#this is in no way a criticism it's just something i think is cool to observe as someone not from the uk
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milenalovememe · 2 days ago
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Okay, i think enough time has passed, it’s time to talk a little bit about the whole bbh situation and the reaction it got out of people.
WARNING - long ass post. Please don’t read if you allergic to yapping. (spoilers - it’s not a Bbh defend post)
I’m not going to defend him, for what he did. He’s an adult, he can solve his own problems. What I am what to talk about is the hypocrisy of this whole situation.
It’s never been a secret, who bbh’s friend are. But, when the game happened, and everyone got reminded of that fact, everyone started hating on him. But that reaction didn’t surprised me. What did, however, is the fact that the whole double standard about bbh and his viewers. Saying things like “ his watchers always been like this, they always enabled him” or “ people who support him are just as bad as him, cuz he friends with bad people”. And it’s fine to feel that way, but like…why are we criticising only Bad and his community for it?
Funny thing - many of Ghosties were the one calling Bad out and asking him to address things. They actually did hold Bad accountable and some even dropped watching him. I might be wrong, but I haven’t seen anyone trying defend him. But people still treated them like they were the problem too, but like no???
While we at it, why other people, who were in the lobby got scoot free? I saw some people mentioning some of them, but not on the same scale as Bad, what’s the deal with that?
There are many cc, who are friends with bbh. They been his friends since TRsmp, Qsmp, and even before that. And even people, who knew about the lobby - Foolish, Ros, Lukey, Aimsey - are still cool with him. But almost no one says anything about them, critic them or said how bad of a people they are, for still supporting him. Why aren’t we calling them spineless, but ghosties are?
It reminds me about the situation with Quackity and the whole qsmp admins situation. Say what you want about it, but Quackity did hold some responsibility for what happened. But everyone is still so supportive of him and Qsmp. He even continues to sell figurines of eggs, and make money of them. And like no one tells him he is a bad person for the mistakes he made. Which is crazy, cuz I know, if bbh did something like that, EVERYONE would be on his ass, calling him greedy, exploitive and so on.
To conclude - while I think it’s fair to dislike bad, hold him accountable and not support him, I do think we should hold other cc responsible for the same things we blame him as well. Because it’s really unfair to only bash him, cuz you don’t like him, but give pass to other because you watch him/don’t think there are as important to your as others.
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peechglaze · 3 days ago
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the mel scene was so disturbing… thats definitely gonna stick with me for a while. one of the best show changes imo. I think its interesting they chose to make mel collateral damage, rather than ellie purposefully killing her. I know it’s a main criticism of the entire season but I do think it’s interesting that this version of ellie doesn’t really Want to hurt everyone, she just wants to hurt abby. an eye for an eye. after mel is shot, the shock to confusion to devastation ellie goes through within a minute was so heart-wrenching. you can see it tears her up inside. I’ve already seen comments “why is she so upset she’s supposed to be blinded by rage” game ellie literally has a full on panic attack after realizing mel was pregnant, and they made this situation way more traumatizing for ellie here. and the way she couldn’t even look at dina when she came back to the theater. anyways this message is not at all cohesive so sorry about that but bella and ariela did their big one here imo, maybe one of my favorite scenes of the show.
Yes!! This!!
I think this change to Ellie is really cool, personally. I find it really heartbreaking and scary watching her destroy her life over this mission that she herself has realised is too much for her to handle, yet she continues to push forward on anyways.
And it almost seems like because of her hesitancy, because of that part of her that doesn't actually want to hurt everyone that is still loud enough for her to listen to, the choices she's been making have ended up with much more devastating outcomes.
Because her leaving Nora to die in that hospital, beaten and broken and suffocating on spores is fucked up. It would have been kinder of her to have finished the job. Shooting Owen at the very last second and Mel getting her throat sliced because of that, Mel being alive and conscious enough to beg for her baby's life to be saved is so much worse that killing her with one fatal strike.
She just somehow keeps making the worst possible decisions.
Game spoilers, but I think this change to the Mel scene is going to be be a more obvious part of the reason why Ellie leaves Dina and JJ in the end. I think it's going to be difficult for Ellie to be able to let herself be 110% involved in Dina's pregnancy when they get back, and I think the guilt she will feel around JJ is going to increase. Not that she won't be a loving parent or an unsupportive partner because she will, but it's just going to add to everything that already makes her drink her weight in alcohol to get to sleep each night. She's not going to feel like she deserves it. And this will really help if we don't get Tommy knocking on their door telling them where Abby is and how Ellie needs to go, because even in the game, Ellie never needed Tommy putting the idea in her head. She just needed something to finally push her onto either side of the suicidal fence that she was on.
Bella and Ariela deserve their flowers for this scene. I was really looking forward to seeing more Mel, and watching Ariela's performance is making me beyond excited to see her in s3.
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asoftsighh · 1 day ago
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₊‧°𐐪♡𐑂°‧₊ sirius black x reader ₊‧°𐐪♡𐑂°‧₊
you and sirius reunite at the airport
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a/n: i'm sorry that this two days late (and that it's so bad)
You’re sure people are starting to think you’re a bit strange, with the way you peer into their faces, searching for the familiar pair of gray eyes. Standing as close to the end of the escalator as you can without being rude, you rock back and forth between your heels and toes, wringing your hands together nervously. 
