#any other answer is just wrong

[supergaybuddie]

oh and also i don’t really care what eddie’s sexuality is. all i know at the end of the day is that buck and eddie are soulmates and it would be a travesty if this slow burn did not not end with them finding happiness with each other and their son. i’m not a buddie fan for the queerness of it (its great tho don’t get me wrong), but because they’re buckandeddie. they make so much sense that the only reasonable answer is that they’re soulmates.

[sturionic]

HALT! Americans seeking to confidently and wrongly explain other countries' politics, and Canadians who failed 6th grade social studies:

Since I've just seen this for like the 20th time today, let's go over real quick some hot topics about the Canadian political system.

Did Prime Minister Trudeau "use the tariffs" as a power-grab to hold onto his seat? No, he did not. PM Trudeau resigned his seat and then agreed to stay on until the Liberal Party of Canada chose a new leader. He abided by the timeline he set, and did not stay a second longer than would have been expected of him under due Canadian process. He is now fini.

Did the New Democratic Party and the Conservative Party initiate a government shutdown? No. The Governor General initiated Parliament being prorogued (which they usually do under the advice of the sitting PM) - which is not remotely the same thing as a USA government shutdown. "Proroguing" parliament is basically hitting a big ol' pause/reset button on any legislative and funding decisions in progress. Everything else in the government continues on as normal. Whether a given Canadian agrees with the current rationale or not, the fact is that Canadian governments do this all the time. The NDP and Conservatives pledged to a future no-confidence vote, which does unseat the current PM - but this is still not the same thing as a government shutdown, and now the situation may change as the PM went ahead and beat them to it by resigning on his own.

Mark Carney is, as of Sunday, Canada's new PM-Designate. Was he (GASP) unelected?! Is this undemocratic?! This one's for the gajillion Americans I've seen spouting this garbage all over social media. Jesus christ no this is not how Canadian democracy works. If you see other Americans saying this, smack them upside the head for me, please and thank-you. Canadians do not elect the individual Prime Minister. In a federal election, you rock up to the booth and are given a ballot listing the MPs (Members of Parliament) for your riding (electoral district) - the idea being that you're voting for a local person who will then go forth and represent your riding's interests in Parliament. Your vote for an MP is also a vote for the political party they are attached to, unless they are an independent. The Prime Minister is elected by the party. Justin Trudeau stepped down as PM, so it is the responsibility of the LPC to elect his successor, and they chose Mark Carney, who won against several other LPC candidates running. No doubt Carney will trigger a general election soon, and the Canadian populace will have the chance to decide whether they like the LPC with Carney at the head any better than they liked the LPC with Trudeau at the head. 4. Are you saying all of this because you're a Liberal Party apologist/Trudeau defender/Carney fan?! No. The Liberal Party of Canada are a bunch of fucking ghouls and it shrivels my very soul that the federal NDP have fucked up every hand they've been dealt since 2015; so our viable choices are "party of fucking ghouls who have been sitting around in a dark room jerking each other's withered tallywhackers for the past century" or "Party who are very open about the fact that they are going to turn around, drop their pants, and sell the whole country to the USA for 50¢ the literal second they're elected." You can hate Canadian politicians or Canada as a country all you like. That said, holy shit, can we not confidently mislabel other countries' politics as 'undemocratic.' It is really, really, CRUCIALLY, FUCKING VITALLY important right now not to accidentally fall ass-first into the American government's strategy of "trying to make Canada look like an undemocratic backwater in need of 'saving'" because that is how the American government sets the stage for invasions of other countries. Please. Do better.

[bennetsbonnet]

In that post about Joe Wright avoiding bonnets in p&p 2005 for being “too clichéd” (wtf), you said “and the disdain he clearly has for said author which manifests in various ways”. Could you elaborate on that? (asking only out of interest, not disagreement)

Absolutely (the post anon refers to) it's always a pleasure! Though I will say before starting, I'm not bashing 2005 for the sake of it and no one is "wrong" for enjoying it. For me, it's not about fan wars/arguing about which adaptation is best... I just really care about Pride and Prejudice as a novel and I get frustrated when the beautiful, timeless story is distorted!

