#Actual conversation with my family

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Council of lovefools.

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[mumuqings]

tgcf book spoilers, but one mu qing and xie lian snippet that I think about a lot is this one, at the start of xie lian’s second banishment when he’s surprised to hear mu qing being described as generous and kind:

as opposed to this memory from before his first ascension when mu qing started giving out cherries to the kids in the city:

I think it just really goes to show 1) how deeply mq’s actions truly affected xl and what he thought of him, but also 2) just how different mq and xl are fundamentally in the way that they think and approach things.

I don’t have a lot of commentary on xl that hasn’t already been said, but bc we get the story from xl’s pov, we see a lot of mq’s actions being framed as selfish or suspicious (which is fair, bc again, we know how much his actions hurt xl), but we also see a lot of misconstrued kindness, like in book 8 where it’s revealed that he knocked out fx in order to save him. it’s also pretty obvious how much mq still cares abt xl, with how quickly he volunteers as fu yao and the lengths he goes to protect him when he deems hc a threat, so I also think it’s very likely that mq leaving the trio first was exactly what he said it was — that he thought becoming a junior official, ascending quickly, would be the best way to take care of not just his mother, but also xl, fx, the king and queen, and himself, and so in a way, him leaving was him acting on his kindness. but ofc it doesn’t work out, and he spends the next 800 years fighting w/ fx about it, defending himself, his decisions, and his kindness, and nitpicking the accuracies of his statues while he himself remains completely misunderstood by the two people he probably cares abt the most.

and idk, I guess I just think that’s probably a really lonely way to spend 800 years.

[notbecauseofvictories]

more than anything in this world I love wandering through museums and taking pictures of things to research later. like oh, interesting concept, what if I spent an hour reading about that when I am in my pajamas in bed and it can really blow my mind.

[braxix]

Maglor: Can I assume this food is for me?

Celegorm: You can, but you know what they say about assuming!

Maglor: Can I-

Celegorm: Assume!

Maglor: Can you stop saying that?

Curufin: Please stop.

Nerdanel: Do I need to whack you?

Maedhros: *Walks in and whacks Celegorm*

Maedhros: Why did he need whacking?

Celegorm: You whacked me for no reason?! Just because you heard I needed to be whacked?!

Maedhros: Well?

Maglor: He kept saying "You know what assuming means" and then I asked him to stop and then Curufin asked, and then mom threatened to whack him.

Celegorm: Why does Maedhros not whack anyone else?!

Maglor: We try to not give him a reason to.

[likesdoodling]

More Japanese doodling! My Japanese lecturer's explanation of 'mottekuru' vs 'tsuretekuru' was hilarious, so this is a doodle based on that.

[jujusjunk]

So I’m not a Palestinian because I don’t know who kanafani is?

But me being born to 2 Palestinian parents and being raised around Palestinian culture and having family visit me from Palestine literally every other month doesn’t make me Palestinian?

Sorry I’m not well versed in writing because I’m not the biggest fan of reading?

My necklace that I’ve had since I was 7

My favorite ever book about Palestine, that’s not by Kanafani

Pictures I took in Jordan

The bracelet I never take off

The graffiti I take pics off all the time

What’s literally hanging in my house and has been there my whole entire life

But yknow what, yeah me not knowing about 1 writer because I took IB and I’m not very versed in reading and because I don’t share the same opinions you do makes a non-Palestinian, cool cool cool no doubt no doubt.

@7amaspayrollmanager if this is what you wanna believe be my guest, as I told you in dms, I wish you nothing but the best and I hope you have a good day

[w1lmuttart]

Omake that keeps me up at night redraw 🕺✨

[blueskittlesart]

i am not autistic but i do believe in their beliefs

[ley-med]

I had a week long vacation not long ago, so I finally have enough energy to talk to non-medical friends once again. And I just realized once again, I'm not sure how to talk to them.

They tell me all the things they participated in, and I'm truly happy for them, all the while thinking I would never have half that much energy. They ask me how I am, I tell them I'm good, finally had a vacation. What did I do? Oh, literally nothing, tried to sleep off the worst of the exhaustion and tried to avoid interaction with other humans. How's work? You know, just the usual, it's good. It is good, and I love it, but how could I tell them all the horrors witnessed? That's right I don't, but what else do I have left to talk about? Most of my fun work stories are tainted with the shadows of tragedies... And unfortunately, I wouldn't trade it for anything.

So I just read their cheerful message and leave it on read, contemplating what to answer. And just hope they won't take offence to my agonizingly slow replies...

[farshootergotme]

I just need to read one fic in which people actually apologize to Dick. Somehow it's only Bruce that I've seen giving a genuine apology in fanfics and that feels wrong (but also, props to B for that).

Everytime a member of the family is mad at him for a misunderstanding or something he didn't even do, after they find out the truth, they just don't apologize.

It's always Dick apologizing and then everything being okay because 'Hey! We felt hurt first even though it wasn't really your fault, but it's only fair we get away with this now that we started treating you well!' and Dick just... Accepts it. Because of course he will, right? Can't push it, who knows how long it'll last.

