#unprompted rant sorry

[jamisonwritestf2trash]

Totally off topic, but the fact that people still use McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit as an example of a "frivolous lawsuit" instead of a blatant example of corporate greed and negleance boils my blood in ways I can't comprehend.

[hyperrealisticblood]

apparently the way the packaging for the wally and barnaby pins is designed makes the spoons behind the pins look like eyes once the pins are removed. its possible that it was unintentional but! interesting!! very interesting!!!

(credit to r/Purplefox135 on reddit for the image)

[betty-bourgeoisie]

You jest, but Alfred would make a decent candidate for Temperance if reversed (if you even use reversed card meanings; some don’t, I’m usually one of them).

Oh I think he would be great for Temperance reversed.

Actually I think Alfred really does represent a duality that would work well for temperance - The idea of temperance has heavily influenced American culture through various religious groups (Quakers, Shakers, Puritans - I won't list every itty bitty Protestant sect that hates fun, but there are/were a LOT of them in the U.S. The Temperance movement itself had religious roots too). Even the more generic flavors of American protestantism tend to emphasize not being too flashy or tacky.

And then on the other hand you have the conspicuous consumption, bigger is better attitude that is so heavily associated with American capitalism and the American entertainment industry.

These values are supposedly antithetical to each other, but they're both corner stones of the American over culture, and the tension between the two is ever present - in fashion, in foodways, in home decor, in language- the need to show off your wealth while still appearing humble and reserved (ie: godly) is always there.

As a personification of the United States I think Alfred's character could be uniquely positioned to represent both temperance and temperance reversed in a tarot deck for exactly this reason.

[darklight-owl]

I will never forgive Pokemon Sword and Shield for whatever the fuck the fossil pokemon were. Like that's body horror. You can't tell me that isn't body horror. You look at Arctozolt and try to convince me it isn't in pain every day of its miserable life. I'm going to take all galarian scientists and tie them to a chair with their eyes held open like in clockwork orange and force them to watch Jurassic Park over and over again until they learn to not do that.

[nephriteknight]

random pet peeve of mine: if you're going to write text messages in your story, write them like texts, not dialogue! there is a whole other system of expression and convention and potential characterization that people use while texting, and you're probably very familiar with it, and its so interesting! but if you write it like dialogue, with ellipses for hesitation or interrupting yourself mid sentence bc you regretted what you were saying (rather than either taking the time to edit or sending too quickly and regretting it), you're breaking the realism of your writing and sacrificing the unique interesting things that come with texting.

[yandere-daze]

I downloaded the Ensemble Training app. I can't believe that a game with anime boys in it got me to exercise. And boy, it made me realize that my body desperately needs it, because on the first day with the warmup stretches, my entire spine, lower back and hips just popped. Now I'm on my 15th day streak, and my motivation is to get better arm strength (because my upper body is like a wet paper bag in terms of strength) to be able to do a handstand like Midori-kun one day 💪. (Which btw. Why have we never seen him do a handstand, what's up with that?)

-midori enjoyer

Omg the enstars exercise app! I haven't tried it out myself but I've heard that apparently it's actually not that bad? Like the actual exercises themselves are legit? And that's just so fascinating to me.

I'm honestly tempted to try it out myself for shits and giggles but I'm always worried that I won't understand what they're saying because it's in Japanese and that my little phone screen will be too small for me to be able to tell what I'm supposed to do.

My stamina and general fitness level are terrible, I really need to do more (read: any exercise at all) but I'm so lazy and tired and I procrastinate even doing the things I actually like doing. I can never seen to motivate myself long term 😔

[lemongrass13]

me after watching people discredit a show's worth just because it's animated

it just doesn't make sense to me, to discredit a movie or show and consider it suddenly less serious/impactful or worthy of attention because it's animated.

