#negativity sorta idk

[stars-obsession-pit]

Decimation

Some members of one of the GIW’s top-secret research facilities have made an earth-shattering discovery.

They’ve found a way to make half-ghosts.

The failure rate is high. For every subject they successfully convert, many more are left burnt-out corpses—or worse, as rabid undead that must be put down with force.

It didn’t matter. The test subjects were cheap, worthless. Their countless deaths were an acceptable sacrifice in the name of progress.

Their operative’ deaths when they begin the full plan… those will matter more. Their warped agents may be more dangerous than normal humans in combat, but legions of foot soldiers still have their place. It would be foolish to leave themself solely in the hands of ectoplasmic entities, even if they’re allies and still partially human. Recruiting and training enough replacements to recover the losses would take time.

But it will all be worth it.

Finally, they will have control of a strong enough army to bring their goals to fruition. Those inhuman wraiths will be eradicated, ensuring the safety of the real, living humans and opening up a whole new dimension of untapped resources.

[squidkid15]

I feel like most of the hate for the movie boils down to one of two things (and sometimes both!)

1. They wanted SA2 the movie instead of sonic movie 3

2. For some reason thinking the trailer was going to or has spoiled the entire movie??? And there will be absolutely no twists or surprises??

Like if you're in camp 1 that's fair and valid to be disappointed. I'm sorry the movie wasn't what you wanted it to be. But...did you really EXPECT it to be? The first 2 movies didn't follow the games and established a completely different world and timeline. Why would the 3rd movie be any different? Fundamental parts of SA2 rest on things that could never happen in the movie based on the canon established. The master Emerald would have a tough time being stolen and then broken. The eclipse canon can't run on chaos emeralds, they've been inside the Master Emerald and hidden for certainly longer than 50+ years when the ark would have been built. The movie was going to be an adaptation of SA2 (and apparently morphed with parts of Shadow's game too) not a recreation. And that's always what it was going to be.

I'm sorry you wanted an orange and got an apple. I really am. But why are you mad at the apple for not tasting like an orange. Like it was always gonna taste like an apple. It's an apple.

And camp 2 is like...either a fundamental or maliciously intentional misunderstanding of how trailers work. It's a TRAILER. It's 3 minutes out of a 90-ish minute movie, stitched together to make you intrigued without spoiling the plot.

There's gonna be surprises in the movie! Sonic is working for GUN in the trailer, bummer, but we have 87 other minutes for him to go "Hey wait that's bad" and stop working with them. Amy and Rouge aren't in the trailer, that sucks. But there's 87 other minutes for them to show up! To be a surprise! Super Sonic wasn't in the trailer for movie 2! Gerald's alive? No the horror! Or is he? We don't know! Could be a trick or a twist!

Cuz that's what movies HAVE.

Twists! Surprises! Cool shit to make people go "YOOOOO!"

Trailers? Good ones DON'T spoil the entire plot of the movie. And assuming you know the entire movie based off 3 minutes is - again - either a fundamental or malicious misunderstanding.

Anyways just let people be excited. If you're not, that's fair and fine. You have every right not to be. But like. Idk. Don't shit on people for it??? Maybe??? Is that too much to ask???

[mazzystar24]

tommy asked him how he was because it was clear buck wasn't okay with the bobby situation, not because of anything tommy said. it was literally right there in front of your face, tommy comments on how their in the hospital all the time, and buck responds not like his usual self. then tommy asked if he was okay and buck started to open up a little more. by the end of the scene tommy had visibly cheered buck up a little bit more, you can clearly see buck smiling in the last frame of that scene. seeing bob takes on this show is literally the most annoying thing in the world. you take everything in bad faith and just like. rewrite scenes. thats literally Not What Happened idk how else people can explain this to you

(Yes i told y’all this will be my official response to any aggressive asks because I choose humour over getting angry🤩)

Also gonna link this post that put it in the best way: https://www.tumblr.com/mazzystar24/751985515647123456

Also before hopping on to my inbox legit spend two seconds seeing the PLETHORA of posts I made where I explain my view of this mini debate a little more because I do look at multiple interpretations so no I’m not just going in with bad faith

[seaworthit]

👀

Greyjoy designs and wips

[rexscanonwife]

Welp, no art today I should have known. Opening shifts at work got me feeling like

[realmythsmoved]

I'm feeling blah again. Miiiight drop some drafts, might not. I'll see how things go.

I want to get to drafts, but I was recently (seemingly, unless it's a Tumblr glitch) blocked by a mutual I really wanted to interact with. At least on one of their blogs. (If you're seeing this, hi. I really want to RP with you, I just need to get my drafts under control. )

That and I haven't been online in a while. I've had my reasons, been busy with other things. But I just wonder...do people still want to interact? I definitely do want to RP with people. I want to write. Except I'm still feeling blah. Idk why really.

