#try and keep optimistic

[sandymybeloved]

absolutely dreading the finale at this point, like I don't want to assume it'll be bad but rtd finales are not it. oh no, just realised we're going to have to deal with them until the next showrunner arrrrgggghhhhh

guess i'll just try to be happy for everyone who enjoys these spectacles where rtd writes himself into a corner and has to deus ex machina his way out then takes far too long to wrap the episode up

[calimera62]

"RIP to KaiShin shippers" this

"My sincerest condolences to the KaiShin nation" that

FOOLS! You think it will stop us or prevent us from shipping KaiShin?

I won't lie, the revelation hit us badly but we will rise like the phoenix, stronger than ever, and keep shipping them and making and enjoying content about them, no matter what movie 27 revealed.

The KaiShin nation will go on!

[bixels]

What did/do you like about Pharah?

Uh, gameplay-wise, I really love characters in shooters who rely on three-dimensional movement techs. Chaining together hover and jump to stay in the air for as long as possible and keep momentum is so satisfying, and picking enemies off from the sky made me feel like a bird of prey. I was a good Pharah main.

Story-wise, there unfortunately isn't much to canonically go off because Pharah is so underutilized and neglected. Her personality's pretty boilerplate "heroic hero" (she's literally inspired by Captain America).

But it's the crumbs/bits and pieces that I really latched onto. Pharah's a confirmed lesbian; her short story with Baptiste implies she harbors a crush on Mercy (fucking thank you.). She's biracial Egyptian/First Nations. She has major mommy issues, having grown up both admiring and resenting Ana. She's the bridge between Old Overwatch, inspired by the idealized heroes who surrounded her childhood, and New Overwatch. She's one of the only inter-generational characters in the cast; someone whose experiences span the gap, which is why I seriously believe Pharah would make a great main character.

There isn't much to go off of, though; she's a very uncomplicated character (she's a soldier for a private military corporation, lol.). But that just means she's a blank slate character, so I've seen fanfic writers run wild and create some really interesting takes on her. My favorite interpretation of her's a dense, herbo gym-bro type (a lot of her liens are about work outs, exercising, and playing sports) who's easily excitable under her seemingly self-serious, armored visage. We see how she tends to gloat and hype herself up when she's on a streak too, so Pharah definitely has a competitive and boastful side under her more professional and militant performance.

Now Mercy? Mercy is a real complex character.

[optimisticlucio]

So, about 5 days back YouGov released poll results for a very comprehensive public opinion poll they did for the US, which you can see here: https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econTabReport_tT4jyzG.pdf The poll itself asks about a lot of different topics, but the section I wanna focus on here is the section between pages 96 to 112, which focuses on Antisemitism and Israel. Most polls with questions like these tended to only survey around 100~200 people, and had really depressing results, so I was really hoping going into this study that we'd see some more cheerful statistics. Maybe those small sample sizes caused some bias, I dunno. Maybe the numbers were off.

I kept being disappointed by how many people denied the holocaust in those studies. I didn't want to believe those numbers were real, quite frankly.

Well.

Of a poll of 1500 people, give or take, 7% say the holocaust is a myth, with another 16% saying they "don't know" whether it is or isn't, with people in the 18-29 age group having even more alarming numbers than that: 20% think the holocaust is a myth, and 30% that they don't know. Conversely, in the 65+ age group, not a single responder denies the holocaust.

If you take this poll as being representative, then out of 331.9 million people living in the US, that gives us about 23.2 million people (rounded down) in the US alone who think the holocaust did not happen.

For reference, there are only 16.2 million jews in the entire world, with 7.1~ million of them in Israel.

Turns out the numbers I saw previously were representative.

Fuck, dude.

[catgirlcalling]

Even if this is it for Tevan/BuckTommy, I want to remind y’all of the positives-

Look at the amount of absolutely amazing fics that were written in such a short period of time, the way everyone jumped in wholeheartedly and created because of it.

Look at the positivity and kindness that we’ve all created in our BuckTommy end of the tumblr world. Every single one of you that I’ve interacted with is kind, caring and so talented and willing to share that talent.

Look at what this has done for Lou- huge spike in fans (myself included), given him a chance to really show off how good of an actor he is, and gotten him the attention he deserves. None of that gets taken from him because of this.

