#the pea discourse is insane

[savefrog]

Have just seen someone on the neopets reddit describe it as the "apeacalypse".

Just as a taste of context, heres a description of the Seasonal Attack Pea

Here is its price earlier this year:

And here is just some of the listings in the past few days:

If I did my math correct it is less than a tenth of the price now.

All because of this creature:

To be fair the drama is half over Neopets elite shitting and farting over being slightly less insanely rich which has been a running theme for the past few months as items previously unavailable were released upon the common masses............and the other half is conspiracy theories over Neopets Pea Insider Collusion. You heard me.

But giving context for that debacle would be too long so heres this instead

Neopets discourse is always funny to me because whenever drama starts up 90% of the time it's over something that's just objectively really silly

For example, right now there's neo-billionaires threatening to quit the site over a rare item being released, which wouldn't be funny except the item in question is a tiny pea wearing a Santa hat

[thrumbolt]

So, I cancelled Nyxlin Week and deleted the event blog. Edit to clarify: I DELETED THE BLOG MYSELF! IT WAS NOT TAKEN DOWN BY TUMBLR BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS NOTHING ON THERE THAT WENT AGAINST TOS.

I originally wanted to do this event mainly because me and Copy have a bunch of Nyxlin art planned anyway and that way we could also encourage some more content out of a few other peers.

I expected SOME people to get miffed, maybe some angry anons, some hate posts, because we all know this fandom has lost all its hinges somewhere long ago (if it ever had them) and people are absolutely incapable to just ignore something they don't like. At first we thought a super silly banner might help against that, but clearly that was a big lapse of judgment on my part lol Either way, I wasn't too worried because there's nothing people can really do that bothers me and once the event would roll around everyone would realize there's nothing actually sinister about it, so I figured it would be fine.

What I did not expect, however, was the absolute insane behavior that ended up taking place, where people got targeted and their posts mass reported to take advantage of tumblrs shitty report system over absolutely fucking nothing. People who were not even involved in the event, just happened to write for the same pairing. So let me ask this very plainly: What the fuck is wrong with you? Because something definitely is and I hope you all are getting it checked out.

So I decided to call it quits because people getting hurt over it is obviously not worth it. And again, no wonder this fandom lacks a nice variety of artists who participate in events. What's the point? You canon obsessed pea-brained pearl-clutchers don't understand fan spaces or creativity. All you seem to be here for is virtual signalling, hate, bullying and demonstrating a severe lack of reading comprehension. I've had months of this high school bullshit now and I've really had enough.

I'm still gonna post my art (oh and all that Nyxlin stuff is not going anywhere, don't worry), but I am taking a step back from participating in fandom weeks and fandom discourse and whatnot. You guys can rip each other apart on your own.

[lichfucker]

the discourse about this is driving me insane. no, buying vegetables at the grocery store is not radical leftist praxis. if you wanted to do something truly ~revolutionary~ you would run into the store, grab a handful of snow peas, and run out. ESPECIALLY if it's a corporate chain supermarket whose food is sourced from exploited migrant workers being paid starvation wages. like. paying for peas is not going to help those workers lmao it's not gonna help the cashiers it's not gonna help the custodial staff who mop the floors it's not even gonna help middle management. any money you spend on snow peas at the grocery store goes straight into the pockets of the billionaire ceos who either hoard that wealth or use it to further the american imperialist machine. like at that point the only true way to circumvent the system is to sprint through the produce aisle shoplifting snow peas. and if you use one of those little plastic produce baggies you're nullifying the entire action. like wow congrats on missing the point SO hard. the more plastic that gets used, the more plastic gets produced. the environmental consequences are kind of abstract from a usamerican perspective since the people who are most affected by this kind of large-scale pollution and trash icebergs etc are disenfranchised people living in the global south, so like I get WHY people might think it's okay to use plastic produce bags when shoplifting snow peas (if the effects don't target you personally then those effects must not be real, right? el oh el), but honestly using the bags just signals to me that you care more about LOOKING like an activist by stealing peas than you do about actual activism which requires a lot more thought and intention when stealing peas and isn't just about espousing all the Correct Pea-Stealing Opinions on tumblr dot com. personally, when I run into the grocery store, pick up a bunch of snow peas, and run out, I just carry them in my hands. like I sprint through the store and down the street with two fistfuls of snow peas. I never really have issues w dropping any but if you're worried abt it you can just put them in your pockets (lmfao watch me get called a misogynist for this bc 'women's clothing doesn't have pockets big enough for a pea pod' g-d tumblr is such a joke). seriously it's not that complicated. the anticapitalist revolution isn't going to come from internet discourse, it's going to come from finding the nearest large chain supermarket, sprinting to the produce section, grabbing as many loose pods of snow peas as you can hold, and sprinting back out. will people chase you? maybe. but that's a risk you have to be willing to take for the sake of creating a better world. If You Pay For Peas, You Are Part Of The Problem.

