#nova rant

[n07a]

i think the worst part of the whole dolcord situation is that the mods decided to double down. like...............why would you decide to choose neutrality? i understand that the very nature of the game is very twisted and dead dove but that's WITHIN the game, within the space - whether or not someone was "forced" into it should not be grounds of permitting this. they should not be there, or welcomed there. we should never stand for real life depravity and cruelty.

[seraphim-seeker]

Sometimes my brain likes to remind of one TFA Fic. That I choose not to read anymore. Not because it was bad. It was a good, amazing, riveting read.

No. I choose to forget about it because that’s the first fic that actively made me want to MANHUNT Sentinel for his crimes. I wanted give him the Zorin Blitz beatdown. Trust me, it takes a lot to make me hate a character that I already don’t like THAT much

[kujokomi]

please stop associating the term neurodivergent with JUST autism and adhd. like please. there are so many ways to be neurodivergent and it’s not fair to assume that it’s just about autism adhd.

[funky-solaris-time]

I swear ever other Warframe update causes people to loose all functional brain cells.

No Velimir and Minerva being in cis marriage does not make them straight. No Liger not having input on Velimir as a character isn’t an insult or proof of bigotry.

Kaya is not “anime bait”. Kaya being alt history Filipino isn’t like, racially motivated.

Minerva having an alcohol problem is not a wine aunt meme, or an insulting commentary on alcoholism in Europe.

The update isn’t out yet, and additionally: this toxic desire to consume media purely based on data, instead of thinking about implications (I:e maybe Velimir and Minerva are having a troubled marriage because of their sexualities? We don’t fully know yet!) and emotions is toxic. Stories and characters aren’t bullet points, they aren’t checks and balances. They are experiences. Let yourself live through them instead of getting mad when you Surface level deduction isn’t correct.

This goes especially for unreleased content.

[novadoesartforfun]

I am sorry for my COTL fan followers and Pokemon fan followers. I am having a hyperfixation on these two dorks currently.

They both trying to impress each other with cool kamen rider image while actually yelling screaming pulling hair on the inside is so funny.

PLEASE NORMALIZE HEROS BEING DORKS!! JUST LOOK AT THESE.

They got fking wrong conclusion of each other as well XD.

AND THEY BOTH LOST THEIR AURA TRYING TO MAKE A COOL EXIT AND END UP BUMPING INTO EACH OTHER!! xD.

[novaursa]

So, after all of my ongoing series are done (including The Golden Court) I'm going on a break. And I'm not sure for how long. It could be a week, a month or a year. I may post something short in the meanwhile, but that's it. My job has been slowly crushing all of my free time and is leaving me drained. I need some time to breathe a little and to figure out what I wish to do with my life.

I was also told today how it was mean what I wrote in that last chapter of Legacy. Which is fucking hilarious. Some of you don't get how I write for myself. I don't write to please deluded, selfish individuals, and never will. If you consider my writing to be mean, that sounds like a you problem. And you need to to deal with it like a fucking adult. Or you know, don't read my stuff. Just a thought.

[malbontesmrs]

I don’t post a lot about my personal life on Tumblr, but I’ll make an exception for this little face. This is my best friend in the whole world, Harley-Quinn (affectionately known as ‘Boo Pants’, ‘Boo-Boo’, or ‘Pook’). After 11 years, my husband and I are saying goodbye to this sweet little face later this week.

Anyway, this is Harley. She still has a few more days so if you wanna send her some love, I’m sure she’d love that. 🥰

[whimsicalcotton]

experiencing a cardiac event from seeing Kate's bedhead for the first time

[serial-serializednovelreader]

It's crazy to me that people call Jonathan a himbo, he's so methodical and clever! It makes sense that Mina would be attracted to someone bright too

Yes, anon, you’re so speaking my language!!! I do wish people would stop calling Jonathan a himbo because — nothing against himbos — but Jonathan is not one of them! And yes, it totally makes sense that Mina would attracted to someone as clever as him, and since she’s also so smart, I’m sure the feeling is mutual.

