#we make all the developers learn it

[staffs-secret-blog]

why does trending stop at 8 and not 10

I believe in a base 8 numeric system

[fire-on-fuel]

the most important distinction between boba fett and jango fett is that jango fett grew up on a farm and then in a traveling mandalorian merc clan and boba fett grew up in a city sized lab and then juvie and then every gutter in the galaxy from here to nar shaddaa

[ineed-to-sleep]

I forgot about how killing eve's writing just starts getting progressively worse the more season 3 goes on. Like girl what happened to my show.......... my characters......... what did they DO to villanelle...................... and where is EVE

[fromtheseventhhell]

Remember George's outline notes that had "joy of giving" and "mercy at the gate" for Arya? Mercy is crossed out and we obviously have that as her sample chapter, so what if Arya's next alias is "Joy"? Over-thinking the significance of that phrase and how it could apply to the rest of her Braavos arc🤔

[theanonymousninja247]

✨ Star Friends ✨

When I found out that @chessman-protocol boy Crit liked Astronomy, let’s just say I was beyond estatic and immediately planned this little comic. Here’s to my boy Vincent doing his best to make friends with folks who share similar interests 😅💙

Funny enough, I didn’t realize I put this in Vincent character’s until I looked at the whole thing, but Vincent very much shares the lack of stranger danger the way I did/ I do to this day. To quote one of my past managers I’m “abnormally friendly” or whatever

I can’t tell you how many times even as a small child (drove my parents nuts) that I saw a cool person with whatever connecting factor and I just straight up walked to them and was like “Ok cool. We’re friends now.” And nobody’s really stopped me? So apparently I have friends now. 😆

Vincent however is just a wholesome baby boy who doesn’t realize he’s actually an intimidating hunk of a turtle and randomly walking up to strangers and not saying anything can be taken the wrong way.

Like I said, he’s trying his best. He wasn’t exactly the most socialized if you can’t tell, but he does love dearly and is certainly a boone of a friend to have once you get past the inevitable social awkwardness. He’s loyal to put because he really doesn’t know better, and I adore him for that. Anyway, dunno if Crit knows any ASL or not, but either way Vincent is just excited to meet somebody else who likes space ✨🌌 💙

[wildsaltair]

Ranting in the tags isn’t enough so I’m going to say one more time that just because Maximus isn’t morally gray doesn’t mean he isn’t complex

[ultimateyakazoo]

i love how right out the gate danganronpa sets you up for this suspension of disbelief with the concept of hopes peak academy. like its such a creative and interesting concept but in practice itd be such a stupid idea and that just makes the series all the more fun and ridiculous

[milfbrainrot]

i know other people are tired of female characters having stories revolving motherhood but god it is so nice to get stories about it that are actually... written with care? i imagine some of the fatigue around these stories is bc of how it's done with the assumption that all women must be or want to be mothers or it's done without any actual examination of the woman's characterization--and i also get tired of those! but there are so many female characters who specifically do not have or want kids as well these days, so i am glad that we can have a balance of ones who are fine without kids but also ones who are well-written as mothers??? idk. it makes me happy that we can have both, because parenthood will always be a thing, even if some people... equate their own preference of avoiding those stories altogether with automatic misogyny when a story does include it at all.

[highfantasy-soul]

So as we're thinking about the casting of Toph in the Netflix adaptation, please please please remember that Toph isn't REALLY blind representation. Like so many other 'blind' characters, the narrative gives them superpowers that let them operate in the world in ways an irl blind person can't (Daredevil is a good example of this too). So let's not put those expectations on irl blind (or visually impaired) actresses and say "well, they're blind, so they'll actually move like Toph does!!" No. They won't. And to expect them to interact with the world like a fictional, superpowered blind person does is, in my opinion, pretty abelist.

It's a disability - shying away from the fact that blind people don't have perfect echolocation isn't putting them down. Refusing to acknowledge that they need aids to help them get around the world isn't helping anyone, it's dismissing what they deserve to have provided for them.

I'm not saying no visually impaired person could possibly play Toph well, what I'm saying is that I've been seeing a lot of posts claiming that a blind actress would be the only one able to accurately (and safely) portray the way Toph interacts with the world completely forgetting that Toph uses vibrations in the earth to see....pretty much everything - something irl blind people CANNOT DO.

