#op you're absolutely right and i see far too often

[robboybot]

[Image ID: A screenshot of OP stupot's tags for the post reading: There's a post that's pretty innocuous on its face going around about how people love characters until they're women or something.

and there is hope in my heart that something that is generally a truthful observation such as this can be made in good faith, with a sufficiently consummate understanding of how sex and gender operate in a patriarchal cis normative society.

and then I go on the blog and it's talking about how people should stop bullying terfs. there's also a post about how generalizing about white women mean white women should get to generalize about black men, like of fucking course you're also racist.

these posts are almost always by white women whose understanding of misogyny is exclusively informed by their own white experiences.

end ID.]

I feel like, regrettably, this website needs a crash course in recognizing a particular brand of post about female martyrdom and suffering that is really, at its core, based on OP's views on a holistic level, a post about hating """men""" in disguise. Female anger is righteous and does come a from a place of personal and historical suffering, and should be expressed. I truly do think that. But I guess Tumblr's userbase sucks because then you go on these blogs and it's post after post about how men are ontologically evil and sex work should be criminalized and women are these broken shattered creatures unilaterally scorned by MALES with no hope for justice. Just the absolute most childish reductive way of analyzing misogyny in our culture that always boils down to racism, prejudice against sex workers, and transphobia

[separatist-apologist]

I cut your username out of this post because I don't want to unintentionally direct anyone over to you. I do believe you're sorry, and I also believe you didn't intend for any of the things that transpired TO transpire.

I want to answer this, though, because I genuinely believe a LOT of the people who logged out last night to flame the fic are on this website watching, and I want to speak directly to them. I'll never know who they are, and thats unfortunate because to me, it looks like a lot of other people are content to let you be thrown under the bus while taking no accountability for their actions.

I want to share this comment FROM the fic writer who responded to me when I left a comment this morning both condemning the actions of fellow gwynriel/eluciens and encouraging her to continue writing. Look at what she said. She had a mini-breakdown because a small but obnoxiously loud group of people took it upon themselves to not just leave unkind, unnecessary feedback, but to start whole threads about it, take it to other platforms, and otherwise talk shit because a story had *checks notes* conflict.

The fic is tagged: slowburn, eventual romance, AND the elain x azriel relationship. She did her due diligence as far as what she owes people- ya'll don't read tags and engage with the story like it was written specifically FOR you. First of all- it was written for ME. But lets pretend it wasn't, because I think the only reason people are backtracking is because I took offense. You shouldn't do this to ANYONE.

EVER!!!!

And I see a lot of ya'll writing your first fics and your comments are always something to the flavor of "be kind, I'm new/nervous/worried" and then you turn around and do this stuff to other writers like you're OWED your very specific vision of what these characters are, should be, or should act like.

This happens TOO OFTEN in this ship, and frankly, I'm tired of it. You guys will turn on people writing in your own ship if it doesn't adhere to YOUR specific, NARROW vision of "canon" (FANON) and wholesale bully people out, and whats left? A bunch of chronically online assholes whining that no one wants to draw art, write fic, or participate because they're afraid of you. Ya'll act like this is some moral crusade and if you ship the "right" thing, you can't possibly be a bully.

But its just bullying, dressed up as passion for the ship.

This isn't directed at you, OP- I'm talking to the other people who are letting you fall on this sword, who are absolutely watching this, who participated, and will likely to continue acting like this. But they'll be the first to scream and sob when another anonymous blog pops up to talk the same shit, and there will no irony or awareness around any of it. This is the culture some of you have created. Shocking you get it back in ten fold.

[simpingforthemm]

op ur an absolute saint for writing for isaac & lee garcia 🙏 would you write a one-shot or headcanons for lee garcia? there is a severe lack of fics for him 😢 (probably bcuz he got very little screentime, but in the mlwtwb book he's actually rlly sweet)

dating lee garcia hcs!

a/n: for sure!! your wish is my demand and thank you so much for this request, i'm so so sorry for taking so long to do this, i've been procrastinating like hell but now I'm finally getting back to writing

summary: what dating lee garcia would be like!

so I feel like it defo depends on ur personality (I mean ofc it does)

but I can really imagine him with either a sunshine x grumpy dynamic

him being the grumpy one

or with a black cat gf

but me personally I feel like lee would go for a sunshine person bc he just needs that type of energy in his life

I think it's already really hard for him bc his dad is in the military and he doesn't really get to see him or talk to him very often

so he needs some type of positivity in his life and someone to love him and be affectionate with him

bc he also doesn't get loads of attention in the walter’s house

yk because they have so many kids already

he’s still a very family oriented guy so he’d also want someone like that

I think he also sometimes gets overlooked bc of Isaac and his popularity

(I think also Isaac gets more romantic attention from girls out of the two of them)

so he’d just want someone to see him for who he is and yeah, admire him a lil

I think at the beginning of y'all starting to date it’d be really hard for him to open up bc he can be closed off

(we’ve seen that already in the show that he tends to not talk so much and let's Isaac do a lot of the talking)

if he does say something he can be quite snappy and rude but he does apologize when he's gone too far

he’s scared about the fact that you like him as more than a friend bc he thinks you might not mean it and that you're just using him to get closer to Isaac

which is why he is a bit rude and cold to you at the beginning

he also was a dry texter before he warmed up to you

“wym”, “k”, “gn”, “nvm” and things like that, no emojis whatsoeva 😭

but as the two of you go on more dates I think he notices that you do actually like him for him and that you don't have some kind of ulterior motive for spending time with him

and that you simply do it bc you want to

he’d actually smile more, put an arm around your shoulder, make some jokes

(the sarcastic kind bc his humor is definitely sarcasm and / or dark humor)

I think when some time has passed, he’d definitely apologize for his behavior in the beginning and he’d also be sorta embarrassed bc he feels so bad for not seeing that you're a sweetheart right away

It’d take some more time until the two of you would become more “physical” with each other

and by that I mean like hand holding and eventually like kissing

I feel like lee doesn't just spend time with anyone, he carefully picks who he hangs out with and it takes a lot of time for him to fully trust someone

so I think he'd really only start being more physically affectionate if he's really sure about you

so it's a huge deal when he holds your hand after like a month and a half of dating

then you know he really means it with you two

I feel like your first kiss would follow shortly after it’d be so soft and careful bc lee is so nervous and he's been waiting so long to do this (he’s been waiting to gather the courage) 🥹

I feel like when you first started dating it would take a little longer for all the “big moments” to happen if you know what I mean

like lee would need a lot of time to warm up to this whole situation but then as you get closer to each other things would happen rlly fast bc you guys know that you're it for each other

“when you know, you know”

and you guys definitely know

first you’d hold hands, then you’d kiss, then you’d confess

and then next thing you know, you're together

I feel like lee would really properly ask you to be his girlfriend because he likes to be sure of things and not just assume something

I don't think he’d make that big of a deal out of it because you already kissed, confessed to each other etc. so you're practically already together and it's just common courtesy to ask

so it’d probably be a late afternoon, maybe like on a Friday

you had gone to the skater park with lee, just watching him do a few tricks (trying to impress you ofc)

then he’d randomly skate up to you to take a break and I feel like he'd just ask you out of nowhere

like take a sip out of his water bottle and be like “do you wanna be my gf”

and you're like “😃.. um yes!!!”

and then you're together :)

I feel like lee is the chillest bf ever but he can be a little jealous bc bro is afraid of losing you

like he completely trusts you but when someone comes up and talks to you

someone that he feels is way more attractive and just in general better than him for you (which is not true obvi, he’s the best for you)

he will be a little insecure and needs reassurance

he’d teach you some spanish

as well as skateboarding and some tricks you can do ;)

I feel like his love language is definitely acts of service

like he’ll definitely carry an extra water bottle with him wherever he goes bc he knows you get dehydrated easily and also always has a little snack for you

NO PET NAMES

I think lee hates pet names like whenever he hears another couple say them he's just like that meme

“brother ewww”

https://pin.it/2m17zXtm9so

he just always calls you your normal name or a nickname

but he literally refuses to say “baby” or “sweetheart” or something like that

like noo

he just cringes way to easily

he also isn't that big on pda I fear

he’s okay with the casual things for example an arm around your shoulder, hand holding but he would never ever make out in public

if you're in a quieter area he might give you a little kiss on the forehead but I think for him, the full-on kiss is reserved for when it's just the two of you or you’re with the people that you're close with

but at school, most people that don't know you're a couple would think you're just really close friends

you guys have the relationship that's private but not secret

trope with you guys: lee is grumpy to everyone except you

I feel like lee is a very thoughtful bf, always knows the right things to gift you, always knows what to say and he can sense whenever your mood changes and what to do about it

also he will join in on the vibes if you're having a little dance party in the kitchen or something like that

and yes if you're a swiftie or a hard core fan of a band he will learn all the lyrics to be able to loudly sing them with you at the concert 😍

bro is touch starved so cuddling is always a big yes for him

he will never ever deny you affection

just the sweetest guy ever

i hope you guys enjoyed it and tell me what you think!! also don't hesitate to send in a request ❤️❤️ love ya

[sburbian-sage]

Hey there with all the cool alchemizing people have been talking about i figured id chime in with my favorite weapon ive made so far in this session (im pretty sure im fucked cause ive been completely alone here, noone else here as far as i can tell so ive just kinda been dicking about)

Its official title is "infinimatic pogosplosivesledgotgun" which is a fucking mouthful so i just call her greenie

This fucking absolute wonder of a gun is a shotgun that shoots explosive bouncing sledgehammer heads at fuck whatever is in that direction rounds per minute without ever needing to reload

I combined an explosive rifle i found in a Dungeon with a shotgun, combined the resulting splode-gun with a sledgehammer to get the splosivesledgotgun

Combined that with a drill from my dads garage and then for shits and giggle i drew an infinity sign on a piece of paper and added it not expecting it to work

The recoil on this thing is so ridiculous that i can legitimately use it to almost fly around

It cost some 60,000 grist of assorted types to make and it was worth every penny, its so busted that even dungeon bosses die in a couple seconds

God i think im going insane here because i keep just smiling this big goofy grin every time i just clear an entire group of enemies in seconds

Thinking of taking on the denizen if noone else ever shows up

Theres only my land here

God i hope im not actually alone again

Well first of all, the gun is very nice, and I would also be constantly smiling if I had that thing with me (even though I can't use it right now because I don't currently have the right specibus).

