#i know its pessimistic but like

[ganondoodle]

1 year since i got scammed by nintedno leaving me forever yearning for a game we will never get and an extreme worry for the future

#ganondoodles talks #zelda #dont think they will learn anything #i know its pessimistic but like #as if the critics were in any way as loud or popular as those worshipping it #i feel so bad for having contributed twice to its sales and earnings #i bought it normally (later sold that to a coworker) and the collectors #which i sold but i only got back the money a normal new one would have cost #and it was also only bc i was buying sth else and it was literally in prime condition #like he said it wouldnt matter bc he cant give me more but then even he said holy shit thats literlly like unopened lol #i mean ... most of it was never opnened xD just took the game out once and put it back once thats it #i feel extra scammed bc it was the first and only collectors edition i ever owned #and i dont think i will ever buy one again #and might regret that #i still wish i had known how much i liked botw to get its special one ... but i didnt have the money back then either way #but id rather miss out on that than spend so much money on sth i will forever regret having spend money on #and i worry for the future bc the “story is the least important part” guy and “lol you can only like the old games bc nostalgia” guy- #-being in charge of the franchise arent giving me much hope for anything better #especially after totks success

[puppyeared]

man

#maybe im being pessimistic abt this. im not saying u should wear a mask every waking moment of your life god knows i cant #but also. hell no i dont trust u if anything i distrust u ppl even more after how things played out for the past 3 years #like there are situations where it might be inevitable catching covid. most of my family members are nurses and in constant contact #but there are also a ton of ways to make that risk low as possible like masking and wearing a face shield and having sanitizer #for me its not enough to just say oh we're in a small group and we're all vaccinated #motherfucker your kid is sick from preschool EVERY TIME WE VISIT. of course ill be wearing a mask she gave me covid last year #also no the fuck it isnt seasonal the cases go up because lack of caution makes the virus spread and mutate especially around times when #ppl gather. add that with virus transmission in cold weather and its a matter of different factors increasing the risk of spread #im also tired of ppl not understanding that i wont be their responsibility if i do get sick. maybe they can help me recover #but at the end of the day the risk of death and long term health is all on me. i cant change that #the govt barely gives me accommodations what makes u think theyll do anything for every individual case of long covid or worse #im so tired. im so tired #i dont even know if its possible to want this to be over anymore i just wish we didnt have to deal with this in the first place #ALSO COUGH INTO YOUR SLEEVE SERIOUSLY HOW IS THIS SO HARD TO REMEMBER #oh its just a cold/dry throat its not like i have covid or anything. no!! its basic hygiene!!! how is this so hard to understand!!!!!!!!!! #and no this isnt abt whether people have the means to protect themselves this is me bitching abt my relatives not taking me seriously #vent #my art #myart #doodles #covid 19

[densitywell]

when considering Ashton's reasoning about Imogen continuing to give in to Predathos, that her being lost is inevitable and that it would be better if it happened now as opposed to later, it feels very important to remember what they said to Laudna when they first landed in Issylra, when she was terrified Imogen had become a moon-worshiping zombie in their separation: If she got blasted into space, we'll go to space. If she got vaporized, it's not like we didn't fucking find you. There is nothing else until this is dealt with. This is what we do, is we bring everybody back. Not only is nobody getting left behind very much Ashton's thing, but he specifically does not see Imogen being lost to Predathos as her being lost for good. (and tbh I agree, given how heavily the story since the start of the campaign has been leaning on her to confront this.) And even if it did, they'd still go through hell trying to get her back.

But it also makes me think of what Imogen told Ashton, after the shard; maybe this was destiny, like they thought it was. Maybe what they needed was to shatter into pieces and come back together. That same idea, of controlled burning, needing to confront something to overcome it, fuck yeah, jump into that lava and find yourself, to hurt is to heal - Ashton, we watched you break into a thousand tiny pieces. If she got vaporized, it's not like we didn't fucking bring you back.

