#what a long way we've come

[scarletlotus182]

Have I mentioned that the reward for clearing this event is a second M4?

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Something Old, Something New.

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[rhinocio]

NOW WITH PODFIC ACCOMPANIMENT!

[neves-trouble]

One thing I love about Veilguard is the fact that many of the trans and nonbinary characters (Taash, Maevaris, Tarquin, Ivenci) are voiced by trans and nonbinary actors

[tomfrogisblue]

ok but hideduo enjoyers

can we appreciate the fucking wild character development of how q!fit used to be unable to even admit he thinks q!pac is attractive, to today's events where he wrote That Sign about "kiss, marry, kill" today?

[lunarharp]

:')

[somegrumpynerd]

I read your post about if nightmare gives up his boys & my heart was aching so badly ;w;

Dadmare want what's best for his boys 😭

He does!! As much as he hates to admit it, they mean the world to him and he wants them all to be happy. Not only because of what they've done for him in helping him not hate the world anymore, but after all they've been through themselves.

Even if it meant he wouldn't see them anymore, he couldn't stand the idea that he was hurting them by keeping them trapped with him y'know? If you love somebody you have to let them go and be free. But also, maybe he could come and visit sometimes if they moved out? Or they could visit him? Please 🥺

Thankfully it doesn't come to that though, they like staying outside the castle sometimes for a little break but none of them plan on leaving, it's what they all consider home <3

Or, as Dust would put it if Nightmare asked, "we haven't paid rent in like 6 years, what kind of idiot would move out??"

[cerubean]

townies pt. #334298

[wanderingcas]

well fellas i watched brokeback mountain for the first time ever

[fictionadventurer]

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[chronurgy]

I don't necessarily think that tumblr is going to go down in the next month or anything, but the layoffs are just more evidence of this site's long slow march to shutdown. I don't think it will be sudden (though the possibility that the site goes offline and the few people left lack the ability to get it back up exists) but I do think it's coming.

Obviously this place sucks, they're keeping me in the basement, etc etc. But also there's no other social media I've really been able to make work for me the way I've made tumblr work. I don't really know where I would go next (though I'd like to go somewhere, I think, since I do genuinely enjoy being weird on the internet with you all). Reddit is falling apart and not really comparable so that's a no, bluesky maybe? Except that's more of a Twitter clone and I've never particularly been interested in that. On the other hand, beggars can't be choosers so maybe I've just gotta suck it up. On a third hand (don't ask where I got it), fandom is very much about network effects so where I go is probably dependent on where everyone else goes and I don't think people know that yet and probably can't know that until the final shoe drops.

Discord clearly isn't a proper replacement, but I can give that out to find out where people are going. I have a dreamwidth with one post lol, that's another place I can be found if you want to find me. I dunno. I guess I need to start looking at other options.

[puppet-limbo]

Hi it's like 11:30pm and I accidentally made myself emotional over the thought of PNF-404 mourning and grieving and missing a time when humans still lived on it, even if not all of those times were amazing. And when Olimar and everyone else starts crashing on it throughout the series (it tries to guide them down but when people resist and fight it then all goes terribly wrong despite it trying to lead them down relatively safely) it's delighted to see people again and while it won't hand them a super easy time, it knows they're capable of overcoming anything and is genuinely proud to see how they've all come along after all this time by the time of Pikmin 4

[panharmonium]

What do you think about this: "Kakashi was never interested in Sasuke as an individual, he only projected himself into him and saw a smaller version of himself on Sasuke, Sasuke was never Sasuke to him, just a little Kakashi". I wanted to know your opinion because I miss your meta posts and I feel like lately people are hating Kakashi for things that aren't real :/, also you are really good at explaining and I feel that both characters need love

Hello! Thanks for the question!

The answer to "what do i think about this" is, honestly, that I don't think about it X) I watched the whole show without engaging with the fandom at all (for fear of spoilers, initially), so I was able to experience it without being exposed to anyone else's thoughts, and now that I'm done I generally still avoid poking around, because devoting mental energy to opinions that I find bizarre/not supported by the text doesn't enhance my fandom experience.

