#but i’m still somehow surprised???

[steviescrystals]

guys things are happening

#so i met this girl at work last summer and we clicked right away and we were super close for a while #and it was really only a few months but i considered her one of my best friends #and then both of us got promoted to basically shift leads and right after that things just got really weird between us #i never figured out what exactly happened but it was just like tense and off which sucked bc the time before that was so much fun #but i just pushed it aside bc i still wanted to be friends with her and i was hoping it would just pass i gués #and THEN a couple months later she got promoted to store manager which was… shocking #i want to make it super clear i did not want to be manager and i truly was not jealous of her job #but i just did not think she was the right choice for manager bc after working super closely with her for months #i had seen her do sooo much shit that was either not allowed or just like not correct and straight up kinda dumb?? #but none of the higher ups knew about it bc i would always help her fix her mistakes bc she was my friend and i wanted things done right yk #so anyway she became manager and our friendship just got even weirder bc suddenly she was my boss and i did not think she was a good manager #as much as i still loved her as a person she just got on my nerves a lot at work bc of the way she was running things #THEN a month after that annual company wide layoffs happened and i got laid off 😍 which i have vented a ton about on here bc it was awful #and the one bright side to it was that i thought maybe our friendship could start to go back to normal now that we didn’t work together #but instead she pretty much stopped talking to me completely aside from sending me a tiktok occasionally #so i was like okay this sucks but oh well i’ve got my own shit to deal with now that i’ve gotten laid off so i’ll just give her space #and tbh i was just hoping a band we both like would go on tour soon or something so i’d have a good opportunity to ask her to hang out again #BUT THEN she texted me a few minutes ago and turns out she just got fired??? #which does not happen often at that job btw there’s very low turnover i think only like 2 people got fired the whole time i worked there #usually layoffs are the only time people end up leaving #and it’s weird bc i spent all that time thinking it was a bad choice for them to make her manager and she wasn’t doing a good job #but i’m still somehow surprised??? #and i feel so guilty bc i talked so much shit about the whole thing with one of my other friends bc her management pissed me off so bad #and it’s not like me talking about it with someone who didn’t even work there caused her to get fired but i still feel so bad #like yeah i do think she shouldn’t have been manager in the first place but i would never wish that on someone yk #so idk i’m just like in a very weird headspace rn!! #vent #lj.txt

[snoopybutch]

Thin ppl calling themselves fat to mean ugly in the year of our lord 2024. . . Give it a rest my god.

#it’s soooo boring #if you feel unattractive or ugly or not confident just say that #diarmuid makes a post #tumblrino butch antics #like I could pick you up by the hipbones shut the fuck up #I’m somehow still surprised every time #like I may not be hot but there are so many fat hotties #watch thine mouth

[roseofcards90]

It honestly baffles me how people are dunking on Sada and Turo for being shitty parents much more than I saw when Sun and Moon first came and Lusamine was first revealed to be the villain like huh 😭 where was that energy before??? Because I feel there’s more nuance with Sada and Turo’s characters and their motivations than there were with Lusamine’s (I’m talking about her in the games of course, not the anime. I will also leave discussion for what happens in Ultra Sun and Moon for another post, so I’m only talking about the plot of the original Sun and Moon here). I’m honestly just tired of all the bashing on the Professors and them being watered down to “typical shitty parent in Pokemon” when the game clearly states and implies the exact opposite.

