#that is all thank you for coming to my ted talk

[thereiswasabi]

Do you know ride the cyclon? And do you know the song from it that is called "Talia"?

Well, it's me @ them

They are my Talia

That's it, it's all I wanted to say - thank you for coming to my Ted Talk

its ma bday i get to be self-indulgent .png I MISS THEMFFNMMM

[dolliels]

oh myg GOD jade leech mischaracterization needs to be studied

1. please flanderizing his obsession with mushrooms!!

it’s canon that before mushrooms he was super into manholes (?) stated in his platinum wear ssr vignette, and the mushroom obsession will pass eventually 🥲

he also doesn’t yap and think about mushrooms and botany all the time! yes he’s super into it but he’s not gonna drag everyone’s ear to talk about it

2. which leads to my other point that any memorabilia that he would give to people would NOT be mushroom related

no, he will not make you a mushroom keychain friendship bracelet

no, he will not propose to you with a mushroom engagement ring

no, he will not gift you a fucking mushroom every time you meet him on a special occasion

jade is a very observant person, if he truly cares about you, he will go into the efforts of gifting you something that is perfectly catered to your tastes and wants. he’d remember things you want and like to the point where it might be borderline creepy, but it still goes against the fact that he’d give you mushroom paraphernalia

3. HES NOT A SOCIOPATHIC SADISTIC MASOCHISTIC FREAK OMFG

YES he easily gets bored YES he MAY have SOME sadistic tendencies much like floyd but NO he will not go into fucking heat seeing you squirm in fear 🥲🥲 the stereotype is funny but please stop watering him down to some freak

Yes he thinks it’s fun teasing and toying with people but (this applies to BOTH OF THE TWINS) they still recognize them are (mer)people and they don’t go against boundaries to like visibly and purposefully go against their boundaries— they both hold some level of distance and respect omfg how do you guys think the twins managed to be friends with azul for so long

yea when they were kids jade and floyd maybe poked fun a lil at azul’s chubbiness but it wasn’t borderline bullying to the point where he might’ve been uncomfortable and hurt, which is what azul literally experienced with others in his childhood making him want to go ahead of everyone else leading to his his fucking overblot 😭😭😭😭 if azul can see the difference between bullying and slight teasing jade and floyd did then YOU should be able to see that because the way some of you guys write the twins to be borderline bullies is concerning

People get freaked out by them but that’s literally before they even do anything, it’s just due to their tall stature and scary demeanour 😔😔😔

TD;DR jade isn’t some mushroom obsessed yandere freak 🥀 thanks for coming to my ted talk

[wakandama2]

Ok I got some serious head cannon for smoke and stack.

When they were babies, smoke was the crier and only stopped when Stack held his hand. When they were kids, Smoke was shy, so Stack did all the talking. That evolved into Stack Taking Care of Smoke for things he didn't have the bandwidth for like clothing himself of doing his own hair and Smoke protecting Stack.

YES! I've observed, that most people talk about the ways in which Smoke protects/takes care of and his dynamic toward his brother(which is fair, we see more of the film through Smoke lens) but I wanna talk about how Stack takes care of Smoke. I wanna explore more about Stacks Dynamic to Smoke.

We see that when they are together, Stack deferred to reading and responding accordingly to Smoke's signs. Stack reacts vividly and is quick to ease when he knows someone has poked the bear with his brother. He wants to get ahead of Smoke reaction if he sees the opportunity for de-escalation. Stack is the twin that is more in tune with the emotions of other and himself than Smoke. Stack is more in tuned to regulation or letting go of what's causing a response.

This could even be pointed out in how even tho BOTH twins went to war, Smoke is the one of them to develop tremors and is reliant on someone else for coping (Stacks rolls the cigarettes). (I have a headcannon that Smoke has probably had these emotional tremors since childhood as his version of shock after committing violence but there is a fic about that coming soon so I won't get too much into it lol)

You can even see this in how Smoke just utterly melts into Annie the moment he's held.

This isn't a dig at Smoke. I love his character, I've seen dynamics like this and can appreciate them hell even my own brothers are kinda like Stack and Smoke.

