#the funniest thing is that i was checking because.

[tippenfunkaport]

the funniest she-ra haters are heads down the orignal stans because i kept seeing "they ruined a masterpiece!" "my childhood of the amazing adora and iconic catra is IN SHAMBLES" "this is a cheap imitation" and i went looking for og episodes expecting some mindblowing lore and complex writing and badass action what i got was rehearsed animation with pre school character depth with no continuity and catra talking like my cat before she got fixed

So I was a fan of She-Ra in ye olden days. It's certainly not a "good" show, it's very goofy, it's mostly a toy commercial, but it was important in context because we really didn't have anything girl power like that in the 80s so it will always be dear to me for that reason. Something can be kinda silly but also a big deal at the time for what it was and She-Ra is a great example of that. 

I also think it's really important to note that a lot of the people who were hating on She-Ra are not actual She-Ra fans. I am active in the vintage MOTU fandom under a different username and the majority of the vintage She-Ra fans are right here, in this fandom with us. Lots of us in this fandom were into the old show too. Even the people who checked out the new show and went, "Eh, happy the franchise is alive, but this isn't for me" aren't out there actively hating on it.

I mean, did you see the whole thing on Twitter a few years ago with Adora's birthday? People posing as "vintage She-Ra fans" starting dogpiling anyone posting about Netflix Adora's birthday, pretending to be outraged on behalf of the "real" 80s Adora. Except it was painfully obvious these were not real OG She-Ra fans because a) none of them knew that 80s Adora has a completely different canon birthday than reboot Adora thanks to the Christmas Special and b) they were using stolen fanart for their trolling which angered the actual fan creators they were stealing from and made the real vintage MOTU fans turn on what were ultimately revealed to be outrage chasers who weren't even in the fandom.

Which really sums it up. It's like everything from the Star Wars drama to people hating on She Hulk. Professional outrage warriors who hate to see anything progressive pretending to be "the true fans" drowning out the actual fans of the thing going, "Yo, they are NOT with us!"

I'm a fan of so many properties that have been rebooted over and over. And I am super sympathetic to the innate resistance to "thing I love is different now, sad face." But I also think it's important to note that a group of loud bad actors manufacturing outrage pretending to be part of a fandom shouldn't be allowed to be pretend to be "the real fans," especially when the actual real vintage fans are right here, active in this very fandom anyway.

[heliomanteia]

"You think to share your power, to avoid the temptation to misuse it. A noble sentiment… but, ultimately, a mistake… no group has ever done so."

Solas is the goddamn king of dropping statements that are said so confidently you almost believe they're correct but they're so detached from reality that some thinking gets you going wait a little. Because actually having someone constantly vibe check you and the intent behind your actions is how your motivations and temptations are controlled. That's why base DA:I had Blackwall call you out if you were proclaiming being the Herald while admitting to him you don't believe in any of that. He has reasons to doubt your motivations and sincerity. Solas being convinced (since DA:I nonetheless) that you cannot share power with anyone is interesting. Again, it's not mistreatment of character to have him go down the antagonist path when he had it in him from the get-go.

The funniest thing is that he is bewildered by Sera and Jennies not having a Large Goal (Mr. "he thinks about where it ends") for their little organization but Jennies are still there in Trespasser epilogue (you can even join them) and if loot is anything to go by, you can find a belt of Red Jenny in a chest in Antiva in Veilguard with a cheeky note attached, presumably from Sera. So, I assume they are still there by DATV timeline. Chargers shared power despite Bull having an upper hand because he respected his team. It doesn't have to be a large organization, neither Chargers or Jennies are — but they are functional. By the end of the Trespasser, we also have Dorian and Maevaris establish the Lucerni, future Shadow Dragons, who also rely on communal values and only fall apart after Maevaris loses her seat; and even then they reemerge. Trusting your team works, Solas.

Solas not understanding small wins and practical help over grand world-changing events or trusting your team and having it trust you is kinda telling.

[ghostlightfic]

guess who forgot another tag on ao3.

[spookythesillyfella]

hey guys . heres my fair share of doodles from the magma i drew on with my big bro @chamom1le-t3a

[silkpages]

i finished watching escaflowne recently and it lowkey changed my brain chemistry. so to the person who said it's like a ten hour ghibli film ... you were so right.

[dlsintegration]

honestly I shouldn’t be shocked like it IS always the same people who so consistently make existing in this fandom unbearable but man i’m the closest i’ve ever been to actually leaving

[hershelwidget]

A collection of things I’ve screamed into the void with mild hope that the void would scream back (it did. on several of these)

I am so sorry but every single word uttered here is canon to YLS’s already insane lore. yes even the one about Jack Skellington. yes even the one about Dimentio. yes even the one that ties into MSM/TBoCI. yes ESPECIALLY the one about Captain Barnacles.