The airport isn’t busy at this time of night, nearly 11 o’clock. The fluorescent lights make up for the lack of light outside, spreading a cool, white light across the baggage area. Letting out a deep, impatient breath, you shove your hands into your pockets. 
A week and a half ago, you had been in this same building, dropping Sirius off. His company had, last-minute, decided to attend a work conference. Not wanting to go, but liking the sound of some extra money, Sirius had reluctantly signed up. He was quiet the whole ride here, you remember, holding onto your hand like it was the only thing keeping him afloat. 
“It’s only a little more than a week,” you had assured him, yet you didn’t feel much better about this than him. You knew he’d have fun, though; Sirius thrives in places where he can charm others with a  smile and be his charismatic, personable self. And from the few phone calls exchanged, it sounded like he was doing just that.
“A week without you,” he had practically whined, his lips pressed to your knuckles. “I might die.” You don’t remember exactly how you responded, most likely with a laugh or you’re so dramatic. You understood though - it was hard to separate from someone you see every single day, even for a short time. 
You snap out of your reverie when a very familiar, handsome face appears at the top of the escalator. He’s already beaming at you, ear to ear. For someone who just stepped off a plane, he looked remarkably good. His loose hair is tucked behind his ears, dark against his pale skin beneath the bright lights. 
It takes all of your strength to stay where you are, letting the next wave of people get off before it’s his turn. When he fully comes into view, bag already in hand, your heart starts to race.
His arms are around you before you can say anything, the force of his hug making you stumble backwards. He doesn’t let you fall, though, his face pressed into your hair, murmuring something.
“My love,” you finally make out, his mouth ghosting all down your temple to your cheek like he can’t decide where to kiss first. His cheeks scratch against your skin, in need of a shave. “My girl, I missed you.” You feel his hands grabbing fistfuls of your sweatshirt, his duffle bag knocking into the back of your knees. 
You laugh as you say, “You’re squeezing me.” His arms loosen, only a little, but enough to worm your arms up, hands meeting behind his neck. “Hello,” you try again. “I missed you too, handsome.”
He lifts his head to look at you, eyes soft and searching like he can’t believe you're here. For a second, he just stares. Then he starts to look like he’s in deep pain, eyebrows scrunched together and lips turned downward.
“I can’t believe it,” he says dramatically, like something catastrophic just occurred. He pulls you back to him in a bone-crunching hug, his cheek against your hair. “You got even prettier while I was away? What is wrong with you, you cruel woman?”
You snort, shaking your head and pressing your face into his warm shoulder. “Did you practice that line the whole flight home?”
He pinches your side in retaliation, grip tightening on you when you try to squirm away. He pulls you tight, his breath warm against your temple, and says, “I’m never doing that again. You will have to surgically remove me from you.”
“How am I supposed to drive home?”
“Better figure it out, sweetheart.”
criticism is welcome as long as it’s kind ✮⋆˙
i’m very new to writing ✮⋆˙
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tempestmothstorm · 8 months ago
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crazy how the sanshee plush is one of the few actual direct confirmations on what a non-act 2 Natsuki’s home life is like because of how cagey she is on literally everything. Like this isn’t anything surprising or something you wouldn’t be able to extrapolate from the games but unlike everything else we know about her the implications are right there on the tin.
They literally did the character bio trope where where all the likes are normal but the dislikes are about their very specific trauma it’s just so funny they did that on the plushie card
#the thing is the rest of the bios are mostly normal it’s just this one with the yellong part why did they do that#idk if I’m stupid or forgot the yelling thing being shown directly in a non-act 2 context but I at least appreciate the confirmation#since I might just be mixing up fanon and canon considering 90% of what we know with Natsuki’s whole deal is interpolated from small tidbits#but like trying to understand anything about non act 2 Natsuki’s background is so funny because she doesn’t like to talk about anything#so all we know about her home life is by comparing her to act 2 and the secret poem plus psychoanalysing her thoughts and actions#is like the secret poem says Monika definitely made her dad worse but the problem is we don’t know how much#anyways and for all we know her dad could range from somewhat average dad to should be put on a watch list#and sometimes there’s dialogue like the one in self love about Natsuki worrying about her friends retaliation#and it’s probably meant to act as a confirmation to whether there’s physical abuse considering how out of left field the question is#but like it could be interpreted either way so it’s basically just Schrödinger’s physical abuse for no reason#I’m not criticizing or anything I think the characters being able to hold secrets is cool and ambiguity is awesome#and the choice to keep the ambiguous is intentional since the characters only share what their comfortable with#but I just need to vent about that one line in self love ok#like idk if I’m just stupid but there’s multiple interpretations but it’s seemingly both a decomfirmation and confirmation#idk it’s weird but her dad yelling at her enough to make it one of her dislikes is at least something in terms of actual evidence#damn it I put a paragraph in the tags again I’m sorry gang I’m not moving it#ddlc#doki doki literature club#tempestmothtalk
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lizzybeeee · 6 months ago
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The Lucanis vs Illario story would have had greater emotional depth/intrigue if the writers didn't water down how fucked up the Crows are as an organization.
