#would rather forget it exists

[spaciebabie]

wany to hold f/os hand but hes not REEAAAAAALLLLL

[front-facing-pokemon]

[heartfeltletters-written]

one day I will write a master post about all the issues I have with art "made" by AI. I just saw a fic written by chatgpt and I've seen an absurd increase in drawings/paintings using this technology and it makes my blood boil.

Humans are supposed to make art, not machines. Art is supposed to touch our hearts, to reflect on the current times. It's supposed to address, love, heartbreak, friendship, and the other endless emotions that make us feel alive. A software will never be able to replicate those strong feelings.

Stop trying to replace artists, whether they do it professionally or just as a hobby. Nothing and I mean NOTHING will be able to replace the stroke of a brush, the chosen careful words on a page but most especially the thought and hard work that goes behind a piece of art.

[jaynovz]

Look in the mirror and see the glasses I picked out bc you liked the shape. Watch a movie and think about how you sent me the trailer 6 months ago. Add a song to my new playlist, it's one you introduced me to. Voice a character with your accent and start hearing you in my dreams.

Your words, your jokes, your turns of phrase, keep coming out of my mouth when talking to others, new friends, people who didn't even know you.

Do you love being a ghost?

[quaranmine]

Hermitcraft has State Law not Federal Law. That solves some of the problems since Hermit Rules are stricter then Minecraft rules like CalEPA is stricter then Fed EPA

-🐘

Ah, that's an interesting idea. Treating the rules of the game like it's the federal law and HEP like it's a state program enforcing tighter rules? That's a perspective I did not think of now, nor at the time!

[iniziare]

Now does that make Guizhong an illuminated beast? Probably not. I think it's more likely that she is actually a Seelie, bearing the imagery of a phoenix due to Celestial association with birds.

I'm listening to Ashikai's video on Guizhong again from 2023's Lantern Rite, which is the first time since I've personally also gone rabid on the intense depth of Guizhong's moon references, the details of the Glaze Lilies and how similar they are to the Nilotpala Lotuses, and most importantly what that means. And listening to this again (and for those who happen to be curious, here's a link to her video which will have the above quote make sense, and I've timestamped it in case people want to skip past the run-through of Guizhong's lore and get to the extra-interesting stuff), so much just... clicks and works. I genuinely do think that Guizhong, at the very least, was a Seelie. But the implications of this, and the implications that I think might go beyond this. /shakes fist immensely, vigorously.

It's so warm-- I can't be coherent. I'm not even the Pepe Sylvia meme, this is the Hoyoverse: Guizhong edition, of Brian David Gilbert trying to explain Kingdom Hearts.

[cherealta]

rereading the main quests for hollywood u and i really like how many times the mc says they want to kill somebody. it's reminds me of that meme were it's like "we've gotta kill this guy steven" then steven is like... "damn :/"

[ariaofsorrows]

i didn’t even know grant haters existed until today.

[brainticklr69]

For how much (rightful) criticism Dawn Of The Clans gets I’m surprised I haven’t seen anyone mention the inaccurate characterizations that happen from The First Battle to The Blazing Star.

The First Battle ends with relegations of how bad Clear Sky is, how mislead he was, how much hes hurt everyone around him and then all the characters become aware of why he was acting the way he was and Thunder opens his heart to Clear Sky. He’s like ‘oh that’s why my dads like that. He’ll have to work hard to right the wrongs he’s done but I believe he can do it. It’ll take me a while to forgive him though’. But then The Blazing Star begins with them forgetting how they all were feeling about Clear Sky and creating conflict because they go back to being unsympathetic and that he’ll never change again.

I read these books back to back so it might be more noticeable just because there wasn’t a year between me reading the two (also I swear you can tell when a new Erin begins writing in the series), but my point still stands.

I think people hate Clear Sky because the books themselves didn’t properly justify his redemption. They needed conflict, they had understanding and acceptance of him too early and then they back tracked to prolong it. It’s like whiplash the way Thunder goes from hating his father to understanding him and having hope for him back to hating if him and then liking him at the end of the series.

That’s one thing that sucks about this Warrior Cat series (and i wouldn’t be surprised about the others once I get to them), the Erins don’t always create coherent stories and characters. And maybe it’s just this book but all the characters are very static as well and when they try to have dynamic characters it just seems forced for plot. Which really sucks because this is a great concept for a series and it wasn’t all terrible.

[orcelito]

I feel like I am. Transcending.

[anawkwardlady]

The comments under any Lolita adjacent video essay being like

"So gross that girls would literally dress like sexualized kids, like, skirts and lipstick and all!!!!"

"*Mischaracterization of Dolores behavior to make her fit a perfect victim mold*"

"*weird slut shamy and victim blamy assumption about the correct way a young girl acts around sexual topics*"

"Great video about trauma and abuse, just here to comment that i love Japanese Lolita Fashion and we have NOTHING to do with your gross stuff and the gross sluts who like platted skirts and listens to Lana Del Rey :)" (those ones are really getting on my NERVES)

Great you all seem like such great people right now.

[blueish-bird]

sorry if I don’t remember your name or conversations/experiences or basic things about myself, every few weeks my brain gets factory reset and I have to relearn how to be alive

[iniziare]

Slowly but surely, as I'm dying listening to ZL voice-overs in a playlist. Tag drop #1: OOC.

[ieatwormsandtheytasteverygood]

And remember: "to evil end shall all things turn that they begin well"

It never ceases to amuse me that Feanor’s narrative arc ends like THAT.

like this guy is built up to be a genius in 2384739847 different ways, charismatic as fuck, insanely spiritually powerful, made the magical artifacts the book is named after, he’s got Sexy Protagonist Energy for days, you’re only like a few chapters into the actual story of the Silmarillion, so you’re like “yeah, alright, this guy’s our guy, i can’t wait to see what crazy shit he gets up to in Middle-earth, what kind of character development he has–”

and then he gets to Beleriand, tries to fight Satan, and IMMEDIATELY dies. like. Battle #1. he beefs it. literally spontaneously combusts.

AND YOU STILL HAVE MOST OF THE REST OF THE BOOK LEFT. absolutely ICONIC of tolkien to kill his main character in the first third of the story, and then despite elves being able to return from the dead, he literally never does, not even post-canon. NO ONE ELSE CAN PULL THAT OFF. this is SUCH a power move.

….on a more serious note, Feanor’s decisions and motivations leave a huge impact on every other character, almost every other plot point in the entire story can be traced back to what he did, and killing him off not only increases his narrative importance to those he left behind but also makes it impossible for any character to actually confront him or reconcile with him. he’s a ghost throughout the whole rest of the story, but he’s haunting everyone in myriad ways, through the Oath, through the Silmarils, through his sons, through the repercussions of the First Kinslaying, through the unrest of the Noldor and the rebellion against the Valar, through everything.

So like. Feanor might die as soon as he sets foot in Beleriand, which is hilarious from a narrative standpoint - but only at first glance. Because he’s still there for the rest of the story. You can’t escape him, no matter how hard you try.

[keebwee]

when u don even know if ur aroace at this point bc fics make u long for such a connection . even tho the thought of that connection also icks u out majorly . this is a 4 am post beware of tags ...... i dont know what i will release....

[marchessa]

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