#feels so inauthentic

[dredgen-nope]

also update on where im at now: everyone was so right for being stinky sweaty basement punks and emos that looked like hot shit in the 00s and im singlehandedly gonna return us to that

#i hate how polished everything has to be these days #even people day to day mfer u spent hours doing ur makeup so u can look good for the tiktok ur about to film at the store?? #why??????? #feels so inauthentic #yes im really into my punk and emo phase now im so sorry im just returning to being liek 13 again ok #txt

[hood-ex]

wait idk anything about the tevis’— why would tommy tevis call dick his son? would you be willing to give a quick rundown

After Dick failed to get himself incarcerated, he became an enforcer for a mob boss named Tommy Tevis. Tommy took Dick in and made him part of his family. Tommy considered him an honorary son and thought very highly of him.

Nightwing (Vol. 2) #107

He even told Dick that everything he had (his home, his reputation, his family, etc.) was Dick's as well. Lynette, Tommy's wife, told Dick that Tommy would let Dick do anything. The whole family loved Dick, including Tommy's 15 year old daughter, Sophia. Sophia actually had a crush on Dick, but Dick acted like an older brother to her, helping her with her homework and such.

While Dick was away from the family for a few days, the cops busted into the Tevis's home. Lynette got killed in the gunfire, Tommy got taken to jail, and Sophia got taken in by the state.

Dick, while mentoring Rose, broke Sophia out of the state home. He got Sophia to help him with the mob. Then, when Chemo fell on Bludhaven, Dick saved Sophia and left her with Amy. When they reunited at the hospital, Dick asked Sophia to leave the mob behind and join a boarding school.

So, yeah, that's Dick's relationship with the Tevis family.

#no but i love when tommy tells dick that bruce must be proud of him--and dick gets this shameful look on his face and stays quiet #and then tommy playfully pinches dick's cheek and tells him not to worry bc he thinks dick is great/he thinks highly of dick #i mean say what you want about tommy being in the mob and all--but he does seem to be tuned in to dick's emotions #and when the other mobster was kinda grilling dick about being bruce's heir--tommy was frowning real hard on dick's behalf #and he later checked in with dick and was like hey that was kind of shitty and i don't want you feeling like your back's against the wall #like idk it just shows that tommy does care about dick--and he knows bruce is a sore spot for dick #dick--on the other hand--is a bit more emotionally distant from the family #he's just gone through some very traumatizing events and now he's doing some morally questionable things #so there's no way he can be truly authentic with the family when his whole lifestyle is now inauthentic to who he really is #and we see that when dick goes on a job that has a kid involved--and he didn't know there would be a kid there #and he gets very upset about a gun being involved and having a kid watch her dad get beat #so even though he might care about the tevis family--i don't think he could ever feel Truly part of the family #honestly wish a writer would bring back sophia though. would be nice to see dick still in contact with her #Dick Grayson #Tommy Tevis #anon

[scalpelsister]

also this isnt really proper shade at larian or anything and the writing of this game is SAURE good so dont take it this way but.

i sure do wish. Minthara was not villain batted as hard as she was. Her being locked to "evil" runs and being mutually exclusive with several party members. Her being nothing more than a miniboss for your average player- who does not even know shes a potential party member! Her being so chronically unloved by the community because... shes the "evil" companion. Hell, even the amount of people saying frankly really edgy shit about killing her or hurting her completely unprompted lmao. Like I genuinely think shes been pretty unfairly demonized both by the community and by the meta of just like... the game itself because she's really actually..... kind of, dare I say, sweet? if you get to know her. ugh.

