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Selamat Hari Merdeka yang ke-66 🇲🇾
#malaysia#🇲🇾#boleh pulak penguin tu joget kena dengan lagu#hahahahhaha#i wanted this video saved somewhere so i can find it again later#listen. the song slaps ok. merdeka songs just hit different. makes u patriotic for a few moments#this country has its flaws#but i wouldn't have it any other way (lie. i would like this country be more tolerant and thriving with supportive govt pls)
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Anyway I wish this show was actually bold enough to give Miguel an arc exploring his feelings of entitlement over the captaincy spot. Throughout the show Johnny has repeatedly told Miguel that Robby is a lost cause but hey, It’s okay because he has Miguel now. That Miguel’s his champion, his Number One Boy. So how could Miguel not feel at least somewhat entitled to the captain spot? How could he not feel insecure about his place in Johnny’s life with Robby not just back in the picture, but now literally taking the number one spot? When Johnny has repeatedly put into both kids heads that when it comes to his love and attention its one vs. the other, how could there be no lingering feelings of resentment and jealousy?
#like my kingdom for them to let miguel have Real Actual Feelings about anything ever!#i dont have any real hopes of them actually exploring this#i think any frustration miguel feels towards robbys will be framed solely in the context of him being stressed about getting into stanford#which is also like. i wish this show would show us WHY miguel cares so much about stanford#and its not like its not understandable!#people talk about robbys trauma bc its so plainly obvious#but after the year or two miguels had it makes sense that he wants a real tangible Win#that he wouldn’t want all the pain and trauma to be for nothing. that he can spin it as a triumphant story of how he overcame#some extreme adversity to get into one of the top schools in the country#but the show hasnt actually shown us that miguel feels that way at all#and i dont need them to spell it all out for me hut man it would be nice to give us SOMETHING. literally anything even remotely close to an#actual arc for Miguel before the show ends#and like none of this is miguel or johnny or robby hate btw…characters are flawed and thats a good thing#i just wish the show would actually explore the impact of those flaws on the people around them#and also jealousy is a very normal feeling as is competition in sports#but it would be cool if the explored how that is compounded by everything johnny has put these kids through and the way he has constantly#even if unintentionally positioned them against each other#but anyway!#cobra kai#miguel diaz#robby keene
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okay like maiko annoys me for a lot of reasons but the consequences for mai helping azula to hunt down zuko being apparently non-existant to their relationship annoys me so fucking much. she tried to have him imprisoned and she's never shown feeling even any remorse about that?? and then they get together at the end??????? hello????
#also does mai even understand that what the fn has done is like.... bad???#from memory i don't think she has any scenes like that#even in the boiling rock it doesn't seem like mai fully grasps why zuko deserted and betrayed their country#she doesn't betray azula bc she realises the fire nation is trying take over the fucking world#she says that she did it bc of her love for zuko#:/#shipping is one of atlas biggest flaws imo like good lord it really falls on its face#mai#zuko#hattie talks#main series#avatar the last airbender
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"I'm team feminist/feminism!" But will quickly drag a female character through the mud without sympathy for their circumstances just because they don't fit your ideals, will get mad when poc criticize a female character's actions that are very thinly coded in racism and say "support her crimes!" while ignoring how that often leads to the harm of poc characters, will shade woc characters or put them on higher pedestals than their yte counterparts while ignoring the harm they face while trying to meet your standards, will victim blame those who suffer (and are still suffering) from abuse when they act out in ways you deem "wrong" because of it, following up with the last point will mock and laugh at said abuse to uplift another female character (pitting women against women, even when the narrative does not ask for that), will dismiss any valuable argument displayed if the said female character is a little mean but then go and say "why can't female characters be mean? 🙄"
I could go on.
