#kaijuu cringe

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I’m too scared to read the responses but op i get it.

Not to call everything a symptom, but is it a trauma thing to be able to compartmentalise people into "can do better" and "can't do better"? And I don't mean like splitting, I mean like you've got people that you know are capable of being kind, decent and just treating people right, and then there's people who aren't. So if someone that you already know and have mentally slotted into the "can be expected to do shitty things" does something atrociously shitty, you can just shrug and go "yeah they do that", not being any more surprised than you would be if a rock you just dropped from your hand fell on the ground.

But if someone that you know and have categorised as "capable of treating people right" did something cruel and shitty to you, you'd be shocked and heartbroken, because that's not something you're mentally prepared to expect from this person.

[superantikaijuwarmachine]

I'm building a MTG Deck

Recently got into CEDH MTG thanks to one of my wacky coworkers, I am working on building a deck with Talion, the Kindly Lord as the commander. Of course there are decks with this CEDH set up, and of course my coworker began to swear at me violently upon relaying this information. ANYWAY, long story short I am looking to build a deck and would appreciate any recommendations that are (within reason of course).

[superantikaijuwarmachine]

I feel like shopping plus size is like that scene from the good place where she’s like I have the thing and he’s like and it’s not a cactus or whatever. it’s just like 2x and im like are you sure tho??

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250 posts!

(cringe! i’ve been on here for that long!)

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Recently Haven’t been Writing as much so Good news!

Skip Google for Research

As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse.  It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms 

As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable.  As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.

Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.

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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.

www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.

www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.

https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.

www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.

http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.

www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.

www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.

www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free

[brain-of-rain]

Kaiju no. 8 x Godaigo Daigo

Ya'll I'm going to be honest, I really hate writing. However, I am so obsessed with this concept I can't stop myself from trying. Here's an attempt to slap some ideas together into something comprehensible.

Overcast skies shade the city. It's been cold today, the first undisputable sign of changing seasons. Most citizens groan about the chilly air, not ready to let go of summer yet. Some welcome it, and others have been waiting for this moment all year. The lack of sun and cool breeze do wonders for reducing the rotten stench of a stagnant kaiju corpse.

It's noon, and the Monster Sweeper Inc. crew is breaking for lunch. No one wanders off to buy food as the surrounding stores are abandoned. Buildings were left empty during the kaiju clean-up efforts. Co-workers find seating on grassy hills and benches in a nearby park, unboxing packed lunches and chatting aimlessly as their hour rest ticks by. “Man, It’s been a while since the big guy has dropped in. Guess the defense force is keeping him busy” “Sir?” Reno Ichikawa pauses, looking up from his vitamin pouch, too curious to ignore the comment. “Someone from the defense force works for the company?” “Well…” Kafka peters off, gesturing incomprehensibly. “His situation is a bit… complicated.” Glancing at Reno he's met with a deadpan look. “Ok ok, so Big Guy doesn't exactly work for Monster Sweeper Inc., it's more of a volunteer contract. He comes and lends a hand with cleanup when the defense force lets him go out at least, I swear he probably begs to clean up Kaiju, they barely let him out nowadays.” “So what you're saying is the defense force has a prisoner who prefers digging around in kaiju guts over whatever solitary confinement they have him trapped in at the base. You can’t be serious. How could you see the Force with such high favor if that were true.” “No no, you've got it all wrong! He's not a prisoner… well I guess prisoner isn't entirely inaccurate, but his situation isn’t so simple! He's a prisoner of circumstance, not the defense force! UGH, why is this so hard to describe.” “Jesus Kafka, you could not be any worse at explaining things” Mitsuike grins from his bench, scoffing good-naturedly, sympathetic to Ichikawas’ position. “You're beating around the bush too much. What Kafka is trying to say is that Big Guy is the unfortunate product of human experimentation and is required to stay on base unless deployed by the higher-ups due to his terrifying appearance… Ok, I see why you’re having trouble.” Kafka leaps up, dancing around like he won some important bet “HAHA! See! I-” Thud - a familiar sound interrupts the celebration. Thud - There it is again, followed by another at a regular cadence, getting closer with each repetition. The cold, empty streets echoed with the noise. Ichikawa leaps to his feet eyes locked onto his mentor, vitamin lunch forgotten entirely. “Why aren't the kaiju alerts sounding?” His tone was sharp yet controlled. “Why isn't anyone moving? We need to evacuate.” “Ahhh speak of the devil.” Kafka is looking elsewhere, towards the resounding footsteps. “Looks like we don’t have to explain after all.” His nearsighted squint breaks into a smile as he begins waving. Ichikawa stares blankly at him before another footfall breaks his confusion. He looks up, and up and up until he meets the subject of Kafka’s attention. It’s a man, an unnaturally, tall man, dwarfing nearby buildings and interrupting the cityscape. It stops and raises a hand to return Kafka’s gesture. The figure softens, suddenly familiar, friendly, and human. “Oh.” That is all Ichikawa can muster. “That…” Kafka smiles, “Is Big Guy.”

