#stop defending monsters

[arttsuka]

People need to stop blaming 'parasocial relationships' when it's revealed to the public that a famous person has done something controversial (or even a crime) and the public is upset. 'I can't believe xxx did that!' doesn't always mean that the person who said it has a parasocial relationship with xxx. Usually it's just our faith in humanity, we want to believe that everyone has some basic human decency (especially someone we might admire) and it's only natural to be disappointed when we learn they're a bad person.

[mediumgayitalian]

i keep thinking of like. if luke ever knew about will’s plague powers. he would have dragged him away from camp kicking and screaming and chained him muzzled to the side of that fucking yacht. the speed at which he would become a weapon to lay waste to camp half-blood.

[adastra121]

Bad End: The Fall

Summary: It's my Hound!MC Alon's birthday, so I made some sketches of them and Mhin based on the scene from Transformers One! For context, the idea is that Vere has gotten himself free and went on a rampage in the Senobium, slaughtering students and clerics alike, and destroying the labs and archives, along with all hope of finding cures for Mhin and Alon's respective curses. In the midst of the massacre, Vere finally made Mhin lose control of the monster within them and they have transformed into a crow monster hybrid. There is a brutal and bloody fight between them but Mhin has finally defeated Vere and is about to kill him, when Alon, their partner, stops them.

“What are you doing?”

“It’s over. He lost.”

“So did we! We lost everything because of him — I have to do this!”

“No, you don’t. Look at him, he's down. He's no longer a threat.”

“He needs to die! Can’t you see that?”

“This won’t cure either of us! Don't do this, Mhin. Don’t be the monster he says you are.”

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“…You need to move out of my way. Before I move you myself.”

“Mhin—”

“MOVE!”

“Stop—!”

!!!

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“No…”

“No, no, no, you idiot! Why did you do that? Why?”

Your blood is on my hands now.

You’ve made it my fault.

You’ve made me into the monster…

All to save him.

“Partner…no…”

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“I'm done saving you.”

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[quibbs126]

I’m thinking about it, and I think Optimus banishing Megatron from Iacon with the High Guard was probably one of the worst decisions he could have made to deal with this situation

Because Optimus pretty much left him alone, outside of his home and I’m fairly certain the only remaining city on Cybertron, so to live out in the wilds of the surface, with a bunch of complete strangers whom they literally call nut-jobs and have a strong belief of “strength of one bot over another”, and are also much older and more experienced than him

And in leaving him with the High Guard, he’s likely isolated Megatron even more than if he was banished alone. Because while Optimus and the others have friends they can be vulnerable with and be comfortable talk about their feelings, Megatron does not know these people, and they don’t know him. But he’s now their leader in a group that values strength above all else, and emotions are usually considered a weakness in these sorts of settings. So not only does he have no one to talk to, he has to bottle up his very strong and raw emotions to appear stronger and worthy of his position, thus making them far worse and probably leading to unhealthy coping mechanisms

This could end up not being the case, and the High Guard are very considerate of his emotions. But it’s also very possible the case that they aren’t, or Megatron believes he can’t be vulnerable around them. They (the quartet I mean) don’t know these people, and they’ve really only seen them be violent and aggressive, and Megatron knows he’s an outsider to them. It’s a more likely scenario that they’ll be harmful to Megatron’s mental state rather than helpful

And again, they’re a lot older than him too, and they probably all know this, at least on some level. And thus, he’s far more likely to be influenced by the High Guard’s mentality and beliefs, which we already know aren’t great (even if it’s somewhat justified why they’re the way they are by this point). And assuming they’re pissed at Optimus as well, they could very well try to have Megatron distance himself from his old friends, and it be more successful than if he was alone

But moving away from the High Guard, there’s the fact that Optimus banished him from his home and left him to fend for himself, which Megatron would absolutely take personally just on its own. He was clearly not in a mentally stable place at that point and I think he thinks what he’s doing is right, he’s the one not being like Sentinel while Optimus is. It definitely isn’t right, but he thinks he is. And the banishment to him could not only be Optimus/Orion standing against him, but essentially him saying he’s given up on Megatron, making him leave his home. And I mean, Sentinel did kind of do this to the High Guard 50 cycles ago, so yet another parallel to be made between Optimus and Sentinel

But note that when I say all this, I don’t mean it as a criticism of the movie, that this is a flaw of the plot. I’m fairly certain this was 100% intentional by the writers. It wasn’t just Megatron that created Megatron and led to the war, it was Optimus too, even if he didn’t intend to