#fandom misogyny#misogny#like these are just things ive experienced within different fandoms just within the past two months! first bridgerton now hotd#i can't catch a break!#this was especially prevalent with lovecraft country when people were cheering on christine but ignoring the harm she put black people &#black women through just because she also faced oppression from her male peers but ignored how she used her privilege to harm others#many will be quick to make fun of alicent's abuse but then say they are on the side of feminism#news flash: if you ever have to make fun of someone being harmed to drive your point u need better debate skills#also need a life check bc that's so gross#and while im not saying every female character has to be perfect/can't be flawed#or that you can't enjoy flawed female characters its very obvious some rhetoric in these arguments are very harmful#especially again to pocs!#anti penelope featherington#hotd critical#fandom criticism#alicent hightower#eloise bridgerton#rhaenyra targeryan#bonnie bennett#this is more so a rant and idk how to really tag this#fandom racism#pls dni if you can't have a collected conversation on this topic#bridgerton#anti wanda maximoff#monica rambeau
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tired of early 20-somethings acting like harry potter was never good or had no value in its day like shut the fuck up half of you weren't even there when it peaked
#sit with the cognitive dissonance like the rest of us or shut up honestly#was it a product of its time yes#was it's author a very basic neoliberal white lady from a country with a long and unchecked imperialist history yes#was the story influenced by said neoliberal worldviews and unexamined biases obviously#does any of that make it a bad story or an unimaginative world no#you can pick apart any fantasy world if you try hard enough#harry potter was a good telling of the hero's journey written in the format of seven mystery novels set against a fantasy backdrop#we can certainly talk about its flaws or how the author's biases leaked onto the page#but stop acting like it was never good and there was never a reason those books resonated with people#it's condescending for one thing and again- if you're younger than like...24-25 you didn't actually experience the heyday of the books#if you're 25 now you'd have been like 8 or 9 when the last book came out and probably weren't reading them yet#you might remember the latter half of the movie era but you have no idea how much it was the BOOKS that drove its popularity#never before and never since has any book series had the fanfare that harry potter did and that didn't happen for no reason#so find a way to make peace with that instead of acting intellectually superior because you grew up with percy jackson instead#this 'well MY generation's preferred childhood book series is morally superior to YOURS so I'm better than you' shit drives me up a wall#like get over yourself honestly#...sorry had to get that off my chest there was this youtube video and it was irritating me
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can russia and north korea just nuke us already this is hopeless
#sorry to be so fatalistic on main i just have zero faith in the american public atp#i just rly wanted to believe that more americans couldve used this opportunity to prove to the rest of the world that we arent all a bunch#of sensationalist/conspiracy-driven/aggressively braindead/violent/bigoted alt-right lunatics#& i never had much faith in kamala & walz to begin with obviously im incredibly cynical towards these status quo gatekeepers and the#downright impotence of the neoliberal democratic party#but this wouldve been an easy swerve away from dozens MORE of horrible awful inhumane policies that will ultimately vanquish#the quality of life for the entire american working class like myself and our already pisspoor education system and our lousy#climate change policies and impossible living standards#but no unfortunately there is no way in hell for americans to prove even a modicum of intelligence or worth we're all basically suicidal#and despite my own immense yank bashing tendencies and complete disdain for our government i really wanted this country & my ppl to defy#our own reputation of being so fucking stupid and backwards i really did. in the tiniest little place of my heart was legitimate hope#& a tiny bit of patriotism thats now been squashed completely & this was just another large-scale international humiliation that we legit#voted that guy BACK IN after everything that has happened the last four even eight years. its unbelievable.#again obviously i dont like kamala but it still wouldve been a grand opportunity to stall against what the gop is already destroying#and with push and shove we could have made slight progress forward as a country and try to protect our social programs#be it as flawed as they are and with enough support we could have strengthened them a little. make drugs less expensive. continue forward#with clean energy decreasing our use of fossil fuels even more.#protect our education system so the up and coming generations could receive higher standards of learning than what the rest of us had#NO ABSOLUTELY NOT. im too poor to continue living here and im too poor to fucking leave !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#SORRY THIS WAS EXTREMELY EXTREMELY EXTREMELY LONG THANK U FOR READING IF U DID MY BRAIN FEELS LIKE MUSH RIGHT NOW SO I DONT KNOW HOW#INTELLIGIBLE THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE#and if this makes anyone mad @ all then ill just delete it cuz by god i dont need more grief and self hatred !#txt
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it's so fucked up that walkable cities arent a universal thing because like. Living in a place with public transport and places u can just walk to is Really Fucking Good. I just got back from a walk that was just me wandering around looking at shit. It genuinely made me feel even better and more motivated than I was before.
