#my little rant

[ironyscleverer]

One aspect of Stolas and Octavias relationship that I think deserves a little more attention is the fact that Stolas is traumatized as Fuck, and growing up with a traumatized parent can have a pretty profound impact on you as a kid. Even if they’re a good parent, even if they try their hardest in every way, their issues always seem to have a way of making themselves known. So even though Stolas clearly loves Via to bits, and she him, I wouldn’t be surprised if her relationship with Stolas was more complicated than what we see onscreen, even beyond the “abandoned her for some random imp” of it all.

There’s not a lot of discussion of this in canon, understandably since most of Stolas and Octavia’s immediate issues stem from the divorce, but there’s a hint of it in Loo Loo Land, when Stolas talks about how much Via used to love seeing RoboFizz:

It’s pretty clear in this scene (at least to me) that Stolas is projecting his own love of clowns onto Via, who was in fact terrified by RoboFizz as a child. He goes so far as to misinterpret her tears as “tears of joy.”

That’s a pretty weird detail, and doesn’t really have anything to do with the Divorce, so there’s any number of ways to interpret it. At first, given Stolas’s character in season 1, it comes across as self-absorbed, but looking back, i could see how that self-absorption might be Stolas’s response to always ignoring his own needs and wants for the sake of others. Think about it—Stolas spent 17+ years believing he couldn’t make choices about his own life, and constantly sacrificing his freedom and well-being for others (his father, his wife, his daughter). He spent well over a decade being abused in order to give his daughter a normal, happy childhood. If he’s convinced himself his desires don’t matter, one way around that is to do things because “Octavia likes them.” So if he convinced himself Octavia liked clowns,,, you get the idea.

So anyway, in Sinsmas this side of Octavia’s childhood isn’t really the main issue, but I like to think she is starting to realize not only how weird and sad her dad always was, and how much that may have affected her upbringing. We see a tiny hint of this when she confronts Stolas about his pills:

Of course, Octavia doesn’t know the full story, but she knows enough to be upset. She knows that Stolas was unhappy enough to need the pills, and he stayed in that environment for her. Thats a lot to process at 17. It’s not a nice feeling to realize your childhood was an extension of your parent’s trauma. It’s also not fun to realize your parent chose to harm themself for you, even if they did it to protect you. It makes you feel used, like you’ve been made into an accessory to hurting someone you love. In my mind, Octavia is processing all of this, AND that her dad ran off with a random man.

All this is to say, by my wildly non-canonical interpretation, I really feel for both Stolas and Octavia in this situation. For Stolas, making his own choices and following his instincts for once was important for him to do. For Octavia, it’s reasonable for her to feel upset at her dad, perhaps for more reasons than she realizes. She’s looking back on her relationship with Stolas, and how he raised her, and reevaluating everything. Their relationship is changing, and I hope we get to see a bit of that reflected in season 3.

[redqueenriverjoy]

Do y'all just like ever think Farah Dowling is your mother and you're her long lost daughter and have magical powers and live in Alfea 🪄🧚🏻‍♀️

and Saul Silva is your dad because those idiots have definitely done it and are so obvious it's sick👩🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻

and it's actually you getting this hug from her because it's the safest place you can imagine being??

No?? Anyone?

Oh ok I'll go just fuck myself then shall I 😭😭

[certaineagledefendor]

Isn’t it ironic how things have shifted? From “he’s the most popular member of the group, the most handsome man in the world, the secret weapon, the one most loved by the general public,” to the excuses Taehyung’s fans are now making?

These same fans spent years accusing Jimin of being fraudulent, claiming his success was solely due to company support and external tools. Yet now, even with Taehyung receiving significant promotion, two music videos, physical CDs, covers, and more yet he still struggles to make a mark on the Hot 100, and they cry sabotage.

Let’s take a step back and entertain their claims for a moment. Suppose the company is sabotaging him, as they allege, and that explains his underperformance. But what about his massive fanbase? With over 60 million Instagram followers and 19 million Spotify followers more than any other BTS member..why has he never debuted with more than 4 million streams on any of his releases? If the company’s sabotage prevents his songs from reaching the general public, does it also stop them from reaching the millions of fans he already has?