Lusamine is very much shown to have abandoned her kids, openly berating them and saying she has no children right in front of her daughter’s face because they “abandoned her love” and going forth with her plan to open the wormholes and summon the ultra beasts with no consideration for anything else. She doesn’t have the headspace to care about her children anymore in her plan, in huge contrast to Sada/Turo’s plan where despite how extreme it was, was at the core still centered around their son and their family. I think chalking it down to just “well they’re still both bad parents anyway” takes away some of the complexity surrounding their characters in the first place. Also I’m only bringing Lusamine as a comparison mostly because Ghetsis and Giovanni do not have any other depth to their characters in the core games lmao, and I feel Lusamine is a great example of a parent who used to care but had lost that love after her husband’s “death” and along the way of achieving her goal, while Sada and Turo are examples of the complete opposite: parents who still held onto that love and care throughout their goal, but took it so far that they hurt the one person it was for the most out of everything. It really feels like people are portraying the professors’ flaws in the completely wrong way. The problem was never “they never loved their son at all and intentionally abandoned him” it was “they became so invested and deluded in their plan they ended up neglecting the treasure it was supposed to be for.” which is exactly what distinguishes them from all the other parent antagonists we’ve seen so far. There’s a certain tragedy present in seeing a broken family that used to be so happy together that I feel was also in Sun and Moon’s story, but was muddled due to the story focusing on other aspects.

And I’m going to address this right now because I know people are going to say something because they lack reading comprehension: I am not excusing Sada and Turo’s actions in the game and how their neglect had affected Arven. Explanations are not Excuses. You can acknowledge that they loved their son while still hurting him in the end, both ideas can coexist. I merely just want to analyze wtf even happened here for the professor to go down this path. And it’s also worth nothing that we don’t have much answers in the game itself as of right now, since well—the original is dead and we’re dealing with an AI version of them for the entirety of the game. Most of this is coming from the original’s journals in the lab, but I think the game makes a clear distinction that they still loved Arven even after everything. Despite their delusion taking over them, I think they genuinely believed what they were doing was the best for them and their family despite otherwise. The whole point at the end was to highlight how they didn’t need to create that paradise. They had that loving family already, and it was too late for them to realize that Arven only needed them and nothing else.

I don’t know if it’s just me, but I want the DLC to address Arven’s other parent and what exactly happened to them (or better yet, meet them in the story which would honestly be an interesting parallel where the professor of the opposite version is the one you get to know more than the original in game one). I know the in game Professor’s journal entry says they “walked out” but what does that even mean in hindsight? Keep in mind this is from the point of view of someone who’s continuously being deluded into their own idea of paradise, who most likely felt grief after their partner left them that they built an entire AI of themselves to help complete the project.

And yet they still say they’re going to build a paradise for “the three of them.” Does that mean the in game professor was also trying in some way to bring the other parent back? What if it was an accident? What if they were sent through the time machine and couldn’t go back, and the in game professor was so distraught their delusion out of sheer desperation made it so they processed it as “(s)he walked out on me, and now I’m all alone.” Of course this all a lot of speculation, but it just doesn’t make sense to me how Arven’s other parent would “leave” like that. Maybe I’m being an optimist about it, but it really does feel like it was unwillingly in some way, where the in game professor’s increasing delusion was the reason why they “left” so to speak.

And that’s not even addressing the 3rd legendary of the game and its role in all of this is. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was meant to parallel the snake/the devil in Genesis, as the sin of temptation since the professor and Area Zero have a lot of similarities with the Garden of Eden and this idea of “paradise” for their family. Where the 3rd legendary gave them the opportunity to create their paradise by giving them access to the paradox pokemon and terastalizing, and thus influenced them so much, it eventually led them down to a path of their own destruction consumed by the delusion that they could create a paradise for their family, but failed to recognize they ended up hurting the one person they treasured most in the end. If the other professor did indeed return in the DLC, maybe it would give the chance to separate themselves from their spouse and make things right with both the region and Arven. Having them be the antithesis to the other Professor’s motivation and making the choice to stay with Arven in the present would be a really cool way to wrap up the story ngl.

Anyways people who portray them as apathetic and uncaring to Arven in fan art and fics I wish you a very “play the fucking game again please”. Even their character design sheets say otherwise, especially with Sada like I cannot imagine the woman described as “not being able to hide her emotions well” would be a cold and uncaring mother like come on 💀 I played Violet for crying out loud and I’m still able to recognize that.