[hismercytomyjustice]

Me: Aww, I’m 4.5k words into this follow up oneshot. Too bad I don’t have any ideas for another one. Maybe this’ll be the last one.

Me minding my own fucking business on my way back from my piano lesson: You know what the stupidest fucking thing you could do is, don’t you?

Ffffffffuck T_T I’M NEVER GONNA GET TO WRITE THE CRACK FIC I ACTUALLY PLANNED OUT AM I

I REFUSE to start writing another multi chapter fic until I finish my BG3 one. It is the PRINCIPLE of the thing! I have like 5 chapters left to write on that beast and then I will be FREE TO PURSUE other multi chapter fics.

Why do loosely connected oneshots not count?

NO CLUE. but that’s the line my brain has drawn in the sand and we are STICKING TO IT.

god I missed when fandom made my brain go brrrr. I feel like it hasn’t really happened for me since pacific rim. 😭 it sort of had with bg3 in terms of the amount of time I’ve spent obsessed with it, but it hasn’t given me that same desperation to write as much shit as possible for it

…I say like a 65k+ word and growing fic sounds like it isn’t wildly desperate of me…

I was not planning on getting into another fandom. I was waiting for the inevitable “oh no, bg3 doesn’t make brain go brrr anymore, hopefully the new stardew update saves me from my fucking self”

save me concernedape save me

And then fucking Hazbin and Helluva Boss steamrolled their way in when I had my guard down

All because SPOTIFY was like “hey, you know what you should listen to? You’re a slut for musicals aren’t you?”

Yes yes I am (ಥ﹏ಥ)

This is all because I started using the Daylist feature for the first time earlier this year like a FOOL

I literally knew NOTHING about Hazbin aside from seeing a few people vaguely mention liking it in passing

and now here I am all over again, pacific rim 2.0

and that only happened because my bff was like “hey, y’know masi oka? he tweeted about liking this new robot movie, wanna check it out?”

Sure! Idgaf about robots or kaijuu or anything, but why not!

(ㆆ _ ㆆ) WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT FUCKING WENT NOW DON’T WE

I don’t think I’d written any fanfiction at that point since my prior prior obsessions with fucking inuyasha and poto. I don’t even remember what username I had on fanfiction.net!

WHAT THE FUCK

I still have goddamn 5k written on the poto au I started a few months ago before I was like “I really wanna write a one shot about Astarion and Gale becoming book besties”

┬─┬ ︵ /(.□. \）

…I am so happy and I am so cringe but I am so free…

[superantikaijuwarmachine]

if my life were an anime my outro would be butterfly by weezer even though i hate rivers cuomo

[superantikaijuwarmachine]

Need a new job asap

[littlemisssquiggles]

I have had a fear ever since Salem’s first meeting with Cinder and crew in Volume 4, given what Ruby’s silver eye power did to Cinder and Tyrian sadistically mentioning “eye for an eye” that Ruby might lose an eye, have half her face horribly scarred, lose an arm...considering Cinder’s grudge and the dramatic irony that the two would “match” if that would happen and would be “even”. And considering the show pulls no punches at times...it’s just a fear I’ve had ever since Volume 4 and especially since things are getting much darker. I just want both halves of the RoseGarden team to be okay! Poor babies 😔

Hey there Sweet. To tell you the honest truth fam, I’m not a fan of the whole “Ruby losing an eye” theory that’s become increasingly popular with the FNDM as of this volume. 

