#tangent time

[starfiresky]

I never should’ve discovered video editing

[loveelizabeths]

i think the word “settling” is often given a bad wrap in relationships.

to settle with someone - i don’t think it has to mean something boring, or mundane. to love someone so profusely you are ready to lay down and spend the rest of your life with them, it’s saying: “i don’t care who or what else is out there, i am choosing you. there is enough love, wonder, and warmth here, i do not need to seek anything else.”

you fell in love with them, and like falling, it was natural, passive, spontaneous, it happened to you. you stood there, you were engulfed in love.

but we don’t just want to fall in love with someone, we don’t just want the falling. we want the love even after the euphoria fades. we want the natural cycle, the mundane, the domesticated routine, the living beside each other. because we didn’t just love our partner then, we love them now, and tomorrow. it’s not about finding the right person—we learn to love the person we have found.

and why are we as a society so obsessed with finding the “right” person? we live in a culture that is obsessed with perfect compatibility and optimisation and it often leads to disappointment and unfair comparison.

instead of looking for the perfect partner, the perfectly right partner, what if we could shift our focus to being with someone who isn’t overly wrong for us?

someone who is kind, patient, respectful, compassionate and who is willing to work through challenges with you.

perfect compatibility isn’t a preset, it’s something you build through trust. there is no perfect person for you, because you yourself are not perfect. there is no immediate compatibility, and even if there was, it doesn’t stay that way forever.

you find something better than perfect, you can find something real.

sustaining love through time, effort, energy, willingness, and the constant demand of wisdom and patience. it is as beautiful as the falling in love. it is what keeps the love long through the years.

falling in love with our person is a happenstance, but loving them is a decision. and there is so much beauty in that.

[chaotic-waywardfan]

I like to think that Gallifrey is a toasty place since the planet orbits two suns. So it’s always fun to see the Master and the Doctor bundled up in fanart because they aren’t used to cold climates.

But that being said, there is a scene where it’s snowing and it makes me wonder if they have some kind of winter but it’s shorter than what we would have on earth. Makes me curious about their climate and how the people on the planet adapt differently to the different climates.

When looking at the council they always seem to be wearing thick robes no matter where they seem to be. The doctor themselves also seems to gravitate towards layered clothing. I find this pretty strange if you think that Gallifrey is a hot planet. But when you look at lower/middle class Gallifreyans they seem to wear more appropriate attire for the climate with less layers and thinner clothing. I’m guessing it’s a class divide kind of thing.

I’ve always found Gallifreyan fashion to be so interesting. I could deep dive into that rabbit hole for days.

Welp, I just went on a tangent when I really wanted to say that I find it cute and love seeing fanart of the Doctor comforting the Master when he gets cold.

Side note: It’s also kind of funny because it’s usually just the master is the one that is cold in fanart and in fanfictions I read. The doctor will give him his coat.

[im-trying-my-best-yall]

This is just a tangent that I've been on lately

people need to write more than one type of y/n for reader inserts. I need y/n that's a little fucking weird. not quirky awkward uwu. WEIRD

give me a y/n that collects bones in the woods and makes jewelry out of them. give me a y/n that's awkward in the unnerving, unable to understand social cues, neurodivergent way. y/n who's clothes are weird and don't make sense and are full of whimsy. y/n who's loud.

or even give me a normal ass bitch. someone just trying to exist with normal goals and aspirations. a y/n that's just going through life like everyone else. they're just trying to afford to pay rent like everyone else

Y/N is supposed to be inclusive and immersion into the readers favorite media but I only ever see 2 types of reader inserts:

shy, "awkward and clumsy" but only in a cutesy way, sweet pushover, short, uwu babygirl

overpowered Mary Sue

REAL PEOPLE ARE FUCKING WEIRD ITS NOT AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE WHEN THERES ONLY THESE 2 PERSONALITIES TO PICK FROM

writing these types of reader inserts isn't a bad thing but when its the only content available it makes fics predictable and not immersive for most people who don't fit into these tropes

ALSO THE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTIONS

not everyone has blush cheeks, long straight hair, a small waist, afab body, conventionally attractive etc. In my personal opinion, if there's physical descriptors it should be stated in the description. Specific traits mentioned in a fic can be really nice when it applies to you but it ruins the experience for readers if they don't match that idealized y/n description.

moral of the story: the reused y/n format is fucking boring and limits the reader and the writer's experience

[a-love-that-transcends-all]

Do you have any Freela headcannons

um probably just my never ending rants about "the other" theory. I'll write about it at some point when I can actually like put it into human words and not just yell random phrases into the abyss. 😅

also bender is their unofficial child lol.

but like also I like to imagine Fry drawing comics of them even though they're together now. like ones where they have kids. also them gettin jiggy in the egg chair. And fry has a secret kink life. He loves fuzzy handcuffs. I think about a lot of things. I think they think about having kids a lot more than they vocalise.