Just some thoughts about how, out of all the side villains, Illario had some great potential to be a really interesting/tragic character in my opinion.
TL;DR: Zevran Aranai has a knife with Caterina's name on it for good reason and Lucanis/Illario need therapy...or whatever the Thedas equivalent is called...talking to Rook, I dunno
Going into DATV as a new player, or even as a returning one, the whitewashing of the Crows has a lot of the potential complexities of that life simply ignored or barely touched upon. The entire 'Illario vs Lucanis' boils down to: Illario seething in the shadows about Lucanis being the 'best boy'™ of the family while Illario is an after thought - which he is.
Let's be real, Illario is not subtle and immediately comes across as the Scar to Lucanis' 'Mufasa'. It's a questline with a very straightforward villain who has pretty lackluster motivations from what info we're provided - being 'I want power and to be the First Talon'. The game does very little explore what motivations he may have beyond being jealous of Lucanis/wanting more power.
However, if you play the quest line knowing what previous games have set up about the Crows - about how cutthroat and brutal the life is behind the glamour - then you can see that the entire Lucanis vs Illario conflict has amazing potential to be a dramatic tragedy.
We've seen how the life of Crow can affect Zevran - someone who was sold into the life through child-slavery. How interesting would it be to see how the life of a Crow can affect someone who was born into it? It's pretty clear in-game that Caterina intends for her grandchildren to carry on the family tradition - despite the fact that this 'family tradition' has likely led to the deaths of most of her grandchildren and however many children she had.
If there's banter about how Illario's/Lucanis' parents/cousins died specifically I haven't heard it, but the impression I got in-game was that it was likely linked to the Crows/politics in some way? Feel free to correct me! Still majorly fucked up that she pushes her grandsons into this life regardless!
Lucanis/Illario's situation was not like Zevran's - who was sold into the Crow's through slavery, with no one to speak up for him. Caterina was a woman who had power, who knew what the life of a Crow meant, and who still pushed those she 'loved' into it because is consolidated her place in the system. For all the Crows talk of 'family' Caterina doesn't seem to give a shit about them unless if they're contributing to the family business in some way - not to mention the whole 'you fail and we kill you' clause of being a Crow in the first place.
In the 'Wigmaker Job' from Tevinter Nights Lucanis talks about how Caterina hit him [also Illario] with her cane for mistakes and had him spend days without food/water. How he used to hate her but now 'realizes' that it was her way of ensuring he survived the life of being an Antivan Crow. Did it end up protecting them? It likely pushed them both to refine their skills out of fear. It's likely that simply by association with her they would be targets and thus needed to know how to take care of themselves and fight.
But why have him as a Crow in the first place? Why not simply train them well to defend themselves? You can't deny that she doesn't benefit from having her grandchildren in the family business - intentionally wanting Lucanis to take over her position as First Talon. The Antivan Crows are a force to be reckoned with and being one brings a whole lot of power in Antiva - being part of the elite of that group even more so.
If the game showed us the ugly reality of the Crows - the brutality of the lifestyle and how cutthroat the organization is, it could have really added some depth to Illario's betrayal - having it be more than "I want more power/respect" to "this is the result of what you taught me was valuable in life."
Warden: "Do you actually enjoy being an assassin?" Zevran: "And why not? There are many things to enjoy about being a Crow in Antiva. You are respected. You are feared. The authorities go out of their way to overlook your trespasses. Even the rewards are nothing to turn your nose up at."
Illario, bitter about Caterina favoring Lucanis - resentful of the fact that she has already decided that Lucanis will be her successor, being offered power by the Venatori (at the expense of the Crows) and accepting because why not? How different is it from what the Crows do? Isn't power and status the whole point of working yourself up in the Crows? Getting into a relationship with Zara because why not? Isn't sex part of the allure of being a Crow? Why can't he have this? Why shouldn't he have this?
Rook: "When we met, it didn't seem like Illario and Caterina were close." Lucanis: "It was hard to be close to her. Even for me. And...I was her favorite."
Why would he have connections to his family? Why should he? Caterina certainly never seemed to value 'family' beyond what they could do for her and their family legacy. Most of his family is already dead, and of those that remain the only parental figure he has obviously favors Lucanis. We don't have a lot of evidence in-game to show that Illario ever really cared for Lucanis, but the prequel story 'The Wake' and Lucanis' own banter imply that they were practically brothers, best friends. Perhaps he did care and then ceased to at some point, perhaps he didn't at all, or perhaps he accepted that an early death for them both was inevitable like everyone else in their family. Dead now or later - what was the difference? At least if Illario sells him out now to the Venatori then he'll get something from it instead of another dead family member to bury.
It's the tragic result of raising a child in an environment where he was taught and experienced the need for self-preservation at all costs. Constantly threatened, punished, and made well aware of that fact that his life was an expendable commodity. Then, when things in the world went to shit he picked the only option that made sense to him. To save himself.
