#so your point is invalid

[altarfates]

everytime gold does something that makes me go ah there’s that rambunctious little guy im like ‼️‼️‼️‼️

[tanadrin]

it’s interesting how no religion (with all the caveats the use of that word entails) can resist making cosmological and scientific claims, and that this is true even for very recently invented religions that ought to know the risk of their claims getting debunked is very high. if I were going to start a religion, I would at least make sure it wouldn’t be debunked in my lifetime.

[avicinda]

So ig they explained how Giovanni's time travel works with the Sea of Stars lore where the Seer is the one reversing time for Nikki in the laziest way possible

"He just thought the time travel was because of him."

[caffeinatedopossum]

I actually find it really bizarre and counter intuitive that clinically speaking, you cannot legally be diagnosed with a personality disorder until you're at least 18. The reason given for this is because "the personality has not fully developed before this age" like ???

Ah yes, my favorite strategy. Not diagnosing the problem until it's already been virtually cemented into your brain for life! Wouldn't it be easier (and more painless) to address the problem before it's fully developed?

[d3cay1ngst4tic]

one of the few things that will genuinely get on my nerves is comparing characters in an obnoxious way that pretty much destroys whole overall plot and depth of the show (and of zero relevance???). no they don't need your oxford university level take on how [show A] ‘solos’ [show B], shadowriderxxx. go do your homework or ride shadows as your name suggests <- i really don’t give a fuck. show me real content instead of your ultra slow bass boosted phonk edits that have the same character throughout.

[asgardian--angels]

things I wish I could relive for the first time again:

that magical window where you finish a new piece of media, having watched/read it all by yourself with no fandom contact whatsoever, and you are just so happy about it, and full of interesting theories and takeaways, and just in love with it as a gorgeous piece of art.

because I swear to god as soon as you join the fandom for anything, you're bombarded with how you're supposed to view characters and their arcs, how you're supposed to morally and ethically judge the plot and the ways it apparently failed to present the right message, and if you don't you'll either be shunned for not sharing the popular headcanons or you'll be harassed for not criticizing the source material enough.

like how is it that the fans of a piece of media are also the ones being the most negative about it? If I like a show or a movie or a book, well, I liked it. That's kind of the point. I'm actually not here to tear it apart and talk about how it didn't live up to standards other people had! I enjoyed it for what it was, and forcing myself to find negative things to say about it doesn't actually bring me more enjoyment of it or reap any benefit to me. Fandom's a double-edged sword; you want to join a community to share your love for a piece of art, and the price you pay for a modicum of joy is a mountain of negativity. that's one main reason that I never engage with fandom until I'm completely done with a show, because if I was plugged into all of that commentary and discourse during the process, I'd be completely colored by how I'm expected to interpret everything this piece of art is presenting to me without being able to even form my own opinions.

[everythingsinred]

Hi, I'm sorry, I know it's been a long time but I found an old post of yours where you say that the mangaka of Gakuen Alice said that Natsume and Mikan relationship is not safe or comfortable, did they really say that? I had no idea. What else has the author said about their relationship? I'm curious (⁠ㆁ⁠ω⁠ㆁ⁠)

hi <3

There's really no worries about ever sending me an ask, especially if it's GA related. I'll pretty much always answer <3

And that would be from the Memorial Book, where, according to some fan translations I've seen here and otherwise online (because there is no official English translation), Higuchi Tachibana said something along the lines of Natsume not getting too comfortable or sure of himself or thinking he "won." Essentially she's implying Ruka and Hotaru still have a shot with Mikan because she might change her mind about Natsume so he shouldn't get cocky or some other bullcrap like that.

I feel like it's understandable that I despise that line of thinking so I more or less ignore the Memorial Book and everything about the ending in general (excluding the Little Red Riding Hood comic and the HotaRuka crumbs). I've talked at length about why that type of commentary bothers me here. I just generally don't really care much about what the mangaka says anymore. I love her story and I love her art but her personal opinions, even about her own characters, do not matter to me at all.

I'm not sure what else she said in the Memorial Book or otherwise. She mentioned Natsume would have a slightly longer life because of Mikan's alice stone but that he'd still die young, and after that Mikan would probably be with Ruka (if the picture she drew of them together is supposed to be taken as canon). She mentioned somewhere (I don't recall where) that Natsume wasn't planned to be the "victor" but he just emerged in the lead at some point and she went along with it, which I always took to be a bit ridiculous because SHE WROTE THIS STORY. The characters lead you places but if she really preferred Ruka as the one Mikan ended up with then she should have written that from the beginning and IMHO, it was always Natsume from the start so no I don't buy that.