Before y’all come shouting in my inbox “what do you have against himbos??” and “Jonathan is totally a himbo, what are you talking about?” Let me clear things up:

First of all, I love himbos!!! Kronk from Emperor’s New Groove — peak himbo, imo — is one of my favorite characters. Am I attracted to them? Well…no. As you can probably tell from my last Nova’s Notes, I’m more the kind of person who’s attracted to cleverness or when people nerd out. BUT I cherish himbos for all of their wonderful qualities and if I ever get the opportunity to meet one in real life, I would love to be friends with them! <3333

Secondly, for anyone who’s still saying Jonathan is a himbo…

Himbos have to embody all three qualities equally to be considered himbos! If they are not kind? Not a himbo. Not strong? Not a himbo, I’m sorry! I do make the rules of himbo, I simply follow the rules.

Now on to our good friend Jonathan Harker’s case.

He is undeniably kind. From what we’ve seen so far (not to mention later), he is not only loving to his fiancée, he is kind to strangers as well. He takes gifts from the villagers, even if he does not understand them. Just a couple of entries ago, he was willing to risk his life over a child he didn’t even know (and the same night after he had screamed running away from the women, too). Some of the Dracula Daily book club on here suspects (as do I) that some of the reason he’s so eager to spring into action the next day is to put a stop to Dracula’s evilness for other people, not just for himself. Heck, he’s even talked about Dracula’s good qualities after finding out he’s a prisoner!!! So, kindness? Yes! ✅

As for strong, there’s not as much evidence here, but I would call him somewhat strong because not just anyone could successfully scale a castle wall twice in one day like that! That takes a lot of strength in your core, arms, back, etc. Sure, Dracula can do it — but Dracula is also a vampire with super strength. Maybe it’s easier than I think it is, but I’m not exactly going to look for a castle to try it!! So for Jonathan to crack his knuckles and go “yeah, he can do it, why can’t I?” is both hilarious and shows that he must know something of his own strength. However, he’s also a solicitor and I doubt he’s built like a bodybuilder. So, strong? Maybe not as much as a typical himbo, but let’s give him the check mark because Lizard Fashion is nothing to sneeze at. ✅

Now for the ditzy part….I’d have to say no to that. Himbos are meant to not be “the sharpest tool in the shed” (yes, I did have to hit you with a Smash Mouth reference, sorry not sorry) and Jonathan is farrrrr from that.

Everything he has done so far has been methodical and smart. I covered this in my other Nova’s Notes (you can look under the hashtag on my page if you want to see more :D) so I really don’t want to go through too much I’ve already gone through, but the arguments I’ve seen for him being a himbo — based on the entries we’ve already read — are that he’s not smart because he:

Doesn’t heed villager’s warnings

“Let’s” himself become a prisoner

Is nice to Dracula after he knows he’s a prisoner

Talks about his fiancée a lot (???????)

For the first point, we’ve gone over this, but here we go again — he doesn’t heed the villager’s warnings, no. But keep in mind none of them actually say “The Count is a super dangerous man!! Don’t trust him!!!” Here’s the passage:

“When I asked him if he knew Count Dracula, and could tell me anything of his castle, both he and his wife crossed themselves, and, saying that they knew nothing at all, simply refused to speak further. It was so near the time of starting that I had no time to ask any one else, for it was all very mysterious and not by any means comforting.

Just before I was leaving, the old lady came up to my room and said in a very hysterical way:

‘Must you go? Oh! young Herr, must you go?’ She was in such an excited state that she seemed to have lost her grip of what German she knew, and mixed it all up with some other language which I did not know at all. I was just able to follow her by asking many questions. When I told her that I must go at once, and that I was engaged on important business, she asked again:

‘Do you know what day it is?’ I answered that it was the fourth of May. She shook her head as she said again:

‘Oh, yes! I know that! I know that, but do you know what day it is?’ On my saying that I did not understand, she went on:

‘It is the eve of St. George's Day. Do you not know that to-night, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway? Do you know where you are going, and what you are going to?’ She was in such evident distress that I tried to comfort her, but without effect. Finally she went down on her knees and implored me not to go; at least to wait a day or two before starting. It was all very ridiculous but I did not feel comfortable.