Even if the show is directed towards a younger audience, there have been many animated shows and films in the past which tackle serious topics in ways that are digestible for their audience (ie ATLA). Outside of that, despite the current state of adult animation, there are some really fascinating shows and movies out there that don't get as much attention as they probably deserve on the crux of it being animated.

basically tldr: just because something is animated doesn't make it undeserving of praise or whatever sorry if this made no sense

[beachesgetpeaches]

I was in Ft Worth, and at the end just thought...well can't wait for that to get taken out of context and twisted to make him some sort of phob when he was on fucking point.

uhm first of all whats it like being gods favourite? like getting to hear the speech live must have been so so so amazing.

but also yes, the moment I read it, the moment I watched the videos... I just immediately thought "how will this one be taken out of context to make him the villain?"

(and honestly after such a well written speech it's going to require fucking mental mental gymnastics so kudos to people who actually manage to completely misinterpret and twist his words in bad faith. at least their brains and thoughts are bendy and hypocritical as fuck ✨💖)

But then I realised those people will never ever change their mindset, they will just forget about him when they find another person to make into a villain in order to paint themselves as some virtuous modern-day heroes. And Matty will can never win that game unfortunately bcs those are not reasonable, rational people 🤷🏻‍♀️ What he does have is us, the fandom, the people willing to listen and think and like accept him as the flawed human being he is.

Anyway - uh how was it being at the concert? COWBOY MATTY?? Like you got so many iconic moments, Im jealous bcs 1) I have to wait till March to see them, and 2) again cowboyyyy

[mortimermcmirestinks]

for fuck's sake, can we start being nicer about spiders?

every time I want to talk about cute or cool or badass spiders I get at least one fucking japester who's like "oh I bet it won't be tiresome and irritating if I write trite and unprompted flash fiction about murdering innocent and harmless animals with fire (a particularly torturous form of death) THIS time", and they're wrong every single fucking time.

I would rather have ten people telling me they are horny for spiders every time I mention an arachnid from now until the day I die than have to continue living in a world where one of my favourite animals is most well-known on the internet for being the centre of a quote-unquote "joke" about extreme and pointlessly cruel animal abuse.

jesus christ, guys. spiders are just animals. they're not even, like, pests, or invasive, or anything. the vast overwhelming majority of them can't even hurt humans, and the ones that can don't want to.

like, shit, sorry for the graphic image, but how would you feel if every time you posted a picture of a cute cat you got replies saying "if I saw that in my house I'd put it in a fucking beartrap"? because that's how I'm starting to feel about the "burn the house down when you see a spider" joke.

and before you get on my ass about arachnophobia, I am arachnophobic, being in the immediate IRL presence of spiders gives me an uncontrollable physical fear response, but the existence of arachnophobes does not give you free reign to jack off to the idea of being able to freely torture and murder animals that "give you the ick". you cannot trot out arachnophobia here as an excuse. there are tons of people who are scared of dogs. doesn't mean you gotta be a dick about dogs. same with spiders.

one of the most popular superheroes in the world is spider-themed and you still got fuckers out here thinking they're the funniest man alive for making jokes about killing spiders holy shit

anyway, rant over. picture of a cute spider under the cut ->

just a little guy! hello! if he was a character in a video game he'd have a squeaky little voice and ask you to help him find his buttons!

[fungusgnat444]

König tropes I want to burn with hell fire

sorry for this unprompted rant but some of you guys are starting to ruin my favourite comfort character (CW mentions of noncon/r*pe, mentions of xenophobia, mentions of n*zis, general problematic behaviour, mentions of bad disability/mental health representation)

-1. Casual xenophobia- I’ve lost count of the amount of content that depicts König as a n*zi and I kinda feel like I shouldn’t have to tell you why that’s not ok. These things should not be fetishised and doing this is overall just super ignorant. That’s probably the worst instance of this kind of things but there are a ton of examples. Like a lot of people seem to think that every German speaking country is exactly the same. And to codify him as a German speaker everyone seems to think they can just slap on whatever offensive stereotype they want. As someone who has visited German speaking countries multiple times and knows native German speakers personally, believe it or not not all German men are rude, humourless, cruel, alcoholic perverts who treat women like shit and have a bunch of super fucked up kinks and no understanding of consent. If any of you had ever met someone from this part of the world you’d know that in general they are very polite and friendly people. If you want to use a stereotype there are plenty that aren’t offensive and ignorant that could be fun character quirks (eg. Germans always having to have the windows open, having a sweet tooth, having three different drinks with breakfast (water for hydration, coffee for energy, juice for nutrition. Trust me it’s a whole thing lol), being obsessed with always being on time (also works because he’s in the military) etc.). Like please at least try to be a little respectful. And if you’re going to show him speaking German at least learn the basics. Duolingo is free lol.

