#so it really reads as giant pissbaby throwing a tantrum

[coffeerhythm]

I think it's funny that Jamie says he's the one tired of running the app when every single time he makes a choice the community doesn't like, he fucks off on a sabbatical and leaves the consequences to the mods and Winter (Winter especially)

[beneath-a-moonlit-lake]

There is not enough contempt in this world that can be felt when reading about Jin Guangshan.

Each time Jin Guangshan appears in the book, I become a Madam Jin stan. Yes, I know she's abusive. No, JGY did not deserve to ever be on the receiving end of her violence.

She deserves far more attention for showing us how her slimeball of a husband should really be handled. It's not an accident that JGS is introduced as a man who is terrified of his wife.

Jin Guangshan is a misogynist and a deeply spoiled and entitled bully, but he is also a coward who cannot handle direct confrontation. Madam Jin makes it impossible for him to mess with her by being loud, angry and confrontational with him. There are no concubines in the Jin Clan for a reason. Just look at the bullshit that JGS pulled off by bringing Mo Xuanyu back to the Jinlintai in order to threaten JGY. If JGS thought he could 'put Madam Jin in her place' by pulling that nonsense with a concubine he absolutely would have done it.

Jin Guangshan backs down when you confront him. He might not concede the case entirely, but he always gives way. Madam Jin gets angry about Meng Yao turning up and off JGS goes running to do something about it. NMJ wants Xue Yang dead? JGS can't tell him no, and ends up having to lock XY up and delay relentlessly until JGY murders him. Wei Wuxian confronts him over the Wen remnants and the Yin Tiger Tally and the only thing that JGS can do about it is to throw a giant pissbaby temper tantrum.

This man is not a credible threat. The two people who should have a great deal to fear from him - his wife and his bastard son, are barely even wary of him. His real power comes from his place in the social hierarchy, the insistence that people have on upholding said social hierarchy, the easy answers and assumptions that can be made, and the excuses that JGS provides for people to be the worst versions of themselves.

JGS did not order Meng Yao to be kicked down the stairs, he just told the servant to get rid of him as quickly as possible, and look what happened to that poor kid. He decided that he didn't want to acknowledge Meng Yao when he turned up at the Jin camp during the Sunshot Campaign, and some captain took it as an excuse to treat MY as a subhuman being and take credit for all his hard work.

Treating JGS like a scheming mastermind with WRH's powers treats everyone who enabled him in the book far too kindly. He only got his chance to scheme against WWX because everyone took it for granted that WWX was 'arrogant' rather than consider that there might have been a real problem with the treatment of the Wen Remnants.

The man had to gamble with the lives of his son and Jin Zixun just to get a chance of attacking WWX. Yes, the impoverished guy whose reputation was in tatters with no allies and no social protection. That is a huge L as far as political maneuvering goes. Readers don't care about Jin Zixun because he only exists in the story to be annoying, but that guy is basically the Second Young Master of the Jin clan. He's the Jin's equivalent of Nie Huaisang or Lan Wangji! JGS took advantage of his son and daughter-in-law's invitation but somehow assumed that either of them would be immune to being dragged into the mess and look what happened?

The last time in the story where prominent Young Masters were so exposed in politics was when WRH was actively waging war on the Sects. It was not a win when all the rich and important kids had to attend the Wen Re-education camp and basically just hope that nothing would go wrong. It would not be a political or narrative win if NMJ had to risk NHS's life or if Lan Qiren had to put the Twin Jades at risk to gain some benefit for their clans, but that exactly what JGS was doing.

The Jianghu should have respected Madam Jin a lot more.