So here’s the thing: you can see that the only thing the innkeeper’s wife explicitly warns him against is going to the castle that night because it’s a day in their culture where evil spirits are considered to have full sway.

The innkeeper’s wife does ask him if he knows “where he is going and who is going to” — he says no, but she does not speak further on the matter. When he asked about the Count before this, they just refused to speak! I know that may seem like an implicit warning — and it is — but some people on here act as if Jonathan was supposed to have known why they were crossing themselves and immediately have left? Like, he obviously feels uncomfortable, but as he states before and afterwards: he has a job to do. If you were in his position: a newly-appointed lawyer (or position of your choice), and you went to a place where the locals told you not to visit your client that night because it was a night where evil spirits would come out: would you honestly believe them? And if you asked about what your client was like and they just crossed themselves and refused to speak on the matter, would you simply leave the town and tell your boss “nah, sorry, the villagers warned me against him. I decided this client’s not for me”? I guess that honestly depends on you, but I would think not if you want to keep your job!! I know that’s not ideal, but to be fair, he also is not given a fair warning before going in.

There is also that incident in the carriage where he hears those villagers talking and he picks up bits and pieces (including the words werewolf and vampire) but a) they’re not talking to him and b) he doesn’t pick up enough to even indicate who they’re talking about!! In fact, he thinks they’re badmouthing him!!! (Which is understandable, he can only hear a bit and he’s translating on the fly). Again, how he is supposed to automatically know: “oh, Count Dracula is a vampire and I must flee this place immediately.” We know that because Dracula has been a pop culture icon for 100+ years, but Jonathan doesn’t have that kind of knowledge. I feel it’s kind of ridiculous to call him not smart for not knowing this.

However, and this is important, he does take some of this warning to heart. He does take the crucifix and the other vampire-repellent gifts the villagers bestow upon him, despite his skepticism and ignorance of the culture (thanks, English colonization /s). He feels uncomfortable and anxious before he even goes into the castle, literally saying goodbye to Mina in his diary in case he doesn’t make it back!! He keeps the crucifix in his room and uses it to ward off bad dreams and for safety against Dracula (which is not really how he’s supposed to use it, but he wasn’t really told how, so I don’t really blame him for that).

I don’t think a himbo would’ve picked up that something was amiss at any of these points, not until it was too late at least. I think for this test, just picture Kronk (or your fav himbo) in this situation. Would they even notice something was up? Or would they go cheerfully towards the castle?

As for the second point — this is kind of unrelated to the himbo question but — what kind of victim-blame mentality is this????? I have seen people unironically (at least I’m pretty sure it is?) post that Jonathan deserves the abuse he’s getting because he didn’t heed the villager’s warnings (which I already talked about above) and/or he’s “rude” to Dracula. I’m sorry — WHAT???? So if you’re rude to somebody they’re to allowed to lock you up in their castle???? That’s a fair trade? I beg your pardon?! Just…ok. Believe what you want, but maybe let’s not blame the guy who’s been a prisoner in a random stranger’s castle for a month and is sure he’s about to die? Yes, this is fictional and not that deep, but still — weird take.

Back to the himbo question, I mean, he doesn’t really let himself become a prisoner. He’s at Dracula’s castle for a job. Once he’s done with that job he’s ready to leave, but Dracula makes him stay because he literally locks him in!!! He then explicitly tells him he will stay longer and Jonathan has to accept because he is there in place of his boss, and saying no would be like speaking (negatively) for his boss — and Jonathan is not going to do that. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think a himbo would be able to see all of that subtext within that conversation. I actually don’t know this kind of interaction between a true himbo and Dracula would go, but I imagine not well. Dracula thrives off of interesting conversation and wit, as well as being able to maintain a facade of host and guest. I just don’t see if someone like Kronk could maintain that for long because he would probably be like “but I don’t want to stay longer, let me go” or something, which would end the “game”.

