#this is just ridculous

[c0smo-waterr]

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So these are what space pirates look like?

[chemicalarospec]

I spent a lot of time thinking about religion 5-6 years ago because I was trying to figure out what I did(n't) believe in, and then after I settled on fully atheist (but a higher power could exist but I think it's far too unlikely for me to call myself agnostic), I spent like 4 years barely thinking about religion, occasionally using it for imagery in fanfic but very content with my own religious situation. very peaceful years. I enjoyed living like that.

Anyways religion (in real life)/atheism has been on my mind a lot lately, and well. it's definitely not an internal drive to return to thinking about it lol. There's not one big reason why, but I have noticed many small factors building up. so message to the world at large: stop assuming 1. i'm religious 2. if i'm not religious, i'm evil 3. if i'm not religious, I don't matter (I don't need community, it doesn't matter if you act like i'm invisible, etc) or else! I'm going to have to get louder about my atheism!! :)

[death2bayshore]

Reminder for any achievement/tome hunters, but stuff like Trapper's tome 1 challenges are much easier in 2v8! Most challenges still apply (Apart from perk specific or basement specific) to the gamemode. So check on some ones you've been having a hard time with. :]

[awyeahitssam]

Quick little taste of Confident!Harry + Petty!Harry + Bets + Lingerie

Harry rolls his eyes.  Does Voldemort really believe he’ll be so easily cowed? 

Harry lost, but he’s not entirely without his pride.  No matter how intent Voldemort is on humiliating him, he won’t be scared away from fulfilling his end of the bargain.  It isn’t how they work.  If he doesn’t do this, Voldemort will use it as a precedent to renege on more important deals.  That simply can’t happen.

Harry glances at his reflection one last time.  

The panties are lacy and black, opaque only where they hold him.  They’re tight enough that nothing is left to the imagination, which is more than a little discomfiting.  Harry finds the top piece more salacious, though.  It mirrors a bra in that there are straps and lace, but instead of covering his nipples, the fabric scoops neatly beneath his pectorals.  His nipples are hard, peaked by the cool air.  Between them fabric comes up to a point at the center of his chest.  A thick, lacy black band puts his skin in sharp contrast.

He bites his lip, trying not to consider that he feels—well.  Pretty.

It’s only the first day.  Maybe he should… 

Harry stares at the snake-patterned robe he’s discarded on the bed.  It only reaches his upper thighs, but still conceals a good deal more of him than this.   

Only that’s what Voldemort will expect him to wear: the most modest piece donned on the first day.  As if Harry will give him the satisfaction of his shyness. 

He knows very well how he looks.  Even on someone like him, the garments are attractive.  He’s determined to wear them as though they’re fine silken dress robes, rather than panties.  

He collects his annoyance and strides to the door.  The halls are expectedly empty as he moves through them, and he absently casts a warming charm on himself as he breaks into gooseflesh.  It eases his discomfort in increments.  

There’s noise in the dining room.  Harry quirks a brow as the familiar bickering of the LeStrange brothers spills through the closed door.  Voldemort didn’t—but of course he did.  

Harry lost.  Voldemort wants his humiliation to be on as large a stage as possible.  Near the start of their time together, they entertained daily at breakfast, and nearly as often at dinner.  Once it was clear that Harry wasn’t plotting Voldemort’s downfall, in need of constant supervision, or whatever other reason Voldemort may have kept them around for, the company became increasingly rare.  Nowadays they rarely had a guest or two for dinner, Voldemort’s preference for being alone with him prevailing. 

Well.  Nothing to do for it.  

Harry opens the doors with his magic—of course they’re closed off from the inner portion of the manor; Voldemort so loves his dramatic entrances—and walks in calmly.  The clamour pauses.  Twenty faces gape at him, or as close as the important little purebloods will allow themselves to it. 

Malfoy starts what he's sure is meant to be a mocking laugh, though it just sounds strained.  “Potter, what are you—you look r-ridculous!” 

“Oh, this?” he asks, flicking a look down at his lack of clothing as if he finds it utterly insignificant.  “I didn’t realise we had company.  I always dress down for breakfast.” 

There’s a choking sound from one of the minions.  Harry meets red eyes and gives Voldemort a droll look.  “You didn’t warn me; I’m afraid I’m underdressed.  Shall I change?” 

Voldemort does not say a word.  His eyes burn into Harry, who shrugs loosely at the lack of response and strides forward, taking a seat at the opposite end of the table.  Normally, they sit close enough for idle conversation, but they are doing power plays this morning, and there's no need to reward poor behaviour.  

“Pass the toast, Rabastan,” he requests, only to find the man is making eye contact with his nipples rather than him.  Harry snaps, and the man’s eyes shoot up.  “I know I look pretty this morning, but my eyes are up here.  This isn’t your reward.  Now—the toast?” 

