#this is off topic but i digress

[amaraudermind]

I just know Duke loves celebrating the Ides of March

[throwawayasoiafaccount]

Why do you think the tides have slightly turned from "Elia deserves better than Rhaegar" to shipping her and Rhaegar together? Like what is the psychology behind these people because I've seen some of them like/reblog anti Rhaegar posts while also shipping Rhaegar x Elia at the same time.

hey anon! my thoughts are a bit messy, but i’ve done my best to explain them coherently :)

so, rhaegar was the best man anyone could have when elia was alive, and most people want the best for their favs. he was considered the most handsome, didn’t have a bad personality, and he was crown prince—meaning elia was almost queen, which is often seen as the greatest role a woman can have. the narrative also treats rhaegar as a beautiful, tragic, haunting figure, and elia actually had this very aesthetically pleasing man all to herself at one point! she was married to him, had children with him, and her life was so close to perfect! but rhaegar just had to go and ruin it. 😠

for many elia stans, if rhaegar hadn’t fallen in love with another woman (they want him to have been a completely different character), then everything would’ve been perfect, and elia would’ve had the best, most desirable life. however, that’s not what happened—elia met a very tragic end, and as a result, these stans feel double the bitterness. because of this bitterness, they blame rhaegar for everything (even though it’s not logical to do so), but he’s just too ‘perfect’ to let go of. so, for years these stans have made rhaegar revolve around elia, filling his tag with posts about her out of bitterness. so, i do believe that this obsession with rhaegar x elia has always been there, but i think it’s become a more favorable stance on the elia stan side of the fandom because of a mix of reasons.

plus, rhaegar is one of the few canon relationships we know elia had, since she’s not much of a character. because of this, and the fact that most people don’t like to stray too far from canon, most elia stans are forced to focus on rhaegar, which has created an echo chamber. basically, if a sentiment about elia and rhaegar’s relationship becomes popular, then the whole elia stan side of the fandom will likely regurgitate the sentiment. (also, this desire to stick close to canon is likely why the elia x arthur ship was so popular. while it’s a total crack ship, it had good aesthetics, and since elia and arthur at least knew each other, it allowed the stans to create their perfect fanfiction whilst sticking it to rhaegar. but remember, elia was actually married to rhaegar and had children with him, so while arthur is cool, rhaegar was always ‘top dog,’ meaning arthur would never be able to match up to rhaegar to most elia stans. also, the arthur x elia crack ship is likely her second most popular ship, which just shows how little elia stans have to work with, so they’re always forced to eventually return back to rhaegar for a lot of things.)

however, even if the elia x rhaegar ship gains more popularity, these stans will never stop hating rhaegar because he wasn’t ‘perfect’—and he wasn’t perfect because he didn’t love elia. plus, rhaegar loving another woman and supposedly kidnapping her is what began the war that led to elia’s tragic death. that’s bitterness times 1000. and while i don’t actually blame rhaegar for the war, i do think that this is how an elia stan sees it. i also don’t view rhaegar’s complex relationship with elia as a bad thing—it’s actually a very realistic take on an arranged marriage between two decent people. but most elia stans will never be able to get over the fact that they almost had everything, which is why many have it out for lyanna, as they consider her a thief who ruined their ‘perfection.’

tbh, that might be why so many elia stans are so obsessed with the idea that rhaegar only got with lyanna because of the prophecy—they don’t want to believe that rhaegar actually loved a different woman and not their perfect self insert elia. that’s a bit mean of me… but i don’t know what else one would call the ‘elia’ elia stans have created.

now that i’ve laid all those thoughts out, i’ll try to explain why the tides seem to be turning… i think it may have something to do with the ‘targaryens are all evil and bad’ sentiment losing popularity. i think this shift has occurred due to a mix of factors, such as years of fandom fights and fandom cycles leading to the targs being more liked now than before. it helps that canon doesn’t actually condemn the targs/favors them quite a bit, and the influx of new targ fans from HOTD has also contributed. this combination of reasons seems to have shifted the way the mainstream fandom discusses all the targaryen characters, including rhaegar. so, with this shift, it’s only natural that some elia stans/elia x rhaegar shippers—who’ve always been there—are using this opportunity to push their agenda. while these stans still hate rhaegar and see him as the bad guy, they just can’t let go of him. and as the mainstream fandom moves away from the anti targaryen sentiment, these smaller corners of the fandom, which tend to be echo chambers, are also affected, which has therefore led to a rise in rhaegar x elia shippers and the ‘shifting tide’ that you’ve also noticed.