Not to sound preachy, but focusing on negatives will only bring us all down and make us all feel worse. So fuck yeah for us, for Lou, and for all we’ve done so far. I’d love to hear any other positive stuff that’s come from this if anyone would like to share as well. No matter what happens there are good things to find, and if I have to be the one who makes a fool of themselves pointing them out so you guys feel better, well pass me the jester hat 😂

[moon8th]

Pluto entering Aquarius

imagine me screaming this whole post mama

I may be a bit excited about Pluto entering Aquarius happening on March 23rd.. however..

GOODBYE fake it til you make it energy 👋🏽 🖕🏽✌🏽

HELLO the birthing of more actual people living in their truth ☺️🥰🫶🏽💋🗣️

GOODBYE people just copying each other / influencer-culture ✌🏽👎🏽👎🏽

GOODFUCKINGBYE hustle culture 😭🖕🏽

MORE PRESENCE MORE LIFE MORE LOVE MORE CONNECTION

GO OUTSIDE 🧚🏽🧖🏽‍♀️🦋🦚🌱🪸🌍🫧✨🥥🤍♻️

THE STRUCTURES ARE SHATTERING 🗣️🔊🔊

LET THE REAL MASTERS OF THEIR CRAFT RIISSSSEEE

LET THE PEOPLE WITH REAL PRINCIPLES RIIISSEEAAAHHHHHHH

[lifemod17]

I was watching the fall for me music video again (yes, on purpose. Yes, i cried. Why do i keep doing this to myself 😅 )

Extremely heart wrenching, soul crushing, gut punch of a song + mv combination aside- the part where he goes "oh god I wish you were here" is actually so cinematic and well edited?? The back and forth between the text and the close up of him yelling into the camera??? makes me wonder if Vessel had any help with the editing of the music video. I like to think that he did.

[acheemient]

Thinking of making a list of fics that can be stand ins for season/series 3 if it comes down to it 🤔

[lollytea]

I really love hope is a thing with feathers and I also really LOVE the hope as a sewer rat poem too but I wish it was not explicity written as "well actually" against Dickinson asgvsjnk. The imagery is SO GOOD but this whole vibe of "my metaphor is better than your metaphor" kinda sours it for me

[yours-etc]

after moving back into my parents house to save money post grad, i noticed myself going back into bad habits and routines from high school i worked hard to break in college… anyway blah blah blah now i’m forcing myself into new routines to make sure i take care of myself and keep myself healthy and make plans with friends to move out and setting goals blah blah blah something something maturity and growth 🙂‍↕️

[gurenmonster]

I know most of us ain't too happy about the decisions on SwordAF but seeing the new artworks has me very excited 😭

[jemmo]

seeing these two pieces of news back to back has made me truly face up to just how fucked up entertainment companies are in korea, and how terrifying it is that they give in to the minority of harmful voices. we cant keep catering to these people, but companies will continue to for the sake of profit and good-standing, and it feels impossible for anything to change while that remains the priority.

[bruhstation]

the journey of gordon juniperus gresley (and still ongoing)

[dracaeons]

and if i say that merrill and fenris — not in their dynamic god forbid but in the way they approach their past and their people's past — are like solas and felassan foils To Me. then what.

[sollucets]

hi everyone :’) i havent been on tumblr much lately because i am 1) not watching anything and 2) still dealing with the effects of a bunch of fun medical stuff! i am doing ok but my body hates me so so so much lately. i have the energy and ability(?) to do only a few very specific things right now (play elden ring, let youtube forcefeed me kpop videos, languish) and that does not include watch show or make gif or even write no matter how much i might want to. so. this is how it is haha. miss u guys

[silvermoon424]

I love horror/thriller/survival manga, but reading them can be so frustrating because there's always that one fuck who acts as a comically evil antagonist who makes things harder for everyone else. This is especially the case in death game/survival manga, which are like contractually obligated to have someone who is unrepentantly evil and fucks over everyone else.

But the protagonists are always like "Noooo, we need to work together with them! If we kill them we'll be just as bad as them!!!" No bitch, gang up on them and fucking murder them lmao. Stop pissing me off.