bullshit because they don’t actually have solid arguments, so they just repeat nonsense hoping that if they say it a thousand times, it’ll magically become true.

Spoiler: It won’t.

[dreamsy990]

some of the less nice thoughts about being aroace

extras below the cut

sketch

closeups on my favorite panels

bonus: adios

[paintedpeeta]

out of curiosity, just ahead of sotr being released, what is everyone’s biggest fear for the book…

[eachuisge-cc]

okay I guess someone did a huge recolor of the goat legs and I don’t have the energy to care and people seem really jazzed about it so I’m just gonna change my tou to allow recolors on non cat cc. go nuts

just like know that given the number of swatches there will probably be some overlap with future swatches/markings/etc I release (been working on some stuff with the fairy pack coming out) and if so it’s not intentional or a slight or anything

[crowleycorvid]

"Why didn't Misako leave Lloyd with Wu!" Think about Morro and get back to me. Think about the literal entire reason she left in the first place and get back to me

[softichill]

Some doodles I made while listening to the 9 hour fnaf lore video

[averlym]

litany of the martyrs (click for better resolution!)

[ironicallyelijah]

you know when someone criticizes your hyperfixation/special interest media and it feels like they're cursing the name of your dead grandfather and threatening to burn your house down and salt the earth. even if the critique is valid. especially if the critique is valid actually.

like no my hyperfixation is Perfect and Good and Flawless and even though in my own time i can tear it apart and discuss its flaws How Dare You Mention Anything Less Than Polite About It like i literally have the keys to superhell, dont test me.

[sidetrek]

wip from the next batch of irrational numbers