#fake conflict

[anchorsnreignbows]

[urfriendlywriter]

miscommunication prompts:

(feel free to use <3 req by @seungspolaroid )

"Do you think I'm joking around right now?"

"everytime i look at you, i feel more alone."

after A says something that B understand wrongly, "i think i fucking deserve better than that."

"out of all the people, why would you..."

"you upset me multiple times, [name]-" "i don't know what i did, i swear idk why you're so mad right now?" "I'm the mad one now huh.."

"how hard it is for you to sit and TALK to me? "

"wow. you're putting words in my mouth that I've never said."

"no one can save this relationship now, can they?" "it isn't like something i say is gonna change your mind."

"you lost me a long, long time ago."

"but you said that.. you said what you knew would hurt me the most. you did it too." "i.. didn't.."

"how can i believe you?"

"i don't trust you anymore."

"what is your problem? why won't you trust me anymore??"

"talk it out with me please, please i beg you."

"you didn't say that...?" "i.. didn't."

[queenwille]

what’s the best antisemitic post or fake propaganda you read?

i’ll start, because it’s a good one.

i was sitting with my muslim bestie between classes in our classeroom (we study community social work), scrolling through threads, while she was scolding me about being too lazy to start working on this presentation we had to do about community services post october 7th. suddenly i read this post “Do you know Muslims aren’t allowed to walk on the sidewalk in Israel? You know when that happened last in history and to who…” i burst out laughing and she’s even angrier that i’m not listening, but i show her and she looks and laughs as well, while i look at her muslim self sitting in an israeli uni classroom like any other student scolding my jewish ass rightfully so. she goes “what the fu…? how did she..? wait, but wait, where in history…”

“i- ohmygo- the holocaust. THE HOLOCAUST.”

-“oh my god, of course i knew that wth”

it amazes me how people across the sea will write anything about our lives for the drama/spice/followers/likes without knowing us and how we live. and then that if we were a little less strong, these things could have seriously ruined our great friendship.

[multifandomkpop3]

𝐎𝐭8 𝐁𝐅 𝐀𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐳! 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝

𝚆𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜: 𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍, 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚋𝚒𝚊, 𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚞𝚙𝚜

𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜: 𝙸𝚍𝚘𝚕 𝙱𝚘𝚢𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝙰𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚣 𝚡 𝙰𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚢 𝙶𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛

[alwaysbewoke]

honestly, FUCK ISRAEL!!

[familyagrestefanblog]

You know what's so sad about how badly Ladynoir got nuked that it actually turns around to be funny again?

Not only did Marinette telling Chat Noir that she'll never abandon him loose all meaning in season 5 because she left after being told "no" by him once (and she already wanted to leave before Plagg initiated his plan:

I know, its almost like the show is going out of its way to nuke Ladynoir) and proceeded to not think about making sure it's at least Scarabella again who Chat Noir will be meeting after last episode to try and prevent the same "new Ladybug" disaster she said she was sorry for from happening again. And who has to tell him the bad news that this time Ladybug left for good and that it was him saying "no" that caused it.

So exactly all the problems with Hack-San again just for real and WORSE, and even the fear he was talking about at the end - that one day it wouldn't be her and he'll never see her again.

It is incredibly difficult for me to be upset with Adrien for leaving bc of all this. Even if I want to. Marinette's side is just so much worse again

But, no. That's not it!

Even the one and only tini-tiny thing she actually DID manage to remember him for while she threw the darkest red-alert situation at him in "Hack-San", it still ended up ringing pretty much hollow by the end of season 5.

I swear, not a single Ladynoir excuse for Marinette in "Hack-San" is in any way holding up. It's insane.

Cause not ONCE in all of season 4 and 5 does Marinette as Ladybug laugh at anything Chat Noir says. She straight up acknowledged it towards Alya that it makes him happy and she seriously never once does.

That is... genuinely sad. Not sad as in pathetic, just deeply saddening.