The irony of the potential fall of the Crows, the fall of House Dellamorte, coming at the hands of one of their own - not because he had a change of heart but because he was taught too well by them. The Crows view those that fail them as disposable, someone to be discarded - if the Crows fail Illario, what is to stop him from applying that mindset to them?
But this would require the writers to acknowledge how messed up the Crows are and we can't do that to our 'Noble Freedom Fighters'™. They'll also need to address Zevran's existence and what lore was established in past games...and we can't have that either lmao.
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luniviravosshipper · 4 months ago
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Why are people on Insta so bitter about the stupid Stella plush? Calm down y’all, what is your guys’ problem??
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asgardian--angels · 3 months ago
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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.
#this is currently about arcane but it's also every fandom i've been in since the dawn of time#there is so much political discourse about how the show handled the piltover zaun conflict and class struggle and i just#like i don't even know what to say besides. art doesn't have to provide the correct answer you know#it's not asking you to accept their explanation as the right one. it's just presenting a story. a scenario. a nuanced one at that#which of course the internet is the enemy of nuance as we know#especially in arcane i thought it was fairly clear that the end wasn't the bright shining future anyone hoped it'd be.#was anyone right in their actions? did anything turn out the way they wanted? or was it just as messy and gray as real life#we're living in such a myopic time for art where it's believed every story must take the correct stance or be invalid or even harmful#instead of just offering a perspective. a lived experience. a hypothetical. a story.#and when it gets to be headache inducing all I can do is take myself back to how I felt when I watched the show for the first time#and I came away from the whole thing being incredibly moved and captivated by the entire story and its nuance.#i had no qualms and no criticisms and i was very impressed with the depth of storytelling surrounding the political parts of the plot#as well as the character arcs. i guess people like to dunk on viktor's s2 arc nowadays and i just. shrug. i was blown away by it#for me at least i have nothing but pure love and admiration for art after i've viewed it. it's only after interacting with fandom#that the criticisms seep in and now i can't unsee it and even if i don't agree with it it still muddies my ability to enjoy the art#fandom is a curse in that sense. like i seek out art that i enjoy. i have no desire to make myself dislike that art. whats the point#why are the biggest haters of a piece of media the 'fans' of it idk.#me finishing a show: wow i love all the characters and the plot and the cinematography! I want to talk to others about how cool it is!#meanwhile the fandom hating characters to the point of death threats to their creators#after 13 years in fandom i can say this - if you don't need to join the fandom for smth then don't lmao.#you'll be able to retain your genuine enjoyment of the thing.#that whole 'if you didnt like what i made then make your own' philosophy people use on fanfic/fanart should be applied more#to actual published art too. you should be able to meet art where it's at and if you don't like what it's saying or how it looks then#just move on and find something else. another branch of the 'the greatest enemy of the left is the left' tree imo#a show has a lot of queer rep? bash it to the point of making the creators go into hiding for not doing it how you think it should be#no artist will ever be able to satisfy everyone's demands. they just want to put their experiences and ideas into the world#creators that try to do good get more vitriol than those who never try. they're scrutinized harder and judged more harshly#it's just. one of those 'real fucking tired of fandom' nights. the best cure is just going back and rewatching the source material#all on your own and falling back in love with it. just you and your genuine connection with the art.#anyway what happened to steven universe was unforgiveable and it really ruined fandom for me. like. yall don't deserve nice things
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icewindandboringhorror · 3 months ago
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I'm so heavily anti-advertising that all pitches sound goofy silly to me/I can never take them seriously, so I have no idea how I'll manage to to advertise my game even if I do finally finish it soon-ish lol...
