#nor im an anti

[ilhoonftw]

I gotta give it to jype, they’re really capable of finding PS surgeons that are good at their job. The majority of their active idols look like they haven’t gotten any work done (meaning the surgeons did it well), and the ones where there’s an obvious change, it’s well done and still looks natural. As opposed to SM finding surgeons…..they all look literally the same

hmm imho it depends. i never looked into that bc aside from twicę im indifferent to them so idk their faces. they market themselves to be pro natural and also idols supposedly have good personalities but we all know... lol. sm used to have a pretty decent doctor(s). but then again there are so many horror stories like shinhwą guy getting a 'nose job gift' from lee sooman and the nose becoming misaligned. there's at least ex sm trainee i know who has to get filler retouch once a while bc his sm nose didn't stand the test of time. or one of the women idols having oddly shaped nostrils and looking more like jo kwón than herself. i think circa 2012 they changed the clinic bc some of the mid-2010s procedures looked rough. meanwhile bigshit gives everyone a nose implant 💀 some of the noses are so botched it's sad. like nose is important not only visually but ... for breathing. there are many idols that got subtle nose tweaks like making nostrils less wide. when fillers became popular, lots idols started getting nose fillers but rn as far as i know many surgeons stopped filling nose bridges.

techinically beauty plastic surgery is meant to be 'you, but better' and often busy celebs get fancy facials and gradually change their look via getting plastic surgery in increments. a normie would get a nose job meant to enhance the tip, raise the bridge and narrow the nostrils at Once but someone who can afford to do it "slowly" might choose to get three separate procedures to address each concern directly. i mean they worth often lies in their face 🤔 the moment they start to look super different they might lose their brand recognition. i mean people like enrique or takuya removed face beauty marks people knew them for. i had people telling me to not get a "pretty mole" removed despite cancer risk so i can't imagine the pressure they might've faced, managers etc telling them to keep their trademark feature despite doctors' advice

also how many times idols 'took a break to recover from lasik surgery' only to return with new nose and eyes 🫡

sorry i focused on nose jobs but that's an easy to explain and very common procedure

[justaz]

merlin convincing morgana to remain in camelot and bonding over magic. uther dies and arthur becomes king and merlin and morgana are eager for arthur to repeal the ban but it never happens. then arthur and gwen are courting and morgana and merlin are a bit upset but are happy for them (sorta) but mainly they’re waiting for the ban to be repealed. it never happens. then gwen and arthur get married and morgana and gwen (+ lancelot) are devastated but hanging on by a thread for the magic ban to be repealed. it never happens. morgana is growing angrier and angrier while merlin is growing more and more reckless. morgana picks fights with arthur while merlin sticks to the shadows and protects arthur from unseen threats like always but he stops putting up much of a fight. he keeps coming back beaten black and blue, bloodied, on the brink of death.

morgana finally snaps at merlin and is like “i’ve been waiting for the ban to be lifted like you promised it would be and nothings changed. i cannot stay in this kingdom and watch the love of my life be happy with my brother while hiding myself away! you can be fine with the lying and hiding but i’m done! i’ll make my own damn happy ending” and storms off to flee camelot. lancelot finds merlin and they talk about it and lancelot is like “honestly, she has a point. i’m in love with gwen and that’ll never change. it pains me to see them so happy even though i wish nothing but the best for them. the only reason i’m still in camelot is you, merlin. if you want to stay, i’ll stay with you. if you want to go, then we’ll go.” merlin unsure and lance goes “it was you and me in the beginning, it can be you and me again” and merlin tears up but is still unsure and lance compromises with “we don’t have to leave forever. just a month or two, a year or five. however long you need.”

