#Ember Ranting
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How can we define the difference between "privacy" and "secrecy" in a way that children understand?
I saw a post go by yesterday that I don't want to dig up because there was a lot there, and I walked away thinking "That's not quite right, but can I articulate why?"
One of the things it said was to define, for children, that an okay secret is limited in time, and makes people happy. A not-okay secret is forever and makes people unhappy. I get that the idea isn't that this is the real line forever, so much as this is the line children need. Okay... now how do we define "privacy" within that scope? Are we promising children that adults never do anything in privacy that's a secret?? Because that's fucked up.
Also, there was a suggested rule about individual adults never being behind closed doors with a child alone, and I'm like "Have you never heard of single parents? Babysitters?" If you think the line is "approved adults" then you're missing that most abuse does come from adults the other adults thought were approved. Maybe it does take a village, but not every household has a village handy, eh?
I don't know. 90% of what was said in that post about how to help kids be prepared to speak up if they're abused was great - I 1000% agree age-appropriate, technically accurate sex ed should be started early and revisited often. If a kid is old enough to ask, they are old enough to receive an accurate answer in terms they can understand without euphemism and hedging.
But some of it seemed really off, and I'm still wrapping my head around how so...
I know some of it is... I was taught from a fairly young age that some kinds of secrets exist to keep others safe. The example - which made sense in context, I swear - was if a Nazi shows up at the door asking if I know where my Jewish friend is, I can and should absolutely lie about that, to keep their secret and keep my friend safe.
Now, that's... probably kind of an odd way of thinking about things for small children, I'll grant you. My parents were clarifying an otherwise hard stance on lying, specifically, and I appreciate that.
If we're talking about very small children, Nazis are perhaps a bit too complicated a concept to explain, but Stranger Danger isn't especially useful as the line when the call is coming from inside the house, so to speak.
Having a hard line on the idea that kids shouldn't have or expect any kind of privacy because secrets are bad is obviously too simplistic, and the post did acknowledge that by addressing the concept of boundaries for the adults having privacy without the kids in the room, which makes sense as far as it goes but doesn't address the children themselves being allowed privacy.
Children aren't stupid, they're just young. Ethics aren't simple, but we do need to keep things usefully clear. So... what do?
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"make for me a soft universe"
I DID ITTTTT THIS TOOK LIKE 10 HOURS AHHH!!!!
#i am so proud of this#new wallpaper oh yeahh#can i rant about my own art lmao??#guess what the two shooting stars symbolizeee#even the butterfly made it in#idk which manatee is stewie's#sky children of the light#two embers#art#artists on tumblr#sky cotl#digital art#sky cotl art#sky cotl fanart#season of the two embers#the two embers#skyblr#skykid#hopeful steward#sky manatee#stewie#sky#aurora
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On my previous account I said I'd draw Andrew, but before I could post it I got banned
#tc community#tcc art#tcc fandom#tccblr#teeceecee#true cringe community#tcc thoughts#tcc tumblr#tcctwt#tcc fanart#tcc andrew blaze#tcc confessions#tcc brainrot#andrew blaze#randy stair#embers ghost squad#tcc twt#tcc tiktok#weis market#true cringe cord#true cock community#truecrimecommunity#true crume#tcc columbine#tcc shitpost#tcc drawing#tcc edit#columbine tcc#tcc rant
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// spoilers for sky: the two embers chapter 1 and mild spoilers for sky: season of the two embers quest 1
t2e posting again because i have thoughts
(long rant incoming)
i'm very angry at the fact that we spend more time with toymaker in the quest than in the episode despite the fact that the guy is literally supposed to be the protagonist's parent. like wtf. and we get like 0 info about them except for the fact that 1) they're dying of darkness and 2) they make toys. like man that's not characterisation
parental figures typically have an influence on kids. a very strong one at that. so, not only does t2e fail to introduce a substantial character, but they also deprive the dusk ember from some characterisation and motivations of their own. like idk man. that's kinda questionable when you're trying to establish an important character (literally the protagonist)