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#Especially how so much modern media advertising is like... getting people excited about random tropes and stuff like#''Do you love enemies to lovers? Do you love sad stories that make you do a heckin CRY? Do you love big stupid dumbo muffin cake#sinnamon roll babies who are too good for this world? Have you ever wanted to read a blah blach blah" whatever stuff and it's like#... i cannot type that... I couldnt do it.. I couldn't even think of how to do it ghbjhbjh#I am such a literal person... Like I love when an advertisement is just like 'This product works well. Look at it. Buy it if you want. Ok'#You know what makes me want to read a book or watch a show or play a game? Reading a detailed plot synopsis or the full wiki page#for it and then deciding 'yeah I wouldnt mind sitting through seeing the events I just read about happen in more detail' lol#OR aesthetics. since I do often watch things JUST for the set/costume design. Sometimes I will watch stuff literally#just because I saw a picture of a costume in it that looked really cool and I want to sketch costume looks whilst watching#But aside from appearance like... little bullet point break downs of things that are in a story just ... do not do anything to me at all.#And i just hate 'selling' things to begin with. I don't want to have to convince people to like something.. they should just... like it...#LOL.. like.. just be born liking it. just like it automatically please. Dont make me beg to you like a weird little freak. So many commerci#als seem weirdly desperate and manipulative. Like those Truck/Car commercials that will have like a freaking dog crying and#a war vet in a wheelchair with the american flag in the background and a family hugging around a christmas tree or some shint and its#just like oh my GODDD... shut UPP.. you could literally not be MORE blantant about just trying to prey on peoples emotions to build#some sort of fabricated positive association with your product/brand.. begone.. Or brands having their own twitters where they post#~~relatable content~~ as a means of shallow audience endearment GGGRR..... ANYWAY.. hhrgh...................#Maybe that's something I can ask playtesters I guess like.. I feel like I don't know my own audience very well because I am not#much of a media person?? ironically.. Like I do enjoy MAKING media. But I've never been in a fandom. I've never read fanfiction. I've never#spent much time in those spaces. I've just never really had the inclination and don't personally derive much joy out of stuff like that#(since I'm already so focused on my OWN world and projects its like.. hard for me to even find the time and mental energy to expend on#others). Even when I finish a movie or game and really like it.. I just kind of like...move on? and don't really dwell on it much? At most#I will get into the worldbuilding of a piece of media and read the wiki for a while or watch Lore info or critical analysis videos. But I#never really care for or attach to the characters or the plot itself very much. So I feel like.. the way my brain works. I'm just not as#good at approaching things from that angle? Kind of like how if you're a lifelong vegetarian whos never eaten meat - you might#struggle to write an ad for fancy brand of steaks bc you'd be like... idk what meat eaters are even looking for? whats the selling point??#Which I'm not saying that I wouldn't play my own game. i AM definitely the audience for it. But it's more like.. I would play it for my own#very niche specific reasons that I think are different from what MOST people might want to play it for. So I need to somehow#tap into the minds of the Majority who play things for Normal Reasons than pure lore collection or whatever lol.
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guiltycorp · 6 months ago
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mmm im sort of glad they released arcane survivor jayce skin voicelines in league before act 3 drops because my expectations for it were rising a bit too much lmao... before it i almost convinced myself that yeah, viktor's character arc will lead him to manipulate jayce into transferring his soul to a new mechanical body + focus on a new strategy for 'healing' societal issues that isn't 100% evil and bad (while still having its drawbacks re: will and consent) and fighting noxians would place the zaun side in a better position to bargain with piltover for equal rights and a stop to exploitation (with an open ending sure but still), or even a straightforward revolution with zaun getting its independence through a violent protest that piltover wouldn't be able to curb due to being stretched too thin
but uhm.... all of this looks kinda... sigh
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i really doubt they'll have the time in the remaining 3 episodes to develop both his and Viktor's motivations to fit those new ideas, feels like more of the same 'it all happened off-screen, trust that it makes sense' journey saying that Viktor is 'still worth saving' feels especially yucky all things considered, like pls stop trying to save that man and let him act and choose for himself for once in this season maybe? never thought i'd miss the times when Viktor was doing unsafe experiments, getting illegal drugs from evil mentors and accidentally fridging random female assistants, but mmm that sure didn't get a proper continuation for him did it... just like with Caitlyn, or even Mel or Jinx, we just can't seem to get a proper development for the obviously Questionable things the characters choose to do, it's all kind of swept under the rug or cancelled out by magic interference i guess, or they changed their mind off-screen so it's fine now now that i think about it, Jayce is the only one who was allowed to somewhat grow and change organically, and yet this arcane adventure of his might end up ruining even that... well maybe Vi too but she didn't have a concrete focus this season, just more of the same 'should i reconnect with my sister/father or kill them off for good' and lesbian angst (if she still goes back to enforcers after this i just... fml) did Ambessa's warmongering get the best of her or was she cornered by the Black Rose shenanigans with no better way out? did Isha have any purpose aside from giving us false hope that Jinx will get better and have a happy ending? will Mel have any relevance aside from the new magical one and managing her own mother? does Viktor want to 'supersede nature' and get rid of human error element now because of his own character journey or because that's just what Hexcore is leading him to do?... will Caitlyn show that she still doesn't get why Zaun is the way it is or will she also go 'yeahhh i made some mistakes, but now we fight a common enemy yay, and i'll be a bit less strict in the future without making any meaningful changes to the status quo... it was all them foreigners fault' it's just all so... aghhh
and yep now i am expecting that the piltover/zaun conflict is overrr because they have to come together to fight Ambessa and whatever is going wrong with the magic, sighhh social conflict plotlines are a little too spicy for our animated league adaptation i guess... ...this is the only voiceline implication i like and even then i can't help but imagine Viktor the damsel in distress begging Jayce to fix the mistakes they both did instead of like, participating in that himself
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bonus points if that promise won't even be to Viktor fghgfhgf
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britneyshakespeare · 7 months ago
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Had the extremely upsetting experience of a mutual of like 6 years going off on me for occasionally making posts about supporting Harris because apparently that makes me a g n cide denier who refuses to learn and grow, with all of my views just being assumed not even from what I've told them I believe or what I've posted before, but just because I DON'T post particularly the kind of things they THINK I should be. When I pointed out how much they were just completely assuming about stuff I'd never talked to them about, I was told it doesn't matter what I do in real life or "care" about if I simply disagree with their conclusion and vote for her anyway. Like they were absolutely not sorry for the level of maliciousness they not just assumed of my character, but for some reason thought appropriate to bring directly to me before unfollowing me. No apology whatsoever for how discomforting or upsetting that might be and certainly no acknowledgment that I could disagree with them and still be a good person. I just got another even longer rant about how they fundamentally can't fuck with me because of this one thing, no matter WHAT else I do in my real life (which I pointed out that they do not know), and how I'm directly supporting fascism.