I think because I feel....sorta....easily replaceable in the RPC. Like if people don't want to write with me, that's fine. I would never force anyone to write with me. And obviously I appreciate anyone who does write with me or wants to in the future. But it's hard to erase the fact that I feel like people will just write with me for a while, and then move on. And that's fine. Like genuinely I don't want anyone to feel forced to write with me or follow me or whatever. But I do miss when the RPC was more welcoming and understanding and soft/hard blocking wasn't really a thing. Like...obviously no one has to follow me or let me follow them or whatever, but geez. What happened to unfollowing? What happened to communication, too?

Like if I've ever done something harmful or hurtful or just...anything that makes someone feel uncomfortable writing with me, I definitely want to know. But I do feel like people in the RPC now refuse to let people know, and just block. Which is fine, I guess. Except I feel like it's always me. Like I keep losing mutuals. And I don't want anyone to feel like they /have/ to write with me or follow me or whatever. Again. I really don't. However, I would at least like to know what I've done to be blocked or whatever. Obviously no one has to tell me. But....how can I improve and do better in the future if I don't know what I'm doing wrong?

I know I'm probably taking this whole situation too personally. And yeah, I probably am. I do that. I take things personally. But I also feel like the RPC has changed so much. And not in ways that I like. Idk what to do about it except to block people in return but I don't really want to do that. I want to write! I want to interact! I want to have fun. Whatever happened to that? To fun.

I know everyone has the right to curate their space, and I would never want to take that from them. However, if things like this keep happening idk. I feel like I'll end up leaving the RPC. And I don't really want to. But I do feel unwanted, and IDK how to get that feeling to go away. So if anyone's read this far, thank you. And if anyone who's read all this has some tips on what to do, let me know. Please. <3

[infiniteorangethethird]

Do you know what is something that really, really fucking hurts as a MaDDer?

My longest standing/main paracosm is reaching its 10th anniversary today. I've been mentally preparing myself for this for a while now, choosing to celebrate by building up for one of the biggest climaxes in the story of said paracosm. Both these internal events, and the fact that it's been 10 (ten!!!) years, they mean a lot to me.

And there is absolutely no one I can share this excitement with.

I have no idea how to properly convey just how important all of this is to me. These people I've created in my head, who have been with me for years, whose internal struggles and emotions I'm more familiar with than my own. These stories, these worlds, that are so indescribably large it takes near a minute for the doc containing said description to just load. And all the emotions they spark, good or bad, so vivid that sometimes they feel more real than my emotions towards the real world.

To most people, daydreams are just "random ideas to toy around with for a few minutes to ease boredom", I suppose. Some people don't even daydream. To most people, the idea that your daydreams can be a part of a consistent, coherent internal world, one that holds significance to you - it is unimaginable. Foolish.

And even if they did try to understand, how the hell could I even convey the impact of what is happening internally? How could I just go "oh hey one of my oldest paras just killed one of the most powerful gods for the first time since existence began" in a way that it makes sense? How could I let them know just how deeply all of this affects me, how could I share these grandiose emotions I'm feeling?

I dunno. I guess I just really wish there was someone out there who understood - not just related, but with whom I could share, whose reaction would be more than just "oh that's cool I suppose"

[merrilark]

Humm.

[osamid]

an interesting (unpopular? i think?) soukoku opinion i have is i don't think dazai was oblivious to his feelings towards chuuya, like ever. i understand WHY people interpret dazai as having trouble identifying and reckoning with his emotions; i'm not knocking it! there's plenty of evidence to suggest that and also i think it fits with his actions. HOWEVER. for me dazai is the most fun when he's deliberately suppressing and neglecting his own feelings. dazai realizes at the tender age of like 15 that he's at least infatuated with chuuya, and his first instinct is "well how do i compartmentalize that. how do i make sure this doesn't interfere with my plans and our job at the mafia." and then he compromises with his emotions by keeping chuuya close but not allowing himself to seem too affectionate or "trick" chuuya into liking him back. i think this version of dazai is most compelling to me because then the struggle isn't "get blockhead dazai to realize he's in/can love" its "get blockhead dazai to realize he's allowed to indulge in love" which is much more fun, especially when you have seven (or even more, i don't think this mindset would be limited to chuuya) years worth of distancing himself from his own emotions to contend with.