merlin finally agrees and lancelot goes to pack while merlin finds gwaine and tells him his plan bc if he doesn’t tell gwaine then the man will hunt him down like a bloodhound. gwaine ofc immediately agrees to go with him and they all pack their things. merlin shuffles into arthur’s chambers and turns in his resignation from his service and arthur starts freaking out like “wait what?? what’s wrong?? what happened??? let me fix it. was it a nobleman? a knight? was it me?? please tell me it wasn’t me. what happened??” and merlin can’t handle it so he just restates that he’s resigning, bows and says it was somewhat of an honor, and then turns and leaves. he finds lance and gwaine in gaius’s chambers with mordred. merlin rolls his eyes but is also kinda grateful for his friends. arthur storms in and finds three of his knights also packed at they’re like “oh shoot we were gonna tell you in the morning but since you’re here, we’re resigning too”

now arthur is faced with three less knights and one less manservant than an hour ago (he has yet to find out about his sister’s fleeing). he questions them again and the room gives merlin and arthur some privacy for merlin to tell arthur that nothing is wrong but that they just need some time away. it probably won’t be permanent but they have to leave. arthur isn’t begging because kings don’t beg but he’s doing a damn good impression and merlin is on the verge of tears again and is begging arthur not to make things harder than it needs to be. arthur grows angrier now and is like “then tell me why. why are you leaving? why are my knights leaving? tell me.” and merlin can’t think of an excuse bc he doesn’t want to push his troubles of unreciprocated love onto arthur so he just stands there and arthur is like “i thought you were one of the bravest men i ever met. turns our you’re nothing more than a coward.” anyways they split on bad terms.

merlin, lancelot, gwaine, and mordred leave camelot and have their own little adventures and run into morgana again and they form their own little band of travelers. arthur, gwen, leon, elyan, and percival are still in camelot with gwen and arthur completely in the dark while the rest of the knights Know. it’s like a few months after merlin and them left and arthur and them are drunk and he brings merlin and them up and asks what happened. the knights are quiet and gwen sits up and asks elyan and her voice is desperate enough that elyan breaks and goes “morgana and lancelot were in love with you” and they all just stare at each other and elyan rushes to fill the silence with stuff like how they wanted gwen to be happy but couldn’t bear watching gwen and arthur be so in love all the time, he explains that morgana left on her own but lancelot followed merlin. arthur asks if merlin was in love with gwen too and the knights shift before percival goes “no, he was in love with you” and leon sighs before explaining the rest.

“morgana and lancelot were in love with gwen while merlin was in love with arthur. morgana left on her own and merlin was influenced by her choice to leave and lancelot and gwaine followed him. mordred followed both morgana and merlin, i’m not sure what he would’ve done had merlin stayed and morgana left. gwaine followed merlin bc he’s in love with him.” he rubs his eye bc he can’t believe the mess things are even though it’s been this way for years “morgana couldn’t stand it. lancelot was loyal to merlin. gwaine was loyal to merlin. mordred was loyal to merlin and morgana. and merlin…merlin has been protecting you for years, arthur. he’s charged into battle against the threats you can’t see, the ones in the shadows. i’ve kept an eye on him since he got here but he’s had it handled. but recently, after your wedding, he grew reckless. he came back from every fight beaten like a pulp. he stopped trying. not to let you die, but to let them get the upper hand over him. he was dancing with death. it wasn’t healthy for any of them. that’s why they left.”

the knights leave arthur and gwen in their chambers to stew in silence, drunk and guilty and missing their friends and wondering how they could’ve missed the signs. merlin and them on the other hand are traveling from town to town, village to village, kingdom to kingdom and protecting villages from raiders, protecting druids from raids, stepping in on executions and freeing sorcerers.

[callie-flower]

"proship dni" this, "comship dni" that, "neutral dni" unfortunately the people you don't like are still human and deserve comfort. my fucking god shut the hell up you're just as annoying as they are and protest WAY too much about it. go unlearn your purity morality shit

[sickly-sapphic]

You can support pregnant teens btw. You can be kind towards teens that are pregnant, have been pregnant or lost their pregnancy.

You actually shouldn't insinuate that a miscarraige is a "lucky situation" directly to a teen that miscarried. You can save your jokes and quips about teen pregnancy until you're out of earshot.

It's not going to kill you to be kind to pregnant teens, nor will it lead to an uproar of teen pregnancies in the world.