More importantly though, it seems you think you might be in a Solo Session (given you said "nobody showed up" and not "everyone disappeared"). This is pretty bad, considering how difficult those can be. But just because you've been there for a while doesn't entail your doom. You've surely visited the Dream Moons by now, or went dungeon diving once or twice, yes? While your own Aspect's iconography will be plastered everywhere, you'll often see your coplayer's Aspects too. Whether it be in the prophecies foretelling your arrival, or in "co-op dungeons" which can only be entered with the right party composition. If you see a single Aspect belonging to not-you, then the cavalry simply has yet to arrive. I would reach out to any in-universe communications possible and attempt to connect with whoever your coplayer(s) could be. Players are fated to survive their pre-entry, so any potential coplayers are out there in need of a completed client/server chain. So you'll need to help them to help you.

Such situations are rare, but not unheard of. It's possible for players in a single session to be from different time periods, as long as they're in the same timeline. They'll all be (roughly) synched up when they arrive, so it's entirely possible, if you are not alone, that you're an early arrival who got disconnected from the main loop. If this is true, follow my instructions and synch up ASAP. If this is not true, and you've discovered no evidence of other players, then look up a more comprehensive Solo Session Guide.

[auxiliarydetective]

The OC Halloween Challenge - Day 8

You can find the challenge here!

Today's prompt was...

The Denier/Non-Believer/Skeptic

It doesn’t matter the subgenre, there’s always one. They don’t believe a killers out to get them or their friends despite the fast growing pile of bodies, they claim there’s a natural explanation for the supernatural event terrorizing everyone, they just refuse to get with the program. This often combines with the cop or older-than-everyone-else character. Which one of your ocs will get killed by their stubborness before their loyalty?

R.I.P. to those who found out the truth and died:

Kit Kelley, Lee Byeong-ho and K'Rala

Now, here's a little report on how today's special person found out...

"Zombies?" Iris echoed, chuckling slightly before breaking out into laughter. "Klinger, that's the worst idea you've had yet."

"I didn't come up with this!" Klinger insisted over the radio. "There are actually zombies there. They started crawling out of post-op and took over the entire camp!"

But Iris kept her hands on the steering while and continued her drive back to camp. This was all a whole lot of nonsense.

"Listen, I may not be a doctor, but I am a nurse, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that zombies do not exist."

"Fine, if you won't listen to me- Hawkeye!" Klinger called on the other end, his voice quieter as he was turned away from the microphone. "Hawkeye, tell her, she won't listen."

"Hey, Iris," Hawkeye spoke into the microphone, "you've gotta stop and turn around. You can't go back to camp. There actually are zombies there. Real, actual zombies, reanimated creepers, crawling around and biting people."

"Yeah, yeah," Iris sighed. "You're in for the bit, I get it." This was starting to get annoying.

"I'm not in for the bit, I'm actually being serious here. Why won't you believe me?"

"Oh, I don't know, maybe because you're a notorious prankster?"

"Okay, fine," Hawkeye scoffed. "What do I need to do for you to believe me? 'Cause if you go back to camp, you're gonna die."

"Get me Colonel Potter on the radio. Simple as that. If he orders me not to go, I won't go."

Hawkeye sighed heavily. "Iris, Colonel Potter is dead. Well, not anymore, but... the zombies got him."

"Goddammit, Pierce, just shut up," Iris grumbled and slammed the handset back in its position at the side of the radio.

Now, that was just going too far. She continued to drive through the Korean wasteland until she reached the hill from which you could see the camp. Immediately, she scrunched her nose. Something looked wrong. The camp was in shambles. Tensely, she pulled out a pair of binoculars and pressed them to her eyes. Shuffling through camp were people in surgical gowns and bloodied uniforms, some bandaged, some even missing a limb. They looked sickly. But... they couldn't actually be undead, right? With an annoyed sigh, Iris started the jeep back up and continued to drive towards the camp. She had to see this hoax up close.

[dapg-otmebytheballs]

hi! i hope this is okay. there's a lot of discussion going on about dnp & gender and neurodivergence and ive seen you post about it. personally, i have seen some comments under their youtube videos that said things along the lines of "this is autism and adhd, get diagnosed". i feel like that might be overstepping some boundaries.

but, as you and many others on here said, discussing it is not inherently wrong! as someone with diagnosed adhd (who also works in social care with many people who have autism) i do see traits in dnp that i recognize, and it's absolutely fine for me and others to talk about this.

same goes for gender discussion. in the community around dnp are a lot of people that are also in the lgbtq+ community and people see things that they identify with.

i don't think dnp care about what we discuss on here. i don't think it's bad to talk about these things. i do think it goes a bit too far to actually say these things to dnp, but this is based on my personal experience combined with what dan has said in BIG about wanting privacy.

people on twitter basically bullying the op of that one crack vid on youtube, and keeping tabs on blogs on here that call dan 'she' sometimes (while he has literally said he does not care about being called by different pronouns) are going way too far!

the thing is that while i do think it's good to keep being critical about whether we are being respectful and tactful, going about it the way we've seen some people on twitter do is not okay! being respectful and tactful should also be the way we act to each other in the fandom.

this got way too long i am so sorry, i just have a lot of thoughts on this whole situation.

Completely okay yes!

Yeah going into THEIR comments or tagging them or saying stuff to their face like that isn't right, certainly

I should also say though, there's always gonna be a few people (even people who aren't involved in any fandoms) who often do that kinda stuff just because they don't get the social etiquette involved. Kinda like your elderly aunt who often speaks out of turn. So when there's only a few instances of something like this happening, best to politely tell the person one-on-one that it's unseemly rather than make a Whole Thing out of it

Because you're right, if you're gonna be in a community you gotta be respectful to others in the community, and harassing people to delete their content is just not it. Hounding and dogpiling people causes genuine harm to your fellow fans, who are small time creators btw just random people suddenly getting a spotlight thrown on them and having abuses hurled at them. Cut it out. If someone isn't directly going to dnp with this stuff then it's not anyone's business, and if they are then you either talk to them one on one or you ignore and don't give it any more engagement

[kob131]

Found an absolutely vile and twisted interpretation of the newest episode. How in God's name do these people actually believe this shit. www(.)reddit(.)com/r/RWBYcritics/comments/12nmww4/comment/jgfb0qb/

Okay, I know the subreddit is real circlejerky but it can't be that ba-

Being one of the critics who absolutely adored seeing Ruby get straight-up obliterated by Ironwood and Ozpin-

... Greeeeat.

"Well, what's the problem with enjoying seeing Ruby taken down? You enjoy it when Raven is taken down a notch!"

Yeah, but I don't carry a consistent vendetta against the show for portraying her as sympathetic. People who took Oz and James' sides like this often do hold a grudge against the show for it. So naturally, you're gonna be biased towards misrepresenting the show. Not helping is this later line-

RWBY's team doesn't care. They might as well be on vacation down here, with Weiss being the comic relief and Blake/Yang itching to hop in bed with each other. And it started to really amp up in Episode 8.

Yeah, why would I think you're at all trustworthy when you take Yang, who has been consistently worried about her sister, as just 'Blake arm candy' because a couple of tender moments and ONE scene? Let alone Weiss, who has cried TWICE at the fall of Atlas, being treated as just 'comic relief'?

No one cares about Ruby. Not a lot, anyway, and nowhere near the amount Ruby cares about them. And the way we can tell this is how they react when other people go through very similar situations. When Ruby is at her lowest, barely anyone notices or cares, to the point where Yang even kneels down next to her when it's impossible to ignore and might as well have told her to shut the fuck up.

"That's how Ironwood thought. You don't mean that." A total dismissal of everything Ruby is feeling.

Behold, the face of dismissal.

In fact, let's see what the conversation was about.

Weiss: We've risked their home to save the Relic... And we failed.

Blake: Getting everyone out has to count for something.

Ruby: (angrily) What good is saving anybody if Salem just destroys the world anyway...

Yang places her arms on her sister's shoulder and leans in.

Yang: That's how Ironwood thought... you don't mean that.

Hm...sounds more like Yang was reassuring Ruby about something she was feeling jaded about. But hey, I'm sure OP won't make this same mistake twice, right?