For years, Taehyung’s fans have touted his perceived popularity, bragging about views, followers, and titles like “the most handsome man in the world.” Now, they’re acting as though he’s an obscure, struggling artist. Meanwhile, other members, like Jin, are outperforming him and yet, their excuse is still “sabotage.”

The truth is, Taehyung was never as popular for his music as they believed. He’s a pretty face, an Instagram model, and an influencer in the eyes of many fans. They don’t care about his music, and that’s why, despite all their claims of mistreatment, they won’t stream his songs. His performance is abysmal for someone with the popularity they claim he has. At this point, even HL is doing much better than he is.

All of this wouldn’t matter to me (cuz let’s be serious I couldn’t really care less about the man) if his fans could simply accept that their favorite isn’t as popular musically. Instead, they continue to disparage Jimin, accusing him of fraud and favoritism from the company, rather than spending their energy supporting Taehyung. They cannot handle the fact that the member they’ve belittled for years is now more successful than their so-called “final weapon.”

They cling to Remy Ma achievements, like “the biggest debut for a jazz song” or “the biggest debut for a Christmas song,” as if those validate their claims. The reality is that if other members like Jimin, Jungkook, Jin, or Suga ventured into those genres, Taehyung would still be overshadowed.

Perhaps it’s time to accept the truth: his fans are more invested in his looks than his music. No amount of pity or accusations of sabotage will even motivate them to stream his songs….yea that’s little they give a shit about his craft. At this rate, even if centuries pass, they’ll still be blaming everyone but themselves for his extremely underwhelming performance.

They were so excited when “White Christmas” was handled outside of Big Hit, claiming it would do better. Yet, it performed even worse than the previous release. Now it is crickets from them and they are once again trying to cry wolf. The more they come for Jimin the more their fave flops and they would soon get used to him having little or no achievements.

[multifamdomfan]

I have a Ryan Howard HC, what if his father was mentally abusive or at least yelled a lot during his childhood. I know that it sounds out of pocket but bear with me. Ryan gets terrified when people yell at him and he's immediately willing to say whatever the other person wants to hear to calm them down, he never mentions his dad but talks about his mom, and he's scared to get into committed relationships. I think that he's scared to commit to a full on relationship because he knows what a toxic environment looks like and he's scared to be a part of that again. I also think that his mom was his safe space, someone who loved him unconditionally and took care of him but he took after his father. He always put himself first.

[darkh3artss]

I ate so much today, I literally hate myself sm..

I can’t stop eating help

[verosvault]

I think something that's SO INSANE and honestly explains why I love Dimension20 so much and how it's so different than any other show I've ever seen is that...

Dimension20 manages to CAPTURE GENUINE JOY ON CAMERA!!! It's NOT fake! It's NOT scripted! It's not a joy that has been rehearsed and re-shot multiple times!! It is ACTUAL, TRUE, GENUINE JOY!!!

Something that normal TV shows just CAN'T provide for me??? I'm not saying scripted shows are BAD! That's not at ALL what I'm saying! A majority of them are really good!

But watching Dimension20 and seeing GENUINE expression on the faces of these people! And knowing that everyone there is having a GREAT time and just ENJOYING themselves doing what they're doing! It's- It's a feeling that I can't really wrap my mind/head around and explain to people???

I feel thee MOST happy when I get to watch TRUE moments of happiness and joy that happen with the people that decide to sit at this big table, under this big dome, and have just- the time of their Life!

And even though most of D20 is pre-recorded, I'll feel like I'm at the table with them because I'm expressing genuine feelings along with everyone else! 😆😆

[sc3n3-b1tch]

Hey baby’s! To any and all orokabu artists that I follow and correspond with if you ever have any issue with any orokabu art that i post please private message me instead of ranting and raving like a rude lunatic on the picture it’s just bad taste🩷 

[frozenfrogz]

I honestly can’t believe people still ship midleven and here is my biggest reasons why. Why would the duffers make a gay character, in love with his best friend, in the 80s, build it up for 4 now going to be 5 seasons, just to make him alone and sad in the end and make the toxic straight couple endgame? It just doesn’t make sense to me. Also, why wouldn’t they just tell people that byler isn’t endgame so they don’t get their hopes up? If they don’t plan on making byler endgame, why not tell the people that and tell Noah to stop saying stuff about it so people don’t think it is? I don’t even need to use examples from the show to have good solid evidence on why byler is going to be endgame.

