#'these people are soooo dumb for not thinking of THAT'

[veliseraptor]

you know what maybe i should've written a shorter version of that post that just ran "the desire of doms and/or sadists are real, we are not simply a kink dispenser for the kink dispensee but actually do have our own subjectivity" since apparently the other one got too complicated

#important text posts #i'm having a very cranky afternoon you see #i love how. people apparently read the screencap and then skipped over the rest of the post apparently #the point isn't 'oh then who's going to top the subs hyuk hyuk' #'these people are soooo dumb for not thinking of THAT' #the point is 'you're centering the experience of a certain category of person and either degrading or writing out the experience of others' #'you are positioning doms/sadists as an object. of suspicion or desire but ether way an object lacking subjectivity' #'doms aren't necessary' okay so what are you going to do with them huh #i don't want to be necessary. #ughhhh. i'm getting offline #lise's aggressively bitchy opinions about irrelevant and unimportant matters

[lovelycureaestetic]

Just got this recommended to me:

"the discomfort this story provides on many levels" to YOU! I'm here busting a fat one at the dark homoerotic shota subtext in the dark homoerotic shota manga by the shotacon artist. We ain't the same.

#sebaciel #smh Tumblr stop putting antis on my fyp #or worse #people who think they're above the 'fandom discourse' and that they're soooo right about kuro #when in actuality they understood jack shit #proship #don't get me wrong of course kuro has dark topics and everyone is allowed to their own squicks but cmon this is dumb

[dinozaurtual]

#stoooopppp this isnt funny anymore i miss when people had critical thinking skills #'supporting hamas is the spirit of hanukkah' coming from a jew u guys are so fucking dumb 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 #this is so so soooo embarrassing i cant believe u people are real. #jumblr

[utilitycaster]

Saying that a character has a single specific characteristic or fits a very general archetype and therefore they are objectively bad/good/whatever is not the media analysis checkmate many people think it is.

#this is about some of the dumb jonas spahr comments actually but it's broadly applicable #i think a lot of people really want the tiktok no you're right you're SOOOO smart and moral version of media analysis #and not like. having to think.

[hella1975]

tams azula is sooo fascinating bc while canon azula doesn't really show her age at all like she's completely desensitised to so much shit 'she is fourteen' is not a justification for ANYTHING both in her own mind and in other people's, in tams she has zuko. and yes the world has been abundantly cruel to her but zuko hasn't. he's basically raised azula and he's done so in a way that she's allowed to show her age, but she still only shows her age in very azula-esque ways. there's no reluctance to see violence like you'd expect from a fourteen-year-old, and like ive said before, that means zuko can't play on that reluctance in order to shield her, but he still wants to shield her from that violence because regardless of what SHE feels about it, as the eldest he knows fundamentally that she shouldn't be seeing certain things no matter how well she can handle them. and seeing zuko effectively PLAY azula in order to protect her is so interesting and complicated and fun

#and also a little heartbreaking bc it's the 'you protect azula but who protects you?' #like in order to shield azula from these things zuko is metaphorically standing in front of her and seeing them himself #as if he's not only sixteen and a child too #but yeah taking azula's canon traits and manipulating into the tamsverse is soooo fun #like the example that inspired this post is how canon azula is logical NOT cruel #like time and time again she follows only the logical route and even actively avoids the cruel route #e.g calling off torture in the boiling rock bc she knew that he was telling the truth and therefore continuing to torture him was illogical #im not saying azula is averse to/incapable of cruelty i just hc that she genuinely just thinks it's stupid #just like any other unnecessary act would be considered stupid. if it's not logical or being used for a greater plan then what's the point? #and tams azula STILL HOLDS THIS TRAIT except because i lean more into her age in tams bc she's been given the freedom with zuko #to liberally be a CHILD without any consequences as a result of that simple thing #her intense logic actually becomes a certain naivety on azula #like she cannot comprehend other people NOT coming to the conclusions she comes to #and that expands to needless cruelty. like she wont factor a person's cruelty into her calculations #because in her head all she needs to dismiss that calculation is 'excessive cruelty here would waste time which is illogical' #she assumes everyone is as smart and to-the-point as she is so when they ARENT and will actively waste time just to do dumb shit #it catches her off guard and she DOESNT PLAN FOR IT so it can really fuck them over sometimes #so this is one instance where zuko has azula beat despite it being STRATEGY aka azula's strong point #bc zuko's immense cynicism and assumption that Everyone Is Awful doesn't hold up against logic 9 times out of 10 #but the one time it does is the time azula gets caught out #i just think tams zuko and azula's dynamic is so fucking interesting im so clever for that tbh #twice as many stars