Like seriously what is it about Tumblr that makes people think they know someone based off of occasional posts? There were just such DEEP assumptions they were making of me and going off of very little or absolutely nothing. Around the time I first became mutuals with that person I used to express my personality and beliefs and talk about what was going on in my life a lot more openly, but I've significantly scaled back on doing that in many ways for many reasons. One of my major ones is privacy and the way I've had strangers outside my followers and following circles just find random things I say and dogpile me for it. I was fundamentally changed after some T Fs did that to me like 3 years ago. I also just didn't have many conversations w that person anymore (I message people in general on here like 10x less than I did circa 2018-2019, which I'm somewhat sorry about!). My point is to say I think this person felt comfortable assuming that they knew me, especially who I am in 2024 at the age of 25, much better than they actually did.
One of the specific things they accused me of was being afraid of learning and growing (because I don't perform social media activism on here like they think I should). Like AFRAID to take criticism. When again I've never received criticism from them or had to respond to any criticism on here before as pertaining to my views on... well, absolutely any of the issues they accused me of not caring about. They essentially treated it as if the only thing in the world I cared about was the US election and characterized me as the most out-of-touch liberal they could possibly imagine, because I'm not "pushing" Kamala Harris to be better (Oh?? Should I do that on here?? Does she read my blog??).
And most hypocritically what they said was that I only *sometimes* *vaguely* post pro-Harris things (I often post like 5 or fewer things in a day though?). But here's the kicker. "Because I know I'll get shit for it. And rightfully so."
Really????? Not a single person, anon or not, in my messages or in a tagged post or anything, has ever given me shit before for saying who I'm voting for. I'm actually NOT afraid of "getting shit" for that opinion, I just don't start fights with people who are anti-voting. And why should I??? I genuinely don't believe in trying to change the minds of strangers on the internet about that sort of thing. I'm just not confrontational about it; that is so not the same thing as being "afraid of getting shit." I'm not posting ENOUGH about my support for Harris, therefore I'm afraid. But therefore they can also make all these assumptions about me being their strawman for an ignorant Harris supporter.
I'm afraid of getting shit but I still post anyway? But if I weren't afraid of getting shit I'd be posting a lot more?? This is ALL based on their assumptions of what my blog *should* look like, based on what I really and truly believe. My level of posting every now and then is an accurate gauge of my feelings on complex, sensitive, global issues. Because I'm voting for the Democratic presidential candidate and I'm ok sharing pretty much just that little glimpse of myself.
I really don't think that person knows just how inappropriate and insulting that is to just say all of that to me. Like they really know what's going on in my head. Their first message began and ended with like "I'm sorry I love you I just can't take it anymore" but they clearly weren't sorry enough to try and be more respectful to me, and they didn't love me enough not to default to extremely ungenerous assumptions and attacking me based off of those instead of any actual words I've said that they take issue with.
Online radicalization is real and it's not necessarily bad because your political views can start to fall well out of the contemporary Overton window. The way you find it appropriate to treat people whose views, however common, seem to fundamentally misalign with yours... that does matter. You can't just assume the worst of everyone and then act on that in how you approach them as individuals. And then be shocked that you don't stay friends with them. You can't be confrontational with someone about an issue you've never had an honest conversation about, and then expect them to take your bad faith in them as reasonable well-meaning criticism.
