#seriously you guys wtf

[lilybug-02]

Pain is a great motivator…

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Meanwhile Toriel:

(Loud noises don't wake her up usually.)

Artist note: I’m so proud of this :))) I know it’s a lot of dialogue and reading, but dialogue is grueling work for me. I’m glad with the art and for the amount of pages I made in such a relatively short time span -w- page 5 was super fun to work on. A lot of blood, sweat, and hours here... :) The backgrounds were a big bore tbh, but I finished them! Yippie!

[alagaesia-headcanons]

I love that Nasuada's major flaw is the same as one of Galbatorix's greatest flaws, and that it gets worse and more ingrained throughout the series. And it's so compelling because it's incredibly in character for her and there's every reason for the circumstances to perpetuate and exacerbate it, but that doesn't make her flaw any less egregious. The scene where Galbatorix compares the two of them is so fascinating because his intention is very manipulative and malicious, yet the statement itself isn't entirely untrue.

Because Nasuada treats people like tools. She considers a person's utility more important than anything else, including their personhood.

And it's such an engrossing flaw because of course Nasuada treats people like tools! She is proud and powerful and stubborn and noble and utterly committed to achieving what she has set out to do, by whatever means necessary. She will use whatever she has at her disposal to reach her goal, and that includes using the people around her. Of course, this doesn't make Nasuada inherently immoral; she cares deeply about justice and protecting her people. But her views on the individuals around her are impersonal and self serving.

And the goal she's trying to achieve is to win the war. Nasuada would never be pushed out of her ways by the circumstances because they work, the way she treats people accomplishes exactly what she intends. By its nature, the bloody act of war rewards using people like tools. It demands that, even; to a certain extent, it's an ugly necessity in war, but the thing is that Nasuada doesn't see it that way. She never struggles with or grieves over the need to consider people's individuality as secondary to their function. It comes naturally to her, and it lasts through the end of the books, when the war is already over.

Because I think the most flagrant example of this is at the very end, when Birgit intercepts Roran as he's leaving, presumably intending to kill him, and Nasuada says, "He has proved himself a fine and valuable warrior on more than one occasion, and I would be most displeased to lose him." It's such a wonderful, pointed line that perfectly sums up this aspect of her character. Because what a disgusting thing to say. Especially for the queen of all Alagaesia, perfectly positioned and empowered to stop this confrontation and declare it unjust if she cared to. But her words make no attempt at all to defend Roran as a person, only his value to her.

The way she uses others I find most evident in her treatment of Roran, Murtagh, and Elva. The way she tells Eragon that she thinks of giving Katrina a dowry as a "purchase" of Roran's goodwill and loyalty. In Uru'baen, only at great length, she makes the conscious choice to ignore Murtagh's past and only judge who he is in the present, but disregards any care for what that might say about him as a person, solely focused on if he could be useful as an ally. And when Eragon offers to revert Elva's curse, the one that condemned an infant to feel every piece of pain and suffering surrounding her, Nasuada is so fixated on Elva's utility and value to Nasuada's goals that she goes so far as to ask Eragon to fake his effort to cure her. She sees people as tools to such an extent that she can't recognize that relieving an innocent baby of unimaginable, cursed agony should come before her own priorities.

[arlh0e]

No bc wtf even is a talking stage, if he doesnt worship me like a hozier song from the MOMENT we meet, I dont want him

[tommygettingwrittenoff]

hen winning the buddie betting pool is the easy choice, but bobby winning is the right choice. hr red flags aside, it would allow for a parallel to 2x01. buck could ask, "you okay with this?" "well, i did technically hire him to be your partner. i don't have any doubts you two will be great life partners as well."

[nicoscheer]

Serpico (1973)

like seriously fuck you Miles for doing this

The post

[thewisherr]

hello smiling fandom, just got here today. uhm... why is a 13 chapter omegaverse fic the charpim fic with the second most kudos on ao3.... just wanted to check in

[danzainosolitude]

Once again I read fanfiction that seems to have been precisely written to deal psychic damage to me.

