#and yes there will be like. every genre.

[baeshijima]

i lied im coming out of my day-ia to say that this is now officially a wip

actor!blade u will go far 🙏 in my mind at least 🙏

#sophie talks : one in a million #sobs wails cries barks every sound there is #and yes there will be like. every genre. #fluff angst hurt/comfort probably the on bed trope bc why tf not #locked in a room together slow burn 10k+ fic bc i cant be normal and write less than 7k when it comes to these types of fics #and yeah. actor!blade once again spins in my brain like a microwave #anywho i will now be sleeping even tho its 9pm bc i am. exhausted. from todays exams. weeps. #GN EVERYONE AND I HOPE UR ALL WELL AND LOOKING AFTER URSELVES 🥹🫶

[shsl-heck]

Thinking about the Chevalier interlude, specifically the inaugural team of Wards. Like in universe, they sell it to this first group of kids (and presumably the rest of the world) as a place for second chances, to find friends and mentors who understand what youre going through, where you can learn to use your powers safely while making good memories. The kids broadly seem to believe in these noble intentions of course, but what really gets me is that I've seen readers buy into it!

"Oh, it's such a tragedy that the Wards program became this awful thing that traumatizes kids even more, and expects them to die for the sake of civilians! It's fallen so short of what it was originally supposed to be!"

No it has not??? The fact that the triumvirate and Hero are saying it has this noble goal doesn't make it true. The Wards was pretty clearly always a way to increase the amount of bodies the prt could throw at threats, and we know this because it was started by the fucking Triumvirate as a part of the Protectorate! Alexandria literally came up with the idea of the Protectorate to legitimize the power of capes, and have a consistent source of heroes Cauldron could throw at problems. That is the whole reason for the PRT/Protectorate existing. So when we have this group of children brought in a subsidiary, there are 2 real options.

1). Cauldron and Alexandria decided they would be really niceys and created this program with no intentions other than helping these kids out.

Or 2). As things got worse, they realized the Protectorate didn't have enough manpower to do what they needed, and so they expanded it to include children (the demographic most prone to triggering). That way, they greatly increase the number of capes who they can send to fight and die as needed, and the ones who do survive their tenure in the Wards will be better trained when it comes time to join the actual Protectorate.

At the risk of sounding conceited, I think the second one is far more likely based on everything we know about Cauldron. Maybe it was originally a little nobler, and the goal was just to create more well trained heroes and cut back on young villains, but there's no way Alexandria, Doc Mom, and Contessa didn't factor in the ability to sacrifice the kid heroes if it improved their chances of success. That was absolutely a perk at minimum.

That's the real tragedy of the inaugural Wards. The kids were lured in with promises of safety, comraderie, and second chances like lambs to the slaughter. All the while, Alexandria and Cauldron knew that many (if not most) of these children would suffer abuse by the prt (like in the case of Reed), die, or face a fate worse than death like poor Mouse Protector. It's horrifying! The idea that they didn't know the danger these kids would be in is literally inconceivable. Especially when one of you is also the head of the prt! They knew, and they didn't care. It improved their chances at the end of the world, and so they did it no matter the cost.

#the same ppl will talk about Taylor being an unreliable narrator who we cannot trust #and then take Alexandria at face value #i think a lot of it is that this genre of guys very uncritically support and assume the best of authority figures #especially law enforcement #in a way that they just dont when it's a teenage girl who's never so much as glanced in the direction of a healthy coping mechanism #the great irony here being that fundamentally the prt/protectorate and Cauldron are all *also* being run by traumatized young women #and also that pretty much every negative opinion Taylor expresses abt the prt is 100% vindicated as the story goes on #genuinely baffled ppl can read Worm and be like 'Taylor's distrust of the prt was irrational' #it's the same energy as calling a woman hysterical #yes this *is* just me remembering the We've Got Worm podcast guys #they are my mortal enemies when it comes to wormposting #worm spoilers #worm #worm web serial #worm wildbow #parahumans

[carlyraejepsans]

with toriel and asgore it's like. they're both flawed and their flaws parallel one another, but they're not EQUALLY flawed... like..... come on......

