#that seems kinda lame 🤔

[your-local-grinning-cat]

Kibby: Master is running around like a headless chicken, what happened?

She is what she eats I guess??? That's a human saying right?

She is, at the moment, mentally and somewhat metaphorically, in another universe, drowning in one of that world’s most well known rivers that runs through a country known as Egypt.

It’s called the Nile.

I think Sebek would like it, it has crocodiles! 🐊

But it’s okay, since she’s only drowning mentally and somewhat metaphorically, her mind will survive.

…I’m pretty sure. :D

[devilsrecreation]

Watched the new MAW episode and I HAVE THOUGHTS

Roger Rogers seems like a really fun character, I like him a lot! I know I don’t have the best intuition with fictional characters, so I wouldn’t be surprised of he were secretly evil or a spy for Fear Co. or something. For now, he seems like a genuinely sweet guy :)

Awwwww Duncan you’re such a mama’s boy I love you sm 😭

Unsurprisingly, Monster’s Inc was done dirty by getting a spot near the bathrooms. Though it’s sweet seeing Fritz and Val making the best of it

As an introvert, Val saying “A day talking to hundreds of strangers? This is gonna be the best day ever!!!” made me die inside. I really don’t know how extroverts do it, that sounds like a nightmare

I’m agreeing with Mike. What happened in the last episode was cringy af

Sully being the best mentor to Tylor ever omg

It’s okay, Tylor. I suck at talking too

That purple monster (Terry, I think his name is?) is having the time of his life hfhfhf

Smitty and Needleman are so much fun to watch. Dorky lil dumbasses/aff

No but I actually LOVE the lore we got in this episode. Johnny’s dad founding Fear Co is really cool. Predictable, but cool!

Is it me or is Johnny having a picture of himself behind him just downright arrogant? Or maybe it’s just a celebrity thing and scarers are kinda celebrities in the monster world but idk-

“With all due respect” my ass, he’s being pretentious as fuck

Awww Tylor’s lil wave

HEEEEYYYY IT’S CRAB CAKES! (I’m gonna refer to Chet as “crab cakes” from now on and nobody is gonna stop me)

YASSS TYLOR SHOW THOSE ASSHOLES WHO’S BOSS! YEAH THAT’S HOW YOU DO IT! Nobody picks on my boy. Also that green guy’s “scare” was lame as hell

Poor Sully’s got stage fright

Best speech ever 10/10

Scream + laugh power=chaos. Me likey chaos 😈😈😈😈

That being said, good on Tylor for closing the curtain and not humiliating Sully and Mike

That bathroom scene was too good. Tylor’s comments were killing me

ALSO I REALLY DON’T WANNA KNOW WHAT THIS GUY WAS THINKING 😭😭😭😭😭

Cutter collecting everyone else’s merch is a fun gag. Also her getting hit on not once but twice in this episode is so funny. What a queen.

MIKE AND SULLY’S LAST LINES ARE SO FUNNY HELP. SULLY STRAIGHT UP EXPOSING HIS BFF ON HIS COMMITMENT ISSUES

There’s Johnny again. He’s still off the hook for now but I got my eye on him

I think my favorite MAW background character is the founder of Scare Masters

He says his name is Alistair Clawbottom and I LOVE his voice and design. I like the other old guy from the last episode, but he’s giving steampunk vibes and I’m into it. Also the basement setup he’s in makes me wonder if his company focuses on scaring kids from the basement 🤔

I hope they bring him back

[crystallinestars]

"Bullying into submission" is unfortunately an excellent way to put it 😔 People really need to learn that while feeling the need to vent is more than okay (just look at how much I've complained so far lol), making posts / snide comments with the sole aim of creating Drama or Discourse or straight up jumping into someone's space to berate them for quietly enjoying themselves in a way you don't approve of is truly the best recipe if your goal in life is to be miserable 24/7, on top of being a huge dick move.

I was also thinking about what other anons have brought up (how they feel straight up alienated by popular hcs always being one 'extreme' or another with no in-between) and I feel like these discussions (including the ones on social constructs, loved your input about that btw) are all linked by a common factor: some people try to draw hard lines in the sand in order to neatly categorize stuff in easily identifiable boxes or tropes. Sometimes what we could call "the norm" seems so ingrained in people's minds that it does not even occur to them to try and question this status quo, and so a lot of nuance is either lost or not even explored to begin with. At least that's how I see it, I still need to think about this some more.

I'd say that these "hard lines" aren't only drawn between all we've mentioned, but between communities too. I'm going to say this kinda clumsily but like, why are we treating anyone who isn't "just gay / lesbian / straight" as if they were an enemy and/or a threat? Is it some kind of insecurity that can only be soothed by constant validation? Why is it that when someone dares to make something slightly different, we're bringing out the pitchforks?

