#this is no excuse for his behaviour
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“Have you ever, just for the tiniest moment, considered what you are doing?” “What do you mean, have I considered what I am doing? Of course I have!”
Fëanáro saw his wife glaring at him, looking back at her with equal anger. Of course he considered. Only nobody else ever did, judging by their behaviour and their apparent blindness to what was going on around them.
“Then explain to me, please, why you are prepared to tear our family apart, and your people. You. Are. King, Fëanáro!”
He scoffed.
“Do you think I don’t know that? And I’m doing what a king is supposed to do, I lead my people to safety…”
“To safety?” Nerdanel cut across him, with an incredulous look on her face. “No, lord. You’re leading them to their doom, away from safety, undoing all the work your father…”
“Atar was fooled. He was fooled and brainwashed and…”
“Brainwashed? Brainwashed? Are you out of your mind?”
Sentences were randomly finished when they were rowing, and the fact faintly amused Fëanáro. He laughed.
“Yes, you are mad. You must be, because you laugh in a situation such as this! You are tearing our marriage apart. You are murdering our children, you…”
“I? No, Nerdanel, you do that. You are the one to betray me and my sons, you decided to side with the murderers of Atar, your King, Nerdanel!”
She took a few steadying breaths, and when she spoke again, her voice was calm, which made Fëanáro hope that she might be prepared to see sense now. A hope that was swiftly destroyed.
“The Valar did not murder your father! Morgoth did. They kept us safe…”
“They wanted us as their pets. Eru knows I loved my father, but he was weak in that point. Shortsighted. Unable to see through their lies…”
“No!” Nerdanel screamed now, looked deranged. “You idiot! You are the one to believe the lies! Your father saw sense! At least until he started listening to you and valuing gems more than family!”
“Don’t you dare…”
“Dare what? Tell you the truth?”
Fëanáro reached up into his hair, tearing at it. How could Nerdanel be so stupid? He had always thought her quick-witted, but apparently, he had been mistaken. Or she was just as brainwashed by the Valar as all the rest of them were. Did she not see? That they had lured the Eldar into coming to Aman? Robbed them of their native lands? Probably so that Morgoth could have them, he thought derisively. Oh, what a clever plan that had been, taking three boys and showing them Valinor. And like children offered sweets, they had gone back and persuaded the rest to follow, that dim-witted bunch. Oh, how they irked him with their imprecision. They had no sense for subtlety, no pride in their heritage, no desire to challenge themselves each day anew. They were lazy, lulled in by the Valar. But that was over now, he, Fëanaro, would see to that.
“You are talking nonsense!” he stated coldly.
At this, Nerdanel reached out to him, grabbing the front of his robes. He pushed her off him.
“Don’t touch me!” He snarled, yet he had overdone it, had actually pushed her to the floor. He hadn’t meant that, but then, she knew perfectly well that he didn’t like to be touched unasked. It took him a moment to realise that she was crying, which confused him. He couldn’t possibly have hurt her that much?
“Our sons, Fëanáro, our children… please let them remain here, where it is safe.” Nerdanel sobbed. “Oh, I beg you, leave at least the twins. They are so young, they still need a home…”
He only snorted.
“You, Nerdanel, chose to desert them, not I!”
And with that, he turned, never to look back. (There again, being autistic is no excuse for being an arsehole, which Fëanor is at that time)
#all of arda is autistic#april is autism-awareness-month#fëanor#nerdanel#theory of mind#autistic perfectionism#he just doesn't see at that moment that there might be other points of view#emotional blindness#co-morbid asd and adhd#sometimes they balance each other out#not in this case#this is no excuse for his behaviour#viewing everything either black or white#no greys
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I'm tired of people reducing the conflict in atsv to miguel "beefing with a kid" as if he doesn't believe entire universes will collapse if he doesn't stop miles
#I'm not excusing his behaviour but it's not like he's fighting over something minor and petty#it doesn't matter how old miles is or even if it is miles because he'd be acting this way if anyone was doing the same thing as miles#he truly believes miles is going to destroy his universe it's not a personal thing where he just doesn't like miles as a person like??#atsv#miguel o'hara#miles morales
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It’s sad to see people saying things like “had Terry Pratchett known about Neil Gaiman…”, because how can you be 100% sure he didn’t? Did you learn nothing from the last time you trusted a male celebrity with your whole heart, looked up to him, and believed he was truly a Good Person, only for him to turn out to be the opposite?
