#*its a nuanced situation

[therepudiatedimmortals]

Ultimately I think the problem with like. Therapy as a way of airing your troubles is that it kind of foments an environment where you can only share so much with your friends and past a certain point of severity it should be kept under rugs in shame and only shown to a professional who can tolerate that ugliness

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

We're going on an ass kicking adventure.

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[plightofthecentipede]

dead things thee spuffy episode of all time btw. “are we having a conversation?” the balcony at the bronze. the handcuffs. out of this world by bush. buffy thinking she killed a human and actually dreaming about spike coming to her and comforting her. spike trying to stop her from turning herself in to the cops and her beating the shit out of him. “you always hurt the one you love.”

[wildstar25]

MiqoMarch Day 6 - Secret

The jealousy that began to bubble up, though likely pointless to hide from her of all people, Arsay desperately tried to keep a secret from her dear friend Krile.

[kishiar-la-orr]

not incredibly well-thought because i'm just typing down thoughts briefly but

to me, the first timeline is the slightly less fairy tale-like version. the second timeline can be called a fix-it, an everything-goes-right, a best case scenario, which needed a grand plot device in the form of yuder regressing in order to happen at all. there must be tons and tons of different versions of first timeline where some things go right, some things also go wrong, in different ways whether miniscule or catastrophic. its not the worst though. things could go even worse, im sure.

there's a lot of takes surrounding first timeline kishiar with differing points. (also, as you know, im a glazer). and after running through a lot of them, it just makes me think that personally, a novel so nuanced and with a lot of complex interpersonal and intrapersonal happenings like turning needs to be approached with good faith and compassion. in my experience, doing that helps maximize my enjoyment of it.

second timeline kishiar is a 'green flag ML', yes, but he can only run because first timeline kishiar walked. what is turning if not about love and humanity? and the thing about loving while being human is, love doesnt stay pure all the time. sometimes its twisted, sometimes its murky. sometimes even when the love is pure, the communication gets lost in the middle. love happens even when people have a lot of difficult situations in their lives or even when they think they're not in a good place to be loving other people. first timeline yuder was also still green and less mature than second timeline yuder, a lot less equipped in many ways. second timeline yuder himself also needed to mature a lot before he could properly begin a relationship with second timeline kishiar that's grounded in trust and the expression of genuine care.

so many factors are being taken into consideration when writing turning, i think. thats why it becomes such a beautiful piece of work that can touch the hearts of many people, with characters and storylines that resonate with a lot of the fans. i find that it's turning's biggest charm. first timeline kishiar isn't a perfect victim nor a perfect 'toxic ex-boyfriend'. he tried his best and his best still had repercussions that are less than ideal for the people he loved whom he left behind. of course, there's also the fact that the story is mostly written through the main character yuder's perspective. i think i enjoy turning the most when i can see it through this type of lens, trying to keep in mind where the characters are coming from and empathize with them and taking the novel (as all fictions are) as a lesson in humanity.

[valtsv]

i don't personally have any problem with angels being a meme, especially if it gets people interested in the actual theology behind it, but it is a little annoying sometimes when you're trying to discuss it from a more genuine sincere angle and someone is like "oh like biblically accurate angels lol". like ugh now i have to go on a tangent about how the phrase "biblically accurate" is in fact an inaccurate term and that the descriptions of angels often used as "biblical" examples are actually usually taken from jewish theology, and-

[briarpatch-kids]

So i dont mean to make funny of anyone but Musk in this, but baby we KNEW Trump was on the Epstein Logs!! You are not shocking ANYONE with that news.

[dykedvonte]

I keep seeing fanarts of ppl's OC's being on the ship, so do you think that if there was 6st crewmember (specifically, another woman) Anya would've been more safe? Like, someone to actually call Jimmy's begaviour out, someone Anya might wanna trust? Is there a possibility something might have changed (even if a little) or it would not have mattered at all?

-💀

I feel like the game would make it part of the commentary on where she would believe and help Anya but still be sort of dismissive? Like the whole “don’t waste time crying and being scared keep going and move on, don’t let him win”. It’s supposed to be positive and reinforcing but sometimes it does more damage in those times of mourning and grief, it feels patronizing, like you don’t understand what you’re going through but they do. Even if they did call out his behavior it’s still on Curly to act and while another voice would help, it’s still 4 against 2 on guys that don’t get it until they have to vs women who always have to.

I don’t mind mouthwashing OCs but I do get a bit bored as they tend to be borderline saviors or like Jimmy aligned. They are either more complicit than Curly or just Jimmy haters for no reason, outside of what the creators know about what he did to Anya. I am never irked by OCs but in a story like mouthwashing you really need to think about what your character adds to the commentary, especially if they are there during the crash. It’s nice to have like characters on Anya’s side more whole heartedly and interesting to see characters who placate Jimmy but sometimes it’s one note.