it also makes me a little worried about ushering stargazer. because the fact that in the trailer, they look 826 times thinner than their game counterpart despite it being highly probable that they are the same person is already shit. imagine if we don't learn anything about them at all at that. like wtf
the same applies to the elders btw. it would suck for such crucial characters to be overlooked. i know i may be being pessimistic, but judging by how the dusk ember was introduced, i'm starting to fear that the only fully-fledged characters with motivations and reasoning and character development and flaws are going to be the two embers themselves. if we're lucky
like i'm sorry but i'm so pissed at the toymaker [and the dusk ember's backstory in general, but i've already yapped more than enough about it] thing you have no idea. i swear i want to like them! i want to care about them! i want to sob because of their death, but i can't, because i don't know them. i don't know a single thing about them
like not to be self-righteous and stuff, but i gave toymaker more relevance in falalaf, and they don't even appear there! they're just mentioned by stewie! once! and here? oh, they did stuff with the dusk ember. the dusk ember hugged them because toymaker was sick. then, the kid woke up alone but still cares about the last toy they've made together. like oh my god i see what they're trying to hint at but those are literal crumbs. show me what they mean for the story! show me what they mean for the dusk ember themself - why do they hug toymaker? how long have they known each other? how much have they been through? has toymaker taught them something? have they helped them? has the dusk ember promised something to them? did the dusk ember try to save them? did they fail despite everything? do they blame themself? do they cling to the toy because it is all they have left of someone who meant so much to them [what did they mean to them?]? does the toy remind them of what they need to do in life?
because now, it looks like they're just doing shit at random (and getting lucky). i'm hoping for a proper motivation later on, but the fact that it's lacking now is already a huge flaw
TLDR: i wish they'd given toymaker more relevance. both because they are not even a character and because it makes the story and its protagonist weak and flat
#so sorry for ranting i'm just. so pissed they squandered this character#i want to hope they'll do a better job with everyone else but i'm starting to fear that we'll know as much about#sky with t2e than we do without. like genuinely it's a real concern of mine#sorry if you're hyped (it's totally valid! i'm happy for you) but i'm scared and disappointed#and i definitely need to make up sth about toymaker to give them at least something. at least a tiny bit of personality#okay that's enough yapping i apologise once again#sky cotl spoilers#sky the two embers#season of the two embers
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i wish some of y'all gambit fans would recognize that him & rogue aren't a couple yet in the show. i also wish y'all would stop projecting an unreal version of him that lives in your head onto his canon character. the amount of people, especially men specifically, I've seen saying he's been cucked, cheated on, or is a groveling simp is surprisingly growing and it's just clear y'all have no idea who he is as a character if that's what y'all think is happening. the amount of people I've seen call rogue derogatory terms and saying so much nasty things about her too is genuinely so disgusting to see. they aren't together yet, they aren't dating, they aren't a couple.
y'all simply don't understand these two characters and choose instead to take what you see at the most minimal face value and run with that. y'all forget how terrified rogue is of killing him with her powers, how terrified she is of her feelings for him, of everything. and on the other hand, y'all forget how gambit is devoted to her, how he understands her limits & what she's dealing with, and most of all, y'all forget he doesn't see himself as redeeming. he doesn't see himself as worthy of being hers, of her being his.
X-Men 97 is literally a continuation of the original cartoon, there's been no big time jump, it's literally the Next Day. for the love of all that's good, try to understand the characters in a more nuanced light and stop being misogynistic & petty over them.
#gambit#rogue#x men 97#x-men#x men#remy lebeau#anna marie lebeau#like y'all are pissing me off with this so bad#its why i refused to interact with fandoms in the first place and its making me want to stop again#sorry for the rant but i genuinely cant stand it anymore and its only gotten worse#ember is typing...
