#i can't claim these to be his words

[mamawasatesttube]

saw someone being wrong about kon on the internet again (i know. shocking) and you are all so lucky i'm sick and feverish and lazy because i DID just seriously entertain the thought of writing up a small essay complete with issue and panel citations about why it's simply incorrect to say that kon never really seemed to reciprocate any sort of crush on tim before geoff/tt03. this is just not true. you dont have to actually ship them but to downplay their importance to each other even in the earliest days is simply incorrect. i'm too tired and achy to bother digging through comics to pull up all the issues that have the bits i want to point at but like... they were both very mutually important to each other from early on. it was in no way shape or form one-sided, whether you want to read that as platonic or romantic. man.

#rimi talks #id rather put my limited energy towards the tender t4t timkonisms fic but in my heart this is a longass post #kon's sb94 alice in wonderland nightmare sequence. kon's entire Everything @ tim in issue 85. #the entire concept of robin kon?????? hello????? #the way they function as a unit so easily in yj98 even While actively bickering??? #graduation day and judd winick explicitly saying he wanted them to come out of the closet [together]?? #kon going out of his way to not only do bits just to annoy tim but also being protective of him at the same time?? (in yj98 again) #him wanting robin's number in wf3 (and then getting it sometime before rex leech roller coaster issue)?????? #what are you fucking onnnnnnnnn #you dont have to read it as romantic if you dont want to but they were undeniably close and it was undeniably mutual. bro #i just um. i just think that if youre so internet poisoned to hate a ship that you have to deny the characters have mutual importance #to each other in the canon material (but you can't deny it from one side so you have to claim it's mostly one-sided and blame a writer) #then maybe you should um log off and reread canon ? #<- that's petty sorry but im just saying. #anyways. #returning to the timkon mines now. crawls back into my word doc

[lord-squiggletits]

"IDW Megatron got a redemption arc and Starscream didn't it's so unfair--"

Do not slander Metalhawk, Bumblebee, and Windblade's hard work trying to fix this man they didn't work for half the continuity (and in 2/3 of their cases) literally die and come back as zombies/ghosts for y'all to be out there saying no one helped Starscream get redeemed and have friends and be a better person

#squiggposting #i'm so fucking confused why people keep saying this honestly #'M got a redemption so why can't SS' HE LITERALLY DID LIKE HE LITERALLY DID #this was the subject of most of his character development in exrid/op and wb/taao did you just not see it? #i don't get it bc like. even if you try to argue that M got to have friends and validation and shit. so did SS #SS lost his power and then died saving the world at the end #M also lost all his power and prestige and then went to his execution at the end #STRICTLY IN TERMS OF IDW1 they literally both got redeemed idk why ppl are piss fighting about this #and i would expect ppl who are SS fans to like. BE AWARE OF all the story content he got in idw1 #mscott clearly liked SS based on how she made him so sympathetic (even dealing with his M related trauma!) #barber said via word of god once that SS is his favorite decepticon #you literally can't even claim that the writers were just biased against him #i dont get it. like of all ppl to know all of SS's lore i would expect SS fans to be the one to know it #is it bc their hateboner for mscott and non-reading of barber is just that strong? i dont get it

[velynn-art]

A certain someone (@ego-meliorem-esse cough cough) nudged me towards drawing the resident Lord Father in a corset... So here he is, in all his corsetted glory.

#hetalia #hws england #Arthur Kirkland #historical hetalia #my art #Is this historical hetalia? welp time to find out i guess #I can't get out of my head their depiction of Arthur and as thus am claiming it as my canon as well because omg it's perfect #Old man with bags under his eyes from all the kids screaming #Needs 10000 bottles of whiskey maybe more #velynnart #I will finish this one day mark my words #Reference photo : Jack Lowden from the set of War and Peace

[kradogsrats]

I've literally spent hours at this point trying to articulate how the old/new money condescension in "Such elegant finery. It seems you've overcome the disadvantages of your upbringing." encapsulates everything about why Viren is Like That(tm) at least through the end of s3 but for some reason I simply cannot???

