#even people not even near the fires

[fromtheseventhhell]

Renly had seemed anxious to know if the girl reminded him of anyone, and when Ned had no answer but a shrug, he had seemed disappointed. The maid was Loras Tyrell's sister Margaery, he'd confessed, but there were those who said she looked like Lyanna. "No," Ned had told him, bemused. (Eddard VI, AGOT)

This is literally people in fandom trying to make shallow connections between Lyanna and [X character] and presenting them as equally important as parallels drawn directly in the text. In fact, this coming after Ned tells Arya she reminds him of Lyanna (in looks and behavior) feels like George cementing the importance of their likeness. Other characters might have passing similarities to Lyanna, but Arya's parallels are much more meaningful than that and are being highlighted for a reason.

#arya stark #lyanna stark #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #George foresaw people ignoring their parallels and put this in just to emphasize them lol #sorry but I'm not going to pretend that Lyanna has equally important or relevant parallels to other characters cause she just doesn't #George doesn't /hide/ parallels like that if he intends two characters to be related to each other then he clearly states it #He does so with Arya/Lyanna and Dany/Rhaegar #it works both ways...it's a way for us to gain insight on them by having them related to the behavior of POV characters #trying to split that between two characters who are written to be FOILS is so ridiculous #you could parallel damn near any two characters in the story but that doesn't mean that George is emphasizing them for a reason #tired of people acting like Arya stans are crazy for pointing out what's directly written in the books #this shouldn't even be an issue but people hate acknowledging anything of importance in Arya's arc #aside from Arya and Jon the parallels to Lyanna are just not that deep sorry

[emblemxeno]

I think another reason why I'm of the opinion that 3H's writing falls flat due to superfluous exposition, is that... it actually does what I think is great gameplay-story integration.

And that's the character paralogues!

Every character has a paralogue which ties their personalities and backstories into that mission's plot, without exception. Certain gameplay elements are also introduced to suit why the characters are doing what they're doing in those missions.

They're not flawless of course (map reusal is a bitch), but they are nonetheless stellar ways to tie in the characters to their world.

So what's the issue? The problem then becomes, why the hell is there so much else then?

I'm not advocating for everything else to be cut or for character backstory/development centered supports to be shelved, of course. But when you have paralogues-missions that are very well crafted to engage the player in the game flow and the writing simultaneously-why do the characters reveal the same things and go through similar developments in other places, like supports, the monastery, sometimes even in story as well?

Because you can miss out on paralogues? Well this game makes it so you can skip the monastery, supports can get locked if you don't do them in time, and those sparse story moments don't exist if the side character dies. There's no functional reason why you need multiple avenues to dive into the same few character plotlines, especially when one method does it consistently better and more involved than the others.

And logically or writing wise, there's even less of a reason other than they really wanna make sure you know these characters really well. Which is in no way bad of course, it's great to make a cast that you're proud of and want people to fall in love with every aspect of each of them. But there's nudging your audience to a position, and then there's outright making the line between player control/influence/preference and authorial intent too blurry.

Inevitably yeah, people did love this cast. That's why 3H is so popular and why their characters rank so highly in polls. But I reiterate from previous posts: 3H doesn't do anything special that previous FE games didn't as well. The cast isn't particularly deeper than most FE casts on average, nor is its world/story writing any more impressive. There's just more of it being delivered and put in your face than normal. And because many finer details unique to 3H's plot construction end up irrelevant (or outright contradictory to the main plot when thought about for too long), most of what's pushed is the character writing and backstories and Fodlan's primary backdrop... over and over and over again.

To me, that becomes tedious and ironically makes me care less for the world as I find incessant need to reiterate major aspects of the story near verbatim to be artificial and suffocating. But I'm not most people, and I can't fault others for finding great joy in it. I just thoroughly hope that the gameplay-story interaction is taken as priority like it was with Engage for future FE games, because these are still video games at the end of the day. When your game is being talked/argued about more than it's actually being played (for reasons that don't specifically have to do with archaic design elements as a result of its age)... shouldn't that be seen as a bad sign in the eyes of a video game designer?