He continues the meal like that, leaving breadcrumb after breadcrumb for even the densest of Voldemort’s followers to find.  Then, as they’re all about to leave, Harry gestures around the table and says, lightly, “See, this is why I haven’t let you fuck me yet.” 

Voldemort’s temper burns at his forehead, and he bares his teeth at him.  “What’s wrong, Voldemort?” he asks, fiddling with the strap on his shoulder.  “You won.  Be proud.” 

Voldemort’s mood successfully ruined, he pops the last bit of honeydew into his mouth and climbs to his feet.  

“Have a lovely day, boys,” he calls over his shoulder, and strides from the room with purpose.  Voldemort only has himself to blame for this.  Surprisingly, the faintest stirrings of arousal trickle through their bond.  He wasn’t aware Voldemort even felt attraction for people like that.  The more you know. 

[hxhhasmysoul]

This image right here is the perfect illustration of the difference between Yuuji and Yuuta, it almost feels like a 4th wall break.

Yuuji has been working real hard ever since he became a sorcerer, he's survived hellish situation after hellish situation, lost so many people he cared about. And he made tremendous progress.

Yuuta was born with a hereditary ridculously overpowered technique and immense amounts of cursed energy. His playground girlfriend died and that was traumatic especially that she stayed with him and hurt people on his behalf even though he didn't want her to. But once he became a sorcerer that got very quickly resolved. Yuuta miraculously learned every technique he needed in the moment to save his friends, or cure them and himself, or to win against his enemies by just overpowering them. And then he killed Kenjaku without putting any work of his own into that.

So yeah, Yuuji has worked hard and persevered and has been disrespected and ignored for it both in the story and by the fandom. Yuuta's been given everything, even techniques and page time of other characters and congratulated for it.

[finisnihil]

Watching the general populous of Webtoon hate Rashta from The Remarried Empress so violently, to the point of making her ridculing nickname a synonym for The Other Woman archetype, is really exhausting for a number of reasons, with the main one being that there are numerous female main leads of similar stories that fit that characterization of her more.

I love The Remarried Empress but the readers love to blame Rashta for EVERYTHING that happens in it, when at the end of the day, Rashta is just an antagonist. I know! Shocking! Rashta is not the driving force of the story! You know who is? SOVIESHU.

Sovieshu has always been the main villain. He is the one with all the power, he is the one who created a situation that pit these women against each other. Rashta was a slave because her father was a criminal, being Soveishu's mistress was a means of survival. Like, of course she sucks ass at scheming! She never had an education, and Sovieshu stalled on giving her one because he was ATTRACTED TO HER CHILDISH DEMEANOR. Soveishu liked Rashta because she was what Soveishu wanted from Navier and she sucked up to him in the ways he wanted! Because she needed to in order to survive! Her mistake was becoming paranoid, arrogant, and cruel to continuously provoke Navier, but that was also at the urging of another man: Duke Ergi! Because Rashta is uneducated and vulnerable and she thinks he's her only support system! She went through the trouble of ousting Navier at Ergi's suggestion and Soveishu began to just use Rashta as a baby factory, because as Rashta became like Navier to survive the political world and as he realized he lost Navier, he stopped caring about her. He never saw her as a human, he only saw her as a slate to project on the child version of Navier he was still in love with.

Now, i'm not gonna deny the heinous shit Rashta has done nor am I defending it, she is the antagonist, she does do cruel things that can't be excused, and that's factual. But the tragedy of her is that she was set up to fail by every single man in her life. She started seeing the women around her as competition because of those men. She never once had power and her frustration at her powerlessness and her disillusionment is valid. Navier was protected by her status as a noble, but Rashta had nothing and watching her crash and burn is satisfying but also sad. In another comic, she would be the female lead, and she would be safe and happy, she would be loved. To see the fandom boil her down to some man stealing bitch is really sad because it takes all the focus from Sovieshu. Instead of ripping him apart for using a system to abuse the women in his life, everyone rips apart Rashta for lashing out as a victim of that system.

