#same ideals where?????

[rise-my-angel]

Just saw a Dany and Dany x Jon stan saw that Sansa is an antagonist and that Jon would be so happy with Dany since they have the same ideals…

Dany who LOVES burning people alive and Jon who shot Mance with an arrow to make sure he wouldn’t suffer being burned alive…Jon whose father outlawed flaying in the north, Jon who believes “the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword” and hates killing and torturing even bad people…

Dany stans hate Sansa because they think Jonsa gets in the way of their ship. Sansa stans hate Dany because they think Jonerys gets in the way of their ship. But, Jonerys stans typically are a lot more bad faith about Sansa in general and I've had more pleasant conversations with Jonsas then I've had Jonerys shippers.

Like, Jon and Sansa don't work because it's simple they're siblings, they grew up as siblings, they're not into incest and never will be.

The reasons why Jon and Dany won't work are literally the fundamentals of what Dany believes and the actions she takes literally contradict everything Jon lives and fights against.

Like both sides of the shipping war csn be VERY bad faith about the other, but Jonerys shippers tend to be a lot more toxic towards the other side and usually have to re write Jon to such a drastic degree to make it work that they are already in season 7/8 levels of character assassination.

[shepherds-of-haven]

Still in the trenches with this Twine port (and will be for a while), but also trying to be more diligent about keeping people more informed about stuff: I never really used Twitter to begin with, but will officially no longer be on it as of today and have made an account over on Bluesky at lenanguyenauthor.bsky.social. There is nothing there at the moment, but if you're on Bluesky as well and looking for accounts to follow, I'll be using that account to share updates about my books, games, and all other such news in the future! :D

[kleefkruid]

tattoo artist/influencer in a tiktok video: *listing increasingly niche theories on why tattooers aren't making as much money as ten years ago*

Me yelling at the screen Dora the Explorer-style: PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD GROCERIES.

[sergle]

what I was talking abt earlier. we have fully looped back around and away from feminism, societally, whereas before it was very Feminism 101 to acknowledge that many parts of existing as a woman in a misogynistic society are painful and upsetting. not that being a woman is Inherently Negative in a bubble. but that living on this earth, in the conditions we're living in, is hostile to women. and that gender is a performance. that many of the Staples Of Femininity as accepted by society are things that you have to create and perform and mold artificially and aren't inherent, that COMPLAINING about day to day difficulties of existing as a woman is something that you're allowed to do. acknowledging these basic, again, feminism 101 things, that something tied to womanhood is more time consuming or more expensive or more dangerous Because Of The Problems. does not CREATE the problems. that when women complain about having to perform femininity, they are not, in fact, oppressing themselves. the call does not come from inside the fucking house. saying that you HAVE suffered does not fucking equate that you believe you SHOULD have suffered.

like I could talk about this for hours. how braindead and one-dimensional the Takes are getting. "being a woman is looking in the mirror and going fuck yeah i'm a woman" damn. I guess any negative experiences you have by living in a misogynistic world... are your fault if you are anything but positive? "you don't actually want liberation" we've fully gone back to telling feminists "you WANT to be oppressed" when anything negative about our society is pointed out. it's not real until I say it out loud, I guess, and then I'm actually the one who caused it. if anybody expresses any unhappiness with how they're treated or the status quo or the language and culture surrounding womanhood and femininity. they've created it, right that second. they invented it just now. it wasn't a problem before somebody complained, right? also trans women aren't braindead zombies who just follow the flow of whatever cis women around them say. I am pretty fucking sure they are very much aware of pain, and are MORE than aware of the swirling torrent of misogyny and standards of femininity than anybody else. actually. and I am pretty sure someone complaining on tumblr that being a woman means always putting on a performance is going to make someone change their mind about transitioning. also "performing femininity" as a necessity to being treated well as a woman is not fucking NEWS to your Local Trans Woman. I AM PRETTY SURE SHE GETS THE CONCEPT. using trans women as a scapegoat for this braindead perspective on gender politics is spineless, meritless, and pathetic.

[86future]

[ 2ND CHILDREN / 5TH CHILDREN ]

— The truth is, Unit 02 simply isn’t compatible with the other EVAs. (E14)

— I never imagined this boy could synchronize with Unit 02 without replacing its core. Quite astonishing. (E24)

Death & Rebirth Pamphlet / Cruel Angel’s Thesis OP / EVA-02 wiki / DEATH (TRUE ²) / E16 / E24 / DEATH (TRUE ²) / E22 / 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo Cover / E09 / The End of Evangelion / E09 / E24 / NGE Manga / The End of Evangelion

[jesncin]

So it's all the rage right now to be "superheroes don't get along" for whatever reason, but what are your thoughts about Superman and his relationship to the Justice League? it only came to my mind because Hawkman/Katar Hol was the chairman of the JSA so many times in the early comics including after superman quit (the DC label had some IP issues) so it made me wonder about that

Hm! I don't have much of an opinion on this as someone who tends to read character solos more than team comics (because I like seeing how well characters stand on their own without relying on popular characters to bounce off of with the exception of a few team comics). Generally I notice within fandom it's popular to write Leaguers as friends with each other, while in canon the Leaguers have that "I work alone" and "co-workers don't get along" thing (again GENERALLY).

