#misunderstood circumstances

[mirage-of-the-virtuoso]

Y'know what? Maybe I'm crazy for this, but I am curious if others had similar things with their characters.

[feelo-fick]

maybe i should make a summary post for tragedy au... context is MUCH needed every time i post about it. like at least a little bit. without any context it looks like im going insanely ooc with my shitposts

[gancanagh]

The Curse

The Witch...

"Before the witch's final breath, She found a way to cheat her death. By cutting off her wicked hand,

She kept her grip upon her land. She reaches from beyond the grave To make good man her wicked slaves. She'll take your blood, she'll take your head. She'll follow you until you're dead."

...Sarah Fier

The truth will come out. Maybe not today… and maybe not tomorrow, but it will. The truth shall be your curse. It will follow you for eternity. I will shadow you forever. I will show them what you've done. I will never… let you go. The truth will come out. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but it will. The truth shall be your curse. I will shadow you for eternity. I will follow you forever. And everything you take and everyone you harm, you will feel the grip of MY HAND. I will show them what you've DONE. I will NEVER let you go.

[itsjustlikefallingsnow]

nothing worse than a character you liked being really popular in the fandom but in the wrong way . if no one liked them then to see good posts all you'd have to do is go into a tag or something but if there is a thriving community of people who ship him with a guy you hate it gets several times harder to find posts you agree with

[lagosbratzdoll]

The infantilization of fictional rapists irritates me beyond belief. I understand that it is fiction, but when I see people writing passionate defences of rapists on the internet, it makes me itch, particularly considering that many of these defences tend to veer into rape apologia and justification of abuse.

[the-busy-ghost]

Warning- this is a very petty post, but I think I'm entitled to at least one petty, pissed-off reaction every time I finish a classic novel that hit harder than I expected so take this as my quota for the year.

Also spoiler warning for a book that came out over a century ago but still, I didn't know the plot going in so don't want to ruin it for anyone else, if you haven't read it shut your eyes. (Also Local Tumblr User Going Wild Over Book Published a Hundred Years Ago That Everybody Else Already Read should probably be categorised as akey part of indigenous tumblr culture at this point).

Anyway I just finished the War of the Worlds and in between studying I've thinking about Themes and Motifs as you do, and idly looking for further analysis. I then accidentally ran into an article called 'A Quiet Place II Succeeds Where the War of the Worlds Failed' and:

Now I haven't seen any of the Quiet Place films, this is not a rant against them and of course everyone is entitled to their own opinions. But re: the ending of The War of the Worlds, I have to ask, did this guy somehow miss, uh, the entire point of the book or am I just utterly insane?

[kyotikk]

Eula birthday art :)

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

underrated genre of character playlist entry: songs a character would relate to because they do not understand their situation, themself, or the song itself well enough to realize it is not accurate (and might well straight up be a callout for people like them). which song is your blorbo's fight club

[theheadlessgroom]

@beatingheart-bride

"Don't worry, lass, we've made sure he's had plenty of rest today!" Wilhelm smiled lightly as he walked by, at which Randall blushed a little in embarrassment-it was true, his parents had fussed over him quite a bit, making sure that he had plenty of water and pain medication to keep the aches at bay, that he didn't strain himself too much as he helped around the house, that he was comfortable whenever he sat down, and so on. He appreciated their efforts, of course, but that didn't stop his cheeks from warming a little all the same.

"I'm alright," he reassured her, before lowering his voice a little as he took her hand, asking, "Are you alright?" He was sure this was very nerve-wracking, tonight's little get-together...even with his parents meaning well, wanting to clear the air between them all, he was sure it was not an entirely comfortable experience...

...but again, he knew what his parents plan was; he may not know all the details, true, but he had faith that tonight would go smoothly, and that by the end of the evening, their relationship would be at least on the mend. He would be there for it, and for her, every step of the way, something he made sure she knew with the squeeze he gave her hand.

[firebirdsdaughter]

Wow…

… Nahida-villainisers will really just. Completely abandon all media comprehension to justify their nonsense, huh.

[fuzzyunicorn]

Thank you my spirit team you well honor me

[suswous]

I will say, something that’s kinda convenient for guys, is that you can just grow a beard and look significantly older. I can’t grow a beard w/o help, and if I did w/ that help, and still otherwise presented as I do now, ‘oh she must be older than 25’ is not going to be people’s first impression.

[robinsnest2111]

having the biggest surprised pikachu face moment right now, finding out about cool people in the town I've lived in for most of my life and believed to be boring, kinda hostile towards me and unspectacular as all hell.