#fire emblem discourse #storytelling #3h hate #like the fact that 3H's near unanimously most panned aspect #is its replay value as a result of poor game design choices #should be seen as something not worth repeating ever #especially since I see people constantly talking about going back to replay Engage or Fates or even Radiant Dawn #games with stories that have noticeable issues but are still great GAMES that don't have to rely on massive amounts of text #to get people to want to play them again

[danvssomethingorother]

I love how Zuko just gets to calm down in Ba Sing Se? He gets to just calm down enough to think about his own emotions and life and not be under constant pressure?

Really should have just left him here until he was at least in his 20s, he is not ready to rule anything! Let him just like exist without constantly being shoved around

#avatar the last airbender #zuko #just saying I can’t believe he doesn’t have a severe mental break #he never even learned proper ways to handle his anger #he can’t shoot fire at people every time they push him #too far #also he goes from near dead to let’s throw him into leadership #which ugh not great

[kozakk]

Deleted footage of how this interaction really went. 

#incorrect ogniem i mieczem quotes #but is it even incorrect really? #with fire and sword #oim #jurko bohun #michał wołodyjowski #honestly these two would make such a great pair of friends #and because of Jan they would practically be brothers-in-law #!!!!!! #it is near-death experience for me just to imagine them calling each other szwagier #they have the exactly right energy for that #and my heart overflows #I've been literally laughing as I walked around the city thinking about it #people could think I was either very happy person or really high #and I was just thinking of Bohun boasting about his gucci belt #life is really good sometimes

[lynxgirlpaws]

you're telling me you have dreams other than horrible things happening to you or doing horrible things and having nothing you can do but watch?

#me watching my mother who died three years ago on a boat that caught on fire that I can't reach #me watching people threaten to kill me for walking near their property #me w #i figured out that if i sleep with my phone away from my bed i get dreams #but every time I do - somehow the dream is ruined horribly . even if it starts as just a neutral weird dream #no matter what it gets ruined #which makes me wonder if dreaming is even worth it if it's just “horrible things happen to you and you are a monster and you deserve this” #avierant #no i do not want to talk about any of this #uhg

[herd-reject-arts]

Here I go to spend several days by myself in the North Carolina wilderness. Wish me luck. Never gone camping alone (but I have my dogs, and I trust them more than any people I know), so that's intimidating. Hopefully I don't have to fistfight a bear over whatever I'm cooking that night. Not looking forward to no toilet or shower until Monday, but it is what it is. I absolutely have to do this, for my mental health. I'm losing so much money taking the time off work to just have mountain time to myself. But I gotta. My life has been such a chaotic mess for over half a year now - everything that could go wrong, has - and I've never felt so close to just letting myself snap. I can feel it boiling right under the surface at any given time.

But yeah. Should be a time. Might post pictures upon my return (provided a bear doesn't decide I'm on the menu). Wish me luck!

#not vc sorry #camping #going to pisgah in case i never return and y'all gotta help direct the cops #should be back online sometime next week #really hoping there's no phone service so no one can bother me #i WILL hike the mountains. i WILL return to the dirt and moss from which i came. #i think it'll be good for me to just fuck off for a while and hang out with my puppies #it's just been shit after shit for so long #like. starts off with me getting fired over a false police report that no one cared was obviously fake #then the only person I've ever given a shit about says he's had a massive thing for me for years and just ghosts me? #then my mom started getting worse and is constantly blaming me for all her problems and breaking my stuff etc #like. she tells my 15 year old brother he's a failure and won't be shit at least once a day. blames me for his behavior. #then I'm getting constantly fucked over at work. treated like I'm an idiot. paid less than the guys despite doing the same work. #my physical health isn't great but what do i even do about that? #i have no control over anything in my life. it's all going to shit. #but you know what i can control? where my gay ass subaru is driven. and it's driving me to the mother fucking mountains. #and i WILL chill and relax and not stress over shit that's out of my hands!!!!!!! #it's supposed to rain a lot but who cares. just means less likelihood of other people camping near me.