I’m not saying Pratchett knew. I’m also not saying he didn’t know. I’m saying that we have no way of knowing, and that it’s naive to pretend that there are famous men who are Obviously Unquestionably Good. You never know what exactly goes on behind closed doors, or what’s hidden away in somebody’s mind.
#again to be clear I am not accusing him of knowing anything#but I am also not ruling out the possibility that a male celebrity remained friends with a male celebrity rapist#men stick together#‘oh but look at his writing!’ that is exactly what you said about Gaiman.#and yes this also applies to any of Gaiman’s living celebrity friends. Sheen and Tennant included.#we have no way of knowing what they did or didn’t know#and this goes for non-celebrity men too#your dad. your brother. your uncle. your cousin. your boyfriend. your husband.#you have no way of knowing how these men behave when you’re not around#what jokes they laugh at. what behaviour they excuse. what they say about women. what they know about their friends.
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yknowwww there is something... deeply uncomfortable about the way mel never speaks directly to viktor in the 'build hextech weapons' scene. she really only speaks to jayce. plenty of people have pointed this out already but like the one scene they actually share a meaningful interaction and she treats him like he's beneath her. all this after jayce has emphasized how important viktor is, that hextech is theirs, together. she unequivocally ices him out, there's no other way to interpret this scene. the way it's shot too - from viktor's perspective, looking up at her, as though to reinforce the same belief in him. like he doesn't even bother expecting respect from her - or anyone from the upper echelon of piltover. he's fully accustomed to being dehumanized by everyone around him at this point. sometimes even by jayce, despite the trust they clearly have in each other.
then of course after this scene is viktor experimenting on himself. it's pretty clear that he has internalized his own dehumanization. crazy.
#dont open these tags unless you want to read an essay im so serious#quick disclaimer i do properly ship jayvik as of s2e9 aha#sorry abt the like. spam. but yk this what rewatching an insanely detailed show with fresh eyes does to a mfer#arcane#.txt#i think mel and jayce (among others) both exhibit the same kind of casual classism#jayce somewhat more obviously with his whole 'the zaunites are dangerous' spiel#and mel more subtly. its in the way she shows very little concern for the plight of the undercity until yk. it explodes in her face#she's been on the council for a decade. has done little but rub elbows with the elites of piltover and amass her own fortune#pretty clear she hasn't so much as blinked at the horrific state of zaun. this makes her a very willing participant in its oppression fyi#and then of course her treatment of viktor#ive seen it pretty heavily debated and i don't really see any reason to deny or defend these actions of hers#likewise when jayce accosts viktor and reprimands him for going to the undercity or makes a hextech weapon there's no reason to excuse him#these are clear examples of classist behaviour and i dont think it does anybody any favours to ignore it#jayvik#<-tagged bc those who do not want to read criticism of or about mel will likely have it blocked#im not here to stir the pot thanks#there's also something a bit kooky about the idea of 2 privileged rich kids commiserating about the sad state of the undercity#meanwhile a literal resident of said undercity whose perspective they could REALLY use is dying in a lab using his own body to try and#cure a common zaunite ailment/disease#meanwhile they wont help until they feel piltover is 'safe' (aka has WMDs to use against any perceived threat aha....)#anyway#its all very complicated and i dont doubt that their intentions were good (...mostly) but the road to hell and all that#it just rly bothers me that viktor was like. right there. a wealth of insight into zaun. and neither jayce nor mel even bother engaging him
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absolutely fckd of the heartbreak high writers to make spider speak french. absolutely fucked.
have they no compassion for my poor nerves.
#heartbreak high#spider heartbreak high#heartbreak high season 2#i am but a simple woman#i hear french#i forget douchebaggery#don't do this to me#please i'm actually begging you#bryn chapman-parish#this is in no way excusing his behaviour#but like attractive man speak french#brain go brrrrrr#you know?
