#back to normal posts!

[nheystyle]

psychic Kyle strikes again!

art by @nheyguys

[azolitmin]

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[blackforestbride]

FUCKING TWO BAD BITCHES AT THE SAME DAMN TIME

[beyond-the-frozen-pines]

one for the ages, it’s a tale as old as time 🍃

[kensatou]

“if you could pick up another language, what would it be?”

“i’d go russian. i’d love to know what geno says or has said over the years… i’d love to know 🥰 i just want to know (giggles) 🥰”

[chiangyorange]

my favorite minecraft youtuber [looks at smudged handwriting] kakashi from accounting

[bluegiragi]

I don't want to sound rude, you may have already answered this question (if so, I'm sorry, I didn't find that answer), but I'm wondering why you're so against AI bots specificly. Obviously, this is a personal matter for everyone, but I'm a little confused by such harshness. Of course, I'm not going to prove anything to anyone, but I just wanted to understand the roots of your position. I really like your work, but to be honest, your last answers have thrown me into a kind of stupor :(

i have an ideological opposition against AI as a whole to be fair. a lot of it comes down to it's environmental impact

Globally, AI-related infrastructure may soon consume six times more water than Denmark, a country of 6 million, according to one estimate. That is a problem when a quarter of humanity already lacks access to clean water and sanitation.  

but i also believe it's inherently anti-human.

In a time when global literacy rates are diving (did you know that half of american adults read at a 6th grade level or below?) , I think it's incredibly short-sighted to be essentially surrendering your ability to write your own emails/essays/messages to an AI, when doing it yourself, despite what online contrarians will say, does have value (emails teach you how to communicate professionally, messages improve your social skills, essays improve your critical thinking skills). In this political landscape, it also feels dangerous to have your ability to read critically by yourself get dampened by AIs which are, at the end of the day, owned by silicon valley billionaires many of whom attended trump's inauguration, which is a good indication of where they lie politically.

Generative AI when it comes to art is also killing culture, removing opportunities for existing artists who are the ones who can extend the ceiling for human creation and helping society devalue art even more even though it's the only thing keeping us all sane. How would you feel if all you had in your life was just school or work, leaving out music, movies, tv shows, books, art? Doesn't art bring enough value to your life that it's worth properly compensating the people responsible for it? Why should we ever encourage or normalise throwing art into a meat grinder and feeding on the approximated soulless sludge it generates?

For AI chat bots, my beef with it is that it's an inherently anti-social product. All it does is remove the need to ever communicate with another person, which is horrible for people's brains. Some people are "falling in love" with their ai chatbot, some people are using their ai chatbots as therapists. The desire for real human connection is getting lost. An AI chatbot also makes RP obsolete, which is a foundational part of fandom which, i always feel like i need to remind people, is based on community. The point is to connect with people! I just fear that the popularisation and normalisation of this technology is going to end up with people shut in their homes their entire life, lost to whatever toxic pipeline their anti-social behaviour inevitably leads them down.

i know people love to play with AI like it's a fad, and it's "not that deep bro" but i think it's shameful and embarrassing to act as if you don't have agency in your life. You can choose to abstain from technology, you can choose to find entertainment elsewhere, you can choose to be a person independent of technology. If all AI went away tomorrow, would you be able to still do your job? Write a story? Read a book and understand its meaning? AI is a product built on instant gratification and entitlement - not to get too deep on an ask about AI chatbots, but i think art, relationships, culture, all of it is worth the journey to get there.

[anxi04]

tim and bruce have an odd relationship to the rest of the family. they don’t act like father and son but it seems like they have a “deeper” bond than the others

bruce seems to take tim’s advice more seriously, bruce actually takes a break if tim tells him, tim still gets benched but not nearly as much as he should, and most confusingly, tim benched bruce once. not alfred benching bruce, TIM.

normally bruce has to be forced to take a break, and normally by alfred, but if tim says “you’re benched for a week” bruce? listens?

they have no idea why. some of them ask dick if he knows since he was there but he’s just as confused

and then despite all that there’s also such a strain between them? it’s really on the line of a professional relationship and almost a care taker. it’s very confusing. and then the times bruce gives tim a present or anything like that and tim stops and stares at him for a second, like he’s dissecting bruce. no one is able to fully figure it. until bruce is de-aged to tim’s robin era.

tim is very adamant about most of them, but especially jason and damian, do not reveal their names to him. for the time being they have a strictly professional relationship with their father who doesn’t know them.

they finally get some of the picture when they see tim start acting as bruce’s caretaker. tim switches between being gentle “hey, you need to sleep” to screaming at bruce. it always works. tim knows exactly which version bruce needs and it scares the team cause that has to require some practice

they’re then also thrown for a loop when they hear bruce call out jason’s name in a shocked voice, which makes sense cause he doesn’t know jason is alive but jason still has his helmet on so what? and then they hear a voice none of them have heard. except dick goes pale and jason’s breath hitches. and suddenly tim is responding to jason’s name and acting weird, almost like what some of dicks stories described jason as. and it’s so fucked up when they’re watching time act like someone else and bruce going along with it

the dynamic they’re getting is also fucked up once again when, during one of bruce’s really bad days, tim straight up acts like bruce’s parent. and bruce reacts well.

