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[eaterofpi]

I was trying to go for a different style with this Pippi, but I don't know if it turned out that well...

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[chaossmith2]

Even if it's not canon in 'Space Case' B.E.N mention that Flint's growing greed for treasure became so bad he ended up pushing everyone on his crew away including his friend/first mate Billy (who I think took the map for good reasons) later on in your series as Flint gets older does he start showing signs of his dark greed? I can imagine Billy getting concerned for his friend as he silently watches Nathaniel continue to fill his loot of a thousand worlds as his mind grows darker and darker for bloody gold.

I touch a bit on this topic in regards to Flint’s characterization in TToNF here

But—! To go a bit deeper, Flint’s greed doesn’t necessarily begin and end with gold, but rather, he can’t be content with himself

I see Flint as a man who is seeking power. He’s felt he’s had no say in what happens around him because of his lack of strength and respect (or even fear) from his peers. But should he finally gain both? He believes he can finally do anything he wants. He wants to always feel like he’s the one in control after feeling robbed of that right since birth— as a result, relinquishing even a shred of that power means relinquishing the control he’s so desperately sought after

I mean even in death he needed a say in what was going to happening lol

Power and the need to control everything around him is what ultimately corrupts him in the end and yes this WILL definitely become a rift in his relationship with Bones, but it doesn’t become a growing conflict until certain “breaking points” develop in vol. 4, because until then Bones is more then ready to make whatever sacrifices necessary to aid Flint. His devotion to Flint blinds him for quite some time.

[kazoo-goddess]

So, I've wanted to make a post like this for some time, but I only just got the motivation because of an ask I got recently. I want to give a piece of advice to everyone, in general, to keep in mind when using any social media platform--advice that I wish someone had given me way back when, that I feel is important to pass on:

Not every post you see is for you. Not every post is about you.

This is not meant to be a negative thing, or a put-down! It is not meant to dismiss anyone. It's really what it says on the tin: When you see a post cross your feed, and you disagree with the post or it upsets you because you disagree with the message it has, try and keep in mind that you may not be the target audience for the post. In particular, take this into account for advice and positivity posts--The OP doesn't have anything against you personally when they share words that are meant to be uplifting that you don't agree with. A post that says "Keep going! You can do it, even if you think you can't!" probably isn't meant to put down people who are in a position where they very literally cannot do it or think their way out of their situations. Like this post, it's more likely that the OP is sharing positivity or advice that they themselves would have liked to hear.

Even this post, the one I'm writing now, might not be for you or about you! If you disagree with my viewpoint, that's okay, and there's nothing wrong with that! But I, personally, am writing this post for people who might need to hear it--people like me, who are easily upset or hurt by things they see or hear in passing, whether on the internet or real life. I'm not writing it because I want to spark an argument, I promise.

Posts aren't always meant to spread outside the OP's original circle of followers and friends. But that's a hazard of posting to public social media websites--a joke originally meant to have an audience of 12 people close to you can suddenly explode, getting thousands and thousands of views and reposts and going completely out of the OP's control overnight! It's no one's fault; it's not done maliciously. Sometimes a post or joke just resonates with others. But maybe it doesn't resonate with you--that really is okay! Just try and remember, if it gets under your skin, that it isn't for you. And if it's not for you, it's okay to just ignore it and move on! It can definitely get annoying when it's something you keep seeing over and over from friends and acquaintances reposting it, and I'd never fault anyone for losing their temper over it--but sometimes, just taking a second to remind yourself that you weren't the audience for something can really help calm you down and help you feel better and move on with your day.

While this goes for advice/positivity posts, it also goes for opinion posts! And in this case, to be completely, perfectly clear: I mean harmless opinions. A ship they like that you don't; a tv show they enjoyed that you didn't; a character they really love that you absolutely cannot stand. The kind of opinion you disagree with so much that makes you feel absolutely steaming mad. (Again: This does NOT extend to these things when they go into a genuinely harmful category. No homophobia, no pedophilia, nothing like that. I am talking about harmless, mundane disagreements.)

Maybe you see a post talking positively about a manga that makes you feel ick. The OP more than likely didn't write that post with the hopes that it would reach you specifically just to make you upset! (And if they did, that's rude, and an entirely different can of worms that this post is not about! >_>;) But the post upsets you anyway, even if it wasn't MEANT to. It's understandable, it happens! But the thing is: You don't need to engage with that post if it makes you feel bad! If you have a post blocker, you can block the post or blacklist the tag; if you don't, you may just have to scroll past. It can be so, so, so tempting to try and get in a biting comment in the replies to snap at the OP and tell them, "No, you're wrong, your opinion makes me mad and I don't want to hear it!" Trust me. I know. I get it, because I've been there! But in the grand scheme of things, it's not worth it or healthy to burn yourself out over it. It wasn't for you, and it wasn't about you! And you're better off doing what you can to take care of yourself, and preserving your health and happiness where you can.

