#snark about it

[singingcicadas]

idw Ratchet is someone who follows orders and respects authority. He might follow his conscience in spur-of-the-moment decisions that allows him the leeway/initiative to act on his own (e.g. setting up clinic on Dead End, breaking cover to save Verity and Hunter, going to look for Drift, voting against Rodimus in mtmte) but he's never openly defied the orders of an acting leader. Regardless if he doesn't agree with said order and thinks it's stupid. Or wrong.

Even when Ratchet thinks Rodimus' treatment of Drift is unfair, he never speaks up against Rodimus during the actual issue of the exile verdict. He only offers Drift silent support by helping him up on the way out, because Rodimus is the captain and you don't argue with the captain. Yes he thinks Rodimus is a crap captain and acts condesending towards him all the time but when it comes to rank and orders there's no ambiguity.

Voting against Rodimus in the crisis act is a legitimate expression of disapproval, made anonymously in private. He doesn't care about Rodimus knowing his vote, but in public it stays anonymous. He does tell Rodimus off about what he did to Drift, but again, he makes sure it's a private one-on-one appointment. He also doesn't make Rodimus formally revoke Drift's exile or sanction his search, he resigns his position as CMO and quietly leaves to look for Drift himself as a personal commitment.

Common stereotype of what Ratchet is not:

Medic ethics and commitment to patients comes first, factions be damned. I don't care if he's a Decepticon, he's my patient.

No he's not actually like that? When Megatron's in custody he's all lets dissect him awwwww why can't we dissect him why does mass murderers still get rights that's so stupid can't I just torture him a little?

Like he spent the whole war patching up Decepticon-inflicted wounds and witnessing Decepticon-inflicted deaths. He's not a saint. He has as much good reason to hate Megatron and his faction as any other Autobot.

In fact he was pretty eager to ask Optimus about what he's going to decide as Megatron's punishment after he heard about Optimus frying Megatron on the voltage harness.

Optimus has his heart on clemency. Ratchet's the one hoping for execution or something equally nasty. Even though their opinions doesn't line up, Ratchet's still 100% supportive of Optimus' decision.

He repairs Megatron only because of Bumblebee's orders, and makes his unwillingness known.

Later in mtmte Ratchet does save Megatron's life of his own volition and repairs him again, but that's after he's lived with Megatron on the same ship for six months (again something that he considers to be a colossally bad idea but is forced to live with because of orders) and got to know him as a person. Not because of bleeding heart syndrome.

Also Ratchet's not just a grouch all the time. He can be blunt but also knows when to be respectful as appropriate to the occasion. He reprimands Wheeljack for being disrespectful to Bumblebee because leaders should be treated like leaders.

The guy's been CMO since Nominus Prime, essentially the highest-ranking of his profession on the planet; you can't get to that type of position and hold it through consecutive leaders for millions of years without considerable interpersonal skills and knowledge of social protocol.

Prowl does have Ratchet on his little blacklist but the stuff on there really just refers to Ratchet saving Verity and Hunter back in Infilitration. I read it as more of a testament to Prowl's pettiness than Ratchet actually being a problem.

[gotham-snark]

So I found this goofy Ra's doll on Amazon and now I'm obsessed help me 😭

[triaelf9]

"how do you enjoy *insert fandom here* I hear they're the worst"

Find the ppl who enjoy the thing you like the way you do. Ignore, mute or block the ppl who don't.

Ta-Da~

[lplantxll]

snark appreciation post because I love him so fucking much

I have so many videos and photos of him at this point I need to make more. I need a snark army i love then so much

[heliomanteia]

This might come off as sort of... corny? Cheesy? but half the joy has been the friends we made along the way.

There are going to be vitriolic morons that will use corporate layoffs we've been witnessing for a while to portray the latest installment in a negative light. Ignore them. Block the hell out of a part of the fandom if you need to, the whining is ever-present around these places. Enjoy the game. It is a good, lore accurate Dragon Age game. It introduced a lot of new people to the wider franchise. There are people playing other installments for the first time and it's a joy to see. It is a breath of fresh air. Enter a better part of the community, make friends if you wish, hell knows it's so easy to do when this game inspired such a flow of creative energy.

Dragon Age has always been crafted by its loving fans as much as it was shaped by its talented devs. There would not be Dragon Age without its creators (put some damn respect on their names) and there would not be Dragon Age as we know it without its enthusiastic community.

A franchise is only as good as the people who love it. Personally, DA has been there for me through some of the fundamental times of my life, it's changed me and changed with me. It is my special interest, it is my lifelong friend, and it is going to stay. I don't need corporate approval to find joy in things and I do not pin my enjoyment on how high something ranked in a list made by people who only care about profit. Hope you can find joy too. Stick around.

The gold and glory are yours now, to use as you will.

[petr1kov]

everyone was thinking it but we couldn't be 100% sold on helena faking being helly this season since it was still too early to tell, but i think this last episode makes it nearly impossible for it to not be the case. we didn't spend enough time with helly on the first episode to tell just how different her behavior was, but now we have seen more of her in action and she is definitely not herself.

the most obvious tell to me isn't even how she wants to kiss mark but fails to make the first move, something she already did in the past, because that still could be charitably interpreted as helly feeling a bit shy and unsure after she kissed him and learned soon after that mark's outie was married and looking for his misssing wife; you could make the case that she's waiting for some reciprocity on his part before taking things further, considering how messy the situation is.

what cannot be as easily explained is how passive this helly is. she waits for mark's lead, she's easily intimidated by the mammalians nurturable department and never talks back at lorne - this is all deeply unlike helly. more than that, she always stays in the background with this placid, pr trained polite face:

[felassan]

What kind of spirit do you think Felassan waz?

