#the outcome of that concern

[genderfluid-druid]

Worked on a figure study for practice today that for some reason was just so difficult I almost made myself cry with frustration. Remembered that 1) anything worth doing is worth doing badly, 2) thinking your art doesn't look right is often a sign you're about to improve a level, and 3) it's just practice anyway!!

And then this evening I sat down and banged out three fanart sketches and felt a lot better about life.

[pinacoladamatata]

If Solas doesn't have a satisfying ending I'm not even going to post about it. Like ever. I will simply cease to post all dragon age content and we will pivot to like, elder scrolls or Enderal or smthn

(to be clear;this is my worst timeline option)

[thefloatingstone]

My apologies. I meant no bad faith. I was just surprised you hadn't come across that part yet.

Well I have only done one run and I have never been openly hostile and cruel to him. I know that if you turn him down, he accepts it and is fine with it. So I assume only if you are REALLY cruel to him and choose the dialogue options clearly expressing that you find him disgusting for being a mindflayer.

Because if you just turn him down normally he accepts, is disappointed, and moves on.

In which case, if you call him a disgusting monstrous mindflayer, is it REALLY so surprising for him to respond by showing you illusions of JUST how disgusting a mindflayer you think he is and lean into your belief that that is what he is? His entire THING is trying to placate you so you and him can have an alliance to kill the elder brain. If you lash out at him in anger and disgust, would it not make most sense to, instead of argue, agree with you and reinforce that image because it will at LEAST continue the alliance?

Not to mention The Emperor expresses very VERY obvious signs throughout the entire game that, for all his talk about being happy about being a mindlfayer and that he sees it as a positive, he is very affected by other people's judgement of him being a mindflayer. (Which is an interesting detail to think about how when that insecurity rooted itself in him because it is NOT from his own issues with being a mindflayer. Or at least he very earnestly expresses he views becoming a mindflayer as a positive which is why he encourages you to become at least part ilithid yourself)

But anyway

There are multiple situations, conversations and details where he shows he is overly self-aware on how being a mindflayer is judged by others. SPECIFICALLY in regards to him being viewed as a monstrosity. This is clearly a sore spot for him.

So if you call him disgusting? And if you hit exactly in the weak spot? Can you fucking BLAME him for lashing out and going "ok if that is what you think I am then fucking fine by me. Here I will even give you AMMO to think of me as a monster". resurrecting ironclad walls between himself and you on an emotional level so there can be NO mistake on where either of your feelings lie.

After all, lying to you about being an angelic dream guardian here to save you from your doomed fate didn't work. Why not then lean into the lie of being the ilithid abomination you think he is?

Also Anon you absolutely did mean it in bad faith because I kept answering you on why I liked the grey morality going on here and your response was to push more and more into "Ok but he did an evil thing" when you were not satisfied by my response. Do not insult my intelligence please.

[awkwardnerdylesbian]

why is this giving i think i need to put you down vibes

[clownsuu]

Yooo, you got a design for Helob from clut of the lamb? Your designs are always bussin 🔥🔥

Spoodler fhchHFHFHF-

[vincentspork]

Btw, if you're hanging around and haven't figured It out yet: I am a big scary leftist and while I hate Trump more than you could ever know, I also saw firsthand how dems treated Palestinians (and Muslims in general!) and trans people and basically anyone who dared to ask what material changes were promised under a democratic presidency, so if you're taking out your anger regarding the results on any of those people - Palestinians, Muslims, trans people, or allies to any of those groups - instead of sitting down and talking to your grandma who fully backed Trump a second time, get outta here. Go volunteer at an abortion clic or meet up with your local homeless outreach groups instead of making self-righteous memes about how leftists doomed us all or whatever

[lesbianspicelatte]

gonna get a cavity filled in a couple days and im like so worried that when they give me the high juice ill start talking about the fnaf timeline

[ladyelainehilfur]

As far as Twitter, one of the most unforseen results of Horikoshi not explicitly showing Dekuchako dating as adults is this influx of people pairing up Ochako and Bakugou as petty revenge against Dekuchako shippers 💀

Like, it's not that serious, and it's just people being jerks and claiming Bakugou stole Deku's girlfriend in the end, but as a longtime Kacchako shipper, this could not be any more ironic.

Imagine spending years liking a ship 95% of the fandom thought should be illegal (for what reason, they could not say). Then the one ship people thought was going to set every other ship straight ended up being only vaguely implied. Suddenly, any character could end up either Deku or Ochako.

Certain people who never liked Dekuchako in the first place use Kacchako (a supposedly illegal ship) as ammunition against Dekuchako shippers who thought they had it in the bag. And I just think that's funny. I'm not participating but that's funny.

[psn-stalling]

Look, if someone can bring him back to his senses, it's her. There's no other way around.

That's not true. And you KNOW it.

If things go wrong here everything is going to get worse again- She ALWAYS makes everything worse- She shouldn't even BE in the league club and she DEFINITELY shouldn't be doing an OFFICIAL match here.

There's other ways around. She doesn't need to be the one to "fix" everything. We can fucking handle it just fine ourselves.

It was getting better for everyone until she stepped foot into the damn academy.