#let's be serious here. just say you don't like toriel and move on. but don't pretend her hypocrisies were in any way comparable #in size in subsequent damage or in blame to asgore's own #the game goes out of its way to show asgore's actions as wrong. both towards his people and towards toriel. noble yes. sympathetic. tragic. #heartwrenching. narratively impeccable and capable of genuine chance. but fundamentally the wrong choice made by a good man #toriel may not have made the best possible choice at every turn but her final intentions were the morally correct ones #she just did what she KNEW was right. even when it meant leaving her entire life and people behind to live in isolation. #asgore backed toriel into that corner just as much as he did himself #he was a good man who was in a world of hurt and that decision hung over him for the rest of his life but it WAS. HIS. DECISION. #you cannot take that from him. you cannot take the teeth out of his character like that #and you cannot take toriel's role as the person who challanges and refutes his decision from her #her entire character was created as a subversion of rpg motherhood. and how it had so little of motherhood in it. #letting children venture out into the wilderness to face god knows what god knows where #WHICH IS!!! IN ITSELF!!!! A NARRATIVE PARADOX. because it's something that the genre requires for the story to exist #you can't play the whole game on tutorial. the contradictory nature of her stance between morality & ut's genre is built into her character #that's what makes her so freaking interesting to begin with!!!!!! like. #OUGH #undertale #toriel #asgore #entry log

[eldritchmochi]

i really cant say shit about music tastes considering im regularly subjected to my own, but for the love of fuck if a blorbo is based in a music subculture, plsssssss take an afternoon to tour that subculture at least a little when making your blorbo playlists trust me i promise you theres good shit out there beyond what little from fringe genres that filters out into the top 40s from the last decade

#mochi rambles #yes this is about ashton lmao #every time i see a playlist tagged for them i get excited about maybe finding something fun and new #and every time i am disappointed because its all top 40s stuff #and like yes i like a lot of that music too there's a reason its the top 40s #but also finding blorbo music that you vibe with in their cannon genre is so much fun??? #like i already knew a ton of punk music because ive listened to punk music for 20 years #but man did u know theres a whole subset of pubk music that is just queer punk #and TRANS punk??? #and there is SO MUCH of it???? #i didnt until last year and let me tell you i am better for it #and i got really into witch house and synthwave for a hot minute because that is just Essek in my head #but i stg if i never saw tswift bastille or hozier on a fan playlist ever again itd be too soon #pls there are more than four songs to choose from

[reneeub]

I can't believe I missed out on Lockwood and co bc I thought it's another silly monster hunting in victorian London show. It's such a good show (and it's a book adaptation!)

I absolutely love the world they're in. More wordbuilding should make use of "modern world but something went wrong along the way"

It's modern but the technology is kinda backwards, they have no smartphones (I personally dislike phones in fantasy settings so I'm really happy) and have to do research in the library, THEY USE SPADES WHICH IS SO COOL, like YEAH why not make swords relevant again, it's fantasy and they are great and it makes the world feel so original and real bc of that.

Also the whole economy (?) of the world, that young people are the only ones that can sense the ghosts so they're being used to protect everybody else (and die along the way but it's called a noble sacrifice, of course). It's so messed up. Which makes it so compelling.

All the politics between the different kinds of agencies and teasing with conspiracy theories that there's something the agents don't know about was also great (and it would probably be even better in season 2 if the show wasn't canceled)

I loved Lockwood, Lucy and George. Especially the fact that they're all crazy in some way and you can see that. Lockwood with his reckless plans, Lucy with her compassion to ghosts and George with his social awkwardness. They're all so lovely and love each other so much it warms my heart.

Characters and plot related thoughts under the cut

Tbh I thought George was gonna die pretty quickly bc characters like him (third wheels to another characters that have a dynamic that's more focused on) are often created to die for shock value, so it was interesting that he didn't and moreover, his plot line was dedicated to showing that he feels like a third wheel and how he deals with that which led to him befriending (?) that older woman. What the hell was that. This whole relationship made me so uncomfortable (which was most likely the point but still UGH)

Before I watched the show I saw some Kanej and Locklyle comparisons and yeah, they're pretty similar on first look but I'm so glad that's where it ends. I love both Kaz and Inej but Lockwood and Lucy are their own characters.

Lockwood is a genius but he relies more on his charisma than longtime planning. He would never get the reputation Kaz has. He's got big ego, he's self-sacrificial, he doesn't have trouble with showing his people he cares about them.

Lucy is so much different than Inej that I won't even compare them. She's great on her own, I wanna hug her and I'd trust her with my life.

