#sorry for the shitty grammar

[hikaruchen]

Yesterday I was rewatching tlk and there’s a scene (I believe it’s in 2x08) where father Pyrlig asked Uhtred something like:

“Love is a powerful thing. Would you not agree, Lord Uhtred? From wretch to warrior, love gives a man strength, often, at the cost of his mind. ”

Uhtred didn’t respond, instead he was just thinking, and then the camera shifted to the face of Alfred.

Okay I know these dialogues were written just to describe the absurdity of Alfred’s choice to save the princess even though it meant to sacrifice the wealth of all Wessex. But when Pyrlig asked this he mentioned warriors, and you know if the younger Uhtred, the warrior in 1x01, knew that he gave all his life to help Saxons fulfill Alfred’s dream, he would have thought he’s out of his mind as well.

So I will say this, love for the land, perhaps also for the king, is indeed a powerful thing.

[reader-from-another-dimension]

A little writing for this au by @yuukirita, the brainrot...it's killing me...take this and save urself... I'll write more, probably.

B-127 hurts, he’s bleeding on the rough ground of Cybertron itself. Or is he? Why is he bleeding, anyways?

There was a fight, he thinks, maybe. B-127 remembers, the Decepticon were setting base on a stray planet, to refuel? Yes, probably, they were low on energon. At some point, Autobots appeared, Optimus was there too! Megatron and he were shouting at each other for a while.

B-127 never really liked it when they fought, Elita wasn’t even here this time.

There’s shouting again, not at him, though. They sound panicked, did someone get hurt real bad? Did he get hurt real bad?

There was someone moving him, their touch was nice, rough hands, but gentle.

Dee?

Right then, B-127 was struck with a realization that maybe, just maybe, he might be dying. It’s getting dark, and he can’t see.

No, no, he can’t die. He’s not leaving Dee alone, how would he know to get back to recharge after another bad dream? What about Orion? Elita? Steve 2.0? His body was being lifted up, and more shouting and loud noises, but it was fading away. His already blacked-out screen beeps with frantic error pop-ups, notifying how his system is shutting down one-by-one.

It’s getting very, very cold. B-127 still can’t see.

B-127 still wants to hang out with his friends for a little longer.

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Inside a long-abandoned, dusty trash bin, a small bot activates.

[themysticaldrumstick]

“If i didn't know any better, i'd say you were jealous.” for either E (seeing MC mess around with another person) or M (during the E & MC dating era)

Also love the IF concept can’t wait to read it

You grin almost stupidly, standing by the lockers as you feel a warm palm cup your cheek. E's smile is genuine, sweet and they lean in for a brief kiss before class.

Oh, it's almost saccharine. Your heart jolts.

A little breath escapes your lips as you two part. "See you after class?"

"Of course." They whisper, brushing a stray strand of your hair back affectionately. "I'll be at the biology lab. Have to talk to the lab assistant about something."

You hum, too happy to care. "No problemo. See you then." They chuckle in a low voice, nuzzling their nose against yours in an Eskimo kiss. A bright laugh leaves you and they leave, finally.

You lean your head back against the lockers, butterflies in your stomach. You feel so blissful, so.. in-love, as stupid and early as that sounds. But, an exaggerated cough behind you breaks you out of your trance.

You turn.

It's M, their luscious locks framing their sharp features, the sheen of sweat on their copper skin sparkling under the bright lights of the school hallways as they make a mock gesture of vomitting. They seem to be holding a basketball under their arm.

You roll your edges, shoving them in jest.

"What?" They scoff. "Don't blame me. That was the most cringiest shit, I've ever seen."

"Yeah, yeah. God forbid, I like someone." You mutter, opening your locker to take your books out. You're used to M's antics, by now. First, they were the ones pushing you to date E.. now, they are the ones pushing you away from E. You wonder why. Then again, M does a lot of weird things that you never get an explanation to.

They grin sharply, the expensive metal of their piercings glinting. "They are not worth liking. They're not worth anything. 'Oh, I'll bE iN tHe biOloGy lAb'-- shut the fuck up, what an attention seeker. Moron."