#also if i had two nickles. shes sylvanas all over again lads i fear #idk obviously larian handles her character much better than wow ever handled sylvanas but its genuinely like #kind of eerie how similar they are and how hard they where both villain batted considering how evil they actually are #ESP compared to their male counterparts #like i would argue that neither of them are any more evil- and likely are even less evil- than a lot of the men in the same game that #are not villain batted at all. #like every character in warcraft is a war criminal so sylvanas is hardly uniquely evil on that front #and i have a hard time buying that minthara is anymore inherently evil than astarion lol #idk again larian handles trauma much better and it feels... inauthentic to accuse them of not treating minthara well because shes #traumatized. thats def not the argument im making here but it IS really sad to relate to / find catharsis in another traumatized elf #only for her to be. villain batted just like the last one :/ #idk. its just a bummer. #like again thankfully its not a thesis of larians like. karlach and shadowheart and laezel are all beautiful and wonderful examples of like #traumatized women allowed to be angry and validated for being angry #BUT im selfish haha i want my bestie minthara to be able to have a happy ending w the rest of us and i dont want to see her demonized for #idk being a traumatized angry woman like!! it seems outta place for that to be the message but #whatever im rambling ive lost the plot #my post

[shibaraki]

it is easy to get stuck on numbers and engagement and what trope / rating gets more attention or kudos than another but ultimately you should write for the audience you want. it’s far more rewarding that way

#like when I would force myself to write fem reader when I first started doing insert fic lol #yeah the smut did numbers but I was so uncomfortable and was not vibing well with my audience bc I felt inauthentic #having started from scratch post-pandemic when the interest was ‘dying out’ I understand how a new blog might feel like they need to get #their foot in the door by pandering to a wider audience like that #but writing what you enjoy or find interesting will always bring you the audience you crave #even it is it smaller than others #sorry 2 ramble #there’s a lot of ‘write for yourself’ around which: I agree with !!!!! but I also wanted to say this. I suppose they go hand in hand

[agentperezbian]

I know a lot of people have said this already but it's really apparent how every TS "era" is more of a rebrand to whatever is culturally relevant than an organic shift in style and growth as an artist, and it's a shame that this has become the blueprint for other artists, mainly female pop artists, who are forced to change themselves into something unrecognizable and inauthentic or be accused of stagnating. And I think the unfortunate thing is how often aesthetically motivated "eras" are mistaken for growth as an artist. For example, I think Guts was a more mature and self-aware album for Olivia Rodrigo that expanded on her first album and showed how much she's grown as an artist and songwriter in the last few years, but because she didn't drastically change her look and made the album purple again everyone piled onto her accusing her of doing the same thing again. Because it isn't actually about the music or the message or you as an artist, it's the product you're selling, a new shiny image for everyone to model themselves after until they get bored of that one again. And then it's onto the next one. Fast fashion as music.

#like sorry the new name for the ts album just seems forced and makes it clear she's going to be doing some #character shift again and like that's FINE. whatever. her fans will eat it up and she'll get richer no one cares what i think #but there's something about this one in particular that just feels so inauthentic to me #and maybe it's because despite claiming to be tormented or whatever she never seems to care about any social issues that don't affect her

[boxwinebaddie]

I’m so dang proud of you, dude. That is all I had to say.

thank you, my friend. ;-; <3

that really, really means a lot to me...because idk, i really do think i work hard and try my best? legitimately? and i also used to always put my writing before my mental health, but i'm finding that when i do that, the quality of my work actually suffers a lot more than it succeeds and i, as a real life person, suffer for the sake of my work.

plus, this is feels a huge period of healing/transformation for me, i feel like i'm finally being kind to myself and words cannot express how much i appreciate all the support and love i have received throughout this tumultuous and crazy process from all of you.

you are my angels.

so thank you again <3 i've been seriously disheartened and reeling from how aggressive and weird that anon was with my agency. getting these votes of confidence helps validate my decision.