[neoninglitchen]

Um chat what does it mean when something/me or someone touches me and then I have to recreate that feeling on my other side

So more explanation it’s basically like say someone bumps my shoulder I have to then try make that feeling on my other shoulder, like with my hand or a wall. It’s also as well when i’m typing and then i have to even out my typing with the other side or otherwise i can’t type and i feel uncomfortable. It also like when i try recreate a feeling on the other side and i might accidentally touch another part of my body i have to do the same to the other side.

It gets really annoying when i try to get comfy because i keep having to recreate the touch when i or my objects touch me.

I find that different things and people have very different touches so it can be harder to fix the feeling.

Dont know if this would be related but i HAVE to do everything by 2 times tables. I will take two chips at a time instead of one. Doing two squirts of soap instead of one. Always 2,4 or 6 ice cubs in a glass. Tv sound always has to be in the two times table otherwise i just cant do it. When i start a video i will quickly start it again so i will basically watch it twice. Have to skip forward or backwards by 20 seconds instead of 10.

[fictionalmenjusthitdifferent]

I've seen a bunch of edits, where it's like-

Girls: I want to die in my sleep, go out peacefully.

Men: *insert an epic movie moment, last stand, go down fighting*

And I don't know, I'm sure it's not meant to be sexist, but I don't want to just die of old age. I want to go out in glory, swords drawn, fighting for what I believe in, I want my death to matter.

I want my 'for the republic' moment, my 'for frodo' moment, ya hear me ladies?

[mooseung]

my flag is oh seungmin!! the man who cant show enough just how much his family and friends mean to him and remains thankful and humble.. the man whose heart opens up to anyone and shows his soft and gentle side when handling children, the obvious twinkle in his eyes showing just how careful and loving he is towards people in general. he trusts his fans enough to show us a RIB TAT. that has a BEAUTIFUL SPECIAL MEANINGFUL to him (HE LOVES HIS FAMILY). i can’t believe he needs to continue setting his boundaries gently bc some ppl just want more and more it makes me so angry!!!!!! . ur too good for this world oh seungmin i will put my life savings to buy u a paradise for u to relax in with ur loved ones. oh seungmin!!!!!! RAAAAH 🦅

[bitchforfandoms]

I am 24 and feel kinda lost

I just recently moved to a new city a few months ago and I thought I knew what I was doing, but I feel like I’m heading towards nothing. I moved here to be closer to people I care about and advance in what I thought I wanted as a career, but now everyone wants to move away and I am wondering why I even chose the career path I am doing now. I am an assistant manager which has been a pretty big next step in my goals and I have really learned a lot. I just feel like this isn’t what I want for the rest of however long I have to work. I don’t have a degree. I tried going back to college several times, but my mental illness that goes unmedicated makes doing school and to be quite frank anything that calls for brain cells tiring and very difficult. I feel like I can’t be good enough at my job and always feel like my working hard is everyone else slacking. I try to overcompensate by pushing myself further and further, but it just gives me burnout and I feel like a failure. I am an artist, but it doesn’t feel like there is anything out there for me. I am constantly having to face the fact that I am not really where I belong in life right now. That I need to go out and find the thing. I just don’t know where to go or look. I can’t even say I know what I want to do when I’m older. I feel like often times I have blown my chances and now I am on the bottom of whatever human food chain the world has me on. I don’t know what I want with my life. I wish I could just sit in the woods for the rest of my days. I kinda just wish I didn’t have to work and instead could make art and tend to a garden. Instead I work nearly everyday.

[letmetellyouaboutmyfeels]

I am incredibly serious right now when I beg you all, please, and if you have Twitter or Tiktok or whatever to please spread the word: click on an author's profile on Ao3.

You want to know if an author has written more? Want to know if they're still writing? Want to see more from them? Want to know if they've written a trope or kink or sex scenario you enjoy?

Click on their name. And look at their profile.