We of course need to see more visually impaired representation on screen, but I think the best way to do that is to write characters that don't have superpowers that negate their disability. Have characters be strong and badass without declaring that 'well it they were REALLY blind, then they would be weak - they're strong because their superpower NEGATES their blindness to a large extent' or god forbid 'irl blind people develop superpowers, so if they need aids of any sort, they're just lazy and not working hard enough to compensate for their lack of sight'.

Just something to keep in mind when thinking about casting - if they don't cast a blind actress for Toph, unless I see otherwise, I'm not going to assume it's because they just don't like blind people. I'm going to assume they took into account the entirety of making the show and what was a realistic way to portray Toph and what was reasonable to expect the actress to do.

[jade-len]

luo binghe better than me fr i think i would've gone fucking apeshit if the person i loved with my entire soul pretty much said "fuck you" because of my race and pushed me down into literal hell for me to suffer for years

i've said it before and i'll say it again, i really don't think we give binghe enough credit. that man was on concerning levels of forgiving all the way from the start

[b0rkst3r]

to all Americans out there; save the constitution for yourself, read Animal Farm, Handmaids Tale, 1984 - find out why banned books are banned. You will never be the land of the free for your thoughts have never been your own.

Internationally, and all mutual, we look at North Korea with frowning eyes. For the lack of criticism that is allowed on the President and the limitations set on media for its people. America has looked at them that way - the far-right even considers China to be such. Know that that is how the world is looking at you.

We see a random, very weird new government department form, where one of the first things the Department leader does, is a nazi salute.

(For the angels among us considering this a "roman salute", let me explain what that is since most are too ignorant to know; the roman salute has never belonged to the Roman Empire. It was seen in paintings (painted later than its fall) and Benito Mussolini used it as his gesture. Afterwards, the Nazi's used it. For the dumbasses saying its because he's autistic and doesn't know the difference, see the clip below for his "my heart goes out to you" gesture at Tesla; https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNeEAgmTQ/ )

Do you guys not see the nazi group being formed..? ICE IS ALLOWED TO RAID SCHOOLS, CHURCHES!! What happened to love thy neighbor? I thought there were Christian values in America? I thought the far-right wanted to protect kids with their abortion bans?? Or are you guys finally ready to admit that all that was about is control?

They took down the constitution page. The White House home page is a propaganda video. It does not matter how smart you THINK are. YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE TO PROPAGANDA.

They always say a fascist doesn't realize he is one the same was a narcissist doesn't realize it. And I agree. I think that America (besides the neglective teachings on history and the proganda in their history books (no, not all wars went like you guys think they did) and the indoctrination they go through starting a young age (this is not patriotism btw, this is indoctrination and it's time you all see it for what it is. The only other countries that do this are the ones you frown upon (as we discussed earlier!!)) https://youtu.be/xcwg7cnhW4E?feature=shared

You have all been played. And it's sad, really. No one could have seen coming how one thing lead to another. But the butterfly effect works in mysterious ways - Elon buying twitter and using it to rig the election and push far-right content, leading to Donald Trump winning and Elon being brought on, leading to Trump wanting Greenland, Canada and the Panama canal. Just like Elon's parents did. It almost looks like it was all planned out right under your noses.

And it looks that way because that's exactly what it was. You have all been PLAYED. so be MAD. these people took advantage of your trust in it's government - in these fake persona's they create until they do a Nazi Salute after becoming leader of a newly formed government department. SO BE MAD. THEY LAUGH AT YOU AS THE 99% YOU ARE THE SHEEP THEY HERD. SO BE MAD

oh and I don't think I can make this clear enough. NO ONE IS ILLEGAL ON STOLEN LAND!!! THE BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP BEING TAKEN AWAY IS FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, YOU WILL NO LONGER BE AMERICANS!!!! I thought y'all were so proud 'n nationalistic.

Not only are y'all no longer Americans y'all can't even be men anymore with this stupid new definition. Ig when you fill your government with billionairs who have no idea what they're talking about, you forget that AT CONCEPTION everyone is female. all men are now mtf and that's final. Goodluck going to a public bathroom and not being beaten in by the people you voted with.

To all the Americans out there; these four years are hell. Learn how to cover your face, go get strong and fast. your country is burning. and since you can't stop the fire; make sure you're not the only ones burning.