[koipalm]

what if even tho sy is just an assistant sometimes disciples ask him questions bc he's weirdly well read for some dude who just spawned in one day and he'll just Answer shit if it's innocent enough. how does x demon fight? where would you find y monster? and his little hyper fixation brain just rears its head. just a weirdly helpful little scrunkly

RIIIIIGHT RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT. to the disciples hes just this guy that their shizun keeps around that knows weird obscure facts. disciples go to him like hes their personal xianxia google. i think it would be REALLLLYY funny if when sy realized his position in the sect hed be like "oh god im failing these kids. they need moral support they need 3 meals a day they need to know what kind of plant they can use to ward off Six Legged Snow Panthers" or smth like that. im not sure hes in a good headspace to really figure out how to take care of kids actually

[edwinisms]

i like to think, as a hc or a theory (because it’s definitely possible), that charles has had a few kisses throughout his high school years, sure, but past that he’s undeniably a virgin– well, kind of undeniably, because I think he’d deny it if found out by trying to use technicalities (“I mean that one time there was friction involved–“), but to any reasonable person, and by occult standards (see: edwin being a virgin sacrifice), he’s a virgin.

and i think this because it seems like him to fib about his level of experience (like he did when agreeing he’d sleep with crystal, matching her level of casualness about it) when in the presence of people who do, actually, have experience, in the hopes he doesn’t come off as lame or childish. given what we know about his “friends” when he was alive, they seem like the type to have teased or bullied boys– especially in their own circle– who haven’t gotten laid, or at the very least would’ve thought less of someone for it. and given what we know about charles, i don’t think he’d be nearly as sleazy and inconsiderate as his group when it comes to landing girls with the primary intention of adding to his body count. and considering he’s only supposed to be 16? and has never mentioned any significant relationships pre-death? it just seems unlikely.

all that to say– I can see him maintaining that facade of experience and confidence literally right up until the moment it matters, and in the heat of the moment getting nervous and embarrassed because “uhhh. so I may have been exaggerating some things.” though he’s not totally clueless either, I think it’d take a bit of a soft heart to heart moment for him to be reassured enough that he won’t fuck up and hurt his partner to go any further.

anyway not sure what the relevance of this is, but it’s something.

[deus-ex-mona]

scrolled a little too far back on mogetwt and found pure gold:

[iztea]

i like it when you say “but i digress”

something about it is just. yes.

haha yeah it's an essential phrase of a yapper's vocabulary

[horsetailcurlers2]

just as they were finally about to revoke my membership card for the Certified Derek Shepherd Haters Club, i started rewatching bits of season one and two with the knowledge of what comes later and i i kind of want to rip out all his fingernails one by one

[datastate]

i keep finding reminders of how i used to act/type a few years ago and i shrivel up. and die.

[lesbiancarat]

First of all, we did it, we manifested a BSS comeback. I am very proud of us 😆

Secondly, I don't remember the context in which Jongin misspelled the name, but it was somewhere backstage where they were supposed to sign some wall or something. And he just very confidently wrote "SperM" and then very hurriedly added a "U"

Thirdly, I saw someone describe Mark as "the most extroverted introvert" and I can't get that out of my head. That just describes it so well. It's the vibe. He is so awkward sometimes in that "trying to deal with social interactions when you have no idea what you're doing" way, but it's also very endearing. Makes me go "you're doing good, sweetie, just continue", you know?

i know you sent this the other day but i was waiting for some kind of official announcement about bss before i answered it (even though it was clear it was actually happening anyway lol) but I'm literally so happy! I've said this before but i was still seungkwan biased when just do it came out which shows it really has been a long time... and so many carats weren't around at all back then so it will be a fun experience for everyone! I'm really curious what kind of song/concept they'll go for

dhfkgj YES the "SperM" is the thing i was thinking about that's literally so funny

lol yes, I'm not an nctzen so i can't say i know any of the NCT members that well but every clip i see of mark I'm just like "what the hell are you doing (affectionate)"

[canis-constellate]

I see other persecutors talk about struggling existing in their systems and how they feel like they can't get help from their fellow headmates and all that, and it makes me very glad that this collective is... fairly understanding and accepting. Maybe it's the ASPD, the collective anger issues and hostility, or maybe it's just that this collective tends to be very connected and attached to each other. But regardless, I'm glad that I'm in a collective where I'm not treated as evil or dangerous or undeserving of kindness, etc etc, because I'm a persecutor.

(- 🔥)

[peapod20001]

Sometimes I think about the girl in like 7th grade who was a furry and drew furries boinking it and apparently SO many people saw it and they were telling me about it and all I could think was how I, probably the only other open furry at school, wasn’t shown these

[taashyvashedan]

I'm going to say this, and with my full chest. I'm also going to be speaking from an American perspective-- as a Black gay woman.

"Recreation" was never intended for anyone not white, not straight, and not a man. This is the root of why we're even having these conversations. This in-fighting.

Whether people wanted to escape into art, music, reading, acting, exercise and sports, drinking, you name it -- it was a fight to be allowed in the same space, let alone participate -- if you were not a straight white man.

I don't have capacity to talk about all the ways in which this has shown itself, and if you're curious reach out to me and I'm happy to lead you in the right direction.

The reason why many of these folks are so viscerally angry about women playing video games. PoC playing video games. Queer people playing video games-- is because now that gatekeept space is being threatened. Everyone can enjoy a thing, when it used to be illegal at one point (Black people legally weren't even allowed to play golf or go fucking swimming. Women weren't allowed to ride bikes or go to a bar.).

