#and in some individual cases

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

cosplay of daji妲己, a famous ancient chinese beauty transformed from the famous chinese yaoguai, jiuweihu九尾狐, i.e. nine tail fox (coser is shiba chongchuan十八重川)

[ffc1cb]

i’ve always found it peculiar how during meeting the chargers cutscene the game just assumes your character automatically understands what krem is talking about when he mentions binding (though, granted, it’s all very unsubtle). like, this is a roleplaying game. what if i want to play a character who just doesn’t get it

[klonoadoortophantomile]

uhhh drawing from today =] love these two sm

[elftwink]

one thing thats so interesting about being a vegetarian is you get to hear all about everyones hypothetical activism that they care about very deeply when talking specifically about your diet and why it's stupid, but literally will never bring up ever again in any other context

[elexuscal]

you know existing in the modern media landscape is funny cuz like

i genuinely love adaptations. like as a concept. they're transformative works, right? ideally, it's the same soul that drives all fandom write large

you go 'how do translate this story?' how do you take words and make them into images? how do you take images and turn them into film? how can a film use a score the way a book used narration? do you cut this character, prune that plotline, like a bonsai? or conversely, do you need to lay a new bed for under explored story-beats to grow?

a well told adaptation is amazing. it deepens the story, it expands your understanding of both texts.

but as more and more of the stories i love get adapted the more i realise the vast majority of the studios and/or the people they hire for these jobs don't give a shit of any of that, and are just looking for a new IP to toss into the Content Regurgitation Machine

[viiridiangreen]

[agrebel18]

I ADORE qpr Huntlow, and I’m happy on how many people are choosing to see them that way, ESPECIALLY since I recently discovered that I am on the aro and ace spectrum, but I ALSO REALLY LIKE THEM ROMANTICALLY because they kinda match the “girlboss x malewife” dynamic AND they’re QUITE DIFFERENT from some of the m/f ships I’ve seen IN A WHILE (and they’re probably both queer, or at least one of them is, let’s face it) and I haven’t seen enough of plus sized girls like Willow getting desired and found attractive like Hunter does (the fan fave white boy!!) plus I LOVE FRIENDS TO LOVERS. anyways, just feeling positive right now, and they’re just so neat to me. if you hate them DNI!!! 

[solradguy]

I'm so grateful that the only GG fans that care about the light novels are the ones that can be normal about things because Lightning the Argent goes from the rawest scenes of carnage imaginable to Ky Kiske doing something mildly religious like offering a short, silent, prayer for someone that got mangled to death by WMD dragons, and I just know that, in the wrong hands, those brief religious moments would generate the most annoying goddamn memes you could ever imagine

[llamagoddessofficial]

Hello assassin au~ May I ask for a scenario of how they all meet MC? See her form a distance and become awestruck and hold their chest as an arrow pieces it? (I mean, the don’t have hearts so I’m fine with giving mine)

Sans: He started catching feelings when he began stalking her in his attempt to find the easiest and most convenient way to strike. Usually, following his hit just feels like looking for breaks in armour, but learning everything about her... it made him grow attached. He started looking for completely unrelated pieces of information about her that would serve no logical purpose for conducting a killing. He liked her journalistic integrity, her charming naivete, her deep empathy... he liked her taste in home decor, how she dressed, the kinds of food she cooked. The little noise of frustration she’d make when she felt like she wasn’t being listened to. He likes the mask he chose for being around her- the lazy, easygoing neighbour that no one would suspect. 

Normally, he keeps away from the target until the last moment, but he finds himself slowly inserting into her life. Sans doesn’t trick himself into believing he’s a good person, but he has a code- a set of ‘ethics’ he follows, which absolutely includes not becoming personal with his victims.

... And, well... if he can’t resist getting personal... maybe he should reconsider her being a victim.

Red: Red already had some Feelings stirring in his big ol’ chest when he got his information on her. She looked all cute and unaware in the pictures he found, but a bounty is a bounty. However... once he saw her in person, in that crowded bar, he felt the little lurch of ‘i dunno if i really wanna do it’ become a resolute i won’t do it. Since Red is the only one of the three who has no qualms about getting personal with his kills, he’s staggered by his sudden reluctance, lost in thoughts about what they could be together. It was something of a love at first sight moment, though it wasn’t entirely pleasant for him- in amongst all the fluffy sensations, the thought that he had been planning on hurting her made him feel physically ill.

Rather than kill her in a back alley like he planned, he quietly (without her knowledge) escorted her back to her home. Just... making sure she’s safe. There’s a bounty on her head, after all- he’s gotta be sure no lowlives hunt her down.

Skull: Skull first saw her down the barrel of his gun.

Skull is a sniper partly because he’s so naturally good at it, ruthlessly patient and intelligent, but also partly because it makes him feel a sense of control. Humans caused him unimaginable suffering and loss over his lifetime, and now, he gets to instantly and distantly end lives. Although it does give him that temporary rush of power, it also has slowly but surely made him cold and disconnected, numb to everything. Sans and Red let themselves get their hands dirty but Skull remains distant- from both his kills, and himself. Floating in an emotional vacuum.

