#im just rambling rn dont take this too seriously

[wintersettled]

Honestly the way different archons in genshin impact have such different interactions with their nation is very interesting to me, especially with how its further expanded in fontaine recently.

The archons who are closest to the way we traditionally (in the west) think of a god (ie. all-powerful and on a completely other level of existence to humans) would probably be Barbatos first, then Rex Lapis.

Barbatos/Venti having churches dedicated to him and not appearing (as far as most are aware) in society for centuries is very similar to how the christian god is seen, as someone worshipped but never directly interacted with on a level beyond the spiritual. Meanwhile Rex Lapis/Zhongli has tons of myths and stories dedicated to him across lands and made appearances for years until his "death". In this way he's somewhat comparable to Greek gods (or even Jesus, to keep the christianity analogy going). He's far more openly entrenched in humanity but still remains separate and "above".

It's more-so with the three other archons we've encountered that our understanding of what gods must be like in teyvat based on Rex Lapis and Barbatos is totally altered with Ei, Furina, and Buer, all three being the "replacement" archon for their respective nations.

Ei, the third archon we meet, takes a direct role in Inazuman government as the Shogun, a totally different approach than the previous two which i find more similar to various rulers claiming divine right of kings. Also, despite not being the original electro archon most dont actually know this because Ei took on the identity of her sister, who died during the calamity. I think Ei taking on her sisters identity definitely helped her maintain her "divine authority" where other archons (buer) failed to maintain it in their nations.

Speaking of Buer/Nahida, you'd think the whole changing the past to everyone except descenders thing would complicate our interpretation of her but it doesnt at all. I think the reason for this is that destroying the previous archon in irmunsul didnt actually change the past. I also dont think the wanderer/scaramouche actually changed the past. I think they just changed peoples memories of it. but anyway. Nahida also takes on a governmental role at the end of sumerus archon quests while still remaining a somewhat holy figure. She was obviously shut out/disregarded following the passing of the previous dendro archon, unlike Ei she wasn't able to maintain her authority. After the archon quest however, her position in government kind of reminds me of the queen of england early in her rule. There was still a democratic governing body in the prime minister and other representatives but she maintains power.

Furina/Focalors also reminds me of the queen of england but at the end of her career instead. Furina appears to be more of a mascot in fontaine than a proper ruling body. It actually seems that the machine and neuvillette hold more authority that she does. Obviously we havent really explored fontaine much yet (its only been out a few days but im loving it) and we've only gotten so much info from the archon quests but as far as i can tell, furina appears to be kind of scrambling to live up to the previous hydro archon who was seemingly so well liked that fontaines people are repenting to this day. (as am i misremembering or did they say the previous archon didnt side with celestia but her people did?? what!?). Its even actively pointed out how people in fontaine do not view their archon to even a similar level as people in other nations (i mean their archon does meet and greets and is very reckless with her accusations but-).

anyways 👍 yes.

TLDR: zhongli + venti = traditional gods ei + nahida (now) = government furina + nahida = queen of england idk also i dont think they actually changed the past, just people interpretation of it. btw whats up with the fontaine profecy and the whole "they sided with celestia" thing??

#im just rambling rn dont take this too seriously #me spending far too long talking incoherently about obvious things probs #i have a headache sisters this isnt getting reread so good luck understanding it </3 #genshin #genshin impact #furina #focalors #neuvillette #navida #buer #zhongli #venti #barbatos #rex lapis #why do they have so many names omfg #baal #ei #uhhhhh #struggling to recall omg #archons #not tagging xyz archon im tired #GIRL #raiden shogun #got it! #(high off kaeya content cause hes obviously an important character in the overall story of the game) i miss kaeya </3 #omg fontaine is fantastic for me percy jacksoning it up #also robespierring it up #in the sea im percy jackson on land im robespierre only some will get it #this post is so long and i didnt even make a point i kinda just got tired and stopped writing sorry if you wanted in depth analysis #i am not the one