They're all being nice to him now, he should be grateful they're attempting to reciprocate his kindness! Look at them hugging when just a few hours prior they were making Dick feel like shit about himself, aren't they lovely?

And listen, I'm all here for Dick acknowledging his mistakes and apologizing for anything he might've done wrong in the fic, but would it hurt for Dick to receive those apologies instead? Why is he always the first one to say sorry? Why can't the others take the initiative for once?

Anyhow, I better end the ramble there.

Point is, Dick deserves apologies. Hugs won't cut it forever.

[kingofstag]

things get better. my best friend in the world got top surgery after us talking about it for years. i'm getting mine next year. i have genuine friends now who teach me everyday what love looks like. love looks like going to an arcade and talking for hours at the bar instead. love looks like planning road trips to our hometowns. love looks like choosing our regalia colors together. love looks like learning our language. love looks like compression binders. love looks like top surgery scars. love looks like sweet grass tattoos.

things get better.

[kindlingkeen]

i'm curious: will you give Jason more friends in Asymmetrical Warfare? (also, if you can give him friends in comics canon, what sort will they be? thats always been a sore spot for me, that Bruce and the writers kept him so isolated that he doesnt have a lot of canon friends. no team. no consistent Crime Alley friends 😭)

Yes! There’s a whole crew of OCs that RH!Jason will interact with in Asymmetrical Warfare. In fact *checks notes*, at least two have already been mentioned by name. 😏

Developing Jason’s interactions in Crime Alley was part of my original plan for AW. I sort of got sidetracked by ninja!Jason and Carlos and the Grey Ghosts with Harm Reduction and TCItS, but we will make our way back to the Alley, I promise.

For comics canon Jason … that’s complicated. I actually love Jason and the Outlaws, especially the OG Outlaws, but the way they live in my head, not the crap Lobdell made canon. I’ve read a handful of fics portraying Jason as buddy buddy with some of the classic Gotham Rogues, like joining Wednesday Poker Night, etc., which I think is hysterical and pretty spot on. I also think Jason would have contacts and people he doesn’t call friends (but if you asked them, they would name him as one) from his LoA training days and his time as a merc. But we never really see that utilized in canon (that I’m aware of). And he would for sure be a fixture in the Alley community. As a character, I think Jay is primed to straddle multiple worlds, which I wish DC would take advantage rather than repeatedly trying to cram him back in with the batclan.

Thanks for the ask, anon! 🩵

[jamethinks]

Controversial take: Gun to my head, you can not convince me that Yor and Twilight like each other romantically. Half the time, they're just being nice to each other, but it's given a weird romantic style to imply otherwise. They get along, but all that exists is ground work for a relationship. There's interest and fascination, but they're both far too fixated on their own problems to move towards anything other than comradery. They genuinely just seem like good roommates, but maybe for a heterosexual couple, that's the pinnacle of romance.

[b3anieperson]

A real conversation I had with my mom and step-dad, (my mom read fourth wing and I just found out.)

Mom: Yeah this book is- wow. I mean Russell you heard the MILD sex scene.

SD: That was the mild one?

Me: Oh yeah. That one was tame compared to the others.

SD: Man I wish your mom treated me like that.

Me: Well maybe if you treat mom how Xaden Riorson treats Violet, then maybe she would.

Mom: *spits out her soda*

SD: WHAT THE FUCK REI?!

[wren-of-the-woods]

Y’all I talked to 350 people today and it was actually a little bit enjoyable??

[just-an-enby-lemon]

I was relistening to Everyone Hates His Parents and like some people get bitter over Mendel jokingly saying "guess I'll have to raise this Jason myself" but we need to remember that Marvin's and Trina's reaction to Jason not wanting a Bar Mitzva was pretty much say that what Jason was doing was worse than killing his mother. Marvin just really goes "kill your mother, uh? why not since you are canceling the Bar Mitzva" while Trina is like "Yes, Jason, I'm here doing everything for you but you insist in wanting to kill your poor mother [me]".

Like, yes, they are embarassed and stressed out but holy shit. This is an awfull thing to say to your kid. And Mendel is like "oh my god" and "everyone hate their parents and I'm starting to see why" because he himself is horrifield by it. He really just spends almost as much time as Jason hearing his wife and her ex-husband fight and say horrible things for the sake of creating this one perfect event and they want to do it for Jason but is also for themselfs and he sort of gets it but in his first actual good psychiatric move he is like "idc this is the 80's and parents are like that this is hurting the kid" and tries in his own way to make things a bit easier for Jason.

Mendel is not the best. He is an awful terrible really bad psychiatrist, a questionable friend and at most an okay husband. But I'll defend his position as a stepdad with my life. He loves Jason and he does his best even if his best is akward and weird and sometimes questionable ('I'm gonna bring girls from the wrong side of the tracks') and tbh he is doing better than Marvin (who I do love and think was starting to actually be a good dad and it is part of the tragedy that he never fully gets there in his mending bridges with Trina and Jason process). Mendel is the dad that steped up!!