so like just TRUST ME okay, everything Viren does makes 100% actual sense through the lens of deep-seated insecurity over never being an equal of the people surrounding him in a way that isn't afforded purely by their good graces, and knowing that they're all both aware of that and aware that he's aware of it

#SORRY TO GO ABSOLUTELY FERAL OVER A TOTAL THROWAWAY LINE #i seriously don't know why i can't get this into coherent words but it's like #the combination of putting him in his place by reminding him where he comes from #and calling out his attempt to claim a higher status with the implication that it's crass and transparent #i'm just hhsdfhjjj #gggjjjhhhshrrrrhh #viren

[dnangelic]

pity for dark-risa fans but hey at least anybody can soothe themselves for the narrative itself/daisuke with the knowledge that dark not only started off liking riku but also still steadfastly likes riku in the light novels and hell even when daisuke turns into dark in front of riku for the manga finale he conjugates his 'it's no good if it's not riku' in a way that dark also would, aka a way that would be worthy of an eng translation goth font just like his random 'i've gotta stop him!!' dark vc jumpscare in azumanoland arc. dark-daisuke merge haters forced to seethe when daisuke actually accepts ('becomes') dark as himself and dark likewise completely becomes daisuke. goodnight

#*･ﾟ⊰ 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒. ⊱ ✦ › OUT. #i feel so baddd for ppl who were soooo into risa n dark but that's how it be lkjawkjkjg #dark is daisuke and she rejected him from the start!! #dark's heart is in daisuke's heart #dark might as well just be an image that risa is obsessed with; her flights of fancy aren't enough #for as long as daisuke himself isn't enough. he's dark's reality the same way dark is daisuke's reality #they -ARE- each other. you can't accept and long for only one over the other. u can Not #dark himself would know this more than -anyone- which is why even if he himself feels any love or longing #he knows it's not really 'his' to actually claim #he never rejects me but he never tells me the words i want to hear most.... #risa wondering why she's the one working so hard and chasing after him girl i feel so bad for u #get a better man one that isnt doOMED

[butwhatifidothis]

Three houses has repeatedly stated that Edelgard's and Claude's goals aren't that different. (Even if they really are pretty different???) Has Claude be willing to surrender in favor of helping out the empire later when he's got an axe to his throat. Seems to me it's less "This is out of character and bad writing" and more "This isn't isn't what I expected and I don't like it." Also you can't really go "This isn't canon" When it has writers from three houses writing for the game lmao

spoiler talk, mostly for GW and a bit for SB

Nonnie. Pal. Buddy.

If 3Hopes Claude was written in line with 3H Claude, and he is ready and willing to join Edelgard - for whatever reason, even if to backstab her - then why doesn't he... do that. In 3H. Like on CF or AM or SS, where Byleth isn't around to *~guide him~* (which is the most common explanation I’ve seen given to his character portrayal in 3Hopes, but also applies to other possible explanations).

What part of that makes any sense? What stopped him from doing that in 3H, outside of 3Hopes writing his character badly? Why is it when Byleth has no influence on him in 3H, or when he doesn't trust the Church in 3H, or when he doesn't have many friends/bonds in 3H - all those things that are the same in 3H as they are in 3Hopes - does he not do in 3H what he does in 3Hopes? In fact, why does he not flat out join Edelgard genuinely on CF, since he's apparently oh so willing to join Edelgard and/or kill Rhea and on CF there's Byleth to act as a Stamp of Approval?

I mean, I could tell you what stopped him from doing that in 3H; his base, core moral standards, that he always has as part of the foundation of his character. He does not like causing needless bloodshed and always avoids doing so whenever possible, he does not like Edelgard's methods and thinks them too harmful, he does not trust Edelgard in general, his curiosity over the Church's/Rhea's secrets stops him from ever outright destroying it/killing her (along with his acknowledgement that both the Church and Rhea - or someone in her position - are needed for Fodlan). You cannot write Claude properly without keeping in line with these base facts about his character, unless you've established a pretty damn in-depth character arc that dissolve these traits off of him.