[sevenines]

i’ve been listening to/watching many (many, many) reactions to steven universe (because that’s what you do when you become newly obsessed with something. see what everyone else thinks about it and drive yourself mad) and it’s so interesting to see all the unique ways people tackle it and the common threads between them all.

there’s podcast recaps (pressure to over-analyze) vs youtube reactions (pressure to overreact). everyone knowing the show (yay) vs fans guiding newcomers (interesting) vs everybody being blind (often disastrous). don’t mind silly fun? they love the first season and amethyst’s character. told about how ~deep~ it gets and expecting only that? they love pearl and have to be dragged through the beginning. even how they chunk the episodes affects things—in watching episode-by-episode, people go the most mad as they try to squeeze meaning out of episodes they can’t yet appreciate until later (or are just. bad at analyses.). in chunks of two, people assume su will have much more horror after watching frybo and cat fingers back-to-back. and chunks of 5 are completely different too!

this only skims the surface. i can watch any episode of su and point out which jokes usually make people laugh, what people pick up on, and how their opinion of the situation reflects on whether they have mommy issues.

[cinturon-cadena]

HBomberGuy Videos

Good job Tumblr, I did it. I caved to the 1001 separate posts you put out about hbomberguy's plagiarism video and finally watched it.

AND PROCEEDED TO WATCH 2 MORE 2h+ VIDEOS AND COUNTING-

Seriously, he's probably my new 2nd favourite youtuber now; I've spent over 8h watching just 3 of his videos. These ridiculously long video essays are hilarious and fantastic.

Here, have my favourite 15 sec clip from the most recent video essay I finished watching:

[badolmen]

I can fix him*

*bad writing, underutilized gameplay mechanics, characters with unfulfilled potential, funded by bootlickers

[amazingay]

ypu know what just kill me that would be easier

[severevoiddragon]

Can confirm anons are multiplying I was not here a few minutes ago but you’re incredible and great and amazing and cool and I wish you only ever experience good things forever and ever.

In other words I associate the feeling of talking with and the feeling of having just had a big mug of hot chocolate on a cold day

PLEASE STOP MULTIPLYING I AM NOT SPEEDY ENOUGH TO ANSWER ALL OF THESE

Sjdjdjfjsjfjsjfjajdjdf thank you anon that's so nice omg ;-;

[spinderella-umbrella]

I’m actually begging people in fandom to stop overusing tags

Genuinely you should be able to look something up and find relevant posts

You’re in FANDOM space, my dude, why are you tagging for exposure

[toomanyplotbunnies-sendhelp]

I just finished Act 1 of the Penacony Story in Honkai Star Rail and all I have to say is....

I AM IN SHAMBLES!!

😭😭😭

Also fuck you and your "To Be Continued" Hoyoverse! You can't do this to my brain rn!

Btw, here have a new meme:

@yokomisaki ain't lying! This felt just like Vegas.

[perfectly-clear-from-here]

inhaler chapter 4 is up now!!

Chapter 4. anticipation has a habit Fandom: The Last Shadow Puppets, Arctic Monkeys Rating: Mature Relationships: Miles Kane/Alex Turner Additional Tags: Friends to Lovers, pre-TAOTU, miles has insomnia, Slow Burn, Lots of denial, Light Angst, Fluff, Eventual Smut, Mutual Pining, Drunkenness

Snippet:

“Mate, could those jeans get any tighter?” A lad in the crowd hollers at Miles's skin-tight white denims.

“Course you’d like to know, wouldn’t ya?” Miles jests, followed by the chorus of girly giggles and rough whistles. The frisson of the party starts to settle into his bones.

“Ah don’t worry ‘bout that, ‘m sure they’ll be off before the end of t’night,” Matt assures them with a grin. “Ain’t that right Alex?” Alex forces an elbow into Matt’s ribs, but he might as well just be adding a bathtub worth of fuel to the fire. "Aye don't think your bloody oglings going unnoticed, 'nd I've only been here five seconds!"

[itaipava]

Sorry but I have a hard time understanding why so much hate towards DR3 ? What did he do wrong? Or says something wrong? Is it just because of its results? But... He is not alone in managing the results, he is part of a team…

I’ m so sorry ! Maybe I'm missing information?!

I have the impression that it's gratuitous hatred :-(

I see some comments on the networks and I find it sad

hii! you don’t need to say sorry; it’s totally fine! but the hate on him isn’t without reason or because of his bad performance, it’s because of his attitudes. he’s already said a lot of shit like calling horner’s harassment case “just noise and distraction”. it’s very painful to know that he has influence and privileges and still ignore such an important cause, classifying it as “noise”. this is hurtful. he has also laughed and participated in stupid misogynistic jokes and has acted immaturely and irresponsibly towards his teammate (Yuki). he’s sinking his own career with his shitty attitudes, that’s why the hate. but there are still a lot of people who like and defend him because he is funny and outgoing; so people see these problems and ignore them.