#unfamiliar environment

[feliosfarkus]

happy 2024!!!! i am most likely not going to sleep much tonight!!!!!

[otterpiastri]

The way Oscar follows whatever Lando is doing is so amusing to me. I'm quite certain that Lando decided to just sit in the car and Oscar followed his lead without thinking twice. He even waved his hand whenever Lando did.

[leafygreens17]

Idia shroud doodles

Idia’s my fave… I don’t think I’ve mentioned that here

side note I would not survive a DAY in twst the social anxiety would eat me alive

[cienie-isengardu]

I'm kinda weirded out that Bi-Han scars his brother and people act like him being a little mean to Tomas is his worst deed and he deserves to die for it or something. Bi-Han doesn't owe Tomas any love or respect. You don't have to like someone just because daddy said so.

I totally agree that hating Bi-Han for not liking or loving Tomas as a brother is pretty wild take on his character, because he did not ask for such a bond, the same as Tomas did not ask to be orphaned and adopted into Grandmaster’s family. Both were forced into a situation created by adults that apparently couldn’t act appropriately to the situation (e.g. killing Tomas’ mother and sister when the family accidentally trespassed on Lin Kuei territory and Grandmaster adopting Tomas out of shame / to save his honor rather than out of love/care for the boy). 

What is even weirder to me, Kitana and Mileena had in previous timeline(s) bitter relationship yet I don’t see fandom to hate original/alternative MK9!Kitana for rejecting Mileena ("You are not my family... you are a monstrosity!") and looking down on her because of Tarkatan blood (“[Shang Tsung] has created horrid replicas of me crossbred with Tarkatan blood!”). People apparently can acknowledge that Kitana was thrown into “sisterhood” she did not ask and the creation of “twin sister” happened out of her control and knowledge while also understanding it was no Mileena’s fault for acting and looking the way she was because it was how she was specifically created. If fandom can accept and support Kitana’s choice of rejecting “sister” on the spot without any empathy to look at the situation from her perspective AND AT THE SAME TIME can feel sorry for Mileena, then the similar treatment should be given to Bi-Han and Tomas, as they were presumably children who adapted to the unfamiliar situation in their own ways. However the main difference between those two scenarios is that Mileena is the “psycho” (so Kitana is excused for not wanting her as a sister) while MK1!Smoke is the personality-wise castrated version of MK9!Tomas who for whatever reason is now the fandom’s Cinnamon Roll that never did anything wrong and anyone who doesn’t melt at the sight of this cutie IS BIG MEANIE, boo!

A character not loving fans’ favorite does not commit a crime however fandom wants to present it as unquestionable proof of said character’s evilness. Fictional or real life, people are allowed to not like each other as the definition of family will vary from culture to culture, and from one person to another - it does not however allow anyone to abuse other people, but that should go without saying.

Bi-Han said mean things to Tomas, and Kuai Liang for that matter. He in general treated others in a similar, cold fashion. But objectively speaking he did much more questionable things over the course of the story, yet people are fixated on Smoke’s feelings alone - and to be honest, I'm not even surprised anymore by that.

But you know what frustrates me the most about fandom’s perception of Bi-Han and Tomas relationship? The amount of fanwork presenting Bi-Han as always mean, always abusive to the poor poor little Tomas which is not just the best proof the fandom is set to demonize kid Bi-Han for his adult self’s choices. It is the whole implication that Grandmaster and the Mother and like everyone involved in raising the brothers, all the masters and teachers did not act to prevent it from happening nor cared to correct Bi-Han’s action. And the most sick thing about that? Children imitate the behavior of adults. Do people really think that kid Bi-Han started saying "Lin Kuei blood only" bullshit out of his mind just to spit in the pitiful orphan's face? Like, really?

Stupid beliefs like that come from somewhere and children are taught by their parents and adult people around what “values” and traditions they should respect and follow. We literally know just three Lin Kuei characters and the fact that only Kuai Liang and Tomas rejected Sub-Zero’s leadership while the clan followed their Grandmaster implies Bi-Han’s beliefs are accepted and shared by the clan. So maybe instead of being so set on demonizing kid!Bi-Han - who so far was only said to be “always cold” to Tomas what is not equal to being abusive and cruel on purpose - maybe it is time for fandom to examine previous Grandmaster and the whole clan’s beliefs that A) were passed to Bi-Han to mold him into man he is today and B) apparently fucked up Tomas’ childhood so much.