[starkjoy]

ok but...

when rhaenyra balks at alicent's affair, alicent tells her that yes, she too has desires. she never frames criston as the man she loves, but rather as her lover.

when gwayne confronts criston about sleeping with alicent, criston says his desire for women has brought him grief after grief. if he does love her, he never uses the word.

and now, they embark on opposite paths. criston once desired rhaenyra to run away with him, now he commits himself to alicent. alicent once desired criston, now she asks rhaenyra to run away with her. while criston caresses alicent's favor, alicent condemns criston by revealing his location. criston ends the season welcoming death, alicent desires nothing more than to live.

desire may have drew them together, but it will also drive them apart.

[arcturustarlight]

So Elriel. A ship so perfect, cause the characters are perfect for each other.

Must i remind you how the characters you love to be together feel around each other, besides horniness, of course.

Azriel hated himself, hated his hands around Elain. Don't try to make this romantic. He felt ugly and unwanted around her. (I'm not even mentioning how his shadows disappear and how he referred her as the third sister)

Elain hasn't been herself since she was changed to Fae. She was the most extroverted, loved the parties and traveling. Now we see her losing all the personality traits she had. (Which is normal for her trauma) But you view this as good thing just because she wanted Azriel to fuck her?

So the characters are NOT perfect for each other. Why some people ship them? I never understand.

[blusical]

"i miss drunk kane" yeah uh considering the shit that he'd fucking get into whenever alcohol was involved, I'd rather NOT people miss that era, actually!

[reignof-fyre]

"I'm ready to support [insert character's] war crimes!!!!!"

MY BROTHER IN CHRIST war crimes do not exist in the feudal society hotd is set in nor do child brides for the LOVE of fucking christ stop applying 21st century morals and laws and reasonings to a fucking MIDDLE AGES FANTASY I am INFURIATED I just want to enjoy watching team black slay without fucking team green muppets whinging about laws and concepts that DO NOT EXIST IN WESTEROS SHUT THE FUCK UP thanks

[choixsimple]

when saying "I just don't understand why this level of aggressive violence, supply blockade, and civilian casualty is necessary in 2024" results in people saying to your face that you "support terrorism and want the hostages to die" you start thinking maybe the human race wasn't built for any level of nuance

[fuqer]

if anyone's curious what actually went down with the aethy "drama:"

1. someone posted art that wasnt theirs and the admin took it down

2. said person threw a fit about it, claimed it was "censorship" to not allow reuploaded artwork that they didn't have permission to use, and insulted other people and staff

3. they were temporarily suspended and in response, one of their friends made a new mastodon instance for themselves

4. friend group started insulting & spreading false rumors about aethy's staff on their instance and off of the fediverse

5. aethy suspended the instance, and now these people are actively harassing aethy's staff via email and through their aethy accounts and are continuing to spread hate & disinfo

[rise-my-angel]

why when you make your anti targ post mention only tb? you seem to forget that teg green are targaryen too💀

Because the criticisms I am making in those cases pertain to either what I am pointing out as that side of the hotd fandom either is disucssing or is not taking into consideration with their defences, or they are posts that are explicitly critical of those characters on that side of the story.

I don't add team green to the tags because I don't want to publish my team black critical posts as pro team green posts, that is not my point in making team black critical arguments. But also I do not add anti team green because my posts about either fans who are team black or the actual characters on that side of the story, are not supposed to be general posts about the whole family.

Most of my anti Targaryean posts have no tags associated with House of the Dragon at all because that story and characters generally are not the focus of my criticisms. But my hotd posts usually dont include team green tags because the post is not about that side of the fandom or those characters.

My posts about anything House Targaryean will always have general anti targ tags because I dont want my negative or critical posts getting into tags where people who like the house and characters will see it and think I'm trying to start an argument. I keep the anti tags specific to the topic the actual post is about and whom I think would not want to see it, so if they have those tags blocked they don't have to see it at all if they choose.

Yes team green also has Targaryeans but ilI rarely have anything to say about those characters outside of me calling Viserys a half rotting bag of spoiled potatoes and on behalf of fellow rape victim Alicent Hightower.