Meanwhile, when Yang was throwing a fit in V5, Weiss marched on out there, sat down, and had one of the only honest heart-to-heart conversations between the four girls in the entire series. The other one was when Yang noticed Blake was stressing herself out entirely on her own(wisdom that would imply she'd be able to tell when her sister was sad.) Yang can tell when someone is sad. Weiss can tell when someone is sad. Jaune could tell when Ruby was down too in V4, even if it wasn't a full conversation. And yet, even in the OP, the rest of Ruby's team is skipping along while Ruby grows more and more morose with no one noticing or caring. The writers knew that, but it's not the reason you're supposed to feel bad for Ruby.

You know, because Badge and the Burden doesn't exist.

Also, Weiss noticed Yang was sad because she EXPLODED, Yang noticed Blake because she was self isolating and Jaune was literally TOLD by Ruby. Not like, say, a single comment in the middle of nowhere with obvious stress. Or that you completely fucked up in understanding Yang's fucking point.

They almost cared enough to notice that Ruby was feeling down before the Paper Pleaser village was destroyed... but they sure were quick to not only run to Jaune's side, but even ask Ruby for words of encouragement. Because they care about Jaune. Not Ruby.

Or that he was screaming his head off and being far more open about his pain. You know, context.

And when Ruby has her breakdown, while Yang practically growls at Ruby for daring to raise her voice and steps in between her and Blake(what Yang actually cares about), they're more than willing to listen to Jaune's whining. Nobody moves between Jaune and Ruby when he's shouting at her, though.

Ruby is her sister. Also mind showing that 'growling' because you've already demonstrated you didn't pay attention so it's far more logical to assume you misinterpreted the scene.

Also gotta love that Jaune going through THE EXACT SAME SHIT as Ruby is treated 'whining' but Ruby is portrayed sympathetically. Despite them both doing the same shit. Almost like you're trying to sell a narrative or something, hm.

Can you fucking imagine? Ruby's was ranting about positivity and getting snippy about being ignored. She was getting an attitude, and Yang moves to protect Blake. Jaune is actually aggressive in action and tone directed squarely at Ruby with the intent to hurt, Ruby is in tears, and what happens? Concerned, Weiss walks up and calls for JAUNE?. They look heartbroken to hear Jaune's sadness. They're only shocked when Ruby leaves.

She was lashing out at Blake for trying to cheer her up. And Ruby WAS being aggressive. Did you think her comments weren't specifically chosen to HURT everyone? That throwing Weiss' attempts to return back in her face? That attacking Blake for trying to stay positive isn't supposed to be AGGRESSIVE?

SOunds less like you're sympathizing with Ruby and more like you're using her to attack the show. Otherwise you WOULD understand that she is being just AS aggressive as Jaune.

Also-

Look how little they care. As if the shock isn't from how WRONG it is to hear Ruby of all people say this.

In fact, next episode, Yang is pissed that Ruby has left. She is so offended that Ruby would even have the nerve to do so, that without anyone else saying a word she can't help but shout it out and go so far as to say that Ruby could've talked to them when Yang was the one that told Ruby to her face that she doesn't even think what she says she thinks.

Not what that meant but keep providing proof that you're either blind or stupid.

Ruby is bruised and bloodied, and this should be the worst condition her team has ever seen her in(after all, it's the worst condition we've seen her in). And they just... watch.

Gee, what happened to that ability to recongize shock? You were just soooo capable of it before.

Same faces. Same body language. Yet two completely different takes.

Again, almost like you're selling a narrative and can't let pesky things like consistency and the truth get in your way, eh?

Now there's a lot of things wrong with this scene, but let me put it this way:

Hey everyone! The guy who has repeatedly made a fool of himself being incapable of seeing BASIC BODY LANGUAGE, to the point an AUTIST managed to exceed him.

Do you think, by chance, that when Ruby was making direct eye contact with the rest of her team and giving them all the time in the world to stop her, she remembered Blake's reaction when Yang fell into the abyss? Maybe remembered that when Blake was in the same position Ruby was now, wounded, beaten and with the culprit standing over her, that Yang was so quick to act that she lost an arm in the process? Do you think that, in some way, she recognized what it meant when they weren't even willing to lift a finger?

Nope.

Because I have BEEN in Ruby's shoes before and that is NOT what that look meant. That was Ruby saying goodbye, sorry she was going to hurt them but unable to see another way out.

Also-

But okay, sure, it's not the first time the main characters have gotten stunlocked and let something happen they in no way should have. Hell, even one of the examples had Ruby and Weiss stunlocked watching Yang go tumbling off a bridge that looked so bad that they later retconned it to have Ruby hyperventilating and freaking out as if the audience forgot.

I mean, look how well Ruby is taking it!

But also- doesn't this basically KILL your whole shitstorm? Since it's established pattern that the team tends to let shock overwhlem them? Where's Ruby's condemnation for not saying her sister eh?

Oh wait, that's not useful for you. Drat!

There's always the next episode. That'll show their real reactions, since it got cut off by Neo getting dominated by the Curious Cat. You know, as if Ruby's death was nothing more than a footnote, even to the plot at large. But who's judging.

The liar who pretends he cares while ignoring her actual feelings and character?

So basically no one worth considering, fair.

And also-

Just look at how little they react to Ruby. How heartless! Espcially that vindictive and cruel Yang. Look how much joy she takes in her sister's demise.

Jaune: (points Crocea Mors sword at the Cat) Take us to her…

Look how little Jaune cares! How heartless!

But not nearly as much as Yang. Look at how she selfishly tries to protect Blake while ignoring her sister!

... So did I say enough stupid bullshit to get my cock sucked by the subreddit yet?

So, funnily enough, seeing the team with the absence of Ruby is what really created this topic. It showed their 'true self'. And it showed that Team JWBY are just... the worst fucking people imaginable. Because what do they do? Cope. Excuse themselves. Get in a big ol' happy hug(that Ruby didn't get) and assure themselves that hey, it was just a little whoopsie, they're still good. Because that's what matters, right?

Because you were so observant before that my auto correct literally tried inserting 'oblivious' into this sentence.

Even my computer knows you're bullshit.

Being correct. Being "good." That's what really matters to them. We already know that about Yang("So what [that people are going to die because of us]? We give Ironwood what he wants?") but it's different to see the entire group acting that way when their leader has killed herself. Now, I'm very particular when I say that: I'm not pretending to follow RWBY's rules and terminology and call it "ascension" which is how JWBY rationalizes their actions, because it's not. It is ascension in the same way death is reincarnation. You still die. You, the ego, the person, the memories, die.

Even in their justifications about how Ruby can still be alright, it is still in the context of Ruby more than likely not coming back the same person because Ruby didn't want to come back as the same person because she did it to die. It, once again, feels a lot more like they're hardcore coping and trying to come up with reasons why this isn't their fault or shouldn't question themselves. Even though—and I know this sort of language is dangerous when dealing with this particular subject—in this case, it absolutely is their fault for not giving her even a fraction of the care they give each other.

Yang: So what, we should just give Ironwood what he wants? Abandon Mantle? You think Atlas is still gonna be able to float to safety now that she’s here?

You know, this is sadistically hilarious.

The 'so what' part of Yang's comment was dismissing the idea that James' idea was better, not the deaths of people. Made clear through her rhetorical question of 'abandon mantle?' which was a summation of James' plan.

You either cannot understand communication so much that it would logically make YOU incoherent...or you willfully ignored that and misrepresented Yang's point. And consider how you've focused on Yang, already showing that you were misrepresenting what she meant. Or how you focused on Bumbleby and Blake saving Yang. Or how you called Yang's outburst 'throwing a fit'.

Pattern of behavior- You are TRYING to make Yang look as bad as possible. Because once is an accident. Twice is questionable. Four times is confirmation.

And also-

Ruby: Neo’s here too.

Yang: Hey, are you alright?

Ruby doesn’t immediately answer.

Ruby: She attacked me when we were falling.

-

Blake: I've read so many stories. I never thought... (takes a seat on a nearby log)... I'd be the moral of one.

Ruby, still looking down at Penny's sword in her hands, takes a seat next to Blake. Her teammates look at her in concern.

Yang: Ruby?

-

The scene you REFERENCED.

How many times does Yang have to show concern for Ruby before you accept it as fact?

How many?

Let me guess. 'X+1' right?

And as a result, handwaving it as "her choice"? That smacks an awful lot like blaming Ruby for what happened to her(even if they act like it's a good thing), which under no circumstance is the truth, just so they don't have to think too hard. So they don't have to care too much.

Look how little she cares...

Also- how is it blaming her? There is no saying she's at fault or anything of the sort- just that only RUBY can help her.

Just like how Yang could only help herself before her father could help her. Almost like this is a recurring theme or something...

But Jaune needs that hug. He needs that care. He needs that gratification. Team RWBY's big sappy group hug... with a J instead of an R. Their personal pity party. They did good. They're good people. They care for each other soooo much.

You know, considering how you've acted up until now-

What would stop you from just claiming they don't care about Jaune if they had tried to reach out to Ruby? You already contradict yourself here. So what is stopping you?

But Jaune needs that hug. He needs that care. He needs that gratification. Team RWBY's big sappy group hug... with a J instead of an R. Their personal pity party. They did good. They're good people. They care for each other soooo much.

Ruby actively pushed away and ignored any concern shown to her.

If you actually sympathized with her, you would call her out on that. Because she was hurting herself in her pain.