#and also like idk everyone seems to have shitty parents in this game?? with the exception of the mc and their mom #if we're going by what Nemona and Penny say in the area zero dialogue #I think people are just solely focusing on Arven and his parents because they tie so much into the main story #that and I think a lot of people were not expecting the twist with the professors being the real “antagonists” of the story #the professors are very interesting characters to me and it’s surprising how I haven’t seen them be analyzed as much as other characters #where they’re immediately labeled as “abusive parents with no depth” like the other parent characters in past games #when imo they share much more nuance and character than the others had before #I feel like I’m still going to get hate from this somehow 😭 #I can say one thing though and it’s that the disc pokemon is very suspicious #that legendary played a role in something that’s for sure #pokemon scarlet and violet spoilers #pokemon #pokemon scarlet and violet #professor turo #professor sada #arven pokemon #lusamine pokemon #my posts #long post

[dokries]

i suddenly realized that my writing has changed because my jeonghan fics were written like 5 months apart…

#anyway jeonghan is so popular it’s crazy #he deserves it ofc he deserves the world #but somehow i’m still surprised 😭😭⁉️ #thank you for the love though i love my readers so much #moon thinks?!

[dkniade]

Feel like Shadows Amidst Snowstorms should’ve put more focus on Dorian too (and have him actually show up in a fourth act after the Cryobedo boss fight)

(instead of being hinted in the canon cutscene, Albedo probably talking and/or fighting him off-screen, and then Albedo coming back the next day, explaining Dorian’s motivations for him through the story he tells at the end)

I think the main problem I have with 2.3 is just: the winter camp setting doesn’t help the plot nor does it really have ties with the imposter scenario. But because the winter camp (and searching for Bennett) is treated as a big thing in canon, Albedo & Dorian’s background with Rhinedottir and the Primordial Human Project is then crammed into the background with Albedo monologues that aren’t timed well. (Also Eula, Bennett, and Amber didn’t really contribute to the theme of—you could say—identity away/from birth family, even though it’d be perfect to explore the theme with their backgrounds)

All that lore really could’ve been part of the main plot and dished out in well-timed cutscenes and like, Dorian villain monologue. So like

Albedo reveals his relationship with Rhinedottir when we’re painting together

After defeating Fellflower, Albedo talks about Durin’s blood and power (as he does in canon)

During a confrontation between Dorian vs rest of party, we hear Dorian’s background with Rhinedottir and the Primordial Human Project from himself (his motivations as a villain)

#shadows amidst snowstorms #I’m fairly sure I talked about something like this before #🤔 #instead of talking about this why don’t I just post my shadows amidst snowstorms rewrite sometime #oh ‘cause it’s way too long since I decided somehow to outline every sung #*every single scene #…still I read back on my rewrite and was surprised at how coherent things are #dusk analysis #genshin analysis #albedo #Dorian

[minimitchell]

who do we think is keeping their plants alive?

#it’s callum. he seems more like that type #i just said it on twt but i’m somehow surprised how nicely decorated their flat is?? #bit too much football for my taste but still kinda tasteful? who knew they had taste

[bestnarutoduo]

Round Two of the Best Naruto Duo!

Round One

Minato & Kushina Vs Kisame & Itachi

Round Two

Madara & Obito Vs Omoi & Karui

Round Three

Gai & Lee Vs Kakashi & Yamato

Round Four

Kakuzu & Hidan Vs Sasuke & Suigetsu

Round Five

Shikamaru & Temari Vs Zabuza & Haku

Round Six

Izumo & Kotetsu Vs Madara & Hashirama

Round Seven

Shikamaru & Choji Vs Kakashi & Gai

Round Eight

Gaara & Kankuro Vs Jiraiya & Tsunade

#Naruto’s best Duo #i gave Sasuke & Naruto two chances and they lost both of them somehow #i’m still surprised about this fact #also some of the results were really surprising #some i saw coming #but some it was really close and could have been either duo #keep it up

[amonggtheestarss]

Now that this has been said, we are gonna get you to 200 somehow /hj

SHRIEKING

#i mean my roblox blog hit 300 followers after like 2 years of inactivity #i wouldnt be surprised if this one somehow managed 200 while i’m still active #it’s just been a while since ive been . like?? well known?? in such a large fanbase?? #my roblox era was . crazy

[silent-partner-412]

I hate to say it but I’m kind of addicted to Tears of the Kingdom. Turns out setting my expectations low was the right choice, cuz I literally have to force myself to stop playing which hasn’t happened to me with a game in a hot minute.