This hostility (and just the fact that these discussions / this Discourse seems very cyclical) kind of reminds of a tweet I saw a while ago. I unearthed it for the occasion lol:

"People love to pretend it’s so weird that others get upset when you claim something they like is bad lol.

Slandering something that another person appreciates is akin to insulting/questioning their intelligence, especially when it comes to a piece of work."

The original post was about slandering works as a whole, but I think it can also apply to more specific aspects, like enjoying something in particular in a given work. Why are we pretending it's weird that people get upset when you keep telling them (explicitly or implicitly) that their fun is lame at best? I know people love to say "that's just how the internet is, Get Used To It" but honestly? It's such an empty excuse and it makes me want to bang my head on a wall, because why couldn't we just all keep our manners to begin with??

I feel like I'm answering everything in a weird order lol but about Welt, that's pretty much what I had heard about him! I've been thinking that I should at least look into Hi3 a bit, just to see the links between the games and Mihoyo's overall evolution 🤔 And I didn't know about that lore book! I don't even know if I'm surprised about this reaction but I do know that fandoms sometimes confuse the hell out of me because I've seen just as much Guizhong enjoyers as I've seen people shipping Zhongli with Childe??

I'm just going to say it bluntly: people should REALLY pick a struggle and/or another hill to die on, because having a meltdown for something like that is just embarrassing. It does prove your point about the shipping lenses tho, because I can't think about another reason why a LORE BOOK would have made them feel so threatened 💀 I had seen the tantrums about Dottore (apparently he's too evil??) and Raiden (she's not evil enough??) but this?? MAN.

Kind of makes me think that people are lowkey hypocritical with their need to have canon confirmations, because they love to brag about THEIR pairings but as soon as the possibility appears that the devs MIGHT offer some kind of confirmation on one they don't like, even if it's one as 'marginal', for lack of a better word, as this one, they break out in hives. And the Thoma and Ayaka situation is just another proof that 1) YOU SHOULD NEVER FULLY TRUST LEAKS and 2) the bar we talked about keeps getting lower in hell.

And YES! I also felt like there were a lot of things about Alhaitham that were there to tell the players that while it's true he comes off as odd, eccentric, blunt, etc., he's rather kind all things considered! He's letting Kaveh stay in his house even if they don't particularly get along, he sticks to his moral code, he recognized Dehya's capabilities, he helps Tighnari with Collei's education, and so on. He seems to be the type of person that won't go out of their way to be palatable to others, but he also never goes out of his way to hurt anyone? And what's more, if you're willing to hear him out and truly pay attention to what he says, you'll realize that he's actually quite helpful? In a way that he's giving advice and letting people come to their own conclusions? At least that's what I can think about off the top of my head, so it's kind of hysterical to me that he gets reduced to "That Asshole Feeble Scholar".

This ask is getting long again (and messy) but I still want to add that I've seen your discussions about Nilou, Candace and Kokomi with Kaveh and it might be biased and/or controversial of me to say this but honestly? I think people, no matter their identities, just don't like women / don't even acknowledge how much they dislike women. As you said, same-sex pairings (and i'd say BL pairings in particular) are that much more popular and I'm getting pretty sure that it's in part due to the fact people don't pay attention to the female characters because they might be assuming they'll be boring. I've seen so many people bashing Kokomi, especially her story quest, yet they praise characters like Itto to high heavens? I know that it's 'to each their own' but sometimes I do feel like people don't give some (female) characters much of a chance to begin with.

At least to me it's pretty funny to see the difference between how you and the others have talked about your ideas for ships, and how the fandom talk about haikaveh lmao.

Kavelou shippers: I think they could bring out the best in each other, they could bond over their shared love for the arts and share ideas for their respective fields of expertise!

Loud Haikaveh shippers: omg they're roommates lol, when do you think Alhaitham will impregnate his 'c a n o n' malewife?? Why are kavelou idiots such snowflakes, 'conflict' is essential to make a pairing worth it and we're allowed to enjoy some fictional toxicity

Also, a bit of a side note, but it hasn't escaped me that people love to say that "toxic pairings are valid" for their BL preferences, but Acheron and Black Swan get exactly 1 deadly dance video and suddenly it's the most disturbing thing they've ever seen??

Anyway, I've seen you mention at least twice that you're thinking about making either a different blog or creating a discord server for all these rants you receive, and I think it's a lovely idea! I'm pretty sure I have an account on discord that I haven't touched in years so it has probably been deleted by now 😭 If there's anyone else interested in it would be a great alternative for you to separate your writing from the rants :)

Once again, I hope you're having a wonderful day or evening!

🪻

There is a lot to unpack here, but I will try my best to respond to everything. I'm sorry in advance if I don't touch on every point.

Regarding your "hard lines" comments. It's true that people draw boundaries between what they find acceptable and not, and while this would ordinarily be a good thing, here it's more to do with controversial topics like race, sexuality, gender, etc... and I can't help but wonder if the reason for such behavior is due to politics.