This shift to the status quo is why we're in such a social discord now. Why people are so angry about the most mundane thing (a non-white character that's technically a bunch of 1s & 0s). The idea that others also want to relax. Others want rest. Others want peace. That others can find all those things in hobbies and interests (mostly white dudes) thought were only for THEM. This is threatening because they've also convinced themselves ONLY people like them like said thing (because they forced their own space where other people weren't allowed, it's just confirmation bias), and understanding that the people they've been telling themselves act in only a specific way and like specific things is threatened...their world is threatened. And by golly, if they've been wrong about women and Black people this entire time -- what else are they wrong about?

The government cares about you? Sharing your salary is unpolite? The police are there to care about you? That capitalism isn't killing us all? That you'll totally be taken care of when you get sick and it's gonna be easy to get potentially life saving care?

No. No. It's the woke agenda that is wrong.

A lot of negative “critiques” of Veilguard are just bigotry. You’re loudly and happily repeating racism and misogyny and homophobia and acting like it’s good media literacy.

It’s absurd to me so many of my mutuals are getting harassed and bullied off of other sites because actual Nazis have invaded the Dragon Age fandom and so many people can’t see past their vitriol to recognize that.

If you are angry about Veilguard, and I mean angry angry, you need to sincerely sit down and ask yourself why you’re so mad at a video game that made so many marginalized people feel seen. Because I gotta tell you seeing people cry cause Solas didn’t get to do more war crimes as a member of those communities is a red flag. Cheering on a would-be colonizer and claiming revolution? Really?

Get the fuck over it. The writing isn’t bad. The game isn’t bad.

The problem is you.

[amiguruineapig]

Are there any themes (or ways to modify existing themes) that show the results of completed polls on the webpage version of blogs?

On a sideblog I've reblogged some polls where seeing the results is necessary to get the joke/point of the post (like the OG vanilla extract one) but on the ___.tumblr.com version it doesn't show the results even after the poll is completed :/

[euclydya]

4 5 12

What's your species?

... Unsure. I'm less a Being With A Species and more a personified concept of many Things.

I'm a tall, humanoid Thing with a hollowed out flat circle for a head. So. Whatever species that is! [lighthearted]

If money wasn't an issue, where would you want to travel?

I,, Don't know, actually! I don't have any interest in travelling anywhere in This World [nor does anyone else in our system]. If I were forced to choose though, I'd say anywhere with a clear view of the night sky—I'd love to. actually *See*. All the stars out there.

Is it easy or hard for you to communicate with the others in your system?

Quite easy, with Harry's system! The bigger system we're all in though is a tad more difficult and when I [or any of the other Skills] try it often leads to feeling Out Of It A Lot...

Except for Electrochemistry who some-fucking-how got the hang of projecting itself outside of Harry's body and into the main headspace with no goddamn issue and therefore can interact with the rest of the system REAL EASILY, I have *NO IDEA HOW* and lemme tell you the rest of us are fucking JEALOUS, [lighthearted]

-Inland Empire🟣

[deus-ex-mona]

when the slowburn makes the ship extra cute~~~

[superfallingstars]

I mean, I think there is a legitimate argument to Snape’s love for Lily verging on obsession (and I say this as a someone who loves Snape lol)... like yeah, it's actually kind of surprising that he "did everything in her name," he devoted his entire life to honoring her memory, and yet he still couldn't find it within himself to be nice to her son lmao. And JKR's descriptions of Snape, especially as a child in the flashback scenes with Lily, do nothing to dispel any sort of creepy or obsessive interpretation of his relationship to her (and at worst, hint at a sense of entitlement over her):

There was undisguised greed in his thin face as he watched the younger of the two girls swinging higher and higher than her sister. [Btw my illegally downloaded PDF doesn't have page numbers but these are all from Ch. 33 "The Prince's Tale" in DH]

He watched her greedily as he had watched her in the playground.

Snape’s whole face contorted and he spluttered, “Saved? Saved? You think he was playing the hero? He was saving his neck and his friends’ too! You’re not going to — I won’t let you —” “Let me? Let me?” Lily’s bright green eyes were slits. Snape backtracked at once.

So idk, as much as I like Snape, I don't think it's unreasonable to characterize his feelings toward Lily as obsession – there is legitimate textual evidence for that interpretation of his character, and I could see how someone would come to that conclusion. Maybe the real debate should be about whether its possible to determine the line between love and obsession, or whether doing the right thing (saving everyone's lives, basically) for the wrong reason (still obsessed with the girl who rejected you as a teenager) is enough to redeem someone...

Why do you think a large part of the fandom sees Snape’s love for Lily as obsession ?

Cinema therapy said it well, Severus left Lily alone when she asked him not to be friends.

There are a lot of books that I’ve read with male characters having life long crushes on one woman in their lives. Yet Severus Snape’s love for Lily is considered a obsession because he still harbors feelings for her after nearly seventeen years after her death. Because he took a piece from a letter she wrote to Sirius. Because he did everything in her name.

because a large part of the fandom are teenagers.

one of the great privileges of being a teenager is being allowed to be dogmatic about things which are rather less straightforward in reality. i enjoyed that part of my teenage years thoroughly, and i hope these fans have the time of their lives doing the same.