#no shade to any of the other shows but

[book-stacks]

the acolyte is arguably the coolest star wars show to be released since the mandalorian and y'all had to go fuck it up

[hillerska-official]

I'm fully obsessed with how willing some people are to take things at face value. I did some reading to find out the best star trek TOS novels and on so many of them (interestingly enough it's usually for the ones written by women, but I digress), people leave bad reviews specifically with the same complaint, time and again. "Spock is too emotional in this. Spock is purely logical you can't write him with emotions like this." And every time i read that complaint i am fully fucking flummoxed, because of COURSE Spock is emotional, what the hell are these people talking about. Spock is shown over and over again in the show to be a deeply emotional person. This is something he vehemently denies, granted, but it is obviously intended to be clear to the viewer that he is LYING when he denies having emotions. Jim and Bones have very specific Looks reserved for when he tells this lie.

There is a very specific reason Spock tells that particular lie, of course. A pretty emotion-based one at that. Spock has a very complicated relationship with his parents and with his human versus his Vulcan culture. Growing up on Vulcan of course Spock wanted to be less human, and be more like his peers. But the fact is that even Vulcans are not naturally emotionless/logical, and they actually have very specific historical reasons for so deeply valuing logic over emotion. So it is absolutely baffling to me to see people just take what Spock tells us about himself entirely as truth. Spock is a bitch and a liar (affectionate) and he is so deeply human in so many ways. That's why people enjoy his character in the first place, imo.

[ghosttrolls]

quick set of doodles based on this post

[neutron-stars-collision]

Genuinely - am I the only one who thinks that we have no right to be upset that Luke stayed offline yesterday?

Because the takes just keep coming and each one makes me more angry than the last. It’s all based on the belief that he should’ve posted something as it’s been a year but like… does that genuinely mean so much? Does him not posing anything yesterday erase all the things he’s done for Polin? Does it mean he doesn’t care about fans?

Really?

[cdroloisms]

like look i know im a dsmpolo but it is genuinely really interesting to me to see people talk abt the dsmp like, "oh it wasnt meant to be that srs and mc roleplay just isnt that deep and" like no, it was? dsmp was lighthearted in a lot of ways, yeah, but it definitely had its more hard-hitting moments? it wasn't just written to be haha funny meaningless jokes all the way through? dsmp is a sum of all its parts, the fooling around and the scripted story and the improv roleplay and the carefully-constructed-months-in-advance plot beats. like dsmp was absolutely a very special server with a very special story that was, yes, minecraft roleplay and full of stupid silly moments and dick jokes but ALSO was absolutely meant to hit on some heavy topics and dark themes! like theres no need to give the fandom this much credit, lol, they didn't just hallucinate a story from a bunch of minecraft lets play content--they managed to hallucinate a self-contradictory, much worse story from the existing story that was literally right in their face for the sake of their personal biases and projection and then got mad at the dream smp for staying true to the story it was actually trying to tell instead of acting like a lesser conduit of the fans' wishes and sacrificing a cohesive plot for popularity points and views. like, don't get me wrong, the dsmp is far from perfect, there are parts of the story that i enjoy far more than others, and it definitely has its own flaws and weaknesses. but god damn if it's not still a story that affected a HECK of a lot of people (even if people might be desperate to act like they dgaf nowadays) while being, yes, a minecraft roleplay server

[jimbodyson]

also remembering the like 3 separate messages i (rightfully, don't get me wrong) got when i didn't tag laudna /neg one time and now there's a bunch of people talking massive shit on tlovm and there's like nothing but that's okay.

and no this is not me saying don't criticise the show. i am saying i and probably others too would like to enjoy the show without someone whispering in my fucking ear about how they fucked up Glintshore. i would like my page to be cool shit like fan art and character studies and edits not people ripping into it. this shit is just gonna end up with the tags getting clogged up with negativity.

