#i don't think i have a tag for them omg

[eight-pointed-star]

fics where someone goes to angband instead of/with maedhros

[in the brackets are the characters who are captured]

For Want of a Crown by theScrap_Witch [maglor]

The Price We Pay by theScrap_Witch [maglor]

A Perfect Pair by SunflowerSupreme [finrod and maglor]

A Songbird in Angband by AdmirableMonster (Mertiya) [maglor]

Mountains Don't Sing by MathConcepts [maedhros and fingon]

Animal Skins by Ilye [celegorm]

In Gold gefasst and Prized Jewel by Siana [maedhros and maglor]

A Fair Evil by Siana [maedhros and maglor]

A Broken Voice by Silentx13 [maglor]

Wisdom Prevails by Ardruna [nerdanel]

What If It Hadn't Been Maedhros? by ArvenaPeredhel [maglor, celegorm, caranthir, curufin, amras] (it's five different stories, not "all of them get captured together")

Aphonia and Mother Who Bore Me by ArvenaPeredhel [maglor]

Hard Choices and Silenced by waitingfover [maglor]

+ two in russian

Услышь меня, брат... by Nolofinve [feanor]

Кроме пыли и пепла by vinyawende [feanor]

this list probably isn't comprehensive, if you know more fics with a similar plot, please tell me!

if you are the author of one of the fics here and would like to be @'ed or to have your fic removed from here, please tell me! if i made a mistake in the descriptions tell me also

#the most frequent maedhros substitute: maglor #the most surprising one: nerdanel #disclaimer: i haven't read most of these. honestly i knew there was a lot of these but SO MANY OMG !!!!!!!!!!! #THERE WAS ALSO a fic i don't remember what exactly happened but ? i think all of the sons of feanor were taken #and some of them killed later #and the remaining ones got out but they were super traumatised #i remember maglor died and maedhros was unnormal about it. that's all i remember lol it was a long time ago #IF YOU KNOW THE FIC I'M TALKING ABOUT PLEASE PLEASE SHARE #also TWO different fics in russian by different authors where feanor gets captured surprised me #i've only read the second one but i think in the first fic fingolfin also saves him? more similarities? though i've only skimmed through it #silmarillion #fic recs #maglor #i'm only tagging him lol bc the other characters have like 1 fic per character #well okay #maedhros #he's also there

[a-lonely-dunedain]

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#these 'character you love joins the bad guys for fun!'AUs that keep making onto my dash deal so much psychic damage to me aaugh #like it's just a personal thing right. people can do whatever they want I just *really* don't like seeing these things myself #so I have every possible Eowyn x Witch King tag I could think of blocked #and YET #it STILL somehow keeps showing up on my dash!! #how do I make it stop without blocking/unfollowing people 😔 #if I have to see Eowyn turn evil and people go on about it like 'omg yesss girlboss slay <3' ONE more time I'm going to start biting #edit: it turns out the way to 'make it stop without blocking people' it just to politely ask them to add a tag to something #I am no longer suffering yay #communication really is important! huh who wouldda guessed!

[linagram]

all bday illustrations! i feel like something changed in my art style but it's probably just the lineart (+ shading and lighting)