My main problem with the 2005 adaptation is how much it misrepresents the characters and changes the speech from the snappy, witty dialogue that Jane Austen wrote into something entirely different. Not only do I believe that it does not need updating for C21st audiences (though it might sound a little strange to the modern ear at first,you quickly get used to it) but that dialogue is what really stood out to me and charmed me when I first read it and I don't care for it being rewritten into either something that is either worse than what is found in the novel, or entirely changes the characterisation.

The one that particularly irks me is Darcy's 'bewitched me body and soul' dialogue as, to me, book!Darcy's confession to Elizabeth of when he fell in love with her:

'I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.'

is so beautiful and romantic. Why change that? Additionally, this man is not awkward, he can make romantic speeches, he doesn't need to trip over telling her he loves her. And I've previously discussed here why I think Darcy saying he is bewitched by Elizabeth is out of character.

There are many such cases in the film, but that is amongst the worst to me, perhaps only alongside Darcy's first proposal and how much Lady Catherine's visit and confrontation was watered down (and why did it take place in the middle of the night???).

I suppose he didn't write the script so perhaps I cannot blame him entirely for that... but it goes beyond dialogue, to how the actors were directed and the contempt shown for the period it was set in, which is bizarre when making a period drama.

I think it's quite apparent that JW desperately wanted to make Pride and Prejudice into a Brontësque romance with sweeping landscapes and dramatic weather. I suppose you can argue he did that successfully, but it came entirely at the expense of it being the story that Jane Austen wrote. There are lighthearted, humorous moments too but very few of them feature dialogue actually written by Austen ('what excellent boiled potatoes' springs to mind).

He misunderstood and consequently misrepresented Elizabeth and Darcy's dynamic to the point that they are hardly recognisable to the characters Jane Austen created. 2005!Darcy is so painfully shy and pathetic, that when contrasted with such an impertinent and sarcastic Elizabeth, it just seems like she's bullying a smol bean who struggles in social situations. You cannot emphasise Elizabeth's sassiness while making Darcy such a pathetic specimen, it just doesn't work. She isn't the witty, charming character from the novel anymore.

The period inaccuracy is absolutely baffling in ways beyond costumes, beyond the lack of bonnets and that one scene where one of the sisters is having her corset tied so tightly. For me, the worst offences are:

The bleachers at the Meryton assembly. Not only wildly historically inaccurate but makes Elizabeth look like a gossip and an eavesdropper, rather than an innocent party insulted by a rich snob.

The pig running through Longbourn and generally everything about Longbourn itself. The Bennets are not on the same level of wealth as Darcy and Bingley but they are not some poor farmers, with a scruffy house. Elizabeth is very much of the same class as Darcy.

Chatsworth is absolutely, definitively NOT Pemberley. It is explicitly mentioned in the text as featuring in their tour of the Peaks so consequently it CANNOT be Pemberley. It's far too grand an estate for an untitled gentleman. Darcy is rich but Chatsworth is another level.

I care about this because the landscaping is not at all correct as it's very artificial, whereas Pemberley is renowned for its natural beauty. It might not seem like much but it really is a huge part of why Elizabeth fell for him!

Another reason Chatsworth shouldn't have been used is because Elizabeth seeing a portrait of Darcy and looking into his eyes rather than a bust with holes is crucial, as I explained here.

This is all disappointing but I do feel like I could get over it if the characterisation was adequate. Unfortunately, I barely recognise any of them.

Mr Bennet is not a cute fatherly figure. Him not accompanying them to the Meryton assembly is a plot point to underscore his bone idleness. Yes, his relationship with Elizabeth is very sweet and he loves her a lot... but that does not a good father make!

