#pointless thoughts

[ghost-bxrd]

Rarely have fictional characters ever made me as sick to my stomach as Jason Todd and the duo of Satoru and Suguru.

Like, respectfully, ripping my heart out would have hurt less than any of this.

[marmot-bee-person]

I know it’s not canon (and doesn’t make sense) but Zuko and Azula dress the same in a lot of early season 3 episodes (rewatch with 8yo bro) and the idea of them being twins popped into my head.

Idk, maybe Ozai is secretly a sucker for twins dressed alike.

[introvertedantisocialpessimist]

Welcome to the whites of my eyes ~

Maybe one day in my dreams,

Justice won’t seem so scary.

Darkness will be eternal, and as deep as the sea is dark.

[jimpagne]

have been debating changing my pfp to a cute pic from are you sure,,, but my layout is literally so banger idk if i want to part from it

[life-in-toontown]

Sorry but I just need a little vent post about Lilo and Stitch to get this shit off my chest

I’m not going to go over every single change listed here, this post is mainly gonna be about Nani and Lilo, and Jumba will be mentioned eventually too.

In the original film, Nani was not a neglectful sister. Yes, she and Lilo did fight with each other (yelling, not physical abuse, of course) but ffs, Nani was just 19 years old and was now the sole caretaker of her five year old sister, a sister who was not an easy child to deal with (I’m not saying that to imply Lilo’s a bad character, not at all. She had a group of girls always bullying her for being different, and that combined with her trauma and grief from losing her parents results in her getting behavioral issues and resorting to physical violence against her bullies. I actually love that they portrayed her in that complicated and complex way).

And don’t forget Nani’s grieving throughout the whole movie too, hell she probably never even found time to process her grief since she’s suddenly in the role of a caretaker and provider for her little sister. And just to add to this, her room has lots of surfing trophies which means she was on her way to becoming a professional surfer but she had to give that up for Lilo.

So yeah, of course Nani wasn’t a perfect parent to Lilo, she was a grieving 19 year old woman taking care of a five year old with behavioral issues. And honestly, you’d think it would make sense for her to give Lilo to CPS right?

BUT.

Look at their family at the end of the film.

Jumba and Pleakley live with them as Lilo’s gay uncles, Cobra Bubbles is now a family friend, and Nani and David get to date more.

Their family grew, Nani’s able to have time to herself to grow her relationship with David since Lilo has more people to watch her.

They even get to go on trips!

And it’s all thanks to Stitch.

Oh boy, here I go, this always makes me cry ;___;

But someone at Disney said, “Meh idk, maybe that found family ending wasn’t such a good idea after all :/ I know! Let’s end the movie with Nani and Lilo separated! And Jumba and Pleakley* won’t be involved in their found family either cuz they’re villains throughout the whole thing now!”

*I keep seeing people talk about Jumba being a villain now but what happens to Pleakley at the end of the movie? If anyone knows please tell me.

Anyone who gives this remake good reviews and uses words like “heartfelt” or “heartwarming” or any other synonyms like that either fell asleep during the movie or was paid to say that I stg.

[skellybonesandtrees]

it's taking me like seven hours to get through each Witcher episode now, mostly because of the way I watch things now which with zero attention span. almost done with episode 2.

What I realize is that it feels like it's been five years since I watched s2 and I forgot so many subplots and am having a hard time caring about them.

but my biggest beef with this show continues to be wardrobe, hair and makeup. why is Yennefer wearing a 21st century lace bra? Why do they keep putting old lady makeup on Ciri? She's a kid, keep it light. And the worst sin so far is what has happened with Jaskier's wig? Like srsly...Netflix you are on my black book.

one saving grace: my god Tissaia looked good in the one scene of her I saw so far, like hot momma plz.

[misterehasamystery]

We need a word for humanoid that doesn't imply that human is the default. Mostly I want this for fantasy and science fiction writing, but it would be useful when dealing with terrestrial and extraterrestrial bipedal sapiens.

[persona-brainrot-real]

Sae Niijima is such a good character it drives me insane a little. She's not a mother nor a maternal or doting older sister but instead a twenty four year old who was thrown into a position of responsibility that she never asked for. She loves Makoto just as much as she resents her and its so apparent every time they talk up until November. "Are you studying?" (I want you to do well) (I need you to get a job and stop making my life harder) "I'll use any method necessary to get this promotion" (Life will be easier for us) (So stop distracting me with your problems) "Focus on your future" (I know that you're capable) (I can't afford to waste my time on you, so stop wasting time on others)

Makoto is not only the sole reason she pushes as hard as she does for a promotion, for success, and the reason that she loses herself in her animosity over her fathers death, but also someone she can't stand for so long. Makoto was 14-15 when their father died. Sae was 21. As soon as she got the career she wanted and things started to look up, her stability was robbed from her and she was disillusioned with the system that her father had taught her to rely on and completely adhere to. How do you manage, the daughter of a cop, following his footsteps towards law enforcement, when you're suddenly reminded of how unfair it is? You can't quit, your little sister relies on you and she's so young and struggling just as badly with this grief. So you pick yourself up and you get moving again. You push harder, press further. You abandon your morals and your ethics because punishing criminals (guilty or not) is almost like punishing the man who killed your father.

