#people will shun you for that

[gemkun]

anonymous said : Veritas, have you begun to… catch feelings for Mr. Aventurine? It’s highly inadvisable. You have a career, a bright future, that… manipulative little pest will siphon everything he can get out of you and discard you once you no longer suit his fancy. His sort only know how to parasitically leech off of others. Do not trust him. Shut your feelings off if you must, but do not open your heart to him. He’s only out for himself, you know that.

      ⸻       how   this   message   has   come   across   unpermitted   ,   waltzing   past   the   watchful   gaze   of   his   ever   —   vigilant   assistant   ,   is   beyond   him.   though   ,   upon   inspecting   its   contents   ,   he   is   somewhat   grateful   that   none   had   pried   prior.   still   ,   this   charade   is   one   to   investigate   —   particularly   should   it   pertain   to   the   integrity   of   his   security   system.

  plucking   a   quill   that   rests   in   its   pot   ,   he   attends   to   his   sender   ,   and   begins   to   address   the   raised   matter.

  ❛   your   concerns   are   heard   ,   though   i   must   stress   ,   they   are   unwarranted   and   pointless.   i   am   painstakingly   aware   of   his   nature   ,   he   proclaims   it   often   and   wears   it   proudly   like   a   badge   of   honour.   sometimes   i   believe   he   makes   it   his   mission   to   remind   those   around   him   as   he   sees   fit.

  however   ,   i   must   posit   a   question   to   you   ,   dear   sender   —   who   are   you   to   command   i   act   a   certain   way   based   on   groundless   allegations   ?   if   you   are   so   bold   to   encroach   and   warn   on   my   personal   matters   ,   then   you   should   see   no   issue   in   revealing   your   identity.

  until   the   appropriate   evidence   has   found   itself   on   my   table   ,   i   will   not   dignify   you   with   a   response.   ❜

  and   he   closes   his   correspondence   ,   inscribing   impeccable   lettering   on   the   page   ,   glistening   in   ebony.

  catch   feelings   for   that   stoneheart   ?   he   scoffs.

[peachyfnaf]

finally... after all this time..... validation.......... (thank you Mr. Davis sir)

[allebooklover]

Seeing people hate on bnha’s ending for not being a utopia and claiming that nothing about their society has changed, and I just don’t agree with that.

Even if it’s not perfect, their society did change for the better. Crime still exists, but has gone down to the point that less heroes are needed. There’s less idolization on the pro-heroes career - in Deku’s teenage years the ideal job was pro-hero and only pro-hero, but in the epilogue other career tracks such as healthcare and technology are given equal recognition and value to the pro-hero career track. Therapy used to be viewed as a threat and something to be kept hidden because it is shameful to admit that you needed it, and in Toga’s case used outdated practices that did more harm than help - in the epilogue it’s instead seen as something regular and helpful, and that needing help is nothing to be ashamed about, and more up to date and effective at actually helping others, as seen by the therapy programs Uraraka and co created being talked about on tv. Society is shown (I’m mainly thinking about the old granny and the kid) to be less apathetic to those in need. Things have changed for the better.

It’s not a utopia. Crime still exists. Heroes are still needed. But they’re no longer the sole bandage for the gaping wound that used to be their society. Other people from other careers help serves as bandages too, and all of that ultimately helps society function in a way that benefits everyone better. If utopia is the top of the stairs and the society shown in the story’s beginning is at the bottom of the stairs, the society shown in the epilogue is on the step that is halfway up to the top. Not perfect, but improving, and one that is working on continuing their improvement so that they don’t fall stagnant and backslide back to the bottom of the stairs where they used to be.

(Ngl if I want to be more specific it’s that the beginning of the manga has them in the lower parts of the steps solely because All Might and his Symbol of Peace carried them there, but it’ll muddy the metaphor too much lol)

But anyways. BNHA’s ending does something I find much more interesting than ‘they’ve created a crime-free utopia where everyone is happy’. The ending goes ‘things aren’t perfect but they’re improving, and will continue to improve so long as everyone puts in the effort’. It acknowledges imperfections, and the beauty and importance of small steps that lead up to big changes. It promotes gradual growth as important and crucial, and that’s a message I find much more relatable than a crime-free utopia.