[daz4i]

i mostly get why ppl say it but every time i see ppl demonize those who fetishize certain bodies and such - specifically ones i have. ofc - i'm like "i dunno i'd kinda like being fetishized. who am i to say no" yknow? 🧐

[duckiehattt3]

The way Leo and Sunny haters on twitter start making up shit to try and justify their hate genuinely makes me upset

[koicrimes]

this is literally so weird and random but like I had this dream that this big Twitter account for some fandom news publication (likely only real in my dreams) wrote an article about and linked to my judgment fic called voyuer (actual fic i did write) and they were praising it and recommending it to their audience.

so the fic blew up outta nowhere and since I didn't use Twitter I didn't know that had happened and was just scratching my head over where all those people came from, right? then after a friend sent me the link to the post and I damn near lost my mind. I was sooo happy bc like ??? WHAT?? and I read the comments on the post and there were sooooo many people speaking well of it and just generally hyping it up and I was honestly on cloud 9.

then AGAIN OUTTA NO FUCKING WHERE, some person who clearly never read the story commented something like "why are we praising a disgusting freak who wrote rape fic?" and like...

this, never-- it was just so very clear that this person didn't even read a SENTENCE of that fic and just wrongly made assumptions based off the comments they saw on the post that ???? somehow??? gave them that impression??? or maybe they were just trying to stir the pot? idk.

anyway, it blew up ever further and suddenly everyone was trying to cancel me and were just full on making up things that were never in the fic as reasons why I 'shouldn't have a platform' ?!??! and omg i woke up in a cold sweat

LMAOOOOOO WTF WAS THAT FOR?!?!?

[rainbowchaox]

if it helps, i don't think cc!phil would give his character any ending unless he decides to leave the server. which, idk, I think he might be sticking around for a while. and whenever cc!Phil has agency on his characters' fate, he usually balances out the angst with some type of happiness (or whatever the opposite of angst is lol). so I don't think his fate is sealed anytime soon.

(though I totally understand the angst is a lot lol, enjoy your break, your mental health is so important!)

That’s the thing I’m certain of. Even if this arc gets a happy ending. Phil gonna have another conflict. Another angst ridden story. Phil will never let himself have a happy storyline. Phil prefers angst so that what his story will be. I sorta accepted that? He won’t leave the server any time soon but eh he has a genre he loves. And that is angst and that is pain. Sorta just stopped giving a care about his lore rn. Because he wants his cubito to be sad and alone. When it does happen it holds no emotional weight to me. Because yeah Phil wants this.

[arabella-strange]

caveat: I do think the s3 of the show was great in many parts and I am loath to put negativity into the universe when we could be celebrating how beautiful the animation was, the sound design, so much of the hard work of so many people

That said: I think what made the s3 Keyleth arc so frustrating was that the narrative kept undermining the message. At first, she was the one who didn't trust Raishan because liars and murderers are not ideal allies—some of the party agrees, but they go with pragmatism. It's useful to have someone on the inside and we can't have perfection if we're going to win.

Then it's: Keyleth isn't being listened to, but at least Vax does the respectful thing to say that he trusts her instincts even if they can't follow their better angels right now. Keyleth compromises—hooray, pragmatism. (We even do this back-and-forth twice: Once at the start of the season, then again around the selling-out of Whitestone. Keyleth immediately mistrusts Raishan, but she's wrong about that—and if they had let themselves consider it was really Ripley, they might have stopped it [or whatever]. So then they decide to be pragmatists again.)

Except then: Nope, Keyleth was right, she shouldn't have compromised, she wasn't listened to, her friends dismissed her, and she was right [except for those times she wasn't] and she needs to go it alone. She needs to trust herself independently and refuse to back down. Hooray, we have down a boardroom victory at the Ashari Council.

Except...: Wait, just kidding, Keyleth needs to learn to listen and trust, and go back to Vox Machina, and thank them for empowering her to trust herself. And now they can reunite as a team more sure of themselves and thus more able to communicate and trust each other to take risks as a party.

^^ Which in itself is not a bad message! But the whole doesn't really click with this final point. And so by the end, it was hard to feel like there was really wisdom gained or understanding reached by any of the characters individually or about each other, because the back-and-forth just... made it so inconsistent about what choices we are supposed to see as right or fair, and which as incorrect or naive.

[lifenconcepts]

Y’all idfk if I’m current experiencing wing shifts or if my back just decided to hurt a tiny bit but there are litteral two spots where my wings should be and those exact spots feel heavy and oddly uncomfortable. Actually as if I’m carrying the weight of two large bat wings (despite not baring those in any of my past lives I don’t think nor any of my kins)

[yuridovewing]

current connundrum over "are ivy and dove both biologically hollywillow babies or is it only dove?" is idk how to explain why dovewing would get a power and not ivypool if the tunnel spirits like to give powers to all of the halfclan cats