[welcometoteyvat]

society moved on too quickly from furina's demo

#i think about the fontaine brawl that she imagined in her head sometimes like i feel like society needs more characters like that #ramblings! #also when she changes into pneuma form............ i've never seen something so fucking crisp in my life #the lights???? the music syncing?? it's like biting into a juicy apple cannot be topped #also the symbolism................... i was like 'hm. i actually dont really agree with that bilibili analysis video' after thinking it thr #through. <- also known as dumb behavior they almost predicted the entire 4.2 quest #tbh i feel like people also moved on too quickly from neuvis demo because that yellow field of grass is peak #i love when rando characters are dropped in the middle of nowhere contemplating existence #we also moved on too fast from ly.ney's story quest why do i keep seeing him in love with traveler #like his subtle threats to that woman... guys he's killed people dont make him just a flirt #dont mind me im just. replaying fontaine but in my head and via youtube trailers #actually something else is that while i still think most of the sumeru chars look a bit too much like they used skin bleach #the sequence right before nah.ida's burst where she's traveling through her own dreamscape is like. soo good im soooo.... #references her character story... full of whimsy and elegance.. visiting children while asleep etc.. knowledge spreading something somethin #i also always liked how the 2 children floating in front of that window looked like they were guarding the gates of wisdom or smth #like sentries in front of a library. but theyre kids so its less somber and more like. idk joyful. house of learning open to all etc. #in a character trailer appreciation mood rn ig

[badolmen]

I’m trying to find a way to parse this but like:

Make up culture is bad because of how capitalism has twisted appearance to be a basis of worth and social value. However, humans have been putting stuff on their skin since our ancestors started losing hair (maybe even before?) and ornamentation does have significant historic cultural value outside of modern late-capitalism induced self loathing.

Like. Make-up is not a thing in my immediate family. My mother and older sister? Nothing. My little sister is going to be so lucky to grow up in a space where she won’t have any expectation or support for make-up culture. I know make-up culture a shitty phenomenon; I know it steals time and money and self-worth from people at its worst and at its best feeds back into an appearance based cultural hierarchy.

But. But. There is such a rich and vibrant history to cosmetics outside of what is sold to reinforce that inevitably toxic culture. So many forms of art in face paint and more permanent and interesting body modification! There’s history and traceable evolving styles and intentions! And it fucking sucks that it’s been so corrupted to the point of no longer reflecting it’s original intent of being creative and unique and interesting!

Sometimes it just sounds like ‘don’t have tattoos don’t you know those annoying punks and degenerates have those?’ has just been repackaged as ‘don’t wear make-up don’t you know those annoying preps and conformists do that?’ Like I get what you’re trying to say but there is nuance to these conversations and willfully ignoring that nuance makes you sound ridiculous at best and outright hostile to any deviation from your standards at worst.

#ra speaks #personal #be normal if you reblog this or else I’ll sigh loudly and be disappointed in you #saw a dumb post. saw replies I didn’t 100% agree with. #why can’t people just not interact w posts that they don’t like #I know I know it takes soooo much self control especially for a tumblr user #but jfc stop acting like option A and option Z are a strict dichotomy #when there’s 26 letters in the English alphabet and we haven’t even touched numbers yet #you know??? like. #they’re not right. you’re also not right in an equal and opposite way. can we approach complex topics with more critical thinking please. #anyways i like when people have awesome extreme and colorful makeup it’s cool. I hate when people have bland ‘natural’ makeup that’s wack #what’s the point of having cool art stuff you can put on your skin if you’re just gonna. paint in skin colors?? #this isn’t abstract art of painting a white canvas white that’s weird and externally motivated standards that do not have artistic intention #which defeats the purpose of having cool art stuff you can put on your skin.

[astrobei]

every day i log onto tumblr feeling like troy barnes in community season 3 episode 4 “remedial chaos theory”

#i don’t speak on this topic ever bc i think it’s dumb but re the spicy polls account (?) i will say that yall are soooo quick to attack real #live people (real people! who are real!) and can indeed be impacted by your actions and words #in the name of defending characters who are not real #they’re not real!!!!! but the people on the other side of that screen are!! hope this helps #please utilize that block/unfollow/back/unscubscribe button i promise it will help lower your blood pressure back into the healthy range #i never know what’s going on bc all my mutuals always post from the same side of the discourse #so it always takes me a second to realize they didn’t all just decide to post the same take at the same time #anyway