#ivi talks#no country should be allowed to call itself advanced until it allows its citizens to live like people#poland has a lot of flaws as a country but i am endlessly thankful for the amount of work that is put into it#so it can be a place you can live in.#of course there's still a lot left to do. and it'll require a lot of work.#but at least i can hang out and look at a cool bug
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finished mashle. finished mashle. finished mashle. the fanfic authors LIED TO MY GOOD FACe
#WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU SUMMONED IT.......WHAT DO YOU MEAN......WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT HIS FEAR OF GHOSTS???#like WOW my heart is bouncing accross the country rn but WOW okay. yeah okay this is fine im#HHHNNMMNNMMNNNM#mashle#so many characters to love......#i do just. find it so fucking funny. after all the shit his bio dad pulled mash was like no. no one is going to get the CHANCE to redeem yo#AND HE BECAME THE PASSITIRE UHBBJJNNNNNMG IM SOBBINNN NNNGGGG#im. so. distraught. over. DOMINA.........i think thats his name goooooooooodddd fucking lorrrddddddddddd#sorry someones ahvjng a baby on tv and the sounds r very graphic wth#ignoring that.#red blue gays strike again . to me.#my faves besides mash and punkrock sound gal#was anna. and mother fucking FINN HELLO IM GONNA PUMP YOU WITH#no im not finisihing that sentence thats too much even for me#u know me i love sibling dynamics so this comic FED#i keep seeing stuff ab dot having a sibling too so im Assuming its from the fanbook? which is a innaccessible to me rn hnmng#so i will just. STALK THE WIKI YAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY#enstars all over again HHCJSGSVXVX#i love that everyones so fucking weird. they all have flaws its v prominent. gorgeorus to ME#lemon has a mash shrine me too girl. but for finn.#FINN AND THATS ITHER GUYYYYYYYYYYY I DONT RMEMBER HIS NAME#i promised my bro id make him a powerpoint on the charas#so ill learn their names then.#all of mashes siblings were v unique deaugn wise i was obsessed. frat boy was so funny to me#GOD I NEED TO KILL SOMEONE W A WORD WALL AN THIA MANGA BEFORE I COMMIT CRIMEA AGAINST MYSELF#toe babbling
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you ever spend three full days working out the logistics of a world map for a fantasy story you're writing and route out where the characters are going to go, what important plot moments will happen where, and then realize halfway through assigning plot moments and character moments and more plot things that. the world map. it doesn't work anymore. and you don't know how to fix it because it was a fundamental flaw with how you originally plotted it out. yeah me neither.
#*through gritted teeth clenching my fist so fucking hard* its not a big deal its not a big deal its not a big deal#i am now remaking the map. with more attention to the actual world building so that the plot stuff makes sense.#brb malding.#this is the second time i have remade this map#for different reasons (the first map did not work with my story corrections)#and now the second map has world flaws like. the cultural spread and the religious spread#as well as just generally the country spread because the countries i want to play a specific part in the story#were SO out of the way i COULD NOT justify making the characters go there#im working on it. i love writing fantasy i love writing fantasy i love writing fantasy#🧇💬
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i still enjoy thinking about pollux in 14 because he is absolutely just. oh you can be a wretch in the gremlin way. like he would be a defected garlean who joins the ironworks. has the moral compass of nero but doesn’t have “prove your worth” issues nero had going for a minute. fuck it we ball kinda vibe. cid sanctions what he does because he is going to do the thing either way. he was in bozja when it blew up and is Totally Well Adjusted about seeing his boss be tempered by bahamut and the explosion there. worked on the g-force warrior from the sorrows trial series and wishes cid let him put more guns on it. the sort of “that was fucked up what happened with the ruby weapon huh? *pause* anyway what is going on inside this thing.”