[hevendor]

i feel like ppl on the internet overanalyze what makes a good apology now .. i remember wen i first started seeing ppl talk abt the difference between "good" and "bad" apologies like 10 or so years ago n the focus was more like "are they trying to shift blame off of themselves or are they actually accepting responsibility"

so an example as a shit apology is like "im sorry you felt offended i didnt expect anyone to react that way to what i did" n its cuz its basically blaming ppl for being offended

and then other apologies that r often considered bad r ones that seem almost like a vague generic template like "i did wrong so i will do better now pls forgive me" n it doesnt show the person even acknowledges what they even did wrong they just want to skip to being forgiven w/e any effort

and criticisms of those types i accept fully but i feel like ppl r starting to get more and more specific w how apologies need to b as if the apology needs to b absolutely flawless to mean anything n i think thats so bogus ... usually wen someone is apologizing for smth and they actually mean it and care a lot then they r also gonna b v emotional n its weird to expect someone who is spiraling to produce the most perfect well thought out and eloquent apology humanly possible .. like that is a legit skill to be able to write well thought out statements and its not a skill that spontaneously develops based on how genuinely sorry someone is lol ..

of course there are also lots of important nuance in any given situation such as what it is that is being apologized for and who the person is n all this other stuff so of course an apology can still b bad even if it isnt trying to blame other ppl/feels like a template but i still think there r way too many situations in which there are overly high expectations of what an apology should include

i feel like after taking a step back from internet culture i gained more of an understanding that people r just people and are always liable to make many mistakes and to b unable to handle everything perfectly especially wen emotions r high so i feel more forgiveness esp for ppl whos "crime" wasnt anything that extreme or was maybe understandable given the situation they were placed in and the feelings they were likely feeling .. no one acts rationally 100% of the time and mistakes r how ppl learn.. again there is nuance to everything tho

#i think ppl also overestimate how well they wud respond if they were in a situation where they had to publicly apologize for smth #its much easier to criticize wen u r not directly involved and therefore not feeling crazy amounts of stress and negative emotions #also i wanna say this isnt even about a particular thing and its not in defense of any particular person LOL #i dont have any stake in any current drama rn #i dont even kno of any current drama now that i think abt it lmao ... #its just one of those things im thinkin abt too hard again cuz it captivated my interest while ive been procrastinating on homework #and since i have no one to directly ramble on abt nothing i just post it here instead :) #but this is what i mean wen i said my friends dont reply to my shit and i cant even blame them btw #imagine getting this whole post in a dm ... im so annoying LMFAO #also any1 who reads this dont bother taking it seriously #tumblr is my diary #long post

[castielfucks]

not sure how to feel about this new brand of comedy where you have to buy tickets to watch someone read memes/comics from a screen. am I missing something. am I an old man yelling at cloud. being gen.

#/gen #for some reason this one dude keeps popping up on my fyp and its just him reading 4 panel comics to an audience #like.... why #now ik if you break it down enough all comedy acts are people reading/reciting something #but smth feels off about... people just reading screenshots or comics as their ENTIRE act ??? #is it supposed to be like watching an author read their book irl?? #it doesnt seem like it #im really trying to wrao my head around whatever is happening to comedy shows rn #dont get me started on hecklers #theres like more of them now? i think encouraged by constantly being popularized on tiktok??? #ppl love watching a comedian take down a heckler but also would love to be posted to the comedians tt account #im just rambling and if i post this on facebook people will take it too seriously #just shooting shit dont take this seriously god please its not serious

[sl-vega]

busts down the door and storms into your inbox after seeing that post: VEE BESTIE YOU ARE JUST AS AMAZING, PERFECT, TALENTED, ALL OF THE ABOVE ISTG IF YOU DONT START APPRECIATING YOURSELF-

no but in all seriousness LMAO i swear there are still times now where i doubt my writing, theme making skills or dont think im as qualified to give people advice on writing or stuff but then!! we have amazing kind hearted people like vee who will come in and make all that doubt disappear with her constant and never ending love & support 🥰

VEE IM NOT KIDDING WHEN I SAY YOURE A HUGE SUPPORT AND INSPIRATION FOR ME TO KEEP GOING WITH WRITING🫶as one of my first moots and the one to show immense support for stealing the spotlight ( my first ever smau ) i am forever indebted to you and happy we’re mooties <33

me being too good for this world?? girl, you are too good for the whole universe 😔 AND TOO COOL FOR YOU? GASP NO NEVER! the day i become too cool and the day we both become too cool together 😎HELP-

but anyways, that’s enough of my sappy rambling! your smau’s and writing are incredible vee you’ve got every right to call yourself a cool writer ( i will do as many shameless plug in’s as i have to, to prove it. that’s a threat /lh ) I LOVE YOU SM /P 🤍