[hacash]

mate Im so glad you replied to that biscuits and gravy post, I was too scared lmao, the discourse that's been going round about it now is insane, especially since most of the usamericans are either doing the exact thing they don't want europeans doing or just being classist, because, hey, who doesn't love making fun of poverty foods that they've never tried before (u don't have to respond to this I just wanted to say, tho)

I'm not going to lie to you anon, when I saw there was something in my inbox I immediately assumed it was a call for me to decapitate myself so my head could be tossed into Boston Harbour or something, so this was lovely to read!

Anyway, yeah. I think we've both already covered the hypocrisy of getting upset over insults at american food and then promptly being dicks about anyone else's food (not to mention the us-centrism which...I think a whole over post is needed about how even some of the most liberal americans on this site still have an incredibly empire-minded view of the world), so just to say I'm glad you appreciated it!

(As for biscuits and gravy itself? I'm not going to lie, the first time I saw a picture I thought it looked a bit weird. But so does steak and kidney pudding, haggis, faggots [yes, folks, they're a thing: they're like giant herbed meatballs and they're delicious!], mushy peas, black pudding, pease pudding, cockles, and toad-in-the-hole, and I can confirm to my american friends that they're all incredibly delicious - so I'd be willing to take a punt on the biscuits and gravy.

...I'm yet to try a jellied eel though.)

[whiskeyswifty]

as we re-enter folklore season and inevitably reignite all the "cheating is bad" blah blah discourse i feel it pertinent to point out the undeniable sex appeal of a beach town certified babe rolling up to your sad, sorry, 17 year old ass on the side of the road, in her own car, and not asking but telling you to get in and go for a drive with her. the way the sight of her promptly wipes every other thought from your gay pea brain other than "yes." like some people are simply not considering that perhaps August is insanely hot?? she wouldn't have to tell me twice to get in, let's just say that. betty whomst???

[staliasjeronica]

Riverdale 3.17 Thoughts *Spoilers*

So I’ve had to redo this two times now because going back and forth from the episode and this fucked everything up (I can slide to the next window and it keeps taking away this post so I can’t do anything about getting it back so I’m VERY pissed right now and not in the mood to watch this twenty million goddamn times)

- WOW MY BOYS LOOK SO GOOD I’VE SEEN THEM LIKE TWENTY TIMES BUT THAT’S ALL I WANT IN THIS SHOW SO WHATEVER

- Oh yeah Beronica are friends ahaha I always forget mmhm wonder why

- Why is a cult having an open house like—

- The kiss on the cheek after Gladys’ threatens Jughead is really… I don’t know man but I like the tension of it (not the word I was looking for but I forgot so oh well)

- I hate that they’re making Alice seem like such a bad mom. Like, she’s BRAINWASHED. They’re only creating discourse within the fandom and it sucks. But like they don’t even make it make sense because Alice is all brainwashed and insane when she’s with Betty but when she’s with FP she’s perfectly fine and normal like??? Make it make sense!!!!! Then again they can’t even write a gang so like why am I surprised

- Also Betty leaving Veronica alone in the cult’s place? No thanks, leave my baby Veronica alone

- JARCHIE CONTENT. See, THIS is what we want. Teenage talk, drama, etc. Not some weird stick poisoning people and cults overtaking people. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT NOT THIS CRAZY PSYCHO NONSENSE

- Again, my boys look good, but Jughead going against his father and having the Serpents DO CRIME and go after drug dealers? Mmhm this’ll totally turn out well because it was sooooooo unexpected!

- I miss Mad Dog, he was treated wrong on The 100 so I’m so happy to see him again!

- Varchie is sooooo so so so much better as friends. When they got together they needed certain things out of the relationship, but now they don’t need those and I really hope they don’t put them back together. And this is coming from someone who actually liked Varchie—they were cute, and the only “bad” thing they did was have sex at the worst moments (but to be fair, that’s all Veronica really knew how to expose herself, her feelings, because of her parents, so at least it makes SENSE) but now they’re grown and I just… I know I’m going to be disappointed in the writers when they make Varchie get back together for no fucking reason

- Also Varchie as this duo who ban together to get what they want? Iconic and powerful, thank you. So much better than wannabe detective duo bughead

- I know I’m not surprised but they had such a good streak of having Betty not be intolerable up until now. WHY THE FUCK IS SHE ASKING HER EMOTIONALLY SPENT COUSIN INTO A FARM THAT LEGIT USES THEIR TRAUMA AGAINST THEM TO MAKE THEM JOIN LIKE??? DOES BETTY EVEN THINK OF SHIT BEFORE SHE DOES THEM??? People praise her for being smart but uh… clearly her boyfriend’s stupid thought process and getting herself into stupid shit she doesn’t have to be in is rubbing off on her. LITERALLY she is the “Serpent queen” couldn’t she ask Jughead to spare a Serpent that’s not Sweet Pea (since Fangs was already romantically manipulated into joining ugh —although I like Kangs don’t come at me okay—) to infiltrate? Someone less likely to, you know, actually join the fucking cult?