You know who fits this dynamic more though? Diana from For My Derelict Favorite. Diana is a saintess with healing powers who was mistreated for being a commoner and married the Crown Prince. Hestia, the protagonist, targets her for revenge for a numerous amount of reasons, but what makes their conflict interesting is that Hestia is her equal. They were both commoners, they both are beloved by the world's god, they both rose in their station. The difference is that Diana is everything Rastha is percieved as. She still acts like a victim of the class system, despite the fact she's the crown princess and now has power and luxury. She looks down on the other nobles for their spending and ridicule of the lower class, yet doesn't realize she's become just like them. She casts aside Caelus for killing the novel's OG villains to save the empire, but has no problem acting like nothings wrong despite her treatment driving him to try and take his own life. She thinks herself objectively right and special and the minute anyone criticizes her, she turns on them, her husband included. She makes it a goal to steal Caelus from Hestia in order to hurt her and validate her behavior, thinking Caelus still loves her over Hestia. When Hestia makes soap accessible for the common people and makes advancments in changing the nobility's views of the lower class, Diana nitpicks her for it, because she can't stand to see Hestia take the limelight. She uses her power and privilege to bully and abuse others and then runs crying when she's called out on it.

The difference between these stories is clear. Rashta has no power and isn't the main villain, she doesn't have equal standing as Navier. She does a lot of her actions out of desperation for love and to survive while still being cruel. Diana and Hestia come from equal status; Diana is the one in the most power. She abuses the systems meant to mistreat those like her for her own benefit and nothing more. Helios is the antagonist while Diana is the villain, because it is Diana's actions that push the plot, akin to Soveishu. Helios and Rashta make things difficult, but they're really only along for the ride, and their interference in the plot happens because of the villains their characters serve.

[itsjustafan]

You'll watch Twin Peaks and it's a surreal, gently satirising-ridculing pastiche of typical soap operas on TV, running from murder mystery to teen sleuths to cop show to the 'criminally insane' to the supernatural to aliens, dreams and portents and secrets

Flavoured with film noir touches, actors doubling as two characters, disguises, surprise!not actually dead, baby daddy drama, coming back from the dead, age regression, girls in comas, scandalous age gaps, who's sleeping with who and for why

With a soundtrack that sounds like every soap opera opening if you twisted it just a little and made it eerie, and there's themes for each character

And then the main villain is the result of a camera error, the director makes a cameo who won't stop shouting, there's a fish in the percolator and a girl dies and becomes a doorknob.

I wish the corps still let people make shows like that

[immaturityofthomasastruc]

Actually, I'm positive I know the real reason Lila was able to get the Butterfly. Ridculously thick Plot Armor, the exact same reason she's now some great hacker, has multiple Identites, tricking several women into being her mother, and the reason her painfully obvious lies go unquestion. And she's supposed to be the next Hawk Moth? Sorry I don't take her seriously at all, she just pisses me off

Don't forget how Marinette was able to see through Lila's lies, but in order to make sure Lila's identity remains a secret, she won't be able to figure out she has the Butterfly Miraculous.

Bonus if Lila wears it somewhere where it can easily be seen, but nobody notices.

[laremsworld]

Darkness - Chapter 1

„Why do we have to attend to this meeting again?", Enzo asks for the fifth time.

„Because", Draco lazily repeats himself, „the Dark Lord has asked us to join."

„You know what happened the last time he asked us to come, right?"

They know. Of course they know. Despite being Death Eaters for almost a decade now, the five friends Mattheo, Draco, Theo, Lorenzo and Blaise have been invited to these meetings only two times before today: The first one was two years ago, to announce the engagement between Daphne Greengrass and Blaise Zabini. The second one was six months ago, when the boys found out that Draco was going to marry Astoria Greengrass.

„At least there are no more Greengrass sisters left for you to be punished with", Blaise mumbles bitterly. While Draco seems really content with his father's choice for a wife, Blaise never really stopped complaining about Daphne.

„I wonder which one of us it will be." Mattheo notices a little bit of excitement in Theo's voice. His Italian friend has always been very passionate. Mattheo suspects that Nott secretly craves a hot wife, who he will make happy and with whom Nott will found the family he never got as a child. Well, everyone is dealing with childhood traume differently, obviously, because the only thing that Mattheo has learned about families in his childhood is that Riddle men are lousy fathers and shouldn't have children.

But each to his own, of course.

„I can't believe that we have to go out and marry some random purebloods just because Harry Potter couldn't be defeated in the battle of Hogwarts seven years ago."

That was true. Mattheo was there when his father killed Harry Potter in the forbidden forest on May 2nd, 1998. He was also there to see Harry Potter standing up again and being more alive than ever. After that, Harry Potter disappeared. He was never seen again. The battle lasted days, but at the end, both sides had to accept that they couldn't win. At least for now. Since then, there had been this hybrid form of living together, tolerating each other on the outside, but plotting each other's death on the inside. Harry Potter has become kind of a legend, some people started to even doubt his existence. But there were whisperd on the street.. whispers saying that one day Harry would come back and end what he began.