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Yeah I think I’m going to put A Court Of Embers and Sunlight on hold indefinitely. I’ve been stressing too much about the stats and it makes me second guess myself, and when I try to get back into writing it I just get upset, and it’s a constant cycle. I was really proud and happy with this fic but I don’t want to upset myself anymore than I am already so I’m just going to set it aside and work on other stuff and hope my love for this fic comes back. It fucking sucks because I have been working on it for over 3 years, I have over 80k words published and over 80k unpublished, and I feel like I’m abandoning a huge part of me but I just can’t deal with this upset anymore. Thanks to everyone who continued to read and comment on it, I really appreciate you guys you have no idea. If it’s been on your TBR or you gotta catch up please for the love of god do it because I need some fucking motivation but I just wanna express my feelings as of now. I hope I can get back to it
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This may be a very random, out of the blue post to make, but I have seen this happen more than once now and I'm afraid of seeing it happen again.
In the trailers of Sky: The Two Embers, it has been pretty clear, or atleast implied, that Dawn Ember, or Alef/Resh is an adult by the time Dusk Ember, who many believe to be Hopeful Steward, comes into the picture. Hopeful Steward, who is very clearly a child. A young child.
No amount of headcanons can justify the fact that Resh is an adult, and Dusk is a child.
Obviously we can't be sure, but even if Resh is like. A teen, I guess (they look pretty tall and matured in the clips we got), there's still a significant age gap between Resh and Dusk.
Y'know what that also means?
Shipping them, is IN FACT!! NOT. OKAY!!
So if you think that they will have something going on in the show, or that they could have that chemistry, STOP. And think again, because you are wrong, and disgusting.
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sorry if someone has already asked this but is ember related to ash and smolder or are they separate from that family and part of another au?

LOL ITS OK I get how it's easy to get confused. I haven't actually drawn ember w anyone in her family, have I? Oh I don't think I have. Oops.
I haven't drawn her w her siblings because I've been focusing on Smolder and he has resentment towards a literal child 😔 (they have a big age gap)
#smolder harbors so much resentment towards his family which is such a crazy development I made recently#<- BECAUSE HE'S THE HEIR#HES GONNA BE KING. HE'S THE FIRSTBORN#and thats a big stressor and the fact he doesn't let himself have a support system for it makes it worse#my man wants to be independent but doesnt let himself#Smolder rant over. ember is the youngest by a lot lf years (maybe a bit of an oops baby that turned out to be the favorite)#she's a PRODIGY. smart polite and strong#she has the best emotional regulation because silver and blaze had 2 opportunities to learn (smolder and ash)#so ember had it the BEST
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the connection I feel with her is unreal. we share so much in our backgrounds and in our mental. states. and for a while I thought I was fully trans(I still do.) the confusion she went through and through misunderstanding all her life is too much like mine. so when I say "she is me and I am her" it is WAY more than just a joke. I feel like I am the reincarnation of her. I feel like I truly understand her and if you don't truly understand her you will NEVER come close to understanding me. I share her opinion on humanity and life as a whole. but the one downside is that I don't have the reasoning to kill people. I wouldn't, only the truly bad people that deserve it. but I'm still a minor so it won't happen anytime soon.
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Camellia, you're in the team literally because you can pick locks. I know already that you're Chaotic Evil, although it's not that difficult to guess, considering your voice lines.
SHUT YOUR FUCKING MAW.
You're all level seven. Ember can cast Scorching Ray and Snowball. She can break bones. She lifts up everyone's spirits. She's the Ray of Sunshine. She's amazing. UNLIKE YOU.
"She can't even hold a weapon" EXCEPT SHE CAN, YOU GASLIGHTING ABLEIST.
And right after that dialogue, Ember cast Cure Serious Wounds, even though she hasn't learned that yet. Just to spite your fucking ass.
I have to admit, I didn't expect Wendu to defend Ember. But I love it. And she hates Camellia for all the right reasons.
What an event...
#pathfinder#pathfinder wrath of the righteous#wrath of the righteous spoilers#camellia gwerm#wenduag#ember (pathfinder)#dialogue#screenshot#rant
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Did anyone else read the books City of Ember when they were younger? If you didn’t, this post isn’t for you but feel free to read me talking about it.