I cannot tell you how many times in the last six months someone has read a new or newer fic of mine and said they (a new reader who has read nothing else I've done) "can't wait to see what you do next!" I've written 50+ fics and over a million words already.

"I don't know if you're still writing..." click on my profile. I am. I literally wrote a 128k+ fic for that ship last month.

"Would you ever do X?" "Please do Y!" I already did. Click on my name and look at my works.

Archive of our Own is a library. It's an archive. Not social media. It is your responsibility to fight back against the laziness that corporate algorithms have trained into you.

Click my author name. Just click it. Just click it.

Before you demand more, or ask if a writer will do XYZ, or wonder if the author still writing, or anything - click on their profile. Click on the author's profile.

I'm not trying to be mean or condescending or anything like that. I'm just exhausted. It's disheartening and frustrating to repeat myself ad nauseam, because someone couldn't take thirty seconds to do the tiniest bit of work to see if I've written lately, if I've written more for their ship, or scan my works to see if I've written what they're asking for. Please. Please. I'm begging.

Click the author's name, and explore before you ask.

[bamsara]

I think that one thing people fail to understand is that unsolicited literary criticism coming from an online stranger who is reading with no knowledge of what the authors intended goal is, is not going to be received the same as say: the authors beta reader or friends who know what the authors intended goal and has the sufficient knowledge and input to help the author reach that desired outcome.

"But I'm only trying to be helpful" How do I know you have the knowledge and literary skill for you to be able to actaully do that when we don't know each other and you are essentially a stranger to me? Are you applying this criticism based out of personal biased experience and desire to see the story or characterization be driven in another direction or tweaked, or do you know the author's intentions for the character? If the story is incomplete, are you basing your criticism of a character on the incomplete narration with only partial information available of them or are you building up a report until the story's completion? Did the author provide you with the information needed to make a fully informed criticism?

Have you discussed with the author what their plans are or are you assuming them based off the narration, especially if the narration is proven or implied to be unreliable or missing key points of the plot? Are you unbiased enough to help them reach their desired outcome for the characters and story regardless of your personal feelings towards the characters/antagonists and setting? Can you handle being told your specific input isn't wanted because you're a reader and/or have no written anything relating to their genre or topic? Do you understand and respect that the author's personal experiences might influence their writing and make it different than how you would have done it personally? Do you understand if an author only wants input from a specific demographic relating to their story?

If it's for fanfiction or other hobby media, are you holding a free hobby to a professional standard? Are you trying to give criticism because you feel like the author has produced 'subpar job performance' of their fic? Are you viewing their work as a personal intimate outlet or something that must conform with mass media? Are you applying rules and guidelines when the fic is shared for simple sharing sake? Is your criticism worded appropriately and focused on the parts where the author has requested input on rather than a general dismissal and or disapproval?

Have you put yourself in a place where you assumed you have the input needed for the story to evolve better, or have you asked what the author needs and what they're having trouble with? Can you handle having your criticism rejected if the author decides their story doesn't need the change and not take it as a personal offense against your character? Are you crossing that boundary because you think you are doing the author a favor? Are you trying to be helpful, or do you just want to be?

I think sometimes when people hear authors go 'please don't give me unsolicited writing advice or criticism' they automatically chalk it up to 'this author doesn't want ANY constructive feedback on their stuff at all' and not "i already have trusted individuals who will help me with my writing goals and- hey i don't know you like that, please stop acting so overly familiar with me'

[linterteatime]

Slugcat distribution system gave them an explosive rabid raccoon and a overpowered sewer rat ❤️

[pastabaguette]

look guys i don’t like to argue but i hate it when people portray equius and nepeta like this:

i mean, they’re both just thirteen, come on.

equius is not her parental figure, and nepeta isn’t a fussy baby that can’t eat her fruits and veggies! equius isn’t some malicious evil guy, he’s just a stupid little teenager. that goes for eridan too (and i guess like, all of the trolls, but especially those two). nepeta’s not some innocent little baby. she’s the same age as all her friends. she kills huge wild beasts on the regular for consumption.

a lot of dubs i’ve seen, too, make nepeta sound like a toddler, and equius like a whole grown adult man, and i don’t really like it because neither of them are those things. (granted, i don’t watch too many dubs, so maybe i am wrong on this)