#don't you think it's wild how riku was still 17 when he was first introduced and now he's gonna be 19 this year. #like it's crazy man aimi just turned 17 and akio is still 17 as well DUDE STOP GETTING OLDER!!! #and asahi is gonna be 13.. omg... #fun fact about how time works in linagram: idk how it works in canongram but here the prisoners actually do get older #but i also see it like this: to them it feels like literal months or even years have passed. they're getting older. they're celebrating- #their bdays or other holidays. but when it comes to the outside world its probably been like three days or more. like maybe a week #so when or if they manage to come back i think their bodies will go back to their pre-milgram age. sort of like they went to an alternate- #reality in some way?? #if you're wondering the only reason why i decided it won't be as long in the outside world is not bc of their families or friends #SOME OF THEM HAVE PETS. AND THEIR PETS LOVE THEM A LOT. NAOMI LIVES ALONE WITH HER CAT AND THERE'S NO ONE WHO CAN TAKE CARE OF HER #(maybe some family members but do we trust naomi's family. especially her mother) #casually dropping some lore in the tags and leaving byeeeee #👑prisoner 001: miyagawa akio👑 #🌸prisoner 002: hanasaki aimi🌸 #💔prisoner 003: ishizu shun 💔 #🌿prisoner 004: chiba naomi🌿 #🍓prisoner 005: sanada kei 🍓 #💎prisoner 006: yoshioka eiko💎 #🍬prisoner 007: yano asahi 🍬 #🎀prisoner 008: maruyama yurika 🎀 #🎸prisoner 009: kuroki riku 🎸 #🎭prisoner 010: himura reina🎭

[welcometoteyvat]

ok sorry i'm going to ship hate again

some things in genshin fandom really just don't make sense to me. ie somehow the most controversial ships at least have canon material, whereas some ships are decently popular but literally only eyecandy with 0 substance. like why are you doing this, they don't even have mutual voicelines or story mentions, they've NEVER interacted, would have 0 reason to even in future storylines, the only reason you like them is because they're lesbians together or smth

yes this is about yan.tao and shen.lan

#open at will: hater behavior #the male ships also don't suffer from this (at least in my experience) so i think it's really just stupidity and a complex about women #i'm also less annoyed about shen.lan because i see it less and i'm more neutral on the two #theyre kind of egregious too though bc they have No voicelines OR mention each other either LMFAO weren't even released in the same patch #but yan.tao DEAR GOD. i can't ever look in the yan.fei tag without seeing them it plagues me #yanfei has one singular voiceline about ht and people immediately thought OMG lets make them kiss or osmething #the fact that it's STILL popular even after shinobu and yelan and especially after perilous trails quest i'm baffled. please LET IT DIE #there are better characters to make her interact with !!! shinobu is literally a goth and purple if you're still looking for eye candy!!!! #and literally gan.yu qianbei also exists if you think long distance relationship doesn't work or something #idk i'm just so annoyed yan.fei is my main and forever has a place in my heart and then she gets crumbs with a ship thats so fucking random #baffles me . ok haterism over i'll reblog normal things now

[victimized-martyr]

Hey there! If you’re still doing the ask thing, hm, maybe 33, 19, and 9?

(Also just gonna say you have really funny, neat headcanons!)

Aw! thanks lolol. I like makin myself laugh when coming up with kyman stuff so I'm happy to hear you like 'em too.

Anways *sigh*. I don't know the meaning of brevity ok here we goooooo

33. what is an episode/moment from the show (or a game) that you consider to have very kyman-undertones, yet NO ONE ever talks about it? (UNDERRATED KYMAN MOMENT(S))

I wouldn’t say it’s underrated, but it’s recent so it doesn’t have the attention that other moments have garnered. Help My Teenager Hates me is such a good kyman episode. Kyle takes the first shot. Cartman gets hissy about it and fights back with his words. Kyle, in demonstration of his fiery temperament, shoots unnecessary amounts of paintball bullets. Cartman has no choice to surrender... for the moment. Cause Cartman catches Kyle off guard, honing his energy on one, harsher blow. Like, that’s been their dynamic for decades! Kyman’s dynamic is expressed in a way I’d never thought could be succinct! I’m so happy with this episode.

I’m not surprised he picked up on his tears with lightning speed. Kyle’s always been in tune with Cartman’s emotions. He’s the cartman whisperer fr. Love this episode to death.

Kyle putting on concealer and Gerald covering for him like it’s a damn scandalous hickey and not a bruise. “hE’s eXpIrimEnTinG” oh my fucking god, mattrey.

