#pretty petty thoughts

[pretty-side-blog]

[undergoing-mitosis]

me: yeah i have read nothing but lawlight for the past few months and im kinda getting sick of it. let's take a break

me: takes a single fic break

me, approx 5 days later: THE SILLY GUYS OMG I LOVE THEM SO MUCH RAAAAAA hello lawlight brainrot welcome back 👋

anyways if this extract from this fic doesn't sum up their entire dynamic in a nutshell then i don't know what does

[grahamcarmen]

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

honestly it's been really healing being back to actively contributing things and writing out thoughts on tumblr the last week or so, because while twitter tends to be easier for me to write out Thoughts on without getting overwhelmed, the environment in the twitter fandom circles i'm interested in is not only infested with antis but cliqueish in a way that is caustic to the fucking soul if you try to express a thought that's more than three sentences long--a hundred times over if you're autistic in slightly the wrong way--and it's incredibly reassuring to come back to an environment where the very kindest and most inclusive people toward you are not clearly thinking the r-slur the entire time they interact with you lmao

[mysticalmusicwhispers]

i feel like yao is someone whose adaptability generally ranks very high on his list of traits... yes he's so fucking proud and it causes 20398492578 internet debacles between nichukor all the time, and yes he has a complex about being treated with the gravity and respect that he thinks he deserves, as a growing world power and person (subjectively objectively) full of age old, well distilled wisdom, but he's also not foolish enough to be wounded at the slightest insult. like his emotional tolerance and regulation has, imo gotten (slightly) better over the centuries, and certain things are just water off a duck's back now. he knows that sometimes he's just playing a part, and doesn't expect nor care for anyone to recognize him as an unfathomably important or vast nation; like he has to live his day-to-day too, and it gets bothersome if everyone was hanging off his every word because they see his age. if you want to see a scrappy post-90/90后 trying to make it in the city, sure; if you want to a see rich young businessman, sure; if you want to see an energetic government official (or a disillusioned one), sure. it doesn't matter to him because the opinions of ordinary citizens are ultimately inconsequential compared to those of the other nations/govts, and he can play whatever part he wants them to see. he'd probably find it somewhat fun to drop references or subtly hint at his age and observe people's reactions when they pick up on it. if someone really disrespects him (couldve been bc he's actually being a dick, but if it actually devolves to age-based insults) he could always just reveal that he's actually wang yao, the personification of your homeland and everything you know, as well as the guy who actually birthed your mom (didn't you know), etc. and he'd probably get a good laugh out of it too lol. what really matters to him is other nation's opinions, and they know enough to give him at least grudging respect. idk i feel like he's just gotten good at tuning out what he thinks doesn't matter in order to focus on playing his part well, to get what he wants from the people actually calling the shots. how or whether his citizens perceive everything that he is, doesn't really matter.

also again; mf definitely isn't the vainest out of all the nations but he sure loves his beauty standards. puts face masks on every weekend despite nations not aging like humans bc he's not risking it...

[ladygreene13]

absolutely late to the party but- the whole Aemond and Lucerys thing being basically a confirmation of dragons reacting to their riders' state of mind if not always their commands is actually pretty neat. It had been subtle throughout the show, with Caraxes always reacting to Daemon (wounded or restless or angry), but they made a point of it in the finale with Syrax. First through the shared pain, then through her protectiveness, mentioned at the first bridge meeting and showcased at the second despite Rhaenyra's attempt to rein in her emotions and command peace. There is also a comment on most of these dragons not having been rode into battle, which also gives context to their behavior and their riders' surprise. Aemond was angry and seeking revenge, so Vhagar went for it; Lucerys was scared and being threatened, so Arrax protected him.

