#negative nonsense

[babycharmander]

I just saw a post with over a thousand notes claiming that asexuality is caused by medication.

Hi. I figured out I was ace twenty years ago. I only started taking any kind of medication a few years ago. I’m pretty sure those meds did not retroactively affect the me who learned she was ace twenty years prior.

Our orientation is not a side effect of medication.

There’s no way for it to be, regardless. Orientations are based on attraction, not libido.

Asexuality is an orientation.

[sea-salt-child]

i think this is the world’s way of reminding me that he only thing between our world and paradise is my selfishness in staying alive

[pactw]

speaking as an aro person myself i think that putting the wave of jokes going "i think this character (played by a married straight dude) insisting that the guy he frequently pines over and has now made out with several times might not feel as platonic as he vocally insists on feeling" that have come up the day after they kissed on screen multiple times on the same level with "the fandom is DISMISSING AROMANTICS" is frustrating at best and also directly minimizes the impact for when the fandom is actually being shitty to aro characters (ie the six months i had to spend watching everyone gleefully ignore that qbad is canonically arospec)

[limonjarritos]

VINCE IS SO DOWN BAD FOR RODY OH MY GOD??? LITERALLY KILLS HIS EX GIRLFRIEND TO MAKE HIM HAPPY???? THEYVE KNOWN EACH OTHER LESS THAN A WEEK??????

LITERALLY LIKE- MY MAN FELL HARD AND INSANELY. LIKE WHO DOES THAT? I wouldn't have it any other way. Just the way that as soon as Rody came into his life he was like 'I need this man to be so whole-y mine.'

When I was playing the game my pet theory was that he fell for Rody's brand of love, for how he loved Manon (he did say that he spoke of Manon when they first met) and Rody's personality.

(read more because I am so annoying about this game vv)

Something something, how Rody loves so intensely to the detriment of himself (Manon told him to stop giving, to for once in his life realise that he needed to take care of him self and be stable. He can't just account for the other person's needs <- barely know her but I get why Rody was head over heels). How Rody's love is similar to his cooking, burning, burning himself, burning and oh so overwhelming. And I do think Vince wanted the feel of that burn for himself, wanted to feel the warmth and devotion of which he had been so devoid of. To understand what it was he was lacking. How love and cooking go hand in hand in the story, how Vince's dishes were devoid of love, how he can't taste. How Rody's love surely would be strong enough, would be the missing ingredient to allow him to finally taste something. (Also lack of taste going hand in hand with what looks like depression of some sort, or perhaps just apathy for life. How bland his own life may be. How such a love, such a person could perhaps bring some taste to his life.) Vince seems to have killed Manon as a form of trying to show Rody a similar type of love. Giving him something, giving him a meal made out of Rody's own love. A gift since he couldn't give his own brand of love in a way that matters, couldn't give it without showing his own brand of devotion. I do think he 100% had an underlying jealousy and hatred of Manon, how Rody was still stuck up on her. How she never once mentioned Rody when her and Vince dated (though outside of Vince's pov I'm pretty sure Manon was just doing the healthy normal thing by not mentioning an ex?? but Vince is soooo gone) which is obviously a sin (he doesn't seem to take kindly to people who are mean to Rody. Such as the article and Rody's old college classmate) and proof she wasn't deserving enough of Rody's love. But alas she was still a gift and show of love to Rody.

On the personality topic (thought I forgot about that did you?), Rody is such a brash and kind person. A perfect foil for Vincent's more stoic nature. Rody willing to try and befriend Vincent, running into the kitchen to talk to him. He showed a bit of said love to Vince by trying to befriend him and how could Vince not want more? (why wouldn't Vince try to reciprocate in his own way. Make him happy) I mean he seems pretty feared by his cooks, and the people at the party have mentioned that Vince is pretty ruthless, not at all a person many wish to get to know. But Rody is willing to, yet Vince wants his undivided attention...

Okay wow this has gone on way too long uhh I'm 100% open to further discussion especially if I forgot something! And I haven't really looked too much into the game past playing it, so any reveals the creator may have given I'm mostly unaware of and would love to be informed of more!

Anyways tiny Vincent attack!

[apollos-boyfriend]

my illustration class is a fucking nightmare not only has everyone been SO rude this critique and offered no constructive criticism but some white girl drew a w*ndigo (yes, in her own words, because of until dawn) and everyone cheered when she revealed it i can’t fucking take this anymore

[poisned]

I hate the war arc

[autistic-ranpo]

bsd fans will see a character with literally the barest amount of very normal fat on their body and will not shut the fuck up about how much ass they have. baby those are not thick thighs you have just never met a fat person before

[fromtheseventhhell]

why does this fandom act like dany never suffered again after she gains her dragons? i saw an improperly tagged post on my for you page here and in the tags people are genuinely saying that after dany births her dragons, she never experiences sexual violence or oppression again unlike sansa who has to use her "ladies charms" to survive. i couldn't believe my eyes as i read tag after tag explaining why dany is a girlboss who never experiences anything bad after agot. what is wrong with tha fandom?