In the meantime, the pureblood families decided to arrange marriages between themselves to form strong allies. The Greengrass sisters were high on the market, hence they were the only ones not married and not too young, so no matter what Blaise might be saying, he was lucky to ger Daphne. Mattheo nows he will be the last one to be married - his father didn't need him to win an ally. He just hopes that Theo or Enzo won't get engaged to a 14 years old baby in the sheer desperatiom of finding a pureblood girl.

Mattheo happens to be the last one to enter the room - which is ridculous, because he is going to take the seat left to his father anyway. He always does. In contrary to his friends Theo and Enzo, Mattheo is attending these gatherings more frequently. Draco and Blaise are asked to attend every single time, now that they're married men.

„It's always refreshing to see these young souls among us, isn't it?" His father starts his monologue. „And look, they seem to be thrilled to be here, too!" Which is a lie. None of them is happy to be here. „I would love to always have you guys around, but we have decided that to enter these holy rows, a boy should be old and wise enough to found his own family." Again, Mattheo thinks this is really pathetic, coming from a leader who never married, but who is he to judge? He is getting more and more nervous though. No matter how hard he tried, his father didn't tell him which one of his friend had been bethrothed.

„As you all might be already suspecting, we have all gathered here today, to celebrate the bond of two powerful, ancient, traditional pureblood families", he makes a dramatic pause, „but our possibilities are limited and they will stay limited if we focus on only our people. So, to make us even stronger, we decided to let you three marry some foreign purebloods, so that we can have some families all around the world." Well that is new. Mattheo smirks at his friends. When there was one word to describe Enzo's type of women, it's definitely „exotic."

„To ensure that everyone understands that this is my wish, I decided to let my son be the first to marry a foreigner."

„What?!" Mattheo bursts out, his smirk long forgotten. His father turns around to face him. Like always, Voldemort seems completely calm, a smile across his face. The Death Eaters might always have admired how patient the Lord has been with his son, but Mattheo knows his father better. He knows that spark in Tom Riddle's eyes very well. It's the face his father maked before torturing him with crucio until he can't even remember his own name.

„Don't let my son's impulsive reaction fool yourself, my friends. Of course he is more than happy for the opportunity to make us stronger and give us some pureblood heirs that will be inheriting our legacy. Am I right, Mattheo?"

Mattheo doesn't even hesitate. „Of course, father. I just didn't excpect to be the next one, that's all. You know, Theo, Enzo and I had a bet going on, about whose engagement it will be today and I just lost some galleons I'm afraid."

He chuckles and some Death Eaters laugh, too. His father awkwardly squeezes his thigh under the table, a gesture of approval. Draco, Enzo, Theo and Blaise definitely know that Mattheo's smile is just a facade, but there's nothing they could do for Mattheo right now. If the Lord wants him married, he's going to marry.

Voldemort suddenly stands up and gestures towards the heavy doors.

„Please welcome with me, the King and Princess of Turkey."

A Princess? Mattheo is wondering for a moment, but before he can even comprehend the meaning of this announcement, they're entering the room.

And suddenly nothing matters. There is no war, there are no Death Eaters watching, the arrangement and his disapproval of this arrangement are all forgotten. There's only her.

She has the biggest Doe-eyes he has ever seen. Her long, dark hair is casually falling in waves on her back. Her legs are long - and the little black dress she's wearing is emphasizing this detail more than Mattheo feels comfortable with - Draco and Blaise never seemed to have a problem with showing their wives off, but Mattheo already can tell that his wife is never going to wear a dress like this again.

The only thing about her that Mattheo dislikes is her facial expression. She seems to be nervous, which is normal, resgarding the circumstances, but there's also a hint of disapproval in her eyes. Like she didn't want to be here. Like she didn't want to marry him.

„Welcome, Selim", Voldemort happily says. This is when Mattheo realizes that there is a man entering the room next to this woman he shall marry. The King ignores that Voldemort refused to use his title and lets his biggest smile wander around the room.

„The pleasure is all mine, my friend. I can't wait to connect our families together. For that", he makes a dramatic pause turns around to the woman next to him, „I want to introduce you to my cousin, Leyla."

Leyla. What a perfect name for a perfect woman.

The King puts his hand to her back and slowly pushes her forward. Mattheo feels a panic building inside of him. It's not a good sign that he already feels jealous enough to break this man's hand for touching her, right?

Leyla (oh Lord, he loves thinking her name, he can't even imagine what it will do to him, when je finally gets to call her that) slowly proceeds towards his father. She seems uncomfortable when she finally is near enough to politely courtsy to his father.

„My Lord." Mattheo was smitten before, but hearing her voice is definitely what puts him over the edge. How can someone this Perfect even exist?

Voldemort smiles wildly at her, while awkwardly embracing her. „Welcome to the family, my precious daughter. Let me introduce you to my son, Mattheo."