I feel like I'm writing this with sort of childish language, and it might feel like I'm talking down to others. But really, I think I'm just writing it in a way that a younger me would have understood and taken to heart if she'd seen it. I hope that, if you read this, you can see it that way too! There's a part of me that feels scared that this post in itself could explode with notes that will be very upset with me for my thoughts on this, whatever their reasons may be, but I wouldn't be making it if I weren't prepared for that possibility. If the message I intend to get out can reach even one person who it can help, then I think that's worth writing it for. Because, I want to reiterate it one more time, because it can be so easy to forget it and get yourself furious in a self-destructive way, sometimes you have to remember:

Not every post you see is for you! Not every post is about you!

[sanddollarpoems]

But who can afford to be curious these days?

Those lofty ideas are not for the poor

who simply must strive for survival.

The itch of curiosity belongs to the rich

whose parent's pocketbooks

can afford them the halls of higher learning.

It belongs to the ones who have moments to spare,

and the lavish extravagance

of not living in fear of the landlord.

Who can afford curiosity when the cost of living

out paces those who are living,

dragging them into a frantic fight to float?

Curiosity has always been for the privileged,

for those who don't know the bitter taste of desperation.

Curiosity is only for the rich,

and because of this,

we will all remain poor.

[fruitless-vain]

Meds making me nauseous I can understand, side effects, digestion, yada yada

Getting nauseous because The Entire Room Is Spinning even when my eyes are closed on the other hand is a whole separate form of hell and can fuck right off

[secretlykoishi]

Conversely, a character dying can be something a character doesn't deserve, but that can be a good thing! In horror, for example, you see a lot of asshole victims, but I've always found that when No Good Deed Goes Unpunished is in play, the deaths hit that much harder. Likeable people enduring and suffering fates they don't deserve, particularly in horror, makes for a more gripping, compelling, and horrifying story.

Not a popular opinion on tumblr I know but I would argue character death is good for stories, actually, and often a death with long narrative consequences is much better use of a character than having them linger with no more important plot beats to hit.

Character death isn’t writers being mean to viewers or something characters don’t “deserve,” it’s an important part of narrative and plotting to give stories stakes and emotional beats. The work making you have an emotion is in fact the point, not something to avoid.

[gorgynei]

new propaganda campaign just dropped (now an actual print!)

[artistformerlyknownasbutttrumpet]

no i don't want to use your ai assistant. no i don't want your ai search results. no i don't want your ai summary of reviews. no i don't want your ai feature in my social media search bar (???). no i don't want ai to do my work for me in adobe. no i don't want ai to write my paper. no i don't want ai to make my art. no i don't want ai to edit my pictures. no i don't want ai to learn my shopping habits. no i don't want ai to analyze my data. i don't want it i don't want it i don't want it i don't fucking want it i am going to go feral and eat my own teeth stop itttt

[mythalism]

i actually need to know people's thoughts on this because at least in my experience the answer to this has drastically changed since i was on tumblr in the 2010s and its driving me fucking insane

*im talking about fandom takes specifically. not someone being horribly evil about a real-life issue or or blatantly factually incorrect. literally just harmless fandom disagreements or differing interpretations of a text/character/etc.

[mrx-bees-for-eyes]

I've found 2 reason, but I'm also stupid and in my twenties so like, I generalize everything.

A. The person getting offended doesn't want to relate to you, or for you to relate to them. They view themselves superior and tut you because "we aren't the same." If you could see what's going on in their head it is the most insecure shit~

B. Reactive response to past narc abuse. If you haven't attempted to be vulnerable with a narc, then it's kind of hard to imagine people would use their own "victim hood" to further isolate, disregard, and hurt their victims but it's absolutely how it plays out. This is, unfortunately, very common. There may not be a lot of narcs, but they usually have a lot of victims.

[talonboot]

take my mermaid quiz boy

[chaotic-neutral-knitter]

tumblr leftists being surprised to see middle aged white women with signs or hats saying "deny defend depose" really reinforces for me that tumblr leftists don't actually talk to people lmao. like I did a lot of canvassing as a teenager and you know who the best most reliable political organizers are? middle aged women. you know who's bloodthirsty after watching rachel maddow every night and sharing HuffPo articles on facebook? middle aged women. maybe sheryl from iowa who's been voting religiously for democrats for the past thirty years IS more hardcore than you, tumblr user who did a write-in "protest vote." what are you going to do about that.

[sexypeople-contests-2025]

[who-do-i-know-this-man]

Both Selfish; you each lose 2 points

You Selfish, prev Cooperative; You gain 2 points

You Cooperative, prev Selfish; You lose 1 point, prev gains 1 point

Both Cooperative; You Each gain 1 points

(ps make sure to say what you voted)

Making this post long so you have to scroll to see prev's tags.

[yumenikkii]

just another average day in gravity falls