The total character assassination of Mr Bingley... who is not a clueless himbo. As if Jane Bennet would ever fall for a man like that, or Jane Austen would ever write a character like that (except to be the object of ridiculue).

I do not know in what universe Charlotte Lucas, the pragmatic voice of reason would say 'we are all fools in love.' And the 'I'm 27 years old' monologue is just not something I can ever picture her saying... she wasn't a frightened, timid little creature whatsoever.

Wickham isn't bad enough. What he did to Georgiana is blink and you'll miss it, and when he returns with Lydia, Elizabeth glares at him a bit and that's it? The elopement is also resolved very quickly, there is no real tension with it.

The key story beats are butchered too. Especially the letter, not just in how short it is but in the way Darcy hands it to Elizabeth. I think I remember reading something about how JW couldn't imagine how Darcy would be in the room with her, so he just made it like a dream sequence... aka he put his own creative desires over what's in the novel, when Darcy seeking Elizabeth out to hand it to her is very important. Not least, because it shows the length he's prepared to go to in order to set the record straight as it was breaking social convention for a man to write a letter like that to a woman he wasn't related to or engaged to.

That quote, among others, just shows he had a desire to do things differently and it seems to be because he thinks he can do it 'better.' It's bizarre because why bother adapting a classic which is anchored to its time when you blatantly have disdain for it? It's like doing a war film without army uniforms and guns.

Everything I've read from him, he just seems like a smug film bro that believes that he got it 'right' and people had been Missing The Point the entire until he came along. No, you weren't onto anything new. There are certain things, like bonnets, that tend to be in period dramas. And Jane Austen is very literal with her meanings, for the most part. There isn't a new way to interpret her works.

For a film entitled Pride and Prejudice there isn't a great deal of pride or prejudice... it's really just a poor shy boi, who stands there and fidgets with his gloves while not saying anything, and his girlboss, who uses towels that have been getting wet on the line outside to dry herself after coming in from a rainstorm.

[just-null]

there wasn't a slice of life moment with these idiots so i took matters into my own hands... this is my modern au (kimetsu gakuen adjacent?) hence their designs.

[captions i was too lazy to add under the cut]

[sadclowncentral]

hi would you say the barrier of entry for sailing is very high?

my family had a house near the beach so i spent every summer in the sea so i absolutely ADORE IT and wanted to learn how to sail recreationally but it's always seemed so expensive + hard to get into

advice or opinions are greatly appreciated if you have any to offer<3

btw i love ur blog ty :)

i would absolutely encourage you to try sailing out and i think it's a great sport to get into! i have introduced dozens of people to sailing so far and almost all of them hit the ground running. the learning curve is steep and even just joining for the first times without touching anything is exhilarating so no moment learning is wasted. strong motion sickness or a paralyzing fear of the ocean notwithstanding, i truly think everyone can learn the ropes (haha) and that quickly! we always joke that it is very easy to get a boat sailing and very hard to get it sailing fast, but you have the rest of the life to figure out the latter and even if you don't you will have a grand time on the water.

you did not specify if you want to get on a sailing yacht (that you can sleep and do long tours on) or a smaller dhingy so i will answer both and i hope it is helpful!

SAILING YACHTS:

when it comes to sailing yacht, the real challenge is not sailing but owning a boat, and that is where the financial barriers come in. i will not lie to you - owning a boat is really expensive, and i am talking 5 to 6 figures a year expensive for a middle-sized sailing yacht including mooring, fixes, equipment, utilities, tools, and everything else. you can absolutely find cheap boats sold at every coast line - but buying a boat is not expensive, having a boat is. (guy who just bought a rope for 600 human dollars voice) heed my warning.

