#pointless discourse

[angrydino42-and-avathecannibal]

You are homophobic but not for the reasons you think.. just imo* (my correct opinion) demi and ace peeps who use the split attraction model are homophobic.

when did i ever say i used the split attraction model bitch that's a whole new sentence I said that I disliked people headcanoning AM as STRICTLY GAY when it would make more sense for him to be demi as he doesn't care for gender and simply would attach onto anyone who showed him mutual understanding also??? what the fuck has using the split attraction model got to do with homophobia. people can fuck guys and be only attracted to women. people can be only attracted to guys and fuck women.

[androgynouswizardbanana]

"it's not my fault you don't like girls" doesn't have to be mike lashing out bc of internalized homophobia or whatever it can just be what it looks like, which is a boy accidentally saying something homophobic to his friend then instantly regretting it and trying to apologize. even if mike were straight this wouldn't be some unforgivable sin, he didn't mean it that way and when he realized the implication he immediately tried to make it right.

[dailymolars]

alright I'm here to settle a debate today. what way do you put bread in the toaster, horizontal or vertical? I have included a visual guide in case anyone is confused. I need feedback because I fear I may have been making toast incorrectly for 17 years

[baker-of-bread-ect]

My hot take is that honeydew is better than cantaloupe and that people are just haters when they complain about it being in fruit cups and platters

[fata-carabina]

Im sorry but if you think that this woman

Can play this woman

you're delusional and you've been brainwashed by Hollywood and american media lmao

[thorne1435]

I'm gonna push my luck here with another misandry take.

It would bother me less that people are so afraid of the term "misandry" if they were also afraid of terms that have been similarly misused to undermine the causes that should've been using them.

I mean, this is just a common historical occurrence: right-wing and reactionary ideologies will use the terminology of progressives and then undermine those causes.

Like, Libertarians in the United States. They're not libertarian. And we all understand that, because libertarianism would be fundamentally opposed to the wants of free-market capitalism. Or, national socialists, who were not at all socialist and were just national. Or, RadFems who we understand to not actually be feminists, but rather just a mob of angry transphobes who hate men.

But somehow, when I talked about misandry all those months ago, one of the first things that I was told in response was "Can we call it something else? Misandry was used by some dipshit misogynists a while back."

And like, I really don't even care that much. It's fine if we want to call it "Androphobia"/"Transandrophobia" but like...I mean, come on. We aren't afraid of other terms that were misused historically by shitty bigots. Why do we care about this one especially?

[clownfessionsofficial]

So cringe that some people are still against the ocean gay flag in 2023 smfh

[fingerpretzul]

I love dumb arguments on stuff that doesn’t matter. (As long as everyone keeps it civil, only ironically getting angry)

I get to get my debate in, while not worrying about what we’re debating actually mattering. Not only that, but I can take a comically strong stance on it which is funny to me

And everyone can walk away without any hurt feelings

So yes. Please debate with me on why a hammer is actually a witse blunt object weapon than a mace (it isn’t), or why your math folder is blue (it should be red)

[rosenkranz-does-things]

variations on a Mercy

[bixels]

In case anyone who’s not on Twitter is wondering what it’s like now, I just got punched in the throat by four random consecutive discourse posts on my timeline as follows:

>bojack horseman is pathetic and anyone who likes “cartoons for adults” should have their harddrives checked for cp.

>anime is/isn’t carried by black culture, citing dandadan referencing a rihanna dance in its intro (it was a qrt exchange so both sides were present).

>angel dust is good sa victim representation and the person who made that video essay about them needs to be cyberbullied (or the inverse).

>this random stranger online made a post about how they’re bisexual and a trans ally but aren’t interested in trans people romantically or sexually, let’s make assumptions about their failure as a queer person and also dox them.

So that’s what you’re missing out on.

[mossy-aro]

tbh as much as i do think it is worthwhile to discuss the topic of shipping aromantic/asexual characters and the nuances of it all (as well as the general attitude allos have towards aspecs in fandom spaces). it also makes me sigh equally because like... what characters. i'll be real guys we don't even have characters to discourse over. literally there are like 3 ever and none of those have fandoms anyway and the ones which do are like 'it was confirmed on twitter in a nebulously worded post by the creator'. its so bad out here

[transmutationisms]

sorry lol but i wish ppl reposting the menswear guy would spend less time being like "haha politicians are wearing ugly clothes" & more time thinking about why politicians choose clothes such as oversize shoes & how that might play into the reactionary narratives they're trying to tell about themselves & the body as an inscription of power &c

[black-quadrant]

fixating on attacking people over fictional characters when there's escalating real world issues you should be paying attention to that will affect your future is terrifying. you're not powerless! you can put that passionate energy into making changes that are real! spending time fighting/canceling/doxxing tells the world you don't care about the real fights. like, it's ridiculous how rampant and distracting it is. help us. help your community. help each other.