I can't believe they ended the season just before showing us what's in Lockwood's room. My guess was that it's gonna be his parents in some form (bodies/sources) but I guess I'll go read the books now to find out

#lockwood and co #also what is up with the genres of bri'ish people #every time lucy spoke i was like yay she feels so real. i could just listen to her talk for hours. yes teh show is set in england. how did s #he pronounce monster? that's so fun #but every time kipps opened his mouth i was like ugh british people. cant he just die already. #(and its not bc i hate him. i came to like him in the end but i still couldnt stand hearing him) #ok gonna go read the books now

[vero-niche]

Opus.COLORs episodes 2 & 3 + me rechecking the genre of this anime because this cant not be a bl

+ bonus: the episodes summarized so far

#opus.colors #you need to know that i didnt include sooo many scenes #this show is btw uhm. not very quality so far but it does make up for it with powerful homoeroticism #and btw if you were wondering about the 'he loves kyo' line - yes he does use 'daisuke' + 'their love must be mutual' uses ai #besties ngl. i dont think they are even trying for subtle #and this is not even mentioning the whole romeo and juliet typa setup like WHAT AM I WATCHING #context for future: this post was made after ep3 and currently the anime doesnt have bl listed as a genre #also. THERE ARE 0 WOMEN IN THIS ANIME LIKE?? HELLO?? #anyway. i am a fujoshi and i have seen every one of the pairs' dynamic in yaoi. just wanted to mention that

[inhidingxoxo3637]

🗺🐐⭐️ for the motogp ask game

Thank u 4 de questions pookie

As I already answered all the questions I will give my second opinions on them >:)))

!!!!!!!! This post has very long tags b warned!!!!!!

🗺️ fav circuit (og answer Lusail+Philip Island)

I know it's 50/50 as to whether the race gets gapped and is boring but I do adore Aragon <33333 it held my fav 2020 rounds and ofc in 2022 Acosta won the M2 race there <3

🐐 GOAT rider (og answer; objectively Rossi but I think Stoner was a bit mental too)

Don't have a new answer but I want to say Jeremy Burgess [[a mechanic who worked w Wayne Gardner big man Doohan and ofc Rossi]] was a beast !!! I'm biased BC my dad absolutely adores him but I genuinely believe without him Rossi wouldn't have been as successful as he ended up being !

⭐ fav world champion (og answer; Mir)

My top fav riders are Mir n Acosta n they are both WDC's I could say loads about their titles but nothing actually worth reading so I shall talk about Mr F.Bag : F.Bag's title was so wonderful??? Breaking records and being the first non Japanese manufacturer rider to win a title in MotoGP for FIFTEEN (15!!!) Years????? Love to see it!!

Also not to sound like a loser on main but I do like listening to Omen by The Prodigy n think about everything Stoner+Pecco's titles !!

#i need everyone to know I dont think i actually needed to clarify who Jeremy Burgess is #i just wanted to make sure every knew !! #i aint tryna sound like *oh u wouldn't know them theyre super underground theyre called tame impala* dudes u know ! #i do like shitty ?? whatever music genre the prodigy are music thank u!! #i also like listening to Omen n thinking about Mr Simoncelli and Bezzecchi! tho it always feels a bit mean to both those guys idk #it works with them u know *♪the writings on the walls♪ it won't go away ♪ its an omen♪* #and u have a guy everyone says would've made it as a champ had he not died #and a guy trying his damnest to be a wdc who has the same first name as other guy AND looks enough like him its a bit bizarre??? uncanny? #OH ACTUALLY THAT REMINDS ME on the topic of Simoncelli #saddest bit of Pedrosa lore is that part of the reason hes a lot less grudgy than the other aliens IS bc of Simoncelli #at the time of Simoncelli's death he and Pedrosa weren't on the best terms #Simoncelli had made an aggressive overtake on pedrosa and caused him to crash (dont rmr if pedrosa got injured in the crash but i think yes #and Simoncelli had apologised to pedrosa but Pedrosa never shook his hand and accepted the apology #ill never be able to forget the interview #where pedrosa talks about regretting never accepting the apology before Simoncelli died #and how obviously he'll now never be able to shake hands and accept it :(( #tho im sure most here are already familiar with that story! #motogp