It takes Mattheo a few seconds to comprehend that this is his clue to stand up and greet the guests. It takes him all his willpower to approach to the king first. „Your majesty", he says casually, trying to calm his racing heartbeat.

Then he slowly turns to face her. She gifts him a warm smile and then does the cute courtsy she had given his father too. Mattheo stretchs out his hand, a little invitation for her to put her hand in his, which she does. He places a little kiss on her hand. „Welcome in our world", he says, still holding her hand.

„The pleasure is all mine, my Lord", she answers. Her accent is adorable. Her voice is soft, her smile is wide enough to let her dimples appear, but to his own surprise Mattheo can see that the smile doesn't reach her eyes. She's playing her part of a willing sister/soon-to-be wife accurately, but that's what she's doing. Playing. She doesn't want to be here.

Of course she doesn't want to marry you, Mattheo reminds himself, you are Voldemort's son. He holds her hand a little longer than necessard, but not too long to cause any suspicion, then he turns to face the King.

„So... why are you willing to sent your sister to a foreign country?", he asks, while gesturing their guests to join everyone on the table. His father is not a fan of his question, he can sense that much, and the other Death Eaters seem to be uncomfortable, too, but the King is calm, while answering: „She's my cousin, not my sister. And in Turkey it's still tradition to secure a partnership via marriage, my Lord."

„Mr. Riddle", Mattheo corrects, while helping Leyla to take the seat opposite to him, „my father is the only Lord here."

Once again, Mattheo doesn't have to face his father to sense that this time the Dark Lord is more than pleased with his son's perfomance.

„Oh, my apologies, Mr. Riddle. I didn't mean to be rude."

„You wouldn't be still standing here, if your words had insulted me", Voldemort intervenes. It sounds like a joke, but Mattheo knows that his father is more than serious.

„How old is your cousin?", Mattheo continues to ask.

„She's 24 my L- Mr. Riddle."

24? Daphne and Astoria had both been 22 when they were married off. And even then the Lord had stressed out in many occasions that the women of the Ton should marry sooner and give us as many new pureblood members as possible. Why would his father choose someone who is only a year younger than Mattheo?

„How much are we giving you for her?"

Someone gasps loudly. It is no secret that both Zabini Sr. and Lucius Malfoy had given Greengrass a little fortune for his daughters, but it was never officially spoken out - especially not with Daphne or Astoria in the room. Mattheo can see that Leyla's face tenses at the mention of the money.

„I can assure you that we have already talked everything through with your father, Mr. Riddle."

„Exactly, my son. There's no need for you to ask these questions", his father warns.

Mattheo smiles wildly at him. „I'm just trying to get to know my future wife more, father. You know, I had named you some criteria and I just want to be sure that she checks all the boxes."

„I can guarantee you that she has all the points you wanted", Voldemort lifts a brow and smirks at his son, and Mattheo can see that his father is genuine. She is fulfilling everything he asked for.

„Well, in that case... I think we can schedule a wedding in two weeks from now, right?"

The King visibly relaxes. „Of course, my Lords. I can't wait to become a part of your family."

Leyla chuckles. For a moment Mattheo thinks that he might've imagined that, but from the look on Theo's face (who is standing on the wall right behind Leyla) he can see that this really happened. Everyone's gaze turns to her, but she is looking at her cousin.

„No offence, cousin, but you just sold your own blood for money. What do you know what family is?"

There‘s a change of mood in the room. Everyone is so tense, they don‘t even dare to breath. Mattheo shares a glance with his father and realizes that the Dark Lord seems to be content with his soon-to-be daughter-in-law‘s outburst. Voldemort wanted his son to marry this woman and he apparently knew about her behaviour. Which means that Mattheo has to accept it, too. Not that he was complaining.

„Leyla, sweetheart, that‘s not very nice of you. I think my father and I have raised you better.“

„Your father and you have not raised me“, she snaps, „my nannies did. The only thing I have learned from you personally, my dear cousin, is to lock my door with an unbreakable charm every night, to prevent you coming in and trying to rape me.“

SMASH.

He had slapped her. The force of his hands had made her fall on the ground. King Selim did stand up, too and - to everyone‘s surprise - so did Mattheo.

„I can‘t remember to give you the permission to touch my fiancee“, he says, his ton still casual, but with a dangerous fire in his eyes. He walks around the table to grab Leyla by her arm and lift her up to her feet. She winces a little bit. She obviosusly expected him to be more gentle.

„She‘s still under my guard“, the King protests.

„She is not. The second you brought her in this room, she was mine.“

Again, there‘s this killing silence. The king waits for Voldemort to reject, but that‘s not happening.