The way Super teams tend to be written in canon is a larger cultural American individualism reason for why they are that way. My former comics prof would compare the Justice League to say, Sailor Moon or Power Rangers/Super Sentai. One is more collectivist and team oriented compared to the other because collectivism is inherit in a lot of Asian cultures. I was taught that Marvel teams like the Avengers or Fantastic 4 do better abroad in collectivist cultures because they're purposefully written to be more friends/family oriented.

Again! This is painting with a huge generalizing brush. A lot of story telling trends have to do with evolving cultural mindsets. We are seeing an attempt by the west to imitate some of the collectivist ideals of the east (mostly Japanese media from anime and manga) but in my opinion it's very superficially imitated without understanding the cultural context of collectivist ideals (and how that affects writing cast systems like Super hero teams).

[makotonaegiunderstander]

something I’ve been thinking abt is how many people think Makoto is immune to despair. I don’t think he is. I think becoming the ultimate Hope was BECAUSE he felt despair. He wouldn’t have fully reached that point without Junko. Makoto becoming such a beacon was his last attempt to avoid completely falling and it wasn’t because he didn’t feel despair, it was because he was too damn stubborn to allow everything to go to waste and he refused to sacrifice his beliefs for someone else’s. His inner monologue tells me he DID experience the same new low the other suvivors did in the final trial, but at the point where he had the choice to give up and die, he looked at the others and he looked at Junko and he couldn’t allow it to happen, not out of self preservation, but because the idea that Junko would have control over their lives made him FURIOUS. and that utter refusal to die kicked in, wether luck or otherwise, and he made the concious effort for one last push while something in him was breaking. He had to be broken in order for the Ultimate Hope to come through so aggressively, bc it could only exist in the face of the Ultimate Despair. He snapped the same way she did, but in the other direction. In what could have been his final moments he chose to embody everything Junko wasn’t, and every single optimistic and luck fueled ideal in him suddenly charged forward and pushed him. It was a combination of the final straw and a choice. Makoto isn’t immune to feeling despair, he’s just too stubborn to fall into it of his own volition. I think that’s why I like that scene in DR3 so much. People were SO SHOCKED Makoto actually fell for the tape, that he actually became despair for a moment. I saw people getting mad or disappointed, saying it was pathetic and Makoto seemed to fall from some sort of pedestal for them. Honestly part of me wonders if that sort of mentality, which clearly people had in universe, affected Makoto a bit. Like he started to see himself as less of a person, subconsciously. Prompting him to take more risks, less self preservation, act way more bold. It seems he has to be reminded a lot not to put himself in danger by his friends, to not do something too reckless. All over the place I would see in regards to that scene either this frivolous ‘oh this was just angst drama with no meaning behind it’ or ‘he can do better than that. he’s so weak’ or ‘come on, there’s no way he’d fall into despair, he’s the Ultimate Hope!’ This kind of mentality, which was kind of ironic considering Ryota was there the entire time saying the same thing and treating Makoto the same way. Like Makoto was superhuman. Like Makoto didn’t feel despair the same way ‘normal people’ did. In a way that was also how Munakata saw Makoto. Makoto stopped being a PERSON to the world when he became Ultimate Hope, he became a concept, a belief system, much the same way Junko ascended beyond herself. But the difference is that treating Makoto that way is the opposite of the reason Makoto became such a representative for hope. He wasn’t doing something no one else could. He was doing something everyone had the chance to, he just… was a little more optimistic, a little more stubborn, a little more ‘gung-ho’ about things. He just took the lead where no one else did, where no one else knew they even COULD in the face of Junko’s unstoppable force. She had overcome the biggest threats and obstacles in the world, what could one person do? And the answer Makoto found was, anything. Everything. It doesn’t all rest on Makoto, he’s just the one that was inspired to try to do what seemed like the impossible. But as evidenced by the change in his friends after that trial, it’s clearly not something only Makoto is capable of. The others pulled out of despair thanks to Makoto, but it was their choice to do so.

“But… this world is so huge, and we’re so small. What can we do…? No, we can probably do anything. Yeah! We can do anything!”