THE GOOD NEWS: you absolutely do NOT need a boat to learn sailing on a yacht. everywhere there is a marina there is people looking for crew, and many sailing clubs have programmes for beginners to get you on a yacht and try it out! there are also many summer programmes to join on larger tours and learn sailing. i would encourage you to bring a friend or two because it's much easier to flounder around on a new ship in groups, but it is absolutely worth trying out and again - even being on a boat is exiting, and you learn by doing!

now. sailing is not a dangerous sport and this is my heightened sense for safety of a sailing instructor speaking. but! if you join on a boat even as a visitor please think of that sailing tumblr blog in your life and tell the captain that before you go out of the water you would like to know: 1) the number for local search and rescue, and 2) the position of the fire extinguisher, the lifeboat/life ring, and the emergency shut-off and 3) that you want to wear a life vest unrelated to weather conditions. if they make jokes about you being a worry-wart, take them in stride, but if they refuse to do any of this, you tell them that they are irresponsible and leave. things rarely go wrong but they can and i want you to know what to do. okay? sailing is not scary but being unprepared is. okay PSA over.

DHINGY SAILING:

dhingy sailing is the most fun, the closest to the water, and the fastest way to learning sailing because you are together with one other person max facing the winds. yes you will most certainly get wet, but it is very safe, close to shore, incredibly fun and exhilarating, teaching you self-reliance, reflexes, trains your sense of balance and gives you abs. it's the perfect sport. can you tell i teach dhingy sailing

if you want to learn dhingy sailing, again, do NOT immediately buy a dhingy. while they are far less expensive they are still a hassle and setting up the mast without knowing your way around a boat will discourage you from sailing forever. instead, again, join a sailing club or a short course to learn dhingy sailing!

many places can give you intensive courses and certificates that qualify you to lend out dhingys afterwards our you join a sailing club with their own dhingys (which there are a lot of everywhere!). most offer weekly or even daily sailing lessons and group sailing and faster than you know you will flying over the water. the financial barrier here could be the course cost as they vary widely (my students pay 50 euros a year but some places will cost you that or more an hour it's hard to gauge). apart from that, you will have to invest in a neoprene suit and a sailing west, but that's the extent of it.

all in all, give sailing a try! it is the most rewarding hobby i can think of and my heart aches for everyone who lives at the coast and doesn't best the waves one way or another. and again, i cannot stress it enough: being on the water is half the fun. everything else will happen in due time. the ocean waits for you! happy sailing!

[vigilskept]

i fear this is going to sound like a more loaded question than it’s intended to be, but i genuinely do just want to know how widespread this knowledge is. with the disclaimer that no one is being sent to jail of oc crimes: warden tabris players….

edit: here are some screenshots shared by @/dalishious for those of you who haven’t seen her in leliana’s song! (yes, the makeup choices were poorly made.)

[meloethelavendeer]

Found your account because of an old post you made dunking on krusie. HOW DOES IT FEEL NOW THAT THEY HAVE MORE SCENES THAN LITERALLY ANY OTHER SHIPP IJBOL

gotta love tumblr media litteracy

anyway to answer your question im happy with the new krusie content because their like my second favorite ship of all time i adore their dynamic lol

[theblueboxscholar]

"The Doctor's mean now! Waa!"

Meanwhile throughout Classic Who The Doctor has straight up been beating the shit out of people with blunt objects, scientific gadgets, literal swords/guns, his own fists etc.

The Doctor has straight up killed people with a shovel and his bare hands. This man has committed moral and ethical crimes beyond imagining.

But Fifteen was "mean" and "amoral"

Yeah, welcome to Doctor Who. The Doctor isn't always right. He isn't always kind. He isn't always nice. And he isn't always good.

But also are you all forgetting he legit thought Belinda could be dead/she was harmed. The Doctor burned out a sun to say "goodbye" to Rose Tyler. And you think he isn't beyond torturing a man who harmed his friend? Really? Gtfo my face.