I realllyyyyyy don't like being negative about GA so I usually don't think about the canon ending, Memorial Book, or Higuchi Tachibana much. I love this manga with my whole heart and always will, but I really don't like it when creators rag on something fans love just to be edgy or contrary or whatnot. It makes me feel like they don't respect me for liking something THEY made, and if they don't respect me then I don't really wanna respect them. I feel similarly about actors shitting on past projects I like, but this one takes the cake in making me feel Not Great because of how much I love GA and NatsuMikan. It's just a huge slap in the face and always was, since the first time I read that comment of hers.

Since then, neither the canon ending nor the Memorial Book have existed to me.

Death of the author applies to lots of works but to me it has always applied to GA and always will!

[whatacreepything]

tiktok gays when they go in public and see gay people being gay instead of discussing the latest microlabel discourse that was posted from an account called bobthebuildersbignaturals

[hua-mo-jin-is-a-cutie]

this is the only social media website where I feel like I can talk about this without getting hated by teenagers with no media literacy, but I watched (pirated) Hazbin Hotel. And while I'm still very critical of Viv herself and the decisions she's made about her staff and her public statements and her past actions, some of which are very gross, for what it's worth, I think Hazbin is alright.

There are things I'd do differently sure, but it's like... aggressively average. The music is hit or miss, with mostly catchy tunes accompanied by lyrics that often made me cringe a little by how they already feel like outdated references to current slang. I also really don't enjoy when they have a big musical number come out of nowhere and have other characters acknowledge that they're singing. It really takes away from the musical numbers themselves. it's like musical writing 101 to NOT do that.

I know this is something people tend to criticize, but I'll be honest I like most of the character designs. They have fairly distinct silhouettes and it's kinda what drew me in enough to watch it in the first place. I'm particularly fond of Nifty. I do think some of them are a bit too complex, too busy to be super appealing, and must be hell to animate. I also think there's not really much cohesion in character designs of the world other than color, and even that's a stretch. I wish we'd at least been given some sort of reason in the show that some demons are furries and others aren't.

The animation is pretty nice, though the camera movement tends to make it a bit hard for my eyes to focus when there's a lot going on.

I've seen a lot of people complain about the pacing and while I agree that things are moving too fast, that we need time to get to know these characters and this world and earn these, what are supposed to be, hard hitting moments. I also acknowledge that I like fast pacing. I want it to slow down, but not astronomically, just a smidge.

I'd say the writing is also hit or miss. Sometimes it's got me fairly entertained, but other times it's making me uncomfortable and not on purpose. Again, slang that will quickly become or already is irrelevant is a major issue for me.

Contrary to what I've seen many people saying, I actually thought episode 4 was handled decently enough. Honestly the pacing is really the only thing holding it back for me. It doesn't feel like it's glorifying or romanticizing sexual abuse or domestic violence. It frames Valentino as the abuser he is when it's most important, even when he is a bumbling idiot in other scenes. Scenes of abuse between angel and Val are taken seriously enough. I wasn't a huge fan of the song Poison, but I also don't think it's romanticizing SA. I mean it literally ends with Angel sobbing on the floor so... I dunno how anyone came to that conclusion. There are times when the show jokes about sexual assault which I do think is distasteful and is one of my gripes with the writing overall, however when it comes to the topic of angel and val, it's handled well enough.

I'm interested in seeing where the plot goes with how episode 6 ended even with it's flaws. It's going in an interesting direction so far and I think the music of that episode was pretty good, calling back to the first episode's song with Adam in a clever way.

So overall I'd give Hazbin like a 6/10. It's fine, but it's got flaws. I'd like to see the kinks ironed out in season 2 and have Viv acknowledge some of her mistakes or at least take criticism well for once.

Anyway, stan Nifty, she's best girl.

[wayfarerxiii]

love it when a character is canonically bisexual and some shitter has to let us know that they think the character is actually a repressed lesbian or a closeted gay man. Just say you are biphobic and go

[katsdynam1ght]

i was going to make some post talking about sexuality and queerness, but i decided that’s way too much work. in truth, i don’t care about sexuality. not even a little bit.

you want to know what’s really attractive to me? passion. fervor. determination. willpower. women or men i can go either way but someone with a brain and drive? there is nothing more appealing to me than ambition—someone who knows what they want and will fight for it with everything they have. that fighting doesn’t have to be in response to a threat or fear, just… the desire to obtain, y’know? to achieve, accomplish, whatever. to get what they want. that’s the most attractive thing in the world.

and yes, this says a lot about the characters i’m drawn to as well—i am a very passionate person myself. i have a lot of strong opinions and i do not bend easily. i take a lot of time to think about things, but once i make a decision or set a goal, i stick by that and i work toward whatever it is that i want. this is a quality i appreciate in myself and something that is unbelievably appealing when i see it in other people.