„I guess some changes of plan are necessary here father“, Mattheo declares, „The wedding shall take place in five days - three if we can organize everything - and I think it would be more fitting if my bethrothed stayed with one of our friends in England, during these days.“

„She can stay with us“, Theodore quickly intervenes.

Mattheo smiles at his friend. „Excellent. Now, I think the meeting can come to an end. Your majesty, let Mr. Malfoy guard you out of his house.“

„But… Mr. Riddle, My Lord - we didn‘t talk through everything yet and I am still waiting for my.. my..“

„For your payment? Is a new found alliance with us not payment enough for you, your Majesty?“

„Well, of course it is.. but…“

„No but. I won‘t pay money to someoke who treats a soon-to-be Riddle like this. Oh and Selim?“, he adds, dropping all formalities, „you‘re lucky that she said trying to rape me and not rape me, because if you‘d dared to touch what‘s mine, you wouldn‘t be standing here right now.

[pleasantspark]

ImpperfectCritque's Reverse Ableism

We're not gonna ignore Impperfect literally going "dark" on their profile after I called their ass out for calling me, a person who has feelings an apath right?

Nah, fuck you, you all should hold someone like that accountable, it's the same as Chai diagnosing Viv with NPD.

What is an apath?

Let's start by asking what it is.

Ah yes, I lack concern over a word I use that shouldn't have the need to bother me, a word that is associated with mental health. Did you know this is actually offensive to people with Autism.

Impperfect just did the VERY thing they stood against.

I can be blunt, straightforward, off standish. But apath? Oh dear Discordia I am NOTHING like that. You claimed I was because i didn't care about people being called the r slur.

Okay, where's your proof, I said the word doesn't mean shit to me, not to everyone. You put words in my mouth, ala spreading false allegations.

Now let's show what people are like when they have autism.

Oh my god, looks like Impperfect did what they became to destroy! Who knows the blunt person who also has a cluster b disorder is blunt and can be impervious.

That's not very nice impperfect I thought you were better then this :(

Now next thing I want to make abundtly clear, just because I use the term doesn't mean I am a shit person.

The fact your anon didn't mind the n or f slur is so funny because nigga has worse connetations rooted in racism but Retard was a medical diagnosis that people latched onto as being something completely offensive I think any racial slur is more offensive then any other slur.

Now, the important thing is, just because I shrug off the word doesn't mean I don't care, you can say "oh woe is me, I got called it" all you want, but you're gonna get people who will hurt you with that word.

Its a never end feedback of loop that you refuse to ignore, which leads into people using that trigger word against you. Congratulations you became bait for bad actors.

Apathy Behavior

Since I am apath here's a great top ten hits of Orion exhibiting no concern.

My mom was being abused by my ex-stepdad. I was concerned for her and I's safety.

Dog was sick, I was concerned about his health.

Here's some other examples that wasn't related to me or my family:

A Younger friend was at risk of being groomed, I told them to not be putting themselves at risk and block people that tried something.

When I heard about the Junko case I felt concern and safety for women.

One of my exes were sexually harassed I was angry at the person for touching him.

Nearly anytime I see a man get mocked or ridculed for being sexually harassed and or assaulted.

So no, I am far from being a apath. I find it far more offensive you use that to describe someone who has autism.

Why this is made?

I feel like its due time to call Impperfect out, they pulled this shit numerous times, and got away scott free by doubling down and flipping the script. So much so that they are allowing their anons to spread harmful responses.

I don't want people to pick sides, because I WANT PEOPLE to call Impperfect out, they have actively lied to you. When I called them out after they violated my boundaries they blocked me.

You know the same person who claims they said they reached out to Ex? Ah nah because Ex said a different story.

It does fit with what I requested, when I did made that post they decided to do that exact same shit. Huh where did I HEAR THIS BEFORE?

I believe someone who actually stands for spreading actual proof then someone who spreads misinformation 24/7 and gets praised for it.

Impperfect if you react to this, please let this known you need to actually take accountability. This behavior is what Viv does, you were called out, and instead of being understanding you did what Viv did and blocked people and talked with people that has the same exact ideals as you.

Also P.S. as a black person the anon that said the N and F slur isn't that bad compared to the R Slur is stupid.

The N slur has roots associated with racism and it's been associated with racism for years. R slur was a medical term that's JUST been associated with OFFENSIVENESS.

You once again spread misinformation and someone whose been indulging in history once again had to tell you what the fuck you got wrong.

Critical Community you don't have to pick sides to call someone out, you have to make them take accountability and responsibility.

I like to thank those who stood by me and were worried about me, and guess who stood to bat for me in the same way as everyone else? @chaifootsteps. You know the same person that gives a fuck about this community. Yeah, don't judge a book by it's cover, and next time go to me.