Seeing her... the feelings she gave him suddenly sent him reeling, crashing back down to Earth. He felt connection again. Skull isn’t exactly a chatty killer, nobody bats an eye when he vanishes for weeks on end- even the people who hire him. So he camps in an empty apartment opposite hers, his lights off and curtains drawn, watching her daily life through a scope. Sitting in a cold abandoned apartment for hours on end was never fun for any of his hunts... but when he watches her, it’s okay, he feels warm again.

It’s ironic that the closest he’s ever felt to anyone in years is still with a separation of almost 100ft.

[tsubasaclones]

stickers from the chinese ccs app... i did my best to remove the background from my screenshots (sorry i can't really get them in better resolution OTL)

[taxkha]

I finally finished playing Ace Attorney Dual Destinies and I didn't like it. I hope I will enjoy Spirit of Justice more than whatever the hell this game was.

[lucalicatteart]

-- Poorly Constructed Enchanted Tool --

A small tool carved from a fruit tree seed. Energy to power the enchantment has seemingly run-out long ago, and the method of recharging is unknown - but, based on the appearance, it's very likely that this was once used for detecting magic. Usually, looking through the glass center would highlight areas of higher magical energy concentration present in the viewer's environment, even if they were otherwise obscured to the naked eye. While this form of enchantment itself is highly advanced, the craftsmanship of the item is far less neat or complex than what might be typically seen in similar devices. It may have been made as part of training/practice, or as a hasty replacement for a previous tool that had broken.

[nothorses]

anon from before, i understand better now! i think i just thought abt it too much and confused myself but your explanation helped. im still on the fence abt cultural christianity but i think thats bc it seems like everyone is talking about it in a different way? like one person says it means this, but another person says its that. i think you made some really good points against it, but i also think spacelazarwolf made some good points for it so im just still figuring it out i think.

Yeah, I fully agree people are talking directly past each other in the conversation, and that's exactly why I made this post to begin with.

And I'm gonna @spacelazarwolf here because I respect his point of view a lot, we've been mutuals for a while, and I hadn't seen him talk about it until I went searching his blog literally just now; I don't wanna be talking about this behind his back or anything.

So like- correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like what he's defending is, for the most part, use of the term in some specific contexts:

"You are viewing this issue through a culturally Christian lens"

"Because you come from cultural Christianity, you may have developed blind spots and internalized ideas that you need to pay special attention to finding and rectifying"

(I'm specifically referring to these two recent posts)

I actually really agree with these uses! Those posts also clarify further that this isn't something you are, it's something you've been influenced by, or something you're doing. That's exactly the thing I say in my original post that I am very much here for, because, like I've said: Christian hegemony is obviously real, people are influenced by it- some more than others-, and it's necessary to be able to talk about these things.

I feel like the majority of arguments I see recently boil down to like, "why do you think cultural Christianity doesn't exist?" which, y'know, I don't doubt some people are actually saying. But if a lot of people are only really arguing that we shouldn't use it as an individual label that others get to decide to apply to them, and the people on the Other Side of the argument are only really arguing that we should be able to use it to refer to the impact of Christian hegemony on culture and shared ideology, like...

Maybe it's time to recognize that we're kinda saying the same shit. If we can get behind "don't label individuals, but do acknowledge the cultural impact and behavior", we can probably just move forward knowing that none of us are trying to advocate for something shitty just because someone else on our "side" said it. And maybe have more productive & relevant conversations.

[snickerdoodlles]

there's a lot of things people blame for why fandoms feel like ghost towns these days, but no one's really talked about the way discord's contributing to it

[punisheddonjuan]

There's a certain sort of "communist" blogger on here who even though they are obviously intelligent and frequently have intelligent things to say, I find completely fucking insufferable and have blocked so I can avoid their posts. It's because they radiate smugness and have an absolute certainty that they are always right and never wrong coupled with the refusal to entertain any critiques of their positions. That kind of belligerent attitude just always rubs me the wrong way, especially when they would rather just repeat the same tired jokes about "anarkiddies" rather than actually engage with good faith criticism in good faith. It's just very disappointing, a little intellectual humility and flexibility will take you a long way toward not coming off as a completely fucking insufferable tool.

[alicentsgf]

the targaryens were built to burn themselves down and thats why i truly believe if Dany does take the throne in the end of asoiaf it should be without her dragons. the targaryens are conquerors. their house words are 'fire and blood'. those are not the words of a peaceful ruling house.

'we light the way' 'winter is coming' 'unbowed. unbent. unbroken.' these house words speak to longevity, not war. its why i'll never be a fan of the idea of a targaryen on the throne, no matter who it is. the most intelligent thing viserys probably ever said was 'dragons are a power men should never have trifled with'. you cannot rule peacefully if you're constantly threatening your people with fire from above.