#thats kind of a big deal?

[trans-xianxian]

hmmmm I drafted an email to my boss abt how her text regarding my time off request after my mother's death made me feel very uncomfortable and how I felt like it was unprofessional should I send it

[frobby]

rin 1000000% has a list somewhere of things hes good at that yukio is bad at

[mcybree]

the server wide traitor blacklist is so so interesting to me… The only reason everyone has stayed alive so far is because the community as a whole acts as a safety net. When someone dies, everyone chips in. Now that it’s established that you can get rejected from that community safety net for making enough people angry… ooh. social exile as a direct threat to a player’s survival. if they stay committed to this shit could get real

[starbiology]

i still to this day do not understand that gay men can call each other queens, lady, or girl but the second a lesbian uses masculine terms ppls heads fucking explode

[skunkes]

might sound weird to say as a person with a couple ocs who have Big Horrible Event(s) in their backstories or as a person who has like 3 ocs total bc he sucks at writing and as a person who hopes their ocs arent too Boring with [the thing im about to mention] but the thing about writing [characters] and [people] is that like.

any little thing a person experiences can take up their whole existence... its actually something "fun" to experience as i meet new ppl and do more things. My friend had something happen that she'll be talking about forever. I had several things happen last year that ill never stop talking about, some of which other ppl think werent that bad actually. In the same way I'll forever remember about the way my sister accidentally insulted me almost 10 years ago, it's really interesting and Fun to find and assign smaller things like that to characters...its really Real. some people's dealbreakers are other people's solvable problems etc etc

[bellamyblakru]

i will never understand how some people can actively shit on something they know someone loves and finds joy in right in front of them. how can you hate something that makes someone else happy in this absolutely fucked world in front of them.

its the passive aggression for no reason i will never ever understand or do to others. if you have a passion, fucking LIVE it. if nothing else, passion gets us through every shitty day, and i will always support it.

have passion in spite of those who hate.

[wine-dark-soup]

thinking about how the social status of half elves - at least in the fantasy media i am familiar with - is never expanded upon in a satisfying way.

For a long time i was dissatisfied with this state of affairs but i couldn't exactly pin WHY (aside from the obvious lack of research put into fantasy racism). So i just kept playing my games as a half elf because despite everything i still like playing a character that is just like me...

... WAIT A MINUTE!

This is it! Half elves are supposed to be *special*. They're like the result of a forbidden union/a relatively frowned upon union ("what you married this guy? But you'll outlive him by a millenia!") And so they are victims of racism in their world. BUT THEY ARE ALSO MEANT TO BE THE SPECIALEST BOYS (gn) IN THE UNIVERSE. Probably because of tolkien's influence. They have a longer lifespan than humans. They mature quickly. They have the qualities of both races. They are hero material. Something something "only by uniting humans and elves will survive" made flesh.

So now we have half elves that are technically a vulnerable minority hated by a lot of people but also their own overpowered race.

I'd argue that's because (white?) people want to have their own little fantasy where it's fine to be biracial and only suffer minimally from racism and if they do it's ok because well. SUPERPOWERS

That would also explain why half elves' racial issues are rarely explored. What do you mean they don't have a community of their own? Have they developed a culture of their own? What do you mean they are seen as bizarre but also don't seem to be targeted more than that (SPECIALEST BOY momence)? What happens when THEY have children? How are the children percieved? Do they fight for more recognition? Etc etc please fantasy writers i want to KNOW MORE

Like i want to believe so much that - especially in recent years - there's no in depth analysis on this because whatever, it's fantasy you can be green and have horns blablabla, but when writers keep having this layer of fantasy racism about half elves it's really hard to. Well. Believe

[emilyartstudio-s]

Everytime I saw your art (on twitter) it makes me wanna draw. It makes me want to go back to drawing because it made me happy. I just wish that I would have/find more time for myself to draw things that makes me happy again. College has been biting me in the ass and I'm slow af with my hw

Anyway I love your art a lot and I hope you never stop making them, but also please take care of yourself and don't push yourself too hard. Thank you for putting a smile on my face :) (and for making me squirm sometimes cus 💙💚)

Have a good day/night!!

OMG YOU ALL ARE SO LOVELY THANK YOU FOR THESE MESSAGES!! I reread these and others so much you guys literally fill my heart with so much love!! Thank you <333!! IM SAVIGN THESE FOREVER TO LOOK BACK AT :,))

[mythicalpoolnoodle]

Hey guys guess what part of the match were in right now 🙂🙂🙂

[the-jam-to-the-unicorn]

Olena being pissed af after yet another Monday morning with Russian missile / drone attacks and roasting people on Twitter is the kind of Queen energy I love.

She woke up and choose violence.

Good for her.

[suenitos]

potgate?

so basically sapnap posted this tiktok during his cheezits sponsorship era and theres a part where hes cooking up his cheezits and gets salt in his eye (he didnt hit his head my bad) and someone behind the camera has a little giggle. the reflection of it felt pretty obviously like george wearing his white shirt and black shorts and i thought it was george but some people didnt think so which is fine youre entitled to yOuR oWn OpInIoN but im 10 million percent confident it is him due to process of elimination but also who the hell else has this gay laugh like him that dteam know of. like hello guys this is occam and his razor. so thats potgate and i dont sound insane

[butterscotch-brigade]

i think a lot of you need to do some introspection whenever something or somebody makes you uncomfortable and ask yourself WHY and if its really even a big deal in the first place. of course you have the right to feel however you want, but its important to assess your own point of view instead of assuming that youre always right. has this person actually done anything wrong, is this piece of media actually "irredeemable," or do you have personal biases that are influencing your judgment? are you making that callout post to "spread awareness," or are you doing it because that person was kind of mean to you 5 years ago? do you really want to "protect your community," or do you just want to bring pain and misery to a specific person? are there any specific patterns in your behavior/reaction toward certain people that may indicate something More than just discomfort with their actions? are you holding a grudge? are you interpreting everything they say/do in bad faith out of spite?

i dont know. just some questions for ppl to take into consideration

[unnonexistence]

idk if there's anything in stories i get more petty about than poorly-written "main character shows up to a new place and meets everyone" character introduction scenes

[daddy-socrates]

i think my interview this morning went well!!

[mikuhats]

Batman arkham asylum kind of makes harley a bit dumb which is kind of lame

[piplupod]

really wish people would be kinder about preventative measures. i am tired of being treated like I am paranoid for wearing a mask, for wearing tick repellent when hiking, even for simple shit like wearing sunscreen ??? 😭😭😭 can people just be like... chill about other ppls choices. esp if theyre preventative measures that will keep you and your body safe from shit that makes ur life worse? just be cool idk goddamn :[