#which is a problem in itself

[brownnbears]

The discourse around Jinx’s sexuality recently is crazy because ever since I first saw Arcane Jinx has always been like completely sexless to me lmao

Maybe it’s just my aroace bias but I was so confused when her and Ekko were sort of a thing in s2 bc I don’t even think they interacted up to that point other than the fight on the bridge and a literal alternate universe. I’m sure it’s implied like “they grew up together” but it just never really worked for me, probably s2’s pacing problem striking again

But fr you can hc jinx as whatever you want bc that’s the great thing about fandom culture lol

What really needs to happen is people need to stop feeding into the guys intentionally trying to get a rise out of you by saying “erm canonically jinx is straight 🤓” because you don’t need to validate your hcs to some random and it’s annoying to see on my tl

[lilias-craven]

broadcasting the big night of musicals thing with that bad of a lineup on sondheim's birthday somehow makes it even worse

[lazylittledragon]

so uhhhhhhhh. not to be cryptic and bitchy on main but congratulations to everyone in my messages for like 5 months on being right i guess

[b6d11f]

at my best, I'm a sacrificial lamb at my best, I am something you could handle

[stromblessed]

Even if Marcus having a daughter did turn out to be the red flag in season 1 that showed where season 2 was headed socially and politically, that plot point didn't need to be mutually exclusive with a season 2 plot that was nuanced and interesting re: Piltover vs. Zaun.

Marcus had multiple opportunities in season 1 to stop what he was doing with Silco and actually prioritize his daughter (and his life with her) - or just stop Silco himself, if Marcus had been willing to die or go to prison - but his personal biases and the opportunity for personal gain kept winning out over and over, leading to his death. Which was tragic - even if many of us didn't feel that bad for him - yet inevitable. I never got the sense that Marcus in season 1 was indicating a "both sides are the same" or "we should all just work together" type of plot, but rather, "Here is what the privileged are willing to do - and not do - to maintain the status quo."

In watching season 1, between Marcus having a daughter, Jayce being easily led and reaching too far with his power, and Caitlyn's naivete, I thought that the Piltover plot was taking us to a place where these more privileged characters see opportunities to do better wrt the undercity, but because of ignorance, personal gain, personal biases, or personal injury and trauma, they actively choose to perpetuate the sociopolitical divide and find ways to justify these choices for themselves, regardless of any opportunities they may have to learn, grow, and do better specifically with regards to the undercity. Which helps shed light on why irl power structures seem so rigid and unchanging despite everything. This doesn't mean that the Piltover characters needed to die or anything, but I do think it would've been more interesting if the tragedy element was kept ("fate worse than death" types of tragic endings are more interesting anyway imo), the Piltover/Zaun conflict wasn't "solved" in the end, and the impact of Piltover's apathy and violence wasn't brushed aside. Particularly if there had been a real undercity uprising plotline.

[lilislegacy]

me: -anyway, all of this to say that IF katniss and peeta did name their son something bread themed, graham is a better name than rye

person who never asked:

[wackywatchdotcom]

imo jax has no clue that hes miserable. like hes putting on a face for sure but i dont think he actually has the emotional awareness to know WHY hes doing that. he just wants to look cool and masculine and thats as far as he thinks on it. theres more to it but he doesnt know that. being sad isnt cool so he wouldnt even entertain the idea that hes secretly sad

[breadedsinner]

The thing about Ashley haters is they’ll talk about arguing with her on the ship or bringing her with aliens on missions like she’s just frothing at the mouth at all times, but then you play the game and it’s just a normal conversation.

[broareweabouttoviberightnow]

havin a normal night. doin a completely normal soundtrack listen. n bein. normal. like always.

[i-dreamed-i-had-a-son]

Broke (2016): BBC Sherlock is a phenomenal piece of media and anything that seems like a flaw just hasn't been fully explored yet

Woke (2020): BBC Sherlock is an incredibly flawed series run by an egotistical writer, it never deserved the hype and is actively bad on so many fronts (especially representation)

Bespoke (2024): BBC Sherlock is flawed and bogged down by increasingly poor writing, which many fans refused to see while it was airing, leading to hugely misplaced expectations (particularly for the final series), AND it has the seeds of some compelling characterizations and portrayals, some genuinely solid performances, and touches--albeit imperfectly--on complexities that are still being discussed today (particularly as it relates to the relationship between Sherlock and John). The huge cultural impact of the show has created a massive pendulum effect in its public perception, leading to most people today remembering a caricature of the show (whether positive or negative) rather than appreciating its nuanced merits and failings...that being said Season 4 sucked

[ranticore]

sorry if this question is already answered elsewhere but how much time passes between the creation of ishmael vs the modern siren setting with qedivar et al?

intentionally never stated because i don't want to box myself in with a ridiculous number that i have to retcon later haha. safe to say it's several centuries, maybe a thousand years, maybe less. who knows!

[utilitycaster]

sometimes I'll see pushback against criticism of a work of fiction that ultimately just comes down to "I'm just feel grateful that I got to see this" and I cannot stress enough that you should love yourself enough to have higher standards than "this was made available to me" for things that aren't time-limited/ephemeral/actually specifically made for you as an individual with that as the creative intent.

[enbyfication]

ok as someone who both. is trans and goes out of their way to say 'ppl with dicks' or 'ppl with vaginas' in conversations with people when that's what i mean, can we just take a moment and. appreciate how incredibly awkward the terminology is compared to saying boys or girls. so much of using gender neutral or trans inclusive language when communicating is like this and it's frustrating that u can only talk about these things in a way that sounds clunky. it also means that trans inclusive language becomes inaccessible unless u Know The Buzzwords which is less than ideal also. i don't have any solutions but i think about it a lot 😔

[dollsahoy]

Watched a recent interview with the lead singer/bass player from the band I absolutely adored from about age 12 to 18--I don't listen to them much anymore, but I do think fondly of them, thus the watch of the interview.

So when he said "I'm on the spectrum," well. I had to pause the video and Feel Some Emotions over that.

He was born in the 50s, and I was born in the 70s, listening to this music in the 80s. All of that was back when very few people knew what autism was, and, the people who did know, weren't defining it the way we do now. We're from generations of people who just don't know until well into adulthood, if ever. People who are just a little weird, that's all, really, right?

And I remember listening to the music back then and thinking...how can these older British guys make music that resonates with me, an American teenage girl, so much??? (only I was indeed a teenager in rural American in the mid/late 1980s into early '90s, so I probably didn't, y'know, use the term "resonates.") Yeah, they did do love songs, but they also did songs about a lot of other things, including a few about not fitting in but being perfectly happy with that, and those were some of my favorites.

So, now I know: it's the autism.

then I unpaused the video and he also said he has a tic disorder, and that's something I deal with, although not necessarily personally, too

Because I know people will ask, the band is Level 42, but I am not recommending them, as I feel 1980s British Jazz Funk Pop is not going to appeal to many people, even though they were fairly popular in their day (just not in the US.) Unless you like or appreciate slap bass, in which case you probably already know of them.

[stromer]

i desperately need to study the brains in the canucks front office because you mean to tell me your team has a great couple of games, your two drama-ridden star forwards finally get some points, fans are happy, and your idea of a good pr move is to continue talking about how unfixable this rift is and they’re to blame for pretty much everything

[disruptivevoib]

Feels like its been AGES...