I'm mostly anti team black, but my posts dont tag team green usually because its not about them. Nor do I want people to think my judgment of team black makes me pro team green. Because I'm not.

Outside of what happened to them with Blood and Cheese, I feel little obligation to ever support team green because most of them perpetuate my more general problems with House Targaryean as a whole.

But Team Black can be hostile towards that side of the fandom so I tend to keep my Team Black criticisms only to that specific set of characters, and most of the time my anti Targaryean posts in general have no association with House of the Dragon.

I'm just talking about Team Blacks wrongdoings more lately because the second season is coming, so their actions are just fresh in my mind.

I like talking about Alicent Hightower, but I generally do not talk about anyone else on that side because I dont like them. I just dislike team black more is all so I have more to say in those cases.

I don't think its a coincidence the only characters I like in the show, are the few main character non Valyrians who get shit on by Targ stans very heavily. I can't name you a Targaryean born/Valyrian character in that show I actually like.

Team Black is just in the wrong more the Team Green is, in my personal opinion.

[jingerpi]

the idea that GNC men need to be protected is ridiculous not just because they're not some fragile babies who might be "corrupted" by the trans agenda™ but also because why are we protecting men in the first place. like if you even vaguely claim to be feminist or anti patriarchal, isn't the whole point to abolish "manhood" as a protected class which benefits from the exploitation of women and nonmen? why are we trying to protect that? Sure, we should be positive about all bodies regardless of what gender they were assigned, but trying to equate that with protecting people's manhood (see: exploitative position in patriarchy) is ridiculous. We don't need to defend feminine manhood, we need to defend women and abolish patriarchy, not pink wash being a man ??

[anubisthe1]

People keep saying that Sakura is hated for the same things male characters are praised for and that is just so wrong I don't even know where to begin.

It's very clear to me that if Sakura wasn't a girl, she would be hated twice as much as she is now. Being as much of a burden in a fight as well as having a personality that depends solely on a man. She is a narcissist overall, and that makes it all worse. She can be good, and oftentimes, I'd even say that she is nice, it still doesn't make up for how bad she is in general.

[swallowtail-ageha]

No offense, but yeah obviously the 'fiction can't possibly influence reality crowd' aren't going to care about misogyny in fandom or in media (or racism or homophobia or whatever)

That's kind of their whole thing

Thing is that they took the honestly rightful opinion of "the kinks you have/the dynamics you like/ the dark topics explored do not mean that you are the sole cause of rising of abuse worldwide" (which is honestly a real issue to have like people complaining en masse about coho/spicy boyband fanfics/lore olympus/whatever is the next fancy teens cartoon as "the reason why abuse is rising worldwide and which indoctrinates young girls to think abuse is ok" which is just very victim blamey, takes responsability off the abuser themselves, and doesnt take in consideration that bodice rippers and the likes have been existing forever and that structural misogyny is way more insidious than a random 12 yo fantasizing about bully harry styles taking a liking to her), extremized it and now transformed it into "all fictions exists in a vacuum and all tropes too and writers/creators cannot be pulling from their subconscious biases when making art and those pieces of art cannot never influence people who see it" which is just an extremely asinine take. Like again reading exclusively omegaverse wont make a random reader think "oh so fucking animals is alright" but they will be discouraged from thinking about female characters because they literally only engage with extremely male centric fiction (just as the worst critics you'll ever see are those who exclusively consume childrens/teens media because they have never consumed anything darker/more morally nuanced that pushes them to analyze or think)

[witchering10123]

the tragedy of being a james potter stan and not a jegulus shipper means there is a bleak scarcity of james centric/whump/angst/comfort fics

[sideblogformentalhealtshit]

Hm. So am I the only one who 'likes' having ARFID?

Like don't get me wrong it's horrible it's caused so much damage to me but also like. I've had it my whole life I can't imagine a version of myself without it and I wouldn't want to not have it.

It's as big and fundamental a part of me as my autism. Sure there's bad parts but it's what makes me me, and without it I would cease to be me and become a whole nother person.

I've always found it a 'fun' part of me, a unique thing I was completely alone in most of my life, something that made me different in a funky way.