So, yes, when I see him cause needless bloodshed, utilize similarly harmful methods like Edelgard, trust in Edelgard's word and nothing else, reject any curiosity he has for the Church/Rhea in favor of just killing Rhea without getting any answers (because Claude certainly gives no shit about answers to mysteries amiright), yeah, I'm gonna call it out of character and bad writing. Because it is out of character and bad writing.

Cuz, like, "[3H] Has Claude be willing to surrender in favor of helping out the empire later when he's got an axe to his throat" those circumstances - and the results of them - are nowhere near comparable to what happens in GW, and is (and sorry if this sounds rude) a bad description of what happened in CF. Claude in CF surrenders and agrees to leave Fodlan entirely and pleads with Edelgard to leave the Alliance - and his friends - alone because he swears they'll be cooperative. Maybe I'm stupid, but that doesn't sound anything like "hey Edelgard let's team up and invade the Kingdom because Rhea Bad lol” or “I think it’s a good idea to instigate conflict between Faerghus and Sreng to make the Kingdom weaker (you know that thing TWS did for Edelgard with Duscur).”

Claude in 3H does not actively help Edelgard at any point in all of 3H. Ever. The most he does to "help" her is, again, swearing that the Alliance won't stand up against her, and that wasn't to help Edelgard as much as it was him trying to keep the Alliance safe. Because that goes back to his want to keep the bloodshed to a minimum. That core character trait of his that is completely absent in GW, because siding with the one causing the bloodshed and himself causing the bloodshed does literally nothing to stop the bloodshed as 3H!Claude shows is his belief because he never sides with Edelgard *specifically because of her blood-filled methods.* The ones that he is literally replicating in GW.

Because, again, there is literally. No. Reason. Why, if it is in-line with Claude’s character to side with Edelgard, that he wouldn’t just side with Edelgard in 3H (or do the equivalent of that like he does with Dimitri, like giving over Failnaught), because there are exactly zero things that differ between the two games that would explain him not doing that in CF for 3H. In CF, he does not have Byleth to help him open up to others. In CF, he would have Byleth actively feed into his distrust of the Church because of their decision to side against it. In CF, he wouldn’t have many bonds with others. And yet and still, he does not join Edelgard on CF, he does not harm the Church in any way on any route (higher ups or not), he only “invades” the Empire after it’d already made multiple assaults against the Alliance army and never invades the Kingdom in any way - on and off his route we see time and time again him make a resolute stance to not assist the Empire/Edelgard in any direct way, to not cause undue bloodshed, to keep fighting to the minimum he can, and the one “exception” is still not meant to help Edelgard or to take down the Church/Rhea but to keep his people safe from harm.

And it’s just because in 3Hopes, Claude is not written in character. He is going against multiple core facets of his character that was established in 3H with no development - positive or negative - to explain why that is. And given that this is literally a self-described “alternative storyline” - AKA, it is not 3H - then I can in fact say that this isn’t canon because it literally isn’t. I accept 3Hopes as its own story separate from 3H as that is 1) what it sells itself as, and 2) the only nice way to explain away all of the blatant contradictions between it and 3H. Which include Claude lol

#ask #anon #Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes #Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes #Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes spoilers #Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes spoilers #and mind you - and I've said it before - Claude in 3Hopes *as a standalone character separate from 3H* is still terribly written #his motives and logic make no sense and go against what the game is trying to say his character is #he can't be distrustful of others but also just take people - that he already doesn't trust - at their word with nothing to back their words #he makes claims about the Church/Rhea that have NO standing whatsoever and uses that as justification to kill her #he can't be a ''Master Tactician'' but also have his plans fail all the time - with his biggest one failing the hardest at that #like disregarding how he's acting nothing like his character in 3H did - 3Hopes!Claude in at least GW is a shit character #and mind you he's not the only character who's acting OOC - Edelgard is too #unless you're saying that in 3H Edelgard is also capable of being completely brainwashed and Thales just. Didn't. #even when she literally declared war on him #like it's fine if this isn't canon lol #there's no need to try and fit a square peg into a round hole #this game in its entirety is AT BEST fanfiction fuel but pretty much nothing in it should be taken seriously #which from what I heard is *already* the standard for musuo games anyway

[commonghost]

one day i will make a coherent post about how similar hohenheim and ed are and why that makes me go insane but today is not that day. brain GONE i will be thinking about that amv for the next few hours. however many that is.