edit: he would be mean Nero until the end of the omega raids at which point he still be mean to him but it’s in a stupid Rude way, but not like a malicious rude way. (I think about what nero says in the omega raids + ew role quests a lot bc he’s just some cool dude)
#he would be Insufferable during the omega quests as this funny sidequest npc#who actually has some deep lore and insights if talked to#he would move to gangos if you did omega and then started bozja#would have like….big lore on how ordinary folks/low level military folks felt about the early meteor projects and the bozja incident#he doesn’t care about the WoL being the WoL really. they’re just Some Guy#either a beloved npc for the interesting lore and the not giving a fuck about the WoL’s status kind of npc#or the one people dislike because he doesn’t care/he has a lazy attitude about garlean politics and their actions#he doesn’t take responsibility for what happened—it’s not his responsibility to bear the sins of his country#did he have a role in bozja? yes. could he have done something about what happened? maybe#did he though? no he cared more about surviving#he isn’t a hero. he’s not hostile to the WoL like others are in EW#but he is quick to remind them of the fear and trepidation others have of them#Pollux would be not unlike maxima and cid—people who care about their country but are not blind to its flaws#he is deepest troubled by the bozjan incident and the meteor project#sjdjdjd gonna stop before I give myself brain worms#owen plays ffxiv
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rolling stone's list of top 500 albums of all time etc and lists like it are subjective and i do get that and i'm not gonna be like well MY favourite album is not on here so this is a bad list but only 2 of the albums on the version i saw were not in english (that i could tell) and like. ok. i get that not everyone has the same musical interests as i do and it's not like i'm expecting everyone to listen to all music before making that kind of thing but. i feel like people can overlook stuff so easily just because we don't get very much exposure to non-anglophone music (in anglophone countries that is but i'm mainly looking at you us/uk) and so much of it is so so good and again i know it's subjective but is your list really the greatest of all time if it only includes 2 albums from non-anglophone artists
#i think it's good for people to listen to music from other places actually. when i get my spotify/youtube/second tumblr off the ground its#over for all of you. but seriously i know it's difficult to find that stuff but like. radiooooo (i think is the website) or hell even the#spotify charts for different countries are Right There. there is so much music in the world and its fun to listen to stuff that's different#neon has thoughts#neon talks music#only thing the mcu is doing that i enjoy rn is the occasional credit song in a different language. i have fun with it#if you want recs i always have them. and again i do have a very specific musical interest but like. pick a eurovision act you like and go#to related artists. liet international. again spotify charts. there's a lot out there if you look for it!#anyway. thoughts for this morning#rolling stone is american so it does make sense but. still. i am just thinking.#anyway ibn el leil 2015 isn't on the list so clearly it's flawed#(i am kidding but not about the main point)#the albums i believe were el mal querer and dónde están las ladrones
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the rule of fandoms is that if someone has a character in their url or bio they either understand that character well enough to give a 3 hour unscripted lecture on the subject OR they're really obsessed with their version of that character thats an entirely different made up guy. and theres literally never an in between
#in 2008 there was a cancelled ds game about joris. the dofus movie was in production hell since 2008 together with it.#joris canonically prefers well made steaks and cute aprons according to the manfra.#despite living in bonta during the movie and the ovas according to the mmo he has lived in other places in the centuries between those.#joris had a deeply personal falling out with ebony dofus which is funny.#he is implied to have a very weird and silly antagonistic relationship with ush. also remington robbed the crepin-jurgen residence.#both of which make ova funnier.#Joris was in wakfu as a tie-in character for the upcoming game and movie but both got in development hell.#But his actial start was as a concept art for a joke character who is cursed to sound like a woman and carries a huge log#that gives him magic power#Joris condones in-app purchases and microtransactions (pre-alubera dofus touch update)#Joris owns Khan's fishing rod (and Khan's only redeeming quality as a character was being Joris's support system after the movie)#joris has lived through the huppermage genocide that followed leorictus sheran sharm's cringe reign.#but very probably did not go to rok island with other huppermages to hide out. both because of family and because i think he's too stubborn#He is also now probably Bonta's most mentally ill regent. but probably not *the* most morally gray.#despite becoming a nationalist or having a spy network or the warcrimes. that's just normal ''ruling a country'' thing.#and joris's birthday is on 32rd of december. which is the krosmoz equivalent of being born during a leap year. AND it's new years eve.#sucks to suck!#also in the years after the huppermage genocide - dofus mmo times - atcham kerubim and joris have a divorce arc#because atcham is off doing crimes kerubim is being friends with the player character and joris is Working#so needless to say this was stressful as shit to all of them.#its quite interesting to think about the fact that joris grew up with a man who himself was an orphan#in an environment of neglect and depression. and that he idolizes and adores his flawed adoptive father#(who may see some of himself and some of his brother in him.)#anyway sdhfjfsihdhfhdjs i hope im the first one. but sometimes i worry im the second one 🥺🥺🥺#... yeah this is going into The Tag#crepinposting
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When I think about it the perspective Americans have on china is completely baffling like they've deluded themselves so deep into thinking they're the centre of everything and always have been that you have this barely reaching 300 year old country thinking they know better than what's been one of the strongest cultural and economic powerhouses of the last 5000 years because they've become a world powerhouse after winning a few wars and have made groundbreaking "discoveries" like "using babies as bait to hunt alligators because their skin is a different colour is bad, actually. Turns out they might actually be people?" through civil war and riots lasting over 3/4ths of it's lifespan in what's not even a 1/10 of the latters history