Optimus probably thought at the time that this was the best solution in dealing with him. He doesn’t agree with Megatron’s actions but he understands where it all comes from, and he was someone very important to him. So he probably doesn’t want to arrest him, punishing him for what he thought was right and making himself more like Sentinel, oppressing those who were supposed to be on his side. But he still has to be punished for his actions. So by banishment, he is punished while still being allowed to essentially be free, just not in Iacon, and maybe in turn he’ll see his wrongdoings and come back better. And even if the High Guard aren’t ideal, they did help Optimus and Elita rescue their friends, and maybe he thought at least with them he wouldn’t be alone in his thoughts. Also they agreed with Megatron’s ideals and probably shouldn’t be allowed to just roam free in Iacon, especially in this politically fragile state it is right now

But in doing so, Optimus essentially threw Megatron to the wolves and created the perfect environment for his anger and pain to fester and cause him to become more like the Megatron we know in the future

I’m not sure what the actual best solution would have been to this issue though. Maybe it would have been just jailing Megatron? Granted in the short term, it’d probably sting even worse for Megatron, that his own friend would lock him up, and it’d probably make him even more resentful. But at least there, he’d still be in Iacon, with his friends and people who want to help him, and with Optimus and Elita at the helm, they can probably see that he gets treated well and has access to people that can really help him work through it all and see what he did was wrong

But that’s not what happened

[sincerelyrf]

it's baffling to me the lengths to which people will try to frame anyone in iwtv as being better than anyone else. everyone who says they love each other is doing it poorly. Lestat apologised to Louis on that stage and it was real and it was also a performance. Armand feels genuine remorse for not saving Claudia, claims that he couldn't prevent it but we all know he could have. Louis loved Claudia and wanted the best for her, and she was a broken doll picked up and used to soothe his guilt. Even Claudia, who did love Louis, has a specific view of everything that happened to them, to her, that made her messy, that made her angry and awful at times. why would you flatten them? why would you take away what makes these emotions real and complicated?

[moominpopzz]

Sorry guys just got full fledge body slammed with the idea of Ashe not actually making it through the Trickster leaving her body.. an AU where there was too much unbelievable strain because of the long lasting period she was possessed, the fact it was so sudden. The way her body was thrown around. The way the Trickster split parts of her open to make room for itself.

An AU where when Mark’s holding her body, rough textured from bright red scars and the faint burned in lettering of ruins, blood seeping onto his hands from her skin, from where it was ripped open to accommodate the Trickster yet it no longer resides, she’s not breathing. Her body was pushed well too far past her limit, Mark’s holding his child, but his child’s not there. She’ll never wake up again, with her mother now. Possible been with her for months - who’s to say she was somewhere still in her body the whole time? The Trickster doesn’t need an extra soul with him, all he needed from her was the girls body.

Au where the boys were fighting for the girls corpse without even knowing it. She’s still being puppeted so how should they? Where Mark starts screaming and wailing when he realizes she’s not breathing, no heartbeat to be found, her blood staining his clothes and hands and arms. She isn’t even allowed to look peaceful, body in shreds from the takeover.

They all fought so hard. They were supposed to have their friend back, Mark was supposed to have the only thing he ever fought for back. Instead they have her body. Her body but not her, they’ll never have her again.

[creative-hanyou-girl]

PJO SPOILERS!!!

Am I the only one who thinks some people are being a little harsh on Grover for "snitching" on Percy in Episode 1? I see some people saying Grover's character has been "ruined" by having him "betray" Percy and I'm just over here thinking that gaslighting your best friend for literal MONTHS on end is just as much, if not a worse betrayal then snitching on said friend in order to get them out of the danger zone immediately. Either way you look at it, Grover betrayed Percy in both versions, and honestly I think Grover's snitching was the kinder route to take; at least Percy wasn't questioning his own sanity for months, but a few hours.

And another thing too is that I'm kind of glad their friendship seems a little tense right now in the show, since I felt like in the book, Percy just sort of brushes off being literally lied to and gaslit by Grover for months. Don't get me wrong, I adore their friendship so much but it always kind of bothered me that they never really TALKED about the gaslighting period and how alone that made Percy feel to have even his best friend say everything that happened was all in his head. I don't know, I always just wanted there to be a scene where they actually talked about it and reconcile. So I'm hoping that since the show seems to be putting tension between Percy and Grover right now, that we'll hopefully get a moment of closure and reconciliation between them.