[ante--meridiem]

If there is one thing I'm learning right now it's that math academia is a small world.

[goo-dripley-art]

my bastard son IC who i let eat sand bevcause i dont like him. old art and misc info utc

i made this dude like right when the big exe boom happened on twitter and forgot about him lol.

he kind of sucks and generally is not good at many things Literally Any OtherCharacter can do. i think he has eyes in his mouth sometimes? idk. can you watch him while i go smoke

[front-facing-pokemon]

[superbellsubways]

favorite part about my virtual assistant guys is that theyre all related to some kind of program except for coppy ... i just like to include him cuz why not lol

[luminarai]

Trying to trim our 16 year old family dog is not fun lemme tell you. He’s always hated getting his fur cut and now he’s old and deaf and hates it even more. He’s half Japanese spitz and half lhasa apso so his fur grows thick, long and mats like you wouldn’t believe. At this point I’m the only one he’ll let trim him and and even with me he’s clearly hating every second of it. When my sister’s home she helps me by giving him treats while I trim but she lives on a different continent. I try to be as gentle and quick as possible, 15 minutes max at a time, and make sure to praise and give him lots of treats but goddamn. It’s so difficult and I hate stressing him so much even though it’s for his own good. :(

[ochiody]

last line challenge!

rules: in a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or as many as you feel like).

tagged by @sand-boxed and @aliettali much love

tagging @wisecrackingeric-2 @alvivaarts @midnightsmarchingband (DID SOMEONE ALREADY TAG YALL IF SO SORRY)

working on ... side order piece

[zzoupz]

one final Zoup to end off the year

I would say I have improved in a lot of ways this year, there are still goals to be reached but I'm a little happy with myself.

I hope the next year will be kinder to you and me both :)

[hiraya-rawr]

was (am?) in a (mentally) bad place for a few days and i tried a lot of ways to feel better but just couldn't— then i played genshin, got in my teapot, and got nahida to friendship level 4 and 🥹🥹🥹 //lowkey sagau

[bunnihearted]

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[sonicunleash]

equestria girls will always hold such a weird place in mlp to me because like its not just "ponies but if they were humans" but specifically humans in highschool? but pony twilight is very much an adult? along with most of the characters made into students at the school, really, but you could be lazy and argue theyre just younger. but pony twilight is still an adult, like, mentally. they made her into a highschooler and made her do highschool Again do you know how evil that is

[suokumi]

Today is the last day of a job I had to do for two weeks, even tho I survived these two weeks out of spite (no proper sleep and very poor eating habits) I actually feel full of energy thanks to the fact I can finally be home again

[bambiraptorx]

So like...a pack of small war weapons who strive to be overachievers in order to impress their "adoptive" goat father

-🔮🕸

Honestly, yeah, pretty much. It's kinda ironic, actually, because even after he decides not to train them as warriors, he kinda ends up doing that anyway. Mostly because when he decided to find an intensive high-energy activity for them so they could have a specific setting to get all their energy out, his first thought was "teach them how to fight" (he was a warrior for centuries and it's where his brain went), but still.

And yeah, there's other activities later, like ballet and chess and various sports and theatre and the robotics program Demophon pioneers and a crazy number of clubs, but a lot of that comes from the drive to do something well. Especially because, even with as flexible as the yokai education system is, it's still structured around sitting still and listening for most of the lower levels, and that's incredibly hard for the four of them. People specifically engineered to fight day in and day out for months or years at a time don't do well at staying still.

There's also the factor that Draxum is not super openly affectionate, at least not in the way they see that other parents are. Other people greet their kids with hugs and kisses; he maybe gives them a head pat. Outright compliments are kinda few and far between, are often given as a result of them accomplishing something.

And like. None of them are straight A students. Lua forgets too many homework assignments, Demophon never speaks in class, Miltiades' attention wanders too much, and Ragnarok struggles to keep up with his course load. Even at the best of times they're getting the equivalent of Bs and Cs. And Draxum... he isn't disappointed, per say, but there's a couple years of the "if you only applied yourself" type of unhelpful advice before he realizes he needs to change how he understands successful learning.