#to be given bad takes

[pessimisticshapewithablog]

Whoops...

I got into heated debate with someone after posting my COTL theories in the official lore COTL discord. Aaaaaaand I think i bungled the introduction. Why am I like this...🙃

It wasn't even that I cared that they disagreed, it was their reasons:

"You didn't consider the ages of the characters, which is never referenced in-game, for this to be plausible, see theories can't be used to explain the things we don't know because they are based on speculation. Now let ME make baseless assumptions divorced from Canon because my speculations are the only ones that matter"

To be specific, they kept saying it was impossible for Aym and Baal to be Narinder's children due to us not knowing the timeline for those things to occur and the ages of the characters. All of which we are never told and is not ever referenced in-game. SO I didn't consider it when making the theory. They kept trying to apply real life, human lifespans to these funny animal characters. I should of dropped it but that was too ridiculous to let go.

"Your theory is incorrect because it didn't answer why this other thing that the theory wasn't made to explain, happened. But also I never disagreed with your theory"

I have no idea what they were trying to get at here. What my theories are about is literally in the title. Also there is/was a backlog of them disagreeing with the theory.

"If the TOWW was lonely, then his followers or the shamura would have sacrificed some folks so he wouldn't be alone. And the timelines and more stuff that is never explained in-game."

What. The. Fuck. Were they on about. How did they think Shamura, who imprisoned TOWW against his will, would care if he wanted company? They wanted him DEAD! They wanted the theories to solves these plot holes, and I'm like, if you want actual lore you're gonna have to ask Massive Monster. I just make theories.

Theories are nice and all but if the rely to much on speculation, ya know, the thing that theories ARE, Then it's just fan lore and headcanons that should NOT be used to try and explain and understand things that are never stated in Canon..

As a person who has been in fandom for years now, I wanted to bite my phone in half. The people who work on the shows and games we love will not and cannot flesh out every part of the fantasy worlds they create for us to consume. BUT they do leave hints and clues for us to follow by sheer coincidences, be it in character designs or dialogue. I kept trying to explain to them that these characters were DESIGNED. Baal and Aym could have been any animal and any color but they were made to resemble TOWW, there is SOME implied connection to him. Explicitly shown in Canon, no less!

Forneus would have to be atleast a thousand years old to have mothered children with TOWW, which totally implausibly for some reason.

Yeah, what's your point? Her age is never revealed to us. AND are you saying this giant cat lady wearing a onesie who lives in the woods and gives gifts has to abide by irl human life expectancies? Are you foreserious. She is wearing a fancy pope hat for god's sake!

I'm at liberty to challenge theories that are too speculative and violate Canon, even though I consistently tried to apply my assumptions based on something NOT in Canon to challenge your theory based on observable Canon.

See, this is why I don't play well with others. If you're going to critique my content atleast do it right. And don't be a hypocritic. I am well aware that my theories...are THEORIES. But I make an effort to reference and be knowledgeable about the content I'm theorizing about. If you aren't as knowledgeable about whatever you want to challenge someone else on be prepared to be metaphorically ripped to shreds. They stopped replying after this.

[junglejim4322]

Something that I have noticed is I know almost nobody my age that goes to a food pantry. I know people who regularly run out of money for food and in general have to eat an unsuitable diet because that’s what they can afford and they still don’t go to a food bank, im not sure if it’s because they’re embarrassed or maybe if you didn’t grow up going you don’t know much about it but if you’re financially struggling I really recommend it. And look into other options for food assistance too like community fridges and gardens and other programs that can assist you, where I live Salvation Army pays for an allotted amount of grocery delivery for low income people every month, in the summer farmers take excess produce to the library to be taken by anyone who needs it, etc. There are a LOT of resources for free food that you can look into especially if you are literally not eating because of your financial situation

[imaginederror]

Sequel to Sunshade

[fellowfights]

Y'all non-disabled folk are pissing me off. Actually mouthwashing fans. Someone does not DESERVE disability and disability isn't "karma" or "justice".

[heymacy]

IAN GALLAGHER + his journey with bipolar disorder

╰┈➤ “At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you’re living with this illness and functioning at all, it’s something to be proud of, not ashamed of." - Carrie Fisher

[koshercosplay]

Neil gaiman is a Zionist :(

this is so funny because if you google "neil gaiman zionist" nearly all of the links are to unsourced tumblr posts or responses to a single tweet from 2015 that just acknowledges Israel's existence

I see gaiman has once again committed the heinous crime of Being Jewish When Israel Is In The News