You raise an eyebrow. "Aren't you being a bit too harsh? I mean, you introduced them to me. You pushed me to date them."

"And?" They mutter, avoiding your eyes, as they spin the basketball on their fingers, instinctively. "Doesn't mean you HAD to."

You're almost amused.

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were jealous." You tease light-heartedly, a gut feeling, long buried, regurgitating to your mind.

They laugh. Loudly and freely, much to your surprise. Their eyes twinkling like stars under the hallway. "Oh, sweetheart. Jealously is a disease that I'm never a victim of." You want to scoff at that, it's the stupidest thing, you've ever heard, because you explicitly remember having seen M jealous of their ex, when the girl had started going out again. That too, with the main guitarist of the school band.

"Why do I even bother talking to you?" You sigh, shaking your head as you grab your things.

"Because, deep down? You know you love me." They shoot back, almost instantly.

What a menace. You see them ogling at another girl walking past, her long legs on display-- skirt a little too high. They lick their lips. You roll your eyes again, practically able to imagine their dad complaining. "Where there's smoke, there's fire, you know?"

They whistle under their breath and their eyes flick back onto yours, locking into it, a little too intently. Like the color of honey, irises swirling like sweet nectar.

"And I'm a moth to a flame."

[anti-terf-posts]

hey, just a quick question (I'm not all that up to date with certain things sorry)

but what are radfems/terfs? and why do we hate them?

(I am fully on board to hate, I just wanna know the definition kinda thing)

(I don't mean this in a bad way, but a curious way)

hey there!

a radfem is basically a branch of feminist, who's core beliefs is basically that mysoginy is the oldest form of oppression, which isn't problematic in of itself, it's just how many radfems go around expressing their beliefs. Many of them believe that sex work and porn are inherently evil. and while I do have mixed feelings on both of those (those feelings are a whole post in of themselves), putting other women down for their own profession is just evil, and quite anti-feminist. also, many radfems, (for whatever reason), use their "feminism" as an excuse to be transphobic. I'm not even sure where those beliefs come from, as radical feminism has nothing to do with trans people.

a TERF (or a "Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist") is exactly what it sounds like. it's a radical feminist that excludes trans people from their feminism. many radfems, however, are also terfs, and it's gotten to a point where "terf" and "radfem" are pretty synonymous.

if anyone has anything else to add, or any corrections (I'm not a super genius on these topics), please feel free to add!

[welcome-to-green-hills]

Let’s have a quick chat….

For those of you that are familiar with 3C Films on YouTube, he made a statement tonight (playing at 1:35:32) saying that he had a synopsis for Sonic 3 and planned to release it sometime in the future. This is the same individual from a few months ago that leaked that Keanu Reeves will, potentially, be the voice actor for Shadow.

I’m sharing this with you with a couple of things to keep in mind:

What 3C Films was probably given was a general synopsis. He might have a rough idea about what the story is about, but not have all of the key details that we’re looking for. Not everything is concrete. Clarity will be given in the future.

It is okay to 100% skip what he says and wait for the release of a trailer. Absolutely! And it is 100% okay to be doubtful of this claim. Even 3C Films, himself, is hesitant of the claim. He still plans to share it anyways. If wrong, he addressed in the video that he will make an apology.

I will share what he says here for those curious, but I will make it a point in saying that it must be treated as a RUMOR. (And know that I’ll have my doubts too). All that I ask of you is to be compassionate. If the synopsis is wrong, then it’s wrong. It’s not the end of the world. If it’s right, then it’s right and we knew early. We’re all in this together. We’re in the home stretch now.

And for anyone interested in using a hashtag to blacklick, I will be using this tag: #sonicmovie3potentialspoilers

[momentomori24]

I don't believe liking immoral and downright evil characters says anything about you as a person, but I think acting like this definitely does.

