#sowwy for the rant

[victimsofyaoipoll]

Okay you guys have pissed me off enough.

I don't care about Sharon Carter. I have never thought a single thought in my entire life about Sharon Carter other than "oh a new love interest for Captain America"

The bias you all claim to see is your own damn fault. You're the ones who submitted her propaganda. If you think it sucks, it's because you guys submitted shitty propaganda. I have never said anything against her in the tags except that Lizzie should win (which is on a reblog and not the main post).

You Sharon fans have been a pain in my ass since the poll started. You have done nothing but annoy me. You said anyone who voted for Peggy should kill themselves in round 1. In round 2, everyday when I checked my notifs you had either insulted Pepper, me, or other voters. I dread checking notifications because of your nonsense. The only person I had to block was one of you. I legitimately hate you guys now.

That vague post from round 2? The one like hey be nice to other people? That was about you. Because you were all being giant dicks everyday the poll was active

I'm on my hands and knees kissing the earth that Lizzie is beating her because I don't have to deal with you people for another round. And, if for some reason the world hates me and Sharon wins this round, I'm pulling the poll runner card and pretending I do not see. Lizzie wins anyway. Fuck you guys.

Maybe stop to think that maybe, just maybe, the reason Sharon has a bad reputation is because you are so goddamn annoying.

[cyprejyo]

ai chat bots are so fascinating to me, not because "ooo robot talking woawww" or anything similar but the fact that its like. a written, coded list of an attempt at tones and implications with in writing and an attempt of understanding words. not facinating enough for me to ignore like all the bad peices about them. something about what ive seen from it doesnt give me good vibes in the slightest! a lot of the messages look like theyre written based off of social media posts (specifically twitter and facebook). something about the idea that every part of me, everything ive done everything ive posted everything i that am on the internet is being fed to this tool to remove writers and artists from their jobs in their industries is fucking. disgusting. and scary.

[celestialrealms]

I just noticed Mephisto matches with Barbatos (who is matchy with Diavolo) in the anniversary outfits in his SSR memory card

These three were also the only three who had half masks in the masquerade event!!!

Anyway, The Royals with Mephisto chat group when? We got one for Purgatory Hall with Raphael..... it's just fair !!

And one for Mephisto and Diavolo as well, but also one for Mephisto and Barbatos too. because you can't tell me their relationship isn't deeper than the devs portray when Mephisto has lines like this about Barbatos's room:

[onyx-got-clowned]

guys im cooked the birds are chirping already

[patchesjam]

me @ most mcyt creators

[reamed]

ya know what I’m deciding not to give a shit if my job doesn’t like me missing work bcuz I’m in agonizing pain

[moonlit-imagines]

whats the best way to tell your roommate about your complaints about the way they treat ur home

[five-of-cr]

here's the thing about matthias: he isn't the honorable, reformed hero some of the fandom seems to see him as.

yes, he was raised by a tight-knit family of comrade soldiers and decides to betray them in the end. of course that took incredible strength. i don't deny that. but we also need to recognize that the drüskelle are not just some rogue cult. they are a core part of the fjerdan government, who is trying to wipe out the grisha because they are seen as dangerous. that's literally just genocide. however indoctrinated someone is, this is something that is evil from every angle, even if the character can't or won't see it.

and look, i love a good redemption arc, but matthias is such a passive actor in his. he falls in love with nina against his will. she changes his attitudes toward grisha because she's beautiful and kind so all grisha can't be bad, right? this a classic example of the trope of separating the "good ones" from the rest, where you cherry-pick specific individuals to point to as exceptions to a group's nature, which is still implied to be evil. you have to do a lot more than fall in love to truly unearth and address the roots of bigotry.

tbh, this is my biggest critique of the books as a whole. i loathe the "love conquers all" trope that pairs together a character from the oppressed group and one from the oppressors, letting the one show the other through the power of love that being bigoted is not nice. it puts all the responsibility on the former to prove their humanity, and gives all the credit to the latter's ability to be persuaded to recognize it. and then it inevitably leads to forgiveness, because the character has "earned" it by changing their views, once again making the victim seem like the villain if they don't absolve the oppressor of their past "mistakes". also, it's incredibly unrealistic for someone to fall in love with a person who actively hates them and considers them sub-human. in real life, people have to work on their bigotry before that happens, not use the relationship as a plot device for character development.

i think the idea of writing a character like matthias is neat. i think portraying someone's struggle to throw off the suffocating, hateful dogma they've been fed all their life is a story we need more of. i think personal growth of this variety should be celebrated, because otherwise people would never change. but i don't think the people, fictional or real, get to do this without facing profound consequences. it is not enough to feel sorry. it is not enough to apologize. it is definitely not enough to fall in love. and i think writing that lets people off the hook like this grossly oversimplifies power and oppression, and ends up being a feel-good way to romanticize people who cause a lot of harm.

a last note: my opinion is 100% influenced by my being bipoc. matthias is a classic aryan supremacist, even if being aryan isn't the thing he's being supremacist about. my gut reaction to that type of character is always going to be mistrust, both because people in real life have given me reason to be mistrustful and because characters like these are often written in a way that makes you sympathize with oppressors. i don't think matthias earns that trust, and i don't see why i owe him my affection as a reader.

[ask-andante]

Would you say you've ever rewritten plot? Or have you always known how you wanted the story to go?

I've rewritten the plot so many times BSDBFBSDFB. Originally the plan was that everyone was gonna die but I didn't know how , and then months later I had a dream about a giant Uxie by a stone wall, the seas stretching behind them, and their eyes were pure black... I designed the Mythics based off of it.