I can’t and don’t want to police peoples OCs it’s never my intention when I comment on trends I notice, but I do feel like the way people make their OCs interact with these two characters and especially Curly, really show a grave misunderstanding of the narrative and these characters as people vs roles in the story. Still, I know people just make up characters for fun and that’s fine. Great even, but I guys I’m focusing more on OCs that are supposed to have those serious dynamics. My favs tend to be pretty-Tulpar or post-Tulpar au OCs.

The inevitably of the crash is on Jimmy. He did that not because he wasn’t stopped but because all his means to kill Anya were taken. The gun, the axe. Even if Curly did strip him of his co-pilot privileges and try to keep him contained there’s only so many people. An extra body helps but they have jobs they have to do, he’s the only one steering the whole ship and Jimmy would likely have an out: food, bathroom, etc. He’s not new and if he couldn’t crash the ship directly, who’s to say he wouldn’t sabotage something else? A clunker like the Tulpar wouldn’t take much. An extra person helps but it’s just another thing that prolongs what a person like Jimmy is willing to do to shirk responsibility.

It’s more than just needing someone to stand up to him and think that’s what is missing when it comes to inserting a character into the mouthwashing setting.

[bardan-jusik]

cannot get over lately the realization that while repcomm is widely criticized for being 'anti-jedi', it's WAY kinder and more understanding to all of its force-using characters and the jedi order as an organization than actual anti-jedi fans are

[canondestiel]

some people need to realize that just because 2 characters are at odds or disagreeing that it doesnt mean either of them are wrong/bad

[alphaketoglutaricacid]

when toshiro got on laios ass for being inconsiderate and never thinking about how his actions affect others like he was mean abt it but hes not wrong. Thats a pretty major character flaw and a pattern of behavior for laios — w not choosing jobs that made money for namari who is in a pretty dire financial situation where she cant even get off the island and has to go adventuring in the dungeon to get out of debt, who even explicitly brought this up, eating marcilles familiar immediately even tho she was attached to it, kidnapping shuro into his party and putting him in life threatening situations without like really checking he wanted to be there…?, wanting to see if izutsumi has more than one set of nipples when dehumanization is a HUGE huge issue for her the list goes on and on and on. Like when a friend does this to you its just kinda annoying but when ur the leader u really should be checking if everyones needs r met without them telling u. Like the autism plays a factor for sure, his cultural upbringing plays a factor for sure, but as ppl regardless I think u gotta step up to meet the needs of ppl in the moment or realize u shouldnt be calling the shots. just bc its influenced by factors out of ur control does not make it not a serious character flaw. And its written as such in the story.

[erial-c]

caller/john is my favorite character but not in a "i love yanderes i love when characters are obsessed with me" way , but in a "this character is horrible and irredeemable and he's painted that way by the story so it doesn't feel like the yandere concept is being romanticized so it feels like im watching a horror movie"

[remuspenus]

man I know I'm a remus kinnie but Patton has some shit going on too. imagine no matter how hard u try to be a good person and live up to the expectations society and the people around you have for you, you can't do it. you keep making mistakes. you keep fucking it up. You're trying to be good, to make everyone happy. everyone expect you to be the good one, the upbeat one, so you push down your emotions because you think that's what's needed. You try to connect with the loner of the group but find that he's uncomfortable with the soft epithets you give him, so you try to fix that and be better. And you do become friends! and the rest of your friends accept him.

And then you fuck up making an important decision, because the rest of the group looks to you as their guiding force. And you make the wrong choice. And now your falling apart, trying desperately to convince yourself that you're still good at your job, that you can still do good things. but the pressure keeps mounting. and people keep asking questions you don't know the answer to.

And then you snap and unleash those emotions that have built up and pressurized inside you. And the people you love get hurt. And it's all your fault. And the guy you've been fighting with, who was probably the hardest on some of your decisions tells you your not the bad guy, that you need to ease off the brakes, and he'll handle things for a short while.

And you think maybe you want to be friends with this outcast as well.

and now half your group hates you again

[macbethz]

Well if my dad were a bad person I would have no love or complex feelings towards him at all and would simply assassinate him with no remorse as is my duty to society. Anyway back to posting about how Rebecca sugar is an irredeemable monster because she made a show for babies

[sabriels]

sam and dean's disillusionment with mary throughout s12 and how for dean it happens almost instantly when he feels rejected the first time she leaves and how sam maintains a hope that she just needs time but she'll eventually come back just like he did but then she reveals that shes working with the british and sam cant even bring himself to say the words torture and he stumbles over his sentence and just alludes to their "history" with them because how do you bring yourself to even accuse your own mother with allying with the people who tortured and mindraped you and you see in dean's eyes (mary's "dont give me the face") that she isnt there to protect them either and its still just him and sam and it always will be

[glitchfang]

“every character deserves redemption” truthers when the character does not want redemption and shows no remorse