"The HH fanbase will defend Valentinoto the moon and back" this and "Val is praised by a majority of the fandom" that, except said majority of the fandom fucking HATES that moth and fans have been harassed, had their art scribbled on to "fix" it, repeatedly called "rapist apologists" and "abuse romanticisers", get questioned or accused about condoning him irl, received graphic death/rape threats and are in general mistreated by the fandom. A Val cosplayer was mistreated and had a gun pulled on them IN REAL LIFE not even a year ago. Even the VA got repeatedly asked or assumed to be like the character he plays because "why else would he want to voice a rapist??" and told they deserve for choosing that role (fucking WILD btw). People that like Valentino as a character are the minority of the fandom, and even there NO ONE defends him. We all realise he's a disgusting individual whose actions shouldn't be defended in any capacity. What kinda bullshit lie is that?

I'm also in the Mouthwashing fandom, and it too has a bunch of issues. Infantilising Curly and minimising his actions, making Swansea to be better than he actually is and ignoring that he knew of the SA, people still debating or not realising that Jimmy raped Anya in the first place, shipping Jimmy and Curly (which isn't even a bad thing or a real problem but this person would see it that way), ect. But sure, conveniently don't bring that up. Anything for the Hazbin Hotel hate, right 💀

These next comments especially piss me off (nevermind how they're talking about an abuse survivor which is gross already). This might be a hot take and I don't care if that's the case, but I think people refusing to call Jimmy by name and excluding him from the cast is not show of a "good" fandom, actually. Jimmy has a lot more to him besides being a rapist. Rape culture, toxic masculinity, capitalistic exploitation, misogyny, male dominance-- there's sooo much more to explore and discuss about his character besides him being a rapist. And he's an incredibly disturbing character in a fucking horror game. If you can only refer to him by some stupid nickname (which takes away the seriousness of his character imo), ignore the significance of his role and themes in the story and the rest of his character and reduce him to a single trait that's BAD. That's not a good thing, and in fact, probably makes you worse than the people that do like his character because they can at least separate fiction and reality and not scrap well written disturbing characters for the sake of "comfort" or moral standing (again, in a horror game of all things). People shouldn't feel bad for liking Jimmy because he's a very good character, and ignoring that completely and acting like there aren't people who could like him... kinda sucks?

Moving over, Valentino is not and has NEVER been portrayed in a positive light in the show. I can't wrap my head around people that genuinely think that. Whenever I hear people say that the arguments I always see are "he shouldn't be attractive" and "he's just a cartoon villain" and "he acts silly and quirky even tho he's a rapist" among other things, and I don't think these people realise they're spouting eugenics bullshit and demonstrating that they don't know anything about his character simultaneously. No, Valentino isn't a "positive" portrayal of a rapist because he's attractive (way to tie morality to appearance btw). No, Valentino isn't a positive portrayal of a rapist because he acts goofy and funny and silly. Those traits are intentional and important to his character. Val is the Overlord of lust and depravity, hell's most famous pimp. His beauty is how he lures in unsuspecting sinners, and his personality is how he gains their trust and gets them to sell their souls for him to exploit (notice how Angel signed his soul away willingly). He's supposed to be appealing. He's supposed to be charming. He's entire persona is meant to be disarming. If he were like Jimmy or just a one-note unlikeable guy, his position in the show and his relationships with the characters wouldn't make sense, so he isn't. That doesn't make him a more positive portrayal or anything, it just means he's more fleshed out and written more complex than you want him to be. He's a very real depiction of an abuser, of their two-faced nature and how being attractive and charming to others doesn't make you less of an abusive monster to someone else. For context, I have been abused by someone extremely similar to Val, so his depiction feels very real to me and it's extremely tiring seeing a bunch of assholes who have probably not even seen the show or have been abused act like he's "romanticised" or "unrealistic" or "bad" simply because he was written by Vivziepop (who's ALSO an SA survivor like what is wrong with you 💀).