Well yes, obviously I'll experience cool things and see/meet cool people and learn how everything's kinda connected in one way or another if I actively participate in the daily workings of this town instead of being permanently choked by mental illness, trapped in my own head and living in permanent fear of getting harmed by everyone around me, especially the people in charge of my life!!!!

[prokopetz]

I'm not gonna claim that most Tumblr polls are anything like rigorously structured, but I've seen a lot of folks rather smugly asserting that having a "not applicable" option that ends up dominating all other responses is evidence that the person who created the poll is incompetent, and y'all: under the specific circumstances in which these polls are constructed and distributed, that outcome is evidence of good poll design, not bad poll design. Yes, even when the "not applicable" responses outnumber all other responses ten to one. There are several reasons for that:

At the time of this posting, Tumblr polls have no "see response" button. The only ways to see a poll's distribution of responses are to wait for the poll to conclude, or to respond yourself – and not only are people on social media typically curious and impatient, many of them also know that there's no way they'll remember to check back later once the poll has concluded, so in practice, their opportunity to see the results is now or never. Adding a little note to the poll insisting that people who aren't part of the targeted demographic should refrain from voting isn't necessarily going to restrain that impulse. Indeed, it may end up encouraging folks who otherwise wouldn't have picked a random result-revealing response to do so, because fuck you, don't tell me what to do.

Many respondents genuinely won't realise they're not part of the targeted demographic until after they've voted. It doesn't matter how much text you add to contextualise the poll, because they'll read the poll first, and if they read the accompanying text at all, it's only after they've responded. Heck, a lot of folks don't even bother to read the question before responding to a poll; they just start going down the options and reflexively click the first one that seems like it might apply to them, then go back and read what was actually being asked (and complain in the notes if it turns out that they misunderstood). Even a well-meaning person can only comply with instructions they've actually read; for those folks, clicking the "not applicable" option is what compliance looks like.

Even folks who do fit your poll's targeted demographic can fall prey to the imp of the perverse. Giving the most accurate response rather than the most entertaining one can be a real struggle for a lot of folks; in scientific analysis of polling data, this is known as the "mischievous responder bias". In an informal setting like Tumblr, it's reasonable to suppose that the mischievous responder effect might be exaggerated compared to polls conducted in more formal contexts, and a well-designed poll is going to take that into account. A humorous "not applicable" option provides an escape by affording folks the freedom to screw around with the knowledge that they're not polluting useful data by doing so; in practice, the "I am a toaster" option is a mischievous response filter.

What this adds up to is that a poll where 90% of the responses hit the "not applicable" button is more likely to have yielded useful data than a poll with a narrow target audience where some unknown percentage of the responses represent folks not reading the instructions, clicking random options to see the results, and/or taking the piss.

[venus111]

Astrology observations

♛ neptune in the 3rd house natives often feel misunderstood in life, making them feel lonely. They will often self-isolate to spend a lot of time in the dream world they created

♛ Geminis are obsessed with scorpios

♛ the sign on the 4th house can tell your family background. Mars- military, Jupiter- teachers, Saturn- politicians, sun- government, mercury- writers/doctors etc

♛ Saturn can show where Karma affects you/others the most , Saturn in the 5th house those who step on your ego will be humiliated in return.

♛ native with Neptune in the 1st can see right through people on first impressions. my step sister has this she helped me avoid toxic and fake people.

♛ for those who were born in 1997 do you guys ever felt like the black sheep of the family, even though we’re impatient and prefer a life of adventure we end up becoming more successful than our siblings

♛ Scorpio risings watch crime shows

♛ Sagittarius natives have the unique ability to find joy even in the most challenging circumstances

♛ Gemini sun with Libra moon natives are very beautiful

♛ Leo mercury natives can make people feel special

♛ Gemini risings have nicknames some don’t even use their real name

♛ Sagittarius mercury like to repeat the same story/conversations when you’re talking to them

♛ Capricorn placements get into the modelling industry

♛ cancer placements love wearing white and blue

♛ people born on the 1st, 10th, 19th and 28th are so kind, very responsible and loving towards others.

♛ Aquarius placements get many followers on social media

♛ water signs are prone to getting psychic attacks, we’re affected by chronic conditions that may not have a medical diagnosis

[pacificgasandelectric]

sometimes u wander into a corner of a fandom where everyone seems to share a very particular counter-canonical headcanon and Then they get Annoyed by ppl who have Equally Countercanonical Headcanons but in the Other direction, and im just sitting here like. actually NONE of u are engaging with the text, you do NOT have the analytical high ground here