#no one is allowed to judge me on this

[zombie-bait]

I mean..... fighting in the car...... do I even have to say it?

[egberts]

louis 9 weeks old vs 12 weeks old with the ball tower

[sundew199]

‼️BEAT THE PUSSY UP CALL PETA‼️

[cahootings]

bye

[daily-hanamura]

[gravityfallsrenaissance]

I rewatched Gravity Falls with my sister and holy crap being an adult and watching everything Stan goes through is insane.

I’ve been working through some stuff in therapy and like, this man has made some mistakes but definitely did not deserve what the narrative did to him.

Screws up his brothers machine on accident? Homeless at 17 and doesn’t speak to his twin for 10 years. Sees his brother again when they’re both at the end of their respective ropes and in their worst places mentally? Gets in a fight that lands his brother trapped for 30 years while he takes his death and tries to open the technical monstrosity his brother built when this man hasn’t even finished high school. Gets his brother back after 30 years? Doesn’t get a scrap of acknowledgement and is told to move out and leave him alone. Has spent 40 years trying to fix and atone for his mistakes? Not even a thank you and gets emotional about it such that the spell against Bill doesn’t work.

What’s left? Oh I don’t know, how about losing all of your memories and sense of self, letting the narrative boil you down to nothing more than a mistake and the only way you’re capable of rectifying it is by ceasing to be yourself, as literally as possible.

Like, I’m sorry, but if Ford really was so unreceptive to actually talking/working through things, I think Stan had more than atoned for his mistakes. I don’t think he was a fuck up or that his takeaway from everything should be that he wasn’t worth it. That his sacrifice was what he owed the world for everything he did.

Because he didn’t do any of it alone.

And boo fucking hoo that Ford had to shoot his brother. If their places had been reversed I doubt Stan could have done the same.

I’m sorry, you trusted an inter dimensional demon, kept secrets because you were too prideful to ask for help or admit to your failings, and again too prideful to say thank you to your younger brother who spent 3 decades doing everything he could to get you back? Stop throwing such a tantrum and get off your high horse.

Sure Stan made mistakes, but Ford never seemed to learn from his.

Rewatching it I was actually angry at the ending, at the idea that when Stan is facing Bill he’s not even upset at the hand he’s been dealt. At the unfairness of it.

Because it was unfair.

And if I had a single gripe with the series at all I would wish for maybe one extra episode after Stan losing his memories and before getting them back. Just one single episode of Ford admitting how he hurt his brother, the role he played in the apocalypse, just 20 minutes of him coming to terms with his own flaws.

Because we as the audience know Ford isn’t perfect, but I need him to acknowledge that too.

There is so much fanfiction where Stan’s life is horribly lonely or traumatic in ways the show can’t cover or makes light of and I get it but also it’s clear other people relate to Stan feeling like all he’s done is make mistakes and that he deserves what he’s gone through and that is so NOT the case.

And I wish the official narrative would acknowledge that too.

[ganondoodle]

okay, bc i have seen this argument alot now (and it also seems to be the view point of aonuma himself..) is that "zelda cant do everything link does bc whats the point then"

and i take personal offense on that bc its a stupid argument (in. my. very. personal. opinion.- not judging people for liking it. its a ME thing)

whats the point? its that its her. its still a different character, different in story, background, personality, but i WANT to play zelda and she can do everything link does, why does she have to be so restricted and be bend over backwards to find some new way to make her 'useful' when link gets to do basically everything no questions asked (the only thing thats hers is like .. sealing power and sacrificial maiden, which i find a little underwhelming to say the least), if theres no point to it why are there always modders that model swap link with someone else, and in that case it has even less impact bc its an artificial model swap with no changes to the story (which can and should still be different when its the vanilla game with a different protagonist... its still a different character), clearly theres joy in just the model being a different one- and that isnt even to mention the story possibilities, since, again, its stil a different character

if we ever (never ... i know who we are talking about here) get to play as ganondorf i want to him to be just as versatile and active as link is, if we got a point and click adventure game for him instead bc 'whats the point' id be disappointed too- you can find any sort of excuse/explanation for zelda to be singled out but the fact remains it tracks with how female characters are often treated, and that hits a very sore spot for me

i guess i am unfortunately one of those annoying people that want to see female characters be treated exactly the same as male characters, possibly bc i am myself afab but identify as agender and have a deeply personal dislike for anything 'traditional' feminine bc i cannot and never will be able to truly live as myself in real life, it influences all of my work, my work is as just as much as my opinion on this, very personal

and in line with my point about modding, i see theres joy in just beign able to play as her even if its like this, i get that, i also get it for the creative aspect (though that mechanic worries me even more for the future bc it really seems to be the path now that -freedom = good, linear anything = bad-) it is a different idea and its not like i cant see that value- im not trying be "right" either, just bc i have that opinion doesnt mean i need everyone to agree, its a very personal thing, if you like it good for you! not for me though, and i think both of that is equally valid

i just personally wish she was allowed to be just like link, fight just like him but be different bc its still her and not him in the end- to be physically/playstyle like jsut like him, but you know ... as her, i dont think shed stop being zelda if she could wield a sword just like him

i dont really know how to get my point/feelings across, i dont want to step too much into personal stuff nor spam people with something that ultimately doesnt interest me alot, im just saddened by it really