[human-space-heater]

guess who discovered Nimona!! And who's about to make it everyone else’s problem? Yours truly

Ambrosius : I’m not being weird. Am I being weird? Nimona : Yes, and that’s coming from me.

Ballister: Like, no offense to myself and all, but what the fuck am I actually doing?

Nimona : I failed my safety training course today. Ballister : Why, what happened? Nimona : Well one of the questions was "In case of a fire, what steps would you take?" Ballister : And? Nimona : Well apparently "FUCKING LARGE ONES" isn't an acceptable answer.

Ambrosius , about Ballister : I could fix them, but honestly whatever the hell is wrong with them is way funnier. Nimona: That's what any god probably thinks about me.

Ambrosius : Bro- Ballister: No, no, hold up, rewind. Ballister: My tongue was down in your throat just a second ago and now you're calling me bro??

[call-me-vault]

Ok tangent time

so Voices of the Void, great game, love it, but I'm not here to sell you on it. What we're here to discuss is the bunker.

So it's a bunker, nothing special, and that's the thing. The bunker has seemingly no purpose other than to have the Omega Kerfus blueprint. Theres no markings indicating its purpose or function. But I'm here to put a couple ideas in your head.

It's an old fallout shelter. I mean it makes sense, the whole base has a sort of 60's european style (the checkpoints barred windows support this). this would also explain the boarded up doors as they might lead to a larger section that may contain beds and other shit.

It might be extra storage space. There are a LOT of supply crates inside, possibly more behind the doors. An extra area for storage that just so happens to be a slightly ominous bunker is pretty logical

It's just a bunker with no purpose that's there for set dressing, intrigue, and mystery, who the hell knows?

[overkaffeinated]

SEASON 5 SPOILERS!!

DON'T REALLY IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED!!

!!!!!!!

So heres what my brain has come up with after binging. Cause I have a few ideas.

What if Mk is a vessel.

He was meant to come out at the end of the cycle with a body capable of holding and using the stones, but he got broken out early. Hence him looking like a child. He wasn't meant to be wukongs successor or pigsys kid. He was meant to be neutral.

But because of his role as a vessel, he holds power. He picks up the staff, he suddenly has wukongs power? He trains with macaque, he can use the shadow weapon stuff? Macaque takes his power (which would be both wukongs and macs powers) and mk is powerless until wukong shows up and starts using his powers and then suddenly he has his powers back. His powers are taken by lbd, wukong is currently drained, so no power output.

He comes in contact with the 5th stone in azure and the monkey starts coming out. He's glitching because there was not enough room for the stones magic due to wukongs magic. His glitching gets worse as he collects the stones. He has a hard time holding the emperors powers because there's no room. He gets the emperors powers but he doesn't use wukongs powers anymore. He had a cloud, but he doesn't use it after the change.

Nüwa was surprised when he resisted because he wasn't supposed to be influenced in any way. Why would he care if his friends died because if he had come out when he was supposed to he would have never met them.

Also notice that he has a hard time deciding because he was meant to obey. He struggled picking paths because he was waiting to be told. He doesn't go with the flow when pigsy is teaching how to cook because he follows the recipe to the t. He gets shown his “path” by the guardians and immediately decides there is no other way. Because he was only created to fix the cycle.

Notice Nüwa doesn't show much emotion? She is perceived as Order. True order is neutral, because sacrifices have to be made to maintain order. So Mk having feelings surprises her because he wasn't meant to. Emotions are “chaotic”.

Another thing, yin and yang are shown A LOT in the season. Order and chaos. They chase each other in a constant CYCLE. Everything created is destroyed so that more can be created. Nüwa creates her cycle, and when it ends, everyone is reincarnated into the next cycle and Chaos destroys the old one. One is not without the other.

So is next season the fight with chaos? The next cycle has been prevented, so the crew likely won't reincarnate after the world's destruction. Will they have to fight Chaos to prevent the permanent destruction of the cycle?

Again these ar just theory and but MAN I AM EXCITED.

[autopsy-angel]

i always thought i was a little chronically online n then i talk to other ppl n realize that im not even that bad. like when u start throwing fits because you didnt get a certain amount of likes on ur post or when ur consistently bragging about how many followers u have to me … u need to touch some grass fr. unemployed behavior.

like whining about only getting 100 notes on a post is so stupid. im content any time i just get one note on a post. cuz this shit doesnt matter!!! there’s more to life than seeking validation from strangers on the internet, i promise!!

i fr get such secondhand embarrassment every time i cross paths with ppl like this online. like you must consistently be deeply unhappy.