“ok kats, what’s the point of this post?”

full transparency? there’s not one. i don’t know. maybe i’m just telling you that it doesn’t matter how you look or how you dress or what your gender is or your aesthetic and maybe your identity is completely irrelevant as a whole. i’m not saying this to invalidate anybody but i am saying sometimes i think we focus too much on what we are and not who.

let me just say it plainly—the what doesn’t matter so much. but are you fierce? are you loyal? are you shy? are you strong? do you endure quietly or do you fight loudly? have you ever given up? will you try again? do you stand by your beliefs or is performative activism enough? how hard will you work for what you want? are you empathetic? are you kind? how much love do you have for those you don’t like?

and i don’t say any of this to judge anyone, because whoever you are, whatever qualities you have, the only person that should matter to is you. you decide who you want to be, now and always. you are not a fixed entity set in stone—you are malleable; you can change. if you haven’t yet succeeded at developing a trait you want to have, that doesn’t mean you can’t continue to try.

or you don’t have to listen to me at all. i’m just a stranger online. nothing i say really matters, and that’s fine—that’s how it should be. but give it a thought or two, maybe. all i’m saying is that i think people will be drawn to you based on who you are, not necessarily what.

[iliveinprocrasti-nationn]

I think some people call adhd meds "life saving" because they can help them stop feeling suicidal. I know that doesn't apply to everyone but I have two friends who become suicidal if they're not on their adhd meds because theirs is so severe it becomes life ruining. I've also had a trans friend say their hormones are life saving. I don't think any of them mean to invalidate medications for physical function/life. But I understand how it might seem dramatic or inconsiderate.

I definitely understand that, and, in your friends' cases, I don't necessarily think it's dramatic. I think my frustration comes less with the different conversations on how helpful and crucial different meds can be - because those conversations, whether about lifesaving meds or not, are still important - and more about how these situations play out in terms of intra-community conversations.

In my opinion, there needs to be a separation of the language and terms used for different conversations around medications. When people speak about lifesaving medication, it's because we will die without them no matter what. The medication is the thing keeping us alive. You mentioned your friends described their meds as life saving because their adhd without them is life ruining - that's the difference I think. Their condition may be life ruining, but the people who take lifesaving meds have conditions that will be life ending. There's a separation there.

People with chronic illnesses or disabilities who rely on lifesaving medications have level of severity to our experiences which other people simply can't understand. They just can't. Not in the same way as all of us who experience it. When we have conversations about that, it's an entirely different situation from people whose medications are important in the way you're talking about. It's not that we try to say medications which aren't lifesaving in the literal sense aren't important. It's that, at least on my end, I'm frustrated that people are trying to recontextualize this term.

When I have conversations with other people taking lifesaving medications about our meds, having people try and join the conversation when they simply don't have the experience to understand feels... a bit demeaning, I think. Then, when we point out they don't have the same experiences and can't meaningfully add on to the conversation without changing the topic, we then have people trying to change the meaning of the term. Before this recontextualization began, we had the term "lifesaving medications" for a reason, and it refers to something literal. Our bodies shut down without our meds. We will die if we don't have them. It's frustrating when people try to redefine terms in disability spaces that refer to specific experiences (lifesaving medications, paralysis, etc.). If people want to observe intra-community conversations when they don't have the life experience to contribute, if one topic makes them think of something relating to their own life and start their own, separate conversation about that, I have no issue. If a term doesn't exist for your experience, feel free to make one. But changing the meanings of our terms is a disservice.

[choking-on-roses]

The amount of times you'll be relating an experience you had with ADHD and all the neurotypicals in a 5km radius are like "actually that has nothing to do with ADHD" like yeah I realize everyone forgets things from time to time but could you please shut up

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

Why is Jason angry?

Batman Annual #25

People really read those first two text boxes and decided to settle on them for good, without reading the rest of the page, huh?