Reblog this so people can see what a complete clusterfuck this is, this is really amusing to see because I myself had been through the ringer, I only called this out because this is actually ableism as someone with having issues related to speaking out. Congratulations you gonna twist this as this being my fault? Ah yes as if I can control my autistic traits, you can't simply turn off the autism at all.

BREAKING NEWS M'KAY!

[keirawantstocry]

🐦‍⬛salut!

I really do tend to say "heres a small idea!" then throw a multi paragraph thing-

Anywho,

Vague poly mc idea.

Tubbo ranting to Foolish being homophobic™ about fit and pac.

And Foolish looks him dead in the eyes asking "you sure you arent just gay for them and upset at not being included"

"It's so fucking ridculous!" Tubbo cried falling back on the couch with his arms crossed like a petulant child.

Foolish stared at him, fed up. "You're ridiculous."

"No, I'm fucking not. You don't know how bad they are. It's so fucking annoying bro."

Foolish rolled his eyes. "What do they do that is sooooo annoying?"

"They won't stop flirting! If I have to hear big daddy or big boy one more time I'm going to shoot myself."

"Why?" Foolish asked again.

Tubbo glared at him. "Because it's gross."

"Why??"

Tubbo stared at him for a long moment. "What are you fucking talking about?"

"i just think you maybe haven't really taken a moment to consider why you actually hate it so much."

Tubbo blinked at him with a suprised expression. "Foolish what the fuck are you implying?"

"You're gay."

"WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?" Tubbo cried. "I'm a faggot, you're a faggot, what does that have to do with anything?"

Foolish sighed deeply. "I mean think about it. You were really close to them. I have witnessed you flirting with both of them on different occasions. It makes sense that you would be jealous of their relationship."

Tubbo gaped at him. "I'm not jealous of their relationship. Are you trying to imply that I have a crush on one of them?"

"No," Foolish said like it was the most ridiculous thing ever. "I'm implying you have a crush on both of them."

Tubbo's jaw fell farther open and he uttered no more words for the rest of the evening.

[ozmaslocket]

All the pricefield drama aside, what is Life is Strange: Double exposure trying to say?

Looking back through the franchise, the first life is strange is a bold exploration in young adult lives and taboo subjects like suicidal teens, internet bullying, societal divide etc. While not entirely unheard of in media, all these issues being so front and centre in a mainstream video game is definately rare. Not to mention Max and Chloe's relationship, a pair of sapphic women that are respected and loved, which is even more of an oddity in 2015 social climate, where queer relationships are either ridculed or relegated to side characters or just hidden away,out of sight out of mind.

LIS 2 and True colors follow suit in exploration and discussion of these topics. LIS 2 bring us to Sean and Daniel, victims of police brutality and racial profiling, in a game that further explores hardships of people of color and societies living on the fringe. True colors meanwhile tethers its emotional anchor onto Alex and Gabe, two kids who suffered from domestic abuse and the horror that is the american foster care system, and further delves into the emotional and societal hardship faced by a younng,queer person of color.

I'm not gonna claim that this franchise has represented or explored all these issues perfectly. But all these themes are integral to the plot of each games and crucial to the identity of the franchise itself. I'd argue that more than any characters or relationships in any particular entries, that willingness to explore to discuss what is still under-represented not just in video games but for society at large is the biggest draw of the franchise, at least to me.

So…we've now seen two episodes of the newest entry, double exposure, and what is it trying to examine, exactly?

There's nothing in the game, so far, that suggests it wants anything to do with representing or discussing anything, in my opinion. Max's backstory is too different in either choice, so much so that they have to force Max and Chloe to split to reinforce the same theme of isolation and trauma that can be merged into one neat narrative pathway. But even then, the lack of specificity in Max's emotional response to the choices in LIS means there is no in depth exploration into her psyche, but rather just a general 'vibe' of despair and loneliness that comes with grief. Its setting is not much better either. Compared to Blackwell, the people in Caledon just seem…bland. Might be because we don't know much about them yet, but so far, again, the side characters really do seem just like they're just fulfilling the roles of murder suspects, with different mysteries and intrigues that mostly just serve as side missions ans red herrings, and not much else.

Nothing in this game so far really sticks out to me as something the writers/developers want to explore or examine. There's not a compelling enough theme or underlying commentary that ties the game together like in previous entities. Compared to how unapologetically the last few entries (LIS and LIS 2 in particular) are about their overall themes and exploration of social issues, how nothing this game feels in terms of commentary or themes, instead entirely dedicated to nostalgia and retreading familiar topics via Max, a familiar protagonist, is very troubling.