I'm afraid of criticism??? I'm afraid of criticism. No I'm not. This person and I have never had an issue before where they criticized me and I got harshly defensive. It was ALL projection. The entire tone of their messages was as if all their anti-voting posts recently were somehow in communication with the occasional go-vote-for-Harris posts that I make. That's not a conversation. I don't post for your satisfaction. I don't post in "response" to my mutuals I disagree with. I just post what's on my mind, sometimes, about some things. I really again can't stress enough how baffled I am by this
#tales from diana#long post#this is not really a post about voting this is a post about online etiquette#i also remember that this person at one point when we were teenagers had a crush on me#so they might have somewhat idealized me or maybe just had respect for the good times#good conversations we had over the years etc#i still held them in regard even though some of their anti-voting posts i took serious issue w#again i really don't care to argue w ppl against voting bc really i mainly only disagree w that one conclusion#the systemic critiques that were made in those posts i don't think make them bad ppl#i sympathize w why someone might think that way#i just cannot pretend that i think nothing changes if we have dt as president again#i can't act as if im not anxious at the state of the world we're in where we're seriously at risk of that#i don't have that same level of concern about harris. i don't. i don't think theyre the same#i think they diverge in so many meaningful ways but im usually not writing detailed long thoughtful posts about it#do i have to??? for TUMBLR?? id rather not...#but i don't wish to be confronted as if these are nuances i MUST not hold in my opinion#can't stress enough they were basically calling me a g n cide denier like that's just a cool ok thing to do#i have literally never made a post about ppl not voting for harris bc of the war in gaza#i specifically haven't not because im 'afraid' but bc i don't believe in comparing those 2 things#there was gonna be a presidential election this year anyway and there does not have to be this war#if u think dems aren't doing well enough on the war for u to vote for them. i can't argue w u#but i was always going to vote anyway#again im afraid of getting shit?? ONLY this person has EVER given me shit until now#im not pushing harris enough? how tf do u know that? bc im not reblogging ill-informed posts from ppl like u?#im not PUSHING this woman running for president enough bc im not writing critical posts she and her advisers will never see#about how im threatening to withhold my vote from them. something id never honestly do considering the opposition#they kept stressing to me to about how they weren't a trump supporter when *i* never said as much to them#i do agree that not voting for harris 'supports' trump in that it benefits him overall#but i don't attack ppl who just aren't voting in that way. ok?#damn i hate being on the defensive like this
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s-ccaam-era-crepe · 7 days ago
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id never trade having siblings for anything
#camera talks#can’t tell them this but I’m gonna miss them.#I’m gonna miss my sister and i picking up dunks for each other and our mom#im gonna miss talking about video games with my brother#im gonna miss getting my nails painted by my sister and watching moives while she does it#they could see this but i miss being able to run to my older sibling when i had something random to tell them#something that just popped into my mind but they don’t live here anymore#and that’s going to be me soon#and i wont tell them this either but i kinda cherish every video they send me like it’s a lifeline between us#sometimes all of them are a lot#sometimes it feels shitty to be lying to a lot of them and I can’t wait until I can be truthful#sometimes they aren’t the best people#and we all have very different povs of our parents rn I think#and I’m pretty critical of how my younger siblings look at them#*and jealous bc I don’t have the same safety care and love with our parents they have#but at the end of the day they’re My siblings and I wouldn’t want it Any Other way#I couldn’t do a lot without them#I attribute a lot of things to my older siblings shoutout to her uhm. they’re really awesome and supportive and cool#and yk I don’t think being an only child is bad duh <3#but growing up with this many people#in a house makes me kinda dependent on them in a way#and idk. siblings are special. love them#ANYWAYS#this was spurred by me helping my siblings kill a spider so my sister could go to bed and my brother turned the lights off to be silly#and it was just so joyful to be laughing with them all#and yeah so anwyays..
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gods-favorite-autistic · 1 month ago
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I have to say I feel like some of these celebrities should have some more strict boundaries with fans like i find it as fun as anyone when creators get fans involved in their work like I love it however some of these things are straight up parasocial
#I’ve said before how dropout kinda gains a lot from making their shows feel more personal and intimate#like I love ify but recently this girl on tiktok made a post criticizing something he said in a smosh vid at some point#and he apparently made response vid that was pretty harsh considering she wasn’t even that meanspirited in the og which just was not cool#this also goes for like big companies reblogging silly little fan posts (not fanart but just like fandom shitposts)#actual big artists (cough cough bbno$ no hate) interacting with fans so much that they’re making jokes about him being parasocial#there needs to be a part of fandom seperate from creators or at least interaction with creators or else you wont get anybody criticizing it#at all without fear of being seen and called out by the actual people who made the thing#esp because these things don’t just open up these people to attention and recognition but also to hate! like hate that can get really bad!!#not even to mention the pathways for grooming this can open#and the fact that the creators interacting so often with fan content they think is good it no longer is#holy shit they made that really cool thing and the creator like it it’s not I thought my stuff was good so why don’t the creators like it#some interaction with fans is good like boosting fan art or working with fans in a professional capacity for something#however I think that the breakdown of these boundaries is really dangerous in some big ways#done rambling for now#madurday night live
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hassianlovebot · 8 months ago
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i wish there was more in the whole shepp thing,, even the character just bringing it up would be nice lol sometimes i forget that was a thing i had to do and considering it was like. The quest for the ceremony and took a long time? boooooooo
here are some ideas/wants i have!! going down in how hard it would be for the devs to add
a special quest with the shepp where you go on a little adventure and they have dialogue teaching you about majiri and kilima culture (and maybe their paths/interests too). ideally this would work similarly to the temple quests where you get to unlock a new place. maybe add a building that you can't get into until you complete the ceremony and fully become part of the kilima community? visit another town? idk man just something nice and rewarding
a separate shepp relationship level alongside the friendship and romance ones. it would just be with your shepp (obviously), and increasing it would involve conversing with them using the shepp option (dialogue would include teaching you about majiri & kilima culture, their path, their life experiences and beliefs, etc) and Maybe leveling up in their path if that's possible with them (ex: reth with cooking). for certain levels you get gifts that are unique to the character and their path. this would incentivize players to really think about who they want their shepp to be and not just choose their fav blorbo!
you talk to them after the ceremony and they gift you a placeable guidebook about majiri and kilima culture that they wrote themselves (so unique to each character's personality) and that you can actually read (like the books that you can read around the map)
a weekly challenge related to their path/interest. i'm not sure how they'd implement this for characters like caleri or chayne since their paths aren't part of the gameplay like cooking for ex but,, it'd be cool lol maybe for those characters they could add like a,,, talk to that character x amount of times challenge?