Sprinkle in a little of Yang being perhaps the only person Neo's "turn into a loved one" trick(used by CC now) completely and utterly failed to work on when she used Ruby, alongside a heaping helping of the constantly conflicting tones of V9, and the dish is complete. Then you look back at, say, V3 with Ruby telling Yang that she loved her even after being thoroughly rejected in her attempts to help her feel better. Or how in V5, Ruby's first words to Yang were a tearful apology.

Or Volume 9, Episode 1. Where Yang was crying at the thought that her sister DIED.

Also-

Not only is that NOT Neo's trick since she would do it in response to Yang attacking her by transforming herself into the ACTUAL Ruby, but the Cat's actual trick (to dig into Yang's fear of losing her sister) WORKED, diverting Yang's attention to the obvious Fake Rubys and not her actual opponent.

It hits a very specific chord. The kind like seeing a child alone at a birthday party, or one who is clearly neglected yet still seeks their parent's affection. The puppy left in the rain. The man or woman drinking alone. The clear outsider in a group, who the others talk about behind their back. It's not what you can see, it's what you can't: the implication that someone genuinely cares about other people, but those people don't care about(or even like) them in turn.

Or like the person who says they sympathize with a person's pain while having laughed and delighted while they were in pain, only to pretend to hurt someone else.

No wait, that's significantly worse. You're lucky these are fictional characters.

Ruby's Volume is a story about a girl with a lot of problems falling into a deep depression, calling out for attention only to be rebuked time and time again, and when she makes her final, explicit cry for help, is rejected, then screamed at by a friend her other friends clearly care so much more about. All culminating in that depressed teenage girl killing herself, and then us, the viewer, getting to watch as the only thing her 'friends' care about is how they can spin this to them still being good people and being ever so happy to hug one another.

Not what that was about by the way. It was about the catharsis of knowing their efforts meant something. Ruby wasn't mentioned.

But nice job shitting your pants in public.

It's just so... fucked up. I don't really care about the show that much anymore, despite what the, like, 2k words might say: I've long since written it off as garbage, and this recent episode has only reassured me that once again you can try to predict what happens next based off of what the worst option reasonably possible could be. Yet even then, I can't help but feel bad for Ruby if I think too hard about it. Not because she's sad over her screw-ups or because she doesn't want to be a hero or because she thinks she's failed at everything, but because it's readily apparent that her friends and family could care less about any of that. I feel bad for Ruby because she is completely isolated.

Oh hey, you went so stupid that you looped around to getting the fucking point.

Too bad the whole post basically showcases that this was by accident.

Also, your 2000+ post could have been boiled down to four words (Yang and Jaune bad) and it would have been better.

And I can only imagine what I might've thought, were I in a similar position and watching this Volume. What anyone in Ruby's position might think. The position of depression and subconsciously(even consciously) calling out for help, only to find that their friends and family they love so much are more interested in everyone but them. "What about you," indeed.

Been there, would have attacked you if you tried something like that.

It's easy to prop up a message about how "ooooh you're perfect the way you are, ignore the haters, any criticism is tantamount to telling you to kill yourself and makes them evil," but that can't work for everyone.

Which is why you posted this in the 'RWBY bad' subreddit and not say, the main one where you would have gotten criticism.

Practicing what you preach? What dat?

I'd certainly hate to be in a position to really identify with Ruby, because what RWBY the show would be telling me is... yep! You're right! Your friends wouldn't give a flying hoot if you died: they'll be happy and hugging and looking silly even minutes after your demise. They won't be mad at your killer, they won't be sad they could've stopped it either(not for long anyway), but they will be perfectly fine showing off how much they do care for people that matter, and hint: you're not one of them :)

"I'll also lie about them and reinforce your pain while I delight in your suffering! Look how empathetic I am!"

How disgusting.

Oh cool, you finally found a mirror.

Because this IS disgusting. Like, this is the same shit people pull with Shane and his letter. No one cares about him or his pain and grief- they only cared that they could use him as a bludgeon. The only credit that can be given to you is that Ruby is fictional.

Still repulsive.

[enigmakiwi]

As someone who plays and loves palworld, I wanna say some things. One of my special interests (autism) is pokemon, and I absolutely loved pokemon scarlet/violet despite its technical flaws, if that helps demonstrate where I'm coming from.

Like the previous reblog says, the model thing has been debunked, and the arsox accusation isn't substantial. The mega delphox is a bit more concerning, but it's still not necessarily a ripoff. It's extremely possible for people to come up with similar ideas independently; it happens all the time, especially with things like pokemon/fakemon/similar monsters.

But anyways, I'm not about to defend pocketpair as a company. I just think it's important to stick to criticisms that can be... proven. I'd call them lacking in creativity for sure, though. I'd even call them hacks, honestly. Case in point, the hollow knight ripoff op mentioned. But they did manage to create one game that's... fun. At least, it's fun to me.

The reason I got it is because it seemed like an open world pokemon game in which the pokemon are treated like actual animals and creatures instead of these mythical beings that you can't hurt without using another pokemon, that can't die, that don't really feel as alive. And that's still how I'd describe it. They're animals. They're mortal. You can interact with them, and they help you. And that's something I appreciate, because it makes your relationships with them more meaningful than the third undying and infinitely powerful pidgey you've caught that sits in the box forever, or the Sceptile you only get to see when you're in a fight. At least, to me. And that says something, because I get damn attached to my pokemon.

I'm terrible at survival games. I don't like them, either. But I like this one. The one thing I feel comfortable commending them on is the combination of the mechanics they were inspired by. Life in the game doesn't feel tedious like it does in other survival games for me. It's full of creatures that, while not at all revolutionary in design, are still fun to see and interact with, and it doesn't make me do chores. I truly believe the game has some merits. The game is not finished. There's certain elements that need to be fleshed out. But even in its current state, I still find it fun. However, for the same reasons I find it fun, a lot of people will probably find it boring or bad. A lot of people were disappointed, and not all of them because of the unfinished aspects of it. That doesn't mean the game is objectively bad, that means the game isn't fun for you, nor for players like you.

But yes, the pals are unoriginal. You can often spot exactly which pokemon a pal is ripping off for the ones that are blatant ripoffs. And I find the observation in the previous reblog rather astute: people are more upset over ripped off visuals than ripped off mechanics. I think we are very rightly very concerned over visual art theft right now, with art thieves running basically unrestrained and AI trained on stolen works being extremely popular and advanced. These are things we SHOULD be concerned about. And it's something to rightly be upset with pocketpair over (the hollow knight ripoff. Seriously. Oh my god. I think everyone should be pissed off about that.).

But palworld on its own is not a serious offender. As I said, claims of stolen fakemon (at least the ones I've seen) aren't substantial, and the ripping off of pokemon is not the same as, and I'm sorry to bring it up again, the ripping off of hollow knight. I understand the argument that it incentivizes the company to rip off other smaller creators and/or indicates they're already willing to do that (...hollow knight), but palworld itself is not the offender, and if it were made by someone else, someone who isn't already following that pattern, I'd argue it isn't inherently indicative of anything specifically because of the enormity of pokemon/game freak/nintendo. Some people went a bit too far with the idea, but yeah, ripping off one of the biggest franchises in the world doesn't hurt anyone. I'm mad about the hollow knight ripoff because that's very different— that's an indie game by just a few people that became popular, something that could actually be hurt by a ripoff. It's a shame that pocketpair seem to be concerned with what they can get away with rather than what they should.

So yeah, if you don't wanna give your money to pocketpair, don't! If you don't wanna play the game, don't! That's fair! But the people conflating enjoyment of the game with moral bankruptcy are going too far— and yes, I have seen people do that. Passing around unsubstantiated claims of theft is not helpful for anyone. There's much bigger and worse things to be upset or worried over right now without having to make false accusations.

If I could do it all again, I'd probably pirate it, because yeah, I'm not sure how comfortable I am giving money to a company like pocketpair, who are making a ripoff of an indie game (and I didn't know they were doing this until today) and who lack in artistic integrity, but that's a personal choice for everyone. No ethical consumption under capitalism and all that, if that's something you ascribe to. But if you don't ascribe to that or feel it doesn't apply here, don't buy it, that's totally fair and valid and your choice. I never want to antagonize anyone, and that's certainly not what I'm trying to do here.

And my last topic: some people in the notes have brought up that you can enslave people. This is technically true. It's an aspect of the game that makes me uncomfortable. I'm almost certain the ability to capture humans was put in the game as a way to acknowledge that pals and humans aren't so different; they're all creatures, and there's nothing mystical separating them like there is with pokemon. (Also, I think they probably thought it would be funny.) This is also something the game doesn't tell you about and doesn't encourage.

When you prepare to throw a sphere at a pal, it shows you the percent chance of you successfully catching it. But if you aim at a human, nothing comes up. It heavily implies that you can't catch people. You'd only discover that they can indeed go inside the spheres if in some bizarre and horrible accident, you miss a pal and it hits a hostile npc instead, or if you intentionally throw the sphere at someone despite it giving no indication whatsoever that people can be captured.

I've never done this intentionally. I did have one bizarre and horrible accident where I accidentally hit the "throw pal sphere" button instead of throwing out my pal at a hostile npc. It did not capture him. The different percent chance of success that comes up after the thing is already in the ball came up, and it was shockingly low compared to even extremely strong pals. But this taught me something: trying to intentionally catch people is clearly a huge waste of resources if the odds of success are so terrible.