In my opinion, the CRWBY Writers haven’t done a good job at progressing Ruby’s development as a Silver Eyed Warrior in a manner that feels consistent and feels like it has actually impacted her as a character. 

Over the course of the last couple of seasons, I’ve seen these writers introduce the Silver Eyes in the finale of V3 then drop it for two whole volumes without depicting Ruby showing any kind of onscreen interest in knowing that side of herself despite the connection it has to her mother.

They then brought it back in V6 with the inkling that the audience could essentially start to see Ruby begin to focus on training to fully control her unique abilities. They even introduced a mentor character for Ruby to have in the form of Maria Calavera (in place of Ozpin who was actually the one who told Qrow first about the Silver Eyed Warriors buuuut...I digress). 

However even that was squandered since in the end, we neither received any further information on the Silver Eyed Warriors (outside of the brief titbit on their ties to the God of Light) nor have we seen any further moments of Ruby actually training to use her powers. Instead what we got was a rushed moment of triumph of Ruby using her powers against the Leviathan. 

And despite showing that Ruby’s powers didn’t 100% work against the Kaijuu Grimm---proving that Ruby still needs more training, what happens after V6 going into V7? Ruby’s training to become a full-fledged Silver Eyes get dropped yet again and what’s worse is that her so-called mentor character---Maria gets side-lined and relegated to the team Granny Uber Driver despite showing much more promise than that.

At this point, if the showrunners were to have Ruby lose an eye then I honestly would hate it. And this is coming from someone who considers Ruby as one of her favourite characters in the show and was more than excited to see her grow into a Silver Eyed Warrior. 

What good would Ruby losing an eye do for her development NOW if the show hasn’t been steady with that aspect of her story up until this point? 

To me, it’ll just feel like something that was done for pure “shock value” without much thought as to how it can and will continue to develop the character in the long run and I’m not going to like it for that reason. Ruby losing her silver eyes or an eye---what will the showrunners do with that, huh? Have Ruby suddenly decide to take urgency to her training to use her Silver Eyes seriously after not showing an interest in continuing her training since her arrival in Atlas? 

What good would that be now if they haven’t been consistent with this at all for Ruby’s side of the story? But then again, these are just my thoughts and opinions on that matter. Pardon my saltiness on the subject. I just personally don’t like how Ruby’s Silver Eyed Warrior story is being handled at all. While I do  like some elements to it (like the introduction of Maria and how the power connects Ruby to her mother and feelings over her death), it’s doesn’t change the fact that the inconsistency in how it was told is really bugging me. 

And the popularity of  “Ruby losing an eye” doesn’t change my stance on it. However, since this theory is popular with the FNDM. I’m going to humour it for a bit here.

Hypothetically, if something horrendously bad were to befall Ruby and her eyes then I personally would rather it be a case in which Ruby’s eyes become severely damaged during an altercation with Salem. 

Let’s say…Salem used the same black magic she used on Oscar last episode to burn Ruby’s eyes. Not enough for her to lose vision entirely like Maria but enough that it becomes a huge impairment to her abilities as both a Silver Eyed Warrior and a huntress as a whole.

Imagine a scenario where…Salem damages Ruby’s eyes to a point where the little rose can’t use her silver eye powers without the risk of losing her vision completely. So basically this is an ultimatum that Ruby has to live with for the rest of her life.

What would she do if she had to sacrifice a part of herself and the very lifestyle she dreamed of becoming to save the world?

 Imagine if…Ruby is placed in a predicament where in order to defeat Salem and save Remnant, she needed to use her Silver Eyes. However due to her injury, she can’t use her Silver Eyes without losing her ability to see entirely. And if Ruby loses her sight then how was she going to be a huntress?