[bisexualrapline]

jimin can literally put a song on his album called “set me free pt 2” when he’s never done anything called anything close to “set me free” before and we only know one (1) person in his proximity who HAS (yoongi min suga agust d) and still weird ass solos will come into my inbox saying that by pointing out this very obvious fact i am “making shipping theories” and “don’t i realize this is jimin’s solo work” like yeah. i’m not an idiot. but also i don’t turn my brain off and look at things without history or context for the sake of promoting my solo stan agenda (hint bc i don’t have one of those). anyway tony montana pt 2 the one where they make us all cry is coming

#sorry for this rant i just think people can be dumb sometimes <3 #anon if u see this just block me i don’t have the patience to argue w u lmao or anyone else for that matter! #the block button exists for a reason if u are SOOOO heated and bothered and can’t toughen up enough to say it w ur chest #keep it to urself and block me lmfaoooo #.txt

[leatherbookmark]

an interesting thing abt jgy antis is like. where is the source of their, shall we say, negative opinion of jgy? like, 1. jgy is a villain, he does horrible things with no remorse, he’s willing to do everything to achieve his selfish, egotistical goals. --> 2. the source of this claim: this, this and this scene. --> 3. alright, but to me -- says someone who’s not an anti -- this reads differently. that he did all those things, and did them on purpose and without remorse, is not that obvious to me. why do you think that? --> 4. well, obviously because he’s a villain and does horrible things with no remorse.

like... he’s evil because he does bad things, and he does bad things because he’s evil. i’m interested in how antis came by those opinions, but a, unfortunately i have them all blocked, and b, even if i or someone else made a poll, it wouldn’t be authentic because no sane anti is going to say “well, people hated him and wrote all those things about him on twt, so i started hating him as well”, or “i only care about wgxn, you could sell me anything about other characters if your arguments were convincing enough because i zoned out during the parts when wgxn weren’t on screen/pages of the book”. it’s all “written in the book/shown in the show” and “logical arguments you’d agree with if only you could read”.

#thinking back to my early c/q/l days where i reblogged this dumb ass meta abt how jgy FOR SURE pushed lxc away because he WANTED HIM #to be tormented by uncertainty forever. like 'the worst person you know just saved your life; what now' kinda thing #i was like oh... THIS IS SO RIGHT... because it felt bittersweet and painful and i am Still guilty of accepting/agreeing with headcanons #or interpretations that aren't 100% what i think because i have this ingrained idea that other people are always more mature and #sophisticated and smarter than me and so they Know Better #the person (i think?) later went on to write a meta abt how jgy is a badwrong narcissist. so #(this is also the reason why i spent months praising and getting excited abt a fic where jgy was dating nmj for like a decade despite #not loving him; and why he cheated on him many times with lxc Just Because. i didn't think jgy would do something like that but everyone #else was like omg this is SOOOOO good so i was like shit i guess it is! IT'S SOOOO GOOD OMG;;;;; have i mentioned i have no brain on #my own? yea) #anyway i'm not gonna paint myself as this genius from the first watch because I Too had wgxn goggles fucking ON and didn't even notice #the box hand touch during my first watch. (have i mentioned i am not very smart or observant) and when wwx was whistling ghosts at jgy #and jgy was clearly Going Thru It in the guanyin temple i was like 'haha good for him' #but iirc i Was nonetheless drawn to him (although xy was first <3) and it was like. well he's evilbad but maybe he felt bad when he murdered #his child? --> well maybe he's not 100% evilbad... maybe... --------------> a-yao did nothing wrong and i will kill you if you even suggest #otherwise. (<-- a joke.) #anyway a whole bunch of antis seem like kindasorta stuck in that initial wgxn-centered; everyone else either has 2 personality traits Max #or is either wgxn allies (good) or wgxn Haters (we hates them forever!) just like. unwilling to accept any new viewpoints At All #and then there are Types of those jgy antis because you have people who hate him for Other Reasons and people who hate them because they. #honestly seem like they've only read moralistic books for young children where the brave kind hero is the one you're supposed to cheer for #and want to be like; and the villain has all the traits you're supposed to know are Bad (mean greedy selfish lazy etc) AND NOTHING ELSE. #its like that *man who only saw boss baby watching another movie* damn this is giving me some serious boss baby vibes ! meme #anyway. love it when the tags are 3x longer than the post. cheers #shrimp thoughts

[bigothteddies]

any followers of my old blogs, what kind of content do you miss the most?? if you miss any at all?