#critical role #imogen temult #ashton greymoore #cr spoilers #this is not to say they're CORRECT about any of this btw. but i saw Takes acting like Ashton said what he said #with the belief that this would be the end of Imogen as we know her and that its inevitable she be unhappy. and like. #classic 'Ashton is deeply pessimistic and sucks bad but also you're missing something pretty fundamental abt the character' moments. #and i had already been thinking of the post shardgate moment in this context so. #crposting #cr #also i will just run back in and add that you can't just attribute the same perspective on this to ashton and orym even if they agreed #orym would be crushed if they lost imogen. but if it meant they defeated the vanguard and predathos it would be a worthwhile sacrifice #meanwhile ashton would tell the gods to go fuck themselves to their faces if the choice was between saving them and saving imogen #or any of the hells #you're so special

[blluespirit]

Zuko is gruff and imperfect in his attempts to show kindness, and yet fighting comes as easy as breathing. I love fics that tackle that awkwardness, that stumbling kindness, but don’t portray it in that way that makes Zuko just seem hopeless, and actually explore it. He wants to be kind. He wants to care, but he’s lived a life where that is few and far between.

We’ve seen zuko fight in all different ways, with bending, with swords, with knives, hell, even hand to hand. And yet, he stumbles over his words when Jin flirts with him, offers Li only a knife - a tool of violence - to show he’s thankful, pushes Jet away the second he reaches out when they meet on the boat. He steels that man’s swords from him out of revenge and selfishness and steals Song’s ostrich horse rather than face her and the truth. He robs the rich man on the highway, and lures a secret police officer into an ally to frighten him into spilling information.

Yet, he blanched at Song’s easy compassion and at Li’s parents offer to let him stay. It’s the easiest thing in the world to leave Jin behind, to leave Li behind, to fight Jet in the streats in Ba Sing Se. It’s easier to steal and fight and scream. It’s easier to fight for survival than ask for someone’s kindness. After all, he wouldn’t know what to do with that.

#season 2 zuko you are everything to me #i love that we still see that in season 3 as well. it makes zuko’s heel face turn more realistic #he still gets angry and acts rashly sometimes #he realises where katara’s anger is directed and immediately his solution is revenge tour time!!!! #when they realise the southern raiders leader is not the man they’re looking for zuko grabs him #slams his face into a wall and wrenches his arm back and demands to know who they’re looking for #and it’s why i love him sm bc he’s not the perfect protagonist like aang is portrayed sometimes #where aang is a pacifist and sees the best in everyone zuko is usually punch first ask questions later #where aang is lighthearted and hopeful zuko is pessimistic and dark #ITS WHY THEIR CHARACTERS WORK SO WELL!! #they’re opposite yet the best of friends until aang’s death #anyway i love zuko and he’s deep seated need to be kind and compassionate and his struggle to remember how to show it and how to accept it #zuko #god i hope some of this makes sense #jack talks #atla #avatar the last airbender

[zannolin]

to be real with you i honestly hateeee getting into fandoms for media that's still actively coming out (not like, star trek or whatever that doesn't count; long-running stuff with different eras and installments is in a different class than, say, a single book series or netflix show) because i was there gandalf i was in the voltron fandom in 2018 when s8 aired and it felt like the entire fandom collapsed overnight. and it rebounded eventually (or like, i don't really know the extent and activity of the voltron fandom today, okay, it's been a LONG time for me, but i see stuff kicking around occasionally) though never to the same level of engagement and activity, and i hate that. i hate the looming feeling of "if they really drop the ball on this last season or canonize some ship people hate or don't canonize one people love, the entire fandom will just up and leave and chances are i'll be left behind all sad and still attached with no one to talk to." it's a bad feeling!! and it wasn't JUST voltron this happened to either. (not to mention so many shows these days just have like Bad Fuckign Endings man don't get me started on death of the ending in the name of franchise) and it keeps happening also because apparently nowadays a show has to be actively airing to have a fanbase but once it ends and the popular gay ship isn't canon god forbid we ever talk about it again. y'know. i hate the content culture and like planned obsolescence invading fandom these days. it wasn't always this way <- crochety grandma voice but like. it hasn't always been like this! surely not!

it's why i'm so much happier and secure writing for stuff like idk, national treasure. or beyonders which is a wildly niche series that came out over a decade ago and still has a dedicated little fanbase kicking around. or star wars. established franchises or niche media where you don't have to worry about the rug being pulled out from under you (either because of an established, dedicated fanbase, or because the fact that the rug never existed in the first place) are so much easier to hang around in. and i wish more current media could have that kind of fanbase more often. i wish things stayed in the current consciousness more than, like, a year without a new season every year or two to boost them. you know?

okay enough being existential. back to reblogging gifsets you can go home now.