I read the first book for my 4th grade class reading, and I loved it so much that I skipped ahead of everyone and then I read the other two books. I was so excited to read the last book until I realized that it wasn’t about Lina and Doon, so I never read it. I shipped Lina and Doon so bad it was the first ship I ever loved. Then I watched the movie and it was ass. Like, Percy Jackson movies level ass. In fact, when I watched the Percy Jackson movies years later, they reminded me of the City of Ember movie. Nonetheless, I was still obsessed with the characters. It was the first movie I saw Soairse Ronan in, and that movie is what comes to my mind when I think of her, not Little Women like for many others. I searched up fanart and since there was none I drew my own. My drawings were so bad but it was all I had. So then I wrote fanfictions. I didn’t even know what fanfiction was, but somehow I got the memo and opened up a google doc and got to writing. It sucked so bad, but I hadn’t discovered ao3 yet. Then in 5th grade, I read keeper of the lost cities and wrote a little series of fics where I added Lina and Doon to the books and they did things with the actual characters of kotlc. Then came Wattpad. I searched so hard for any CoE fanfics but I found none. I got a little desperate, wrote a few more fics. Then in sixth grade I read pjo, and I obsessed over it(I still do) for two whole years. Like, I refused to read anything else. I reread it again last summer at my friends request and now I’m obsessed all over again. But when I originally read the pjo books, I learned about ao3. It reminded me that I never found any CoE fics and I tried again. Sure enough, I found like 8 of them. But most of them were disturbing so it wasn’t even worth it. Anyways, now I don’t think about those books much but every once in a while I remember it and get nostalgic about it. I shipped Lina and Doon so hard, it was like my baseline for how much I ship Percabeth now.
#city of ember#elementary books#pjo#percy jackson and the olympians#percabeth#saoirse ronan#jeanne duprau#lina mayfleet#doon harrow#rant#nostalgic books#hoo#heroes of olympus#keeper of the lose cities#kotlc#childhood books
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as a (mostly) able-bodied 18-year-old, here is a short list of the hostile architecture things that piss me off the most, in no particular order.
-narrow pavements. no, really. they're like that to a) make more space for roads and cars, and b) to minimise the space that unhoused people can sleep on. this also means that they're hostile to wheelchairs, people using disability aids like canes/frames/crutches, prams, and now i cant even walk side-by-side with my friends or hold hands with anyone because we have to walk single file so as not to obstruct the whole pavement. like what the fuck
-those seats in bus stations/train stations that tilt downwards so you slowly slide off of them. theyre made that way so that they're harder to sleep on. i have a weak knee and shitty muscles in my back, id rather sit on the fucking floor. i have to shift every five seconds, no-one can sit on my lap, and theres usually barriers inbetween the seats as well so i cant lean on anyone comfortably. i cant imagine how much worse it is for cane/crutch users.
-stairs. just fucking stairs without ramps everywhere, but specifically the ones with pointed cobbles, that tilt downwards, or with the ridges in the middle. and im not talking about the ones that are textured at the top and bottom to help people with sight problems, im talking about the ones with the stupid patterns on every fucking step. do you know how many times the tilted down steps have made me almost break an ankle?? and for what, so no-one fucking sits down or sleeps on them? id rather have to politely ask someone to shift over so i can get past than walk down those steps ever again. AND DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON HOW HARD TO NAVIGATE THEY ARE WHEN YOURE ON CRUTCHES.
-those stupid ass fucking. tiny rails everywhere. in airports, in train stations, in bus stations, YOU KNOW THE FUCKERS IM TALKING ABOUT. the tiny metal rails that are like three inches off the floor and theyre all around the columns and the walls and everything. gods forbid I lean against the wall! gods forbid i wanna sit down!! i once had a bit of a fainting spell in a train station that had these things, leant against the wall to try and steady myself, but it was a bad angle cause i couldnt get the rest of my body up against the wall over the stupid rails, so i fell and nearly brained myself on the wall. theyre stupid and useless and all they do is hurt people! i dont dare to think about how horrific they must be for disabled people, let alone the fact that theyre there to stop unhoused people/loitering. FUCKING LOITERING. OH NO, PEOPLE ARE EXISTING IN PUBLIC, FUCK ME, GUESS WE GOTTA MAKE LIFE HELL FOR EVERY JOE THAT COMES PAST HERE!