2 mental health/disabilities- as someone who actually has autism I think it’s kinda cool that some people have written him as autistic or having adhd etc. but if you’re going to do this can you please just do a little research so you get the symptoms right and not over generalise. Like autistic people can in fact understand humour and sarcasm most of the time we’re not robots. It’s 2024 like can we stop this trope please. A lot of people write him having anxiety or ptsd, which again I think is super cool but it’s often used as an excuse for him being aggressive/violent. Like this isn’t cute, if someone is treating you like this regardless of if they struggle with mental health or not there’s never an excuse for violence.

3 r*pe/non con- this point is kinda about fanfic in general but I see it a lot with könig especially. People need to understand the difference between a cnc kink and just plain assault. Cnc is a consensual agreement with safe words and boundaries and aftercare and mutual enjoyment. What most of these fics say is cnc is literally just him being a sexual predator. For a lot of people this is super triggering and romanticising r*pe is just disgusting.

again sorry for the rant guys but I really just needed to get this off my chest. Like this stuff has gotten in the way of my own writing and is really starting to ruin the appeal of his character. Like I beg of you can someone please write something where he’s just a sweet anxious Austrian guy who’s kind and respectful despite his reputation? Like I really don’t think I’m asking for much.

[lover-of-mine]

I think part of the problem is the actor creating headcanon and if it were just that I would ignore it but no, he already said that we should leave Buddie aside and apparently what he says everyone should follow, he said this after 7x04 and I thought it was very wrong, he's just a guest, he doesn't have to say anything, everyone does that about the headcanons and it's fun, but as soon as someone tries to force that headcanon on you, the fun is lost. We're not making it up, we're not haters, but the show showed that Tommy abandoned Buck, made a joke, manipulated him a little to come out of the closet, it's not an invention, it's canon, it happened, it's more important than an actor's headcanon. I'm honestly muting everything on this subject because it's exhausting, it's horrible to hear that you're homophobic, it's horrible to doubt yourself, I'm a part of the community just because an actor decided to make up a story and say what people should do and create an army of people who bully virtually, No wonder Oliver doesn't participate in anything, it's a lack of respect for the fans who have been here for years and for his co-workers.

Sorry for my little rant but yeah

No, seriously, people are taking what Lou is saying too seriously. And the dude said T is someone for Buck to work out the kinks when it comes to liking men to get ready for Eddie too. Completely unprompted. Like? Of course the guy is gonna go nuts with the way people are reacting to bt, if bt is popular he might get to stay in the role longer, that means exposure, money, and the way he's doing the cameos, the guy is literally getting paid to feed into this madness, he's gonna say anything, but that doesn't mean it's what the show planned for him. The writers could wake up and decide to do anything with any character and to expect me to take what an actor is saying as canon is absolutely insane. T is a plot device. That's a fact. And I gotta be honest, dude is kinda mean to Buck and I don't see the effort people keep saying he's putting? He flew Eddie to Vegas for ringside seats for a sold out fight but he couldn't be bothered to put on a colorful shirt to pretend he was on the 80s theme for Buck. That's an actual thing that happened in canon. Like? Hello? Are we watching the same relationship unfold? Like, seriously, ship what you ship, write what you want, fanfic away, but people seriously need to stop trying to force people to accept this stuff as canon. Because the only thing that actually counts is what's happening on the show. And honestly, I have so many tags filtered but I am still getting the madness, and there's also the shit people send to me directly. It's hard to get away because the fandom went crazy.

[three-bunnies-in-a-trenchcoat]

It's 3 am so I am allowing myself one (1) rant about skyward sword. Sorry.

1) it's literally not lol

The hero mentioned in the legend is just stated, I believe, to be gifted the sailcloth by Hylia. No context as to why or when she did (also considering the thousands of years of Skyloft's (SPECIFICALLY the floating island) history you really cannot rely on THIS of all things for accurate information)

2) why would she Do That

Link doesn't need a backstory! What he actually did was not actually Hylia's plan! He was just supposed to gather the triforce! No fighting Demise! Fighting the Imprisoned was secondary, at most!