Most of this behavior is present in the western and english-speaking parts of the internet where American politics reign supreme. From what I have heard and seen, the progressive side deems everything that is considered the majority (heterosexuality, white skin, male gender, etc) as the opposite of what they stand for, therefore it must be conservative, which is bad. There's a lot more at play here than just progressive vs conservative, but I am not well-versed in politics, so I won't speak on it too much. Plus, this is all just a theory. But as I've said before, the West loves to drag politics into every aspect of their lives, fandoms included.

The quote you found is actually spot-on. Acting surprised when you insult something people enjoy or relate to is surprised pikachu behavior. Though I suspect these people aren't actually surprised, but are just trolling the people they offended, and are gleeful they managed to get under the skin of those whose views they dislike.

I think the lore book tantrum is another example of people wanting their characters to be "shiny toys", as you put it. Having an indication for a NL relationship between playable characters is a no-no for gacha games. It offends a lot of groups of people. For example, those that want to pair Zhongli with Childe, or self-ship with him, and the same applies for the Guizhong side (even though we had no idea what she looked like at the time). For some reason, there's not as much negative reaction if the ship being teased is same-sex though. Might be because it offends less groups, but it's still a baffling phenomenon for me.

Which brings me to the point about female characters.

I agree with you that female characters get hated on. In the anime and manga spheres, have seen a lot of comments about female characters from various fandoms, and the main complain with them was that they are not as fleshed out as their male counterparts. Female characters lack complex writing and character development, and get reduced to plot devices or love interests for the MC. Even in media made by women for women featuring female protagonists, some of these protagonists are pushovers that rely on male characters to save them. There is a desire for women to be equal to men in media, but it's not common to see.

It doesn't help that in Genshin, the first three chapters had bad writing, especially for female characters. Though not all, majority were were one-note characters with not much complexity or plot behind their actions, unlike male characters. This has improved significantly since Sumeru's debut, but I doubt it's enough to change the minds of some people.

So to make my point; female characters get hate for being boring. I also feel like women are the ones who hate on female characters the most? I have seen both fujoshi and yumejoshi communities hate on female characters for being the love interest of their favorite male character and getting in the way of their ships.

I am hesitant to delve into the topic of why some fujoshi hate female characters since it's not something I completely understand. I did a bit of research into why they prefer BL over NL, and while the gripe about female characters being boring was a main factor, there was also a lot of misogyny. I'm sure there are some other reasons aside from these as to why women hate female characters, but this topic is too complex for me to navigate just yet.

I will defend Kokomi with my life 😤 She got a lot of hate even back in her beta, and her story quest came under fire, as well. I thought her story quest was decent, though maybe my judgement is clouded because I love her so much. Regardless, her character is awesome and I relate to her a lot, so Kokomi slander will not be tolerated 😤

Regarding the difference between haikaveh and other Kaveh ships, I can only think that one is a fetishization of a gay relationships, while the other is a genuine appreciation for the dynamic between characters.

I actually saw only positive comments under the Acheron and Black Swan dance video. Yeah, there were jokes it was toxic, but I didn't see anyone complain about it, though I believe you when you say some people found it problematic. BL gets a lot of special treatment, I would say. Everything that's deemed bad/boring in GL and NL pairings is often painted as being better/good if it's BL. I've only seen a couple of "omg toxic yaoi ❤️" posts, and while those were jokes, it's shocking how much people love to pair enemies together. I see a lot of depictions of abuse in BL, and the shippers love it, so I suppose it's not that surprising? I find it concerning, though.

Anyways, thank you for your well-wishes, and have a great day as well!

[jadeazora]

So now that's the final chapter of the Villain Arc/Paulo's arc is fully out, a summary of my thoughts. This'll probably be long-winded and rambley, so please bear with me:

Cons:

We waited 3yrs for Paulo to snap and become a villain. He was only a villain for, like, 1.5 Interludes and 3 to 5min into a roughly ~40min story chapter. Talk about underwhelming for just how long we waited... (A friendly rival being corrupted into a villain is something I always wanted to see Pokemon do, too.)

Paulo is shown to be very observant, so it feels foolish that he would charge right into Giovanni's base after seeing how TR's played the other villain teams like a fiddle. You think he won't do the same thing to Hoopa?

It was kinda lame that it took just one line from Giovanni to sway Hoopa. I guess because Paulo had taken that power from Lear, while Giovanni had power of his own with being an experienced villain boss and the guy who tamed and commanded Mewtwo? 🤔 I just wish we got more of a fight out of it.

Missed opportunities for the player/Lear to have interactions with Paulo as the villain. Like, we didn't even really get a reaction from Lear to Hoopa getting stolen/forcibly driven into a rage-state, until everything was said and done??? And even then, Lear's praising Paulo for drawing out Hoopa's power??? It just feels very weird.