[icewindandboringhorror]

my personal Media Genres tier ranking and also Neopets Species tiers. put together in the same post just due to being adjacently related because they're on the same website lol

links to the specific tier makers: Media Genres --- Neopets

#(might have to right click open image in new tab to zoom and see some of them. tumblr always makes screenshots tiny) #Also I think this is why I have trouble finding things to watch/just don't watch media very often since I'm so so so hyper specific and #particular that I just end up disliking or neutrally not caring about like.. SO MANY things ghfg #Even being aware of my particular-ness I was still surprised to see how many were in the 'dislike' and 'not care' categories lol #Also it is so so so hard being an Action and Romance genre hater YET being a Fantasy and Historical genre lover ghhjb #EVERY fantasy story is also an action romance.. every historical story is a romance.. ouch oof taking psychic damage always #KIND of like how I LOOOOVE point and click mystery puzzle games but I also generally dislike the horror genre #but many point and click puzzle games I used to see would have horror elements or be 'scary' in some way #and it's like HHRgghh.. I just want to navigate a creepy old dilapidated mansion collecting secret codes from books but NOT in a scary way! #just like I want fantasy & historical content but NOT in an action romance way!! #Also.. NEOPETS.. I think my two favorites are both one of the most common choices and also one of the least lol #like EVERYONE loves aishas pretty much. I think they even won a favorite neopets poll on tumblr. But then nobody talks about vandagyres #or even cares about them (seemingly) and they have like so few clothes or good options because they're just irrelevant apparently #also I know it seems very uncharacteristic for the neopet that's basically A Cat to not be in my favorites but I just gjhjhbj #the eyebrows of the wocky bother me. it doesn't match everything else. Even in different paintrbsuh colors it will be #nice and cohesive and pastel or something and then two big dark lines. I aesthetically love thick dark eyebrows on people it just looks wei #rd on a cartoon cat. ANYWAY.. fun to think about #I love ranking things always #also curious to know if anyone has similar opinions... my fellow vandagyre lovers.. and action movie haters.. cutthroat kitchen fans.. :0c #AND as someone tired of romance in general & ESPECIALLY cardboard cutout cishet romances. yes I would of course like to see more lgbtq+ #stories in media etc. The genre is just not placed higher because so much seems to be Modern Young Adult Romance which of course I hate #those themes lol.. We need some drama comedies with a cast of gay 300yr old elves in victorian costume. please.. ghjgj.. (and like ACTUAL #300 yr olds. NOT 'is immortal bt still acts like an irrational 15yr old bc plot'. what abt jaded eccentric elder romance? hmM? lol) ANYWAY #always manifesting a 'high fantasy historical mystery comedy drama satire psychological character study (with vampires)' into existence lol #if I could make a tv show set in my world... the sheer power I would have.. and nobody would watch it because it would have NO action or #romance (at least none that was serious/was not framed as lame/goofy/comedic) & would have intricate complicated worldbuilding and be very #VERY broadly unmarketable.. but I would finally have a show that meets my tastes lol

[nancywheeeler]

i really do feel i missed my calling as a gothic heroine

#i'd willfully ignore every red flag just to wander around a big old estate in the middle of nowhere barefoot in my crimson velvet robe #like yes my darling your mysteriously-vanished first wife does sound like a nightmare #i bet she did goad you into killing her #this is (mostly) a joke but also the bad feminist in me does jump out whenever i'm consuming anything gothic #i think that's why a lot of the more recent gothic novels just do not do it for me #i don't want the genre 'reclaimed' i don't want the heroine to girlboss her way out i don't want the ghosts put to rest #i want it to stay toxic. a touch horrifying. #if people are saying 'uhmm actually you shouldn't be calling this romantic' that's how you know it's gonna be good #a shout into the void

[yappacadaver]

Like yea my sexual tastes are weird obviously, but whatever erotic fanfic readers/writers have going on is so specific

#like the ideas are inbreeding girlies #ABO is wild but im still tripping abt sex pollen #haven't looked it up but im assuming its pollen that makes you have sex #why is sharing a bed like a whole genre like are u ok #also i just saw a trope called 'bang or die' and im just o_o #fanfic besties getting off to the weirdest most specific fantasy scenarios #and yes im saying that as the girl who draws an old guy getting possessed by demons #the possession isn't the point though and it's not a trope I bring into every fandom im js! im js. #but like when ppl organize their fanfic consumption by trope it's like. this is what ppls are asking to be considered 'real' art? #this is pornhub categories for fantasy obsessed recluses u_u #sex pollen bestie u_u

[spookykingdomstarlight]

you know, when i think about the concept of cozy fantasy, my first thought isn't let's start a story with a judgmental woman with enough money to buy an abandoned shop in a small town who immediately starts in on how rude and uncouth the dumb country folk and goes to the cops to evict the people peaceably sleeping in said shop and then for good measure goes in on how lazy even the cops are for also sleeping like??