“Kyle and Cartman hate each other” Why the hell they talkin like friends and engaging in friendly banter when they come across each other at the store then. Check and mate, hoes. (jk jk lol. I just love the reminder that at the end of the day, they’re still friends)

19. do Liane and Sheila (& Gerald, I guess) approve of this relationship?

hm, For Liane, it's not a matter of approval or disapproval; she's fine with Cartman dating whoever he wants. When Cartman was dating Heidi, she stood to the side with little interference. She'll do the same here. In the unlikely even that he turns to her for advice, for example, asking what Kyle meant by “setting boundaries”, Liane would take the conversation…um.. into another direction: “Boundaries?? Aw poopsikins, well, I guess you’re old enough to start understanding this sort of thing. Now, one of the first thing about consent is establishing safewords..." I think all in all, she’d be relieved that someone headstrong and stubborn like Kyle is dating Cartman. He’s starting to put the dishes away! He’s not screaming at her to be at his beck and call! She has time to look for work!

Sheila would be cautious. She trusts Kyle, and it’s not an issue of liking Cartman or not (because Cartman knows how to suck up to adults, and she’s happily had tea with him during the show), it’s more a worry that Kyle and Cartman will make good decisions in their relationship. I envision Sheila as the type of mom who takes dating very seriously, like, the mentality of “dating for marriage” kinda deal. Her extensive lectures on consequences and communication won’t do well to assuage Kyle's neurotic tendencies. That’s where Gerald comes in.

Gerald’s a dick, kay, he’s got a lot in common with Cartman and can see through his sons’ boyfriend’s bs like THAT. Above that though, he’s a family man who knows how to dish out sage advice. Gerald will set Kyle aside and encourage him to “yes, listen to Sheila, but also, don’t navigate so piously that you forget to have fun. And hey, lighten up. Don’t date Cartman to fix him. That’s not how it works, kiddo.” He can’t say for sure if they’ll last, but if Kyle really likes being with Cartman for who he is, then it's fine. Gerald speaks to Kyle from the perspective of a sadistic asshole who fell in love with a self-righteous redhead with an explosive temper– and while Kyle may not make that connection, Gerald does, and he talks accordingly. He makes a note to do what he can to help Kyle out when their relationship inevitably hits lows (yes, plural, because it’s his son. and it’s Eric T. Cartman.)

Wahh!! I went too into detail gfkjdhgkjdf but in honesty, I see it as a more complicated issue than a matter of approval or not.

9. who’s the more affection one?

Outwardly? In terms of physicality? Cartman. He’s so shameless that he’ll make out anywhere, anytime, if Kyle so much as asked. He’ll call him pet names. He’ll STILL buy those couple outfits. He’ll find any excuse to be in contact with Kyle in some capacity. He’ll make grand gestures, and those are his favorite because not only does he get attention from others, he get the coveted double whammy of humiliating AND doting on Kyle. Some might say Cartman’s affection is shallow, that he has a juvenile view of love. Arguably, the affection is there, he just doesn’t realize to what capacity. All he knows is that he finally has Kyle, so he will express himself when emotions arise. It’s very ‘spur of the moment’.

#asks #guess I should make an ask tag lol #kyman #kyle broflovski #eric cartman #south park #I think I'm giving gerald too much credit... #i cant say for sure how attentive he'd be to his son's relationship #i keep thinking on that 'don't be a pussy' speech he gave while Kyle was in distress jghkfdf #but also in s25 he had no problem letting kyle cry on his shoulder and comforted him #I guess it depends on his mood lolol #and maybe his internal promise to help kyle out is so he doesn't have cartman breakdowns in the future gjfkd #if he can stop it while they're young he can save himself from bring driven into an early grave when they RLY go thru it during marriage #ghjfkd #*being #i guess its both a fatherly and admittedly cold calculated way of approaching it lmao #and if Liane+Broflovskis didn't approve? much love buuut rip to them. nothing can stop cartman and kyle from getting what they want lmao #omg someone ask me if stan would approve bc i have a WHOLE THING on that and the domino affect it would have ok #goddamn i talk too much what the actual fuck