[lightofjedi]

I wish people understood that a female character being written by a dude who objectify and sexualize her is not her fault but the writter's, and that going on about the importance of not sexualizing female characters while simultaneously using said sexualization as a reason to sprout misogynistic remarks about and dehumanising sexualized female characters just shows your hypocrisy and how little you actually care about women.

[cryptidlark]

being on the outskirts of tolkien fandom is kinda fascinating because every other week someone in my orbit is reblogging a post titled “[insert female character] was NOT a selfish evil bitch and here’s why” and I’m like it literally would’ve never occurred to me to think that but okay

[wheelercurse]

"El is violent not gentle” She’s both, hope that helps!!!

[horrorsequel]

keep having thoughts and opinions about the state of superhero movies before/at the cusp of the marvel boom vs how they are now, but every time i want to type a post about it, i fail to keep it brief.

the most important takeaway is that I'm trying to decide whether it's worth it to give the new superman a shot, or if it's just an excercise in misery, especially considering every modern superman movie has been an excruciating viewing experience for me.

[random0lover]

I hate men and their need to act like any emotional reactions you have while you’re on your period is just you being “hormonal” and “not yourself”

(Rant in tags)

[themyscirah]

Just saw a bunch of atrocious wonder woman takes and I hate everything

Someone google nearest bridge to jump off of im so done w this

[virginmiri99]

Local News Report - Prime Energy

I just wrote a really long investigative article on Prime

Looked into Prime energy caffeine scandal with my coworker today to try and clear up our misinformation and TLDR Canada recalled Prime energy in a group but in America the story is only being discussed. So lets discuss.

This video was a quick summary and a very good In A Nutshell; I especially liked how the expert--Leah Groppo--states how 12 and under should NOT be consuming caffeine as it's dangerous for them, which is exactly the age I teach. This article gives out a graphic that shows that Prime energy has the same caffeine levels as Monster energy (yikes!) But, there's a distinction to be made. Prime Energy is NOT Prime Hydration, AKA the drink MOST popular with kids 12 and under. What's started this witch hunt against Prime is the parents issue with not being able to distinguish the two (despite Prime Energy coming in a CAN and Prime Hydration coming in a BOTTLE). For my school, Prime Hydration is the most popular drink, and for the middle school/high school students I've seen them around with the cans (I don't teach middle/high school though, so...). As an unbiased news source I genuinely don't think the concerns are necessarily KSI or Logan's fault, they sell two different products that market themselves differently. Quote from this article--"There is a disclaimer on the back of the energy drink, in a small font size under the list of ingredients, that states the beverage is “not recommended for children under 18 years of age.” Dr. Joe Aracri, chair of pediatrics at Allegheny Health Network, said that’s not enough of a deterrent." While I do agree the warnings could be clearer, I also think it's still on the costumer to make the clear distinction between ENERGY DRINK and HYDRATION DRINK which are clearly labeled on the front of the can/bottle. This news article talks about that "lack" of distinction. It's frustrating to see these articles talk about "lack" of distinction between the two drinks, and then go and use Prime HYDRATIONS image as the front runner for their article.

Does the claimed lack of distinction in marketing cause parents to accidently buy Prime ENERGY? I can't source that claim, but I would like to think parents would see the words ENERGY DRINK and think twice before picking that one. Do these article click baiting and using the wrong image also play into misinformation? Absolutely. I learned about this because my coworker pointed it out and assumed the articles meant Prime HYDRATION--not Prime energy until we looked into it.

[pictured, two drinks in entirely different cans with different labels]

Anyway, do I think kids should consume Prime Hydration? No. I still don't believable it actually hydrates you, and I also refuse to believe its zero sugar. I always make the boys who bring it have an extra bottle of REAL WATER to drink as well.

Interestingly, Prime seems to be rare in the UK (with the amount Tommy and Molly have I didn't expect that) This article (which the above two images are from) talks about it. As an American, Prime Hydration and Prime Energy are very easily accessible here, so this is not an issue for us here.

Did I go into this report expecting to defend Logan Paul and KSI? Also no. I'm not here to revere them, but also I don't think they're trying to feed the children caffeine as some of these article are suggesting.

[spock-smokes-weed]

Idk why so many ppl want to skin Kishimoto with a rusty spoon when he has the most “just some guy energy” I’ve ever seen.

I’m all for criticizing his work but I really don’t think he’s a bad guy. I think we all take for granted the mangaka who are incredibly private people and who don’t have a Twitter.

You are grateful and thankful every day Kishimoto minds his damn business and isn’t on Twitter.

[epic-and-kitty]

random extremely stupid thought when I should be sleeping -

My aunt is the living embodiment of a Tumblr call-out post