AWW MAE- (girl I TEARED UP when I read this)

I'm so happy to know that my little comments and random asks i send you make you feel that happy, and I'm so glad that my support means something to you! <3 <3

AND TY MAE THAT MEANS SM THAT I'M AN INSPIRATION TO YOU- You inspire me a lot too, and your support also means the world to me ❤ (SOBBING RN GIRLIE YOU ARE TOO SWEET-🥺😭)

THE COMPLIMENT OVERLOAD, MA'AM YOU DON'T NEED TO- I am so lucky to have such wonderful mooties such as yourself mae <3

TY AGAIN FOR THE KIND WORDS (and the shameless plug offers, i shall gladly take you up on that) AND ILYSMT MAE!

(now don't mind me re-reading this ask for the hundredth time, i gotta gatekeep these nice words a little longer)

#mail: mae

[purecalcium66]

this game is extremly fanartable for some reason??? (please don't ask me about the background i cannot explain it either, Im not a good backgrounder)

by accident i finished Infinite sooner than i expected, so here under the cut is my opinion/rant about this game, as someone who knows next to nothing about politics, racist stereotypes and all the problematic stuff the game tired to show. Just a really casual opinion, i just needed to write somewhere. Don't take it seriously if you want to read it please.

in advance: sorry for any mistakes, english is not my native language and im writing this straight from my heart so im not thinking about grammar rn

first thing: I reeeeally enjoyed this game, which after reading so many negative comments i did not expect. It has its flaws, but everything has flaws. Of course it isn't better than the first and second Bioshock, but i dont really consider it as a continuation of the first two games? Rather like a stand alone title. It's soooo entirely different, and as much as I prefer Rapture, Columbia is incredibely pretty and i had to stop every 10 seconds to take a screenshot.

Even though the story was... uh.... well, some plot holes were so wide i could fit my whole fist through them, but nevertheless it was overall, enjoyable. Im pretty sure, that even the creators got lost in that lore at some point, and im still cannot tell what exactly happend at the end...? I went crazy when i attempted to make a timeline of events. But the idea of tears and all that dimension travel was pretty interesting i think. Anyway. Plot twist was forced, and that Rapture cameo at the end was too, as much as i dont want to admit it (even though i almost pissed my pants from excitement when i saw my favourite city in its full glory again). Burial at Sea might add something to the story i guess, but from what i heard, it only adds existential dread to the fans of the series. I will see about that soon. Even if its really that bad, at least I will have a loooong snappies taking session with those georgous graphics hehe.

Also im really dissapointed in how both Comstock and Fitzroy get disappear forever 5 seconds after they appear in person, like come on, i hoped to see more of them than just some rambling over the radio (the voice acting was amazing though, as usual in Bioshock).

oh and also the boys of silence appeared for only one location? Their design is so cool! After watching the trailer I expected much more! The design was inspiring as hell.

oh also Skylines were the best thing that happened to this game imo. Amazing feeling.

and last but not least: characters! This time i did not really get attached to the characters as much as in the previous games. I liked Elizabeth and Booker, they are pretty solid, i think, and i would totally cosplay as any of them if i had someone to cosplay the other one with me. And the other characters? The Twins were really fun, Songbid was badass, and Daisy was cool too, before she appeared in person for 5 seconds. They all were not nearly as fun as the characters from the first game.

Whoever read this whole, I love you, but please do something better with your time. Stay safe guys, and remember to slap a bald head from time to time (it helps keeping your mental state well)

#bioshock infinite #elizabeth comstock #im losing my grip on reality with every post #booker dewitt #sorry #too late tho #bioshock #calcite art #2k word rant lmao

[comradeboyhalo]

I feel like the issue with comparing the QSMP to DnD is that the islanders would all be different levels, but the writers have to handle everything as if they are the same level. BBH was able to take on 3 eye works and even kill one solo, meanwhile the morning crew got their behinds handed to them by a group of lesser ratio. How do you balance combat for BBH the level 10 Warlock alongside Fit the level 3 Paladin?

yess youre definitely right! ive been thinking about this too, cause i think the dnd approach is necessary for the storytelling (i.e the idea of a loose plot map that the players stitch together), but combat is a different matter. also now im just going to start thinking out loud so please dont take any of what i say below seriously LOL you gave me an excuse to ramble!