[spacecrows]

i was tagged by @speculatives to shuffle my on repeat playlist and post the first 10 songs that come up! thank you for tagging me!! 1. Good Day by Olivia Barton

2. Older Now by Courtney Marie Andrews

3. IDK How To Talk To Girls by Beth McCarthy

4. Femininomenon by Chappell Roan

5. Why Am I Like This? by Orla Gartland

6. Call ACab by Sam Stone

7. Now I'm In It by HAIM

8. Northern Attitude (with Hozier) by Noah Kahan and Hozier

9. Did You Come? by girl in red

10. your mom by corook

i get stupidly anxious about tagging people in ask games but please if you see this and feel like it, PLEASE consider yourself tagged by me!! i want to see what people listen to!!

#i like this one because i don't have to think jdfgfg #sorry to the 2 (or 3?) people who tagged me in that one ask game that i never did because i still can't think of #what my first three ships ever were #maybe one day i'll have an epiphany and come back to that one #but for now. have some songs dfkjdfg #i also kinda love that this list is framed by olivia barton and corook who are in a relationship #love wins or whatever #anyway!! thank you for tagging me :)) #i am always like 'aww omg thank youuu' when people tag me in these even if i don't end up doing them #ask game

[mikereads]

OMG! Wait no they did not just do that its the car the Thelma and Louise car like they aren’t going to die but the implication of all there crimes getting piled up together and them having to run from the law maybe literally this time and even Charlie teasing them about it and omg since Jens car is totaled is this there new car or is it just for promo. I have questions. S3 I can’t wait. 

#refrencing thelma and louise one of the gayest films of all time #recently having Susan herself our bi queen call it a love story between Thelma and Louise like #wow #maam you have to make it canon #jen x judy #they are endgame #dead to me #omg yes #I don't want you to die ladies but hold hands and kiss driving off into the sunset (even just for your honeymoon) I am more than down yes #pls let them recreate the kiss pls maam #I need it society needs it we are loosing all our wlw content give us our endgame #thelma and louise #- I think the tag fits

[sunberry-strawflower]

Wow project sekai you think you're funny

#this happens so much I stg😭 #not just in project sekai but other rhythm games like project diva and bandori #and sif2 #like yesterday I almost got a project diva perfect TWICE and that ONE MESS UP IS ALWAYS THERE TO HAUNT #I love rhythm games but they don't seem to feel the same💔 #at least saki's still proud of me #project sekai #proseka #pjsekai #colorful stage #hatsune miku project sekai #hatsune miku colorful stage #I feel like I'm missing other names #why does this game have so many names omg #pjsk #ok I'm done these are enough names #don't think rhythm games results has a tag #or if it does if anyone rlly looks through them #but I'mma add it anyway #rhythm game results #shoutout to you if you found this post by looking through rhythm game results tag lol #💬

[cha1cedony]

I'm gonna ramble about fic writing (while taking a break from actually writing, but I'm making progress this time! I promise! woohoo. knock on wood). ANYWAY, one of my favorite things to consider as far as characterization goes is self-awareness. Because there's so many different ways and degrees to which a protagonist can be self-aware, and I just LOVE seeing how characters shift (not necessarily 'grow') over the timeline of a story. I love thinking about where a specific character would choose willful ignorance, where they would choose to come to terms with a harsh reality, where they would be entirely oblivious, where they're NOT oblivious but can't even verbalize it in their own internal monologue... chef's kiss. My favorite stuff to write