Moving on to the third point, he is nice to Dracula after he knows he’s a prisoner for a reason. When he realizes he’s locked up (which he realizes super fast, by the way), he sits down and has a good, long think about what he can do. More passage evidence!

“I am thinking still, and as yet have come to no definite conclusion. Of one thing only am I certain; that it is no use making my ideas known to the Count. He knows well that I am imprisoned; and as he has done it himself, and has doubtless his own motives for it, he would only deceive me if I trusted him fully with the facts. So far as I can see, my only plan will be to keep my knowledge and my fears to myself, and my eyes open. I am, I know, either being deceived, like a baby, by my own fears, or else I am in desperate straits; and if the latter be so, I need, and shall need, all my brains to get through.”

So he knows Dracula is up to something (or he’s jumped to conclusions) and either way, talking about it is a bad idea. The only way through is to act like nothing’s wrong for now and try to get information out of Dracula. Other than that, he’s going to need to use his brains! Yes, he does talk to Dracula and acts nice — but it’s with a plan and a purpose. Dracula has creeped him out from the start, but he has always been able to maintain good cheer around him. Now, he will put that to use.

So for this himbo test, it’s kind of similar to the second one. Were Kronk in this situation, he would make it by for a while because he probably wouldn’t notice the doors are locked. But once he did…I’m not sure if it would be like the second point where he’d immediately tell Dracula “hey why are all of the doors locked” and the game is up or if his shoulder angel/devil characters would come out to help him. I guess it depends! And to Kronk’s credit, he has figured things out before (e.g. figured out who Pacha was and in relation to Kuzco) *but* it took him like 12 hours after the fact and that’s not how Jonathan operates. Jonathan figures out things pretty quickly. Does he need time to think sometimes? Yes. But he’s pretty much always thinking and trying to figure out more once he’s at Castle Dracula. I just don’t see these two in the same vein here.

For the final point, I haven’t seen much evidence for this, but it needs to be addressed. I think sometimes people tend to equate WifeGuy with “no thoughts, head empty only for wife” and that can be true!!! There are definitely characters like that and I do love them so. Jonathan is undeniably a WifeGuy (and Mina’s not even his wife in name yet), bringing her up anytime he gets a chance. I would argue though that just because he’s in love and brings her up a ton doesn’t mean he’s also not clever and methodical. You can be in love and smart: these can coexist. Mina is a very smart character from what we’ve seen already and she’s in love too!

I don’t really have a Kronk case study for this one, but like anon said — I think Mina is attracted to Jonathan for his smartness and it goes both ways. They love each other for many other reasons (there’s a lot to love!), but I imagine that’s kind of the cherry on top for them.

Why does this matter? I think calling Jonathan a himbo is reducing his character a bit here. Again, I’m not saying being a himbo is bad, but it does discredit his methodical ways and strategy he has in the castle. His methodical nature is part of personality and pretending that doesn’t exist erases his character, in my opinion. Additionally, it raises the question: could a himbo become a lawyer? I…don’t think so…but maybe? Find me a himbo who’s a lawyer and prove me wrong I guess! Wait is Phoenix Wright a himbo…? Question for another time.

In conclusion, Jonathan Harker only passes 1 part of the himbo test (kindness) with flying colors. The strong test he only passes by the tail of his lizard fashion, and as for ditzy? He fails miserably. Recall that for someone to be a true himbo, they have to possess all three traits equally. Even if you could make the case for one, you’d still be missing another. So, no, I don’t think Jonathan Harker is a himbo. You can maybe argue with me that he has himbo moments (if that’s a thing, idk), but overall? No.