[feralsteddie]

Listen, as someone who grew up in various trailers parks from time to time, I do gotta say the romanticisation of trailers in this fandom is both hilarious and endearing

#i feel like not enough of you have had true trailer park experiences #where's the lady selling dogs that keep biting people out of her trailer? #the one mom who bring people leftovers bc she knows everyone is struggling and doesnt want anyone to go hungry? #the extreme rat problems #the couple of assholes who think they're better than everyone bc they got a double-wide instead of a single? #the near-fires from shitty wiring #the neighborhood kids all having dirt-poor solidarity even if they dont like each other #the passing around of clothes bc kids grow too quick #idk like trailer parks are so fucking shitty bc you can tell not a damn person cares what happens to anyone who lives there #but they're also... not awful bc they necessitate community? #poor people kinda have to band together or die #sorry i'm just thinking thoughts over here #pyreposting

[marypsue]

A two-sentence thought/observation I had about Stranger Things’ Vecna is ballooning into a several-page thesis on how to construct a memorable villain, visually/aesthetically, and you are all going to hear about it. Eventually. 

#and I am having a fucking BALL #i'm still not finished season four (yeah STILL) but even with the spoilery stuff I've been unable to avoid #and the growing hints that all the apparently random disparate aesthetic elements are connected by Lore(TM): #I still don't think he works on a strictly aesthetic level and my brain is on FIRE trying to work out why exactly that is #(the very very tl;dr version so far: no coherent primary aesthetic element linked directly to a recognisable silhouette #+ also just Too Much additional visual elements with no clear throughline) #(a good memorable visually compelling villain should have a Hierarchy of iconography. this guy's just got a constellation) #(if you have to tell a story about why the visual elements are all connected and you don't have One that people can look at and go #'oh yeah that's that guy' #then your villain is not aesthetically coherent or memorable! sorry!) #anyway. i'm going to write a post once i've got my thoughts together so i won't rewrite that post in the tags here #but yeah brace yourselves. a very enthusiastic amateur breakdown of Why Certain Villains Are Visually Iconic #(And Why Certain Others Failed At That) #(and not just the one mentioned in the post either) #coming soon to a tumblog near you

[anotherpapercut]

btw to my Canadian mutuals and followers who have been affected by the wildfires: how are you guys doing?? I was in Maryland last week and the smoke was already getting bad there. I can't imagine what it's been like up in Canada :/

#been meaning to ask since like tuesday when it was starting to get smoky #i hope youre all safe and doing ok! #i used to live in California and the wildfires would rain ash that made it look like it was snowing #and i was never even all that close to any big ones so i cant imagine how it is for people living anywhere near these fires

[punkcherries]

watched elemental . pixar treads water ‼

#cherryz txt #i watched one a them camrips with the slots ads plastered on them which was funny #disney aint gettin a penny outta me . #anyhow its like funny as fuck how elemental is just zootopia if zootopia wished it could be turning red. #does this make sense. JNGFKJSNGDF #when they aint doin sequels theyre just ripping themselves off #its not like a Bad Film that u should Never Watch its just like . whatever #ohhh its a kids movie...... sure but like idk . kids deserve more variety i think #also that bit near the end where waterguy calls firegirl a coward is like . wat lol . #absolutely dissonant with everything about waterguy up to that point . itd make more sense for him to be like #'ive been trying to do everything i can to show u how u can be free and honest to urself but u have to take that initiative too' #or something to that affect instead of like . some boring generic schlock dialogue u know?? #but then again i feel like most of the movie was generic schlock dialogue JHFKJDSNGDSLG #also the character designs were whatever . yadda yadda i hate u hyperrealism being expected of 3d animation etc etc #BUT i feel like even outside of that aspect the designs of the main 2 are just like. so first draft yk ? #i think a lot of secondary and incedental designs were more interesting but even then its like #again . treading water . someone said hey draw some fire people and water people and stuff #took the first color drafts and ran with em yk ? #i think a unique visual style wouldve helped to a degree but like . really coulda used moer time in the oven overall #ALSO. disneys first nonbinary character? on screen for 1 scene . and i swear to g-d i heard them get called her???? #(obvs ppl can use any pronouns they want forever irl but like . make a big show of nonbinary character and then????) #(couldve just been camrip quality take this w a grain of salt) #(either way disney vaguely gesturing at queerness to sell rainbow pins for 20 dollars grrrrrrrrr) #capitalism kills creativity <3