[rmbunnie]

Something kinda tasteless about the way that alongside the concerns of "Batman needs someone to rein in his aggression/edginess" (mostly a meta concern,) "Robin is a symbol of undying hope right alongside Batman, Superman, and the police system," and "now that the thought's crossed my mind I think being Robin would be pretty sweet actually," one of Tim's points for why he should be Robin at the end of A Lonely Place of Dying is "we need to show the criminals of Gotham that they can't just kill Robin and expect to get away with it!" Because. They can. That's exactly what happened.

Using that line of reasoning, Tim makes the claim that the idea of Jaybin's life as disposable and inconsequential is heinous and bad, his killing something impermissible, but instead of disproving said idea they allow it to become true and devote their energy to making sure it doesn't become widely known as such. By covering his death up, they actually are permitting his murder to go unaddressed and deeming it acceptable, even taking away the opportunity for it to be consequential to anyone outside of Bruce's inner circle by not spreading the news. As much as we say "oh Bruce was a great dad because losing Jason crushed him" and "he almost considered trying to kill the Joker one time," he in all tangible areas did not do anything about Jason's death. Setting aside the question of killing the Joker or not, it's still shown in Batman Year 3 that Bruce's reaction to Jason's death in the time til Tim showed up was to hide away everything Jason owned and carry on with business as usual, a little angrier. Bruce didn't make any changes or actually evaluate anything in a significant way after the warehouse and Jason's death didn't warrant any tangible consequence, that's evident from reading the comic. I know some may disagree, and I acknowledge the room for interpretation, but in order to discuss Tim's reason we have to concede that it is explicitly written into this specific comic as something Bruce and Tim both recognize as fact, because it serves as the foundation that this reason is built on: there is good reason for the criminals to believe there would no punishment for killing Robin based on the actions Bruce did or didn't take in response. The concern about the public realizing there are no consequences for killing Robin wouldn't be reasonable if it wasn't true, if there actually were.

While they recognize that Jason's death came to pass largely without consequence, the fact itself is less of an issue to both Bruce and Tim than letting criminals actually find out that it doesn't have consequence. They know it's unjust, the notion that Jason can be killed without repercussion (and in making an effort to minimize his murder confirm it to be true,) but their concern isn't for what actually happened to Jason or the lack of proper response. At least on the vigilante side of things, the problem is public perception and continuing to uphold an image of Batman as just and diligent while permitting him to ignore injustice against those close to him. There's no efforts taken to actually disprove the idea that killing Robin would lack impact, what Tim proposes is just making it harder to prove right.

I think the best way to word what comes across tasteless for me here (aside from the side commentary on the unstoppable might of the institution of police and how it's an exemplar of heroism) is that beyond Tim's victim-blaming of Jason during his stint as Robin, (discussed in more depth by people who can word it better than me,) in the base text of a Lonely Place of Dying, it is foundational to the initial premise of Tim as Robin that part of his motive for being Robin hinges on accepting what happened to Jason as something that cannot be allowed in their pursuit of justice or go unaddressed for reasons completely unrelated to the actual harm, and then intentionally erasing the event and the way in which it was allowed and did go unaddressed. No matter how much it's claimed in later comics that Bruce was faultless and Jason doomed himself, Tim's Robin came to be at least in part (in-universe) as a cover-up for the lack of action taken about Jason's death, and by extension as an effort to overwrite his time as Robin and an individual entirely. And thought it wasn't the way his character viewed it, Tim wasn't passively complicit in it or going along with a poor grieving man, the intentional and deliberate erasure of Jason as a murder victim and the injustice of his posthumous treatment was part of his opening pitch.

[tecceran]

saiki k title cards i edited the text off of. think these are all from the first half of season 2?

i couldn’t find the originals/blank versions of these. so i did it myself. maybe they exist! i don’t know.

y’all can use this for backgrounds or headers whatever, i’d just appreciate you reblog this post/credit back to me if you’re using it for any kind of display others will see (idc if you use it as a screensaver nobody else is gonna see it there)

[loriache]

neon genesis meshi

[relaxxattack]

quadrants exist as a fun alien way to tell stories about inherently human concepts. its not that the romance system itself is bad — they’re just silly bullshit that’s fun to speculate about — it’s that the institution that created and enforced them in the first place should be inspected and ultimately discarded.

[tubbytarchia]

Have you ever considered being a kind person who doesn’t actively shit on other artists in the fandom. To be someone who doesn’t namedrop and bring down others and to instead be someone in the community who promotes positivity?