[maladaptivewriting]

the people who make tiktoks like “what’s a sirius black headcanon you hate?” are soooo annoying. like get a new thing. make original content. jesus christ

[burningcheese-merchant]

okay enough with the ship discourse! let's lighten the mood with some season 10 discussions! I'm really really excited to see the latter half of the story, and I'm super curious how this will going into next months update too! chocolate bark, and whatever second cookie that'll come in july, I cannot wait to see how things play out, the dragons have some of the most interesting lore in all of CR history (second only to the Novas hehehe my awesome space super sentai family 😄)

Absolutely, my friend! No more dumb discourse, only good and silly vibes

I actually meant to make a separate post talking about my thoughts on Season 10 of Ovenbreak, but I was always too busy to do so. Your ask gives me an excuse lol

I have LOVED this update so far. It's so great. The story is so great. Longan Dragon being 1000000000000 kilometers long and looking like an eldritch horror? Basically being Jörmungandr from Norse myth? Peak. Longan Dragon trapping everyone in some kind of mind prison and forcing them to endure constant pyschological assault? Peak. More dragon family lore? Peak. Chocolate Bark? Peak, I love him, he's so handsome and perfect, if only he was in Kingdom too

I think what I've enjoyed most so far is:

Dark Choco and Chocolate Bark backstory. I really enjoy their little mentor/student bond. CB is such a fun dude. He's tough but he's lighthearted and has a sense of humor. The way he speaks to DC is so charming, he's like a older brother or uncle almost

I think Dark Choco really needed someone like this in his life, you know? It's a big shame he left, even if it was for an important mission. It makes me wonder how differently things would've turned out if he'd stayed.

Also...

"My father" this, "my father" that. #SayHisName, Devsis lol

It's cool to get official confirmation that the Dark Cacao Kingdom exists (existed?) in Ovenbreak as well. And by extension, Dark Cacao himself exists (existed?) there too. And... he's not the most affectionate dad still lol. It's ok, he's still my favorite Ancient and Kingdom character. I am begging and pleading Devsis for more lore on this, hell give us a whole update focusing on Dark Choco PLEASE, he's been so neglected in OB and it's been a huge shame because he gets more attention in Kingdom. I love Dark Choco, I love how tragic he is, I love his redemption arc. (It's admittedly... less compelling here than it is in CRK, but that can be fixed with a Dark Choco-focused update imo)

I just really, really adore seeing the dragons interact with each other. I love their dynamic SO much, they're my favorite group in this whole series. I'm nutso about them individually and as a family/clan. It's been awesome learning more about Lychee and Longan especially; I love Lychee's unwilling attachment to Rambutan and her apparent longing for proper attention from/bonding with Longan, I love the way the Pitaya-Ananas-Lotus trio bicker and banter, THE LONGAN CHARACTER STUDY‼️‼️‼️ Pitaya may be my favorite dragon but Longan is the most complex and interesting one by far. The warped affection he feels for his family. The need to protect and govern them. The way he perceives time and the world at large. His sociopathic desire for absolute control and revenge for perceived injustices. The way he tries to manipulate the others into agreeing with him and going along with his plans (those scenes in the Dark Realm are fucking crazy. The way he warps and weaponizes their emotions and memories is actual textbook abuser/cult brainwashing shit)

What the actual fuck dude. Ok, Charles Manson lol. And I thought Shadow Milk was bad. (No lie I find Longan Dragon 10x more intimidating than Shadow Milk. He exudes an aura that SM simply does not. THIS is power. THIS is boundless knowledge sharpened into a blade and held against your throat. Shadow Milk may be a god but Longan Dragon is above even godhood. I'm way more scared of Longan than any of the Beasts)

Biggest scene for me though?

WHAT??? LAST SURVIVOR OF THE FLOWER DRAGONS??? WHAT???????????

In hindsight... yeah it was kind of obvious something was up with Lotus Dragon lol. The one flower in a group of fruits. Pretty on the nose. But it's still crazy to think about, you know? What happened to the other Flower Dragons? Why is Lotus the only one left? How did the other Fruit Dragons feel about taking her in? How did SHE feel about that, essentially being adopted by a rival clan? What if they had something to do with the Flower Dragons' demise? They better address this in the next half of the story istg. I will lose it. I WILL write a sternly worded email to Devsisters. I WILL cry

What this says about Longan's character is also quite interesting. It appears that his respect and affection for dragons actually does extend beyond his own immediate family. Enough to take in an orphan. This capacity for compassion and generosity is so unlike how Longan normally behaves. It makes for a really fascinating pivot from his usual modus operandi and adds a lot of depth to his thinking and character

(honestly, this makes me want and hope for Longan Dragon's surrender even more. I've always thought that Longan willingly standing down and ceding victory to the other dragons would be more impactful than him simply being beaten the normal way, aka through the Power of Friendship and Punching Stuff. I want Longan's love for his family to win in the end. I want him to come to realize that he really would have no choice but to eradicate his family in order to achieve his goals, and then forfeit because he could never bring himself to do it. They're the reason why he's doing any of this in the first place. I don't want him to change his mind about mortals or anything, he can stay a genocidal race supremacist lol. I just think it would be more interesting if he willingly stopped what he was doing just because he can't let go of his kin. Perhaps he truly is only clinging to an idyllic past long dead. It would hurt. Hurt his pride, his ego. But their preservation would require the destruction of his clan and he cannot stand for that. THEY are his mission. THEY are his dream. Yes, Longan will forever mourn this loss as he shall forever mourn the past itself. But at least he'll still have those four afterwards. Even if they hate him.)

The dragons make me so ill. I need to pelt them with rocks. Gonna call the Stone Dragons Pitaya was beefing with in prehistoric times and ask them for a favor

[captainjonnitkessler]

"Non-artists think it's okay to use AI because they are tragically incapable of being artistic themselves, and so they simply cannot understand the True Purpose of Art that REAL artists are gifted with" Woah there buddy, slow down! I'd hate for you to pull a muscle with how hard you're jerking yourself off