(EDIT: bc i forgot to add this on here again; this isnt as much of a problem as it might sound like here, just the main topic i wanted to talk about; why im so uninterested in it is MAINLY bc i dont trust them to write anything interesting/care about lore anymore after totk, im always on the more pessimistic side that thinks its most likely worse than id hope and i know even the past games arent perfect or super interestingly written, but now its much more just a general distrust, together with everything like the price ... im just much less hopeful and cant get excited until i see more of it, like im waiting for the game to get out and reveal that its just as much of a mess and money i regret spending- kind of fear)

[lottieurl]

sarah waters, fingersmith

[roykiller07]

when i was little i had above average reading and writing comprehension + i was creative so all the adults around me constantly expressed how much they believed i would become an amazing prestigious author as an adult. little do they know im now an unemployed highschool dropout writing doomed gayass transformers fanfiction on my notes app in a decrepit hole in the ground and i really AM the most ultimate writer on the planet

[chaoticstabby]

Killjoys 4.04 "What to Expect When You're Expecting... An Alien Parasite"

[artificialflav]

Maybe I'm getting a bit too lost in the sauce....but taking all my literary analysis on Phantom Blood and putting it in a Christian lens is so fucking funny.

LIKE JONATHAN JOESTAR IS LITERALLY A JESUS-ESQUE CHARACTER!! Which is even funnier to think about when you add the 1800s British classism to that.

Jonathan is jesus, and he's jesus because he's rich. (this is an over simplification of my thoughts on phantom blood but please someone see what I mean here!!!!)

[laufire]

batman: gotham knights #2

why does nobody get him 😭

like. I think it's not out of the realm of possibility to assume anyone talking about jason todd in their writing and getting paid for it would've AT LEAST read aditf. and yet. fucking yet...

[no1ryomafan]

i was thinking about besides devo getting a anime the most controversial getter anime they could make is a remake of Armageddon cause despite the fact it could absolutely fix the issues the show has it be one of those things that wouldn’t be necessary and people would be sick of more arma content.

But then I thought about “okay but then they could make Kei actually trans if they had the fucking balls” and I know this would NEVER happen but that would make people seethe more then arms being remade and I found that so funny. (And yes this is very much related to my last post)

[mxtxfanatic]

Helloooo! Hope you're having a great day. I wanted to delve into MDZS novel's different translations. So could you please recommend some which are closest to the original? They could be fan translations too.

Hello! Hm, I don't think this is the right question about translation, or at least not the right approach. Translation work is about being as close to the writer's intent as possible, because you're never gonna get an exact 1:1 transferrance of information between languages that makes sense in both languages (or else why need a translation? that's just the same language if they're that close!) So are you looking for a translation that prioritizes creative and storytelling intent or tries to stick as closely to the language as possible without localizing? I'm not sure if any translation does the latter, but the would be fanyiyi's translation for what I've heard. I also do not understand the original language, so I can't make a case for what is closer to mxtx's words in Mandarin. I can only say what i prefer.

[ex0rin]

You don't sound like a Fed.

You don't really look like one, either.

Jack Quaid | Woman in Red

Meant to appear harmless but to catch trainees' attention. She makes eye contact with the subject and smiles flirtatiously upon crossing paths. the matrix (1999)

[aparticularbandit]

....

Okay now I want to go through Tsumugi's discussions of cosplay because she's clearly talking about THIS.

The comment about always making cosplay costumes for people who don't actually appreciate the character but want to make it all about them. How she's always made costumes for people but she's not going to do it for those kinds of people anymore but only for people who sincerely love and want to be the character. How - after a long time - she's started wearing her own costumes because she loves those characters so much - especially so much more than those people.

Tsumugi. Tsumugi you're talking about writing for Danganronpa. Tsumugi you're poking at people who don't even realize what you're saying but were definitely people who were more about themselves than the character (except Shuichi, who came with his character idea intact). Tsumugi you're talking about making sure these people play the character and not using Danganronpa as a vehicle to make a season or a case all about them. Tsumugi you are talking about including these people in your stories as a gift and why you finally decided to join the story as a character yourself instead of sitting on the sidelines.

Tsumugi you aren't talking about cosplay YOU'RE META TALKING ABOUT DANGANRONPA.

EDIT: SHE'S ALSO PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT BEING THE MASTERMIND.