[widevibratobitch]

girls when they actually wanna hang out with their dad and for him to think they're cool and not a total fucking disappointment

[freedjustinemywife]

Bruh you scared me so much with the fake Raijin death I was legitimately ranting my fiance about how every manga/anime kills my faves & i was gonna drop fairy tail before i had to watch that animated 😅

OH

MY GOD

BABDHSHBDBAHAHHAHAHA OHH MU GOD I AM SO SORRY BUT ALSO THIS IS HILLARIOUS 😭😭

GENUINELY started this is a offhand joke and then it got traction?? and i was like shit i gotta lock in (i was too far gone)

once again sorry to all caught in the crossfire of my STUPID joke and anon i hope youre still happy watching ft and lmk if you update your fiance with the fact it was just some guy who lied and then spent 3 days making fake leaks 😭🙏

[theheadlessgroom]

@beatingheart-bride

Both June and Wilhelm exchanged little looks at this-not so much at Emily's apology (which, they felt, was nothing to apologize for), but at her comment that "things are starting to turn around": Though she didn't elaborate (and the Pace's felt it would be rude to pry, especially so soon after meeting her), something told them that their son had something to do with it.

"Ah, no need to apologize, lass," Wilhelm smiled, waving his hand at her, adding, "Living a quiet life is nothing to be sorry for! And besides, it's not like we're living thrilling lives ourselves-and that's alright! Sometimes, quiet is good."

"I'm just sorry you've felt a little...caught up in your thoughts, as you said," June added sympathetically-if there was anybody who knew what it was like to be in ones own head, caught up by too many thoughts weighing you down, she couldn't lie, it'd be her and her family (even if they tried their hardest not to be).

"I'm glad to hear things are picking up for you, dear. Tell me, what sorts of movies do you like? Our boy's a horror fiend; he reads every issue of Famous Monsters he can get his hands on, has all sorts of posters and knick-knacks in his room. I don't know how he sleeps in there sometimes!"

"It's not that bad, Ma..." Randall smiled and blushed, as he rubbed the back of his neck-spooky stuff around him at night as he slept just didn't bother him!

[greyeyedmonster-18]

(my lorge baby is 15 today and wtf is that)

[emometalhead]

are you doing okay emotionally?

No ♡

[shiroselia]

I love referring to Unto Daylight as a fix it because by all means and all intentions I'm doing nothing except making it objectively worse

[growling]

*me after the 87th consecutive time i had unsurprisingly managed to make myself scawwed via seeking out 40min iceberg videos on shock content lore that i am aware makes me uncomfortable* I lvoe knowledge this is so fun which is also the name of a particular obscure game that exists i shall not speak on *can't sleep that night* oh boy im gonna do it again to scratch that special autism itch i sure do love information *accidentially gets disturbed once again where the youtuber does not actually censor as much as i expected they would effectively making me relive fnaf nights at freddy at my house at 11pm* omggg an askreddit thread about top ten most fucked gorevids lets see how much of these i know the existence of yayayay *gets-

[mikittalabs]

having crushes really opens your eyes to like 30 new anxieties you didn't know about/forgot you had

[gingermintpepper]

I think, perhaps one of the funniest things to come from EPIC popularising the Odyssey is that now a ton of people think Poseidon wanted to kill Odysseus.

In the Odyssey, Poseidon has no intention of killing Odysseus. In fact, part of the whole reason Zeus lets Poseidon do whatever he wants even though he thinks Odysseus is rad and should get to kiss his wife is explicitly because Poseidon had no intentions of killing Odysseus. Poseidon wanted to pay back the suffering/inconvenience blinding Polyphemus would have caused. It's a really abstract thing tbh. How do you pay back someone permanently disabling your son? Poseidon's solution was just to amputate Odysseus from his other half; i.e. Penelope. The end game was never murder, it was always an endurance race.

(Od. Book 1: Zeus reassuring Athena that he is not, in fact, a part of Odysseus Hater-Nation. Trans. Robert Fagles)

Also, for those wondering if there's any sort of in text reason for why Poseidon wasn't around in God Games - at the time in the Odyssey when Athena petitions Zeus to let Odysseus leave Calypso's island, Poseidon was -checks notes- on vacation in Ethiopia. Yep. He left to Ethiopia for a festival and thusly was very much absent for Athena's whole "please let Ody go? Please? 🥺" request.

(Od. Book 1: While Odysseus was suffering, Poseidon went to party in the east)

I am begging y'all to read the Odyssey. It's a comedy for everyone except Odysseus and Penelope who are, in fact, suffering 24/7 365.