#to be honest also #this is why it's a damn miracle i got into cobra kai AND back into stranger things #bc i can just feel the end coming and its labeled s6 and s5 respectively #call me phoebe bridgers bc i know the end ive lived it #im not super engaged in the wider fandom but esp for like st i know like byler wont be canon and half the fandom at least on here #is gonna collapseeeee it'll be like klance all over again man #MAYBE IM JUST PESSIMISTIC #but i have war flashbacks okay #ive seen this kill before #anyway. sorry to have a doomposting moment #i didnt mean to get into actively airing media but im here now and paying the price #even if im having fun #zanna talks

[wvldorf]

makes me laugh sooo much when people say arsenal fans are delusionals and get disproportionally carried away when we’re actually one of the only fanbases i’ve seen in my lifetime being scared of going against teams sitting 25pts below them on the table

#like i KNOW fulham are a good team and im the first one saying we’re dropping points tomorrow like im super pessimistic about that game #but makes me laugh when i look at other teams like city/utd fans would never be scared of goong against teams like that #and most of arsenal fans are like yeah its over we’re playing bournemouth tomorrow #guess it shows how much we’ve gone through😭 #no hope just low expectations and seretonin overload after each win

[givemewallywestorgivemedeath]

Mmm

Ugh. Writing is on the wall for this one folks. I'm trying to remain positive but I will be surprised if Adams stays on the Flash series after the Flash #800.

#i am. incredibly confused. #they just gave him another book so he's still doing comics. plus he just got marvel books. #so hes definitely not done comics. and they're ongoings as well. #its possible he couldn't juggle them all and he dropped the Flash. but hes talking like DC is kicking him off not the other way around #but his Flash book is selling out??? and reprinting #its doing so well??? DC would have to be nuts to kick Adams off the Flash or cancel the series #if they cancel the Flash im done buying comics fr #my only thought is that they cancelled it or someone big wanted to write it and they couldn't say no #Mark Waid just came back to DC.... Johns is back.... Williamson is using Barry for something.... idk. itd have to be one of them #but i don't know that Waid and Johns would go back. they told their story. they certainly wouldn't kick Adams off the book #Williamson might. idk. he got a promotion so hed have the power to do so. he also is using Barry for something and keeps saying that #he wanted to use Wally and Bart but wasn't allowed to when he wrote the Flash. so he might want a second shot #but idk. pessimist in me is saying that its cancelled :( #dc #dc comics #the flash

[oatbugs]

anyway this upcoming trip w my gf. will decide a lot i think

#travelling tgth can tell u a lot abt a person #my gf has quite strong anxiety #but nevertheless for me. i know i cant be rly in a relationship w someone who becomes like #irritable and panicked and clueless under pressure instead of looking at it like a fun challenge or an adventure #like genuinely the attitude of becoming snappy when travel stress hits is smth ive seen in my parents and i Cannot deal w it personally #ive been held up a lot at the border and ive been trapped in foreign countries cities w a dead phone at 4 AM etc #and somehow its always been an adventure esp when im w a friend w a similar outlook of like. omg this will be a good story to tell later #lets make the most of it let's sit on the beach or find a bar thats still open lets discuss smth we love until sunrise!! #anyway i know shes an anxious person but regardless of that being . not pessimistic and enjoying adventure and stuff #is so important to me in a person. it reflects not just on travel but abt how they will handle life later yk. what happens if our car #stops in the middle of the road? will you start freaking out about it? will you be calm through it? #so #well see #i hope it goes well i love her sm

[paralien]

The worst thing in the entire world isn't waiting for a planned Talk™; It's having waited for A Talk™ for days and then less than 24hrs before it, the person who planned it asks if you can do a rain check and take it another day