A lot of key points I had planned since around then but things have been tweaked a lot over time, and a lot of things were improvised. I think the askblog format sort of encourages improvising, there's a lot of unpredictable asks/interactions, and for some blogs they'll do things comboed with other blogs that weren't planned for initially (like the thing with Deva wasn't planned for right away).

imo, I think making shit up as you go between key points is fine and fun. Do what you want, shitton of super popular anime are defiNITELY made up as they went. Entertainment is entertainment, like sure strive to do your best, but long as you have fun yanno?

[chaichaii]

I hate math I hate math I hate math I hate math sm especially algebra how tf did I used to like algebra, I hate this I hate math omg I hateeee algebra it makes me want to pull all my hair out

[skullkxd]

also, while I’m posting art … skull ree meeting prime/original/nerd ree

[reikunrei]

do you ever just think about all the potential there was for Haru and Albert to be extremely cool narrative parallels leading up to the conclusion of the series if kyoani had decided to actually make it Good instead of petering out the way they did?  fuck, dude, it could have been so good. they had the setup and everything with Albert being pushed by an outside force and Haru wanting to avoid being pushed into the competitive world at all.  Haru being determined to swim for his friends and nothing more, but being roped into it anyway just so he can swim.  meanwhile Albert is a kid just like Haru and wants to enjoy the water like him, but he’s deemed a “swimming machine” before anything else.  and Haru creating this horrifying monster-swimmer image of Albert in his head despite also seeing him just be a normal guy longing to have friends.  and then Haru gets too deep into the competitive world because of Albert.  Albert’s skills give Haru something to reach for, for the first time in his life.  he didn’t care about winning until he swam against Albert.  and it’s bad.  he crashes and burns again and again, distances himself from his friends, becomes reclusive and cold.  he becomes a loner like Albert.  Haru was determined he wouldn’t give up anything to have the skills of Albert and Kaede, but he did anyway.  he thought it was the only way.  but it fails.  even Albert drops out of the competition, determined to break out of the cage his coach has placed him in, determined to be more than a “swimming machine.”  and you’re telling me Haru just... didn’t learn anything from that?  he crashed and burned, he saw his biggest competitor back out because he couldn’t handle it either, he didn’t want to handle it, and Haru went back on all of his promises to himself... and it didn’t make him want to quit outright?  Albert didn’t try to talk to Haru again, to tell him it was a mistake to do what he did, to warn him that he’s going down the wrong path?  and it will only make him weaker?  you’re just gonna tell me that Haru quit swimming for a few months to go to rehab, stop talking to his friends, and have to be hunted down by Makoto just to get a word out of him?  and Haru’s just gonna go back to swimming after collapsing even after using the Power of Friendship to complete a relay?

okay

[etulf]

Hooolllllyyyy shite… Anyways rant time!! Whats the topic???? Tonites Eclipse Federation stream!!

Uhhhhh where to begin. Zam was sooo against building a prison and just wanted to kill them instead, and I personally don’t get that.. Because as Vitalasy said about the prison there will be a certain amount of time that people will be imprisoned, and banning them off the server ENTIRELY?? It seems a little off to me but ya..

I was mostly on Vi’s stream so idk if Zam muted to talk to chat about anything so I would like to be informed on that if possible.. But yeah, I don’t think banning them off the server would be the right way to go about it.. Because at least with the prison they have a chance to correct themselves.

But in contrary to my last statement most of the time when someone does something evil they will stop at nothing to make sure that plan is executed.. They could say they will stop and it is a 50/50 that they are lying or telling the truth and you can never know until it is too late..

And once they enact that plan they will likely be wary considering they will KNOW what they did was evil and never want to show their face. OR if they have a bigger team they will likely just outnumber you.. But I don’t know.

All of this just seems so.. Iffy to me.. Risky if you will!!

Also, the people who were hoping that Zam rejoins leviathan/team awesome.. I just don’t see that as a possibility, cause I don’t think he can trust them anymore especially after what they did.. He might be trying to move past that but that doesn’t mean that he has to completely disregard what they did to him.

God I love lore streams because they make me think but the downside is,,, they make me think. It is a double edged sword and I don’t like it!!! Also I lovvveeee Eclipse Federation and it breaks my heart to see their relationship fray!! Like, please get couples therapy you silly guys!! You need it!! But I think that is it,, I would like to hear opinions and shit because I love discussing stuff and and and I like talking as you may be able to tell so ya!! *twirls the phone cord around my finger*

[lunityviruz]

And despite everything that has happened to me I STILL will only date niggas older than me

[darkclouud9]

as im watching cleo and etho's secret life episodes all i can think is "damn, cloud is eating good" lol

wdym I'm completely normal about this SLASH JAY

PUFF I AM SHAKING YOU I AM NOT NORMAL ABOUT THEM WHATSOEVER WAAAAA

it took 3 seasons for us to finally get a solid Cletho team up I am biting everything in my path, om nom nom nom >:D

EATING SO GOOD SO TRUE. THEYRE FINALLY REAL !!! THEYRE NOT DIVORCED !!! THEY LOVE EACH OTHER !!! THEY GAVE EACH OTHER THEIR HEARTS !!!

I feel like I'm specifically going to watch Cleo's episode 20 thousand times, their episode was so cool. urghghghhgghgghhhg. love them so so much they're so fun.

still going insane over them when Gem and the Scotts are there and they completely defend each other sobbign. I HAD TO PAUSE AND STARE AT THE WALL WHEN CLEO SAID THEYD NEVER LEAVE ETHO, BUT WHEN I WENT BACK TO SEE IF I HEARD THAT RIGHT, I HEARD WHAT ETHO SAID 😭 they're so ❤️❤️ :)

[kienium]

i have such a hard time with tone indicators still because i don't know what the fuck i mean either. how am i supposed to fake it until i make it in these conditions