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seriously reblog if you don't hate Jameson Hawthorne..
#what has happened to humanity and tumblr-land#soo we are starting to hate on a goddam hawthorne brother?#not cool chat..#seriously I'm not saying that he's without his flaws#there are MANY of them#and i hate the way he treated avery like a game in the first book#but which brother apart from my chocolate fountain Xander (and nash too but alisas warning rand odd ) was not freaky in the first book?#and since most Jameson haters are averygrayson stans#what are your excuses regarding Grayson's behaviour in the first book?#see#it's okay if you don't like Averyjameson(tho i don't understand why)#or ship averygrayson (even tho it's 2024)#BUT WHY HATE MY MAN JAMESON?#avery CHOSE him#and they are damn happy#they both love eachother#and are the definition of“power couple”#thank you#grayson hawthorne#the inheritance games#jameson hawthorne#avery grambs#nash hawthorne#avery kylie grambs#lyra kane#xander hawthorne#tig#averyjameson#lyra catalina kane#tgg
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It's easy to get the impression that Tetsuji never cared enough to rein in Riko's behaviour and temper but I think it's the opposite. I think Riko grew up constantly being told stuff like, "You have to learn to control your temper" and, "Is that any way to behave?" by Tetsuji. I think Tetsuji would have even disciplined him harshly every time he was caught acting out of anger. But all that is coming from Tetsuji - the man who would beat a kid if they displeased him in any way. How can you ever really take to heart the words of someone who demonstrates the exact opposite of what they preach? How are you supposed to not learn that the real lesson is, "Become the one who has all the power over everyone else and you will never have to suffer criticism for how you behave ever again."
#you cannot tell me that tetsuji isn't every bit as angry and violent as riko#he's just better at hiding it because he directs it at people who can't speak up about it or do anything about it#this is the sort of thing i mean when i say riko is a product of his environment#being treated a certain way reinforces certain behaviour patterns#sometimes those behaviour patterns just feed into a bad cycle which continues to reinforce them#it's not an excuse but it is an explanation#i don't know why i'm even saying this because i actually quite like riko as a character who's an awful person#i like him specifically because he's awful in an interesting way and i wouldn't want it any other way#aftg#riko moriyama#i feel like i could write essays about how riko#despite being a seemingly over the top evil villain actually does a good job of showing some of the worst responses to trauma and#how he reflects the worst that we can realistically become
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Idk about anyone else but Sirius, Regulus, and Walburga having a complicated relationship just hits so hard for me
It's Sirius cutting them out of his life but missing the familiarity of Grimmauld's layout. It's Sirius hating them with all his being but still wondering what they think of him. It's Sirius always wishing for any sign of change.
It's Regulus always, always wanting Sirius and Walburga to get along but hating when they do and he's relegated to the background. It's Regulus hating Sirius but being willing to take him back without even a hint that he's going to stay. It's Regulus loving his mother no matter what.
