#the outcast rants

[theoutcastwrites]

Maybe if I create a new genshin oc that I can project all my feelings onto then I'll be happy...

[teratomatica]

you always land on all fours

[study-diaries]

When your "I'm only comfortable with people i know" type of person is interpreted as "I'm too good for everyone and everything except those whom i approve of" like, no no no, i really wanna participate in the parties and dancing and your fun activities etc etc but in front of everyone ??? Nah I'll pass. Just let me sit in peace and enjoy the damn event.

[demisereturns]

Listen I need to get this out I know it's random as fuck but you don't understand just how infuriating books can be

Major spoilers for Redwall: Outcast not that you should care in my opinion if you do you could still read and enjoy it because I am only discussing the halfway point of the book and the ending

I would suggest for maximum yapping effect to refrain from skimming and to indulge my every enraged screech with your fullest and utmost attention

Now without further ado... The most aggravating book I have ever read in my life.

Redwall is a series I love. I had read a lot of the books and, finally, I was going to read one I had been looking forward to- Outcast. There's a ferret on the cover. That's right. A ferret main character, a race previously considered as "vermin" in the other books. The back alluded to their struggle for fitting into Redwall given the prejudice against their kind and I was so excited to dig my teeth into a cute and whimsical story about my favorite animal

But guess what

In a book in which the cover is a ferret and the back description is about the ferret... Do you want to know... What the book was actually about?

Because it wasn't about the ferret. No. Not until almost to the end of the book and they are a horribly treated side character that gets so astronomically butchered by the story I closed the book in disgust at the end.

The book should have been called Sunflash the Mace because that is actually the main character and he is not an outcast at all. He is more akin to a paladin of sorts. He is a great character and his companion is awesome I have no issues with him it is not his fault for the book being so grossly mishandled

You encounter the story of the ferret halfway through the book. He is the rejected son of an evil tyrant ferret that gets raised in a shitty environment only to eventually be saved and brought to the abbey.

So, what happens?

He is abused and ostracized by his peers for being a ferret and then lashing out for being bullied. Yes he steals things but rather than just saying the ferret is a bad egg why not punish the bullies for once and help the poor ferret learn to be a bit better? The only supportive figure he had was his adoptive mom and you can see him getting worse and worse because of the lack of any sort of help

Then, eventually he runs away to join his dad. His dad, the evil tyrant. He fights for him against Redwall, and this is where things get infuriating.

His mother is almost killed. His adoptive mother. He steps in front of her and sacrificed himself to save her.

At the end of the book two characters discuss this. "I'm sorry, I guess he really wasnt evil from the start..." Another person says.

Then the most evil, sick bit of writing I have ever seen graces the last specks of the page. A phrase that rocked me to my core for all the ferret had been through and what he had done at the very end.

"no, he was. I was wrong."

From the mouth of his own adoptive mother.

Now. You may be wondering- surely, SURELY there's more to this? Maybe in the books ferrets are just evil!

EXCEPT IN ONE OF THE PREVIOUS BOOKS A RAT BECAME A TOY MAKER THAT GIVES BOATS TO KIDS, A PREVIOUSLY COMPLETELY EVIL RACE AND NEED I REMIND YOU THAT THE BOOK WAS SET UP ON THE COVER AND BACK AS IF IT WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE FERRET FIGHTING FOR HIS RIGHT TO BE LOVED? I BELIEVE IT WAS MARIEL AND THAT BOOK WAS INCREDIBLE AND THE BEST IN THE FUCKING SERIES

That's all I wanted to say

I wish with all of my fucking heart the book was renamed to Sunflash the Mace I would have been so much less angry. I wish it had focused completely on his ending, rather than randomly having the poor ferret bastardized by his mother in the end

Read Mistmantle instead, guys

[psych0t1c-bread]

👀 HERE IS YOUR ANSWER @toffeesbabbles !!!

Tw: human trafficking, psychological abuse/warfare, gang mention, dead dove do not eat

So in the fanfic, it's stated that Eliza had magic and her thought process of leaving the castle permanently is "saying you're leaving forever = being sold off", hence the human trafficking trigger warning.

She says this for 2 reasons:

1. She was sold as a child to Nightmare as a peace treaty between him and a specific Human gang (that is actually a very key antagonist in my original work, so Outcast readers, stay on the lookout 👀). She was sold around many times before the Human gang took her in and gave her to Nightmare.

