#sorry to rant

[aurora-313]

Heyyy,

I've tried and tried again to find the bright side of the ending and the Canon couples but I just can't. I don't even like the kids and thier designs are lacking. On top of that, I'm also dreading the day we get to see them in the anime🤦‍♀️

I've given up on the anime. It's glorified fanfiction, and honestly, nothing Kubo can do can really salvage it. Short of ripping Bleach apart from the very first arc and rebuilding it from scratch.

Franky the thing that I fail to comprehend is how Bleach went from "Monster of the week", where the monsters were fundamentally human in their hatred, desires, miseries and pains, to "let's kill/overthrow God and destroy reality".

Implausibly massive leap for a world that only consists of 3 towns and an empty void, wouldn't you say?

The dissonance is so jarring that it breaks suspension of disbelief. The cardinal sin of storytelling. That's why I don't enjoy TYBW. That's why the epilogue and the hell arcs make no impression on me.

A damning indictment of TYBW's quality as an arc is how forgettable it is. Remove it from the story entirely, and absolutely nothing would change.

There's a cult following in the west, sure, but that's all it has. Manga sales during TYBW tanked in Japan. Viewing figures in japan are in the toilet. The only thing keeping it afloat are diehard groupies who are easily distracted by shiny lights and crappy effects to hide how poorly composed it is.

The arc was utterly forgotten until the 2020 trailer dropped.

The storytelling is jank AF and the main villains are forgettable crybabies.

It's funny. By and large, I feel more emotional connection to three relative scrub Hollows from the shinigami sub arc, characters that only had a dozen chapters between them and viscerally hate them for how human their sadism is, but my eyes glaze over at the Sternritters. I barely remember any of their names.

The Quincy are boring. Yhwach is boring. There was an opportunity to salvage him by playing into the manga evidence he was a grifter who conquered, cursed, enslaved, and ate his way into power... but no. They replaced that with basic bitch daddy issues.

Then, there's artificially inflating Chad and Orihime's importance. The problem is that they're pathetically powerless humans by comparison.

Observe their first encounter with Quilge. Weak in the grand scheme of things, Quilge was casually stripping chunks of flesh off them. Compared to the feats the other Sternritters pull off, what can Chad and Orihime really do? Realistically. What CAN they do? The answer is nothing and worse than nothing.

Chad and Orihime, civilians who use reishi-based attacks, against an army whose been training for years-to-centuries, who dominate reishi as easily as breathing. No amount of training can change the fact they're a stupendously bad match-up against the Quincy. They realised their presence is pouring oil on a fire and thought the solution was to pour even MORE oil on the fire.

Tbqh. Ichigo should've put his foot down and told them to leave with Riruka and Yukio. Chad and Orihime simply cannot keep up with Ichigo anymore. Ichigo had left them completely in the dirt after Soul Society, and the rest of the series is Chad and Orihime in denial about that.

Why does Ichigo have to go through this exhaustive humiliation of a character arc, thanks to his elders leaving him to stew in ignorance, while Chad and Orihime got a free pass? And are ultimately rewarded for living in denial.

Want them to grow? Have them confront and accept Ichigo simply doesn't need them anymore. Have them accept their place isn't on his battlefield but protecting their mutual home. Have them accept they are mortals tangling with gods and demons, and they are in way over their heads.

The only plausible reason Ichigo DOES keep them around is cannon fodder.

As for the endgame ships; I don't want to talk about them, except that Ichigo should have categorically refused to have children on principle. After the shit his heritage put him through, why would Ichigo subject another child to that?

[toomanyf4ndoms7]

Imagine writing Barbara Gordon into nothing more than the perfect emotional support girlfriend with absolutely no character or interiority beyond how to support her partner.

Imagine. Fucking imagine…

[a-murmur-of-a-prayer]

It is just so, so depressing to still be waiting for a job. I'm so close to getting the one that would be beneficial to me, but the process has been taking SO long (I've been unemployed for almost three months). It feels silly to say, but without a job, it's as if my life has no meaning. I have no structure to my day, I live with my parents and am essentially freeloading off of them. The warm weather down here (my parents are in Texas) is probably the only thing that's saving my mental health at the moment. I have tried to put meaning into it by writing things, but it's so much harder to dredge up the motivation right now to do so. I want to cry just about every day, but my sister and my mom and my dad are all going through things and I need to help them, so I feel like I can't. Being an American, current events are stressing me out - I've connected with new people but they are not my friends that I've had for years, and I'm so beyond sad that I don't have a job that my insecurities about never having had a boyfriend don't even matter to me right now. Every day is just more of the same, and I just really hope I get an answer from the job I want because I don't know how much longer I can go on like this.

[owchie-wowchie]

lowkey feel so bad for benjamin in your monster au. imagine being dead and also having to live under capitalism.

