#like for real. no asterisk

[devilsskettle]

idk something about this to me seems so like. idk. like you know how people will be like haha i like this bad cringe thing but ONLY ironically because it's cringe :) but actually they just like the thing and they're scared of being judged for it? this is like haha i support women and stand up to men who are being misogynistic but i also need to make it clear that i agree with those men and they're right to hate those women* (*fictional) btw please validate my thoughts and opinions because they still align with misogynistic male behavior while shallowly suggesting that i have a feminist belief system :)

edit: actually though because it just becomes a way to say which female characters you fucking hate while feeling okay about it because it's just a jokey joke we're all feminists here :) and i see hashtag rey from star wars and it's like okay haha i get it she was poorly written by men and highjacked as a character by a notoriously vocal subsection of the fanbase because of a ship or w/e but then i see

and it's like okay well. now i am about to defend a female character with my life after YOU said you didn't like her. why is skyler white a magnet for misogyny and vitriol, she's a fantastic character and she is 100% understandable in her actions given the circumstances she was forced into. fuck you fr

[moeblob]

I unfortunately picked up Bravely Default 2 again (I bought it back when it released) and then started over since I last played it in June 2021. And. You know what. I like these silly beans. And then I saw concept art for Dag's expressions and I am not the same. Why did they decide to give him huge fangs in it.

(also I'm trying so hard to avoid spoilers less for plot but more for characters so if you know anything that happens to characters shhhhh. also the expression concept is below the read more so you can see what I mean.)

[nibwhipdragon]

god, dear fucking god, the monster hunter movie was worse than humanly possible

WHY IS THE US MILITARY HERE?! WHY IS IT AN ISEKAI PLOT? WHY DOES THE HUNTER NOT KNOW WHAT CHOCOLATE IS?

if they wanted a monster to fight the military at least use a Bazelgeuse cause it's right up their alley

I'm putting this all under a cut because I ranted much more than I anticipated. All my thoughts on this stupid film are under the cut.

Anon this sounds like you've watched the film for the first time and. Man I am So Sorry. It was worse than what I expected it to be and my expectations were already at rock bottom. They used Gore in the advertising but it was only used as sequel bait??? Nasty. And there was gonna be a scene where it and Rathalos would fight in a shopping center or smth and MAN. That would've made the film a little bit enjoyable. The tiniest bit.

The film REALLY didn't need to be an isekai. If the director wanted to make his wife the protag (again. Why does he do this all the time. Give someone else a chance will you) why couldn't she have been a hunter? Either learning the ropes a la Legends of The Guild (a much better mh film you should watch if you haven't already) OR already a top tier hunter investigating an odd phenomenon. Not. That.

And the way the guns were useless on the Diablos??? (Why were the monsters so oddly big too) Hello. Bowguns. Ballistae. Barrel bombs. Gunlance. They could at least do SOME damage.

Also the hunter not knowing what chocolate is is INSANE. They have donuts canonically. They have coke canonically*. Is chocolate really that far of a stretch??? It's sugar and cocoa beans and milk. Not that hard to make and they sure have a lot of jungles so it's not like they can't find any cocoa beans.

IN MHW THEY LITERALLY HAVE CHOCOLATE COVERED APPLES AND DONUTS. COME ON. It's like the director just treated the entire world as this sort of primitive place, rather than a place that's just different to ours. They're quite technologically advanced: They have airships, sandships, the dragonator and dragonrazer, and massive boats that can have up to 3 dragonators at a time on it. Steam trains*² too. All highly complex mechanisms. Yes they all seem to run on steam pressure but honestly? I don't think they'd plunder oil from the earth the way we do, so it makes sense. And all the knowledge on all these monsters and how they work and stuff? That's certainly not primitive. Also how did the Admiral know English. No I'm not taking that stupid timeloop paradox quest that used to be in MHW as canon. Because What Is That.

WHY DOES THE ADMIRAL LOOK LIKE THAT, ACTUALLY?

Like cmon man. I can barely even see a resemblance. $60mil budget is actually fairly small for a film but COULD YOU NOT HAVE SPENT MORE OF THAT ON THE ADMIRAL'S DESIGN??? There was barely even any monster action in the film it was just Artemis and the hunter fighting. Surely the CGI didn't cost that much.

OK I went onto Wikipedia for that info and it led me to find out the director is British. Having a moment of silence to mourn the fact this scourge came from my home country.

Moving on. The insect glaive was shown at the end of the film. No kinsect. My brother in Christ THE KINSECT IS LIKE HALF THE WEAPON. IT'S IN THE NAME.

Another nitpick but the desert is so ridiculously empty I'm convinced the director doesn't know what a desert looks like (I know he wouldn't have been a concept artist. But he both and directed and wrote so I assume he has quite a bit of control over the other parts of the film's creation).

Like cmon. Sure some parts of deserts are quite empty, like the Sahara, but I doubt a big monster like Diablos is going to be chilling in a place with no shade and no cacti. It can go underground to avoid the heat when traversing but in no way would it hang about as much as it did in the film. No reason to there are more optimal environments for it within the desert. At least make the background visually appealing on basis of it being a film. Can't the sand at LEAST be orange-yellow?