#Im going to tear my skin off. #I'd put away all of tmrw to having my heart (most likely) shattered and now its been delayed to tuesday so now i have to just #pretend monday is a normal day and not the day i thought i was going to (figuratively) die #Feel kind of bad for only replying to all of his texts w just. one liners. no emojis. but im just. so emotionally tired #hes been ignoring me for 2 months. and now he suddenly wants to have a talk and i bet i already know what hes going to say #which isnt going to be “hey ive been worse than awful” which he has been #but instead he'll most likely just say hey sorry i need to work on myswlf and also im moving away and like #i swear i wasnt ignoring you bc i thought abt u while we didnt see eachother for 2 months #and then completely ignore the elepahnt in the room which is that he cant just say. hey im not ready for a relationship. but then: #flirt with me. kiss me. constantly cuddle w me. initiate sex. and then ignore me for 2 whole months and pretend any of that was ok or normal #im just. tired and anxious and feeling so pessimistic. like theres no way up from here

[kitzenvoncatzen]

hey guys are we ever going to actually revolt against the current horrible structure of society or do we just say that because we want it to happen?

#kinda serious i guess #im just seeing that things arent getting much better or anything #not to be pessimistic #i know of a lot of things that are getting better #but its not the most important stuff that looks like it actually is getting fixed

[the-busy-ghost]

Warning- this is a very petty post, but I think I'm entitled to at least one petty, pissed-off reaction every time I finish a classic novel that hit harder than I expected so take this as my quota for the year.

Also spoiler warning for a book that came out over a century ago but still, I didn't know the plot going in so don't want to ruin it for anyone else, if you haven't read it shut your eyes. (Also Local Tumblr User Going Wild Over Book Published a Hundred Years Ago That Everybody Else Already Read should probably be categorised as akey part of indigenous tumblr culture at this point).

Anyway I just finished the War of the Worlds and in between studying I've thinking about Themes and Motifs as you do, and idly looking for further analysis. I then accidentally ran into an article called 'A Quiet Place II Succeeds Where the War of the Worlds Failed' and:

Now I haven't seen any of the Quiet Place films, this is not a rant against them and of course everyone is entitled to their own opinions. But re: the ending of The War of the Worlds, I have to ask, did this guy somehow miss, uh, the entire point of the book or am I just utterly insane?

#You're right it's not very satisfying for humanity that the invaders are foiled by a bacteria and not human action! Maybe that's the point! #Maybe it's supposed to be FRIGHTENING and make you ask questions about what humans will do under extreme stress #Not be a morally uplifting tale about Humanity Heroically Defeating the Martians in a Glorious Hollywood Ending #Maybe it's MEANT to be unsatisfying because this is not a straightforward fairytale #I mean I've only read it once and don't know much about Wells' work so I might have misunderstood the point of the book too #But at places it is a very pessimistic view of the human condition and that's partly WHY IT'S SO POWERFUL #That doesn't mean there aren't moments of individual acts of heroism (the Thunderchild for example) #But the question is not just 'how will humanity beat the Martians and prove that we're still the masters of the universe' #Rather 'a) why is humanity so confident that it's ultimately in control of its own destiny #And b) here's lots of scenes of societal collapse and of people pushed to the brink and what would YOU do in those circumstances? #Would YOU feel remorse about silencing the curate even if it did lead to his death? #What if it rather than a foolish adult it had been a small child? #And even if they were weak did they DESERVE it? Yes it might have been necessary but should it be policy going forward? #Would you also be attracted briefly by the certainties that the artilleryman's (rather fascist) plan seems to offer so humanity survives? #But what sort of humanity would that be if it DID survive and is it worth it? The narrator feels he needs to justify the curate's death #The artilleryman would have probably never have thought it was anything OTHER than justifiable or indeed laudable #Under strain and stress would you start to turn against even your loved ones and become brutal? #Is that the only hope for human survival beyond complete surrender? And was the destruction of London maybe even 'cleansing' #In the eugenics sense or in the sense of a natural horror of dirt and germs? #And the vast exodus of six million people fleeing headlong in panic - we might not have seen that exact phenomenon #But didn't the twentieth century subsequently go on to show us unprecedented scale of slaughter and refugee movements and communal strife? #At the end of the day what really separates humanity from other animals? And what separates us from the Martians? #It's not an uncontroversial book- it was written over a hundred years ago for goodness sake and there are questions worth asking #about the way imperialism and arguments about eugenics and population control and all sorts of other dodgy areas operated on Wells' mind #But dear God I really don't think the problem with the book is that 'Humanity didn't save the day!' #Unsatisfying ending? Yes. A FAILURE? No not in my opinion- looks like it was exactly what Wells set out to do #Humanity didn't win the war of the worlds they had a narrow escape and though it might not be martians next time #Why wouldn't disaster return in the future? Sure we've studied their flying machines and even preserved a martian in a jar #But for all our science what have we ACTUALLY learned that will enable us to avert future human catastrophes? Ethically or socially? #Alright rant over- as usual my opinion is not universal nor necessarily well-informed this take just really got my goat