It's fitting tbh

Though, technically speaking, he isn't dead. Sorry to get all semantics about it but I've just been given a space to talk about the ghost lore for the au. In this universe, there are two separate planes of existence. One is the physical and the other is the spiritual, basically. When someone dies in the physical, they do go to the spiritual but also, beings already exist in the spiritual. Essentially, that's where strong thoughts and emotions sort of coalesce and when those abstract ideas become dense enough, they create life, or pseudo life.

Benjamin's parents are both those types of spirits and years ago, they moved from the spirit world to the real one for reasons. When they were living there, they created Benjamin (in case you're wondering how ghosts can have kids, the answer is magic) Due to this, he's sort of got a foot in both worlds. He can do ghost things like fly and teleport but he can also touch objects which most other ghosts can't normally do.

[jamisonwritestf2trash]

I hate PragerU with every fiber of my being.

[bulldog-butch]

simultaneously don’t want to be in a relationship but also sick and tired of being the only single person in my house

[lesbojughead]

as someone who loves everyone in riverdale pretty equally it peeves me so badly to see soooo many people who only watch the show for one character/ship and complain about everything else besides that

[guavagyal]

I just had some Western, white male leftist in r/LateStageCapitalism tell me that I should reveal my face & location for an in-person debate because I said that him & everyone in that sub are useless. I'm black, bisexual woman - which make obvious in my profile. they pray for the revolution coming like Evangelicals pray for the rapture. those people in that sub are sick, they honestly hate any marginalized person who doesn't agree 100% with them. honestly, they're no different than conservatives, and I think some of them are actually conservatives with how they literally don't give a fuck about marginalized people (esp when those marginalized people would get harmed in their revolution).

[a-whispering-echo]

'not all men, but ALWAYS men'

fuck off. ACTUALLY FUCK OFF. the only person whos ever sexually assaulted me was a girl two years my senior when i was 13. saying that shit doesnt make YOUR experiences more valid, it just DISQUALIFIES others as being so.

[i-like-yoongi-a-latte]

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[fabledlife]

- I was recently diagnosed with autism (self diagnosed and therapist confirmed, I don’t have the money or energy for the official process) and while it’s been amazing to be able to connect the dots and understand everything in my life better, I’m also feeling so much grief around the things masking has taken from me, I hate the way I don’t know who I am because I’m always being who I need to be to match the people I’m around and I hate that I didn’t understand my own limitations till recently and I’ve over committed and taken on things I can’t balance and I’m just so burnt out but I don’t know how to get out of certain things and I truly believe I would have made so many different decisions in my life if I had been diagnosed earlier and it’s all so frustrating and I feel very trapped currently and like I’ve missed out on a lot of moments of joy by limiting or making myself smaller to “fit in”

[wwooyology]

istfg that some ppl in the kpop bst community don't understand the damn values of some of these fucking photocards. like wym you want to trade for a pob AND an ultimate vip ld for a damn EXCLUSIVE????? just bc the pc is in high demand does NOT mean it's value is higher. like if ppl are gonna continue to be like this I'd rather just buy a whole new album and take my chances at pulling for the pcs I want jesus.

this is also the second time THIS WEEK that someone has done this to me. I have another person offering me the bow exclusive pcs and istfg they do the same thing I'mma just jump bc wtf is wrong with ppl???

[livyamel]

Criticism of Coquette aesthetic pisses me off

CW incoming rant and lots of anger and negativity.

You don't have to like the aesthetic but what is this nonsense?

From wikipedia:

"The coquette aesthetic has been critiqued for reproducing damaging gender roles for women and for its potential appeal for the male gaze. At the same time, the aesthetic primarily derives from "French culture and outdated notions of European femininity,"[4] and online images related to this aesthetic almost always portray thin, light-skinned women, which can exclude women who have less hegemonic characteristics.[2] Other criticisms of the coquette aesthetic have also drawn upon similar stances that criticizers of the Lolita fashion subculture and the Lolicon media genre have made, which have stated that the coquette aesthetic as a product of its inspirations and style could result suggestive and problematic in regard to pedophiles.[6] Defenders of the aesthetic affirm that the use of bun, laces and pink-colored clothing should not assume a revictimization for women and these aesthetics are not responsible for misogynistic aggressions.[7] Similarly, there are people who consider that these aesthetics can be understood from a disruptive non-heteronormative interpretation"

So adults can't like cute or feminine things? I can't like pink? Also, just because an aesthetic trend is started by a particular race doesn't mean it has to stay that way. No reason non-light-skinned people can participate; any icky person who says otherwise does NOT represent the community. (same with dark academia- ok there is some ableism in the LIFESTYLE but the aesthetic, and classical academics, are not problematic wtf). And what, reinforcing gender roles? So what if some girls want to be traditionally feminine? Where did this braindead chronically online nonsense criticism come from?! Let people like what they like, jeez

[hetalia-club]

Do you have any fun headcanons for the Italy brothers?