Now look at where that's gotten us.

[eisthenameofme]

this obviously not something everyone is doing but i've seen enough of it to be frustrated-

effectively insisting that people 'stop whining' because someone else has it worse is unhelpful at best; the real reason people shouldn't be panicing is that panic isn't useful and can be paralysing.

Also, people have legitimate reason to be worried by the results and to think things will get worse for everyone in general (general trend toward fascist ideas, things like food safety regulations and climate change) and for minority groups specifically (emboldened bigots and an increase in hate crimes, the passing of more and worse legislation that targets them, increased difficulty in making progress).

Regardless of whether or not it ends up getting 'that bad', the fact that someone who has directly stated he wants to take unilateral control of the government is being put in a position of power would be a serious cause for concern. That so many people actively voted for him and the increase in radicalisation toward the far right would be legitimate and serious cause for concern. And it is a good thing to acknowledge that so these things can actually be addressed, instead of insisting they're just as bad either way and consequently ignoring the ways in which they very much aren't.

[grayintogreen]

I gotta say TYBW has really got me having some kind of cuteness aggression with Urahara (like god that new animation does him so good) so I feel this is someone in the studio going “let’s make him super adorable before we brutalize him.” It has to be. There is no other explanation.

[gothmods]

This idea of enforcing lengthly wait times and psychiatric assessments in order to access hrt is a very personal matter to me as well since that was my experience and not only did it cause unnecessary and prolonged distress but also involved downright ableist and ill-informed probing on my status as an autistic person

I wasnt even approved for puberty blockers until 2 years in despite already being largely post-pubescent when i was referred and had to have a hospital board approve my case despite my turning 18 before them passing a verdict

What is so traumatising about the process is the denial of autonomy. I knew the consequences of hrt, i had them rigorously explained to me over almost 3 years of compulsory medical and psychiatric evaluations (including seeing a fertility specialist about freezing my eggs in case i wanted biological children, so i was considered old enough to consider child-rearing but not old enough to make my own decisions about my body outside of that????)

And still i had no control over the decision on whether or not i could start hrt

Then i transferred to the public adult sexual health clinic for the remainder of my care and it was such a system shock because one of the first things the endo said was that it was not her job to monitor my gender identity or feelings - it was mine, and that as long as i kept wanting hrt she would keep prescribing it

Surgery was a similar experience, my surgeon advised me on the best options for my body and the outcome i wanted - and the decision to undergo it was mine and mine alone

You cannot remove regret without removing autonomy

And yet people wonder why teenagers, a group so frequently denied autonomy in the basic happenings of their lives, would be resistant to being denied control over their transition

[mintflavoredfemurs]

I've been talking about House MD to my dad and he just asked me whether he should watch it

if i get my dad to watch House MD it'll be my greatest achievement as a child

[bitchfitch]

I was going to make a haha funny post about the fact my thermometer is reading my temp as 94.9° but then when I was googling to double check what was a normal range one of the suggested searches led to a paper about COVID sometimes causing low body temps instead of fever sooooo thermometer might be broken or I'm a lot sicker than I thought.

[smile-files]

i think there is an important distinction between "wanting the jews to have status in their native homeland" and "wanting the jews to have absolute power in their native homeland, at the complete expense of others native there." the one is valid; the other is horrid.

the only point i will ever agree with a zionist on is that we, the jews, deserve to call the holy land home -- that is where our people are from, after all. but i will forever be disgusted by how zionists are not only willing but *eager* to accept the idea that it is *our home and our home alone*, and that we have the right to treat the resident palestinians with violence and cruelty because of that.

and no, i don't know how exactly the politics could be arranged such that the land could be shared peacefully, but treating the current state of things as an inevitability and a necessary, unfortunate expense for our freedom and independence as the jewish people is horrible: just because i don't know the logistics of coexistence doesn't make me naive or unrealistic for believing it is right and possible.

so many jews implicitly swear undying loyalty to the state of israel, even those who critique it in every possible way -- if anything, this is just an insidious corruption of our undying loyalty to our people, our land, and our history. the palestinians obviously deserve better, and so do we: who are we, if the tangible manifestation of our beautiful religion has been built on the blood of the innocent? we were taught that human sacrifice for our god was cruel and unnecessary, and yet our people seem to be doing it anyway... are we not betraying god? are we not desecrating the land we, and so many others, call holy?

and i've heard people go into semantics about how there are many types of zionism, and that the type driving this horrible violence is just one of them, and that they shouldn't all be lumped together as unilaterally bad... i really don't know enough about it, sure, but i honestly don't care: the only people making this argument are those who, at the end of the day, are loyal to the israel that exists now -- otherwise, you wouldn't feel so threatened by today's anti-zionism which is, more than anything, in opposition to the israel that exists now and the way it twists the right of our people to live in our homeland into an entitlement to domination and destruction. and anyway, there are way bigger things to worry about (if you actually care about palestinians, that is).

[itspileofgoodthings]

do y’all wanna know something funny. when I was in England I accidentally stumbled into finding my sister a boyfriend via @ilovevanillatea and her husband and it is something that has been so funny and good.