#in the context of Silver Linings I feel like this mostly applies to Grant's approach to different people/relationships in his life #especially with Darryl and Andy #and I think it's fun that they're kind of going opposite directions rn haha #I don't think that's too spoilery.. um anyway #I'm just. idk. endlessly fascinated by the concept of character writing. because it feels so organic. like I'm shaping clay or someshit #especially in fanfic because I didn't create these characters (well. excluding the OCs.) BUT STILL I just love seeing how they #sort of shape themselves throughout the course of a timeline. not even necessarily a 'plot' (because lord knows there is no plot in my fic) #I never intended Antoine for example to be anything more than a throwaway name #and I still don't know a lot of details about his life or anything. but sometimes I write little things and reread them #and it feels like there is a glimpse to some preexisting character there! that I didn't even intend! and like! that's so neat to me #I just love watching my characters (OC or otherwise; tbh I do NOT have any emotional stake in the Silver Linings OCs) change #this is a very overdramatic way to feel about silly fanfic. anyway idk I just love writing. so much love in my bones today. OKAY BYE #chalcy stuff #sorry for the (probably incoherent) ramble omg I just realized how long this is 😭 I had to delete some tags too haha

[last-flight-of-fancy]

You seem like a good person to ask. Do you have a particular list of longer "Kingdom Hearts" fics or series that you would recommend that have a focus on either the Sea-Salt Trio/Family or the Destiny Trio (or both)? You tend to have a lot of good art and theories here, so I figured you might have some good fic recommendations too. (Self-promotion is absolutely acceptable)

*slams hands on table* my time has come

though as a pre-note i will say that everything i have is at least a few years old, not because i stopped loving fanfic, but bc my specific brand of adhd hyperfixation doesn't allow me to actively read much fic while i'm writing my own.. and anyone who's been following me for a while knows how long i've been working on Stand AU ^^; it sucks but so it goes. i've been trying to catch up before i start my next big AU, but man... adhd brain has not been co-operative -_-

Instinctively Family - Bookwormgal - Kingdom Hearts (Video Games) [Archive of Our Own]

First up is the Instinctive Family series by Bookwormgal, which i've been following for a long time (one of the few i manage to keep up with while working on stand au) and absolutely adore. part one is set during the games and is focused on axel/lea's developing role in roxas and xions lives. it's canon divergent, and part 2 focuses on lea (and isa) learning how to parent a pair of superpowered teenage toddlers while also managing their own boatloads of Trauma. it's a great read and i can't reccommend it enough.

Build a Home | Archive of Our Own

cute sea salt snippets about them building their new home in twilight town

Drops of Blue, Sky of Red - Chapter 1 - spiffyperson - Kingdom Hearts [Archive of Our Own]ks

incomplete, but really fluffy and cute. leaisa with bonus terrqua and of course the various kids doing what nosy kids do best.

From Radiant Garden With Love - BigDykeEnergy - Kingdom Hearts (Video Games) [Archive of Our Own]

a series of postcards sent between leaisa and the kids while leaisa are off on their honeymoon. extremely cute

(also just... everything BigDykeEnergy writes is phenomenal. seriously give their works a scroll)

The Stories We Tell | Archive of Our Own

dealing with axel and saix's past, ranging from radiant garden, through their horribly traumatic time in the organization, and then finally to the found family light at the end of the tunnel.

this one is very heavy, with topics and themes around neurodivergence, ptsd, failing friendships, and mental illness, and as such can be a little rough to get through. i definitely had to take breaks while reading it, but it's a great story if you don't mind a lot of angst before your happy ending.

Love In Every Moment | Archive of Our Own

its been a while since i read this one so the adhd has deleted it from my memory but its in my bookmarks and its tagged sea salt family, so that's a pretty good start i think

Life's Little Lessons - Inarchem - Kingdom Hearts [Archive of Our Own]

modern au! oneshot. isa is a kindergarden teacher and lea is a single dad. isa is his typical ornery self

late night in twilight - rivtco - Kingdom Hearts [Archive of Our Own]

cute little oneshot where axel helps comfort xion after a nightmare

A Grasping Hold - Chapter 1 - Splintered_Star - Kingdom Hearts [Archive of Our Own]

destiny trio and various parents deal with certain ways their journey's have changed them.

and by that i mean things like roxas and namine.

an old one (2013, so it's a post kh2 era fic), but one i still think about fairly regularly tbh.