However, we see that Smoke even has less careful response of emotional regulation or care of the details of others. (Example: him pistol whipping Sammie or taking Sammie 'command' to shoot him serious) Smoke is very much a straight forward problem solver, he's more blunt. There is no need for emotional/empathic thought to drive decision making for him. And this is caused by always having someone by his side who is in charge of that sort of thinking (Stack and later Annie)

Smoke is the commander. Stack is the diplomat. They fully understand that about each other and require it from one another. Just as Stack needed Smoke to defend them from their father, have his back in the trenches and be the gun to his knife. Smoke needed Stack to roll his cigarettes, ease his mind, and cut his hair when his hands would shake.

[leoleolovesdc]

one side of the jackieshauna dynamic that i wish we talked about more is shauna “growing out” of jackie. what we see in the pilot, exposed by those small, condescending comments on shauna’s clothes or taste in music, is the conflict (highlighted in the script by remarking that a couple years ago shauna’s room may have looked a lot like jackie’s) between shauna’s newfound desire be her own person, and jackie’s fear of losing her frantically working to keep them the same, together forever.

jackie really hates herself, but she loves shauna, and even though she was miserable performing this perfect girl-next-door life, she at least had the reward of her best friend’s admiration and idolatry. but now? shauna doesn’t want to be jackie anymore, and this fucking crushes her. if even shauna, her shauna, wants more than what she has to offer, then what does that say about her?

jackie is so insecure, and seeing shauna grapple with the concept that maybe, just maybe, she doesn’t want to live like jackie, just confirms all her fears that she is vapid, sad and boring and has nothing to look forward to in her vapid, sad and boring life.

[starzzarehere]

What you described is the opposite of a superiority complex. Or, well— it's more like self-assured confidence, arrogance maybe. So I'll give you that; because Gojo is arrogant, like annoyingly arrogant. A superiority complex, at its core, is about the blatant disregard for others because "we the best!! Nobody else gets to sit on this throne!!" It's a coping mechanism for the lingering feelings of inadequacy, a chilling fear of a world which your crown is taken from you.

Gojo isn't like that. He sees people who are objectively weaker and decides to dedicate his life into protecting them. He sees his students and decides that "hey, what if I tried making them stronger?" Gojo's core philosophy as a teacher is to make it so that his students are strong enough to not need him anymore. Basically defeating the purpose of "the strongest." He seems pretty content with idea. He doesn't care if his power is surpassed, if his crown is taken, if he's no longer a God to be feared— at the end of the day, all of that translates into a world where people can fend for themselves.

Another thing about a superiority complex is the utter lack of genuine altruism. Gojo is deliberately altruistic; he cares for his students, his colleagues, his friends etc. etc. One of the biggest reasons Gojo comes off as cruel is his unpleasant personality. He comes off as too blunt, too judgemental, too much. When talking with Ijichi, he tells him to never become a sorcerer. This seems harsh, but in retrospect, it's only because Ijichi isn't quite there yet, in terms of jujutsu. He could've very well gotten killed on the field, another repeat of Haibara. In the end, to really hammer the point home, Gojo even tells Ijichi that he trusts him a lot. Trusts him the most actually.

Gojo is arrogant. But he doesn't have superiority complex. He's flippant, but he cares deep down. Gege wrote him to be seen through the lenses of the people around him, so I can see why one would think that. Anyway. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

Gayjo (TW: Suicide mention)

"gojo has god complex! gojo has a superiority complex!" Wrong. Gojo has an Atlas complex. He has an irrational need to take on burdens he doesn't have to take on. His struggles and troubles are constantly being put on the backburner because he's shouldering the troubles of others. Like, chat. Chat, please take a fucking hint and realize that Gojo isn't this arrogant, 'we the best' ahh mf. Chat. Chat, facades exist, chat. Also, the 'Gojo doesn't have depression' crowd. That man clearly has depression. High-functioning depression, I'll give you that, but depression nonetheless. He seems to loathe himself (not hate himself, loathe himself. Yes, there is indeed a difference). Like the Shinjuku showdown seemed like a glorified suicide more than anything. Like, yes he gave it his all, and yes, he was overpowered by sukuna; but also, he kinda wanted to die...? He seemed pretty fucking unbothered at the thought of being dead, which is just fucking depressing. And even before the whole thing, he just told Yuuji that they'd forget him and move on with their lives. Which is just— fucking depressing man. I'm not saying he could've won the 3v1, I'm saying that he took that it the perfect opportunity to go out with a bang. Whenever he's by himself, Gojo seems...muted. Dimmer. I think it says alot about how he views himself and his power. He's dissatisfied with his life, he wants more out of it but he doesn't know how to get more.