Or the page preceeding that one ⬆️

[byanyan]

friendly reminder to use they/them to refer to byan, not he/him

[unproduciblesmackdown]

being alive at the time i gleaned some general elements abt encanto but never actually heard we don't talk about bruno beyond awareness it existed popping off & i think i heard like the title recited off key off rhythm but in a way that indicates speak singing nonetheless lol so upon experiencing it it's like oh but it's the Verses? while the last refrain goes harder but prior to that it's comparatively underwhelming to said verses which feels appropriate like verses / pieces of a larger picture & that a "we don't talk about him" as a disappointing Lid on infinitely richer more characterful & dynamic "but: talking about him" instances. like well personally it'd be like um seven foot frame....anyway besides being able to firsthand go like oh damn Real (the kind of thing you know exists if alive at the time) it's like alright hang on lol. one thing when a core theme is yeah like "is it a refuge if 'especial' vulnerability ultimately gets pushed out rather than made safer" subset like the parties whose even observation of truths (problems) & drawing attention to them is seen as Ruining Things, like if you're painted as Making futures that aren't simply what's desired or reassuring rather than a guidance via just observing & sharing the truth. but then it's like whaddaya mean living in fear of bruno stuttering and stumbling you could always hear him sort of muttering and mumbling lmao like now that's just Association between the Truth Perceiving & Telling behavior & behavior that's just apparently distinctive of the same person. & like Not Accidentally when [what if people were magic] specifics are obviously primarily abt a metaphorical meaning & like, indeed it was made clear like oh this situation isn't Just b/c [boo we hate your prophecies] & that [an Ability that isn't directed towards what anyone Wants / is "weird" even by these magic standards] isn't Coincidentally given to someone who just so happens to already be "weird" in other ways & be set up to have a different perspective & be pushed away due to having the supposed "extra" vulnerability of unmet needs / insufficient support, same as someone who doesn't "correctly" have any kind of magic ability....like yeah banger and also like Oh Yeah Kind Of Devastating re: that metaphorical resonance allowing for like [set the metaphor aside] now hang on with this about this disabled family member lol. misinterpretation to The Ruinerrr / The Problemmm / The Maliciousss etc (i.e. the scapegoatinggg) despite their efforts likely entirely to the contrary. then despite like, efforts aside, Just Existing, always kind of muttering & mumbling like & what of it. & then like oh sorry weird pets. weird [auspicious for adaptable tenacious thriving surviving; either way simply creatures, existing] pets.

truly like As Is The Idea I'm Sure quickly becomes like hands behind back standing at the window Uh Oh Sisters musing on all the [disabled person] metaphorical & already literal elements there. blair witching it in contemplation like We've All Been There whether being so resented for the mere disruption of "existing in a group as the 'abnormal' odd one out" or like people talking shit abt anything associated w/you as soon as you've left the room, which is also made relevant like, this wasn't Only directed at this person when seemingly permanently gone, nor were they unaware / unaffected prior....pacing in the Musing parlor like things don't Have to be compared to billions but i only ever even see so many things & it's like billions sure is like "get scapegoated rword" & then said scapegoating is presented as only beneficial & we hate autists & even beyond that it's like, grabbing billions, Imagine If Things Meant To Be About Something Were About Something. quite a contrast when they are & furthermore like, deliberate thought & Care for [who gets scapegoated & why] & the truth of like, people getting pushed aside & out who have a key perspective & are primed / liable to come through for others similarly vulnerable & the supposedly Ruinous, Problems Generating disruptiveness is actually the strongest effort to make essential changes to a group. & come through with like, it'd be undermining thee point if it was "reassuring" us like oh haha people will be supportive b/c bruno will be more normal, so great that it Didn't like no, no Normality Reassurance(tm), presence of abnormalities(tm), Good, & everyone Can Deal b/c if you don't then it's pushing this person away, is exactly what happens, including even if they're still Around but are being mistreated b/c that is entirely part of that pushing away like anyone's victim blaming is ready to pounce at any time but if someone can't stand to stay / leaves b/c they can't see another option like that's not out of nowhere nor Regardless of what full support & flexibility they were getting lol. these Active Measures everyone loves so much, which are everywhere always & would include Staying & Trying To Make It Work & those efforts would be "disruptive" & resented & Bringing It On Oneself & etccc smh

that is to all say like. Woww when clearly basically the core thread was these beats of like, the crucial site of [thee scapegoated], & why that comes down on someone & how that plays out. endless ideas about how someone weird(tm) & disabled (&/or queer. but there's no Or here lol. & again like it's a Context like, to even be the one person without kids? likely not living up to "full" correct sexuality in that way alone; any oppression's logics of "inferiority" being logics of ableism, ready examples being that "inferior" race, gender, sexuality (& their experiences as people classed as inferior) all being pathologized as disordered) are seen & treated as someone Ruining Things & who cannot belong like whew. bracing. winding. which, i also recall like i was watching with headphones & during this one dialogue pause i was like "?? what's this Extra Sound i heard there" & had to go over it like twice before being hit upside the head like well it Was still the dialogue pause but it was also bruno Stuttering in a very quiet whisper for the duration of that pause before continuing like iiiiiiii x_x