they’re all horrified by this. the realization that tim and bruce’s relationship has so many layers and that they do act like father and son sometimes. except bruce isn’t the father and tim isn’t the son

[scientistservant]

So the girls are fighting

[lesbian-vampyre]

NOW THIS IS THE PART OF THE SONG WHERE I LIKE TO TALK TO MY AUDIENCE. I LIKE TO TELL THEM THERES SOMETHING I WANT FROM YOU HEP CATS TONIGHT. I WANT YOU TO LOOK TO YOUR LEFT, LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT, YOUR TWELVE O’CLOCK, THREE O’CLOCK, SIX O’CLOCK, NINE O’CLOCK, ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK TONIGHT AND I WANT YOU TO FIND THOSE POINTS OF NO RETURN, THOSE SINGULARITIES, THOSE BURNING RINGS OF FIRE IN THE BEAUTIFUL PUPILS OF THE BEAUTIFUL EYES OF THE BEAUTIFUL BOY, GIRL, NEITHER, BOTH OR IN-BETWEEN THAT YOU BROUGHT WITH YOU TONIGHT, AND I WANT YOU TO TELL THEM HOW YOU REALLY FEEL. I WANT YOU TO TELL THEM YOU LOVE THE WAY THEY SO SEAMLESSLY, LIKE-A-DREAMFULLY, SO BEAUTIFULLY, OH SO DUTIFULLY JAM THAT SQUARE PEG IN THE ROUND HOLE IN THEIR HEARTS! I WANT YOU TO TELL THEM YOU LOVE THE WAY THEY DONT STICK OUT LIKE SORE MIDDLE FINGERS! THAT THEY CRAWL THEIR WAY UP THE SIDE OF THE BELL CURVE, STICK THEIR FLAG AT THE PEAK, AND SLIDE THEIR WAY BACK DOWN! I WANT YOU TO TELL THEM YOU LOVE THE WAY THAT THEY’RE NOT MALADAPTIVE, NOT MALCONTENT, NOT MALIGNANT OR MALEFICENT, BUT RATHER THAT YOU LOVE THEM! EXACTLY THE WAY THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS!!!!!!

[dontyouknowemma-itsyou]

| But something next to normal would be okay

[heartscrypt]

the magnus archives is....... a podcast?!?!? duuude... no wayyy..... that's crazy...... no... it can't be.......

[remcadll]

Gen obsessed with how.. *dead* your Jason's color pallete is. Like, that's corpse pale right there. Not a spec of blood left flowing in there (also father Todd's skin being full of color in comparison is a nice touch)

THANK YOU I love making him look a bit ghoulish. Guy who's not supposed to be alive but yes he is. no he isn't <3

[sharkylass]

SPOILERS: Two Hats / Act 6 Encounter | [MASTERPOST] ---------------------------------------

This is REALLY early in Roboro joining the family. Like- A few days type of early.

I think they did this because they hated the insinuation that they were being ingenuine. That they're somehow lying about who they are, what they've been through- That they're lying about who they've become and somehow presenting a fake version of themselves, when in reality, this is some of the most genuine they've ever been.

Roboro remembers how to play their part well. Being silly, loud, abrasive- They practiced being that person for years, decades even, looking at a mirror. Learned what parts to keep loose, relaxed, how to express without a hint of hesitation, how to instill confidence in others.

They remember how to do it, but it no longer reflects who they are.

In contrast- I do think it's still a part of Isabeau, the loud, the silly, the joyous, I still think he's capable of it and feels comfortable in it.

It's kind of what upsets him about Roboro's little performance here? Insinuating that his loud and positive demeanor is somehow fake- Sure, he had to build it up himself- But it was still him! Just because it took active effort to get there, doesn't make it more fake or anything!

So Roboro showing his family just how much active effort went into it is- embarrassing! Now his family is going to think that he's somehow faking everything, and sure, he needs to let loose with some stuff- but it's not all for show!

And so Roboro, in trying to show that they are genuine, ended up implying that Isabeau is not.

[gremlinshatephilosophers]

I just need yall to know I think about this video on a daily basis.

And I also need you to know that one time when I was thinking about this video (as I do) this is from a draft I never posted…

Was I exaggerating? Perhaps (I was trying to belt it and I Cannot). But it was not a confidence boosting activity.

Still. I hate to say this does live rent free in my head.

[hellacioushag]

this mentality is SO WEIRD some of you clearly were not around for superwholock and it shows.

this obsession with needing to only ship something canon or to prove your ship is better because you think it will be canon... SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP! it shouldn't matter if people are shipping something that is or is not canon. let us play in our respective spaces and enjoy the content we want. it hurts literally nobody if fanart or fics are made for a couple that isn't canon. if it's upsetting to see then blacklist the tag and grow up.