I feel this is the only game that they could do the sort of storyline in, where the rival-turned-villain wants to eliminate all the world's evil, even if he must become evil himself, since we have almost all of the series' major villains on Pasio.

I was hoping for more cross-game villain interactions since it was something that I wanted to see all the way back in RR, and then they give us Lusamine, Lysandre, and Rose all teaming up over Team Break. That was really cool, but it would have been hype if we got more villains banding together to defend themselves and their organizations from Break.

Several villains don't have alts still, and we're missing most of the admins aside from TR's, Plumeria, and Courtney. Team Flare's are still MIA (at least Xerosic, since Mable, Celosia, Bryony, and Aliana aren't really that notable) Moreover, the various grunts themselves were datamines with all the regular dialogue, so it seems like they're expected to be Scouted at some point.

It's also notable that it feels like the BW arc ended pretty openly with it never being clarified if N retrieved his Reshiram. I know I wondered about there being a Pt3, with alts going to Ghetsis, Rosa, and Nate, at least until they announced Kalos. Even as the conclusion was coming, I was thinking we might get Ghetsis with W-Kyurem as one of the anniversary pairs, and him/Giovanni trying to take advantage of Paulo creating chaos with the villain teams on Pasio would be one of the driving conflicts in the next storyline.

I feel they could have added AZ in a VA Pt2 arc too, given him and Lysandre are related? I always wanted more interaction between them than what we got, plus there was that whole established parallel to Lysandre and Paulo (with Paulo even about to attack, or potentially even kill, some disarmed grunts in a similar manner to how Lysandre did), and there's a bit of a connection between Paulo and AZ with how they were willing to go to such extremes, since the two of them were driven to do what they do because of a loss of their beloved Pokemon partner.

As for the final chapter itself, kinda a missed opportunity to see the villains again when the tide against Rocket finally turns, and any other possible interactions we could see. Some after-the-battle dialogue would have just been fun.

It's frustrating because Masters generally has pretty solid storytelling! They've even fixed problems I've had with a few mainline game portrayals, like with Sycamore, and given development to characters the mainline games failed, like Cyrus.

A few pros to balance things out:

I loved the villains joining the fight all over Pasio. Including Lys when you think that TR's rampant greed is just the thing that would make him royally snap on everyone again (since Flare was developing some new weapon), but nah, he means it about letting the chosen ones decide the future.

I loved the interactions we got with Archie/Maxie and Colress/N! It's nice how Archie and Maxie continue to be the two (divorced) dads of Hoenn with their dialogue to Paulo about the similarities to them and him, and how they didn't want him making the same kinds of mistakes.

Ghetsis showing up to help, largely because he was salty about Giovanni doing what HE wanted to do and throwing a bit of a tantrum over it was the funniest thing.

I like how Gio is out there, still scheming. He even seems to take an interest in Paulo still, going by him watching the battle with you and Paulo at the end, focusing on him specifically.

[javaghoul]

Choujin X 1: Re-read

I love ishidas art so much

Opening panel reminds me of Re: volume 1

Totally forgot this is set in the 90s

Hello Chie Hori w/ Eto bandages!

I described this as 'slow' completely blanking out the bunch of people set on fire on p14 🤭

Teenage Haise with a kick that'd make Yomo & Nishiki proud

Similar set up to TG: introduces "the worst" parts of Choujin immediately (passengers getting bbqd, just like the opening of TG1 with Rize torturing some victim), before jumping to the hero and his friend, and laying the foundation for an explanation as to what a Choujin is etc

Calling Tokio a "buzzard" because he hangs around people cooler than him is hilarious and I will use that insult in the future

HC THAT THE ASSHOLE WITH THE MOHAWK WAS INJECTED WITH RC CELLS WHICH STIMULATED HEALING

CHOUJIN X 2

really don't like his smarmy little friend Azuma, he can fuck right off smug lil prick

I like Ely!

There is a LOT going on. I have no idea who the bad guys are, which level 'bad' they are etc

I ADORE shiozaki, and I would 100% steal from vending machines too

I have no idea what is going on

ishida loves his big sister/younger brother dynamic

Smoke monster face thing?

What's going on?

yay superheroes. Maybe?

Choujin X anon: I finished reading volume 2 last night, and I AM INTRIGUED. I have absolutely no idea what is going on: it seems like there's several story lines going on at once and eventually it'll start coming together.

I like Tokio! He's lame, but he's self-aware of it, and unlike Kaneki, he isn't full of self-pity. Can you IMAGINE Kaneki becoming a beast Choujin? The dude had a breakdown over a red eye. But yeah, Tokio seems like an optimistic kinda guy and it's refreshing.

I think Ely is good too; I wasn't too sure about her in the first volume as her dialogue irritated me lol, but she's a nice character. I love the baseball guy so I hope he's in it more.