And it's Walburga too, it's her loving her children— the one who shames her by pulling away and the one too weak to do more than follow. It's her loving them despite the shame it would bring on her if anyone knew, and that's why she'll never show it
#i have so many feelings about them#they're complicated and messy and they love and hate each other so much#and love is not an excuse for shitty behaviour but sometimes you really want it to be#and i think that's where regulus lies when it comes to his family#idk#family is complicated and sometimes you need to project#the black family#regulus and walburga#sirius and walburga#the black brothers#sirius and regulus#sirius black#regulus black#walburga black
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vagueing but i think certain ppl need to realize that you can be both manipulative And traumatized 😭
#mine.txt#you can guilttrip someone While having abandonment issues!#in fact abandonment issues are the reason some ppl guilttrip in the first place!#if you claim you watched s4 while not understanding that then i dont think you understood s4 at all!#on god if you relate to ls!kab i hope you dont treat ppl irl the way she does zam#who gaf if shes good or evil were on fucking lifesteal#nobody cares about morality except the lsers themselves cause its got direct impact on their playthroughs#she can be as good as she wants but it doesnt change the fact she does a lot of things that are highly intrusive and manipulative#like she didnt even ask first before deciding theyre ''teamed by default''#and everytime she says she just wants zam to be himself she contradicts it#by getting mad at him everytime he doesnt do what she says even if he hasnt even harmed her in any tangible way#and thats just Two(2) of the more recent things shes done not even mentioning her past actions#that she keeps excusing while not excusing the past actions of others#she cant afford him the basic human decency of being his own person#and were supposed to believe she gives a fuck about him beyond using him as an echo chamber????#shes a lot like clown in that while she cares she keeps using her associates#and surprise! not everyone likes being used esp when she keeps flip-flopping on them#/lore obviously cause if she did this kind of unacceptable behaviour irl she wouldve gotten kicked out already#and i hope to God yall dont either#if you do i fucking hate you this is the kinda shit that traumatized me
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Bi-Han headcanons from the top layer of my brain
He's just my little guy, a little rough but he's basically harmless
Cannot cook (freestyle wise), BUT he can chop like nobody’s business and he can also be very thorough because of his perfectionist tendencies so if you give him a recipe you will have an edible meal
Not a huge inside pet person, but I think if you were to bring in a pet he wouldn’t be opposed to it, he just doesn’t see any reason to engage with the pet
You don’t go shopping together very often as most of the supplies come in bulk month by month or for dairy, weekly. He likes to accompany you when you go which is why he schedules a day off, finds visiting town useful to understand how everything is working in the area and if there are any local threats
Most meals he eats alone or with his brothers, because of a tight self-imposed schedule but once he has a partner, he makes an effort to have at least one proper meal which usually ends up being dinner, especially if they aren’t a morning person
As I’ve mentioned here, I’m not entirely sure these guys have a meticulous hair care routine but if their partner offers, Bi-han would have no problem letting them handle his hair (you have to build up to that because of this post)
If his partner is free for the day, and he is just doing paperwork or sitting somewhere, he would like to have them nearby, if you read to him or talk his ear off it makes him feel good because he has issues
Issues include not having enough quality time with family and he realizes how lonely it’s made him even if he tried to hide it so he makes up for it in subtle ways like eating with his partner or just having their presence a few feet apart
I don’t think he would like to shower together, I think showers are very standard for him to simply get clean and exit and by having another person it takes more time so…solo showers…unless…
Slow writer, he likes his writing, for official documents at least, to be legible and pristine so he takes his sweet time writing. Sektor got him a computer but he didn’t like that so they compromised on a typewriter and Bi-han built speed and now writing documents doesn’t take five million years
He has a GREAT memory, not photogenic but damn near close, however, you best hope you don’t do something offensive to him, he can forgive but he’ll never forget
His bun is too tight, and he gets headaches but refuses to change up the style because it's the only one that gets the job done (if it’s really bad you might just catch him with his hair down in his office, near the end of the day whilst he meditates or trains)
*You know that scene from Modern Family when Jay gets Gloria fluffy slippers and she becomes nice, yeah that’s Bi-han, he’s a bit more mellow and pleasant to be around when his hair is down which is…not a lot but still*
If you guys like these, should I write headcanons for someone other than Bi-Han...?
#mortal kombat#mk1#bi-han#mortal kombat 1#lin kuei#Trying to think of original headcanons that aren't a pawn off of another person is hard because too cold/mean and he's not even a person#Please excuse his behaviour#he had a rough upbringing : (
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I don't mean any hate but it's a teeny tiny off? tht lot of rgu fans here hc a violently abusive misogynistic guy aka Saionji as a trans girl.......... I think abt it often n it feels more wrong as time passes.. I love trans hcs it's more abt the character not the hc. Am I wrong? Again I dnt mean hate its something tht I've been thinking..
