#why isn't that a popular tag

[yaps-art]

sapphic mermaids because i said so

(aka i tried out my dip pen!! i love it so much)

[utilitycaster]

I really do get that if your favorite character dies it's difficult and sad but I really have to reiterate that in the context of actual play, and especially with the CR cast, who have all pretty openly embraced high stakes and have only ramped them up with C3, Daggerheart, and Candela, you gotta let go after a certain point. You do not ever have to like it, but the idea that a show should be a vehicle for your personal self indulgence is always terrible and I think is at its worst with, unsurprisingly, shipping and character death.

[esmiara]

Hooo look mom! I'm back on the camera! It's been a while since the last time! It sure makes you feel something everytime.

Actually i'm really glad people like this kind of doodle and if it even inspires them. They're far from being masterpieces or complex but that's exactly what it means to scribble for fun, so if it makes you want to do the same and enjoy it as it is with the aesthetic and flaws, that's great. Go on, grab that pencil or pen and have fun! After all we like cute or cool content even when it's not perfect and that's the very proof of it

[trelinha9]

Every time I see a Friede x Amethio post, ten of my neurons die. I know these posts come from new fans who only watched the episodes released on Netflix (which goes up to 13 if I'm not mistaken), and he's only appeared in 6 episodes at this point (which is a crime against my mental health. What the hell is he doing in that time offscream? I WANT ANSWERS!!!) I remember in the first episodes of Horizontes, that Tumblr and AO3 were full of posts and fics about Friede x Amethio, and they disappeared over time as the episodes went on.

It's funny, because nowadays, almost a year after Horizons officially started, fans who watch the subtitled episodes are all worried about the mental health of this teenager and wondering why the heck they are in Exploradores, while the new fans are in the same boat as most of the old ones were and abandoned, shipping the poor guy with Friede.

I personally never shipped them because:

1: Amethio is, canonically, and confirmed by his original voice actor, a teenager (on bulbapedia it said he was between 13 and 19, but now they removed that part and only added the fact that he is a teenager, without mentioning a possible age) I headcanon him as 16, because, for me, it's the age that makes the most sense for his behavior and mannerisms, but that's just me. You can imagine him as 18 or 19 if that makes you feel more comfortable shipping him with Friede, but it doesn't change the fact that he's still a young and emotionally immature person, with no apparent emotional support base other than his Pokémon and his subordinates (Zir and Conia will get there someday, I know they will), while Friede is a fully grown adult, and clearly more mature than Amethio (there's even a line about it in episode 25). Friede had already been a Pokémon teacher for probably a reasonable amount of time when Liko was around 5 to 7 years old (we find out about this in episode 18), and honestly, Amethio doesn't look that much older than Liko. The clear age difference between them makes me uncomfortable. There are a lot of adults in the Horizons cast to be shipped with Friede, leave the traumatized teenager alone.

2: The way Friede, especially in the first arc, keeps teasing Amethio, even though he's clearly irritated and on edge, makes me want to punch him. I love Friede. But the way he interacts with Amethio, one minute he's having a good time taking care of Liko and Roy, and the next he's ready to annoy the shit out of a teenager make me so angry. I love this idea that Friede is a complete social disaster who doesn't really know how to pick up cues (scareing a deaf girl, for example, is definitely something he would do by accident 👀), but there's no way he can't see how negatively his actions and words affect Amethio. Amethio wants to prove himself. He wants to fulfill the mission ordered to him, and this idiot adult, in addition to getting in the way, bothers him every chance he gets (ep 5, ep 22 and ep 25 are the best examples). I'm amazed at how Friede either doesn't really realize the harm his actions cause to Amethio, or he does and simply decides to keep doing it.

This post may make it seem like I don't like Friede, which isn't true. I love Friede. I think he's a very funny character, but he also has a lot of flaws, and bullying a teenager is one of them.

I don't want to start fights about ships, because I'm not in Horizontes for the ships, but for the story and the characters. The only ship I really like is Friede with a certain Explorer who erased a child's memory (because for the love of god, they couldn't have made their battle in the last episode any less gay, could they) I don't want to offend anyone who ships Friede and Amethio, I just wanted to give my opinion on the matter and why I, with my interpretation of the story and characters, hate this ship. (Hate is a strong word, but I feel uncomfortable whenever I see this ship somewhere)

I'm really sorry if I offended anyone at any point in this post, I just don't like seeing a teenager and an adult being shiped.

[melmedardasworld]

Can't stand some of ya'll crosstaggers and take your weird takes seriously...

[dreamerdrop]

Star Trek DS9 remake but as a seinen manga specifically, anime adaptation pending.

[frau-wilhelm-klink]

I mean this in the most affectionate way possible, of course.

But hey, that's okay! Somebody has to keep the people in Geneva busy😂

[eddiemunsonsmum]

Just saw this comment on a story posted a month ago.

*cries in Eddie Munson Solo Series no one wanted to read, interact with or request for*

No shade to the person that commented this on their own fic if you recognize it. It's not their fault. I'm not mad at them. More crying in the tags.

[invinciblerodent]

I'm so tired. "Too much XY character content!" "There's not enough content about this and that!" "This character is so underappreciated, I need more content for XY!"

Well make some bloody content then, Samantha

[gallantblade]

I joked with some friends about a how few pieces of Roxy fanart I found look very transfem, and the more I think about that the more I actually like it as a headcanon. There's not a lot of characters where I think it's actually very believable for them to have transitioned before canon, but I can actually see it for her? It's not like she grew up in an environment with particularly restrictive ideas about gender, and she's at least self-aware enough to generally know what she wants. It's not anything I'm married too but it's fun to turn over in my head.

[thedreadvampy]

every so often I discover new things I'm unhappy with about the Sandman adaptation and each one is pettier than the last

what do you MEAN the word battle is between Dream and Lucifer? no it's NOT. it's between Dream and Choronzon who's acting on Beelzebub's behalf it's about the petty politics of Hell which is in large part what Lucifer finds so tiresome.

also why does Dream have human eyes give that bitch some contacts or Something

[salbertwolf]

Danganronpa 2 spoilers!

This game emotionally wrecked me i love this cast a lot

"We may not know our future, but at least we have today"

I fucking LOVE this survivor gang I love them so much they're great they really said found family at the end huh

[despertara]

Irene bro if you see this I want you to know I've been podcasting (talking loudly and emphatically to myself) abt that Grammy Gun post for Hours. I started ranting in the rb tags and then I got so mad I started a spreadsheet on my phone Yes I have the Excel app. No I did not finish my tags

[arctic-hands]

Why is it so hard to find a viable digital copy or a cheap physical copy of a text that is two thousand years past copyright–and even accounting for its most popular English translation it's still public domain now–without paying at least thirty dollars for it

[otome-dissection]

it's actually fucking crazy because mizuki and ena's dynamic is literally everything i could ever want and have wanted in the majority of my ship dynamics ever and yet somehow it never really stuck to me. rattles the cage bars LET ME INNNNNN LET ME INNNNN IT'S LITERALLY ANYTHING I COULD EVER WANT WHY ISN'T IT CLICKING

[apocketfullofhobbits]

i do not care how good of an artist u are, if u post fanart of a popular character and u tag it with LESS popular character who barely has any content to begin with, u are getting blocked