I'm not sure who the Eto is yet. I don't think it's the snake girl, so could it be the paper girl that hangs out with the tentacle guy? Or maybe she isn't in it yet 🤔

Anyway, I have volume 3 so I'm gonna be reading that next 🌟

[songmingisthighs]

MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE JOINING THE CAUSE THIS IS WONDERFUL. A VERY WARM WELCOME TO YOU ALL.

Also I'd like you to know the moment you said "why haven't you considered this possibility" about yeo being one of the culprits my suspicion was immediately UPPED but I'm suspicious of pretty much everyone except y/n and mingi (and joong yunho and jong are also pretty much fine) so it doesn't really make much of a difference to my list of suspects in the end

But also not sure if I think yeo is the culprit because why would he intentionally switch the bottles/contents and then nearly get himself killed??? He could be playing some 4d chess with that move if it is him but I somehow doubt a 12 year old would be quite that clever

AND YES GO MINGI STANDING UP FOR YOURSELF AND THAT WAS SUCH A CLEVER MOVE TO GET THE PHONE I APPLAUD YOU

Also woo being so concerned with his looks he immediately changes clothes for fear of being lame? LMFAO sounds about right 🤣 quick everyone point and laugh

Speaking of the brat, WOO DEFINITELY KNOWS ABOUT SOMEONE OR SOMETHING RELATED TO THE MURDER ATTEMPT AND WE WILL FIND OUT YOU VAIN CHILD YOU ARE NOT SAFE FROM US

And even yeo was starting to avoid woo before the accident? I'm still kinda sus on yeo but hmm it seems he may definitely have known something if he was being like that...

And y/n having a whole laundry list of tormentors, what did the poor girl do to deserve this that's so cruel :(

The culprit better be scared because we are coming and can't be stopped >:D

And finally, it's THEORY TIME!!!!!!!

I looked at some previous chapters to see if there were details we may have missed or forgotten.

I forget what exactly it was about (i think something school related), but in one conversation woo said "if yeo was here he'd back me up" and I couldn't help but wonder.......has some form of coercion possibly taken place? And perhaps someone (maybe yeo) put their foot down to stop it and this happened as a result 🤔

Either way, yeo deffo knows more than he's letting on or at least he DID know and has forgotten, curious to see what comes next

- mercenary anon 🫶

oh dude odln!yeo was a kid when he did it and he's DEFINITELY the type to be peer pressured into doing shit he shouldn't and honestly he was probably told that it would be fine bc the alcohol wouldn't be that much and he didn't expect to be in such a situation bc after that, he and woo were like BESTIES despite them having nothing in common

ODLN!MINGI PROBABLY HAD BEEN PLANNING TO SAY THAT FOR SO LONG HE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE LMAOOOO GOOD FOR HIM meanwhile odln!woo can still be an insecure loser and just like fucking shut up for 2 damn seconds

it's annoying that odln!woo is like THAT but he knows THAT MUCH i super duper hate it and like he can choke on his belt frfr bc like remember (y/n) is his FAMILY and not just family but his TWIN like dude ??? wtf is wrong with you ???? odln!woo and the other perpetrators better watch their 6 their days are numbered

let's be real, would odln!yeo, the spineless loser coward that he is, stood up to someone with THAT much narcissism ??? he'd wrestle a crocodile in a mudpit before he does that

how will things unfold tho ? 👀

[invisiblegarabgetruck]

How do you feel about Cronenberg Jerry?

there are two sides to my feeling about him :

it's a shame that he died but at least we got to see many new aspects of him :)

and

I LOVE AND MISS HIM. PLEASE BRING HIM BACK I REFUSE TO BELIEVE HE'S DEAD--

but seriously, I was so disappointed about his short-lived cameo in S3 but S6 happened and is now one of my favorites in the series, (besides my general liking for jerry's) I find it funny that the show keeps surprising us with his re-appearance when we thought he dies and forgot about him lol (and i hope they still do that 🥺 pwease)

I think he's a very interesting character to see, he just has gone through so many changes! from S1E6 that he goes apeshit because he was so jealous to actually kind of badass at the end of the episode? (but I always like that you can see that he has always been a bit more aggressive than other jerrys in the show) S3E1 we saw that not only his and the family’s appearance have changed so much, but they also lost a bit of their mind too. (the way they talk, act aggressively, and tried to kill summer because she ‘stinks of rick’) make you wonder how long it takes until they lost it. we didn't get much of his personality during that time (but he seems more serious and confident.)

and S6E1 changes everything!! there are so many details to point at. his clothing looks less wild? he looks more blended into his surrounding now ( now that he didn't has anyone else to stand out to anymore- ) /love his way of using the Cronenberg (human) skins tho, like damn a cape and a backpack? lol his hair and beard are all grown out and grayed a bit (🤔hmmmmm)

^^^^ The 'badass-ness' is gone. all left is just a sad lonely and broken man(!!!!!) ^^^^

and he has the looks of someone who hasn't slept well in a long LONG time. I feel like Beth and Summer's death knocked a lot of senses into him because he no longer acted so feral like S3 now. like he is more calm and jaded now, kind of an asshole tho. and can you imagine how many survivor guilt he has to go through? I'm actually surprised he didn't go completely insane at that point. It is rather sad how much it cost him to develop to this point, I wonder if deep inside he regrets this life and would rather go back to being a simple lame dad instead?