I feel like a lot of your “problems” would be solved by “taking the high road” and not being such a negative person towards others and the life series members. The fandom space has such a large issue with being toxic towards each other, and more so with those anonymous confession blogs which you have contributed to.

It’s always fair to have opinions, even if a majority of people won’t agree with you, but you need to learn to either keep it to yourself, or express your opinions in a way that’s not so harmful and impulsive.

Shh I'm watching Sonic 3 rn

[oceanwithouthermoon]

ive come to realise that i dont actually hate kubokai, i just hate the way people write them

[billiuspendragon]

Shun Kaido needs to watch Mob Psycho 100. I think it would change his life.

He needs to hear "If everyone is not special maybe you can be what you want to be"

[mercuriart]

oh my sweet, gender ambiguous baby.

[juney-blues]

i think at this point it's beyond clear to anyone with eyes that trans women are an underclass in queer and trans spaces. If you're denying that at this point i don't think you're genuinely ignorant, you're actively malicious.

[n0eyed-taissa]

thinking about natalie scatorccio and the heart tattoo she has on the back of her shoulder.

and how something so small and trivial, something seemingly innocent and feminine and NORMAL, could be such a bitter reminder of her past. a physical reminder of the trauma she endured, the overflow from the cold, dark corners of her mind where she stored everything she didnt like to think about.

she was supposed to die out there.

if not when the plane crashed, then when she picked her card and drew the queen of hearts. she was a goner as soon as jackie's necklace (a symbol for HER heart, HER purity and power, the final tie to home and the everlasting Golden Girl haunting the narrative) was fastened around her dirty neck. she was supposed to die out there, but the wilderness didn't let her. so she got a tattoo for her sealed fate and said if the wilderness wouldn't do it, she would do it herself.

[fruifruit]

little goody two shoes has a GRIP on me i tell you. got inspired by this art to make a full furry au about it

[psychicdelicz]

TORI WHAT THE FUCK IS ALL THIS????

- @thejetblackwing

I DONT KNOW THEYRE CALLING ME A CHEATER FOR BEING OKAY WITH DATING MULTIPLE PEOPLE AT ONCE????

[katyspersonal]

Lrb dear god, this reminded me of that time when Alfred-chan got sooooo mad at my post explaining why fans should respect bisexual headcanons for Maria and Malenia instead of pretending like they're canonically lesbians and that they get oppressed and erased by mxf ships with them. They kept vagueing that post for like a MONTH in their blog including in tags under reblogs of Maria fanart, passively-aggressively changed their url to character+sexuality to "spite" me and then even made a sockpuppet account to start shit with me in the comments.

They deactivated when me and Val completely obliterated their "you cultivate lesbiphobic following by telling people why they should respect all sexuality headcanons instead of acting cultish or assuming their experiences and stereotypes equal canon confirmation" garbage with actual facts and logic tho but I screenshotted everything fjthfgfj (I learned to document everything the hard way after they've changed the she/they pronouns to they/they pronouns ONLY to accuse me of misgendering, so thank you for making me wiser I guess 😎). Even more vile, as they, a white person, larped as an Arab in that sockpuppet to hold even MORE "privilege" against me in discussion gjtjfh Because for them race, gender or sexuality are just badges of honor and dishonor, they don't see these as traits of actual human beings. And Dr Eugene X, who worked with them and weaponized her race to accuse everyone who disagreed with her of racism, didn't bat an eye at such a terrible act too?? As usual, rules are not for their friends, lol

It is not even the worst thing Alfred did, and yet all of this just, just, JUST because I wrote a point on why bisexual headcanon people did nothing wrong and there is no ground to claim something is canon when it isn't. 🤦‍♂️ Like, they were soooo convinced that I hated lesbian headcanons and that I'd feel angry if they called Lady Maria a lesbian, when what I was angry at is this exact toxic behavior in the fandom. No matter how much you like a headcanon, don't be a bitch about it. Maria doesn't """belong""" to any gender or sexuality, she belongs to anyone who likes her and is invested in her complexity as a character!!!

Yet, apparently, common Malenia simps / Finlay shippers are no better than common Maria simps / Mariadeline shippers. Just, wild how after shit like this, many people have the guts to claim that it is "sexist redditbros" who are the biggest problem of creators in the fandom. 🤦‍♂️ They'd actually blush if they encountered what such self-proclaimed "feminists" do to their own (!!!) over headcanons. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️