[captainadwen]

not gonna lie i am disappointed that the trailer music from the wild robot wasn't in the actual movie

[bottombaron]

"nbc Hannibal is a totally different show than WWDITS!" I hear as if Nandor isn't just the complete himbofication of one Hannibal "I laugh at my own jokes and have childish hissy fits when I don't get my way" Lecter

[teddywesworl]

my tendency to think through things best when I write them down VERSUS how much of a bad idea it would be to put my thoughts about something on the internet

[finchesslingshott]

ponyboy curtis would hate my green-eyed ass 😞

[pretty-side-blog]

[wormy-worm]

ok u know what maybe if the world isn't ready for sunrazer post that means that the world IS ready for Amoveous siblings post. This is Milo and Enho and theyre my DARLINGS and i love them SO MUCH. i have. SOOOOOOOO many thoughts abt them but after the previous post massacre i do not really feel like typing all of that xoxo love <3

[dreamlogic]

a stupid pet peeve about my housemate that makes me irrationally furious is that she always uses these cute little delicate ceramic dishes as spoon rests when she's cooking.

because the thing is, she's a really messy cook. like idk how she manages it, but if she cooks a single fried egg on one burner, there will be a 1 ft blast radius of grease splatters & spices & egg bits around that burner that she never seems to notice & therefore doesn't wipe up. heaven forbid if she cooks a larger meal that uses multiple burners.

so when she uses her stupid adorable spoon rests to keep her utensils from dirtying surfaces, the effect in practice is that there will be a thick layer of caked on cooking detritus covering the entire vicinity, with a perfectly clean 2 inch circle underneath the spoon rest.

and lord help me, the sight of that single tiny dish on the stove top, having utterly failed in its duty except to highlight how greasy the rest of the kitchen is—

[thegreatyin]

my biggest nitpick with bg3 is that they call dame aylin an aasimar when (as far as i know dnd lore) she's a deva

[stilldancewithyou]

well I just watched Uglies....

I'm hoping some of you also love this book because I need someone to talk about this with.

I have been waiting for this book to be made into a movie for SO LONG. it's my favorite book series (and I can never choose a favorite so know that the fact I'm saying this with confidence is a big deal). I've read the whole series multiple times although it's been a long time since the last time I read it, but this story was like a core part of my childhood. so I went into it knowing I was very likely going to be disappointed because this story is so close to my heart.

well. I feel like some parts were really good and stayed close to the book, like certain scenes I was like YES! but they also made some weird changes and I felt like a lot of it was very rushed. like all the good parts/my favorite scenes were rushed through. I feel like the movie was kinda short in my opinion and they could have made it way longer and given the story the time it needed (The 3rd Kissing Booth movie was literally almost 3 hours long so wtf...if people watched 3 hours of The Kissing Booth they would def have watched 3 hours of Uglies. Just saying). I was actually kinda surprised when I saw that it was that short.

also am I the only one that thought no one looked like how I imagined them? Also I feel like aside from how they looked, the characters on screen didn't come across anywhere near as strong as they did in the book, they almost didn't feel like the same characters. I remember Tally being super bad ass in the books from the start and she seemed kinda watered down. And other than Peris, the other Pretties looked nothing like I thought they would and didn't look that different from the Uglies. Although they did a great job with Shay at the end, that was closer to what I had imagined, although for her it was a very stark contrast going from short to long hair like that so I think that was part of it.

um....who tf was in charge of the Specials??? Cause those were just Pretties in blue outfits. I could be wrong but I thought the Specials were supposed to be kinda grotesque and kinda animal like. Not sure what happened there.

finally, they did my man Peris DIRTY. Idk maybe I'm forgetting something that happened way later on but I actually pulled out my copy of the book to confirm cause I was losing my mind and he never got turned into a Special, so that whole thing was weird to me. I'm pretty sure after the first book he just kinda disappears which I always thought was weird but it was weird what they did with him in the movie. Idk maybe they felt like they had to give Chase Stokes more screen time or something? Peris deserved better tho. #justiceforPeris

[blujayonthewing]

17, 28, 31 and 32, for Melliywk!