BUT. Despite all this, the fact remains that you can indeed capture people. That's something the game allows you to do. That's something they built in. And I kinda get why, but it's still immensely uncomfortable to think about people doing. It's an aspect you can ignore entirely or even more likely never find out about at all unless you see some weird post online going "WOAH you can catch PEOPLE!!!!! Awesome!!!!" or a post like this, telling you it's possible but not flaunted. Just because you can doesn't mean you should... But it's there. Again, I don't think enjoying the game makes one morally bankrupt just because of this, but it's a perfectly good reason to not play the game. I truly believe the intention behind it was not super nefarious, but that doesn't mean it's totally fine and chill for that function to be there. But some people make it out to be something that's obvious or that's encouraged when that's distinctly not the case, so I wanted to clarify. I'm not saying that you shouldn't care or be upset, but I think everyone should be able to have the full picture.

has everyone gotten their knee-jerk reactions to palworld out. can i throw my two cents in

[wynsnerdyrambles]

Zenitsu Agatsuma: how to write a coward

Since it is the birthday (at least in the West), of this wonderful lightning boy, I figured I'd take a brief break from my Hashira ramblings (Though they shall return, likely when ufotable gives us details on Yukaku-Hen, so I can start hyper-fixating on Uzui as an outlet for my hype). But, today, I want to talk about Nezuko-chan's number 2 fan: Zenitsu Agatsuma.

Zenitsu is likely to have a few initial impressions on your average consumer of KNY:

1. Oh, look it's that yellow-haired kid from the OP, I was wondering when he would become relevant.

2. Oh, he's one of those characters.

3. Wait, did this kid just sleep-swordfight? What's up with that?

Initially I thought Zenitsu was a one-note gag character. His Thunder Breathing was cool, and he was less offensive to me than other anime womanizers. His cowardice was somewhat exaggerated (what? anime and manga is an exaggerated medium? what a completely novel concept). While his fear was relatable, it wasn't the kind of thing I wanted to relate to in a character.

Then, episode 17 hit. And all of a sudden, it was like a switch flipped in my head. I went from merely tolerating Zenitsu to absolutely loving him. What happened? Gotouge contextualized his cowardice.

Far too often in many media, the scaredy-cat character is just that. It's almost like they only exist to highlight the hero's bravery. Zenitsu is a little more complicated in that regard.

Upon re-reads of the series, Zenitsu's fear was contextualized as a potential form of something akin to Imposter Syndrome. Zenitsu has been abandoned his whole life, right from his parents down to every single girl he's ever dated. So, when Jii-Chan takes him in, and puts him through hellish training, Zenitsu is above all afraid that he won't measure up to Jigoro's standards. In other words, he's afraid the old man won't find him useful, and he'd be abandoned again. But, Jigoro doesn't abandon him. He really becomes the grandfather type figure that Zenitsu has always seen him as. So, Zenitsu goes to Final Selection, just trying to live up to the expectations of the only person who has never left him.

Just let that sink in for a moment. Zenitsu doesn't feel worthy of being this man's successor, there's no way he could be like Jigoro, or even Kaigaku. He's so insecure in his own self-worth it manifests as cowardice. Yes, he's actually scared, and thinks he'll fail, but I think he's more afraid he'll let Gramps down, that the man will realize that Zenitsu clearly isn't worthy of his love. After all, everyone else has left. And that nagging voice has body in the form of Kaigaku, who has constantly belittled his junior, and gives voice to Zenitsu's deepest insecuriities.

Zenitsu knows he's the one slaying those demons, I think, deep down, but he's mired so deep in feelings of being an imposter, that he tries to deflect the reality of the situation. The only reason Zenitsu cannot face demons with First Form while awake, is that he's holding himself back. Like the old saying goes, "whether you think you can, or think you can't, you're probably right." But as he grows as a character we see his cowardice fade. Fear is replaced by resolve, and that makes it all the more satisfying when Zenitsu stands up to Kaigaku, the voice of his insecurities, his own inner demons given form (pun intended), with his eyes wide open, it's made all the more satisfying with knowledge of his contextualized cowardice.

This kind of story hits hard for me, because, well, we all have inherent worth, and it just hits different when someone finally realizes that about themselves.

[junko-and-riri-domain]

exam season ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ ni-ki

“you aren't wasting my time, and you need rest. please, ___ this isn’t healthy.” riki pleaded, and he seemed so genuinely concerned for you.  “I know we’re labelled as rivals all the time but I want to get to know you better. as someone who ranked 1 consistently, I wanted to meet the one person who managed to achieve the same thing."

or 

you and nishimura riki are rivals under the same company. after all, being the same age and pretty much the same level of talent made you and him quite unstoppable. the company thought it’d be a good idea to let you two meet and get along, but it turned out to be quite the opposite ordeal. though, this always remained to be a respectful rivalry. nothing petty.

warnings : overworked reader, insecurities, fainting from exhaustion, hints at negative body image ( good ending ) 

note : this is also off the top of my head, please ignore any mistakes !

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ rest under the cut

what were you supposed to think?

you had to admit it to yourself though, similar age and practically same amount of skill in dance would mean that this unit would be pretty much unstoppable. it’s just ;; the unspoken consequences of young teamwork at play. 

training for about half a year at belift, you’ve become quite popular among the trainees. they describe you as a dance prodigy. if you were going to be honest, it was kind of embarrassing. the spotlight was okay depending on the circumstances but, to be described as something so honorable made you feel like you weren’t worthy of it. on top of that, your vocals were always stable while practicing, making you stand out and always place #1 on exams. 

and so you started to practice harder, with the same thought of

‘i have to prove that i’m worthy to be labeled as a prodigy, otherwise why else am i here?’ 

to ni-ki, you were always so hardworking. sometimes, he thought it was too much. he’d pass by the room you were practicing in during lunch breaks and he would see you dancing your heart out, sweat threatening to fall from your face. he could tell you were tired, but due to the rules, he wasn’t allowed to talk to you. he considered you his opponent in a way, but it wasn’t to the extent of ruining your workflow. 

and to you, ni-ki seemed like a charming rival. the way he danced had always mesmerized you, his snaps and swift moves are always close to perfect. this motivated you to practice even harder, despite already achieving extreme skill. you often nitpicked on yourself and keep saying that you’re not doing something well enough, and that you’re not good enough and you have to try harder. you honestly thought he was kind of annoying. not only is he literally so tall, he's a dancing machine. everything that you wanted to be. ni-ki may have been your unspoken rival, 

but overcoming your extreme feeling to be better than the previous day is your true rival. 

coming home after training, you were always exhausted. as much water you drank, it never felt as if it quenched the thirst you brought upon yourself from working so hard. while doing homework you always zoned out, your concentration nowhere to be found. at some point, you even stopped messaging your friends as much as before, ignoring any notification that popped up and practicing till the sun peeked above the horizon.

this feeling of wanting to slip away into well-deserved rest never sat right with you.

'if I have time to do something, then I'll do it now. rest can wait.'

---

the week before, an exam was assigned to all the trainees. the exam was to be separated by gender, but you thought this was kind of dumb. and so what did you do? you asked the choreographer if you could take both of the choreographies instead of being categorized into one section.

"that's a great idea, ___! I'll allow it this once, since you always rank 1 anyways. in fact, why don't I ask riki if he wants to do an co-op exam with you? you guys are the same age right?"

all you could do was let out a hum and nod.

'nishimura riki... I hope I don't mess anything up.'

"he always ranks 1 in exams as well so I think it'd be perfect!" he continued, a bright smile flashed across his face at the realization of a great performance in development.

he walks off, and briskly walks to where riki usually practiced.

phew

you let out a breath you didn't even know you were holding. you've done many exams before but it had never been with another person. trying to convince yourself everything would be okay, your intrusive thoughts came in again.

'what if i embarass myself? what if I can't learn the choreo and mess everything up? what if he doesn't like m- wait. that doesn't even matter- ugh.'

you stood there for so long thinking to yourself about the future that one of the trainees had to tap you on the shoulder to make sure you didn't see medusa or something. repeating your little sorries and thank yous, you left the practice room and went on your way home.

you'd think that after weeks of non-stop overworking you'd hit your limit by now. the thing is, you never learn your lesson until you have to learn it the hard way. and that's exactly what's gonna happen.

---

back to the present, riki was currently doing a run-over of what he thinks you guys should do to make the choreography better. if there was one thing you and him had in common, it's that you always wanted to be ranked 1 through hard work.

however, you disagreed with some of the steps he created, and respectfully asked if you could show him what you were thinking of. in all honesty, riki was quite impressed. he'd never seen you dance up close since all he was able to do was take quick glances, but seeing you pour your heart into what you love and being absolutely great at it, it kind of gave him the feels.

yes. the feels. the butterflies. 🦋🦋🦋

though, in the next moment, butterflies was far from what he felt. his stomach did a full 180 and his face in such a shocked state as he watched your eyes roll back as your body practically shut down in front of him. he sped down to your side quickly and shouted for help, as he tried to shake you awake.

"please please wake up, I'm not sure if you'd wake up at all if you fell asleep so please..."

was the last faint thing you heard before slipping into unconsciousness.