/I've seen someone mention the contrast between Cronenburg Jer and our Rick. (since they suffered the same tragedy) how Cronenburg Jer takes on rick's mindset of letting go of everything and isolating himself from everyone while rick himself couldn't do that but instead never let go in the first place. and both are not good for them!!! (and tbh Cronenburg Jer mindset ended up being more parallel to Rick Prime instead!!!!)

//also, it kinda sucks that he always has developments off-screen. and we’re left with the aftermath and the end. but at the same time, i don’t think it’d be very fitting to insert the Cronenberg world episodes somewhere between the season? lol

so yeah..... that is kinda how I feel about him....... thank you for asking <3!!

[papirouge]

It’s kinda hard to separate the Israel Palestine conflict from religion at this point as an exmuslim. Every muslim man I knew is violently pro Palestine and would allow you to protest for them until they’re in power then they want sharia law

Asking for a ceasefire and stop killing civilians ≠ defending islam though. If you know my blog you'd know I'm myself very critical of Islam (which condone pedophilia, female oppression, racism/Arab supremacism and violence) but calling the war crimes of Israel has nothing to do with defending islam. Especially when Christians are also victims of this war. Ask yourself why Christian Palestinians go as far as ally with Muslims in their opposition to Israel oppression (something that Israel is extremely uncomfortable with btw).

I refuse to take seriously anyone fearmongering Christians around how Islam is a threat to Christianism when Judaism is as much anti Christian if not worse (the Quran has yet to say the same awful thing about Jesus and Mary as the Talmud does). The only thing stopping religious Jews from representing a threat to Christians is their low number. The last time Jews had the demographic superiority that gave them the opportunity to oppress Christians they took it : they conspirated & lobbied to the roman government to kill Jesus. Jews killed Jesus, not Muslims. History doesn't lie. That's why I I can't help but roll my eyes BIG TIMES whenever the Israeli government tries to paint itself as this Christian ally uwu like- guys, start to repent for what you did to the Messiah and then maaaaybe we'll take seriously your lame attempts at catering to us. For now, you are still as much enemies in Christ (for rejecting as the Messiah) as Muslims or heathens.

I also find funny how this "association by the cause you fight for" only seems to work one way. Zionists have been spouting the vilest racist, anti Black (look up their treatment of falasha and Ethiopian jews they consider so racially inferior they refuse to see them breeding especially with "racially pure" Jews), Jewish racial supremacism nonsense, and yet I hardly see people like you associate every pro Israel as a racist just because they happen to side with them 🤔

"Arabs/Palestinians are anti Black!!" .... so are Zionists/religious Jews lmao Israel is literally an ETHNOSTATE!! What's your point?? I'm a Black person, every country has a derogatory word against us, of course we know the world hates us - still not a reason to turn a blind eye to them behind genocided¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ maybe that's a groundbreaking statement but noone deserves to be killed for being a piece of trash . I'm Christian, the staple of our religion is that everyone can be redeemed.

I oppose this war like I oppose every other war on this planet. It really ain't that complicated. The reason we go off like this is because the gaslighting and victim blaming of Israel is just insufferable. The "they started it first on October 7!!" narrative is dishonest (the occupation/blocus of Gaza started waaay before October 7 and Palestianian resistance didn't come out of a vacuum) and does not justify bombing CIVILIANS. Ukraine has been attacked first too and still didn't use it as a pass to bomb Russian cities with plentiful of civilians just because Russia started first 🤪 because this is a war crime. IDK why it's so hard to understand. Like many people said, Israel is the only country who can attack and bomb 3 countries in the same times while claiming victomhood....sorry but this shit is insufferable lmao Maybe they would be less annoying if they assumed their villainess like the USA or Russia lol

[flakytartart]

Started playing DRV3 for the first time, thought it would be cool to make a chart after each section 🤔

Prologue complete! Opinions on the cast are under the cut, read at your own discretion.

I really like Kaede and Shuichi, they're a really good duo. :D She's very lovely and kept complimenting all the other female students - he's very quiet but I love his voice and he just seems polite. Gonta is soo sweet, so are the painter and mage. I love weird girls!! I honestly thought I'd hate Himiko and Angie the most out of the cast but I was very wrong...she's a mage, magic is real, I don't understand Angie's religion thing but that doesn't matter she's cool. I hope they get to interact with Gonta sometime.