[obsob]

muse :3

✹prints shop!✹

[catfishofoldin99colours]

something something the main cargo of the tulbar being mouthwash and its main advertising slogan being 'kills 99% of germs without leaving a bad taste'

something something Jimmy desperate to remove the rest of the crew and his mistakes, so far as to try and crash the ship so he doesn't have to face what he did to Anya, killing 99% of germs and bacteria everyone and himself so he won't have to face the bad taste in his mouth consequences of it all

something something eating curly to survive, feeding curly to himself to survive, the fact that human cannabalism infects you in a way you can't heal (prion disease), something something mouthwash will rinse it out, something something have your terrible actions and the consequences they bring without feeling guilty if you just wash it down with delusions mouthwash

something along those lines

[mrmeepsmadmind]

his horns (finials) (idk)(ears)(whatever) shaking... the jumping ??? the struggling 😭 the off center twitching ..he is PISSED. AWF !!!!!!

[gbirrd]

6/9 - Jason Todd tarot card designs for Complete Candor by @vexfulfolly as part of the @batfam-big-bang

Read the fic here!

Other cards:

1-Babs 2-Cass 3-Bruce 4-Tim 5-Damian 6-Jason 7-Duke 8-Steph 9-Dick

Image IDs

Image 1:

A design of "The Devil" tarot card. It has the texture of recycled paper and reads "THE DEVIL". A symbol of a gravestone is visible behind the numeral "XV".

A young Jason Todd in his Robin uniform tugs at a thick chain around his neck that comes down from the top of the frame. Matching shackles are around his wrists and he is buried up to his waist in dirt. His head is tilted up towards the chain. There is blood on his hands, arms, chest, and dripping down the right side of his face as well as from his nose.

Image 2:

A design of "The Devil" tarot card. It has the texture of recycled paper and reads "THE DEVIL" upside-down. A symbol of a flame is visible behind the numeral "XV".

Jason Todd faces forward, filling most of the frame. He is in his Red Hood uniform and has narrowed pupil-less white eyes. He is holding the end of a thick chain in his right fist. Flames fill the background and bathe him in an orange light. The entire card is upside-down.

[blueskittlesart]

*sigh* thoughts on Nintendo's botw/totk timeline shenanigans and tomfoolery?

tbh. my maybe-unpopular opinion is that the timeline is only important when a game's place on the timeline seriously informs the way their narrative progresses. the problem is that before botw we almost NEVER got games where it didn't matter. it matters for skyward sword because it's the beginning, and it matters for tp/ww/alttp (and their respective sequels) because the choices the hero of time makes explicitly inform the narrative of those games in one way or another. it matters which timeline we're in for those games because these cycles we're seeing are close enough to oot's cycle that they're still feeling the effects of his choices. botw, however, takes place at minimum 10 thousand years after oot, so its place on the timeline actually functionally means nothing. botw is completely divorced from the hero of time & his story, so what he does is a nonissue in the context of botw link and zelda's story. thus, which timeline botw happens in is a nonissue. honestly I kind of liked the idea that it happened in all of them. i think there's a cool idea of inevitability that can be played with there. but the point is that the timeline exists to enhance and fill in the lore of games that need it, and botw/totk don't really need it because the devs finally realized they could make a game without the hero of time in it.

[kagooleo]

johto’s champion and chronicler for the deity of the ilex shrine, it’s lyra!🌿

this one took me a while due to trying out different techniques (studying a Lot of art nouveau) and making a couple changes to her outfit (the details help), but I’d like to think she’s learned a lot in her journey and wanted to reflect her experience more in her champion fit

her specialty would be in fairy types and her meganium’s divergent evolution is grass/fairy 🧚🪷

and a bonus w/ the johto gang after the photoshoot!

[mistercrowbar]

happy bornt day!!! 🎁🎉 i am now imagining aldiirn with a little party hat

Imagine no longer!!! Everyone gets CAKE

Thank you everyone for the birthday well wishes! 🥳

[sorrelpaws]

they're investigating scary noises in the dark

[duckiemimi]

i think gege is being overworked because of the high demand towards the series, which was ironically what he wrote about in the first half of jjk. to be frank, it doesn't even seem like he's all that enthusiastic in the story anymore, not even the fights, given the repeat battle between "gojo" and sukuna. they said, "bring gojo back!" and he did, but it doesn't seem like he really wants to. could you blame an author for how big a character's grown in popularity compared to the actual protagonists and the actual story? could you blame the resentment? it fucking sucks to have your creative freedom stripped away from you for the sake of what would sell well, but this is just my speculation.

[mollypaup]

i think a really great aspect of oofuri is how much it gets mihashi's ass for being overly timid and dependent. it would be really easy to write off the way he and abe interact as being abe's fault because he is overbearing, and a lot of people do, but it has some really great moments of going "hey, you cannot hide behind abe or depend on him to make every decision. it's not good for you, or him, or the team."