[oceanwithouthermoon]

ive never liked powerless saiki aus because the entire conclusion of the series is him accepting his powers as being a part of him that he cant change so like.. in aus where the power remover works, half of his development is erased..

if he had been "powerless" for longer, we wouldve gotten to see him realize this himself and im genuinely sad that we didnt.. we got to see him realize that being powerless wasnt the change he wished it would be and that its something he cant change, but its literally over a two day long period and we miss out on sooo much potential development..

and then in aus where hes born powerless, people think he would have the exact personality and development that he THOUGHT he would if he got rid of/didnt have his powers, like NO ? "without powers he would be another satou-" NO he would be a shy, borderline flamboyant, weird, awkward, genius LOSER.

he would have a more normal relationship with his brother (still probably competitive but in a way more average sibling way and kusuke wouldnt have had the motivation to become so murderous) and he would probably be even more friendless but with less trauma.. he may or may not have ever befriended akechi at all, and the classroom incident wouldnt have happened.. even some of his current friends might not be around if not for coincidences due to his powers or direct involvement from his powers.. (nendo and kaido would for sure still be there though, but this only ensures the idea that he would be the biggest fcking loser ever)

he would still be saiki, but. his powers are a key part of him. he would be totally different without them, but NOT in the way he thinks he would..

[abyssalzones]

I'm probably nonbinary but I have college so idrc about that rn

[drpicklesart]

they are going to mehnahnaroo

[akkivee]

when you invert chuuoku’s pink, you get that green secondary colour attached to bb and with every canon release we get ever closer to bb realising their true potential as chuuoku’s antithesis

[wisteriasymphony]

claudrien au where claudia died soon after meeting adrichat and it's that trite shit where adrien makes up an entire romance with this "cool" dead girl in his dead to cope with his own loneliness and. uh. gabriel/emilie parallels

[amplexadversary]

See, I was thinking he could just tap into your bloodstream. If he's hanging out in Rain's pocket we already know where he's getting the cells to convert from, and, well, why overcomplicate the system that's already there?

I may have just answered my own question by realizing that Rain would probably be turbo-weirded out by the more straightforward proposal.

[mantisgodsdomain]

Now that we are being followed by people, we need to make some thoughts and opinions clear so that people are not later Shocked And Disgusted or whatever by thoughts we have held for many years. We think it's weird and also bad to treat queer people like they're a different species from cishet people, and we think that treating things like Having A Sexuality makes a character better than if they have a different sexuality is bad no matter what way you put it.

We also think that, if in your setting queer folks are widely accepted and straight isn't a "default", it may be worth noting that, say, a straight woman might need just as much self-discovery to work out she's straight that a lesbian does nowadays. In the same manner that, in Ace Attorney, Larry Butz needs to tell Phoenix that no matter how many photos of handsome men he shows him, he's tried, he's just not attracted to men,

[hayleysayshay]

Hey! For the character ask meme, Cassandra de Rolo, 4, 21, and 26!

My blorbooooo

4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?

Anything would be great, honestly.

Okay, so I think a book describing Cassandra's travels post Vecna would be really nice to see. I would love to know more about her inner world, her inner voice, what does she think of her family, and her new family like Vex, and the birth of Vesper? I think book are the most flexible in terms of length so you can make it how you want.

TBH if the 'Whitestone Chronicles' line of comics does continue for TLOVM, I think we might see a Cassandra comic, and that would be good as well since I think comics do lend themselves well to CR as a company.

21. If you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like?

With Cassandra, I just like her having rich person brain. Compared to Percy in canon, Cassandra didn’t get the chance to really live among the people. She goes travelling after the campaign and sees the world, but I don’t think she’d actually have that real world experience like Percy has. So I think though Cassandra’s down to earth and grounded due to her suffering, I think inherently Percy would ‘get it’ a bit more despite being naturally more insufferable.

I also like writing Cassandra as long-suffering due to Percy’s antics, the girl needs a break from him.

Also I like it when Cassandra gets to be young and plays into her little shit energy.

And things I don’t like… obvs she’s a little seen character compared to Percy so you rely on HC a lot, which means it’s easy to doubt your characterisation of her! I’ve never really settled on a sexuality for her either, my ideas keep changing.

26. What's something the character has done you can't get over? Be it something funny, bad, good, serious, whatever?

Okay so honestly with Cassandra honestly there’s a not a specific moment that sticks out especially. But Cassandra getting the kill on Delilah always slays.

And I enjoy Cassandra explaining the Grey Hunt trials to Vex. Wish we had more Cassandra and Vex moments in general!

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Currently feeling a bit feral over the fact that Natalia means Christmas Day - as in the birth of Jesus Christ and Bucks story is so heavily leaning into the birth death and resurrection of Christ - the saviour - as a central part of his narrative arc. Her presence is literally about the birth of buck - as in processing his grief about why he was born - as a saviour baby.