I’m honestly shocked by how different it feels from Breath of the Wild, I was cynical about the reused overworld from the start but somehow they managed to make it different enough that it doesn’t feel the same. It feels familiar, like I know which direction to go to find general areas of interest. But there’s so much new stuff to discover, of course thanks to the Sky and the Depths but even on the regular overworld. And that’s not even mentioning the new runes which are genuinely brilliant. Building stuff in this game is so much fun, which I really wasn’t expecting since I had literally no emotions about it seeing it in the trailer.

I still mourn for the traditional Link to the Past/Ocarina of Time formula for Zelda a bit. The way dungeons were designed and how progression felt Metroidvania-esque scratched a specific itch that Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild just don’t. But either way, I’m having a fantastic time with this game and I hope it keeps up the momentum as I keep playing.

#zelda #the legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom #somehow even with all the ridiculous hype #and my cynicism toward the game #it managed to surprise me #even the story and writing is kind of slaying #like maybe it was cuz i was literally 14 when i played botw so i just did not pay close attention #but i’m really enjoying talking to npcs and reading all the journals and diaries and watching the main story cutscenes #while i really never did in botw #it’s probably just that i’m older now but still it’s something i’m appreciating

[ladytauria]

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#every month #’i don’t know why i’m so tired’ #’i slept for so long!!!’ #‘i mean i know i have a sleep disorder but >:(‘ #and then it never fails #it’s my period #still surprises me somehow tho lmfao #my posts

[revolutionaryletters]

lanas country roads cover fucking sucks I’m sorry. toots and the maytals continuing to reign

#somehow I’m still surprised when john denver doesnt say west Jamaica

[warangs]

As someone who overly enjoyed Fifth and Zeke in My Story the series, this my fellow sugar happens when you take the side couple and make them as main leads. In almost every storyline the relationship gets destroyed because it needs drama, duh. But I wished for another drama as an example it could’ve been Fifth’s past because again this is the only episode I enjoyed in the last couple of weeks. Why not work on that on family for instance but no let’s bring back Zeke’s childhood lover whom he plays house with btw. It’s like their relationship never existed and Zeke never loved Fifth. No one seems to understand Fifth and what he’s going through and all the advices he gets are shit especially from Linda. The highlight was when Zeke gaslit Fifth and when the truth came out, he never bothered to talk with him and got annoyed. At this point I can agree that no one wants them together anymore because too many things happened and as a viewer I can’t forgive Zeke (but since it’s their storyline we know they’re going to get together unless Oxin Films is smart enough and wants to show us another view that not every relationship ends up happy but doubt it). Every week I tune in and every week I get disappointed…

#our story the series #as someone who had the url ‘fifthzeke’ I’m super disappointed what they did to my favorite couple #because Zeke was the sweetest boy in my story and how Oxin Films destroyed his characteristic completely #I somehow want to open up Oxin’s brain to know what he thought when he created this plot #and the fact that they delete negative comments on YouTube tells everything #he fucked up and doesn’t want to realize it #it surprises me that the rating on mdl is still high at 7. something when it’s actually that bad #I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone

[simcardiac-arrested]

in honor of me getting to rubicon and starting to Yell Out Loud: would you care to elaborate upon "saint is just the most mentally ill cat ever". like how much of the uhh . ascending things is real & what does it all mean.. its ok if u dont have any specific answers but i was curious because u have neat hcs

oh if you still haven’t finished the campaign then i can’t Fully Elaborate yet— i just imagine that saint, with their circumstances, having all this power and having to be the ‘savior’ prooobably takes some sort of toll on them. i imagine they’d be kind of desensitized to it all, very much Going Through It. i’d like to think the ascending things is in fact real, though i’m not. completely sure on how it works or why saint specifically has that ability, maybe it’s because they’re just. Like That. built different if you will

#cramswering #this ask really surprised me because i did not know i had neat hcs UEHEUEJSGSJSH cuz my thoughts usually just. stick to canon most of the #time. but yeah saint’s campaign is very confusing and thought provoking and perhaps even theory spawning #tho i’ve never been that good at doing theories #but after i finished the campaign you could find me in the official discord in the rubicon channel #wracking my brain over what the fuck just happened on my screen and what did it all mean #and none of us really figured it out in the end. at least i know i didnt #Still confused as all shit. but i’m sure it all means something …. somehow #but yeah saint is world’s mental illest green cat. to me #think they were just kind of a normal guy who had this fate bestowed upon them maybe. And now they have to deal with shit

[stewystew]

Oh I actually feel like doing things now this is great.

#I’m so surprised every time I start adderall again. #also figured out the very simple solution to the problem I had of doing detailed embroidery on felt. #which I had done before (kind of? it wasn’t really detailed) by attaching a sturdier fabric to the back #which. first of all I just chose the closest scrap to me which was probably too sturdy so it took some force to push the needle through. #and also still probably wouldn’t help much with a more detailed piece. #idk maybe. I don’t feel like doing that again tho. #probably the interfacing also made it tougher. #SO I somehow literally only just thought of doing the stitching separately and putting it on like an appliqué. #how has this been what’s making me out of the project for over a year.

[fingertipsmp3]

I’ll be like “I should go to sleep” and then 10 minutes later I’m looking up a friend of a friend and discovering that he lost a court case and also is now a member of the electoral college?? Apparently???

#and neither of these things surprise me as much as the fact that he seems to have blocked me on facebook #(or maybe deleted it and several other social medias… considering his instagram is up but empty; his fb is gone & his twitter hasn’t been #touched since 2017. maybe he Has to do this stuff because he’s a member of the electoral college??) #insane either way. i have no idea why this man would block me. we don’t speak #i can’t find his boyfriend either so now i’m wondering if i or our mutual friend offended both of them somehow #anyway. yeah it somehow checks out that he made it into the electoral college in 2020. when he was *checks notes* 23??? fuck it up #i’ll be honest i don’t actually know how the electoral college is chosen or really much about it but it still makes sense to me that he’d be #put in it. when i tell you i met this man and was like ‘oh he’s either going to become president or try Very hard and in the process make it #everyone’s problem’ #the court case also makes sense. like i’ve witnessed him break the law #definitely one of the most rewarding rabbit holes i’ve gone down at 1am. and i love getting to tell people who don’t know this man at all #all about what is going on. it’s an imperative part of the process #personal

[curiosity-killed]

On the note of love as an action, sure fucking wish my family was better at it

#like I’m not unloveable in the sense that no one feels love for me #but fuck if my friends and family are all really bad at actually *loving* me #like I really don’t think it should be that hard! and yet somehow no one fucking does it #blegh #i know like ‘’is it really a bad day or did you let 5-10 minutes ruin it’’ or whatever #but like yeah today kind of sucks #personal #like bad news (that I was expecting but still kinda sucks) #then surprise! shitty work steamroller #still have this fucking dog which isn’t a problem except it’s just One More Thing #and then tried to call my mom #in part bc they have a lot of feelings about calls but also won’t do it themselves #and partly bc like trying not to do the self-isolating thing #and then just #complete shit #I really don’t want to go to dance tonight #I just want a good cry and to curl up on the couch #which I can’t even do because it’s full of fucking dog hair #ugggggh