#gu6chan's musings#like no system is without its flaws and china is no exceptions ESPECIALLY with it being at such risk of revisionism like the USSR but like#c'mon man#if it's between the oldest civilizations in the world who was so advanced it had literal myths written about it in the middle ages and then#the not even 300 year old country that's only even keeping itself together through brutalization and subjugation of other countries to its#every whim and command bc it won a war 79 years ago#im gonna at LEAST think the older one knows what its doing!!!! its seen it all and has done this shit before lmao#americans love to think they're the only competent people in the universe and THAT'S how they got to where they are but forget it's#literally only a baby#like#just give it time you'll find yourself in the trenches soon enough#it's ironically some of the oldest and 'experienced' civilisations on earth America has the most ire towards and i really do wonder about it#sometimes
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I have said again and again that the United States of America has one of the worst propaganda programs I have ever seen
the worst part is that it works perfectly
#this has nothing to do with the citizens of the country#its just that the government is built on a primarily flawed fondation#its power is built on the idea (or more realistically the promise) of freedom and opportunity#so anything that goes against this idea can be used as propaganda material#and we mean everything#because in a international world you can not have free reign over everything by one country#like all healthy relationships you sometimes have to compromise or support eachother#this sometimes means you will have to give up your resources or make diplomatic decisions that arent always in your favor.#but whenever something that is “unfair” or “a risk to our nation” which can range from a balloon to a flipping war#they can just touch on the nerve that is freedom and make people believe or atleast think they believe in them long enough#to justify the countries actions#its such a horrible way of using propaganda and its honestly easily broken down IF the USA wasent a global super power#i dont know why i needed to talk about this but i had too#there are people who justify the Isreal attack on gaza and Palestinians by calling it a defensive response#and the idea is unfathomable#genocide? as a defense response?#are they hearing themselves? is what my immediate reaction was#but its deeper then that#its more then that#its so#so much more then that#its a foundational belief within the nation that some people cant pull themselves out of because how could they?#its like trying to unlearn everything your parents thought you that you later learn is horrible#for some its easy#for most its hard#but for some its impossible#thats the same with systematic life long propaganda like this#patriotic citizens are plentiful in any country but the thing that makes america so distinct is that their patriotism is so deeply rooted#the word of the motherland is golden to some and you cant just reverse that#i wish them well and i wish palestine the best.
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I'm starting to think people who NEED to be their SO's #1 priority forever and always simply don't have a good support system
#Whenever I encounter people who are like aggressively monogamous to the point they question my own life#they always. always. INEVITABLY. almost like they all met and agreed it beforehand bring up#'Oh well then who's gonna take care of you if you get cancer huh?!'#Like its some form of gotcha#Like. Ummm. My family? My friends? The healthcare system my country has and yours seems to lack?#Like my man. Who would take care of you if you got cancer while single? Because from the way you speak I'm getting the feeling it's no one#Which like isn't your fault nor a character flaw and if romance is where you're gonna look that safety net thats valid#But also I can't help but to find that kinda sad
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#thinking on that 'humans are inherently bad/evil/whatever' post and it reminds me of something#specifically the people that will say 'were all a little (x)' to excuse the listed idea#the most recent example i can think of is this one set in ancient china#it has a good groundwork for ghe story#(sort of scifi a bit anti imperialist (well as much as it can be with the li being a distant heir to the throne)#the mc is also partially blind and deaf and is also one of the most important people in the country#and it the narrative weighs heavily on all of the decisions the mcs have to make in this war theyre fighting)#the war is the big part#bc theyre fighting not only the west but also what is *heavily* hinted to be the tribes#and while it leans heavily on how bad the west is treating them#it leans more hypocritical when its not talking on how the tribes are being affected#and i saw this matter brought up#and like. some of the replies were both telling and concerning#the top reply was how imperialism wasnt *inherently racist*#and this person brough up how they study? got a degree???? in history and learned from 'example' (but were lacking irl ones)#and the op even brough up how they were concerned that they seemed to think it wasnt racist#but the main person this is about is the one who said theyd met many people#and learning from them is that 'everybody is a little racist'#and i think they ended it off with how it was a book or something#and the op of it all (han chinese and also someone who travels) brought up how that was inherently flawed if either are the defense#(i think another commenter also said how there were people being racist to all sides from around the world in the original comments)#(from the book i mean)#(which. still isnt a defense but i also couldnt find a specific comment from either side in any language skimming through some key pages)#but that comment was the main point of this#the problem is when youre using it as a excuse for you (or someone else) to Do the bigotry. it shouts what youre trying to whisper#(i dont really think the author is racist. she is more noted as a more 'liberal' author in those spaces)#(she even has a trans character (though theyre not written well and we dont know how they see themself))
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