add casual dialogue centered around them being your shepp like "hey remind me to teach you about this thing" or "have you heard about this thing that we do" or "hey you've learned a lot blahblahblah" and maybe dialogue from other characters about them being your shepp (similar to the romance ones). they could give their opinions on that character or even ask you how it's going
literally bro just anything it's so weird to me that this was SO important at the beginning and so meaningless immediately afterwards. please devs pleasepleaseplease
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prentissluvr · 1 year ago
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tw long rant and swearing!
hey!! if you don't like something i wrote! shut the fuck up and move on!! thanks bye!! no hate is tolerated on this blog :)))
i don't care if you don't like the way i characterized someone in my story!! shut up and get a better hobby than hating on something someone has spent hours creating and pouring love into and accusing them of hating one of their favorite characters because you think that the fic they wrote FOR FUN and NOT FOR YOU is bad characterization/makes the character flawed in a way that you don't like because you have a poor understanding of what makes fanfiction fanfiction (and also humans human tbh lol). sure, they're maybe more flawed than in the actual show, but THATS THE FUCKING POINT OF FANFICTION!!! IS THAT ITS NOT A REAL PART OF THE SHOW!!! AND ITS WRITTEN!!! FOR FUNNNNN!!!!! AND NOT FUCKING FOR YOU AND YOUR FUCK ASS OPINIONS SPECIFICALLY!!!!!!!! and if you think it sucks, i don't care!! you are entitled to your opinion!!!! hate it so so so much but get the fuck over yourself if you think that telling me it's horrible and unrealistic and somehow creating a bad wrap FOR MY FAVORITE CHARACTER IN THIS SHOW is somehow a meaningful usage of your time or gonna get me to delete the fic or stop liking it or stop promoting my own hard work !!!! i'm proud of the things i write and nothing will ever change that. i hope you know what a shitty shitty shitty (and embarrassing) thing it is to do to leave a whole paragraph of hate under someone's hard work just because they interpret a fictional fucking character in a way that you don't like. genuinely genuinely get the fuck over yourself and find a better way to spend your time than caring more about fictional characters than real life people.
#and yeah! honestly i'm upset right now#i do care because its my fic my baby my hard work#and its really hurtful to have someone tell me its stupid unrealistic and somehow a harmful representation of one of my fav characters ever#but also i don't care if people don't like what i write or how i interpret/represent a character!!!#having different opinions and stances on things is so valid and okay#but for you to spell it all out in such a judgmental condescending and hateful way in a reblog of my fic is such a hurtful thing to do#and its very upsetting to see#but it does show very clearly to me that you have no understanding of how to act appropriately or what it takes to write#or how to act maturely and kindly when you come across something of genuinely so little consequence that you don't agree with#that's one of the craziest things about that#is that fanfiction is like meaningless LMAO#and for you to read a fucking fanfiction that you don't like????#and then take the time to explain to the well meaning and hard working author who is just writing for fun and to find friends#why you hate it so much is actually ridiculous#and i am so willing to bet you have zero friends on this website!!#thats kinda mean! but there's so many hateful opinions on your blog that clearly showcase how limited your critical thinking skills are <33#also i'm speaking into the void the person who did this got blocked the second i read what they said LOL#but yeah! i'm not cool with people saying such hateful stuff to me so don't try it again <33#next time i might not be so kind as to keep someone anonymous if this happens again#but at least i'm choosing to be 1000 times more mature than you by not engaging directly and without exposing your sorry ass#. &gt;&gt; mari says shit !
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neverendingford · 23 days ago
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#tag talk#vent#I'm so fuckin tired of thinking. yeah sure wow I'm so smart no I'm not I'm like.. above average in some ways. sure. but not that much#and even when I'm smart I'm just so slow. critical thought takes twice as long to process as anyone else seems to.#and don't get me started on my inability to make a decision without all the information and at least two prior identical experiences.#and I'm so forgetful because routine fades into monotony. did I do that task today? or am I just remembering when I did it a week ago.#and yeah sure I know like 50 million different things but they're all so disparate and none of them will help me ever make a living wage#and I know I know I know plenty of people do sub-par jobs all the time and get by just fine.#but living with the knowledge that the best I can do is a be an earnest fuck-up is not a great experience.#no no calm down. it's the job. it's way more stressful and it's genuinely out of our wheel house in terms of personal strength.#we were happy working purely customer service jobs all day we got to yap 24/7% and any mistake we made was reversible#whereas here our mistakes are constantly unavoidably negatively impacting customers and that destroys our morale.#so hey. it's not your fault you're working in a position that's not your strength. as cool as the butch mechanic aesthetic is.#but we'll see how long we make it. the upcoming schedule change will make it easier to manage. so we'll see.#and worst case scenario we quit and go back into nursing or some shit. that was at least manageable and somehow lower stress.#I don't know how being run ragged for a full 8 hours while barely fitting in a lunch break was less stressful but it was.#and I guess that's just the magic of finding something you're good at and geared towards.#idk. we'll see.
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