#fma 03 #fma #but like. i do kind of lose it at how vehemently ed hates hohenheim despite (and because of) how unedeniably similar they are. #like looking past the surface--which is that they are both great alchemists in the classical sense of the word--edward claims to hate #hohenheim because he left but is that not also what ed does over and over again? edward says ''you left us'' but edward also burns #his house down and cuts people out of his life again and again and sacrifices himself and leaves everyone behind. (not to mention he #also runs away from reality in a way when trying to resurrect trisha which is why his sin is /sloth/ but you know). and hohenheim calls #him out on this! hohenheim tells ed that he ran away and ed is spitting mad because he can't even say anything otherwise. #edward hates hohenheim and because of that he knows theres one more person that he hates too. am i making sense here. #and so thats why i think that edward calls hohenheim dad in COS. because he is undeniably his son--and admitting that its in more #than just blood now. #cg.txt

[ozlices]

ok now that the rage is out, actual rational reason for why this pisses me off so much.

if my love & devotion to pandora hearts didn't make it clear enough, my favorite niche of media is alice in wonderland inspired works. if i know something is inspired by aiw, i'm gonna at least look into it automatically. dunno why, honestly. but, it's been like this since i was SUPER young.

that being said, im obviously p versed in alice in wonderland inspired media. i haven't consumed them all, i'm sure there's many i'm unaware of, but. i've consumed enough to confidently assure alice in borderland is the first time i personally have ever seen an alice in wonderland inspired media portray alice as a guy, while still having him be named alice.

and, like! it's honestly SUPER clever to get away with doing this by having alice be ryohei's last name instead of his first. because, obviously, 'alice' is not typically a male name. it can be bc gender is a concept yada yada, but. like. u get what i mean.

so, like. baring that in mind. if somebody who has absolutely zero concept of how japanese pronunciation works stumbled across alice in borderland, & watched w the english subtitles... they'd have no reason to question if 'arisu' is meant to be 'alice'. bc. why would it be? they're expecting 'alice' to be a female character.

& so, like. it honestly rly fucking sucks that this really interesting way of taking the alice in wonderland inspo & portraying its references as it does gets completely sacked & made out as pointless by having alice not be referred to AS alice.

& even more so bc additionally, the white rabbit is a woman in the show. so, we have these two prominent characters from alice in wonderland being swapped. but, like. that doesn't even get to be properly appreciated bc they don't let u know alice IS alice. it genuinely just comes across as 'huh, weird this show named alice in borderland, & that's v clearly inspired by alice in wonderland, has a MALE lead & his name is arisu. weird this aiw inspired media has no alice.'

tbh part of me wonders if that's why they decided to go w that decision. to blatantly erase how silently groundbreaking it is to have an alice in wonderland inspired work where alice is still named alice, but is a guy instead of a girl. the silent way that breaks down gender stereotypes and such. but, nope. that all gets lost.

fucking bullshit.

also yes ik im v stupidly passionate abt this, but again. aiw-inspired works is my FAVORITE niche genre of media ever. my favorite series of all time is literally an aiw-inspired work. ive never seen an aiw-inspired work do this. not saying no others exist, & if they do, pls lmk! but. yeah. it does suck the only example ik of doing this gets stomped by refusing to let alice be named alice.