As much as I hate what they have done so far with pricefield, I really hope I am proven wrong about this particularly when the game finally drops. A Max sequel where they arbitrarily break up Max and Chloe for plot is stupid and disappointing, but a Life is Strange game with nothing to say would be truly horrific.

[biblicallyaccurateslut]

Of course Taylor Swift is straight. Is totally straight to dress up as Sappho and hide in a glass closet to sing in the MV of the first track of your really queer album where you sing "thats my man" so many times that is just campy and ridculous considering how queercoded that lyrics are. Those gaylors are just taking it too far.

[pilferingapples]

I've finished Gormenghast! or at least the first couple novels.

...and the last one--Titus Alone-- has no interest for me whatsoever. What I've loved about these books is Gormenghast, the immense crumbling impossible structure and all its absurd ritual. I would have read another five novels about that weird, weird place; I don't want even one about Titus , who I've never found very interesting , going off to have his coming of age journey . But putting that aside for another day. Because overall I LOVED these two books; I fell in love with the ridculously Gothic expanse of Gormenghast at once , and the characters won me over without me really noticing it. In the first book they all felt like part of the place, which was excellent; in the second it felt like they were more having their human-ness brought out in contrast to the surroundings, which was less fun in some ways , but I really loved everyone by that point so hanging out with them was still excellent. It says something about both the nature of the place and the characters that I was chill hangin' out and just letting things unfold at their own pace for a character like Steerpike; it was just impossible to feel like anything was urgent. 10/10 loved it all. I wish I could spend more time with those characters and that world! I would have spent chapters reading about any tiny detail of the Rituals or the building or even the Bright Carvers (and in fact I'm profoundly disappointed we didn't learn more about "the Thing" from the POV of anyone but Titus. Ugh, Titus.) That being said, it's very funny to me that Peake himself doesn't seem to have any interest in the Tension of his plot; I lost track of how often he established a dramatic change of events that demanded action Right Now and then just skipped several chapters ahead to when it had Already Happened. Iconic. Brilliant. I don't need to know, Merv, you're so right. Tell me more about the hallway.

Highly recommended for: anyone who wants to read about a Weird Old Building and also some Weird People of various ages :D

[crystallizsch]

AHHHH I LOVE ALL UR OCS (especially yuuna...) AND I LOVE UR ART!!!!!!

and i noticed yuusha is basically the twst vers of Elsa (pls correct me if im wrong!!) but i think thats such a cool character to twist a yuu from

ALSO YUUSHA X JAMIL IS LITERALLLY SO CUTE???? (tho yuusha should leave him for me..... /j /silly)

ALSO THE SHIP NAME???? CURRYNOODLES IS SUCH A SUPER DUPER CUTE SHIP NAME!!!!!

*cough cough* sorry for the yappatron and ty 4 ur time

sincerely, charlie steak (not really)

HBDHSJS HELP WHAT IS THAT PHOTO 💀💀💀

BUT ANYWAYS IM—

HI HIII THANK YOUU IT MAKES ME RIDCULOUSLY HAPPY TO HEAR ALL THAT 😭😭💖💖💕💕🫶

and YEAH technically yuusha is a twst elsa yuusona (all by accident COUGH). i had an elsa phase when frozen came out, and i didnt realize there’s a lot of similarities yuusha had with her so i just turned her into a twst elsa 😭 (thank you for thinking that it’s cool hfjdjsj)

YUUSHA AND JAMIL CURRYNOODLES IS MY EVERYTHING IM SO GLAD TO HEAR ALL THAT (if jamil doesn’t step up, yuusha might consider that 😔/j)

for currynoodles i just figured putting together both their favorite foods together as their ship name would be a good idea bc i could NOT come up with anything else so im glad to hear that you think its cute 😭🫶🫶🫶 (also found out curry noodles is actually a real food and i want to try it when i find some 😳)

SORRY FOR YAPPING TOO LMAO THANK YOU FOR THIS AGAIN I REALLY APPRECIATE IT 😭😭💖💕🫶🫶🫶

[dengswei]

ok this is a little ridiculous of a question,, but,,,, how do i merge gifs in photopea...? i saw your tutorial on the whole. cracked screen with several gifs while looking for something else and saw "once you merge the gifs" and i was like how do i do thtat.. because i'm making something and i CANNOT for the life of me get the gifs to play at the same time (they do have the same amount of frames)

it's not a ridculous question at all! make sure that you have the frames for the 2 gifs in 2 seperate folders like this:

and then go to layer -> animation -> merge -> then click okay

it should then look like this after you've done that:

when you press save after doing this it should now play at the same time rather than one after the other

just a tip i always make sure to save my psd before i've merged them just in case there's something i dislike about the merged version and want to make adjustments (especially if it comes to like blending and things)

hope that helps ☺️