[ravencromwell]

Fuck, just had a hell of a Holland realization, which everyone else probably realized years ago but indulge my horror: The Danes have their stone statue garden of traitors. And the only thing we've ever seen in WL that can turn people to stone is As Staro. The command Holland used to kill his fucking brother. The idea of him having to replicate that kill over and over with the traitors the Danes wanted to make sharpest examples of, and then walk past those kills every fucking day? I have nothing else to say except it's a fucking crime Holland didn't get the same sort of triumphant, bloody fight against the Danes Lila got against the earth mage who tried to kill her in the tournament, because to say he deserved it so much more is the flimsiest possible understatement.

[stormyoceans]

can i say something snobbish and annoying i wish more QLs would allow the viewers to get to know the main characters before making them instantly attracted to each other and making that the only trait of their personality like who are these people what do they like and dislike what are their good traits and bad traits why should i give a shit!!!!!!!!!

[flamestar126]

him.

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Minor spoilers below for those who haven't watched it yet

Tell me this isn't how it went rn/j

Dying in the theaters when Floyd's attempt for sympathy/persuasion immediately backfired on him. I wanted his reaction to it so bad

[leo-regulus]

The gang, as they say, is all here.

Left to right it goes Albafica (red hair), Southern Star (orange hair), Pale (green, yours truly), Lugonis (also red), Dohko (the dragon), Sailor Kazuma (kneeling), Nyazu (on Kaz's tail), Mask (loafing), and Edgeworth (curly brown-silver hair).

Now... shading.

[lilaccatholic]

not me watching the doctor quinn wedding episode and realizing that watching that episode on reruns at age 12 permanently altered my brain to the point that that's just. how i write fade to black romance now 💀

[semi-sketchy]

Does Tara have any guilty pleasures?

Tara doesn't feel guilty about any of her pleasures.

[chai-en-kaadhale]

they have had like 30 seconds of screentime but there is something that is so soukoku about these two

[igneouswyvern]

meet the main protagonist of my story, Em!

she's a weapons-dealer in a bustling lakeside town in the city of nokwaema. her outgoing personality and love of weapons makes her the perfect candidate to market the goods produced by her blacksmith coworkers. she's generally peaceable but she certainly knows how to fight when necessary. her journey begins when a dagger she is particularly fond of mysteriously goes missing...

[sukibenders]

My brain whenever I see Kate Sharma in purple or blue (bonus points if together):

[payphoneangel]

You're probably not stuck at the airport anymore but 🍓 🌵🥤🍬🔪❄️for the writers ask

omg hiiiii thank you <333

🍓 How did you get into writing fan fiction?

answered here!

🌵 Share the link to a playlist you love

This is the closest I'll ever get to a Dean POV of Cell Service

🥤 Recommend a fanfic or author you love

For my beloved Samtual, I give you this.

🍬 Post an unpopular opinion about a popular character

Oh absolutely!!

I love Just Some Guy!Dean. Meaning, I love when Dean is just a regular human.

There's a lot of popular headcanons and fanon that Dean is actually psychic, or can see angel trueforms, or is able to be possesed by Cas, and I'm just not a fan of any of them (with a few exceptions-- mostly So Says the Sword lmao).

Dean doesn't need special abilities to be capable. He's very intuitive, and perceptive, but that doesn't mean he's psychic.

And I personally really like that there is this inescapable degree of separation between Dean and Castiel, but they love each other anyway.

Dean is constantly framed by the narrative as being always in the right, which I think is bad for his character. I think it's a fun character trait for him to be perceptive, but I think where the psychic!Dean fanon stems from is seeing a character trait exacerbated by less-than-stellar writing, and running with it.

There's nothing wrong with psychic!Dean or him seeing trueforms ect, I just personally don't care for it.

To me, Dean is spn's Sokka. He doesn't have any magic or extraordinary abilities, but he's still capable, important, and impactful.

🔪 What's the weirdest topic you've researched for a writing project?

Eyelash anatomy, probably. It was for a silly throw away line in AMND lmao

Writers truth or dare asks