#now as a reminder

[sapphire-weapon]

One of my favourite cutscenes in RE2Remake that I think does an amazing job at showing the difference between Leon and Claire is the one before the fight with Birkin's third phase in the lab. Leon literally bumblefucks his way into fighting him with Annette sending Leon unwillingly to face him, compared to Claire going to face him of her own accord and with total confidence. I feel like that scene really highlights what you've been saying about Leon in RE2Remake

Sorry this took so long to answer, I had to go back and review exactly what this was because, like I said, it has been a minute.

(also, "bumblefucks"? @feelboss is this you lmao)

What's really interesting about the discrepancy here, on review, is that it's not just that Leon makes different decisions from Claire here -- though, that is part of it (and my "a more experienced Leon would've tried to say Annette" point checks out because Claire literally tries to save Annette, whereas Leon doesn't lmao). It's that characters react to him differently because of past decisions that he's already made.

Annette is objectively softer and kinder to Claire than she is to Leon in this scene because Claire has spent her whole campaign trying to help Sherry, an innocent child -- Annette's innocent child -- whereas Leon has spent his whole campaign trying to help Ada -- a spy, mercenary, and thief -- because he's fucking stupid LOL so Annette treats him that way! And she's right to treat him that way!

Like I said: the majority of the tragedies that surround Leon in RE2make are because of his own fuckups -- because of decisions he's consciously made. Whether or not he makes those decisions for understandable reasons is a different matter entirely -- but it still doesn't erase him from fault.

At the end of the day, it's still his fault. It doesn't matter if he had good intentions. It doesn't matter if his actions would pass a "reasonable person" standard in court. We're not in court; he's not on trial. We're looking at what a fictional character's role is in a fictional story.

When Leon makes decisions in RE2make, people die. Claire does not make decisions that get people killed. RE1 Chris does not make decisions that get people killed. RE1 Jill does not make decisions that get people killed. Only RE2make Leon has this problem, which is why "learning to be better/being wiser/changing my ways" is what's at the heart of his character arc that culminates with him saving Ashley in RE4make.

If Leon didn't have to learn any lessons or grow in any way because "oh it was out of his control anyway, there's nothing he could've done" he'd be a really fucking boring character.

[atalana]

the curse of adhd:

i will remember with absolute clarity, when the thought strikes me that i have a text to send someone, that this is the fourth time in three days i've attempted to send this specific text

i will forget, in the time it takes me to pick up my phone, that i picked it up intending to send a text

[lesbianralzarek]

"life doesnt get better, you just get stronger" does NOT include ages 11-17. life does in fact just get better from there. those years are dogshit. like, you do get stronger but its mostly just a factor of not being 11-17 anymore. positive thinking helps but it doesnt fix whatevers going on at 15, you have to brute force through that one raw

[fairydrowning]

– Noor Unnahar, Instagram account "noor_unnahar"

[TEXT ID: / [Lemons] / My father's mother loved lemons. Years after her passing, / we run out of everything, but never / lemons. / Nothing else shelters grief / better than memory. / It's my father way of saying, / even in your absence, you will be / cared by me. / END ID]

[remindertoclick]

Your Daily Reminder to Click for Palestine!

[chloesimaginationthings]

All FNAF protagonists are artists.. and traumatized..

[time-woods]

something about stars and the curiosity of man

also feel free touse this as a wallpaper ! no worries 4 those asking !

[joshuamj]

Hero.

[iamanartichoke]

I don't know who needs to hear this, but as a creator -

I am fine with "the audience" -

downloading my fics

printing my fics

copy/pasting or screenshotting my fics

sharing your saved copy of my fics with anyone else who might want them in the unlikely but never impossible case that my fics are no longer available on ao3

making a book of my fic(s) and running your fingers across the pages while lovingly whispering my precioussss

doing these things with anything I create for fandom, such as meta, headcanons, au nonsense like 'texts from the brodinsons,' etc

I am not fine with "the audience"

doing any of the above with the purpose/intent of plagiarizing my work or passing it off as their own in any capacity

feeding my work into ai for any reason whatsoever

Save the fandom things. Preserve the fandom things. Respect the fandom things.

Enjoy the fandom things.

[tanoraqui]

I just love love love that there’s a guy wandering about Dungeon Meshi going, ‘but what are the socioeconomic and geopolitical consequences of this fantasy quest adventure, both while it’s ongoing and after its inevitable completion?! The skillset required to find and kill a Mad Mage is different than that required to responsibly, benevolently and effectively rule a kingdom. I personally must either find a good candidate, somehow make one, or, most likely, take on the whole Mageslayer/King role myself.” Except he doesn’t have the first skillset, and his whole party keeps dying while these highly competent chucklefucks wander past, kill and eat the monster, and save their bodies for the nth time. Kabru would demand to know if Aragorn is familiar with Gondorin tax law. His isekai energy is off the charts, because this is all exactly what I would do if dropped into a fantasy quest adventure, right down to repeatedly dying due to not actually being suited to the genre conventions.

[i-am-not-a-who-i-am-a-what]

so who else is screaming about everything we learned today

[thepeacefulgarden]

[creekfiend]

I saw this on FB today and I wanna try and express something about it. Like, you know the curbcutter effect? Where when curbcuts are put in it benefits everyone (bicyclists, people with baby strollers etc) and not just disabled people?

There is also whatever the opposite of the curbcutter effect is. And this is that.

This isn't just anti-adhd/autism propaganda... this is anti-child propaganda.

Kids have developmentally appropriate ways that they need to move their bodies and express themselves and sitting perfectly still staring straight ahead is not natural or good for ANY CHILD.

Don't get me wrong, I was punished unduly as a kid for being neurodivergent (and other types of kid will ALSO be punished unduly for it... Black kids come to mind) and thus UNABLE to perform this -- but even the kids who ARE able to perform this type of behavior are not SERVED WELL by it. They don't benefit from it.

This is bad for everyone.

The idea that bc some kids may be capable of complying with unfair expectations, those expectations don't hurt them... is a dangerous idea. Compliance isn't thriving. Expectation of compliance isn't fair treatment.

[remindertoclick]

Here's your reminder to Click for Palestine today! 🕊

[bigfatbreak]

Birds of a Feather previous / next

tw: blood

[francesderwent]

wish list for people who don’t want anything

aka possessions which are just possessions, but which have noticeably improved my quality of life: for when people ask you “what do you want for your birthday/Christmas/graduation” and you instantly transform into St Francis and pledge fealty to Lady Poverty because your mind went blank

nice. new. sheets. I cannot emphasize this one enough. if you’re still using the same sheets you had in college, you should probably get new ones. get yourself some 100% bamboo rayon sheets—they're silky and perfect for summer and great for sensitive skin! or, if you’re cold all the time, flannel sheets!

kitchen knives. or even just one really good kitchen knife.

new curtains—blackout if you are a creature of the night like I am

fleece lined anything, but especially sweatpants and hoodies. wool lined socks are also good. if you don’t have the option of coming home after work and putting on an entire outfit that is loose and fuzzy, you should change that, because you deserve that option.

cookie sheets with a layer of air between the top and the bottom. the bottoms of your cookies will never burn again.

kitchen scale!!! no more leveling off flour with a knife and getting it all over the table!! now all your measuring is just shoveling stuff in and out of bowls like you’re at the beach. baking is both more accurate and also way more fun.

coffee bean grinder. if you want to upgrade your coffee experience, this is a great one-time purchase. just-ground beans have a much better flavor than pre-ground.

CDs!! ask for a gift card and expand your physical music collection! or a collection of the DVDs for your favorite show!