Sora's Groupchat - Chapter 1 - Dragon_boi - Kingdom Hearts [Archive of Our Own]

i know chat fics can be hit or miss with people but i like this one, it's fun. low-stakes khverse where they're all hanging out at Keyblade School. silly and lighthearted

Stillwater - burymeonpluto - Kingdom Hearts [Archive of Our Own]

less destiny trio and more a kairi introspective character study, but a really good one imo. exploring kairi's feelings and her (very strained) friendship with riku after sora's dissapearance after kh3.

Suppose You Get to Another World - Chapter 1 - illa_dixit, Luxord52 - Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]

incomplete, but a fun read and concept! what if the destiny trio was raised by moogles? also features genderfluid riku and nonbinary sora, and a bunch of worldbuilding with the final fantasy characters



and of course i'm gonna self promo bc im shameless~

StandAU | Archive of Our Own

Stand AU!! my pride and joy <3333 definitely more heart hotel focused than destiny or sea salt focused specifically, but at 500k there's definitely plenty of both of those in there too. slooooow burn sorikai, themes of mental illness, trauma, and most of all healing from it.

all of which somehow sprung from the single prompt of: what if sora's heartmates could manifest themselves like jojo stands?



finally, cometverse

Cometverse | Archive of Our Own

and i'll be real with you, cometverse was both me and orion's first fic writing in decades, so it's a bit rough around the edges in places. but that being said it was written with a whole lot of love and even more hyperfixation, and i still reread parts of it from time to time bc it's just so perfectly self-indulgent to our specific interests.

so what is cometverse?

it's an outside-looking-in OC story where said OC a tendency to adopt every kh kid they come across. and ends up in a throuple with lea and isa. and also there are were-creatures everywhere.

it IS cringe, and we ARE free.

#me poking at tumblr: hey you gonna post this time? #god i hope the links work idk what's up with tumblr rn but it does not like me answering this ask akjfkjfsdjksdf #anyway!! thank you for thinking i have taste omg #i do but also sometimes i don't #i tried to sample a bit from different genre's and tone. yknow. for variety's sake #i had a bunch i would have linked but have updated since i read them last #and i'm not in the business of recc'ing things i haven't read myself yet #hopefully some of these catch your fancy #i was not very thorough going through my bookmarks bc uhhhh... well my bookmarks are kind of a mess tbh #i should fix that at some point (i wont) #flights tag for replies and stuff #fanfic #fanfiction #kingdom hearts #long post

[katnissgirlsmakedo]

utterly cannot stand the type of post thats like "what are the female characters you like" and i KNOW it's not the fault of the people who make those posts i know they only do it because 95% of this site's blorbos are men. but i hate it anyway. like really the only way you can get fandom people to talk about women is to explicitly tell them to talk about women. and it always comes off so disingenuous because i KNOW most people reblogging those posts would never say those characters on a generic "what are your favorite characters" post. like it's all just so bleak :/

#like. tumblr user on an average blorbo tag post: omg dean <3 #tumblr user on average Woman Blorbo post: well i really like woman 2 from netflix original bullshit show #and i don't mean to suggest these people DON'T really like woman 2 from that show. i just think like. #well i've seen ur posts and 80% of them are about a man. and you only ever even mention HER in relation to men or when specifically prompte #like. idk. i promise female characters are interesting when you take off the patriarchy goggles. i promise they are also usually much bette #written than whatever man you're obsessed with. i promise you. #like. clary gets almost no love from this site at large but she is probably one of cassie's most complex characters ever #meanwhile everyone here lovesssss will herondale. and i won't continue that thought lest i be blacklisted #so you see what i'm saying. #most tumblr users could not defend their love of a female character against their raw posting data #beth.txt #don't mean to suggest i never like male charaters we all know i have my guys #but i don't think i talk about men more than women. actually lets review the characters of the year #i'd start with danny obviously danny was huge in january #alina. alex. liv. i'd say call tamara and aaron all count #livvy ty dru and kit are a contant and don't need to be included in the data. but if they were it'd even out anyway #ok so that's 4 men and 3 women. not a bad ratio #didn't mean to make this post about me but well it is my post so yk. whatever #anyway. basically some of you could stand to get really weird about a female character sometime. sick of your deans and whatnot!