[moontours]

I hold a grudge against the Inhumans that only partly actually has to do with the Inhumans themselves, lol. Mostly I just hate them bc of that one period of time where Marvel was being petty whiny jerk babies about movie rights and starting pushing the Inhumans as some sort of replacement for the X-Men. That same period of time when those same childish greedy pissbabies shunted the Fantastic Four off into comics limbo bc they were throwing a tantrum over not having movie rights to them either. The Inhumans are tainted for me bc of that. Also idk I just don’t like any of the Royal Family, who seem to be the focus of that whole shebang. But Kamala’s wonderful and who doesn’t like a giant teleporting dog? That’s all they’ve got going for them imho

AHHH that was such an embarrassing time and like. look at what happened to the live action adaptation of the inhumans too its truly so humiliating 😭it actually sucks so much how the xmen and f4 were getting punished just bc marvel was getting greedy and wanted to rush everythingi nto live action and got pissy bc they didnt have the rights. so i get why theyre tainted for u (esp bc they really dont even have much going on for them in the first place) 

i do like black bolt when im reading him in like .... his own solo, f4, avengers, etc but i really cant care for any actual inhumans run. ive only read two and one of them was a complete waste of my time. i actually do like maximus though he makes me scream and like u said, kamala and lockjaw are wonderful!!! they truly are the best of the inhumans and its not a surprise at all that kamala has been an enduring presence in comics while the royal family faded out

[cerastes]

Dark Souls’ Kings And Lords

Gwyn: I will raise this son as a daughter and in general take a whole diarrhea on him regardless of his merits and accomplishments because he was born aligned to a different aspect than me. I will also disown my other son and erase any records of his identity and history. I embarked on genocide of dragons for possibly very shady reasons, and was fully on board with a dangerous project to recreate that which cannot be replicated, resulting in a catastrophic failure that mutated a wise and peaceful civilization into murderous beast. You are supposed to feel bad about having to kill me, as the sad piano that plays while we duke it out suggests.

King of Oolacile: Dude, what if we totally dabbled in the forbidden arts with our golden sorceries (read: utility spells) as our only back-up and tortured this ancient conglomeration of twisted existences that we revived just to satisfy our sick curiosity? That’d be RAD, I hope nothing about this bites us in the ass down the lane, am I right.

The Four Kings: Man, it was really a challenge, but we finally got this whole New Londo jimjam going strong and steady! *phone rings* GUYS, THIS SNAKE THAT ANTAGONIZES EVERYTHING WE STAND FOR PROMISES TO TEACH US THE 120% ILLEGAL ART OF LIFEDRAIN, LET’S ROLL, I MEAN, WHAT’S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN?

King Vendrick: *playing the harmonica off-note in his shitty crypt* I married this really hot chick but she turned out to be, like, a literal aspect of darkness hell-bent on the obliteration of civilization, so, hey, whatevs, man, you gotta compromise in marriage, right? *takes a swig of a black label Johnnie Walker* she then was like “honey, you gotta murderize that entire civilization of peaceful giants”, so we did! It was GREAT, we lost over half of our population, I redefined the concept of “war crime”, it was mad cool, man, well, except for the part where I realized what I had done, engaged full pussy mode, and locked myself in a crypt, where I took to wandering naked and afraid while my bodyguard protects me, despite the fact that I am insanely strong and immortal and wise. WHATCHA GONNA DO *LIFTS ARMS IN MOCK SURRENDER* *LAUGH TRACK PLAYS*

Duke Tseldora: ＳＰＩＤＥＲＳ

The Sunken King: Whew! That took a LOT of time, but we finally did it! We built a whole city around this slumbering dragon, our object of worship! This is, in no way, a dangerous idea at all. You know what is also not dangerous? Why, those famed Dragonslayers coming over by yonder, the Drakeblood Knights, led by Sir Yorgh, famed Dragonslayer! Let’s see what they want!