---

beep , beep , beep

your eyes flutter open to reveal that you were in the nurse's office in the same building. to say you were relieved was an understatement, hospitals scared you a lot more since they'd have to call your parents.

looking around the dim room, it still resembled a hospital room, monitor, needles, riki, IV, wait. riki?

your eyes practically shot back to where he sat, head bowed down in an awkward position, closed eyes with phone in hands.

honestly speaking, it was kind of cute. but you knew it was uncomfortable. and you also felt SUPER guilty making him wait for you and practically ruining practice. he stirred a bit, easy to wake up due to the uncomfy position his neck was in.

in a couple of seconds you hear him ask, "___? you're awake?"

"riki.. what happened?"

"the trainer, our choreographer and the building's medical team were all here. they said that you were overworking yourself. not only that, you didn't eat, drink, or sleep enough. which I can only assume is because you're constantly practicing."

"... I'm guessing that has to be true then, if I'm already here. riki, I'm sorry."

"sorry for what?"

"for wasting your time. you didn't have to be tangled up in my mess if I wasn't an idiot and asked them for a different exam. we could'v-"

he cut you off, “you aren't wasting my time, and you need rest. please, ___ this isn’t healthy.” riki pleaded, and he seemed so genuinely concerned for you.  “I know we’re labelled as rivals all the time but I want to get to know you better. as someone who ranked 1 consistently, I wanted to meet the one person who managed to achieve the same thing. you didn't disappoint me, you didn't waste my time, in fact, it was fun watching you disagree with the things I said. but then you fainted in front of me. I had no idea what to do, but thankfully Jungwon-hyung came in and helped me. but all that aside, your body needs rest. I've talked too much."

"it's okay, your voice seems to be making me sleepy anyways."

he didn't know whether to take that as a compliment or an insult.

you handed him a spare pillow from your bed though, so he'll just take it as a compliment for now.

he didn't know what took over him in the next few seconds but he slowly put his phone in his pocket and reached his hand out to you, his hand resting on the bed right next to your waistline. as if it was beckoning you, your hand gravitated towards his, and the warmth of his hand and his comforting presence was enough to lull you back to sleep.

---

all the trainees in the floor were gathered in practice room #1, awaiting the announcement to see who got rank 1.

of course, they were expecting you and riki, but not together at the same time.

"nishimura riki, ___ ___. rank #1"

you and riki looked at each other in excitement, you could do nothing but listen at the moment, but celebration was in order later.

celebration? oh did you mean cuddles, making sure you're rested well and eating okay, hand holding, and a whole lot of light-hearted teasing? yeah.

[end]

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ written by junko

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[barbiegirldream]

Previous anon, do you think the Dream Teal will be allowed to team during MCC all stars. That is a weirdly highly debated topic within the MCC reddit.

Some argue that the Dteam is too Op to ever team together and that could potentially ruin the fun for other teams, while some argue that the point of all stars is a for fun event and that balancing doesn't matter.

Imo I just wanna see the Dteam dominate. George is often highly underrated but he's an amazing player as he proved last MCC getting 8th. Not to mention he's incredibly cracked with a bow and is one of the Top 5 Dodgebolt players. George is also really good with comms especially with his bestfriends, for example this MCC in grid runners during that pumpkin carving mini game I had no idea what Dream was saying, but George managed to figure out what Dream was saying thanks to best friends powers I guess.

Sapnap has been popping off in MCC season 2, he is absolutely terrifying in pvp and movement based games, definitely earning his spot as part of the S tiers. Plus is a great right hand man for Dream, reapecting him as a leader, but isn't afraid to call him out if Dream gets too risky or too in his own head.

Dream this season has proven himself to be a great leader, watching vods in advance, giving tips on how someone can do better, and coming up with unique strategies. He has also proven himself to be a great moral support often cheering his team mates up once he senses their moral is low and keeps them from getying too frustrated. Dream is also an amzing player just like Sapnap and has proven himself worthy of being S tier.

The Dream Team work like a well oiled machine with each other, almost knowing what exactly each other is thinking. In my opinion mot even buildmart can stop them when teamed up together.

My thing is it depends on how Scott wants to play it. If it's for viewer fanservice then maybe. if he wants balanced team absolutely no shot. Sapnap is popping off far too hard this season. Like he's killing it. And Techno seems like he's sitting out which ruins MCC4 SBI. We'll just have to wait and see.

But you're correct even on the reddit they've pointed out Dream Team + Karl who's shown great room for improvement would probably steam roll any other previous teams.

So i'm torn between wanting to see old teams return and wanting to see maybe fun new match ups that would never be allowed in regular MCC like Dream teamed with another s-tier besides Sapnap or idk

However it's done Scott has yet to fail us and I doubt he will start now

[vampish-glamour]

okay so i don't mean that as in actually validating this period thing with that one trans women from reddit but tbh i feel like this response is kind of out of line. she is obviously miserable. i've read that post and it doesn't come across as someone doing it for attention. it just reads like someone who is in such a bad place that she is believing that stuff. telling her that she will never have that is cruel. validating it would be too, but there are ways that are less harsh. i used to be in a place like her and tbh i was so miserable that those 'delusions' were the only way to avoid doing some pretty bad things to myself. she's needing help and not people talking about her like that. like would you do that if she had 'normal' delusions? i get it that this is offensive and i agree but this all feels like it's more about her being trans and not about the rest. and tbh it's not disgusting or anything to wish for the nagative parts of the opposite sex when you're trans. being told to be lucky for lacking some of those traits hurts a lot and even tho we know that there are things that suck it is part of being that opposite sex and i can assure you that i would volutarily go through a kick in the balls every day if i could be a cis guy in exchange through that. every physical pain i have felt so far (and i have felt a lot because i have a bunch of health issues) was not as bad as the whole package my dysphoria causes. there were points where i wanted to die because i was in so much pain and i would take that any day over the absolute hopelessness and the disgust with my body and the fact that i will never be just a normal guy. i like you and you usually have opinions i can agree on, but in that situation i feel like you do not understand how bad dysphoria can be and what it can do to someone. its super disrespectful to treat a clearly mentally ill person like that that probably heard things like this often enough to hurt more than most cis people can actually understand because they don't have those experiences. i believe that some can do that but it's really hard and i don't blame anyone for not understanding that fully but please at least treat trans people with respect even if they are delusional. dysphoria can literally cause various mental illnesses with symptoms like that. and the treatment many trans people get socially can too.

I'm assuming you're talking about my response to the post?

I don't think I was harsh or cruel at all. I actually remember carefully choosing my words and making sure to be gentle. I could have been absolutely nasty but I stayed civil, even when people started calling me a terf for pointing out that trans woman are physically incapable of menstruation. But apparently I wasn't nice enough? I get that I could have just ignored the post, but it was a post on a public website which I have the right to respond to in any way I see fit. "but there are ways that are less harsh.", tell me, what ways? What could I have changed about what I said? I didn't discredit that the op was experiencing something, I just said she wasn't experiencing a period.

Which brings me to the delusion part. I'll be completely honest and say I don't know much about delusions or how to handle them, and it's something that didn't cross my mind when responding to the post. But as I just said, I didn't completely deny that the op was feeling something. I just told her it wasn't a period, and that maybe she could find another thing to call it. You say that neither invalidating or validating the belief that she has a period is good for her...which leaves ignoring the post as the only option. Which means she only gets validation, as the majority of people were all "yass queen periods!!!!".

"but this all feels like it's more about her being trans and not about the rest."

I'd have commented if it was a guy saying this, too. Hell, I and the women in my family get annoyed when men in our family act like they have it just as bad as us because they have to experience us having a short temper on our periods (which mind you, none of us use as an excuse to be bitchy lol. We just warn people that we're on our periods and may be short fused). If I get annoyed at that, of course I would be annoyed at a guy literally claiming to have a period. I wouldn't just ignore it if it was a guy and not a trans woman. It has everything to do with diminishing periods, and not with trans women. It just happens to be that men typically don't go around pretending to have periods, trans women often do. Which is why it seems this discussion targets trans women the most.

And no, it isn't wrong for trans people to want opposite sex characteristics! I completely understand that that's the whole point of being trans. (Which is part of the reason I genuinely tried to be nice in my response, because I knew this was part of the picture) But it is wrong to then claim you have something like a period, which is universally understood to be a bad experience, even though you're physically incapable of having one.

If it hurts trans women to be told they don't have periods, a simple solution is to not go around claiming to have one. To claim you have a period when being incapable of having one, is to set yourself up for either disappointment, or for people to lie to you out of fear of being called transphobic.

It's not disrespectful to tell the truth. It is disrespectful to treat trans people like sensitive babies that you need to walk on eggshells around, which is what you're doing when suggesting I'm failing to treat trans people with respect by telling a trans woman she doesn't actually have a period. I treat trans people how I treat anybody else, which means calling them out for behaviour I don't agree with.

I thank you for being civil, because a lot of people aren't. But I'm sorry, I just can't agree with you on this. I see where you're coming from and understand your perspective...but as I said in the response, periods are something that heavily impact both myself and women close to me. It's a personal topic for me, and I don't see anything wrong with speaking about it bluntly, which also means telling people who were born male that their stomach pain cannot be called a period.