-uncle nina, seriously humbled by all of your kind heart(s)

#my dear my darling #thank you so much #i felt really selfish for making the choice to stop and stay on here and take my time...especially after getting push back smh #which again!!! you people are fucking crazy!!! making me feel bad for discontinuing my own work is bonkers get a life #but no doing this just feels safer and i feel happier doing this #i feel bad bc my posts take a while but also writing in smaller batches and not putting myself through hell has been nice #i know this is all kind of confusing and discombobulated but thank you guys for being here and supporting me regardless #i hope this is still fun for you because i really just want to keep everyone happy...but not be inauthentic to myself anymore #i'm enjoying being the content creator that i want to be vs the content creator everyone else wants me to be #for one of the first times since first writing pep and then dropping rm ( which did make me happy after pep ) #i feel really and truly happy #so idk i love you thank u this made my day #i'm finishing up a big scott lore ask i just want to edit it so it doesn't sound crazy and i hope its out today #i trust the info or rather the sinwhoremation will be interesting

[stephocrates]

im sorry but if you took it personally when doja cat said she hates her fans or whatever just, grow up lmao

#i don’t even know everything she said but it seemed fairly obvious to me that she was lashing out at the pop industry #obviously if you’re presenting an image that feels inauthentic you’re gonna feel like fans of that image are inauthentic as well #you don’t need to take it so personally and get your feelings hurt #doja cat

[yuri-for-businesswomen]

publishers just publish anything these days. wtf is a heartwarming polcyule. please be serious

#even if i was trans this would feel so inauthentic and pandering like #will they ever make books without identity politics again #shit talking

[ilynpilled]

a lot of letterboxd users and those terminally online media mosaic/ranker merchants care more about the status of feeling a certain way/having a specific opinion about a piece of media and how that reflects on them and their intellectual identity than actually experiencing and thinking about the shit they watch or read etc

#i need to consume media i need to consumeeee i need to so my tier topster of best animanga protagonists is ideal #GET A GRIP #u all are exactly like music twitter like u need ur identity to be ur list of fave albums or fav characters or fave whatever #and its all tied to appearing as intellectual its so cringe and inauthentic #and every time i talk to a person like this about art the conversation goes nowhere im crying #like what exactly do u even feel about ur supposed favorite media #u can make topsters mosaics whatever like thats fun asl to do #but stop obsessively making it ur entire identity its so odd lmaoo

[match-your-steps]

unpopular opinion but I hate michael buble's christmas album. least favorite album ever in the world that I can think of. I would prefer objectively bad music, christmas or not, and I am not kidding or exaggerating, nor was that a hard choice to make

#ok it's true that I do not like a lot of recorded christmas music #like the kind you might hear on the radio #because it feels so arbitrary and like a capitalistic grab #which is not a 'true spirit of christmas' thing actually #i just. they're so inauthentic. #like are you singing these songs to make money or because you like them? #idk and tbh it feels like you're just showing off #so no thanks #and a lot of other songs feel like. you just put christmas in there to say this a christmas song but it's literally not #jingle bells make this a christmas song but they also really do not #having said that I feel like I shouldn't be making sweeping statements because #uncle pat by the amoeba people literally says christmas once and talks about eggnog in the chorus and there are jingle bells but i love it #I like singing christmas music like. at church in the congregation. feels better that way #but this does not mean I like listening to recorded choir arrangements. I do not except if it's fun then I am much more likely to #heck I liked being in choir significantly more than michael buble's christmas album and I hated being in choir #anyways yeah I would rather listen to camron crowe (61 monthly spotify listeners but it used to be like 4 and that was the right number tbh #(sorry for you camron crowe but your music is not very good and there is a reason that career did not take off) #but yeah I'd rather listen to his stuff on repeat for like a week straight than have to sit down #and actually listen to michael buble's christmas album more than like two and a half times #I think that's my limit #so. yeah #those are my strong feelings about michael buble's christmas album #michael buble #michael buble's christmas album #christmas music #unpopular opinion #music #camron crowe #bad music #objectively bad music

[bookwyrminspiration]

btw someone I know irl yesterday diagnosed me with ancient being alive at the dawn of the universe whose spent eons curating books and knowledge vibes so. in case you were wondering i am also Like This in person it’s all authentic baby

#quil's unholy underworld #*not all there is of course some inauthenticity but the joke is funnier when phrased this way #he said it and I was like boy ur not gonna believe this #i get things like that all the time #so apparently I exude those vibes not only online but irl #interesting… #i paraphrased what he said btw because I don’t remember what it was exactly #but the feeling stuck with me #like wow. in person too <3