okay. got a little angry there. but you get my point. there are more types of hostile architecture that also piss me off (dont get me started on those stupid metal things that stop skateboarders) but these are the big four. feel free to add your own grievances in the replies/reblogs, i need to see other people talking about this because i feel like im going insane sometimes
#ember says shit#hostile architecture#ember rants#rant post#anti-homeless architecture#anti hostile architecture
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Landlords are so fucking evil we all know this
Anyway my fucking landlord is coming over today to gaslight me and my partner about the mold in our apartment and the Ac. Which has been broken for 6 days, yeah 6 days.
Yesterday i got a phone call from her regarding the Ac that was just her saying we’d never made a single maintenance report about it. We have, we literally have and there is 6 on file??? That shes CHOOSING to ignore.
They’re also being super fucking discriminatory and basically saying my condition where i can’t fucking sweat properly enough to cool down isn’t a good enough reason to break the lease regarding their negligence towards the ac. WHEN I LITERALLY GAVE HER A LEGAL DOCUMENT SIGNED BY MY FUCKING DOCTOR.
I HAVE NOT FUCKING SLEPT IN 6 GOD DAMN DAYS. IVE NEVER BEEN THIS TIRED.
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Little Dana writing rant:
I’ve been having a crisis with ACOEAS and it’s not because I don’t know where it’s going because I unfortunately do, I have many later chapters fully planned out for TWO YEARS but I’ve just been feeling disheartened by stuff. I wrote it in my closing notes for the last chapter, but I KNOW I should not expect a lot of people to read this fic because it’s of a rareship, has a lot of OCs, and is just long af, but it’s just disheartening. Idk how to vent about it without feeling annoying or demanding. It’s really frustrating, because I’m not writing this for others, I’m writing it for myself as I have been for ages, but the excitement I have felt while writing as been disappearing little by little and it genuinely makes me upset. So I’m thinking of taking a break with it and just focus on the other WIPs and idk. Not really hope that ACOEAS gets more traction but kind of focus on fixing my expectations.
But I’m said this over and over again: I appreciate everyone who has stuck around so far and who leave me the kindest comments on ACOEAS. You have no idea how much it means to me.
I got two different multi-chapter fics I want to get out soon: one of Tamlin week and the other for Poly week. So I’m just going to take a breather from ACOEAS for idk how long but yeah
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AAAAAAAA!! Ember knight is back! Ember knight is back! It's back and I still doesn't understand a single thing! ヾ(〃^∇^)ノ
Not gonna lie tho, I'm really excited for the new season. There's so much that's happening that i can't wait to see how it's unravel!
Plus plus, it's a timeskip! I really wonder what happened to these kids, especially nagyuun, especially nagyuun. and white crow, crow is really mysterious and pretty, I really hope white crow is in nagyuun team couse it will really be a pity if he wasn't.
Plus the knight too, especially black hen, the comic said something like they catch her or surround her? Which I really hope isn't a bad thing for her, I really hope so.
Btw for extra unnecessary info : my cousin just fell off his roof as I write this. Not rooftop. Not some random roof either. From the roof of his house.
Update for my cousin : he's good now, he already update his story on ig.
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SAMS spoilers
Okay, the fact that New Moon is fucking up so badly that Old Moon actually put in the effort to wake back up, talk to him, and tell him to go back and apologize speaks volumes.
Nobody can tell me that Old Moon was just a hallucination here. Not with the way he was talking to New Moon. A projection, very likely.
Moon needs to wake up and see that what he's doing is wrong. Everyone is against him. Even Old Moon is. If he wants to live up to a legacy, he needs to listen to the person whose legacy he is trying to live up to! Will he? Probably not!
And i can't believe that he wants to spy on them. Like that Stoked Embers one-shot i wrote a while ago with him and Solar discovering Sun and Ember working together. Why did that have to end up becoming canon in a way!? If he conflicts over it and then does it anyways like I had him do, i will be so upset. And this time he doesn't have Solar to talk him out of it.
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