#unimportant thoughts #just really struggling to get back into the mix of creating things #i hate sitting down and being like ‘i wanna make some posts!’ and just unable to think of anything #I know when i was at my peak i was just constantly rotating scenes around in my head looking for new angles and ideas to post #and i dont find that as stimulating right now #and I know im putting too much pressure on myself about it! #i get it i get it i should just have fun with it #but i want to get this blog back to where my old blog was #i was really content with where my old blog was and how it stood #this one is soooo much of a shadow compared to my old one #and I know thats cause i havent put the same effort in and havent kept up with tumblr as much and i only have 1/4 of the followers i did #but thats my whole thing is i want to put in some effort again! i miss running my blog and interactin with people all the time! #ANYWAYS #long dumb rant over #what were your favorite posts of mine??? favorite categories? formats? kinks?

[defsiarte]

after seeing the replies of a truly horrific AITA. Need to say this again here:

If you unironically use the phrase “fandom police” in any form, get mad at the idea of applying moral analysis to fiction, or anything along those lines I’m blocking your ass.

#also if you’re white and do this. please know that you are soooo susceptible to racist propaganda #bc like. bro look at me. fandom is for fun right? why does any sort of deeper analysis than ‘omg I ship these characters XD’ piss you off? #the stance that media should not be analyzed or critiqued is one based in privilege. #I genuinely feel that if you are such a person I don’t want you in my circle bc you’ve never had to defend yourself or loved ones from— #the damage that racist/otherwise bigoted propaganda can do to one’s community. #if you cannot understand that every action has an impact. however small. I genuinely want nothing to do with you #and no this doesn’t mean I hate any morally dubious characters/media. anyone who knows me knows I like weird shit #HOWEVER! I also focus a lot of my time in academia on media analysis. I spend a lot of my time in therapy on character analysis. #bc if I watch a show about a guy who kills people. I want to also think/talk about why he’d want to kill people and what the greater meaning #of that would be. #you dumb fuck. #anyway lol lmao turning off reblogs bc I don’t want to bait people into arguing #honking

[cerealmonster15]

My working doc names for things are so impossible lol. Like this was an adeuce fic but I clicked thinking it was jamiazu

I thought these two were the same thing and they’re NOT!!! I’ve just been haunted by cater and Leona on more than one occasion and then tried to forget (I did not truly forget. But also kind of. There’s actually way more in here than I thought LOL I didn’t actually write fics off the second two but there’s a LOT of planning)

#my brain doesn’t wanna function like it did a year or two ago #I became more scared lol #like a weird graph of #shy and only showing my friend. having the freedom of only doing what we found fun #then started posting #a few other twst fans found and encouraged me #then engtwst happened and twst got more popular w/English speakers #so more people to get encouragement from #but. more people 2 feel like I have to like. idk perform well for lol #before it was just me doing fuckin whatveer bc it was just for my friend and me #lots of laid back inside jokes lol you’ll see a bunch in my older twst fics thet #probably stick out oddly #but it was fun. and it still is fun! but. I’m stunting myself bc I’m scared I think #like am I being cringe. am I doing this right. am I portraying them well. is this too silly. am I trying too hard to be deep. #like am I dumb for trying anything LOL bestie you are writing fanfic and doodling plz relax #sorry!!!!!!!! I have issues 💪 #same with doodles tho like I drew soooo many AUs my friend and I had #I guess we don’t do as many twst ideas together now #we still watch it together tho #we just do more non twst oc talk #and me as a person I can only do so much of like. talking about thing without. worrying #sure I can talk about something if I have thoughts and am enabled #but I will also Worry. like am I being too much am I dragging it out are people around me just Humoring Me #that’s how it goes when I post like. ppl are so nice. but unfortunately I live In clouds of self doubt #nothing personal aimed at anyone tho it’s entirely a me problem I just hfbgnfhrhrhbtbt #pull myself to the edges. afraid 2 engage people. but then cry if I am endgaged LOL #like a weird craving of heres this media im passionate about and I wanna share that energy with people #but also. I will die. so I have to talk In circles 2 myself #and if people hear me that is both a bonus and also ILL CRY it depends on the day KDNFNFNFNTNTBEIRHT #it’s fine tho. I talk to people sometimes. I can’t act like I’m a 100% shadow or whatever

[peoplesoup]

someone misinterpreted what i said incident leaves 100 dead 3 million injured

#i am secure in my intelligence and don't care if people think i'm dumb #i am soooo secure #not hannibal related

[moe-broey]

Thank you transwomen (in general but also) for the term "boymode" bc using that terminology for myself as a transguy (so, "girlmode") has been the only way I've been able to aptly and succinctly describe whatever the hell was going on *vaguely gestering to my adolescence from ages 15 to 19* there.