This is a broader point and not entirely related to this specific case, but we don't give people shit like this over people liking murderers and serial killers-- acting like all a sudden liking a rapist character says something negative about their writing or about the people that like them is INCREDIBLY stupid. People don't talk like this about Alastor and Vox-- who are both VERY despicable people. Both of them are also abusers among other horrible things, but they're not (or at least Alastor isn't) rapists so they're "not as bad". This is a sentiment I see all the time in both the fandom and hatedom whenever Valentino discourse comes back up, and this line of logic that rapists are a unique evil that can't be liked as characters in fiction but murderers and cannibals and serial killers are totally Ok is so dangerous and backwards. Liking evil characters says nothing about you as a person aside from the fact that you're a freak in the fun way. Liking evil characters but then going after others who do as well because you consider their character "too evil" and watering down the crimes of yours to justify liking them says a lot about you tho. Saying that the characters you like says something negative you in general does too.

We seriously need to stop bringing morality into fiction and saying that "normal" people wouldn't like certain immoral characters. We need to stop ostracising people for their "problematic" ships, proudly brag about ostracising them and justify it by calling them "weirdos". We need to stop saying villains are "badly written" because they're not written how YOU want them to be written, regardless of whether or not that opinion is valid (which in this case it isn't). We need to stop putting fandoms in some weird competition with each other about how characters are written and spit on people who actually enjoy them, are comforted by them or felt seen by them (gestures at the whole Angel dust situation barely a week ago). And honestly we need to stop giving attention to people like this, who spread a false narrative and kick others down for being fans of a media they don't like or know squat about for whatever reason. Who spread lies about the media or fandom in question in way that's blatantly in bad faith.

This crappy post is sitting a 17k while I'm typing this. The way people can just say ANYTHING about Hazbin Hotel and its fandom-- doesn't matter if it's valid or true or if they watched the show or know anything about the fandom at all, it just has to be negative-- and others will eat it up no questions asked needs to be studied at this point. We saw that in the months the show first aired. We saw that with the Angel Dust video. We're seeing this again here. I don't think we should be harassing anybody over fiction and in general (and needless to say don't harass any of these people) but calling out bad actors who pull shit like this more often and making it uncool to shittalk Hazbin Hotel and its fandom (and any fandom from unapologetically dark media where the people deal with enough bullshit already) for no reason and in bad faith is a change I'd be down with. Like, wash your mouth of its name and disappear into the shadow realm, goddamnit.

[toastsartcornerthesequel]

Wip of some writing I might actually finish

It’s a lil rough rn but I wanted to share because I don’t really post writing normally??

[dj-of-the-coven]

hi i clicked on a link you put on a post about the modern internet kinda sucking now and came to your blog and im ngl the mouse leaving a glitter trail captivated me for a good 3 minutes. i was just sat there playing with it and it was so fuckin cool man. also the death of flash was the death of good browser games and there still hasnt been a good flash alternative :sob:

I get this comment a lot lmao. Glad you enjoy my desktop blog! I've been thinking about revamping it lately...

Anyway, in regards to the death of flash, I would encourage you to check out flashpoint archive if you haven't already. It's a restoration project that includes many games from my childhood, like Papa's Pizzeria and Avata Star Sue, among other things--I've heard it also archives minigames from Barbie.com's heyday and other stuff like that. You can download it for free. I've done it myself, and it works very well. There are also some browser extensions that allow for flash revitalization, although none are perfect. All have their flaws for sure. But, if you're really nostalgic, I'm happy to tell you that not everything is fully lost.

Check out this video by Li Speaks for some in-depth discussion on flash restoration:

[paunchsalazar]

Coucou ! Ça va ? Hahah sorry, i'm gonna be weird about this

OMG actually the school I go to is called Coucou so even crazier. Je vais bien! c’est dur d’étudier… je veux penser à supernatural lol… j’espère que vous avez un bon cours!

[shadowsofthegun-if]

I wrote a little thingy thing for Aster and felt like sharing it. It's pretty choppy and ends pretty abruptly though so sorry about that. anyways enjoy<3

All Aster can focus on is the pain. White hot pain. They damn and curse at every single person who has ever told them you don’t even feel it when you get shot, that the pain comes afterward when the adrenaline is gone. That is a fucking lie.