#mine #i think tsukasa is the only other alice allusion character i can think of that's a guy. #but. like. he doesn't count against my point bc his name isn't alice. #& he's also meant to represent multiple aiw charas. not JUST alice. #so. yeah. this is the only media ik where alice is still named alice & gets to be a guy & they just do not let him stay alice #it's weird & feels lowkey v shitty. for the aforementioned dismantle of how silently groundbreaking that decision is #& how clever it is to get away w it by having it be his last name #esp since obviously. in japan u typically refer to someone as their last name until u know them well. #so. just. HNNNG. bothersome. #it doesnt actually keep me up at night but it does like. bother me. a lot. #idk how that decision even got approved w how much it actually fucks up the viewing experience of a completely #uneducated viewer when it comes to knowing anything abt how japanese words are pronounced but. #tbh the only explanation i can think of for it IS they just didnt want u to know he's alice. bc they're cowards. which is weird but. #idk. literally no other reason to do that. u can't even like. try to claim it's for accuracy sake. #bc it's. literally not accurate. if ur gonna translate the name of the series completely into english. the namesake chara should also #have their name completely translated. to avoid confusion. #UGH OK IM DONE BACK TO ACTUALLY WATCHING AND ROTTING AWAY IM SORRY IM JUST RLY PASSIONATE ABT DUMB SHIT #alice in borderland

[mostlyanything19]

That's it i'm claiming Yasha for the autistics too

#she CANNOT talk to people i LOVE her #critical role #c2 #cr2x18 #shfkdj i love that in this party fjord is like the only one who can make a good and just NORMAL impression at this party dinner thing #molly is too weird and doesn't give a shit about normal. jester is good at talking but way too exuberant and then she'll start #making up weird fake names on the spot and stuff #then we got a shifty little maybe-a-halfling-but-only-if-you-don't- look-too-close who'll hiss at you if you do #a wizard who's not looking at anybody and already halfway out the door bc i swear he knows that one guy and does NOT wanna meet him #a somewhat abrasive monk who claims she knows how to talk to people now bc fjord has been giving her lessons for two days #a barbarian who can't lie to save her life and half the time talks like she's having to make up the words in real-time as she goes #and fjord. who can do things like introduce himself with an added social pleasantry for good measure #and diplomatically inquire about things. and always sound like he's being so attentive but also polite and well-mannered #and he just has a way that the ENtire rest of his party decidedly has Not and it's just great. i love this. #slowly making my way (makinmyway) properly into this campaign #adventures in cr

[mayasaura]

posts about colonization in tlt if u have? ty <3

I actually don't have any on hand, sorry!

I'm not confident enough in my knowledge of Aoteora's history or its cultural relationship with colonization to write one, and we don't know very much about how the world of the Locked Tomb actually functions (yet), so there's only so far we can go with that system in isolation.

There definitely is something there to explore in the way the narrative treats the idea of heritage, blood lineage, and territorial rights. Given that several key characters are coded as Māori, I'm going to be closely watching what Nona and Alecto do with those themes and seeing how it looks through the lens of the research I've been doing into mana whenua, mana tangata, and mana tūpuna. I am still just a little baby when it comes to understanding these concepts, so I can't teach them, but I do encourage you to come down this research rabbit hole with me if you have an interest in examining the way the series is handling its narrative surrounding colonization!

#so far the most interesting thing I've noticed through that lens is that John has unimaginable amounts of power as measured by pākehā #he's an Emperor and a god in the European style #but he's entirely devoid of mana tangata and seems to feel that lack in a way all his other power can't compensate for #ofc the locked tomb is fiction and fiction much more focused on the personal and internal narrative than the politcal one #and don't worry I do know it's not representative of nor claiming to represent Māori culture #I'm learning about the culture as a lens to examine the narrative #not using the narrative as a lens to examine the culture #and I am conscious of the difference #the locked tomb #tlt meta #I guess I sort of did just make a post about colonization in tlt whoops #just not one that has any interesting conclusions 😅 #it's a topic with a painful enough history that I try to be very careful with my words when discussing it #¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[youremyonlyhope]

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA IS FINALLY CLOSING ON BROADWAY.

THANK YOU THEATRE GODS.