[mytastessuck]

Gorillaz: Demon Day

1Ah, the magnum opus. This might not be my favorite Gorillaz album but when think of Gorillaz, they always bring this masterpiece up. As I brought up before, this album was responsible for getting me back into Gorillaz in the first place, my dad buying me a copy as soon as it was released. Needless to say, my hyper ass hyperfixated on this band. I looked up their lyrics, went to their site, read their lore, listened to their interviews and brought issues of Tank Girl. This album basically defined me from 10-15 and I will always be grateful to it for that. This stuff is the GOAT for alternative hip-hop/rock and we are basically going to salivate over it for 15 tracks.

1. Intro

Love this foreboding shit. The instruments, the voices, the zombie stuff...hell yeah. I never skipped this part when I put the CD in the player. When I heard, "Now entering the harmonic door..." I would just grin like a maniac.

8/10

2. Last Living Souls

This is some melodic shit! From the chorus to the verses to the bridge, this shit manages to keep you in while filling you up with your daily recommended dose of solipsism. This is an ass-kicker.

10/10

3. Kids With Guns

This song apparently caused a controversy because kids and guns are not supposed to mentioned in the same sentence unless you're doing a report on Call of Duty: Black Ops but I personally thought this song was just average...until you got to the breakdown. All that noise proceeds to drown you in audio goodness before cutting out before you drown. Hats off to you, guys.

8/10

4. O Green World

Love this. The mixing, the chanting, the singing and random screaming. I don't know what it is with Gorillaz and their more environmental work but they tend to hit the ball out of the park every time they go green.

10/10

5. Dirty Harry

This song has every thing you need for a 2000s track. Kids singing, nice beats, Bush-trashing...basically, it's an excellent time capsule of mid-2000s culture all thrown at you by Bootie Brown stomping on you. What I especially like about this track is how the laughter at the end fades into the far less comforting laughter of...

10/10

6. Feel Good Inc.

I don't fuck with this song anymore.

This song...I would wake up and run to the nearest room this song was playing. I would memorize episodes and timeslots of wherever this song dropped on. I would attack anyone who attempted to turn this song off on the radio. This was my favorite song of all time. This song introduced me to De La Soul. I played this song all the time...to the point that I'm absolutely sick of it years later. I also hate it when people hold it up as the ultimate Gorillaz song. Ya'll know they did better stuff, right? Hell, their B-sides have better songs! But...I respect the shit out of this song. And I'm still grateful to it for fueling my Gorillaz fanaticism.

10/10

7. El Manana

Man, this song used to depress the shit out of me. Even before the video came out. Damon's voice is so oddly sorrowful for a pining side. Thank god he's married because I can see the Maenads swimming up to his beach and tearing him apart for bumming them out with his crooning. I remember when a Wikipedia article was vandalized to suggest this song was about 2D singing to Noodle. Gross, right?

9/10

8. Every Planet We Reach Is Dead

Damn, the piano on this is tight. I remember finding out Ike Turner did the piano on this and telling my dad. My dad thought he died. And he did. A year later. I don't begrudge the music team for working with Ike. He was a genuinely talented musician and a rock n' roll father. Plus, his career was still down the toilet after this so it's not like they did him a huge favor. Still though, listen to the breakdown after the verses. That shit can send you into hyperspace.

10/10

9. November Has Come

MF DOOM. I've been a fan of this guy since the Danger Mouse collaboration and he shows why on this track. I knew that there was only one guy talking on this track and it still sounded like a couple of guys conversing. This dude ruled. RIP

10/10

10. All Alone

A song to shake your rump to and to scare you out of a chill out! I love two-for-one deals! This is where Gorillaz start to bust genres like they owed them money. Rap mixed with soulful singing is a great taste that should be encountered more often. Kudos.

9/10

11. White Light

Fuck yes. This track is short yet sour-sweet with its weird mumbling, scatting, guitar work and heavenly break. Man, I would kill to be somewhere where this playing live. I would mosh to this so hard...good on you, Murdoc.

11/10

12. Dare

It's there, indeed. Finally, a song you can dance to without getting self-conscious. I will work it out, Noodle. I will work it out to your singing and the crowd chatter at the end. You all shake it with me. I hate dancing alone.

9/10

13. Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head

This shit is spooky! Thanks Dennis Hopper for creeping me out well into my twenties. I still get shivers when I hear "Without the truth of the eyes, the Happy Folk were blind." The singing is nice too, tying everything together with even more nihilistic imagery. Ooo-ooo-AH.

10/10

14. Don't Get Lost In Heaven

Pretty nice. Nothing special but it's not suckage either. Just a nice faux-gospel theme to mellow out to. It's cool but I really like this song for being the perfect lead in to my favorite song on the album...

8/10

15. Demon Days

When I first got this album and listened to it, I was disappointed to say the least. "Really? All that awesome shit and you finish it on gospel? I can't even understand what these guys are saying! Fuck it." I skipped it every time I played the album. It wasn't until years later when I looked up the lyrics and sung along to the song that the plug to my stupid brain finally went in the album. This song manages to talk about enlightenment without mentioning God. It tells us to live right without mentioning religion. It uses a choir. It's one of my favorite non-gospel gospel songs and it's one of my Gorillaz works. Praise them.

20/10

Album score: 10.01/10

Tune in next week for D-Sides. And if I thought I was unfair with this score...

[paradise-creator]

Hellooo!! I love love LOVE the diamond box matchup you did!! You're amazing!! Your blog is incredible!! Now I'm here for a romantic haven box Haikyuu matchup pls🥺

Appearance: My name is Kay! She/her, black, straight, 5'1, I have a slightly athletic & curvy-ish figure (lol idk), short-ish hair(like mid-neck), dark brown eyes, shoe size 9, I like to dress comfy so I'm always in oversized hoodies, sweatpants, sneakers, sweatshirts and shorts. I like colorful clothes too, high waisted jeans and shorts and boots. I'm not very fashionable but I try lol.

Personality:

Basics: infp-t, Hufflepuff, Taurus sun, scorpio moon, sanguine, chaotic good, ambivert.

Some positive traits: I'm optimistic, friendly, energetic, organized, enthusiastic, observant, happy, open-minded, loving, encouraging and inquisitive!!

Some negative traits: I'm annoying, perfectionist, insecure, forgetful, easily distracted, kinda lazy, argumentative, too nice at times and clingy.

I love learning new things!! Currently I'm learning Korean, how to draw, how to paint and songs on the saxophone.

When I'm up for it, I love fun physical activity!! Going for a hike, going to the gym, bungee jumping, mountain climbing, going camping and etc :D

Although I love going out, nothing beats lazy days at home. I can spend hours by myself and still be happy. When alone I usually sleep or watch a movie/anime or practice my drawing or saxophone or try and learn something new!

I have a horrible memory and can never remember important dates 😭 I've forgotten my own birthday a few times (rip) so people can get mad at me for missing appointments, forgetting birthdays and other important days. I try my best to organize everything necessary on my phone calendar so I can be reminded.

I love seeing people happy! Nothing can fulfill my day more than knowing I put a smile on someone's face! I usually try my best to help out anyone who needs it and to the best of my ability! This has led to me getting taken advantage of in the past but I can't help but try and make others happy. I've developed a thicker skin and some trust issues as I've grown up because of it.

I love hyping my friends/family up!! Do you need a boost in confidence? Here I am, ready to help you remember the absolute king/queen/royalty that you are!! I'm usually very energetic and enthusiastic about many things and I love spreading positivity around!!

My love language is physical touch! So touch is very important to me in my relationships. Though I am insecure so I tend to think that I smother the people I care about with too much affection idk lol. I live for hugs and cuddles and hand holding 👉🏿👈🏿 but because of that I feel like I'm very clingy and annoying skskfksjd

I'm introverted in nature so although I mean usually full of energy and love making new friends, I can't do it for too long lol. My social battery runs out really fast and I have to hide away and recharge before I can be fully social again, otherwise I won't be my best self. I treasure personal time and understand when people need time for themselves too.

I love spontaneity!! I love living in the moment and doing stuff just for the hell of it!! Wanna go on a road trip? Dance in the rain? Build houses for charity? Go to McDonald's at 2am? Go on a long walk? SIGN ME UP!!

I can also be lazy and unmotivated to do stuff. If something doesn't interest me, I'd find myself incapable of doing it or I'd do it with great difficulty. I'm one of those 'do something when inspiration/motivation hits you otherwise it'll be absolute shit' types.

But when I do have motivation/inspiration that's when my perfectionism comes in and I have to do it in the best possible way and anything less is an insult to me, my family, my ancestors and descendants lmaoo. Unfortunately I subconsciously set a very high bar for myself which can be overwhelming and stressful but when I manage to produce work of that quality, it's very satisfying and rewarding jshkshdhsj

I have more to add but I feel like this is getting way too long 💀 lemme just move to the next section heheheh

Hobbies: I LOVE listening to music, learning new things, watching movies/anime, sleeping, reading, writing, playing saxophone (I'm still learning tho lol), swimming, drawing, journaling, making friends, and cooking!

My music taste: any type of rock (punk rock, grunge, j-rock, metal), pop, KPOP, RnB, jazz, dubstep, lofi hip hop, rap, trap, krnb, anime OP's and bangers from: Elvis, the beach boys, Queen, Khalid, Ateez, Harry styles, Kendrick Lamar, p!atd, mcr, fallout boy, Nirvana, BTS, mxmtoon, Marianas trench, twenty one pilots, stray kids, Jay Park, crush, Dreamcatcher, Skrillex, MJ, troye sivan etc

Fun facts:

I'm more of a cat person but I live dogs and think they're adorable!!

