#and both conversations are optional!!!

[the-binding-blade]

i want to feel you from the inside

[spookberry]

I put them next to each other casually without much thought, but I've had to redraw them in this set up so many different times in the development of this project that I kinda ship them now??? like why are they always lookin at each other like that

[utilitycaster]

There's something weirdly...disingenuous in all the posts questioning why Orym might want to talk to Dorian specifically and not the others. Like, this post is really good and covers the non-romantic reasons why this makes sense, and I agree with it entirely! Also though, it's not like Liam hasn't pretty consistently made it clear that Orym has feelings for Dorian. You do not need to like this (I think it's abundantly clear that I think you can openly dislike a ship) but you do look kinda dumb if you're like "why would he want to specifically speak to someone he's known longer than anyone but Fearne, who's slightly removed from the current tragedy, and whom he has repeatedly messaged whenever he's feeling upset?"

[waterdroid]

Tactical Breach Wizards Spoilers but this part of this conversation is so funny because, like. Who're you calling nemesis-adjacent, Banks.

At this point in the game her and Jen are basically friends; they've joked around, bantered a bit, and the arrest and accidental murder from the beginning is basically forgotten. The only reason she's helped the resistance this long is because Jen asked nicely. In that SAME CONVERSATION Banks sort of flirts with her to distract her from her bad metaphor. This isn't even a "if you're rivals for that long you're just gay" she's just down bad and in denial. By the end of the game shes so horrendously down bad she fucking gets Jen a fake passport and if Jen starts the PI office in Liboli Banks WILL join her. fake ass nemesis I saw you laughing at her jokes

[shalom-iamcominghome]

Do you ever plan to move to orthodoxy ? or will you just stay as conservative

Frankly, I don't know. I love orthodoxy and I respect it and most of the jews I follow are orthodox (and women, funnily enough). But, realistically, I'm not in the financial (or emotional) position to be able to move like orthodoxy would require and the nearest orthodox area is in a city I wouldn't be safe in. I would fear for my safety in that city.

I love the conservative movement and I feel it serves me well for the stage of life I am in now. And frankly, movement matters very little to me: I love judaism, not movements. I love doing judaism, not in feeling like one "type" of jew is Better. I know that wasn't your question, but it's something I've been feeling.

[skrunksthatwunk]

LETS GO LETS GO HARUKA HARUKA HARUKA!!!!

ft. kiryu "faildad" kazuma

[ssruis]

(Re: tsukasa post) if you wanted to be a little uncharitable you *could* say that tsukasa cares for others just because it lines up with his goals - as in, he cares for others because he believes that’s what a star should do - rather than just genuine kindness and goodwill, but I would argue

- wrt loved ones: saki specifically (& to a lesser extent toya just because they interact less) is the greatest counterpoint against that interpretation. He wants to be the best brother possible because he loves her, not because it’s what a star should be doing (gestures at the doll event where he brought her the dolls as a kid even before he started the whole I am a world future star thing). Like yes he views that as something he *should* be doing but that’s because he believes that’s what you should do for your loved ones. I think at this point the big brother-dream of being a star thing are so irreversibly intertwined that they’re kind of one and the same. Of course a star would care for others because tsukasa cares for others and he views himself as a star etc etc. He wants to look out for/do things for his siblings/friends because he loves them.

- I guess you could argue him doing the same for strangers is solely because it upholds his star persona/image? But to that I would point out that his whole “I realized my real dream was to make others smile” thing in the main story sort of contradicts that. Given the whole “theatre is life” thing he’s got going on I think making strangers/acquaintance/etc happy in his day to day life is just like. A microcosm of what he aims to do on stage. I think he’s egotistical yeah but I don’t think that has to be mutually exclusive with selflessness. I do think there’s a discussion to be had about tsukasa being self-centered because he *is* and he’s absolutely not the completely selfless guy some people want to think he is but I also think that he can be motivated by egotistical desires *and* selfless desires. Being self centered isn’t inherently a bad thing. Tsukasa is kind because he’s a kind person and because that’s what a star should do in his mind. His own kindness is self serving. Does that make sense (no, it’s incomprehensible) great glad you’re following along. Sliding scale of how selfless his motivations for being kind are depending on the person with saki being on one end and random strangers on the other.

- I think it’s inherently difficult to ascertain whether the motives behind kindness are self serving or not. Does someone being kind because it makes them feel good mean they’re selfish? Humans are a social species, we enjoy making others happy because it makes us happy. Evolutionary adaption that helps the survival of the group. I think the idea that true kindness depends on your altruism making you miserable is stupid, although I guess you could argue that a kind person chooses kindness regardless of how it makes them feel. But then there’s the question of what motivates your kindness (a sense of doing the right thing? Upholding your morals? Because the guilt of being selfish is something you can’t bear? Wouldn’t that be just as selfish as wanting to feel good?) Whether or not true altruism/selflessness exists is a philosophical debate I don’t really feel like having over characters from the gacha miku tap tap game. Whatever. Would like to point out that tsukasa has canonically chosen to do the “right”/kind thing at the cost of his own benefit before (giving up on winning the pxl show contest/chance for a big break in favor of putting on the WMS show, which he was a little upset about doing).