#not tagging this but i know if you search phantom it will show up so this is more just a testament to search tags not general #i for one try to ignore the fact that tumblr changed its search function to have the option to search tags and general posts. #but i am making sure to NOT purposefully put this in the phantom tag since i'm not that mean when it comes to phantom #but i can't help that tumblr's search function is stupid so if this shows up because it has the words phantom then i'm sorry #once again for the record i DID NOT put hate in the tag. if you think you're in the phantom tag and you see this post then know that #you are not in the phantom tag you are in the phantom search bar and you need to relearn how to use tumblr's updated stupidity #ANYWAY. GUYS. I'VE BEEN SCREAMING FOR YEARS THAT PHANTOM NEEDED TO HAVE CLOSED ALREADY AND IT IS FINALLY CLOSING #finally. FINALLY. the pandemic has claimed a show that truly deserved to close. #this show should have closed in 2015 when they put that literal child molester onstage as the phantom #who was only spared being a registered sex offender because the judge didn't want to 'ruin his career' #hey dude. don't assault at 15 year old if you don't want to ruin your own career. god. 7+ years of anger bubbling up right. #this show should have closed so long ago. if not in 2015 then LONG before then but 2015 should have been the moment. #that STUPID casting decision should have been the reason it closed i am so mad it took this long. #the show should have closed after Norm played the Phantom because it didn't do anything good again until Emilie #now if Emilie Kouatchou gets to be the last Broadway Christine then i will die HAPPILY. i will just. i can die now. i will be happy. #because not only would phantom be FINALLY closed but then that means Playbill Vault will always show Emilie in closing cast #i hope she stays through the end of the run though i will not be seeing the show before it closes unless it's for free #PHANTOM'S CLOSING ON BROADWAY YOU GUYS!!! THIS IS A JOYOUS DAY! #my anon is off so don't even try to come at me #also shoutout to Thelma Pollard who is amazing i hope she gets a good retirement package from ALW like she DESERVES #i feel bad for cast and crew who are losing jobs but the show itself? nah. glad it's gone.

[lord-squiggletits]

Actually the funniest example of Megatron apologism (neutral) I've seen is when people call it biased and rigged for Optimus to be the judge for Megatron's trial, but have nothing to say about the fact that Optimus let Megatron on the Lost Light AS CO-CAPTAIN which is ALSO incredibly rigged and biased and no one wanted it and Optimus barely had the authority to even do that.

It just seems like a case where people will always take the angle/interpretation that favors Megatron as a victim of Autobot eeeevillll, so they harp on how unfair it was for Megatron to be put on trial, but completely skirt over exactly how and why Megatron even got to serve parole/not rot in prison in the first place. I guess because it would disrupt the ever-present fan wank about how actually Megatron is being victimized for being put on trial and those Autobots are "just as bad" (lmao).

#squiggposting #i hate it too like #bc i DO see and agree with their takes to a point. about how the autobots arent all good #but their evidence is often cherrypicked and taken out of context. angled in the most biased way possible #it's like. bro i could've maybe agreed with you but your argument/evidence kind of sucks #you could make that argument much more compelling if you turned down the impulse to go cons good bots bad #also ppl seem to not understand that a character claiming something doesnt mean it's true #whether theyre deliberately lying or having a knee jerk reaction or not privy to key information #it's just. characters like megatron and prowl are literally known for being skilled with words/propaganda #or for being manipulative as fuck #you can't take things at face value that are spoken by notorious liars/manipulators/propagandists #especially ones like M and P who sre incredibly self righteous with no self awarenezs #but like back to the text of the post...what i mean is like #ppl will use OP putting M on trial as the judge as an example of his bias and M being victimized #but when an example of OP being biased in FAVOR of M comes up they barely give it credence #they only present the evidence that presents OP as some conniving evil bastard and M as a poor victim #in this context ppl need the evil autobots narrative so they only bring up the stuff that makes OP look bad and unsympathetic #do i need to pull out the mtmte receipts of M saying that being compared to OP is a compliment #or him saying that when OP hurts others he hurts himself