Kiibo and Kirumi are wonderful and the little dude + anthropologist are baller. I personally love anthropology and his thing about finding everything beautiful just speaks to me (also I'm pretty sure he's voiced by Todd Haberkorn - HUGE fan of that). Kirumi reminds me of Peko, but kinder.

Love the inventor, she's loud and vulgar and strikes me as a party girl. She's a bit rude and I don't usually like pervy characters but I'm a Kazuichi lover so... 🤷 The ultimate "child caregiver" (I think I've seen somewhere she's actually the ultimate assassin) is nice and I kinda dig that she's not completely hostile towards everyone else? She seems like she doesn't want to be there and that'sss pretty cool to me. :)

I hate compulsive liars and most of his dialogue was annoying to me but I can't help but smile whenever Kokichi interacted with someone else. He seems so happy so eh, C tier. Tenko is okay, I like her made up fighting style but don't enjoy her expressions (I hate saying that because usually I'm all for weird faces/expressions but it feels a bit forced?). I definitely don't hate either of them!

Ultimate cosplayer isss kind of lame not gonna lie, she doesn't even wear her own stuff if I remember correctly - she's more like the ultimate seamstress. Green hair dude (I called him the ultimate couchsurfer while playing) bored me but he's probably gonna be important in the story later on so oooOooOo whatever. Whenever I play Danganronpa games they get me invested in the side characters that die and I never enjoy the main trio or the survivors...it's been getting better with every game but it's frustrating. Also Kaito is not how I thought he would be, I see so much fanart and love for him but I don't care about him right now. He doesn't sound like how I thought he would and he's very pushy(?).

[destinyc1020]

I feel lik the SNL joke was very insensitive and just a lame joke overall. I believe the same 3 white men who Timmy was with in the sketch made/wrote the thing so i put the blame more on them bt still insensitive of timmy to even b involved in it. Cancel culture dnt exist n esp nt for yt men, those 3 comedians will continue to work at SNL n Timmy will b fine during Wonka n his other projects

I agree Anon, I'm pretty sure those guys were the ones who probably wrote the skit.

I agree with you though, either way, it was just a lame joke overall. So, not only insensitive, but also just LAME.

I'm also kinda curious to know what kind of jokes SNL was doing (if any) after Sept 11th?🤔 Like, were they joking about Al Queda and the 911 flights as well? 🥴

Oh, also meant to add re: cancel culture...

What I mean by "cancel culture" is basically just that a celebrity does or says one minor thing (I'm not talking about BIG issues) that fans don't like, and everyone is ready to cancel them or roast their heads on a stick. 👀

I'm just not like that.

Someone has to either have said or done something really horrible, OR had a HISTORY of doing or saying really horrible or shady stuff for me to just automatically "cancel" them. 🤷🏾‍♀️

But one or two minor things here and there isn't going to make me cancel someone if they've usually had a good track record or otherwise seem decent.

Now BIG major things.... yea, that will def get you canceled in my book. But things that are minor I can overlook. It just depends on how the person has overall come across. I tend to take things in a case by case basis. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[troll-medicull-advice]

hm. hang on. i gotta do some research into this one. 🤔

ok it appears to just be natural genetic predisposition to jades. lame! 🙄

theres some evidence of a rumour that the empire kicked all jades to the caverns because of both their daywalking abilities or their predisposition to become rainbow drinkers or both. 🔱

also some theories that the exposure to literally every blood colour on a regular basis kinda. affects their physiology? that theory seems the most credible. 🎨

< they zhould make a ra:nbow dr:nker thatz not a jade >

[fantomette22]

Hidden/secret connection between the Rakuyo & the Blade of Mercy

I think I've found a link between this 2 weapons in our dear Bloodborne 🤔. Maybe for some it's kinda oblivious but I only realized it not too long ago and I never see someone talked about it.

Alright so to begin with. These 2 have a really similar gameplay/move set & fighting style (that I enjoy a lot !)

If we don't count the firearms, and beside the saw&spear clever, (+the burial blade & the church pick too?!) This 2, may be the most close weapons ! That's true that one is a "sword" and the other is a big dagger but you can divide both of them and dual wield. Their style, materials, their method of fabrication and where they originated is entirely different too (cf description below).

But why do they look so similar...? Nothing seems to linked them at first sight beside their appearance.

The similarities they have... what could they mean lore wise ?

What could it tell us about the story, characters...

Now my first question is... who was there before the other ? Unfortunately we will probably never know. But I do have some ideas to share.

Thoughts on the blade of mercy : so nothing is confirmed/deconfirmed but I believed that Gehrman made it. And it was originally his before he passed it down to the first hunter of hunters. It's one of the oldest weapon of the workshop and it was made from siderite, like German's burial blade. (So for the rest of my ideas take this into account)

About Maria faithtful Rakuyo : we know it comes from the same countries as the Chikage. It really on dexterity instead of blood, unlike the blood blades so much like by Cainhurst. But we don't know how she exactly got it.