I think people tend to err too far on the side of “he’s super selfless all the time with a pure heart” because they don’t want to admit their fave is an absolutely bizarre guy with a massive ego that comes into play for more than just his funny little speeches about being The Most Special Guy Alive which is tragic because Tsukasa Tenma is truly an interesting critter. He doesn’t do things solely out of the goodness of his heart but he also doesn’t not do things out of the goodness of his heart. He’s complex. Layered. A weird little freak. I’m studying him like a bug. You understand.

[cherrysnax]

okay last post because this shit has just been triggering..

why is it so hard for nonblack “allies” to understand and accept that their opinions on antiblackness matter less than those who actually experience it? why is it never “oh my bad I overstepped” it always has to be an argument or something

is there an actual reason? if someone tells me “hey this behavior directly affects me and is kinda fucked up” I’m not readying my Twitter fingers and stroking my fake mustache to be like “you’re a fool who doesn’t understand the world” I’d be like “oh shit I’m sorry what did I do?”

[tennessoui]

Ok I’m sorry but I was just reading your bit about the pool boy au and how obi wan doesn’t let anakin go to college because ✨control✨ and like… even pbatmb obi wan let anakin go to college (which yeah was also about keeping anakin close) but… how does pool boy au have (in one aspect) WORSE poser dynamics than a MOB BOSS and a HIT MAN. I was ROLLING omg it was so funny. Anyway I have been blowing off exam revision for the wine party au (incredible) and pbatmb (it’s my fav can you tell??)

poolbi-wan: wait wow you actually let him go to college?? weren’t you afraid he would expand his horizons and interests and no longer depend on you?

mobi-wan: no I kept his sister so he had to come back and also made him realize he could never be normal and only I could give him true acceptance and opportunity to indulge in his psychopathic tendencies

poolbi-wan: huh. I don’t think my anakin has those. But maybe I should have let him finish college he’s still holding a grudge about it

mobi-wan: hah just wait until you have to fake your death and make him think you’ve been murdered only to come back a few months later after neutralizing the threat to his life and your control over him! THAT’S a grudge. Yours is just being pouty rn

poolbi-wan: i uh dont I don’t think I’ll be doing that actually tf

[parme-san]

was not aware that sea sponges were classified as animals in part because of their ability to produce sperm

[ofdreamsanddoodles]

i like kabru because he's like. the truth has so little relevance to the conversations he has. like there is two things in his mind. getting people to do what he wants. and what to say so that happens. like, yeah he could ask them honestly, but sometimes... lying is faster

[ballisters-lawyer]

Do I write a short few chapter homoerotic sparring fic to motivate myself or do I just jump straight into “a little death” and make you guys wait a bunch until we finally get to the homoerotic sparring?

[shapeofmetal]

Me: hmm I did not care for that interaction. “Blocks” ahh that feels better. Now I can go about my day.

The person I just blocked: on public social media “And then they BLOCKED ME. IT WAS SO RUDE. IM ENTITLED TO TALK TO OREO AND NOW THAT THEY HAVE BLOCKED ME HOW AM I GOING TO TALK TO THEM??? I’m deprived. Oreo is problematic actually! 🤬🤬🤬

Me: wow I’m so glad blocking people means I don’t have to see what they are saying. I’m living my life now and moving on.

The person I blocked: MOM SOMEONE ON TWITTER BLOCKED ME CALL THEIR MOM AND MAKE THEM TALK TO ME.

[sonknuxadow]

sorry i know i cant stop people from having their headcanons or aus or whatever but i find it kinda silly when people present the idea of silver being shadows son as if its an actual plausible theory.... because all the "evidence" for it is very minor stuff thats easily explained away . and then theres also the fact that in the 06 timeline shadow was put back into stasis shortly after iblis destroyed the world because humanity was looking for someone to blame for it. and silver also says that iblis has been around since before he was born. im aware that the future is always changing so a future where an adult shadow is around to interact with a tiny little baby silver isnt entirely out of the question but wouldnt this plot detail make shadow being silvers biological father very unlikely if not outright impossible??

[bmpmp3]

and since im in a musicposting mood you should listen to jellyfish right NOW

[goldensunset]

that thing about the meanings of certain words and phrases beginning to accumulate different meanings and implications over time… i just accidentally said ‘you’re welcome’ instead of ‘no problem’/‘sure’ and i died inside. i. died.