Also Bazelgeuse bombing them in the film would've been hilarious to me I wish that happened

Anyways. Go watch Legends of The Guild. Purify yourself. Great animated film that expands on pre-existing characters and also gave us the great indication that the games seem to take place in chronological order. I love you Legends of The Guild

* As one of the meal items in one of the games, I can't remember. Coke is cinnamon and vanilla flavoured so it isn't too outlandish for them to have it as a drink imo

*² The felynes in Elgado use a mini one near the dango food place thingy. Sure it's small but the fact it exist makes the concept of large ones used for transport and the like not too far-fetched

[dynamitekansai]

aew: Who are the women that inspire the women of #AEW?

[seaweedstarshine]

Rewatching my favorite Christmas special and I cannot get over “Psych*tic Potato Dwarf” as an insult from a person who — canonically — according to sources from the same writer — often hears voices that he has trouble distinguishing from reality. It's not just the one line, it's the fact that it’s the title of Strax’s theme! I always wanna call it out 😭, which works out in my The Snowmen-era Eleventh Doctor fanfictions because Strax is a nurse and would know what that word means.

Like, it does unfortunately fit the character because Gallifreyan culture is — canonically — systematically exclusionary of mentally ill people, and the Eleventh Doctor — canonically — hates himself more than anyone in the universe. But the choice?

[anti-degenerate-dragon]

mentioned to a coworker I truly do not care about sex don't want it don't need it don't like it and she's like "omg I'm asexual too!" and I'm like oh awesome!! only to find out a week later she has a birth control implant bc she's fucking her boyfriend all the time. ripping my hair out!!!! if you are gonna label yourself and it doesn't even mean what it means what the fuck are you doing!!!! killing killing killing

[docholligay]

I love glancing past this ping-pong stuff about how much we have to accommodate other people, and does your diagnosis trump theirs and which identities count as uno reverse cards, slowly watching people come back to the idea of: "you should be generally kind to others, but you don't actually have to hang out with people who make you fucking nuts"

[fooligandan]

me and these two guys speaking nothing but the truth rn

[xannerz]

https://www.tumblr.com/xannerz/750244196451074048/gotta-make-the-fandom-kiddos-write-asshole

You’re obviously avoiding responsibility to avoid deep shame. Don’t minimize the impact your actions have on others. Kids who were “just assholes” to me in childhood deeply traumatized and angered me for life.

me: not all characters or people you encounter could be classified as 'abusive' even if you had a strong negative reaction to their behavior

this anon: hmm time for me to misinterpret the post, make broad assumptions, and make it all your problem

[scionshtola]

man h*rmes really just. did not have the tools to help m*teion properly process all that despair. and how could he! no one else had them (the flowers were always white!). but he cared about her. and he wanted her to go out and learn how to deal with despair and more (in the course of your long journey you will learn from those you meet. learn to walk and run and so much more). and it’s just so sad to me. if he knew how to handle his own despair, if he knew that everyone had to find their own reason for living, he wouldn’t have needed to send her out in the first place.

[bluesandboos]

anyway puta madrid

[heartbeetz]

Where's that post with all the pr0shᎥp tags people should be blocking. It needs to be brought back. I'm seeing too much stuff like that ending up on my dash presumably on accident lately when there is such an easy fix.

[natsudragneelgf]

the other day I caught some ******** **** **** on TV and got a sudden urge to maybe tune in but that would be breaking a VOW of personal taste even if I put it in the "bad shows I watch" bracket. Instead of caving I let the thought sit with me and THANKFULLY I am now feeling like taking on *** ******* **** as a new show. So the lesson here is save yourself from yourself. Or something idk actually I was pointed to the new show by curiosity and my boner so what do I know

[interxstitial]

❝I made you a valentine. I wanted you to know how I appreciate our friendship.❞ (from log 👁️)

platonic valentine's day starters: ACCEPTING!

"oh."

it's an incredibly sweet gesture. truthfully, jiwon hadn't been expecting more than the handwritten cards and tootsie pops from his students. the younger ones, anyway. the ones under ten. most of the gifts had been awkwardly handed to him at the urging of well-meaning parents, whose children didn't yet quite understand the point of giving presents to others. still, jiwon accepted them with a grateful smile and many thank you's.

this one feels.. different.

perhaps it's because logan is not a six-year-old on the verge of metacognition. maybe it has something to do with jiwon sort of hoping this would have happened. or maybe it's because jiwon turned down at least three matches who asked if he had plans for today and told them he was actually going to be busy with a friend when no such plan had been established at all. but maybe...

"thank you," jiwon finally says, once he overcomes the initial shock. with a soft smile, he flips the envelope over in his hands and thumbs at the seal. "is it okay if i open it..?"

[piierrote]

in 2024 i will write and plan and maybe begin making the longer version of Shine that i truly want to make very badly…

[anthonycrowley]

hi i got tired of tagging it that way esp because it's basically a liveblog at this point so if you have the tv show h*use blocked by my tagging conventions for your convenience change the tag to 'houseposting' okay bye