[silverselfshippingchaos]

guys I just think my s/i and a.xel/l.ea should be friends

#NO BECAUSE THINK ABOUT IT #they both have a red color scheme... #they both mostly use fire... #(i will never stop with the ash puns btw) #and they also both have depressing backstories #they could bond!!! they should be friends!!!! #ash rambles 💚 #and also ash teaching him some fun keyblade tricks would be so cool <3 she's been a master since before even a.qua was so she kinda knows #her shit hehe! kh ash is so cool actually #i also think it would be funny since he's not really a.qua's favorite person- but ash thinks he's totally cool and such a bro #red fire people <3 my beloved #theyd get along so well ajsjajsb theyre just both kinda awkward- ash is pretty serious and straightforward and sad after bbs #she lost her best friend/crush and her family and everything. she doesnt care about anything but getting them back #but as soon as a.qua is back? ash is back to her usual laughing and joking self that we know and love from bbs #ash also has a lot of scars on her hands from the end of bbs. theyre mostly burns from all the spells she casted trying to get a.qua back #but she hates them. sees them as a reminder that a.qua is gone and it's her fault (no it's not!!!) so she has her hands covered up #with black bandages. however you see her take them off when a.qua is back! it takes a while since ash doesnt want the woman she loves to #see that part of her either. but a.qua loves ash! scars and all! so you see the bandages come off near the end of k.h3 #oh they also eat a paopu fruit but aHEM- #hehe i love my wifeeeee!

[rigels-nigels]

I miss having summers where not a single day was the air and skies filled with smoke.

#op #vent #ig #climate change #I'm wanna cry i hate this and it makes it so hard to breathe too #haven't used an inhaler in years and i really gotta start using it again because it's so bad and I'm not even near any of the bad fires #considering using my like. 3 year expired flovent bc i can't see my doctor till the 27th and like *gestures above* #augh #i hate rich people i hate corporations i hate conservatives i hate everything that denies climate change and makes it worse

[gingerbravecookie]

i hope you know i'm fucking scarwd

#context there has been an awful lot of forest fires in chile and while i don't live even near the main area it's affwcting #there was one kinda near yesterday #i'll share a donation link if i can find one but this is fucked up. seeing people lose everything in the news. fucking hell #sonic speaks

[annoyinglibra]

What does this genius in the notes think caused the “bladerunner sky”

#honestly I really hate people joking about this topic #we lose wilderness firefighters to this every damn year. people die. lose their houses and their loved ones #climate change is destroying California and each year it’s getting worse #of course we talk about lightning! I’m pretty sure the picture in particular they’re referencing #was from the fires sparked by dry lightning. #will you people shut up and show some sympathy for something devastating here? #also it was trending because a lady and her dog died. #blah blah make fun of the fucking ‘60° is cold’ I don’t give a shit. #mine and many other peoples lungs are weak to smoke. and so even those of us who aren’t near the fires fucking struggle for MONTHS on end #during fire season. #ugh sorry this is just too personal for me bc my brothers job makes him close to the fires. he’s not a wildland firefighter himself #but it was stressful enough for me as is before this became his fuckin career #current events #thankfully I have an n95 mask this year so I might be a bit better off than the past couple years #in 2020 I donated all of the ones I had saved for myself to some local ER nurses #2020 fire season was a fucking nightmare

[marxxymoon]

i am not one to tell people how to take care of your dogs. but when you live in a city - like neighbor hood , where people speed by often. And you have three dogs just RUNNING around as far as three yards down. It's very likely something will happen.