[anti-starscream]

Bro I’m so sick and so tired of people being like “there’s star///scream hate everywhere” and “everyone hates him” and “meh meh meh these characters used for anti star///scream propaganda” like bitch??? Who like three people? Who are the star///scream haters please like let’s be fucking friends bro fuck

[starfiresky]

*when school is kicking your trash*

[cecenyss]

THE ONLY fucking issue I have with they/them as a single pronoun is that if I’m introducing my nb friend to my 90-year-old cousins and I want to be vague about their identity I SHOULD be able to say their nb name is a nickname we gave them because they play too much valorant but that would be “play” when she would be “plays” and the stupid fucking grammar goblin in the corner of my dumbass head that makes me risk valuable friendships by nitpicking about you’re and your says if i want to be oblique about it and say “plays” to discourage questions that would be misgendering (even though I’m not outright saying the pronoun I’m purposefully leaving it out of the sentence) so i have to say “play” but to justify referring to my nb friend as they i need to come up with an entire other complicated backstory where we pretend my valorant playing totally cis friend is a sentient collection of bees so we refer to them in the plural

All this justification for a complete hypothetical this interaction never happened and never will I’ve only met the nonbinary valorant friend irl twice soon to be three times and my 90-year-old cousins would almost certainly be okay with my non-binary valorant playing friend because I’m about 60% certain they have a gay granddaughter (her mom kept saying girlfriend and I’m PRETTY SURE she meant the gay kind of girlfriend) so even if they DID meet my 90-year-old cousins there would be no issues because they are NOT TRANSPHOBIC and yet I came up with three backup plans at 11:30 at night for absolutely no reason at all and if anybody here ever wanted to know what it’s like to live inside my stupid undiagnosed neurodivergent shit ass anxiety-riddled brain there you go

[butter-your-flies]

Fun little tangent about pants!!!1!!!

i think its funny that generally ive seen people say they're only able to wear sweatpants or leggings because jeans are icky and I'm the EXACT OPPOSITE. Sweatpants are okay depending on the size and material. I HATE leggings the feeling is SO GROSS and they cling to my skin and 🤢🤢 I will only ever wear baggy jeans I sleep in jeans I live in jeans

but im still really particular about jeans like if they're too tight and/or are low rise i will cry, the tight rule also goes for shirts like if the shirt clings to me I cant wear it.

And for a while my parents were worried that like it was because of body image issues so they would pester me about it 😭😭 no im just weird

[chromanticore]

So I did a self-care today. It wasn’t much it was just. I was ordering my groceries and I reminded myself to get the low sodium variety broth instead. But that one little act, I became aware that I was doing something kind for myself, and this prompted me to start journaling about it. It was such a small thing that was barely worth celebrating, but it means such a huge difference in that moment, and I think it goes to show how easily we take those little things for granted.

[polar-jake778]

Resentment.

Within each and every one of us lives a parasite many dismiss as an emotion of irrational fear, truth, and intelligence. Resentment. But why do we remark such externally ugly sensation, with so much trust? Almost as if we respect it, more than we do ourselves. Well, I believe we hold such high regard for it, because we think it sees us for what we truly are. All those emotionally drawn assumptions about the self reflected on hatred, anger, and seen as a truth proposed by resentment.

I am no hero, no family person. Deep down, I am an outcast, as long as I see that for what it is. I can live each day waging war against such approach to ample living. That face, those stretch marks, the lack of discipline. I see an enemy. And I hate them. Resentment fuels such thoughts. Such seething hatred, frothing at the mouth as any idea of negative self worth crops up. We are a danger to ourselves, just as much as we are to others.

Many have said that it is easier to hurt another, than it is to hurt oneself. But I do not believe this. Through hurting another, one hurts themselves. Just like help. Through helping another, one helps themselves.

We are all mortals who bear the burden of resentment. More so, like a devil sat upon our shoulder whispering the words we think we think we deserve. Why we are so dumb. So rude. So evil. So worthless, in a world full of worth !

Scorn by regret, corrupted by resentment. Such putrid odour ferments. It is okay to feel down. It is okay to think your self inferior from time to time. No head should remain above the clouds for too long. But neither should they be exposed to the belly of brutality for too long.

Be kind to yourself. Remind yourself, that you bear a story so drastically different to the rest. Sure, perhaps I, and the many others, know not of such path. But knowing yourself, is enough. For the sake of the calm sea, respect what you have endured with glee. You continue to breathe. You continue to brave the days to come, even when they seem so hopeless and empty.

Thank you for reading this oddly specific tangent. I hope you, as much as I, find this helpful.

To show my appreciation, POLAR BEARS. !

I love them so much, man…

[clouds-of-wings]

What these companies do is just straight-up condescending and dismissive. It's of course easier to just tell yourself "the users are just afraid of anything new, unlike me, I'm innovative, awesome and unafraid of change" than to consider that the update might be bad.

I've heard the same point about AI "art". Change being scary and whatnot. Motherfucker, I was already generating images in the Google DeepDream days all the way back in 2015. Just because it's new to you doesn't mean it's new to me. I've had plenty of time to get used to computers making pictures on their own, the way the technology is implemented nowadays just sucks.

a tech company saying "we know change can be scary" in the midst of user backlash has the same energy as "the Titanic is virtually unsinkable"