[tired-fandom-ndn]

Thinking about there being distinct languages among the Blues and the Grand Line with their own writing systems and dialects and the different Strawhats varying in terms of literacy with some of them being able to speak multiple languages (is Grand the most commonly used?) but only being able to read their home Blue's language.

Zoro can only read the very niche and pretty archaic Shimotsuki dialect of East and has absolutely zero interest in learning anything else. Luffy refers to people in the third person (saying things like "Is Ace okay?" when speaking directly to Ace) because using second person pronouns is very rude and rare in the Goa dialect of East. Thank you all for coming to my TED Talk.

[verygaynerd]

Okaayyyy you guys I have answers for you literally no one asked for

So I often see people ask "how do so many people defend Inho but hate Sangwoo?"

And the answer is - the 50$ theory.

So if you have 50$ in your pocket and you lose it, but then you find it after a while, you'll be extremely happy, right?

But if you walk down the street and find 50$ but then lose it, you'll be upset.

Even though both situations sum up to the same outcome - you neither lose nor gain money, in the first scenario you end up being happy because you realized you didn't lose what you thought you lost, and in the second one you end up being sad because of the exact opposite.

The same goes for Sangwoo and Inho.

You first see Sangwoo as Gihun's childhood friend who graduated from SNU™️ and you expect him to be a good friend and kind person, so when he acts evil you're disappointed in him and have negative feelings.

For Inho it's the exact opposite, you know he's the Frontman so you expect him to be the epitome of evil. So when he shows the tiniest glimpse of humanity you're just so surprised and can't help but feel positive.

And even though Inho did things x1000 worse than what Sangwoo did we still kinda defend him more? All because of the ORDER in which they both did their good and bad deeds

That's it thanks for coming to my TED talk

[gingervitus]

I just want to say something because it's on my mind: the way Lucanis's hair has grown out by the time we meet him in VG is not necessarily indicative of someone whose hair is thinning per se. HOWEVER, those front bits are not growing back as quickly as the rest of his hair, hence the lil flippy wingy bits.

Annnnd now back to your regularly scheduled Davrin week.

How many times do you think Illario makes fun of Lucanis's receding hairline/hella widow's peak? Because you know he has.

[thebuddiewaitingroom]

my takes on the season finale (buddie related):

did i want a buddie canon moment? yes.

did i expect a buddie canon moment? no.

i know a lot of people believed in buddie canon season 8, but i just think (despite the agonising slow burn we’ve already lived through) that it would’ve been too soon. i do believe that buck and eddie are ready for their romance, but under the circumstances of us loosing bobby and eddie having just gotten back from texas, i think it would’ve felt rushed for them to jump into a relationship. they’ve barely had any time to settle together, much less let themselves grieve the loss of a good friend and a family member, so despite this already being a very long slow burn i do think it was right to not rush them into a relationship. am i happy about it? no. but, given the circumstances i do think it was the right choice.

however, we did get a LOT of smaller moments like eddie rushing to help save them, and going straight for the task of helping buck. the look on buck’s face when he heard eddie over the radio, and then them not being able to take their eyes off each other when buck landed from the zip line. i mean for christ sake, ravi basically tackled eddie into a hug and that man still didn’t look away. AND THE LOOK ON BUCKS FACE??? that is the softest, most “i love you” eyes i have ever seen in a man, so i do think we are getting somewhere.