[once-in-a-half-life]

hm. so it turns out I've been using the rocket launcher wrong in hl2. you're supposed to point the laser where the rocket needs to go... 🤯

no wonder I was struggling so hard with the gunships and striders on my first playthrough skjdjdsk

[gavfleetout]

This might be an unpopular opinion, (but this fandom is on life support so who cares) but I personally wish Ace hadn’t killed Novas parents. To me, there’s something so much more compelling with having Nova learn to realize that just because the people who loved her and cared for her genuinely love her, doesn’t mean they aren’t bad people who should be stopped. Idk I felt like making Ace be responsible for her families death makes her decision to turn against Ace almost too easy? And it makes Ace as a character less interesting.

Give me the crazed violent anarchist who cares about his family, the Ace who took in his niece, used his powers to ring bells just to make this traumatized girl laugh. And then show me that girl all grown up, realizing her wise, stern, but always loving uncle is wrong and needs to be stopped, and turning against him to do good and make her dead family proud, even if it means betraying the man who raised her.

Like give me the ANGST. Give me the tortured conflict between good and evil. This series is all about shades of gray and having Ace kill his own brother and not love his niece makes things WAY too easy and takes all of that away.

[seraphim-seeker]

Not a Transformers Post but a Brave Series Post/Rant…. More Specifically Brave Police and Da Garn…. My ass could not live in these Worlds because I don’t let certain things characters do slide

For Example: Regina

When she was introduced I did not like her, nor Duke because they were both Tightasses. But as the episodes progressed she kinda eased up, I felt for her a bit after he backstory was revealed but I still don’t like her. And honestly I let her know once that I don’t like her nor do I forgive her for the shit she ALMOST tried to do to Deckerd before having a change of Heart and remembering Emotions aren’t a damn weakness. I’ll probably let it go at some point but just that- that was irritating

As for Da-Garn:

THIS DOUCHE CAN KICK ROCKS AND THAT PRINCE TOO. The 180 this dude had after being the BANE of Both Seji and the other Braves existence can kiss my hind quarters. Also KILLING ONE OF THE BRAVES, I really cannot with Seven Changer! I’d let his Metallic Ass have it if I was Seji place because NOW you wanna work together after the SEVERAL TIMES YOU TRIED TO KILL ME?!! Nope, not letting that slide not even a 5 paragraph essay of how sorry he was would me give me an inkling of a reason to forgive him

[mikodrawnnarratives]

I can get Nova feeling this way 100% and it is probably what MM wants us to think of Ace but I can't ever let go of the hc that Ace DID love her, it's just in a very very very fucked up way.

He ordered for her whole family to be killed and nearly got his way, and then finds out his niece had powers useful to him Yes, but also I like to think in a sense he realized he could keep family that HADN'T betrayed him. That he could see David in Nova from before he turned his back on Ace, and that's where his love for Nova stemmed from. Maybe in a sense he took missed when his brother was loyal and helped Nova grieve too, entirely different reasons, one was someone who directly caused all of it, and the other was a kid who deserved none of it, but still

NOT AT ALL SUPPORTED BY CANON THIS IS ME GOING "LALALALA" WHILE COVERING MY EARS FROM SUPERNOVA'S CONCLUSIONS I have nothing to hide

[o-i-w-u]

sun tsams..

[novaursa]

So, for future reference, if you want to leave me a comment like this:

Just don't.

You're knocking on the wrong door. I'll just make fun of you. I'm too old to be bothered by what you are annoyed with. Grow up.

Block me. Delete me from your existence.

I won't miss you. The matter of fact, I won't even notice you were ever here.

I don't care what annoys you on my blog, and I'll respond in the manner it's warranted.

You disrespect me, I will disrespect you.

It's a two way street, buddy.

[thisghosts-obsessions-again]

Him glowing like that with all his magical tattoos is hot actually 🫢