They felt every single second of the bullet moving through their body. Felt it tear through their flesh. Felt it go all the way through and out again. Felt the agony of it creating another wound as it left their body.   

Now all they can do is lie there, feeling nothing and everything all at once. The heat. The pain. The wetness. Wetness?   

They tilt their head up as much as they can and for the first time notice how much blood surrounds them.   

“This can’t possibly be all of mine. Can it?”  

As they do their best to look around, they notice the body of the man that shot them. He’s dead, lying in his own pool of blood. Aster starts to chuckle at the sight. It’s a stupid thing to die for honestly, an argument turned into a fight that somehow morphed into a quick draw. Aster knew from the moment that man reached for his gun they were both going to regret it.  

And regret they did. Now they’re dying behind some shitty bar alone. God, they don’t want to die alone. They want someone here, no not just someone. They want their star here. They want their Sweetheart to show up and call them a fucking idiot for getting shot over nothing. They want them to take them back to camp and nurse them back to health. To hold them until the burning finally stops and they can breathe again.  

As Aster lays their head back on the ground, they stare up at the night sky. None of the stars shine as brightly or look as beautiful as their star, but it's close enough. Tears begin to stream down their cheeks as they fully realize the gravity of their situation. They will never see them again, and it's nobody's fault but their own.  

“Holy shit, Aster what the fuck did you do?”  

Aster lets out a sound that could either be a chuckle or a sob. They’re even hearing their Star's voice. That sweet, angelic voice that has probably insulted them more times than they could ever count. Suddenly, they feel someone's hands on their side, a fresh swell of pain surging through their body. “Jesus Christ, get the fuck off me” they shout out, desperate to make the agony stop.  

“Stop trying to move, you’re just going to make it worse” a voice replies as the pressure on their side increases. No, not just a voice, it's still their voice. Aster cracks their eyes open and looks at the figure leaning over them. It’s their star, coming to save their ass like always. Aster lets out a pained chuckle and shifts to get a proper look at them. A feeling of relief and hope rushing through their body. 

“Funny seeing you here huh Sweetheart,” they say, before they could get another word out Blessing sends them a glare that leaves them more worried that they might just kill them if blood loss doesn’t.   

[artisanalpeanutbutter]

i may be stupid but i have no idea what "kills 99.99%" means when it flashes on the screen. could you explain it?

I dont think you're stupid!!

In a literal sense, it refers to the mouthwash in the cargo that eliminates 99.9% of germs. In a metaphorical sense, it relates said mouthwash to both the fate of the crew (Curly being the only (potential) survivor), as well as the fact that most sexual assaults are swept under the rug or end in further violence against the victim. There is also something to be said about the possible connection between it and the likelihood of the crew not being rescued & how Jimmy is realizing that there's no getting out of it (and his delusions strengthen in response to try to eke out some stability), but I don't think that's as relevant. I ALSO don't think that the 99.9% (esp in regards to the majority of the crew dying & Curly barely surviving) is the primary connection btwn the title and the contents of the game. Rape is swept aside and even ENABLED by both the company & people like Curly, allowing rapists to continue enacting harm, much like how mouthwash is just a superficial element in dental hygiene. You need to brush and floss in order to prevent the proliferation of plaque and formation of cavities, much like how you have to punish rapists and build infrastructure that prevents rape from happening & allows victims to receive justice and care when it does. They're just mouthwashing. They're not solving the problem or helping victims. There's a reason why everything goes to shit after Anya tells Curly that she's pregnant & Curly tells the crew that they're all being laid off; Jimmy realizes that it's going to be much harder to get away with it now that there's going to be evidence in the form of a baby AND he can't just fuck off to space to escape the consequences. (Among other things, but I don't want to digress too much)

I mentioned the 99.9% flashing on the screen less bc of what it means, and more bc of how it's in your face enough to be the catalyst for many players' understanding of the mouthwash metaphor. It's like, super on the nose, so imo it was probably put there partially to make sure the player gets the gist of it and doesn't think "oh haha what a silly, absurdist title" even after finishing the game. (Obv it's also there to show the decay of Jimmy's mental state, but still).