17. how did they spend their summers/free time as a child?

In general, gnomish childhood is for exploration and trying new things, so a little bit of all kinds of things! But, in particular, she got into tinkering really young-- one time as a little little kid she woke up early and borrowed her dad's alarm clock to take apart; it made him late for work, but it also resulted in Mel getting her very own alarm clock, as well as her own beginner toolset and strict instructions to please ask for her own things to muck about with, lol. Her mom's the handyman of the house, so she learned a lot about various hand tools and basic repair tasks from her, and she was definitely doing rube goldberg setups and Sid Toystory type shit in her room all the time. She also has a lot of really fond memories of going out on bug collecting daytrips with her dad!

28. how do they show that they care about someone? how do they express that they don't like someone?

Melliwyk does a lot of teasing and playful banter; she's a little bit just like that in conversation in general, but for example she (lovingly) picks on Zhartook a lot, lol. She tends to be kind of self-absorbed-- not in an egoistic way but just, you know, wrapped up in her work and not really thinking about other people, so she's not always proactively caring towards others, but if she can get outside her own bubble at all once in awhile she can be surprisingly thoughtful. One of her main love languages is acts of service-- she's always delighted to put down whatever she's doing to help others when asked, and does a fair number of projects just on the basis of 'might be nice/ useful for [friend]'.

On the other hand, she's not subtle about disliking others, or even being temporarily mad at them, lol. She can be kind of a petty little shit, frankly-- biting sarcasm and cold shoulders. At the very least, she's not as warm and friendly as usual, and certainly not playful. She's had sort of a... precarious falling out with our bard that I frankly don't wanna get into but the point is it kind of doesn't feel safe for her to be obvious about her dislike for him :') But she's just sort of withdrawn from interacting with him more than she needs to, and maintains a baseline politeness at most, neither of which is too hard to manage when she can tend to be kind of a recluse anyway.

31. do they like receiving gifts? giving gifts? what is their ideal gift?

Gift giving is her other biggest love language! She loves making things, much more than she cares about having things, so she really likes making stuff for her friends, whether it's something she thinks would be useful for them or just something she thinks they might like or appreciate. She's also (usually) happy, if not excited, to get magic items into the hands of whomever in the party would make the best use of them, or to loan out hers if she's not willing to give them up permanently (like the cloak of elvenkind, which was a gift, or the ring of the depths, which has shockingly powerful magic in it for a novelty item [at-will shapechange, but only into very low level sea animals] and is an artifact of an ancient artificer she admires; she's even offered to let our fighter borrow the enchanted nightcap she literally never takes off because of chronic nightmares, if she thought it might prevent nasty people casting Dream on her to fuck with her).

She also does absolutely like receiving gifts! On the receiving end she's very much an 'it's the thought that counts' person-- any gift that the person clearly meant sincerely is going to make her happy and be greatly valued, whether it's something really thoughtful and personal or just a gag gift they thought she'd think was funny. It'd be hard to nail down a specific 'ideal gift' for her, but obviously any magic item would be top tier.

32. do they have any habits that aren't particularly self-destructive, just maybe odd?

I don't roleplay this as much as I'd like because it'd be kind of disruptive over video calls as opposed to in person, but she talks to herself a lot, in the form of thinking out loud. She was a hermit for a really long time, and kind of a loner even among others for awhile before that, so she's quite strongly in the habit of rubber-ducking to Baxter, even when he's not actually around. When they first started traveling together I imagine there was a significant adjustment period where she'd start talking conversationally through some problem, Zhartook would answer (likely in confusion), and she'd be startled and maybe a little annoyed because she's not talking to him and also not expecting any kind of response at all aside from maybe encouraging 'hmm's now and then, lol. She also talked to her house's ghost a lot, despite not believing he actually existed; 'Now cut that out' when the wind was noisy in the chimney or 'I'll be back soon, don't get into too much trouble while I'm gone' when she had to go into town, etc.

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