And even the few times when civilian Marinette laughs with Chat Noir, I can't remember it ever being at his jokes. It happens when other civilians are bothered by them in the cinema in "Glaciator 2" and in "Elation" when she's having fun at the date in general and later when Adrien tries to be silly while explaining something and then Marinette laughs at Chat being frustrated at himself for not being able to put what he wants to say into words.

But all of these cases are not her laughing at his jokes the way she literally said she knows makes him happy. So she's still not doing it.

Wait, no. When Marichat get the ice cream in "Elation". At least thats a moment where Marinette actively laughs at a joke Chat made. Although, she revealed in "Hack-San" that she would do so, too, even if she didn't think it's funny at all and that unfortunately does leave a very sour taste in my mouth:

Person B being the only one who genuinely laughs at person A's jokes is such a popular trope for a reason and it stings knowing that even that doesn't truly apply here.

The trope was ironically recycled into Adrien thinking Marinette's behavior is funny which he then in season 5 got shamed for by the narrative when he then found out that he was laughing at her trauma responses and he beats himself up for it (what a weird writing decision, honestly)

But Marinette as Ladybug for some reason just continued to be written to not laugh to make Chat Noir happy (even when she was oh so in love with him in the beginning of season 5) and that puts the genuineness of the rare times she does into question bc Marinette is apparently just willing to fake it every blue moon.

But I guess, credit where credit is due. She did indeed do the thing she said she knows makes Chat Noir happy ONE TIME in 52 episodes. Only as civilian, though. And mind you, she left the next episode and previously said that her laughing doesn't mean she actually thinks he's funny.

But one questionable time is better than non, right ?

[ganymedesclock]

To explain The Goblin Problem and not go on a tag rant on someone else's reblog, I will explain it in the nutshell.

The Goblin Problem is when a story establishes a group of creatures to serve as recurrent antagonists (not necessarily all one species; in a lot of rpg games this can broadly apply to "monsters") THAT:

Are never negotiable, or the negotiable parties among them are Token Heroic Orcs- that is to say, they are seen as objectors or 'good' versions who have absolutely no connections to, and hold no objections toward you attacking, the rest of their brethren, who they have forsaken as the price to be paid for being good.

Have obvious unique technology; they may attack you with weapons found nowhere else in the game, demonstrate the ability to speak, have their own obvious language, tame a creature that nobody else tames so that it's thus impossible that they are stealing already-tamed specimens from someone else

Are characterized primarily or exclusively as raiders who attack others, with the justification this means they are inferior creatures parasitically dependent on Good, Civilized Settings, e.g. they cannot possibly be sustainably hunting, gathering, or practicing either nomadic or settled agriculture.

Are often defined as having no choice to be evil or are created by a greater evil to serve as thralls, and yet, will not under any circumstances be regarded as indoctrinated victims, or if that is mentioned, there will nonetheless be an overarching lack of narrative concern as to where or how the survivors should live after the greater evil is taken care of, or if effort should be made to challenge the indoctrination and give them the ability to choose their lives.

What this ultimately creates is that they are unambiguously people, who obviously check all the marks of sapience, who are quite possibly wearing clothes, but the goblin or orc exists as a stopgap. You want your fantasy hero to get into a swordfight but you don't want him to kill another human being. So you invent something that wields a sword but is in some way "not a person", which is senseless. Unless you want the nature of this swordfight to be that a chimpanzee picked up a knife, at which point they are not going to use reliable sword techniques.

[worstloki]

My issue with Thor not ‘realizing’ why Loki was acting off in Avengers 1 isn’t that Thor didn’t recognise Loki was acting unlike himself—Thor did note that—or that Thor didn’t figure out what was wrong—he did try asking—it’s more along the lines of Thor giving up, and that he accepted Loki was bad now within two days while knowing something was off when Thor himself behaved just as bad for much longer before without any specific compromising event.