[itsrainingbubbles]

Highschool law and Luffy arguing and it's worrying their friends because they've never had a serious fight before and now they're ignoring and avoiding each other and when they do interact they're just being passive aggressive

They're always so sickly sweet it makes their friends sick and it's just so odd for them not to be all over each other

It's unnerving to not see law and luffy joint at the hip, usually they walk to classes together and hold hands until the literal last second of the bell ringing but now they barely even glance at each other

They know it's especially serious when law and luffy don't eat lunch together, law having not shown up to lunch at all and luffy not acknowledging his absence

They draw the line when law doesn't wait for Luffy after school to drive him home and they start plotting on how to fix whatever is going on between the two

The next morning when law and luffy don't immediately seek each other out after arriving at school they set the plan into motion and soon law and Luffy find themselves locked on the school roof on an especially hot day

Their friends tell them that if they wanna get back inside they have to talk out their problem and make up. At first law and Luffy protested and yelled about not wanting to talk or apologize to the other, but as time went on and they realized their friends were not above leaving them outside all day they give each other half asses apologies

That's when they find out what the two were fighting about in the first place and they're dumbfounded, then they process the information and they're livid

They'd been fighting about colors

Nami opens the door just to punch them both and yell about how worried they all were just for them to say they were fighting over something as stupid as what color each subject it

She's still yelling at them when Zoro chimes in with "what's there to even fight about? English is obviously yellow" and all hell breaks loose

Law cheers triumphantly while Luffy points and huffs something about how Zoro was supposed to be on his side

Then Sanji is pressing foreheads with Zoro and calling him an idiot because English is red and everyone knows that and before they know it the group is all fighting about which subject is which color

It starts with everyone picking either Luffys or laws side but as more subjects are brought up they start splitting up into smaller and smaller groups until it's each of them against everyone else

They fight for at least a week

[deadpoetsandlivinglegends]

Results are in:

Scrooge outfit: Neil, Todd, and Cameron

Heart Boxers: Knox, Charlie, and Pitts

Pink robe: Meeks and Keating

I will forever be indebted to anyone who draws fanarts of them in these outfits

[necrotic-nephilim]

If you want to be bothered. Maybe this for dick and Bruce???

i ALWAYS want to be bothered these are always the highlight of my day tbh you're a delight for letting me just yap <3

Dick. For the canon isn't real square I am Specifically talking about the Tom Taylor Nightwing run. Usually I ignore bad runs but given this one is ongoing (though about to end THANK GOD and get replaced by Dan Watters who i have high hopes for since i adored his Sword of Azrael (2022) run but i digress) so I counted it. Especially since it's so debated if that run is bad or not, for some reason. I'm a 90s Nightwing truther. I love Dick so dearly and tbh recently I've been more enamored with him the more I read his Discowing era, I didn't used to be as big of a Dick stan as I am these days.

Bruce. Honestly where do you even start with Bruce. I want to fist fight him and also patch him up. He got me into comics and superheroes as a whole but I roll my eyes whenever he shows up in a story. He's a bastard and usually not a good father but also complex and should be dissected under a magnifying glass. I love him dearly. He's also just the worst. I think that's why I love him. I'm always a fan of unabashedly Complicated Asshole Bruce who's generally not always the best person, particularly not to the Batfamily and that being the driving force of his relationships with them, especially in shipping.

And for bonus points, Tim. Because know above all else, I'm a Tim Drake kinnie /deg. He's been my number one for a decade and I've yet to uproot him from my brain. He's literally the Worst half the time and I love him for it. And the canon isn't real refers to Tim Drake: Robin because... that sure was a comic. And that's about all I can say about it. Pre-Flashpoint Tim I miss you so dearly. I think it's fun that I want to put him in a blender and drink the juice but also want Nothing Ever to happen to him.

[worstloki]

Fortesa Latifi, We Were Young

[not-poignant]

Hi Pia!! I am LOVING the current angst train you’ve got us all riding (I imagine you as a cackling train conductor, gleefully rubbing your hands together as we all wail for the characters to just be happy asdfjfk)

ANYWAY: I was just wondering, when you write a character for the first time, do you ever get the immediate sense like, “Oh, yes, there’s something good here, they’re going to be a hit. I will definitely be writing more of them” ?