[branzycrafted]

Syscourse about littles is so weird HDJGBDJG

#I don't care when I get syscourse on my for you tab I ignore it if I don't care #But I just saw the weirdest take?? It was not as hot of a take as the poster thought lol #Basically they called people idiots in the tags and said don't let littles on social media caUse iTs dAngeRous #Then they said ''let the kids live'' ALRIGHT HYPOCRITE???? #THEY'RE NOT THE SAME AS SINGLET KIDS #Like it'll vary for systems some have littles that they treat more like real kids #Like that's how uuuhh Wwwels?? is with his kid #But like. They're?? Not all just like little kids??? Y'know???? #Chill LOL plus most systems won't let their littles/syskids front alone #And it's not like they can't be y'know PROTECTED BY SYSMATES ONLINE #I know what I'm trying to say just not how to word it #It's not the same as like a singlet 10 year old being given social media #It's not as dangerous as you wanna think it is calm dooowwwnnnn #And if you wanna make such a hOt taKe maybe don't call people idiots when you're the one who has a bad take #RANT OVER!! #[''roll the dice!'' | 🎲.txt] #// syscourse #BOTTOM LINE IS LITTLES/SYSKIDS AREN'T REALLY ON THE SAME LEVEL AS SINGLETS ALRIGHT #Again it can depend for systems personally but in general they're pretty different #Also it is REALLY bold of you to claim that systems who let their littles do things on social media aren't keeping them safe #Like WOW you really wanna claim that??? Yeesh #Okay now rant over

[coldflasher]

what i REALLY wanna know is why they DID use the rogues, but only in like. shitty in-universe tie-in novels written by people who could barely string a sentence together and apparently watched the show whilst blindfolded and wearing earmuffs 

#i read this truly AWFUL flash novel #it was SO BAD #i was like. there are at least 10 ppl on ao3 i could name off the top of my head who could have done a better job with their hands behind #their back. typing the whole thing by slamming their head repeatedly on the keyboard #and i was mad because the CONCEPT was actually pretty good #and we got a rogues subplot with hartley leading mardon and baez and biovolo #basically doing what i have REPEATEDLY said they should do: divide and conquer #because barry can't be in several places at once #well. he can. but not without consequences lmao #CONCEPTUALLY it fucked #however. the execution... #*voice of the lizard woman from sing as she pours a cup of tea* yes. that was very bad #the writers claimed to have seen the show. i do not believe them #NOBODY was in character #iris kept saying 'oh lord' every five seconds which. have those words EVER left her mouth??? #someone. got paid to write it #I would personally have paid them to backspace for several hours and delete the whole thing. it would have been a mercy killing #the only saving grace is that len wasn't in it so they didn't get to add insult to injury by butchering his characterization on top of #everyone else's #anyway i get that the lack of rogues was PROBABLY due to budgetary reasons but im still mad about it

[soryualeksi]

Meh.

#basically a coworker is going around claiming to regularly vastly overstep his lawful qualifications #and i asked someone in charge what to do if a coworker does that act of vastly overstepping #and the person in charge was horrified by the idea but also basically told me that if i have no proof #i can't go around making such serious accusations #and that the word of the coworker in question wasn't enough because they might just be lying #so unless i watch it with my own eyes i absolutely have to keep quiet and 'not start rumours' #but the coworker is spreading the rumour themselves gdi and you know what i fully believe them #because they're just that arrogant and think rules apply to other people only #but now *I* look like the mean-spirited person trying to ruin someone's reputation and make serious accusations #sob #note that i didn't say a name because when asked for a name i said 'look I'm no snitch like that' especially since i had no proof #so i wasn't actively telling 'rumours' about another person i just said there IS someone in our station who CLAIMS to be overstepping #and constantly #because 'well i know how to do it' #but now i look like an asshole and like I'm spreading 'accusations' about people without even mentioning a name #and just asking what to do #well it appears that unless i have proof or can at least claim a believable eye witness account from myself what I'm supposed to do #is ignore it and keep quiet #oh well it's not like i didn't try to warn you because I'm sure the prosecution will ask why you didn't put a stop to it #before someone was harmed #not my circus not my monkeys #but i feel bad for basically becoming the person in the wrong #by carefully asking 'there is one coworker who claims to be doing wrong and what should i do about it' #'oh people like this are usually lying' #well enjoy all the paperwork you'll be buried in when someone official hears the tall tales i guess #meh #vent vent vent #see and this is why nobody comes forward with knowledge of medical malpractice because somehow you end up the accused yourself just saying #in this case it's less malpractice and more 'you are absolutely not allowed to do that because your qualification is too low' #'yes even if you've practised it a bit before with a mentor and yes even if you think you know what you're doing'