[okawarihappylife]

i am once again thinking abt the lost potential that is hypmic.

[youareprobablywrong]

Is the Gaza Ministry of Health Lying about Casualty Data?

No. There is no evidence to suggest that this is the case. Arguably, the real time reporting on the ground would indicate that the data is likely very accurate, if not still underreported. The MoH (Ministry of Health) has been verified in previous conflicts has having been accurately reported. This verification has been done by independent parties, but most specifically Israel and the United States.

What would be some red flags for faked data?

Some noticeable trends would be:

Absence of statistical outliers

Near uniformity in reporting

Increases/decreases that do not make sense given contexts

First and second order digit comparisons

Why would MoH or anyone lie about casualty data?

Those who have attempted to cast doubt on Gaza's reporting have done so to delegitimize their entire system. They allege that Gaza's Ministry of Health has in their best interest (for the sake of propaganda and to sway the world) to fabricate through casualty reporting the severity of the destruction so as to paint Israel as the aggressor.

While the motive is surely true, the data at present does not support the idea that this is what the MoH is doing.

What is true is that the quality of data being reported has decreased over time. This is in part driven by the near total collapse of the health system in Gaza. It is the health system (actual doctors and nurses) that is responsible for reporting deaths. Their method for reporting is consistent with other countries (like Israel, United States, EU, etc.) in which they have a name, and a personal identification number (Palestine's version of a social security number). This information is verifiable.

There is also satellite imagery that validates the level of physical destruction. This objective means of assessing the spread of damage would, for reasonable people, give the impression that there would be significant numbers of dead and injured.

As of today, that number stands at more than 110,000 casualties (34,000+ dead and 76,900+ injured).

The facts are that the average daily number of people killed and injured has decreased significantly over time. This is while also seeing a higher ratio of killed over injured which suggests that the IDF is using better intelligence and better ordinance to strike legitimate targets. To be fair, two months of carpet bombing that occurred from the outset has left the IDF with no other choice as doing this also diminished Israel's capacity to perpetually monitor every single person within the Gaza Strip.

So, if you hear someone alleging that the Gaza Ministry of Health is fabricating their casualty numbers, kindly tell that person to fuck off. This is simply a rhetorical device that is meant to divest the people of Gaza of any legitimacy, indeed their humanity.

If, as the news has been reporting for several weeks now, Israel executes a ground assault into Rafah, we should expect to see casualty numbers increase with significant spikes, followed by precipitous decreases.

[thevelaryons]

I love that Addam is positioned alongside Corlys during the war, whereas Alyn remains by his mother’s side. Addam is fully engaged in his identity as a Velaryon and Alyn keeps himself at a distance. But in the end, Addam proves himself to take more after his mother (and is ultimately buried at Hull where she lives). Meanwhile, Alyn goes on to become Corlys 2.0 (right down to being buried in the sea).

The juxtaposition between them is such a great detail.

[fakepeppinomybeloved]

play fighting is a great way to get rid of stress and practice defending yourself! Small Peppino doesn't see it that way, though 😞

this is actually part 3 of a set that I started a couple months ago 8') but hey, I got it done!

part one

part two

[monitorkernelaccess]

it’s just like. sooooo telling that marcille remembers the good version of her dream as being fun because she was on an adventure with her friends/figures that represented her friends. like she’s not happy at the end because she defeated death. she doesn’t even say they find the treasure they were looking for. she’s just happy that they’re on the adventure :)

[harriertail]

warrior cats leaking the next SE as Ivypool's Heart???

[multifandomkpop3]

𝐎𝐭8 𝐁𝐟! 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤

𝚆𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜: 𝙿𝚎𝚝 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜, 𝚜𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝙻𝚎𝚎 𝙺𝚗𝚘𝚠’𝚜

𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜: 𝙱𝚘𝚢𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚢 𝙺𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚡 𝙶𝚗! 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛

[alwaysbewoke]