Old Iron King: LOOK AT ALL THIS METAL, HOMIE. LOOK AT MY COOL ASS SAMURAI MAN TEACHING MY KNIGHTS TO BE SAMURAI, HOMIE. LOOK AT THIS BITCHIN’ FUCKIN’ FORMER DRANGLEIC KNIGHT, RAIME, WHO CAME TO SERVE ME, HOMIE. YEAH BABY, WE GOT IT ALL IN THE IRON KINGDOM, WE GOT THESE CROSS-CULTURAL SAMURAI KNIGHTS PIMPING UP THE PLACE WITH PLATE ARMOR AND IAI, MAN, AND WE-- H-hold on, Alonne, baby? Where you going, man? Baby, no, I can change, I swear, please come back, baby, NO, BABY, ALONNE *SHANKS ALONNE* aw fiddlesticks well I guess my kingdom goes to fuck now ‘cause I will throw the biggest, meanest tantrum in the history of big diaper pissbabies LET’S GO

Ivory King: Hello! I love you! Yes, you! Whoever is reading this, I love you! I really do! And while I love you a lot, there’s someone I love even more, and that’s my beautiful wife, Alsanna! God, I love my wife, she’s so beautiful and kind and smart, I just want her to be happy forever. I know, she’s a literal aspect of darkness who came with evil intentions and zealous desire to raze my lands, but, I know that anyone, anyone, is capable of redemption, and my love has confirmed that. I love my wife, and I love my kingdom Eleum Loyce, my capable knights, my beautiful tigers, my kingdom of snow and peace! Wanna know a secret? I built my kingdom right on top of the Old Chaos to contain it, to keep it in check, so it wouldn’t rampage across the world. Ah, I’m really sad to have to cut this short, but my soul, well, it wavers. After so many years of fighting it, my very fabric is yielding to the overwhelming chaos. As an ultimate act of sacrifice, I will give myself to the Flame, contain the whole essence of the Old Chaos within my body, and keep it wrested to the ground, so it can never harm anyone evermore. I am glad to have met you, but I must go now. Please live a wonderful life! Shout out to my beautiful wife!

Yhorm the Giant: *hands you the one thing that can kill him* I AM HONESTLY TRYING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER, PLEASE TRUST ME. AND IF I GO COO-COO, USE THAT TO KILL ME, AND ALSO, I AM PUTTING AWAY MY GREATSHIELD SO IT IS EASIER TO HIT ME IN CASE I GO BAD, BUT PLEASE, I AM JUST TRYING TO BE GOOD, BRUSH YOUR SEATBELT AND FASTEN YOUR TEETH.

Oceiros, the Consumed King: *spams your Facebook feed with photos of his invisible baby*

Nameless King: Funny story, but I am actually not a king. Anyways, check out these delayed attacks and these FPS drops.

Prince Lothric: What If Stay Home Instead

[julystorms]

like man i get the disappointment that s2 might only cover through clash of the titans but some of yallre being giant goddamn pissbabies about this. boycott the series? stop reading? bitch please, at least half your whiny bitch asses aint even paid a fucking dime to support this series from the start so it’s not like you’ll make a dent’s worth the difference. and then lmao can i direct you toward sales numbers and, idk, the fact that sales outside of japan are basically inconsequential except when it comes to other-produced products, like series dubs and official translations?

a few angry pissbaby fans aren’t going to light a fire under the animation studio’s feet. they don’t give a single fuck about what you want from this series.

also, the animation studio didn’t take our money. they don’t owe us shit.

i was really disappointed that we might not get the moments i was really looking forward to seeing, especially after all the time we’ve waited for this, but i’m embarrassed by the way this fandom has reacted to it. disappointment is an understandable reaction but like...where did this overwhelming swell of anger come from? what made any of you think you were owed anything by anyone? especially those of you who haven’t sunk anything into this series financially (no your fucking time does not count)?

it might be that the wait was more than worth it, that the changes are awesome and the story better or more streamlined than it was in the manga. so. why don’t yall just wait and see what this season looks like before you continue throwing temper tantrums.

i mean it’s cool to have your reservations (god knows i do!) but raging before you’ve even seen the first episode is childish. give it a try and if you still hate it, cool. but the studio doesn’t owe you a 24-episode-long season any more than it owes us frappuccinos.