And the whole time she's fighting for promotions, going for drinks with the SIU Director to make herself more favourable for promotions, trying to navigate being a woman in a competitive, suffocating, male-dominated field, falling behind despite doing so much where others are promoted for doing so little - all the while your little sister comes back from school and her biggest issues are so small compared to yours.

Persona 5 revolves so heavily around grief and loss and change and Sae embodies all of that so well, all of the sharp and unpleasant and jagged parts of grief.

[ghost-bxrd]

I’m back! I’m gonna be working a little on catching up on all the stuff and asks I missed. But I’m also actively working on fics again, so, yay? 💚✨

[kupidachillea]

I was bored

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[laswells-ashtray]

"And I told her- 'just because I'm a lesbian that doesn't mean I can fix a car.' but did that help? No. She's a lesbian and she can't fix a car either."

"Tell her to take a mechanic course or something, get her in the overalls with the bandana."

"If she walked into the house in overalls and a bandana, the car wouldn't be the only thing that's fucked."

The topic of conversation alerts Nikolai to the fact that this isn't the first glass of wine for either of them. As does John's bark of laughter and Kate's snort.

As he lugs in the plastic bag with their Infian takeaway, he surveys the scene. The two empty bottles of wine on the coffee table, the faint flush to John's cheeks, and the way Kate's shirt sleeves are rolled up to their forearms. He supposes he has some catching up to do drinks wise after dinner.

He carefully drops the bag on the coffee table and slumps down on the couch, kicking off his boots.

"You realise Sarah just wants to see you bent over the hood?"

Kate nods, leaning forward to grab a plate and a plastic container out of the bag.

"I do, but not in my silk shirt. She has to pick her moments accordingly."

Nikolai grins and prepares himself for the oncoming story from one tipsy and loose lipped Laswell as they eat dinner.

[gunsatthaphan]

#third time's the charm #i guess?

[ohrackham]

what was the point of lila thinking home was a feeling she didn't deserve and could never earn until she found diego. what was the point of them finding deep, meaningful love in each other. what was the point of lila opening her heart and confessing that all she really wanted was a family with him.

what was the point of developing diego and lila over two seasons, creating such a beautiful, chaotic bond, just to destroy it for no reason.

[scarapanna]

I liked your art, you won🎉🎉🎉

WE WON NO REDEMPTION WAHOOOOO/silly

I'm still terrified of the redemption route for this clown though hdhghfg, I want his silly self to stay evil and wimsy and goofy and with redemption uhhh

We're like

I dunno I'm sooo scared devsis is gonna take away that aspect which is what makes him just so funnn. Please pretty please let him be god awful and rotten and rude and goofy if you take that route Devisis I want him to keep his funny wimsy qualities. Please please pleaseeee write him well y'all are doing sooo good with him don't fumble by taking the redemption route (And if they do it better be good and he better stay chaotic and goofy and sassy and condescending and all his "rotten rabid thing" qualities)

If they do him (And his fun aspects justice in this dreaded hypotetical) then I may be cool with it. Though the mean ass possum has grown on me so much I'd 100% miss that evil and unhinged part of him TONS, devsis have mercy pretty please/silly

[Longer more insane ramblings are in the tags hsfhfhhv]

[nedlittle]

saw concalve. what flavour vape smoke do we think tedesco was blowing around the vatican

[crow-caller]

I really do think looking at bad writing is one of the best ways to learn about writing in general, especially for beginners.

the thing is, writing in general is highly subjective- a good sentence will be good in different ways to different people, or not impress someone at all.

a bad sentence? most people can spot bad sentences easy, especially if it is presented to them as 'here's an example of a bad sentence, let's unpack why.'

bad writing can also be very funny, which I think is again often more engaging than 'here's a work of literary genius go analyze it'. Like here's some bad writing from lightlark3:

The moment it was out of Horus’s grip, his body became bones. The flesh turned to ash. He became a corpse.

it's dumb as hell, but I think could foster a solid discussion when you ask 'why? what is the author intending to say? what about it makes it feel 'clunky'? How would you write the same idea?'