#i don't know why i keep trying with this genre #like honestly this shit reminds me of the most toxic parts of booktwt #literally every single one i've read is just the author telling on themselves in one way or another #i know on the whole sff is conservative in ways that keep pissing me off #yes even the supposedly good sff #but jfc

[loveofmyknife]

Stranger Things 4 is fun because even in 3 different locations, everyone is going through various levels of sci-fi thriller plot lines…

Except for Argyle, who is in a Seth Rogen movie. That man has been given zero context, he’s just high out of his mind and keeps getting put in Situations.

#I love characters who are oblivious to the plot because they belong to a different genre #he’s like the one Texan in every old novel #yes I only got around to watching season 4 just now leave me alone #argyle #st4 #stranger things

[vaugarde]

ik its been said many times but yeah the showcases as a concept are just so massively flawed by the judging system alone bc the audience decides which one is the best. like yeah of course the one thats more popular and has an established region-wide fanbase is going to win

#aria will probably keep winning til she gets too old for the crowds liking #(i mean serenas performance was honestly mid but still like even if she pulled out every stop she had she’d have lost #bc thats just what happens when u go against a girl everyone universally adores #also the way showcases are structured honestly makes them look more dangerous than battles bc the girls seem to get physically hurt all the #all the time #and tbf the old woman whos name i can never remember encourages serena to not do that to herself #but then serena says ‘’no i must bc i cant give up’’ and the message is to not let up if u get a serious injury #and then serena says ‘’yes i lost bc i am selfish i am always taking so i must learn to always give 🤗’’ girl what #girl you are ten years old you should not be doing this u should be in a mcdonalds playground #honestly so wild to watch this next to pmmm like i know its not the same thing at alllllllllllll not even close to the same genre even #but how are ppl getting on their high horse abt how madoka is abt girls being terrible selfish people so girls irl suck and its misogynistic #when this cartoon for babies is literally telling little girls that the female protag is selfish out of nowhere #and that her worth amounts to how pretty she is and her relationship w her guy friend #echoed voice #pokeani lb

[didsomeonesayventus]

also the most absolute milquetoast complaint I saw about engage’s story having “no impact” because there’s only 919 fics for a game that came out like 3 months ago tops compared to awakening + fates having like 9k and 3H having 43k like?? yeah duh???? awakening + fates are like. a decade old and 3H has not only been out for several years now and was not only super successful but had multiple routes that really just begged for a plethora of takes and scenarios like 

my guy engage fandom has barely begun of course its fic count is low shut up

#katie rambles #every day twitter forces me to see shit takes against my will #im just baffled that you're using AO3 numbers as a justification of impact like. dude. dude the game essentially just came out in comparison #not everyone who engages with it is a creator. things take time #(I have a past alear fic that is going at a crawl because I want to get that character arc just right) #i guess im really only miffed because im starting to get tired of people saying the story is the worst part like yes i know #ha ha simple story bad how about ha ha i shove your foot in your mouth #its not bad its just simply a different genre/style

[githvyrik]

oh my god do you remember in the hunger games that brother and sister from district 1 who won their games back to back and got put in the quarter quell and then katniss is like “yeah there’s a conspiracy theory thats pretty much confirmed that the capitol rigs reapings to cause drama” like literally the capitol manufactures drama and tension and conflict for the sake of their own interests that’s one of the MAIN THEMES OF THE PLOT it is literally brought up TIME AND TIME AGAIN how do SO MANY PEOPLE MISS THE POINTS THOSE BOOKS MAKE

#I’m high sorry #anyways hunger games was pretty solid I don’t know how much it’d hold up for me as an adult #like I’m worried it’ll read too teen-y (which is was it was intended for so that’s not an insult) #but like. anyway #sorry I randomly picked up the books in 5th grade and they made me insane for several years #I just. hate how ppl will blame shitty genre conventions on thg when like #yeah thg is why they exist but it’s because every author wanted to capitalize off the craze without actually understanding anything #yes the society shouldn’t make sense and doesn’t function properly THATS THE FUCKING POINT OF THE BOOKS HELLO

[andromerot]

I LOVE ANGRY WOMAN MUSIC

#not pinning any genre down ....yes i like punk i love riotgrrrl ..but girlrage can be found every where