[wongyuuu]

Did I just read a post about how carats and seventeen members hate seungcheol?

#seungcheol #svt #i follow some tag so more often than not posts by people i don't follow just pop up #and today this one person that we can't even call seventeen friends to coups because they are merely work buddie #and I'll give in to the fact that i don't know but about fandom behavior #but did we watch the same videos? the same anything regarding svt? #because that's the one thing i always noticed about seventeen how close they are #even before i started to really like them #and if someone thinks that because they tease the fuck out of each other means that don't love and care about each other #i have some news for you my friend #that's basically how man function #my friends tease each other to the point where if it were i would be in tears #but the second one of them has am issue small as it might be they're in it #what i just read was too absurd omg

[helennorvilles]

admin just emailed that im getting a new student tomorrow or thursday send help

#that's like.... scary. obviously it's scary for the child but i have to welcome them?? and. oh god. new to do list already forming. #i have to find a new seat for them? i think i'll have to go table hunting bc i don't have any spare spots. and possibly materials? #but omg i know i have the smallest of all the classes so this is natural but the class dynamic is already so precarious #i just hope they have chill vibes? or like..... compatible in the good ways vibes? #god this poor kid turning up at a new school in term 4 week 4 of year 6 like my kids better be SO lovely and welcoming to them #the majority are lovely even if cheeky so im sure it'll be fine within context!! they're not overall bad with each other excluding a few #my post tag

[army-of-bee-assassins]

so i've identified as autistic for a long ass time now and there are some times when i'm like "hmmm but am i really?? like i don't have x issue that is pretty typical" or "well i do have y issue but it's pretty mild/not a big deal" but then there are also other times when i'm interacting with (ostensibly) neurotypical people and i'm like "oh i'm fucking Autistic™ you and i Do Not communicate the same way."

this has been happening a lot with my landlord/roommate. she really does not state her roommate expectations at all and i think just expects me to know them, which like that's fine i'm a pretty courteous roommate so it hasn't been too much of an issue. but there have already been a few times where she's texted me like "hey actually can you do x please because we share that responsibility" like you know you could just list everything out and tell me at the start my guy. she's been nice enough about it though and it hasn't been that many things so i don't think it's that big a deal.

anyway what ACTUALLY precipitated this post tho was another thing with her today. so she's been getting the patio re-tiled. today they were working on it but she had to go to work. i had class from 1-4. she texted me this morning saying "hey when the tiling guys leave please send me a picture of the patio." i said sure but then when i had to leave for class, they were still working. so i texted her to say as much and then drove to class. i saw once i got there that she had replied (pretty quickly, actually, but i had been driving by then) asking me to just take a pic of the patio anyway with them there. i explained that i didn't see her text until getting to school. she then asked if the patio had looked okay and i answered honestly that i really hadn't looked at it. cut to this afternoon, we both got home around the same time shortly after the tiling guys left and she's really fucking upset because apparently they did a shit job. idk personally i still haven't looked at it. but she was near tears. and she didn't lash out at me or anything but she did say something like "this is why you always have to watch the work as it's done" (using "you" generally) and i feel like she's probably kinda pissed at me for not sending her a picture of the patio. but i straight up had no idea why she wanted a picture (she never stated any reason at all in her texts). if she had just communicated to me her concerns i would've made more of an effort to get one for her. i'm not a mind reader!! if you tell me to do something for what i perceive to be no reason at all i'm probably not gonna put much effort into it. if you explain to me why it's important that it gets done then i'll do it.