Educate yourself. The 1% could not exist without the 99%, and as much as you THINK you need a hierarchy, you do not need an OLIGARCHY. You do not need the 1% let alone to run your country. You are not outnumbered - you are unorganised. Listen to Ben and Jerry's, organize and revolt.

"If we burn, you burn with us."

[trainerethan]

Bpd green...I see a vision...reds avoidant personality would be hell on earth for him but it's okay. They can work it out.

But for awhile after their reunion I know green woke up every day convinced red was going to walk off into the mountains again. Also just endless guilt about being mean to red when they were younger so he way over compensates now and it feels weird and forced for both of them.

Red has long forgiven green and wouldn't just leave again but unfortunately he doesn't actually like speaking out about how he's feeling so he seems sort of distant which makes green spiral a little.

Red isn't avoidant/closed off bc he thinks green won't care/doesn't trust him to confide in him but green probably sees it that way for awhile. He just has 0 experience with actually talking about your feelings instead of staying silent about how he feels and then leaving to live on a mountain to avoid any stress factors.

It's okay. Theyll figure it out. Being reunited after years of one of you living alone on a mountain and the other drowning in guilt over it will have your conflict resolution skill be a little rusty.

[funkle420]

a great way to combat genAI in the future would be educating kids (and teens and college students and all ppl) on art way more.

[literaryscribs]

Can I just say that I wish, I really really wish, people would quit calling 20-24 year old characters "bad" or "childish writing" for literally just... ACTING THEIR AGE?!??! Doubly if they have a disability or are specifically coded to be autistic, adhd etc.

Seriously? Is someone out there seriously implying that everyone magically matures into a grizzled, emotionally constipated war veteran the second a 19 year old crosses the threshold into their noughties?

Think real damn hard on things you did when you were younger if you're older currently. We've ALL done cringe stuff that keeps us up until the wee hours of the morning in embarrassment. Whether it be something we said or clogging up someone's toilet, puking all over the place because we partied too hard or sent literal car parts flying because you were learning to drive. You don't just snap your fingers and BAM! YOU'RE MATURE! CUE THE CELEBRATIONS!

Maturity comes from life experiences, the good times, the cringe moments and the failures. Not age. Otherwise you wouldn't have kids/teens behaving way beyond their years due to ongoing and consistent abuse/neglect, nor childish adults trying to relive their teen years at their 'prime' at the very least.

I don't care if it's a fantasy game or if it's set in the future. If a character is 21/22 I *expect* random stupidity, foot in mouth moments. I expect them to be over confident or make poor decisions at times. That's prime time to be figuring your own identity out, making yourself standalone, supporting friends via learning from said mistakes and experiences they've had. It's not supposed to be smooth or perfect.

[impzone]

hm. after all this time i still get angry about this so i think it’s about time i make a comic about how i feel about personality disorders

[twilightofthesandwiches]

If I may ask do you feel Gaz being warmer to Dib in Florpus was natural development or too ooc? It felt kind of jarring to me at first glance.

It's funny, I actually have a Very Long Post buried very deep in my Drafts that takes a very deep look at the Membrane Sibling Dynamic and their interactions - focusing on the actual main show itself, but also keeping the existence of ETF in mind. And while I am not just gonna dump it here (it still needs to be polished a bit), my main conclusions are

There were a few Shifts in the way Gaz and her relationship with Dib was written within the show itself.

Her behavior in 'Enter the Florpus' is actually perfectly in line with most of her actions in the show. Especially when you consider ETF was really a perfect storm of Special Circumstances we haven't really put Gaz in the actual show - a situation where she has to see Zim as a genuine threat, where she is genuinely as emotionally invested as Dib is in the Stakes, a situation where she has to see her brother be Actually Emotionally Vulnerable and admitting his own faults to her face.

And even the few episodes where it doesn't work quite as smoothly is more like... the general Shifts in characterizations when we're dealing with serial media written by a collective of people. Like I mentioned above.

And especially when you consider my personal reading of Gaz's character as just... a very messed-up kid who has a lot of Genuine Frustrations she is channeling out in some really Bad Ways. It's not an Absolute Objective Fact but her Big Emotional Moment in ETF to me reads less as her explaining to Dib something she always knew she felt and more like her figuring out herself that she has limits to how much she wants to watch Dib suffer.

Really the thing that bothers me more in terms of OOC-ness in ETF is not Gaz, but Professor Membrane -