#hope i'm not overstepping or saying some dumb shit LMFAO #but like. speaking v generally. esp in the beginning of unpacking 'oh fuck i. i don't think i'm a girl.' #i found i related a lot more to transfemme experiences of living one way for so long all your life playing A Role #and in some cases leaning heavily into masculinity to 'prove' you couldn't possibly be a woman #than like. so many transmasc experiences i'd see online of like 'oh i always knew.' #and the staples of the experience being like. tomboyish. baggy hoodies. ect. #and like i'm not saying any of that in a derogatory or dismissive way. it's just so much of what i saw as a teen #'researching' being trans so i can be a better 'ally' to my friends and classmates LMFAOO #also this is why the narrative of transmen being 'lost girls' and 'just tomboys' is SOOOO stupid it's funny to me like. #there was a very short stint in middle school where i was more 'tomboyish' in appearance #very quickly it was corrected out of me by the influence of loved ones and myself. that wasn't Really Me #let me tell you. the combination of people pleaser/autistic masking is INSANE esppp when you're in an Evil Setting for it LMFAO #<- evil setting being my specific brand of christianity i was brought up w #but case and point i don't think i was ever actually a tomboy. i was HIGHLY feminine actually. #and i found a lot of delights in feminity too! esppp a love of fashion and cute aesthetics #so like. describing my experience w gender/presentation has always been really difficult language-wise #saying 'when i was a girl' doesn't feel right cause i never was one. just played A Role. i didn't always know though. #i didn't even realize i WAS playing a role. also there were things i genuinely loved and enjoyed associated w feminity. #and saying 'post transition' is weird to me too bc. i'm not? there yet? i'm not done yet. #and any which way of trying to describe 'when i came out' is clunky bc i was always outed/forced out #like. multiple times. even before i had the time to explore it/make sense of it myself. #def rambling but. girlmode and autistic masking are synonyms to me now. it captures everything. #i swear to god the parallels between autism/being trans drive me INSANE to me they are always informing one another. #like i feel like i could write an entire fucking essay about it. if i was an academic i would fucking KILL it

[fratboykate]

Lmao when ever I think of someone’s mom being named Mary, I suddenly think MIL from hell. Was that like the catalyst. Tommy Boy is a big ol mommas boy and Kate’s like “Okay, I can’t.” And mom was just all in there shit like “Ri needs to not do this.” And “When are you two having more children” and Kate’s just suddenly thinking “This is my own personal hell”

Hahaha nooo. I've said it before, but they legit had a pretty decent relationship. There was no "breakdown moment" or falling apart. It's part of the reason why he's so butthurt. He was utterly blindsided when out of nowhere, Kate one day was like "UHM...SO...I'M GONNA PEACE OUT BEST OF LUCK TO YOU!". Kate just sort of slowly realized he wasn't "it" for her and she wanted more out of life than be coasting in a "perfectly fine" marriage where she wasn't completely fulfilled.

Kate and Tom got together basically right when they started college. She got knocked up at the top of her senior year. They got married. Like...pretty much her entire adulthood, she didn't know anything but this dude and life with him, so there came a point where she was like, "I kinda need to...not be here? And figure out who I am? Outside of him and this?". He could never get that because, again, in his mind...they were perfect. Which, in theory, they were. On paper. Two hot, young people who genuinely care deeply for each other. Don't really fight. Decent sex life. Cute kid. Solid future ahead of them. They could've stayed there and been...content? It was...fine? But it wasn't an "OH MY GOD LOVE OF MY LIFE SOULMATE ENERGY" thing for Kate and she was craving that after a certain point. He was okay with settling; she wasn't. That's the crux of the issue with them. At least as far as Kate is concerned.

But then she objectively fucked up wanting to have her cake and eat it too. She wanted the independence of being single and the space to "find herself", but the moment she was horny, she would call him and he'd come running because, obviously, he still wanted to be with her/wanted his family back. She muddied the waters from the beginning, making it almost impossible for him to set boundaries. They "weren't together", but...nothing had fundamentally changed? Except he now couldn't see his kid all the time and Kate lived elsewhere. She fully created the problem on many different levels and then was TERRIBLE at addressing it when Yelena came into the picture. She had good intentions but atrocious execution. Yeah, she was trying to protect her kid's relationship with her dad, which is noble and good but...at what cost, my dude? lol.

Anyway...Mom AU!Kate is a hella layered and gray character and I love her.

#she could soooo easily be seen as the bad guy depending on where you look at it from #and its the same thing ive always insisted upon you since the CFAU days #everyone has a motivation and theyre all pure from their perspective but if you step outside those shoes...there might be a problem #i think people...and especially parents...are never given the room to be deeply flawed #you have to be as close to perfect as possible at all times and that aint how life really works #idk...she's my pure of heart dumb of ass baby and ill fight for her #kymau #kymaup #anonymous #answers