3) oh my god. oh my goooooooood.

Sksw's timeline is already unstable and confusing. There is no possible way to explain it that will satisfy everything. But listen. Listen to me. If Link had already fought Demise and killed him, establishing the legend with HIM as the hero that received the sailcloth, there would be no need for Link to fight Demise, thus no need for his existence

It's the grandfather paradox, kinda. Go back in time, kill your grandfather before he has kids. But then you won't exist, so you can't kill him, so he's alive, but no since he's alive he's actually dead-- you get it.

4) who's even telling the legend, man

Skyloft is already in the sky by the time Zelda and Link go to the past. Who would inform them of this guy that killed Demise? Impa??? It has to either a) be made completely up (very likely considering Skyloft's long history) or b) some other guy LONG before Skyloft was raised.

5) Also.

In favor of the "completely made up no basis in fact" angle. It's a sailcloth. Used to slow the descent of one who is skydiving (or just falling I guess) Presumably, the surface dwelling Hylians of the pre-Demise era did not have loftwings, and thus had no need for sailcloths

It's very likely over the thousands of years of Skyloft's history (I am not kidding, this is stated in game, it is at least two thousand years between Zelda getting crystal'd (shortly after Skyloft's raising) and the present time) that someone made up a story about the origins of the sailcloth, and it eventually became a, if not considered true, well known legend

In conclusion: Please I am so so tired. I cannot explain it in depth because as mentioned earlier it is 3 am (now 345) but believe me: even if you stretch the limits of what you can accept as far as you can, with Skyward Sword's already messed up timeline (basically: at the end of the game, the only conclusion that perfectly fits it is that it's two timelines in a trenchcoat), there is no way possible for the hero who received the sailcloth (if he even existed) to be the Link we know and love.

Like seriously it can't even be a story that HYLIA HERSELF made up and spread because there's no reason for her to do that (link never even uses his sailcloth in the battle with Demise why would THAT be the thing she decided was important)

I just noticed something in SS... Zelda gives the Sailcloth to Link, saying that the Goddess gave it an Ancient Hero from the era of Hylia, but says its not the same one.

They go back in time... Link goes back in time to defeat Demise and by the time of the present (the start of SS and the ceremony) the hero who faught Demise and had the Sailcloth has become a legend. ZELDA TOLD LINK OF HIS OWN LEGEND BECAUSE HE TRAVELED THROUGH TIME!! (Link started the tradition of the Sailcloth) My mind has been blown!

I love the Manga idea of First and Hylia, but I just fell more in love with Sky!

Hope you had a great day.

This is what I adore about Skyward Sword, and is also why, while I’m sure that First manga is fun and all, I don’t really utilize it for storytelling or anything. Like, sure, have fun with First and the possibilities that come with him and his story but guys. The story of Skyward Sword is way more interesting and fun when you realize that Hylia herself fought in the war against Demise, she did it to protect her people, she didn’t rely on a hero, didn’t have a lover, she was her own hero until she couldn’t fight any longer. She’s a goddess of time, of course she can manipulate time to create a backstory for her chosen hero who hasn’t even been born yet. Sky simultaneously had a destiny written for him and wrote it himself, and I find that way more interesting than just being another Hero in a line of heroes.

You’re absolutely right, Zelda told Link about his own legend before he’d ever been on it, and isn’t that ironic coming from the lips of Hylia while she is simultaneously completely ignorant of it. Skyward Sword has so many fascinating storytelling angles!