transfem saionji is not a headcanon i think about really ever and tbh it is not one that makes much sense to me. i suppose i am personally neutral towards it, but in the sense where i can definitely understand why someone would be uncomfortable with it, while i also don't really understand why someone would particularly like it. it's not one i see brought up super often either, like. i don't really know of anyone who's as passionate about it as, say, some people seem to be about transfem miki? idk, i don't care very much about these boys in general, and i think there are more interesting and more fitting trans hcs for characters in the show than them. like hey did you know you're allowed to headcanon girls as trans girls too lol
#and i agree it's a little strange that they often seem so based on their misogyny specifically#i think for saionji there is generally a tedency to excuse or explain away his violent misogyny woth queerness?#usually about his relationship with touga or failure to be A Prince the Right Way but i guess a trans headcanon is also a way to do that#it's just that the first two things are things the show actually explores and also very much do not excuse his behaviour#(no matter what some fans say)#whereas the latter just feels a little.. off yeah. like “he only hates women so much because he is one” which is??#idk maybe someone can explain the appeal to me#asks#m
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Majority of the fandom likes Zoya over Alina and I don't know why.
Nikolai's duology has certainly made her popular. Most people nowadays love bitchy characters with a tragic past and a happy ending so Zoya ticks their boxes.
📝 She can turn into a dragon and has so many new cool powers so she's a badass.
📝 She is a bitch but she has a "good" reason to be.
📝 She has fallen in love with Nikolai (another popular character).
📝 She has a tear-jerking past (which is always endearing)
In a summary, fandoms and media never change, dear anon.
#anti zoya nazyalensky#anon asks#my own opinion is that this is a very cowardly way to create a character#why give her a tragic childhood? why can't she be a bitch from birth?#let some characters be bastards without any real cause for it#and don't put tragic pasts to bitchy characters so you can excuse their behaviour jesus....#instead use it to develop the character. his decisions and his actions#alina starkov#shadow and bone#grishaverse#anti leigh bardugo#anti nikolai duology
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we accept the love we think we deserve or whatever Stephen Chbosky said
#how do you spell doormat again#imagine being born to be used. that's human weapon behaviour. that's more-of-a-possession-than-a-person behaviour.#owari no seraph#seraph of the end#shinya hiiragi#although actually none of this was ever mentioned and i'm just interpreting the saddest possible thing into every little fact i see#still. shinoa and shinya deserved none of this#ok but ''i guess being used by mahiru wasn't enough for you'' HELLO?? EXCUSE ME????#the disrespect#also i have no clue what kureto could have possibly meant by that like mahiru literally called shinya useless to his face#what did she use him for?? playing dress up??????
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I am currently thinking about how House regularly uses himself as a scapegoat so he can help other people. Like with Foreman and his brother, House purposefully brought up their mother because he knew that it would spark outrage. He knew they would be mad at him. He wanted them to be mad at him so they could reconcile. House is so used to upsetting people. He's so used to being yelled at, hit, and insulted. He regularly seeks out those responses, so doing something that causes people to treat him that way is easy. He has created this persona that doesn't care about anything and will do anything to upset people without provocation or reason.
If he didn't care about Foreman enough to want to help him reconcile with his brother, I do not believe he would have ever brought up their mother. He understood how personal that was, and there would have been no reason. I don't think House likes having people hate him, I don't think he likes being yelled at or upsetting people. I think he just doesn't know how to be any other way. Hurting people, at his own expense, comes naturally. He will play the bad guy over and over again to help the people he cares about. But because he puts himself in that position to be their scapegoat, people don't recognize what he's doing. He's being kind, in his own fucked up way. And I don't think anyone except for Wilson and sometimes Cuddy recognize it.