Also, art is obv interpreted differently depending on the person experiencing it, so everyone's going to take something different out of it. My beliefs & ideas abt the mouthwash metaphor may be completely different than what the devs intended, but that's the nature of art!! Which is cool!!!

[quantum-chromo-dynamics]

I was waiting for this moment @mango-water (hope I tagged the right person, if not have fun with the German lesson ig)

The surname "Ottovordemgentschenfelde" consists out of 5 words.

Otto

vor

dem

gentschen

felde

Otto ist a simple German name, but Americans and English people pronounce the letters differently than German people.

English people pronounce it o·tow

And German People o·too . Don't pronounce the second syllable like the way you would pronounce the word "too" but rather it's a hard t followed by a long o.

Vor is pronounced foor. And vor means "Infront of" in this context but can also mean before.

The word dem should be easy I'm not sure how to explain it but it is a simple article (Artikel) like das ,der,die etc. but in the Dativ form. if you're not familiar with German in German there are many Artikel but in English there is only "the"

gentschenfelde is another german surname but as obviously seen it can also be found in other longer surnames. It's pronounced gän•Tshen•fell•de

Make sure to pronounce the e at the end strongly and the second syllable should be pronounced without a pause.

Gentschen is a more Bavarian way to day gänse/gänschen(the cuter form of gänse) it just means goose.

And Felde is an old German way of saying Feld(Singular) or Felder (Plural) and just means field

Now just put it all together.

o•too foor dem gän•Tshen•fell•de

Stressed syllables I will write in uppercase to make it more clear:

oTtOvordEMgentSCHeNfelDE

Oh and "sch" is a seperate letter pronounced like "shhhhhh🤫" (sorry I don't know how to explain it otherwise )

8 syllables in total !!!what fun!!

If it's too difficult to understand from the written form alone just put the name Ottovordemgentschenfelde into Google translate and just klick at the pronunciation to compare:)

It's just a long word which makes it seem intimidating at times.

[harrowharkwife]

this is sooo petty but i swear to god nothing is funnier to me than the negative nancy anons shitting themselves and panicking unsolicited in random people's inboxes week after week complaining about how much the episode #sucked or whatever and yet it seems like said anon asks are always, consistently, without fail, some of the most incoherently written and poorly composed and typo-riddled messages i've ever seen on this hellsite

like generally speaking i'm not someone who gives a single fuck about spelling and grammar or whatever but like. come on now. how are you gonna bitch and moan about "bad writing" when you can't even get through writing a 25 word anon ask on tumblr dot gov. please be serious

[spectacularlyignorantt]

Im like 2 years late but I never noticed how purposeful where the camera movements in the ot5 scene in walls.

He says "so this one is a thank you" while the camera shows him and Harry/the ot4 side.

And then the camera pans to the other side in "for what you did TO me" and shows him alone with Zayn.

Then 'why is that thank you is so often bittersweet' while we see him, Harry, Niall and Liam.

'I just hope I see you one day and you...' again just with Zayn.

Like he is just saying thank you to Harry, Niall and Liam, is bittersweet because he loves them and he wasn't ready to say goodbye.

On the other side, he is still wondering why things happened in the way they did with Zayn. Is an open wound.

Because Zayn just decided to dissappear:

[irllegosi]

The overwhelming urge to publicly talk shit and be the worst version of myself is strong but I shall continue to refrain, for airing out all of my personal grievances to strangers on the internet in full is very unwise and ultra insecure loser behavior

[tvb0y]

I feel so stupid because the other day I was watching a short and in the comments they were talking and shit and I saw the word “ Ben Schwartz.” And they were talking about how he was transphobic??? And I was like, “ that makes no sense I’ve never seen Ben do anything like that”. And then I realized they were talking about Ben Shapiro.. I think I was really tired..