#to justify that bs

[tae-shimura-is-my-wife]

A fan made an ask to Kubo about how I//H got together and the answer...

"They were about to date in the university, but only start dating serious when both were working. Since Bleach isn't a romance manga, this is just a complementary thing"

What the hell is this answer 😭? Still, nothing on Ichigo's feelings for her... this isn't answering anything important, because we still don't know HOW they got together just WHEN,

Bleach isn't a romance manga, but still this is one of the main selling points for this franchise and the narrative is full of romantic coded elements... people just question this stuff because it didn't have a proper build up, other mangaka with exception for naruto kinda didn't have to keep explaining how the prota got with the girl like in Bleach. They need to stop trying to justify I//H because they always fail on it, since it will never have a good explanation to what happened.

[joy-drops]

[amaltheas-garden]

so are condal & co making the unironic claim that Targaryens have the divine right of kings cause Aeg I had an ice zombie nightmare 100 years ago...

god forbid a woman go to war because she wants power i guess

[iztea]

am i hallucinating or did u explain the backstory for dazais long hair (or was that on tiktok)

i mean i did draw this thing for the 'backstory' and i added this tweet as an "explanation" if that's what you mean

yeah i think i posted it on tiktok too iirc

[maerhiya]

in regards to the constant dismissal of his aroace identity, i hate it when alastor 'fans' say and use the excuse: "he's fictional, he won't get offended."

like, you're right, but it can and will offend us.

when you see yourself being represented on screen, of course you'd feel enthusiastic about it — representation allows individuals to see themselves reflected in the media they consume, validating their identities and experiences. but when so many people take that representation and decide to disregard and discard it, it is so fucking frustrating. we finally have another character to be part of the tiny amount of representation we have, but then people don't even care about how much it means to us? like yeah, alastor won't get offended because he's not real, but it frustrates and annoys us. do you realize that it's also technically invalidating the aroace community? that you're invalidating our feelings? imagine feeling like you're finally being seen because your orientation is finally being represented in media, and people just decide to blatantly ignore, discard, and invalidate it.

media has such a powerful influence on real life, representation being a prevalent factor of it. there are numerous posts that dictate how people went to watch a movie/show or read a book just because a character depicts their identity in it — obviously, being represented is an incredibly uplifting and validating experience.

which is why seeing an aroace character in a popular show is so meaningful to us because we live in a world where romance and sex are literally everywhere and prioritized above all else. (and it's pretty obvious that alastor's on the repulsed end of the spectrum, but even if he wasn't, at least make an effort to acknowledge his sexuality instead of continuing to portray him as allo; aroace folks can be in relationships but it's not going to be the same thing with allos' experiences.)

any and every representation matters, but why does that seem to stop at people under the aroace spectrum? like y'all can't even let us appreciate the scraps of representation we have. we barely have any, so are we really that dramatic for being upset at how people easily disregard and dismiss our identities that are being depicted on screen just like that? is it truly wrong of us to want to defend and maintain the little representation we have?

[late-draft]

Now I made the South Water Tribe family tree too! Not much headcanons for this, except that I guess it's implied that Kanna did love Pakku in some form even though she ran away in order to fight for her rights and voice, because she took the betrothal necklace with her and later passed it on. I suppose she would have thrown it away if she hated or didn't care for Pakku. Only 60 years later when he changed and improved as a person did they reunite.

[redysetdare]

One thing I've noticed about the erasure of aspec identities is that it's eerily familiar to the erasure of non-binary identities. Often times Aspec identities are viewed as Blank slates to slap other identities on top of - similar to non-binary identities.

A character uses strictly they/them and people will say "Okay but I'm going to use he/him or she/her because x looks like a boy/girl to me" A character strictly states they are not interested in romance and people will say "okay but I'm going to call them a lesbian/gay/any other sexuality because obviously they must be interested in x even though they said they weren't interested at all."

"I can ignore this characters canonical non-binary identity because people can headcanon whatever they want and I headcanon them as cis instead! no this isn't erasure!!! it's fiction it doesn't hurt anyone! pronouns don't equal gender anyways!!!"

"I can ignore this characters canonical aspec identity because people can ship/headcanon whatever they want and I headcanon this character as allo/not aspec instead! no this isn't erasure!!! it's fiction it doesn't hurt anyone! aspecs can still date and have sex anyways!!!"

idk as someone who is both nonbinary and aroace I'm having a sense of déjà vu.

[moonscape]

apparently the confessions blog is posting dumb takes we have to put it down now

[spywhitney]

How I sleep knowing I'll never trust anyone that hates Sydney but worships Richie:

[thankstothe]

What he does is who he is

[debb987]

Sort of a continuation to this post 😂

Rafa stared at the offered muffin like he was seeing the first ray of sun after years of grey clouds and rain.

"Real food."

"Uh, duh?" Leo snorted, "that's what comes up when you look 'muffin' in the dictionary."

"Shut up smartass, you don't get it, you don't know the things I've seen," Rafa scoffed, snatching the muffin. "A phone, a rock, and I really mean a freaking rock here, that goddamn cockroach!"

"Uh?"

"Raph, hey!" 12!Donnie called as he rushed to his brother's side.

"Why the shell does he keep eating things that are NOT food!?" Rafa groaned to the sky. "He's eating this muffin, he's eating it if it's the last thing he does!"

"Oh, funny you mention that, he just ate a poisonous flower-"

"He WHAT."

"-and we're trying to see if he's gonna get any symptoms or-"

"I'm gonna kill him! Grab this!" Rafa shoved the muffin at Donnie's hands. "BIG GUY! DUDE WHY! No, come back here and face me goddamnit!"

Donnie and Leo watched as Rafa left, in a race only red-wearing turtles seemed to be participating on.

[texas-gothic]

Y'know, Athena might be the godess of wisdom but all I see here is a petty dumb ass bitch.

[starlooove]

The whole made up “tim is seen/treated as an employee by everyone’” thing is funny vs just how much Steph and spoiler as an identity got disrespected by literally everybody. Like not even hated just the casual disrespect for her is soooo

[wildcard-org]

made my smith design too fun to draw and now theyve taken over my brain. helpp

[shardain]

you know what, i'm still mad that everyone forgot about the shitty things bioware did in favor of glazing veilguard.

like man yall were so righteously angry about the senior writers getting fired via a tweet for 5 minutes and forgave them and started excusing the firings the moment info about the game started coming out. 'well, most of the writing was done, so it won't effect the game's quality' was an argument i saw an alarming amount of people use to justify and forgive the layoffs. idk. there's no excuse to me to fire all your senior writers via a twitter post they had to see in their own time, and i can't for the life of me understand how that is the unpopular thought on the situation.

like, what the hell man.

[butch-bakugo]

It still blows my mind that no body wants to own movies or CDs. Like I don't like not owning any movies or shows I like and wanna rewatch. Maybe I sound like a boomer but I'm not planning on paying for Netflix for the rest of my damn life just for this one movie I love that their hosting. Imma go on the internet and get the DVD.

We really shouldn't allow these streaming services to kill DVDs and CDs. We should not let them kill physical media. They want you to not have a physical copy, so that when you stop paying, you don't have access to the product your paying for. Buy more CDs. Buy more DVDs. Buy a damn VCR. I mean shit, a fucking Xbox or playstation can play any DVD, blue ray or not. Your car has a radio for a reason.

Don't let them kill physical media. Because if or when the cards fall, you'll be left with nothing.