#obviously this doesnt excuse his bad behaviour#and he does regularly lash out and says/does bad things#but i think for the most part#he has a reason#not always but a lot#i hope this makes sense#maybe not#im just rambling#house md#house#hilson#james wilson#greg house#gregory house#dr house
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#lego monkie kid#lego monkie kid fanart#monkie kid#monkie kid fanart#lmk#lmk fanart#lmk mayor#monkie kid mayor#lmk macaque#monkie kid macaque#blue and violet#I just wanna say that this was hilarious to draw guys#these two are such dumbasses#they do not like each other and yet they contradict themselves so much#Mayor does not like Macaque because of his traitorous past but they really do still he leaning against this monkey like a pillow#why? he is warm#that is their only excuse#and Macaque is like “lmao imagine being with this guy- could not be me”#and at the same time he LITERALLY has his tail around the Mayor#look at these two#leaning against each other- ITS GOING TO GO TO A POINT WHERE THESE TWO FAKE BEING A COUPLE FOR THOSE COUPLE DISCOUNTS ON VALENTINES#that would be Macaque's idea of course because he loves a good discount but he is lonely as fuck#and Mayor is just there for the ride because why not#these two would cause drama at IKEA on purpose#and do all of these other domestic romantic couple things and chalk it up to 'average homie behaviour'#this is actually just reminding me of casino cups devildice at this point if any of you understand this reference-
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I’m not any of the anons from before but as a fellow kazuichi fan I’d personally love to hear you talk about why you like him if you feel like it! personally I was first drawn to his character design, I just thought he looked cool, and then the second he opened his mouth and revealed himself as a loser, I loved him like ten times more lol. I know some people think he’s ‘creepy’ but I feel like he keeps enough a distance from Sonia that he’s just a guy with a crush, and also his “don’t you ever just wanna take girls apart and see how their bones work” line lives in my head rent free
Ok well. Sorry dude (genuinely) but I dont think I think of him the way a lotta ppl do. Heres my take sorry if it ruins it
First of all, do I LIKE his character? No. I like what could become of it if handled well, in the future (same with Akane and Sonia and... a lotta characters tbh).
I dont want to gloss over that he was really not cool with Sonia. I DON'T think it was like, a simple silly crush like any other dude would have, I think he WAS inappropriate about it and (most likely completely unbeknownst to him) enforcing things that she genuinely could not stand. He was insecure and took it out on others as well as himself.
These are all character flaws. Every single character has them (some more than others). Fuyuhiko was genuinely a dick (as I have said many times, having anger issues isnt an excuse for the way he talks sometimes), Hiyoko is a bully, Ibuki is insensitive when se gets caught up, Impostor is condescending sometimes, etc. Kazuichi isnt the only one to be a jackass sometimes and t deny it is to deny his character, just as much as reducing him to only that is oversimplifying it.
What I like about Kazuichi is: the design.
(Ok jk but I do enjoy the design a lot)
I like the teenage insecurity. He thinks he wants to be a chick magnet, but gets scared when girls show an interest in him. His ideal woman is basically a barbie doll. He's a little too eager to see his boy bestie naked. He was so excited for a class retreat because he's never had one before. He was so desperate to be cool and tough and not a nerd that he drastically (and no doubt painfully, ow, TEETH) changed his appearance to conform to his Ideal Self, but could not actually change his personality.
He's basically a teenage boy, warts and acne at all, trying so hard to be The That Guy but spectacularly failing. He's actually somewhat of a genius (and the Death Trap stuff hints to him having a lot of repressed turmoil which honestly so true, teenagers whose only outlet is fantasizing about the gory demise of their tormentors, SO TRUE) but he can't SEE that because he wants to be some kind of cool punk frat bro dude. He's so busy living up to some idealized version of himself that he fumbles who he actually is, which if he just took a moment, would be a pretty cool dude. Basically, did you ever discover a cool band and tried to model your entire personality after what you thought those vibes would be? That, but sad.
So yeah, I think he's great at comedic beats, and also has a lot of heart underneath it, but has never been in a place where he can just accept that and let it shine. His last words were basically "here I am, don't forget me!" which like, man, isnt that just relatable teenagerism?
#I dont like how many ppl excuse his behaviour towards Sonia like. It wasnt malicious but it was really insensitive. As a reader who doent-#-know his inner mechanisms it was uncomfortable (you can hc him whatever u want but I'm speaking from just memory no hc).#He made a lot of awkward fumbles and missteps as did a lot of the characters. But to me hes just such a teenage dude#With all the insecurities and sexuality crisis and trying to impress in an environment where he has a chance to (as opposed to.. home.)#not an art#Sorry anon I disagree with you. But u did prompt me to actually talk about this so thanks!
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