Swag

[bridge-arsonist]

This has probably been talked about before, but I love how Cold doesn't represent logic.

Normally, when you see a cold, uncaring sort of character in media, someone who just doesn't care, they're associated with logic or power. The stoic detective, the ice queen, the snarky assistant, you know the deal.

But not The Voice of the Cold. You want a logical character? That's Skeptic! But Skeptic isn't cold by any means: he's, well, skeptical, of the things that people tell him. He has the goal of finding out as much information as possible about this situation, and getting out of the hostage situation the Narrator has set up. He's not super expressive or anything, but he's actually pretty approachable/friendly with anyone not named 'The 'Narrator'.

And it makes sense. Skeptic is the voice you get by taking the most logical course of action. Take the blade just in case, but hear the Princess out and ultimately realize she's as much of a victim in this as you are before freeing her, and doubling down when the Narrator tries to control you.

Cold, on the other hand, is about apathy. The closest things to a 'goal' he has are:

1. Don't be bored.

2. Get revenge on the Narrator somehow.

And so, he really can't be logical, at least, not 'logical' in the way we perceive it. Our goal is to get out as unharmed as possible, and many of his suggestions directly contradict this goal.

But the Cold doesn't care about death. After all, it's already been established it's already temporary. His sheer apathy towards any and all harm that comes towards him fundamentally contradicts conventional logic, because conventional logic dictates taking the course of action that minimizes harm.

Now, that's not to say Cold doesn't care about anything. In his own way, he genuinely is trying to look out for the other voices when he urges them to numb themselves to pain, because it's easier that way, isn't it? He's clearly frustrated when they can't do that, urging the Player to just ignore them and listen to him instead during Moment of Clarity.

But at the same time, because of Cold's apathy, his typical 'logic' is just "whatever seems interesting". He's fundamentally a very impulsive character, not in spite of his apathy, but because of it.

Honestly... It's more like Contrarian than anything. I mean, think about it. An impulsive character who does whatever seems interesting and strives to make the Narrator as miserable as they can? The difference is in how that apathy presents itself, which makes sense, because they pretty much manifested in opposite ways.

That aside, though... The Cold acts based on a bestie to feel. Specifically, a desire to feel entertained. And, it makes sense, considering he's what you get from killing yourself due to agonizing numbness and boredom. Of course he's going to be apathetic, uncaring of his wellbeing, and impulsive. That's what you manifested.

Apathy, taken to its logical conclusion, is very impulsive. And I love just how well Cold represents that.

[once-in-a-half-life]

i saw these posts where G-Man was drawn based on photos of willem dafoe... so here's my (very late) contribution I made while playing around in S2FM

bonus: the sillyyyyyyyyyyy

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

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[vaguely-concerned]

the hossberg questline has me shaking solas by the shoulders like a ragdoll like 'for pity's sake the flowers are here the flowers ARE growing again tender shoots are finding their way back into even this dark and broken world if you would just pause for a moment and look and sTOP FUCKING STEPPING ON THEM FOR FIVE FUCKING MINUTES oh my GOD does the phrase 'self-fulfilling prophecy' mean anything to you or did you not have those back in the day. trick question bitch I know and you know you did open your eyes hope is here already hope is here if you could bear to let it in. I'm sorry it's not the saplings you loved once but they deserve the chance to live and try and thrive or fail too'

*merrill voice of keeping it so incredibly real* I think he's broken the thing he wanted to save. (*incredulous fenris noises of you pity him??*) *merrill being so incredibly valid and on point cont.* breaking the thing you love the most is not restricted to semi-gods but it sure means you can do it the worst anyone's ever done it little guy and then keep doing that for thousands of years

all jokes aside I do love this metaphor that winds through the whole game in both imagery and dialogue, right down to rook and their LI being depicted as intertwining flowers in the ending slides

[darkwingsnark]

Messed around with the homies today in aggie, and I decided to do some work on art for a future video. Very loose, but I like how they turned out.

[gotham-snark]

Welcome to the wall, Jason. Don't let Damian bully you, you eat your chocolate bar in peace ~

Embroidery based on Juni Ba's amazing Boy Wonder series (issue 3 out on 3rd July, please please please buy it! 💛💛)

Damian Embroidery

Tim Embroidery

[bumblingbabooshka]

It would be so funny if only Chakotay & Neelix knew each other's last names. I also think it'd be funny if Talaxians all have last names but Neelix is cagey about his and everyone thinks it might be a cultural thing but it's literally just a habit he got into to make himself less identifiable (and he keeps it up bc it's funny to make a fuss about it) Meanwhile Chakotay just casually drops his last name in a convo with Neelix and Neelix is like "I didn't know you had a last name!" and Chakotay smiles and says "You never asked." And from that moment on they have a mutual unspoken running gag where they keep each other's last names secret.

[sbd-laytall]

It's so funny to see Damian just casually giving Alfred shit and Alfred not even be phased because he helped raise multiple children and is so used to it by now.

Batman And Robin (2011) #3

[taylortruther]

people who exclusively/almost exclusively comment on snark subs are so blatantly telegraphing something deeply insecure or negative about themselves, it's so wild that people just brush it off as "just letting off steam" or whatever. tried having a normal conversation with a career snarker today and could not understand why they were being so strange and looked at their comment history and it all made sense. just wild