(The Human gang has a large population of magic-havers that are not Monsters, hence the questions Delta had when he was trying to figure out how she had magic.)

2. She was told that if anyone ever left the castle and didn't come back, that they abandoned Nightmare and were being sold as punishment. Nightmare tells her that if she misbehaves or if he gets sick of her, then he's going to sell her again. So basically psychological abuse.

Tldr; she was sold for her exceptional abilities in healing magic, passed around a few rings, and eventually sold by Humans to Nightmare at age 9 - she's been serving him ever since, and will continue to until she dies.

So yeah, a disturbing answer, but you DID ask /lh /hj

[theoutcastwrites]

I miss Dottore I hope he's okay

[ibijau]

Once more struck by how bland Valcamon is as a protagonist.

Like, I can see why Val is obsessed with the Magpie King. Even as a mortal, he was weird and handsome and curious about everything.

But Val is mostly just... there. Yes, he's a god, but not a particularly interesting one. He just stays in his cave most of the time, improving a barrier around the valley where he lives. Most things that could make him an interesting person have been beaten out of him when he was still mortal, so really all that's left is dedication to people who low-key hate him as much as they rely on him.

The most interesting thing about Val is his obsessive love for the Magpie King. But that only happens because the Magpie King fell for him first. And, idk, I'm not sure I'm sold on how that happened, so how can I sell it to others?

[hammill-goes-fogwalking]

I hope at least one person on his earth has a crush on me 😭😭

[d1shfandomz]

persona 5 had so much potential to be one of the greatest social commentaries of its decade in, hell, not even just in gaming and they fucking blew it by giving us fanservice of minors with gigantic tits and totally not pedophilic romance options as opposed to thematically poignant queer relationship options and you expect me to not be pissed off?? like ur kidding

[psych0t1c-bread]

In the 5 years I've created him, I have never actually drawn him.

Introducing. . .

My OC Karma!

This took me 16 hours and 40 mins! He's from my book The Outcasts, he's the leader of the fake gang. I'll link the book if anyone wants to give it a read!

For Wattpad users: https://www.wattpad.com/story/354054655?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_writing&wp_page=create&wp_uname=Psych0t1c_Bread

For Ao3 users: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62030551

Enjoy!!! Let me know what you think if you choose to read it!!

[voodoodaaddy]

[natjennie]

did you really like "rant" by bo burnham when you were like 14 or were you normal?

[spaceastridxx]

Today was honestly the first time of me feeling included in a group setting-. Being able to know I’m awkward but these people accept me and still like me anyway- I didn’t realize how much that did for me mentally until I got back from it. All we did was explore an abandoned place and I felt safe with these people- happy. I felt accepted and loved as is, I didn’t have to be this person I wasn’t.

It’s so hard sometimes to find people that don’t find an issue with how I am; hard to deal with- but today I felt safe, I had a genuine lingering smile-. It’s the little things, everyone laughing at you bc ur being dramatic- but in a good way, singing and vibing in a convenience store to the blue song, when you sit in the corner of a book store after finding 100$ worth of queer books and having those quiet moments where it isn’t awkward- I find pieces of myself I thought I lost forever with these people, that joy in life that makes it worth it. Being accepted as is, is an another form of comfort that makes me feel okay in my skin. I look forward to see them again, having people like that in my life makes me realize that it does get less difficult.

My people.

[melit0n]

Okay but a character dynamic that always gets me (especially because I barely see it in literature and movies) is that of Lucifer and God. Stay with me here it's gonna make sense! Like, Lucifer and God as in the biblical versions, not just the 'Satan is bad and God is good' thing. Lucifer as in a character loving someone so much that, when their attention is casted away from them, jealousy utterly consumes them, and in the act of trying to replicate the thing that has taken away attention from them, they are cast out and made into the face of evil. The Other; the villain. God as in a character who is always presented to be all loving, the embodiment of kindness, but when faced with someone who with all their loyalty suddenly acts out, they cast them away and deface them, becoming the ultimate judge; 'evil for the greater good'.

[theoutcastwrites]

I finally watched the dottore hoyofair animation and ouhhh 🥲 it was amazing

[hugofitch]

i love how 28 days later aint got any votes on your vibes poll cause you distanced yourself so much from the fact you were forced to endure living in england for 10 years of your life.

my dark past