I was just curious since a lot of your characters have been around a while in different settings, and then some (like FABER my beloved god he does something to me) are pretty new!

Idk if this makes sense. Sometimes reading a character I immediately become hyperfixated on them for some indiscernible reason, and I wanted to know if you experience that with the characters you create.

LOVE YOU MWAH

ANYWAY: I was just wondering, when you write a character for the first time, do you ever get the immediate sense like, “Oh, yes, there’s something good here, they’re going to be a hit. I will definitely be writing more of them” ?

I don't, actually.

If anything, what I get is, 'this character is a hit with me and now I am incredibly insecure and worried over whether this character will be a hit with others.'

That was way I waited some time before even starting or announcing Underline the Red. I was sitting on people's reactions a bit, while assessing if it was worth taking the leap, even though I desperately wanted to. (It's also made me a bit reluctant to launch into entirely new projects with new characters. It takes me time to sort of...trust how a character I love will perform).

The reason a lot of my characters have been around in different settings is because I don't have the 'oh yes, they're going to be a hit' feeling. I never have that feeling. I prefer to watch a character I love in an ensemble (and seeing how folks respond to them) before making decisions on how they'll perform with more of a spotlight on them.

It's frustrating that I am this way, but it also has been a core part of my writing style / serial style - AUs, seeing ensemble characters often gaining "screen time" as my confidence in them grows, seeing them in more than one place etc. And as far as that goes, being able to adapt in this way hasn't been a bad thing!! I've enjoyed it, and folks who enjoy these characters get to enjoy it. :D

But it only exists because I don't actually feel that confident about the characters I love most! I never know if someone will be a hit, until people respond to a character with interest/love/hatred etc.

I definitely get hyperfixated on characters I create though! I couldn't write over a million words on like two characters otherwise. :D

[charliespringverse]

i think it should be possible to scream without making any noise or disturbing anyone or inviting any questions . just sometimes . as a treat .

[deadn30n-arch]

FYI, Liu Qingge being straight is a mistranslation of the interview. He's straight as in personality, rigid and uncompromising and righteous, not sexuality. She basically said he's your stereotypical gym bro.

There are some Major issues with the translations of the mxtx interviews, and I would not trust them as a source of information.

oh word up anon i didn't realize that was the case. i've been digging around the fandom for a bit since i got back into it and i'd read some of the interviews but i didn't know there was that many bad translations in it. there were a few things i disagreed with and your usual bad takes from other fandom posts but i could never really get behind lqg being straight LMAO good to know. that makes way more sense too, esp with how his character is presented in the novel in general. such a stickler....

[incorrecttwsted]

Here's a question. Do reptile beastmen and by proxy dragons in Twisted Wonderland shed their scales? If so, what do they do with them and would the cycle itself disrupt things like transformation potions?

I don't know!! I wish we had more info on the transformation potions to understand how they work a little bit more. I don't see dragons making use of transformation potions since shifting between the two bodies seems natural for our only canon dragon Malleus. I don't see his scales shedding unless he spends a long time as a dragon.

However, I feel like it would be the other way around for beastmen who use transformation potions to look more human the potions disrupt shedding!! Transformation potions aren't illusions and they change the person who takes it pretty thoroughly so I imagine while it's in effect a beastman who looks completely human will have their shed stop completely. You can't shed scales that you don't have, after all!!

I'd say if a beastman uses the potion to look humanoid but keeps their reptile features then they'd probably still shed.

And in regards to my boy Denzel he kind of falls in the middle. Shifting into a Jabberwocky and into a humanoid is innate shapeshifting, the same as Malleus. But his humanoid form isn't perfectly humanlike and keeps some of his Jabberwocky features so I'd say that if he didn't take the transformation potions he would have to shed the scales on the areas where he has them.