[guckies]

everytime I see q!bbh trying to claim he’s close to Leo all I remember is when foolish told Leo to pretend to know nothing around others, when he told Leo she needs to protect herself since he won’t be able to, when Leo willingly started to hang around roier and cellbit, to when bad kept saying complex english words around Leo and foolish had to tell him to knock it off and he still didn’t, to when bad tried looking for Leo to take care of her but Leo was already with roier, to bad badmouthing and setting up foolish whenever he could, to

Now bad offering Leo’s room to bagi who leo has never met and who foolish does not fully trust which I think started from bad convincing bagi on her first day (I think) that cellbits castle was foolishs unprompted which sewed seeds of wariness from the get go

Kinda sad that Leo speaking spanish rather than english has made others not look at her as an individual but rather an extension of foolish when she started the hat trends, coloured signs and even item display on the backpack

At this point I’m glad Leo and foolish found people who they could rely on because I’m sick of them constantly being mistreated even when their absent, also just Chayanne Dapper Ramon being treated as not Spanish eggs just cause they’re fluent in english-

((Sorry for the rant, ur post just lit a flame Ive had))

I see I’m influencing the masses now but you’ve pretty much covered everything I feel too. Like Leo is the it girl/egg of the qsmp just no one seems to realise it.

With Bad just offering up Leo’s room, despite the memory loss and other stuff, I genuinely do think that Bad sees Leo as an extension of Foolish than rather being just Leo. Which is so irritating because let the eggs be themselves and not just extension of their parent.

This isn’t to say that Bad doesn’t love Leo but I don’t think he has or will have the same connection with her as he does with the rest of the eggs. Then again I don’t think that Leo will ever trust anyone as much as she does Foolish and her immediate Family.

Also yes I wish the eggs would go back to teaching their parents more Spanish!!! Leolingo is literally one of my favourite things ever and it feels like she’s the only one who does speak spanish now when most of them are bilingual!! Side note - Leo and Roier are the best when it comes to speaking spanish because they will force you to understand, like why should they give up speaking their native language for you and i love them for that!

[sugar-omi]

sorry yall, when u followed me u also signed up for a free and unprompted rant abt 1 of the 101 troubles my family n i have.

the smut even its out though. right?..... RIGHT?!??!

[stew-skys-husband]

Omg i NEED to talk about them now:

They're regularly on and off and it's come to a point the gang never knows when they're dating or not. They only find out when Dally's cat calling girls and stuff

Also Dally takes that stuff seriously. He'd never cheat on Sylvia. I can't really defend her, but she only cheats when he's in jail or in juvie

They've had arguments where they forgot why they were mad but kept arguing.

Sylvia's the one to kill the spiders

Dally lets her wear his rings and his jacket whenever she wants

She often goes to see him at the rodeo and takes care of him (she cleans his wounds with straight up vodka. Don't be dumb, you don't get hurt)

They always have their hands on each other: holding hands, touching the back, Dally loves having a hand in her back pocket. When they're on dates, no one comes to third wheel because they know that won't stop them : /

I don’t fucking CARE what you think but DALLAS WINSTON is not an abusive boyfriend.

would he have some manipulative tendencies? YES. BITCH GREW UP IN THE SHITTIEST SITUATION (I got lore) but motherfucker never laid a hand on Sylvia or threw anything at her or did anything to purposefully intimidate her

[silvertiefling]

Jaheira swayed dramatically, throwing a hand against the nearest wall for stability. It took her a moment — too long, really — to recognize Katya, standing there. Her eyes narrowed at the tiefling, though the effect was less intimidating and more like a sleepy owl trying to look menacing. "Oh if it's not Katya, the mouthy oversized housecat?" she snapped, her tone dripping with a drunk, mock indignation. "I have bested dragons, tyrants, and one particularly irritating squirrel in my day, and I’ll not be talked down anymore by someone who sheds on the furniture!" She hiccupped mid-rant, her free hand clutching her stomach as she dissolved into a fit of drunken giggles. "Sheds on the furniture... by Silvanus’ horns, that’s funny… It’s the principle of the thing, you know?” Jaheira says, gesticulating with both hands as if directing an invisible, off-tempo orchestra. “… you do shed.”

UNPROMPTED // @harpershigh

KATYA IDLY WONDERED SOMETIMES if this was karmic retribution for something she had done in her life. The answer was most likely definitely but she would like to think otherwise. A deep seat of denial. Really, she should have been used to drunken banter at this point - she ran a tavern by choice after all. But even after years of it, she still hadn't learned an ounce of patience.

What a pity.

"As if you can talk 'bout shedding, you cougar - " she scoffed, a grin pulling at the corner of her lips.

"Oh, sorry, I meant panther..."