Even if they don't go near the road , they run up and down the alleyway and people WALK around. Hell , there's a homeless shelter right behind you. People who DON'T know you and your dogs , could react extremely poorly. That's not even bringing up the fact of OTHER dogs. Who may not be as friendly as yours. You have two small ones , and a LARGE black one. And I have heard you need to call them back like FIVE times the other day when they came running up to me when I got back from an interview. Only reason I was calm , is because I knew these dogs and knew the most that would happen is being sniffed and the small ones jumping against my legs for pets while the big one would want head pats.

They are VERY sweet dogs. And it worries me sometimes.

#my dad had dogs that would just run #but we lived in like #heavy wooded areas and near campgrounds #and even then #they knew not to go INTO the woods #because of the animals and campers back there #so i am all for not putting your dog on a lead all the time #but have some boundaries #plus again #we are in A CITY #the uni is RIGHT UP THE ROAD #and those students speed race istg #i don't know these people all that well so obvs i can't speak up #but mannnn #its like playing with fire ngl

[northgazaupdates]

10 February 2024

After 12 days with no updates, the PRCS announced the deaths of 6 y/o Hind Rajab and the ambulance team who volunteered to go save her. Despite the PRCS working with the IOF to coordinate safe passage for the ambulance, the ambulance was found destroyed by IOF bombs, with both volunteer crew members Yusuf Zeino and Ahmed Al-Madhoun murdered inside. Hind was murdered inside the car, where she had been trapped for hours with the bodies of her family members.

Hind’s 15 y/o cousin Layan Hamadeh had called PRCS emergency services after the car in which she and her family, including her younger cousin Hind, came under heavy gunfire by the IOF. Layan was shot to death while on the phone with PRCS emergency dispatchers, a fact which is documented via recordings of the phone call. Hind then took the phone and begged the dispatchers to send help to take her away, as the IOF was still showering the car with bullets. Ambulance crew members Yusuf Zeino and Ahmed Al-Madhoun volunteered to go rescue Hind. Dispatchers soon last contact with the child. They then lost contact with Yusef and Ahmed when the ambulance arrived near the location of the vehicle by Fares petrol station in Tal Al-Hawa.

This point cannot be emphasized enough: the PRCS worked with the IOF, getting their agreement not to attack the ambulance as it arrived at the scene. The IOF agreed, and then knowingly bombed the ambulance anyway, while also knowingly killing 6 y/o Hind inside her family’s car. They knew there was a 6 y/o child inside that car, and kept firing until they murdered her. They knew the entire time what they were doing, and lied about cooperating with emergency services in order to maximize the number of lives they could take.

The depravity and impunity of the occupation is truly boundless. Hind’s final hours were spent in absolute terror, and Yusuf and Ahmed’s courage and selflessness were rewarded with their murders. The PRCS did everything right. They coordinated with the IOF and sought their permission for the ambulance to pass, something which was already required under international law. The IOF abused this attempt at cooperation by lying about their compliance, then deliberately murdering Hind, Yusuf, and Ahmed, in addition to Layan and her entire family.

We write this update in tears, having hoped and prayed for a different outcome like everyone else. This round of aggression by the IOF has already seen unimaginable cruelty, suffering, and impunity. The complete, deliberate, and flagrant violation of international law and human decency is a stain on the conscience of the Global North and every president, staffer, soldier, and bureaucrat who made this happen. May the recorded voices of Layan and Hind, begging for rescue before dying alone, haunt them for the rest of their days.

Remember Hind, Layan, Yusuf, and Ahmed. Do not let despair consume you. Fight for them, for a permanent ceasefire, for accountability, and for whatever justice can be achieved, even if it seems small and pointless. Tell the world what the occupation has done, share the recordings and the updates from people on the ground. No matter how bleak things are, it is always worthwhile to tell the truth and fight for what’s right.

Keep Hind’s mother, grandfather, and surviving relatives, and the families of Yusuf and Ahmed in your hearts.

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