[paragonrobits]

some important calvin and hobbes facts in case you haven't read the original comic strip in a long time or only absorbed stuff on it from memes and out of context bits on here:

Calvin's last name has never been given, and neither has any of his parent's names. This was actually why his uncle Max only showed up for a brief storyline; the creator of the comic, Bill Watterson, ultimately felt that while it was fine to have him as someone for his parents to talk to, it felt far too awkward to never have Max refer to them by name and he never made a return appearance.

The general tone of the comic is fairly light-hearted, with a big emphasis on goofy slapstick comedy contrasted by clever wordplay and often surprising adult-centered jokes that'll hit you like a slap. A big part of the comedy is, as Watterson put it (paraphrased) "It's really funny to me when people express deeply stupid ideas with really fancy terminology." One notable example you might have seen is that one bit where Calvin asks his mom for money to buy a Satan-worshiping rock album and his mom replies that there's nothing genuine about them and they're just putting on the attitude for shock value, and comisserates with Calvin as he deplores that mainstream nihilism can't be trusted. He concludes that childhood is disillusioning.

There is a LOT of criticism of the extreme materialism and selfish mentality of the late 80s, when the comic was initially written. This may go a long way to explain how its aged so well; much of what it criticizes resonates well with people today.

Bill Watterson views comic strips a legitimate form of artwork, and repeatedly fought to have more space to draw more beautiful and artistic backgrounds, which was a very hard fight and unpopular even with other comic strip artists. He eventually did win some compromises and a lot of Calvin And Hobbes' artwork shows it, with the use of space to indicate time as well as a sharp contrast between the often plain environments of mundane life contrasted by the wildly beautiful imagery of Calvin's imagination (which often sports realistic depictions in an art shift of sorts).

Hobbes is explicitly not an imaginary friend, by word of Watterson himself. We don't know WHAT he is exactly, and Hobbes is apparently unaware of the strange nature of his reality; people look at him and only see an ordinary stuffed tiger plushie, but he has a tangible effect on the world that would be physically impossible for Calvin to do on his own. He's apparently been around for a while, and was apparently around when Calvin was a young baby.

On that note; Hobbes has implicitly killed (notably treated as both a gag and also with the vibe of 'he's a tiger, duh') and while he doesn't do it again on-screen, he doesn't have any moral issues about it. Calvin claims that he's never had trouble bringing Hobbes to school because the last time he did, Hobbes killed and ate a bully named Tommy Chestnut and simply comments that it was gross and he needed a bath. Calvin's tried to repeat this again, but Hobbes was grossed out at the thought having to eat a kid raw and not being allowed to use an oven first, or complaining that children are too fattening.

Hobbes became gradually less human-like in body language and more like an actual cat in both body language and behavior; this was due to Watterson drawing more inspiration from his cat, who also inspired a lot of Hobbes' running gags, such as pouncing on Calvin when he got home. Several years into the syndication of the strip, Watterson's cat passed away, and he did a tribute to her with a comic strip of the two of them agreeing to try to dream together so they can keep playing when they have to sleep; Watterson's commentary (if I recall right), remarks on his cat: "We can see each other again in dreams."

#calvin and hobbes #queued