[oldyears]

watching 27 dresses (i’ve seen it as a child but i don’t remember anything so i consider it a first watch) and the younger sister reminds me sooo much of my own 😭

#and jane doing everything for everyone bc she feels bad saying no… i’m not on the same level of pushover but i get her #anyway my sister often annoys me cause she can be so insensitive and inauthentic esp when it comes to interacting w others #it honestly drives me crazy cause why would u bend ur own interests/personality like that. weirdo #moi

[echeveriia]

#my best memes appear to me suddenly as visions and do not leave my mind until i post them #funny #meme #the babadook #mental illness #also this is about my suspicion that i'm somewhere on the spectrum and my dad is too... 🧍 #i never know what to tag these i feel so inauthentic if i use any tags lmao

[perenlop]

i dont doubt ppl are obnoxious about madoka tho lol i can absolutely see that

#i just think its dumb to go ‘’ok so that makes the actual show bad’’ #i dont like the attitude of ‘’this thing got popular and inspired bad knockoffs so now this is bad in hindsight’’ #bc i feel like that just kind of shits on the effort and art that went into those things #like. as much as i dont like xy for example i wont say its a waste of a series or its bad bc of the fans #(even if the fans do taint it for me) im trying to criticize the aspects of it that are actually there and be fair to the entire show #and i think hating on it just bc its popular or its fans are annoying would just be kind of inauthentic #or at least a good reason to go ‘’ew no dont watch that!! its bad!’’ #this attitude is also why i want to watch more standard magical girl anime bc i do genuinely love the conventions of it #and want something a bit more genuine. i like madoka bc its a good tragedy and horror anime not bc ‘’its VIOLENT and BADASS’’ #echoed voice

[chemicaljacketslut]

god u know when there was like. a whole hippie movement. can we pleasee make an anti-tech movement. like ik that exists but i mean a BIG WIDESPREAD one. & like not a crazy one but a positive & chill one, like we can def use helpful & necessary technology but generally no social media and prob no streaming platforms either. if companies are doing shitty things with tech we won’t stand for it. using “outdated” things like physical media & wtv. engaging with your local community more if that’s viable. going to random knitting club meetings at the library or smth. volunteering. there’d be no rejection of people who didn’t do these things, just encouragement to move away from the worst parts of tech and do what works for you, even if that means social media (although i feel like it’s VERY hard to use social media healthily now). idk i just feel so poisoned by technology at this point i want to LIVE

#i also feel like everyone my age is NOT like this which makes it harder for me to capital L Live yk?? #like life dependent on social media just feels hollow & inauthentic to me… which is just a me thing but like #when the amount of people my age who connect with the real world and their real community more than their online world is so low #it makes it harder for me to connect. if that makes sense #however after i got off of social media and told people about it a few of my friends did the same #and a few more made a couple steps. like decreasing usage or even just admitting it’s not good for them #took literal years for my sister to admit that tiktok is bad and bad for her mental health #u gotta let them realize it in their own time #but a widespread movement like this i think could REALLY help people have that realization sooner or at all #esp because tiktok addicts like….. can’t think for themselves… i’m sorry it’s true. generally. #sigh i just hate tech today

[vicontheinternet]

Proud to say I'm one of the ppl who like the movies that don't want the casino scene from the movies in the show

#i can acknowledge that they can exist in the same spear at the same time #i never wanted a scene like the casino scene in the show in the first place #like i think ppl forgot that they were 'high' in that scene #also there has been this unusual influx of ppl liking the movie in the last six months or so and it feels of inauthentic and fake #pjo series #pjo spoilers #like I wasn’t even thinking abt that scene in reference to the show till ppl started bringing it up #now everyone is being annoying ppl wanting it and ppl not wanting I just want yall off my fyp #i didn’t even intentionally engage with pjo content on tiktok #and i thought the tvd fandom on tiktok was annoying but y’all are slowly making it up there #percy jackson #pjo tv show