I have four piercings and I plan on getting more soon!!

I'm a night owl, and get super grumpy in the mornings especially when woken up unexpectedly >:/

Although I love making friends, I only have like 1/2 super close friends and like 20+ acquaintances lol

I want to get a tattoo soon but idk what to get :(

I'm super addicted to coffee (rip) and if I don't take some for some time (like a week) I'll get the worst migraines and I won't feel better until I drink some coffee 😭

That's it!! I hope i wrote enough stuff!! Did I leave anything out? If you need more pls tell me and I'll send another ask :D Take your time!! I'm in no rush. I'll patiently wait even though you get writers block or have a large amount of asks 😌 pls stay safe and healthy!! Drink lots of water, sleep well and have an amazing day/night!! 💙✨

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Hello and Welcome my Starlight!

The Haven box includes:

- Match up

- Sun drop

- Journal of Feelings

- 3 am shenanigans

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I'd match you up with

Sugawara Koushi, Vice-captain of Karasuno

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Sun drops

- OKAY so like, as I read your description I thought of Akaashi or Yaku or Sugawara

- Me being the indecisive author I am had trouble picking

- But then I remembered that you loved to do spontaneous things.

- And that's when I realized that Sugawara is THE ONE

- You two would be deemed the "3 am couple"

- Or in the team it would be "Epitome of Chaos"

- He takes care of you

- He will alway remind you that you don't need to be perfect

- Insecurities? BE GONE

- Nagativity? BE GONE

- That's basically his motto

- He is both your mom and partner in Crime

- did I mention he will take care of you?

- CUDDLES AND KISSES FOR DAYS

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Journal of feelings

- Once this man realizes that you LOVE physical affection. He will give it to you. EVERYTIME HE SEES YOU

Kay entered the gym to watch her boyfriend play. She tried sneaking in and so far it has been great. She thought she was off the hook but then felt a familiar arms wrapped around her waist. "I found you~" Sugawara said with a smile.

- You both would often plan pranks and majority of the times, it would succeed

"Okay okay, so what are we doing today?" Kay asked the silver haired male. "Oh~ maybe we can scare Asahi or anyone for that matter with a beetle?" Sugawara suggested. "That's--no," Kay responded.

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3 am shenanigans

It’s 3 am in the morning. Almost everyone is fast asleep or in their homes, well almost. The night sky is littered with diamond in the sky. The streets were silent but it was comforting. A few people walked here and there. And a few cars passes by there and here. “What are we doing up so late?” A silver haired man said as he yawned. “We’ll be going to Mc Donald’s! What else?” The female responded as she smiled at him. “Is it even open at this time?” He asked. “Koushi, darling, it is open,” Kay, the lover of our beloved silvered male man said as she smiled. Sugawara chuckled and held her hand, the smile on his face was evident. “You know, we should be sleeping by now right?” He said as he pulled her closer. “And so what? I wasn’t planning on sleeping early! I slept the whole day yesterday and missed the chance to hang out with you,” The girl responded.

A small blush appeared on the male’s face and he giggled. “That’s very sweet bu-“ He was about to say but was silenced by the girl. “That was very sweet but we could’ve done this later on or tomorrow. Well, sorry to break it to you, Love. But, we are here,” She said as she pulled the male inside the fast food chain. And soon enough, the two got their orders and enjoyed their meal. “I don’t know why but this hits different,” Kay said as she eat a French fry. “It really does. Especially since you are here,” Sugawara stated as he patted her head. Now, she was the one blushing. As the two chatted, the other customers and staff glanced at them every now and then. None of them were annoyed at their interactions. On the contrary, they enjoyed watching them,

Some felt envious of their relationship. Some dreamt to have something like that. And others remembered the times of old. The two were so sweet, it’s almost too much. Laughter and chattering echoed through the building from both the couple and the people around them. Then they were dub the “3 am couple” as the two would often venture in that restaurant at 3 am in the morning.

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Author's note

I'm so so sorry for the long wait! This week has been hectic. Anywho, I hope you enjoy this matchup~ and thanks for requesting!

[psychological-musings]

I also understand not wanting to "clog your friends' dashes" past a certain point though—like when I first hyperfixated on a certain game last year, I reblogged 300+ posts in the span of like 5 hours, and that felt like just a bit too much for me (everyone's limits are different though, so post however much is comfortable for you!). So I created a sideblog for that specific interest and just linked to that blog from my main.

A lot of people just put a mix of all their interests on their main though—I only have 4 sideblogs (this is one of them!) for interests that I anticipate a lot of consistent activity in! Every single other interest I have goes to my main, sometimes tagged, sometimes not.

Interest-specific sideblogs are also nice because you can scroll back through and find all the stuff you liked from that interest all at once! Even better if you have some variation of a "fave" tag on each blog—tumblr users are absolutely delighted when you "fave" their posts, in my experience, so that's an extra bonus! But I find it very fun to just scroll through my own blogs from time to time and see what I've collected!

Ultimately though, you'll find a group of friends on Tumblr by just posting like yourself. There's no single "right" way to use Tumblr, so long as you understand how certain functions work and how they're typically used (for example, reblogs, the queue, tags, the magic comma (‚) that can be copy pasted into tags, quick reblogs, mentions, how to create a sideblog, etc.).

As for likes, I like to picture them like a "thumbs up" reaction emoji on Discord. Doesn't do that much, but lets the person whose post you're looking at as well as the OP ("original poster") know that you saw their post. Like a little wave or generally positive greeting, but not really interactive as far as Tumblr goes.

Reblogs on the other hand, even silent ones, are often seen like "saving for later" or bookmarking, or like trying to show something to your friends. Like taking a screenshot and saving it to a specific folder. Usually a sign that you like something a lot— many people even reblog the same post many times in a row to show they really liked it! (Common is 3-8 sequential reblogs, but some people do even more. You can think of it like dragging like 8 of an item in a grocery store into your cart; shows that you REALLY like it a lot.)

Also, there's no shame in not knowing all of Tumblr's features, or finding several of them out way down the road. I only learned how to queue things a few months ago and I've been here for years.

seeing a lot of "why would i reblog anything i don't have something to add" like

sir this is the user-circulated content site

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

oh, I got (I believe) all that was useful and of sense of it, I just missed the cursing because it was replaced with [expletive] so I have no idea what you called me, which strikes me as not missing much.

look, having taken an hour or so out from tumblr for this I will definitely say I've misspoken, and I apologise. the extent to which I've misspoken, I have no idea; I shall do research.

but genuinely. one thing that always confuses me about this sort of reaction to any posts no matter how stupid dangerous or wrong. what do you think will be accomplished by reacting this way? you're more likely to make people angry or frustrated, and dig their heels in. how would you feel if somebody actually looked at you telling them to go die, and did so? if you're polite and give information - or, if you can't because it's too much of a trigger topic for you, say 'you're wrong go research' or something - you're gonna get through to somebody so much better than if you're dogpiling like in this case. did you see the first reblog to this post? they provided information, as information not as an attack. you know how much better that's gonna go down than if you charge in, call the op a moron, demon et cetera, and seethe in their notes? I am literally begging you to understand this

incidentally one can get to university age without much life experience. I've spent - not half, but close to it - of my life in India, not Australia, and I got one (1) semester in school learning about the history of Australia. not saying that this magically makes it okay for me to be ignorant, but if somebody doesn't know enough to know what they don't know, they're not going to necessarily dive in and do extensive research to combat it.

also I will say in my defense - and I'm not trying to make excuses, just that this was a thing that affected this - that I do find, far too often, that if my mind is running fast I'll have, say, four points to go through. point one (writes it down). point two (writes down some of it). point three (starts a sentence and deletes bc it's unfinished). point four. right we're done hit post. there was at least one point in this where I look back at it and know I intended to respond to more of the prev post than I did, I just forgot that I hadn't, which is absolutely on me but also means that there can be more misunderstandings happening easily.

(another incidentally: as my blog title says, this is not a kinning blog, I didn't even know about kinning when I made the name for myself, so it's a coincidence. and the fact that I'm Christian should not be an instant red flag or something used to mock me.)

hello, i'm not from australia but i've seen this come up while watching tv and videos online and was wondering how bad the situation actually is over there. is there a lot of very violent discrimination towards indigenous australians still going on? it seems pretty bad from what i have heard but some of the examples i've seen have been fictional, and others have been videos that don't show the whole context of what was going on so there might have been a different argument leading up to the one that was filmed and it's just being presented as the non-indigenous person directing their anger towards the indigenous person for no reason besides their race.

Hello anon! I'm going to say that despite being Australian, I actually don't know the answer to your question. I don't believe it's so very bad? I know it still goes on though. And there's a lot of healthcare based discrimination. The difference in life expectancy on average is absolutely appalling (although some of that is to do with choices many people make.... which is also connected to living situation... it's all tied in together, unfortunately).

I've rarely knowingly seen people who are indigenous, tbh. We don't have loads of them over here, more in the outback where I've never been.

However, the next semester I do at uni has a unit specifically dealing with indigenous challenges in nursing and midwifery care, so maybe after that time I'll know more!

I have considered remote outback midwifery, vaguely, although a lot of life situation would have to change to make that a viable option.