#(fun fact i tried to write out most of the above in the tags but it was obvs insanely long even for me) #anyway like i can assume if someone asks me to do something they have a reason for it usually #but that sure doesn't mean i know what it is or how important/unimportant it is #also okay i haven't looked at the patio yet #but i'm such a fucking bad judge of what ''looks bad'' i imagine i will think it looks just fine #i feel like this with my dad too he'll be like 'omg this looks so trashy' about some perfectly innocuous thing #like a scratch on a car or mismatching greenery #like dude it looks fucking fine!!! #and i think with this sorta 'watch them work' thing in this situation #there's a lot of that just straight up boomer racism/classism where they're always assuming that the worker is being lazy or cheating them #anyway i guess i made this post bc like i have a weird feeling of like maybe i should feel guilty but i straight up don't #and i'm feeling very autistic about it all #sorry for the fucking essay #j.txt

[heroicallynude]

Its a bit goofy of Pinkett Smith to pick the one ruler who definitely was not black for her documentary. Not only that, but it is stated in the docu that "Cleopatra was def black" and similar statements. I hope she chooses to portray more African queens and rulers in future documentaries. I also hope that filmmakers in general explore more stories outside of the European context instead of raceswapping historical figures such as Anne Boelyn. Its just very Eurocentric. But then again, its probably done because well known names pull bigger audiences, and therefore more money etc etc

I agree, it's definitely goofy. I think it was stated that she wanted to make a docu about strong African female rulers, and i guuuuess since Cleopatra was technically ruler of a country located on the African continent, she figured that counted, despite Cleopatra being way more Greek than Egyptian?

I think this might be why i can't bring myself to take it all that serious, because it's clearly not made by someone who knows enough about the subject for me to really respect them in like a scholarly fashion. I can only assume she must've had some scholars involved, but if the docu feels confident claiming Cleo was DEFINITELY a black woman, then it's clear that Pinkett Smith chose scholars that would support the worldview she needed for her vision to work. So then, the docu was made by unqualified people with a flawed premise, and some wrong choices were made along the way because her narrative took presidence over actual facts.

I hope that the rest of the episodes about other Africans queens are more historically accurate and respectful, but the issue is that her Ethos is already lost since we all know the documentary hasn't bothered with accuracy. It was a noble endeavor, and i think my fear is that others will be discouraged from making similar stories that amplify often unheard voices, because the backlash over this one, stupid, choice overshadowed everything else

#my first post lacked a looot of nuance #it was this very undeveloped thought i voiced becase i was already des up form lsitening to ppl bitch about the little mermaid #but thats not really an excuse to not stop and consider before just letting out some halfbaked opinion #i think bow that ige had some time to think about it. that i can understand why it was the wrong choice to make #and why some people are rightfully angry with it. unfortunately those are mingled in with people that are just being racist about it #and that sucks i think. i want to be supportive of the people who are wronged but i also want to tell the racists to go suck an egg #anyway i looked into the project a little bit more and started to understand why the choice was made even though i dont really condone it #but i guess i also just don't care all that much because im not personally affected by it? so then for should probably just step down #and not engage in a discussion thats not about me or for me. so yeah. I'm gonna refer to the people who have actual stakes in this #omg so many typos in these tags but i am too lazy to fix them . sorry

[secretknowledge]

cannot believe these happened on the same month and day

anyway happy 117th anniversary to the final act and happy 10th anniversary to the video that immediately got me fully into don't starve after just watching youtubers play it casually

#science.txt #though i cannot remember most of the time period when don't starve first became a special interest i will never forget the dread this video #induced in me #to sum it up i essentially went ''omg this sandbox game i like and have watched people play before has an actual ending? i want to see!'' #and then i stumbled out of the video covered in blood #certainly a defining experience and one that i am glad i had #i will note that if you decide to check out the ending video it is *slightly* out of date compared to the ending of the fully released game #(mainly the speech and graphics) #but i still think it's good #anyway i'm not explicitly tagging this with the main tags but if it shows up in them regardless that's fine