[citrusinicake]

gijinka of my stuffed toys in an attempt to give more of a shit about them

#mine.art #stuffed toys #pearl #crayon #more to come if i have the energy for it #lol i didnt even name any of them and had to rush them out for this #pearl is an optimistic realist whos kinda stupid #shes actually pretty grounded but her antics wont tell you that lol #like girl can and will build a portal to another world knowing full well it doesnt exist #her fav activity is ghost hunting #she doesnt believe in ghosts btw #shes a cis lesbian and is as gc as a fisherman can get #crayon is a happy-go-lucky pessimist bordering on cynic #it likes to go along with pearls antics and manipulating other ppl into also going along with pearls antics #its p smart but usually only uses it to get freebies and to scam ppl #its a transman non-sam ace #pearl Insists shes the older twin to crayons dismay #pearl has uneven pupils cause the shark i based her on also has uneven pupils #crayon is thiccer cause i accidentally drew it thiccer and decided to just go along with it #ik pearls colors screams bi but my heart decided on lesbian so here we are

[hotmalewife]

Dude reading more about adhd and its like apparently early intervention with medication leads to better outcomes and less severe adhd as an adult and its like ah (didnt get diagnosed until they were 24)

#my adhd is bad on all levels except hyperactivity i am rarely hyperactive #its just depressing going undiagnosed for so long esp knowing theres a lot of ppl in the same boat as me #not to be pessimistic about adhd because i feel like ppl get stuck in self defeating spirals about it a lot #but its interesting knowing that now and feeling validated as why my adhd is harder to work than ppl who have been on meds #since they were kids

[forcefeminem]

in a bizarre turn of events i actually realized recently i kind of do have a lot of friends, at least work friends

#our post comrade. #i was talking to my coworker and i was like but i dont think anyone here actualy thinks of me as a friend. nobody talks to me outside ofwor #and he said that it counts. granted hes also a big extrovert the kind that thinks of everybody as his friend i think #and my manager was asking me today who i wanted to invite bowling #and like a whole bunch of names just tumbled out of my mouth. maybe i do have friends. maybe im just too pessimistic to see it. #i don't know. i still wish i had people who want to see me outside of work. its not really the same #but they DO want to see me. they said theyd come bowling with me. for my birthday. #ive never had anyone celebrate my birthday like this. or act this excited for it. i dont really know how to react. #theyve been asking me all week if im excited. i think theyre excited. i dont know #i guess what im saying is im really touched

[libraryfag]

OwO fellow doomer?

??????

#wgts this about. dont even rlly know what a doomer is. #from what i can tell its like a pessimistic gen z. which im explicitly not. bc i try very hard to stay as positive as possible #anon #my asks

[mechawolfie]

pantheon is pretty fucked up im kind of into it

#smudgy.txt #pantheon amc #pantheon spoilers #(in the tags/notes ig) #i love love looooved the existential horror of uploaded intelligence in soma im #so glad to see it used in another story #but this one looks like itll be more optimistic/looking at things more from th perspective that the ppl who've been uploaded r still human #rather than leaving it ambiguous. which ig takes some of the horror away from it #but honestly i dont mind. its a different take from the usual but rly nice to see #sry i like the conversation of like. artificial immortality for lack of a better term #but so many things tend to be so pessimistic when it comes to futuristic tech #which isnt necessarily bad imo but like... #the focus tends to b on just the general fear of playing god & a fear of things that r different & new #& talk abt mans hubris & blah blah blah #which.. thats all been said like a million times #i like to see smth different!! #i looove just looking at this stuff from different angles #specifically when its an optimistic angle since ppl tend to completely overlook that. #which like i know WHY. but still. lighten up a bit sometimes. anyway #sorry i lost my train of thought #lots of messed up stuff happening in this show #but the results of that stuff. the little moments inbetween... it intrigues me!! & makes my heart ache a little bit