Sure I do.

But I don't talk about my headcanons, pairings, or character ideas anymore unless I'm in a mood for it.

The reason for that is I absolutely hate being asked my opinion on something and then someone wants to argue or tell me why I'm wrong. Even if I post a headcanon that's clearly meant as a joke or unserious I still get people telling me how I'm wrong and how I should think "XYZ" Instead.

Now you can say that's just engagement but I take it as antagonistic. I HATE it. Like I hate it so much. It's my least favorite thing. Especially when it's not like my thoughts are controversial, gross, heavy or sexual. I will simply say "I think this character does this" and all of sudden someone wants to argue with me about it. There is something very upsetting to be ASKED your thoughts on something and once you share people go. "Um actually no, because you should think this because I do and it's right" Sometimes I just want to scream "YOU ASKED ME!!!!!!! Not the other way around! I didn't give you unsolicited information. You came to me, asked a question and I answered it. And because I didn't parrot back what you wanted to hear you have to tell me it's incorrect". And that's EXACTLY it. I just put it into words. People don't want new, interesting, fun, unserious ideas here anymore. They just want everyone to parrot back what they think. Which is such a boring way to live. And I'm of course not saying I'm the only one doing fun/interesting things in teh fandom I'm not that conceited . I see it with other posts too. Someone shares an idea and there is always a few people in teh comments coming in with a counter argument it's like "MAKE YOUR OWN POST!"

Babes I've been in this fandom 10+ Years. I have enough headcanons, AUs, pairings, I have my own take on every single character in this fandom, I got enough character ideas to fill a book not even 1 book I could do a book series! I wrote a RusAme fan fiction that's over 400k words. I'm currently writing a RomanoxNyo!America fic that's over 100k words and well over 100 pages in Microsoft word. I don't even know how I'm going to end it yet. Don't believe me look...

As of right now my fan fic folders its at 182 fan fics and over 12mb. I'm not saying they're all amazing, award winning or even finished. There's a bunch in there I know are complete trash. But there's a few in there I'm real happy with and I would LOVE to share with the right people who enjoy my niche but I just can't bring myself to do it. I don't want to brag but there's a Romano one in there that if I changed the names I could probably get it published some place. I cried while writing it several times. It's so depressing even for my taste, and I would LOVE to share that because I know there's some people out there who would love it to and I know it. Even if it is really dark for a Hetalia fic. It's called 'Never Would I Ever" funnily enough because never would I ever post it, zing, lol.

Again I don't want to come off as bragging, because I'm not I've nothing to brag over but I have written some stuff I KNOW is good. And I'm not just saying it cuz I wrote it, because I've written some shit okay? I'm not afraid to admit that. I could open my folder and tell you through each 182 fics which ones are bad, terrible, readable, good and the couple that have no business being as good as they are. I have considered making an anonymous blog separate from this one and releasing a couple of my okay ones and just see what people think. But I would most likely never do that.

I never posted them because again I hate having my ideas shit on when it's just something I do for fun. In this 10 years I've learned not to share your ideas unless you want them picked at. I don't want something I do for fun to be met with "I don't like this idea" or "I don't think they would say that" or even "He wouldn't act that way". Some people enjoy others critiquing their work and Ideas, I do not. Which is why I keep it to myself.

Sorry to rant, that's been bottled up for awhile...

[inthenight-inthedark]

“who radicalized you” ask the conservative christians in my home town

“Jesus” I answer

“My mom teaching me Bible stories” I answer

“The church community food share” I answer

“The church blood drive” I answer

“The hunger strike we did when I was 15 for world hunger” I answer

“Taking in a Venezuelan family when they were seeking asylum in the US, arranged by the church” I answer

It’s not what they want to hear because it points out the hypocrisy when they tout transphobia and racism and deny the genocide.

What child hears 1 Corinthians "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs" and does not begin to love deeply and without prejudice.

A child can read and understand the context of Leviticus, and understand that the real teachings were held in 19:18 “You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.”

My view of life has changed since I was little, but the fact remains that I was first radicalized in the church and they will hate me for the rest of my life. Isn’t that ironic?

"who radicalized you" ever since i was a child i wanted other people to be treated nicely and fairly because i didnt understand why theyd deserve otherwise and it fills me with disgust seeing how people treat their fellow human beings sometimes

[martianclown]

Nothing could scare a good person away from you. You'll find better people ❤️

Thanks anon I appreciate it 💕

Been feeling down lately bc as corny as it sounds I feel like no one cares to understand me and yet I always try to understand others. Even people who don't treat me the way I'd like.

I don't know if I have high standards or if I just deserve to be treated with bare minimum effort