It's cause! A subsection of Stansas have adopted the show's (misogynistic) logic that suffering = deserves a good ending, so they want to play the suffering Olympics so Sansa ends up looking the most deserving of a happy ending. They're constantly downplaying other female characters and their trauma to fit their logic. Dany has dragons -> which offers her protection -> which means she hasn't suffered as much as Sansa. Arya has a sword -> which means she can fight back -> which means she hasn't suffered the same way Sansa has. Cersei has power -> which means she has control over her circumstances -> which means she hasn't been victimized the same way Sansa has. And so on and so forth. It's nothing but thinly veiled misogyny based on fundamentally misinterpreting the books cause the story being told doesn't make their favorite look special enough for them. Even a cursory glance at the books would prove these takes incorrect but something tells me they haven't taken the time to actually read them.

[petiolata]

Noise pollution drives intolerance it seems...

[curioscurio]

A comic about self loathing and weird metaphors that may or may not make sense

[babycharmander]

I feel like the people who are super into character AIs just… really haven’t read enough fanfic. Like, so much of the output of those things is just generic sludge, like, the most basic, boring response to whatever you typed in. It’s not in-character, it’s just an algorithm coughing up the most obvious response it can think of.

If this is the stuff you’re enjoying, I highly encourage you to read literally anything else.

The most poorly-written OOC fanfic is better than a character AI by virtue of it at least having been written by a human. It’s not the most obvious algorithmically generated sludge—it’s something a real person wanted to write.

Or like, if you want to write stuff yourself while playing off another person… maybe join a roleplay group, or find an RP partner? It’s not like they’re hard to find these days. Of course you need to learn basic RPing etiquette, which might seem intimidating, but once you learn it I promise you it is SO much more satisfying than receiving sludge responses from an AI.

Please engage in fandom in literally any other way—I promise you it will be more fun than what you are currently doing.

[sea-salt-child]

sometimes it hits me that, i’m not exactly a good partner to have. That there are fundamental things about me that would have to change if i were to change that.

i’m distant, not passionate enough and not great at showing i care. im not cuddly, not very affectionate and find it hard to prioritize a single person in my life.

ah... down the throat it goes, but it was always foolish and selfish to think that judas might be good to anyone outside of its role in dying to let the world achieve utopia...

[randomnameless]

Adrestia :

I will defeat the false goddess. I will save this world from those creatures and give humanity its freedom back!

Should the one leading the people of the world be someone with humanity or a creature that can merely masquerade as a human at will?

The children of the goddess have been defeated at last. The shape of the world will be forever changed. Humanity is free now. The world is ours once again.

You are a child of the goddess. You must not be allowed power over the people!

Brigid :

The Demon's hair exhibits new color. It is like something from one of Brigid's old stories. "One will be chosen by the spirits and granted their protection. And with that protection, great power."

In Brigid, we have legends. Stories containing people who have a spirit living inside of them. Those spirit people have much strength. They are maybe able to fly in the air or race across the ocean. Hair that shines and eyes that glow... They have qualities that are not unlike what you are looking like, Professor. Do not have doubt, Professor. The powers you have are like the powers of the legends.

Silly Petra, hopefully in Tru Piss and Supreme Bullshit, she's fully Adrestianised and understands her foolish savage folklore were only lies and deceit spread by those vile creatures masquerading as humans to keep control over Fodlan, but savage and ignorant as her people are, they prefered to buy those lies instead of "defeating" them all to free the world for humanity.

And people say Imperialism BaD, go figure!

But if Petra remains uncivilised and ditches Adrestia's warm embrace, she allows those creatures to rule over humanity again, propagating her foolish and ridiculous tales :(

[lenievi]

TOS-tober day 2 (triumvirate prompts)

Favourite of the three. Why?

"The man on top walks a lonely street."

because I feel sorry for him. In all tumblr triumvirate polls he always loses so bad 😢

OK, anyway. For me, Kirk is the most interesting character in TOS. He's a man with severe flaws who always strives to be better. He makes mistakes and learns from them. He can be arrogant and cruel, he's prone to obsession, he needs to be in control, he's easily angered and snaps under pressure, but under it all, he's just incredibly lonely and yearns for connections.

He wears a mask and his bravado is a part of it; he needs to be strong and confident almost all the time, he can't show being weak or indecisive. In a lot of ways, he's the same as Spock, torn between "two lives" - a life as a starship captain and a life he yearns for, a simple, unattainable life because he was born to be a wanderer.

His friendship with McCoy connects him to his humanity and balances his emotions; his friendship with Spock assures him of his command and balances his logic. He is only one point of the triangle, though - all three need to be present, so the other two can exist and work. But for me, Kirk works really well just on his own as well <3

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anyway, my favourite character is McCoy, but like I said, I feel sorry for Kirk. (Or maybe one day I'll finally accept that Kirk is my favourite character...)

[prompts]

[stranded-labyrinth]

sorry i'm slightly livid but less than friendly reminder that if your AO3 Bookmark is public, the author of the fic can see what you wrote in it, and so can everyone else.

if you're for some reason bookmarking a fic you didn't particularly enjoy, just keep it private if you want to leave your negative commentary. everyone has different tastes, nobody needs to know that you didn't like that particular fic, and the author especially doesn't need to hear your griping (or your rating system, for that matter).

it may not be in the comments section, but you've left an equivalent to a hate comment. there's no point in acting like you haven't.

[note-boom]

I should probably have something to say about ep 2 again but honestly 24 seconds into ep 3 and I'm like, "wait...it WASN'T the dark of night when Dazai asked Aku to be the ADA's guardian purgatory spirit?" That place looks like the entrance to the fae realm or something

I mean I have vol 20 and this is very cool but also threw me off