- Cheryl’s fake crying and fake breakup with Toni is gold,,, anyways,,,

- SWEET PEA TAKING DOWN THAT GUY WAS ALL I FUCKING NEEDED LIKE WHAT A KING I’M SO TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH HIM UGHHHHH

- Also Fangs in the background just reading a fucking comic I’m—I love him even though he’s sadly now in the farm :(((

- BABY TEETH OH MY GOD DUDE IT’S BEEN AWHILE he’s looking so good and fresh what a sweet child uwu

- Ugh yes Archie setting them up at the boxing gym thank youuuuuu ALSO I REALLY WANT ARCHDOG TO BE A THING. THAT WINK HE DID AT BABYTEETH WAS SO BISEXUAL I’M LIVING

- Oh wow Jughead fucking up something and getting caught, who woulda thunk it? ALSO how does FP not know that the other drug dealers are caught, though? Like, wouldn’t he realize “oh fuck my stupid son is going behind my back again isn’t he” like… okay FP there’s no way you didn’t realize that there was only one drug dealer left

- Wow, Cheryl being lured into the Farm and having her connection with Betty be cut off… I had NO idea that that would happen… Jesus fucking Christ now Cheryl’s going to be a part of the Farm and that is completely on Betty. I wish Betty ACTUALLY cared about (everyone in general, actually) her fucking cousin and her mental health.

- Instead of Cheryl, it would have been much more interesting to see Betty fall into the Farm, and have Cheryl save her instead because, you know, it’s much more realistic and less boring.

- This… is Bughead’s “pillow talk” that’s sad lmao

- Can someone make an edit where it’s Archie instead of Jughead thanks

-  sksksksks the look Hiram gives Hermione tho after he calls her his wife I’m—but WOW he actually fucking listened to his daughter? LOOK AT HOW POWERFUL MY BABY VERONICA IS. HER WORDS, HER CARE, SHE FUCKING GOT HIM TO HELP AHHHHHHHHH THAT’S SO FUCKING GREAT. Is he going to ruin the moment or something soon??

- Someone should make a list of all the criminal things Jughead makes the Serpents do after his stupid “no crime” rule

- HOW TF DID ARCHIE DO THAT SO QUICKLY I’M—

-  WE LOVE AND STAN MAD DOG

- Archie helping out his boyfriend uwu

-  Why and how does jughead survive that? Like do you know how interesting it would have been for him to get severely hurt (break his back) or possibly even die? Like, it would have been so surprising but this show,,, sucks

- ALSO ALSO how did Archie get down there so fast? That was one who stairway I believe so like…

-  STOP HURTING MY BABY VERONICA SHE DESERVES THE ENTIRE WORLD!!!!!!!

-  Why is Jughead surprised that another gang is using guns??? Like??? Bitch that’s what gangs do? She’s retaliating against you, what the fuck is she supposed to do, use balloon swords???

- See this is why Jughead is a stupid ass bitch. DO NOT FUCKING TELL YOUR ENEMY WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO DO. This is why you and Betty are shit at investigating and whatnot, because you two are so fucking stupid.

-  See, and now she got the “this is between you and me” into his head, when that’s not really the case. HE COULD EASILY TELL HIS FATHER, AND THEY CAN FIGURE OUT A PLAN TO DRIVE HER AND HER DRUGS AWAY TOGETHER but Jughead is just a stupid teenager who is too impulsive and doesn’t keep his stupid fucking mouth shut. I just want this stupid plot over with, literally the only good thing about this show is the characters Veronica, Swangs, Choni, and Archosie (and the beautiful hints at Barchie’s future relationship)

-  “Dammit, Cheryl, why?” AS IF HER JOINING THE FARM WASN’T COMPLETELY YOUR DUMBASS FAULT SKSKSKSKS BETTY—

- As much as I don’t like Elio and he’s annoying and boring, and that he’s going to use Mad Dog, I’m glad he’s being given a chance to fix his home life.

- If they magically make Jason alive again despite seeing his dead body,,, I mean I’ll be thrilled bc he’d get to meet the one other person who’s ever made Cheryl happy.

- So like… it doesn’t make sense. If she can see Charles, why hasn’t she told FP? Unless he’s already a part of it and we just don’t know???

-  Betty,,, you coulda said Charles bc either way you’d be near Edgar and THEN ask to meet him to make it less suspicious but okay…

- LMAO I IMAGINE THIS IS WHAT EDGAR DOES WHEN HE WALKS IN AND TAKES IN A DEEP BREATH. “Great, it’s this fucking annoying bitch… let’s see what she’s going to fail to get out of me.”

- Yeah, Betty, as if it was actually this easy to just ASK to meet him and get ALL of the information… Mmhm maybe that also shows that she has to do everything illegally first before trying a civil way lmaoooooooo

- GODDAMMIT WHY BABY TEETH HE WAS SO CUTE UGHHHHHH