i also know a lot of people have said that they hope that they don’t just make buddie canon because they’re giving into what the fans want. and while i do agree that they shouldn’t do that (because then the relationship dynamic would probably be quite bad), i also hope that they eventually see what we see in them and play into it. because if they don’t, at this point you could argue that it’s then becoming quite an obvious case of queerbaiting. not just in the show, but the fact that they are doing so much promo and interviews with ryan and oliver together. reading thirst tweets where they make them read the ones about each other, AND the ones that mention buddie?? i mean come on.

so i do think we are getting closer to an actual canon, but we do have to be a bit more patient. which, if i’m being honest, i don’t mind at all because i would rather have their relationship be of high quality and happen at a point that makes sense, rather than something that’s rushed and will disappoint us all.

anyways thanks for coming to my ted talk<3

[thehyperrequiem]

Ok, I kept thinking about this for my headcanon of Plutocrat

Hear me out...Ok?

He is chonky right? Well, I headcanon that he is built with this as his chonkiness.

Yes, these are Gel Ice Packs. And for Cosmo's Body, it is very more durable than the regular Gel Ice Packs.

In other words, he has a gel ice pack built in on his body and it literally stores some extra cold temperatures to keep him nice and cool. Bonus points if those Gel Ice Packs are filled with Gel Beads for his body.

That's all, thanks for coming to my TED Talk. Hope you guys like my headcanon.

[otp-more-like-killmeplease]

Oldies Station got me in my feels again

[littlewhoreclara]

you ever see a woman with curly hair and just like….whoa

[multifaceted-musings]

two words: ublock origin

hate being the generation that remembers no ads on YouTube & the annoyance when we first saw 1 ad every 10 videos, then 1 every 5 videos, then on every video, then multiple ads within a single video, only for YouTube to market paying for Premium™️ to ‘get rid of ads!’ which weren’t even there at the start

[hattersarts]

im already at the south downs cottage guys, catch up

[maines]

You’re the best friends anybody ever had. And it’s funny, but I feel as if I’ve known you all the time. But I couldn’t have, could I?

THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) | AGATHA ALL ALONG (2024)

[inkedinserendipity]

just finished re-reading all systems red and the way martha wells' narration directly tracks murderbot's thoughts is, like, diabolical in retrospect.

because on my first read-through, i'll be honest. i did not remember the presaux crew at all. pin-lee and gurathin show up in exit strategy and i, remembering nothing about those two except ":D! presaux friends!" expected them to be like "omg hey murderbot!" because i figured the presaux crew would be excited to see their secunit again. i did not remember pin-lee's temper or gurathin's skepticism. because the presaux crew kinda blurred together for me in the first book. because that's how murderbot saw them too!

all systems red has the most en media res of all en media res beginnings. not just because it starts in the middle of an action sequence, but because it also starts in the middle of an emotional sequence. the survey has been happening, for, what - a couple of weeks? - by the time asr starts. murderbot has already met the crew. they have already formed impressions of it. but, crucially, it has formed almost no opinions of them*.

it's been watching media and half-assing its job. and at this point in murderbot's journey, and therefore its internal narration that forms the text, a human is a human is a human. it is not invested in their work, so we don't hear about the start of their survey. it literally starts paying attention to them when they are in danger and when they start to realize that it is a person, because that is when murderbot has to start paying attention.

and this is why i remembered almost nothing distinct about the presaux crew. there are a lot of crew members, but murderbot spends very little time thinking about them as individuals. so the narration tends to skim over their distinct personalities, because murderbot doesn't really consider them* at all!

and then of course we come to exit strategy and network effect, and the contrast could not be more clear. now it's got opinions about everyone, and because it has a better grasp on their personalities, the narrative does too. oh yes that's arada, wibbly bulwark, the human murderbot trusts to not be overconfident and ignore its advice. that's gurathin. it doesn't like gurathin. that's pin-lee, the combatunit of lawyers, well-dressed and sharp-tongued. and of course, that's ratthi (tag: bestie!!), who stays in the car because he will get himself killed by something.

and of course, there's dr mensah. but she was always an exception.

*dr mensah is, as she always is when it comes to murderbot, an exception to this generalization. that's tag: intrepid explorer like blorbo from my shows! that you're talking about. even when murderbot mostly tried to avoid humans at all costs, even murderbot paid attention to her. from asr to now, that has been and remains perfectly true.