In previous seasons, Ruby had proclaimed that she always wanted to be like the heroes in the fairy tales she loved as a child. And according to Yang back in V2, Ruby has always wanted to become a huntress. She’s no different from Pyrhha Nikkos in that regard.

But what good would Ruby be as a huntress if she lost her eyes. How would she be able to help protect the world if she becomes blind to it? 

Would Ruby be willing to make that sacrifice if that was what it took to help humanity? Would she trade her eyes for the world? 

Would she give up being a huntresses and subject herself to being a blind woman for the rest of her life if it mean humanity could live another day without the tyranny of Salem or her forces? Would Ruby do that?

If something were to happen to Ruby’s eyes then I rather it’d be something like THAT. I think an arc like that could be very compelling for Ruby’s story.

Let’s say, at some point for V8, Salem deploys George---her Hound to go capture Ruby Rose this time. Since Oscar was resilient in withholding the truth about the Relics from Salem despite how many times she and her associates dared to break him---Salem decides to try a different approach.

Let’s say…after peaking into his mind, Salem learns that Ruby Rose is someone important to Oscar. Thus Salem has Ruby captured while using Oscar as bait. Like imagine if…Salem gets Ruby to willingly surrender herself over to the Hound to be taken away under the premise that no further harm will come to Oscar should Ruby give herself up.

Imagine a scene in which…Salem once again has a weakened Oscar Pine restrained by the Hound as he is forced to watch helplessly as the Wicked Witch brandished his beloved rose before him; proceeding to cause Ruby immense physical pain by torturing her with black magic all the while a poor tear-stricken Oscar is screaming for her to stop harming Ruby.

Like I’m picturing a moment where after Salem tortured Ruby with dark magic, she then used the same power to cause harm to Ruby’s eyes. 

Like imagine…Salem holding Ruby by the throat, threatening to strangle her to death or snap her neck with one hand while the other covered her eyes as the Wicked Witch slowly burned Ruby’s eyes with her black magic while she cried out in sheer agony. And it is in this moment where Oscar finally yields; telling Salem about Jinn while practically grovelling to her on his knees to stop her from harming Ruby further. 

Imagine if…a scene like that were to happen in the canon?

I’m not a fan of physical torture of characters. Scenes like that tend to make me feel very uncomfortable after a while of watching, particularly if it involves my favourite character or characters. But given the tone of this volume and what was seen from last episode, it wouldn’t surprise me if something like I just described were to happen.

If breaking Oscar physically and mentally isn’t enough for Salem to get what she desired out of him then the next alternative is to toy with his heart. It wouldn’t surprise me if Salem perceives the faith and compassion that her Ozma (cringe)---and by extension his successors---harbour for humanity as his greatest weakness. One that she is more than willing to exploit, especially when fuelled by petty (ass) revenge.

All in all, I want our two, smaller more honest souls to walk out of this volume unscathed as well, fam. However, again, given the tone of the last episode and this season thus far…I’m not so sure anymore. But we’ll see how the episodes go moving forward.

~LittleMissSquiggles (2020)

[superantikaijuwarmachine]

Would you kiss me 👉👈

I'm seeing someone dude fuck off (you're like 12 anyway nerd !!1!!)

[superantikaijuwarmachine]

watched @strange-aeons vid on it! I’m distraught I didn’t know until yesterday!

Prepare yourself.

[superantikaijuwarmachine]

Why are you so pretty bro 👉👈

Got dropped on my face as a baby so it kinda worked out for me in the long game...

[superantikaijuwarmachine]

As someone who’s had a tumblr for over 10 ish years now…don’t tell me you were (insert age)…dude i know i’m old

“average person eats 3 spiders a year” factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

[superantikaijuwarmachine]

woah! rare collect!

[superantikaijuwarmachine]

WHO WAS GONNA TELL ME?!?

Happy National Library Week!! A great time to ask everyone you know if they have a library card.