A lot of people think that the Rakuyo could be a family heirloom. That is possible and that would make a lot of sense. But I found that weird that it's describe as a hunter's trick weapon. And why a blade from Cainhurst from long ago wouldn't rely on blood ? (Well pthumerians had trick weapons too & blood on it seems really strong too if you know how to use it. We don't know if other unique weapons like this existed at cainhurst or not...). Edit : in Japanese it’s say it’s only Maria hunter weapon. Not mention of a trick weapon

Was it a gift made specifically for Maria ? Did she order it herself ? Did she get inspired by Gehrman's blades and wanted the same thing but more in her style ??

Or maybe he's the one who got inspired by the Rakuyo ? Maybe he wanted to be able to train with her properly so he made it to adapt to a fighting style more similar to hers ? Did he made it after she abandoned her weapon so she would still have something to defend herself with, just in case ? Or did he made it after her death in a way to pay homage & honored her ?!

OR IT IS JUST A BIG COINCIDENCE AND THEY BOTH CAME UP WITH SIMILAR WEAPONS AT THE SAME TIME ?!

And so when they meet, they really got a good impression of the other : Oh we have the same thing ?! 👀 so cool 🤝

Rakuyo description + French description

Blade of Mercy / Lame de miséricorde description

((Thank you for coming to my ted talks. Don't hesitate to tell me your thought on it or share)).

[squishyneet]

I mean, bestie I can't blame you for liking Ju Jisoo (I mean was there once, so... 0-0) but honestly you deserve better💅

So lemme try to convince you or shall I say make you fall out of love~

1. He's not even special 🙄🤔😒 tbh at his first appearance I was like OOOOOH just cuz' he covered his eyes with hair and seemed mYstErIoUS (I can be so shallow sometimes-) so if that was a point lemme help you. The new main character I think he's Kang Eunwoo used to look low-key similar 0_o so yeah he's there.. I mean Jay from lookism is even better :0

2. He looks stinky :P Personally I be reading and be like yo dude shut it, I can smell your breath thru the phone •~• (yup that's it)

3. HC: Says the sh*tiest most lame jokes ever. Also "Where my hug at" type of bish

4. I mean look at the rest of htf characters... much more Scrumptious

5. Lemme put some standards here...

•Cool/ Nice backstory... meh ❌

•Does he win often?.. ❌ NO. Even I can win against 244 (THIS IS A JOKE FOR LEGAL REASONS?)

• Tiddies? ❌ (no questions allowed for this one)

He's not even that rich smh 😒 (again this is a joke but hey am I wrong, eh?)

6.I get it.. I get it you like red flags. Understandable :D

But hey... not even 244 did what he did ugh🤢...(I mean 244 killed his girlfriend or whatever but that's besides the point-)

Pls don't hate me haha.. (°-°;) Also it's 3am so you can't blame me 😁

If you're not convinced yet and want more of my Ted talk 🤠 don't be shy to summon me ;)

Ahh b4 I go I HAVE to tell someone this... and well that someone is you bestie haha~ So normally I like no.. LOVE tall haired bois (despite whatever else is there to their miserable lives) which ofc includes mullets but I've got an exception 🤭. I mean Taehoon with short hair?? Especially the one in the MMA ??? I can't be the only one ? I'm talking about this 👇

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Chickie sending me a whole document 😭😭

U got a lot of good points. U are kinda right about the red flags 😭. Yeah there definitely are more scrumptious characters 👀 Jisoo is just a crumb. And I do love Eunwoo.

I will say that when Hyeoksoo got stabbed and Jisoo yelled "baby bro" or whatever, it did touch my heart to see him being a big bro. HOWEVER, it does not outweigh the fact that he's a stinky where's my hug typa guy and whatnot.

I am a sucker for guys with mullets (Taehun, Hansu, Seto Kaiba) and whatever was going on with Taehun's hair back then was a crime. I feel like if he kept his hair short, people still would have fallen for him because he's . . . he's Taehun. But that compared to HIS MULLET?? 😤😤😤 It's givin vampire Munseong 😔 try to keep up

But he does look more cute and approachable with his short hair idk what it is.

Feel free to continue your analysis :)

Edit: u made me fall in love with short hair Taehun

[blind0raven]

Kibby: I can see that master is in denial, I will search up more what is going on

Kibby: Master is running around like a headless chicken, what happened?

She is what she eats I guess??? That's a human saying right?

She is, at the moment, mentally and somewhat metaphorically, in another universe, drowning in one of that world’s most well known rivers that runs through a country known as Egypt.

It’s called the Nile.

I think Sebek would like it, it has crocodiles! 🐊

But it’s okay, since she’s only drowning mentally and somewhat metaphorically, her mind will survive.

…I’m pretty sure. :D