Kakashi and Sasuke's relationship is one of the most compelling things about the series to me. I was very surprised when I finished the show/manga and first exposed myself to the fandom only to find so few people invested in them, but at this point I've (mostly) stopped asking myself "what show was everyone else watching" and just settled into enjoying the show that I watched, because that's more fun for me. I can't convince people not to dislike Kakashi if that's what they want to do. I do find it a little weird, because I don't think that's what the story is asking from us, but as long as people mind their business and aren't bugging me on my own blog, they're free to do what they want.

I know it can be frustrating when there are people hating various characters for "things that aren't real," but the fact that these criticisms aren't "real" is precisely why I generally avoid engaging with them. For Kakashi, specifically, there are certain things people can say that will immediately make me stop taking them seriously - "projecting" is one. "Bootlicking" is another, but again, these terms are so wildly inaccurate that I'm not interested in talking about them. The manga and the show are easily accessible; if people want to rewatch/re-read them, they can.

In general, I just prefer to avoid engaging with most of the fandom negativity I see. I think overall most of the rancor I've stumbled across boils down to people engaging with the story in very ungenerous ways, if that makes sense, and that's not how I prefer to read/watch things. Like - back when I was still in the middle of watching the show, I remember someone sent me a message saying that they loved seeing me talk about the story with earnestness/joy, and it was such a lovely message to receive, but it also made me pause and wonder for a second if this was really an uncommon enough thing to be remarked upon. Wouldn't that be the default? Aren't we all here because we love the story and the characters so much? But the truth is that sometimes it does feel like large chunks of fandom spaces (not just Naruto, I mean; I've certainly experienced this elsewhere) are very focused on being negative about "things that aren't real," as you said. Like - people calling Sakura "abusive" for bopping Naruto on the head when he says something rude, when this is not something the text is even remotely trying to say about her. People writing off Jiraiya's entire storyline because of the non-consensual spying on women - which, yes, of course, is disgusting and wrong. Obviously. I am very aware of that. However, I can simultaneously recognize that the story isn't really interested in that or intending me to read it like that; the voyeurism is written as a joke (yes, I understand how gross that is) and there are a hundred potential personal and/or patriarchal and/or genre-related and/or cultural factors that may have gone into Kishimoto writing this particular fail. If I want to understand and appreciate what the story was ACTUALLY trying to communicate with Jiraiya (that he's an idealist who gave up on the world when everything went wrong, who turned to shallow pleasures of the flesh to distract him from the pain of his disillusionment, and who was finally restored to his former faith after meeting Naruto), then I have to mindfully set the voyeurism aside and go, "This writer wrote a gross thing, and I recognize that, but I'm also not going to fixate on it, because I can simultaneously appreciate/find meaning in what he was really trying to say."

I think some of the Kakashi complaints out there very much fall under this umbrella. If I have to see one more person frothing at the mouth about Kakashi briefly tying Sasuke (a qualified ninja who has already demonstrated his ability to escape rope restraints and whom Kakashi has been individually mentoring, sparring against, and connecting with for a month) to a tree for approximately sixty seconds - honestly. I don't know how to tell people they're missing the point, so I don't bother.

Ultimately, the fact of the matter is that people are entitled to dislike any character that they want, even for contrived reasons. As long as they're doing their own thing in their own space and letting me do my thing in mine, we're good.

[demenior]

“Just find Artagan. That’s how you can be useful.” There’s heat in Jester's voice when she responds, as if she’s offended that he’s asking her to do anything to help him. “I’ve tried! I’ve tried everything!” Fjord grabs his things, and turns to head for the door, “it sure looks like you’re trying.” “Why do I have to fix all of your mistakes?” she shouts after him, “you’re being such a dick!” Fjord rounds on her, “I’m saving us! Why do you keep making things so difficult?” Jester flinches. Fjord wants parting remarks from her. A reason to slam the door on his way out. He doesn’t expect the hitch in her breath. “Why— why do you hate me?” Jester whimpers. And then, to Fjord’s horror, she starts crying.

Read chapter 26 here

[sysig]

I know you, a little to the left (Patreon)

[mogilnys]

i miss u, c’mere!

in my mind palace thinking about the idea that there was at least one photo like this that never surfaced at that 1993 all stars game