overall i also dont really think its the actual combat that needs tweaking. its really more that the players need ground rules of what commands/godmodding the admins can do, or whether or not egg admins are teleporting themselves back ooc. there just needs to be communication about whether or not these fights are winnable, cause players need to have some agency and not feel demotivated, especially seeing some of the reactions from fit/bagi/tubbo. i want players to feel regret, i dont want them to chalk it all up to "oh the admins are just op". there shouldnt be a meta explanation like that, yknow? but ill also talk about fight balancing cause now im curious and want to brainstorm :D

to be fair, bad was only able to take down the eye workers because he started throwing mines, and thats something he's only able to do solo. if mines are out, then it just comes down to him tanking all the hits, because no weapon of his can do enough damage to kill them. qsmp already is doing some type of balancing with the enchanted stick: in that case, the worker who deals the most could focus on bad and burn through his totems while the rest deal with weaker islanders. i also think confusion is a really useful tool, which is why the mobs during code attacks were so scary with the blindness/weakness effects. the best "choreographed" code fights happened when there were waves of mobs, and the code attacked intermittently. this gives weaker players something killable to focus on and giving stronger players a bigger enemy (the npc) if need be, while also automatically hindering their fighting because of crossfire and effects. bad is a lot more cautious with his hits in group battles too.

i think the bigger issue is that armor is so strong on the server that you need crazy good weapons to make a dent. but no one has crazy good weapons except for the admins and etoiles. to get anywhere, the islanders need really creative ways to deal damage while not contributing to crossfire. and this stacks up the odds against all the islanders, whether theyre strong fighters or not. if its doable, the players need to know that its doable, cause rn even bad's idea with reinforced cobwebs was shot down when bagi told him they could just break it in creative mode. which brings me back to my first point. COMMUNICATE SOME GROUND RULES!

but anyways everything im saying is pointless cause i dont know what the lore reasons are 😭. i dont know what the story goals are rn so i cant offer up any good ideas. i really hope that the goal isn't to kill eggs, because i honestly think the qsmp has proven pre-purgatory that we don't need egg-centric storylines to keep the plot rolling. i think a lot of fun fights (and even deaths) can still happen without it feeling forced on the player and viewer end.

#ask #its physically impossible for me to be concise about anything sorry

[zeltqz]

I felt this needed to be sent as an ask. I know it's one of the hardest things to do (writing when your motivation is weighing) but you have to try your best NOT to listen to them (those who keep asking for updates with no consideration of what it's like for the author). Pressure ain't doing nothing but motivating negativity. I know the guilt, I've been there. At the end of the day I gave what I could and the fic ended up being discontinued a month ago. I permanently quit writing because I felt it was so overwhelming and stressful despite being something I absolutely love doing, I just couldn't take knowing people waited for my updates, I was disappointing them and that disappointed me. Talk about depression. Writers depression is very real. So eventually I unpublished my wattpad fics, deleted all my Tumblr fics, and stayed a silent reader, I wrote short poems or small works here and there for my private instagram, just whenever I felt like it. I honestly thought it was permanent. Until a friend of mine started writing which sparked my interest in it again. So I restarted my blog a couple days ago. Gave thought to what it was I wanna write and how I want this blog to be different. Atm I'm barely writing, I started 3 fics last week yet they remain in my drafts untouched with no further progress. But I can honestly say the nonchalance and freedom I have is quite nice, I try to write here and again. Or even if a single sentence or dialogue comes to mind I note it down, that gave life to another sentence and another and another until I put it together and it formed about a decent paragraph.. I'M RAMBLING. I lost track of what I was supposed to say. I don't even know the main point of this story. Forgive me. But seriously, the best advice I can give is to unburden yourself before you drown. Literally. Write what you want when you can, your wips, don't delete them!! I promise you some time later you'll definitely be inspired for them again. And when u do you'll be able to literally write more for it!! I have an idea from 2 yrs ago and it's pretty decent, with some editing it could be even better. So please don't delete them 😭😭 and don't let people push you to update. You can if you can and You can't if you can't!!! I'm here if you need any help 🙏🏻 I noticed that talking about your writing with someone who reciprocates your energy can ignite a full on passionate conversation that will lead to creating quality work!! Like new ideas or even roots to go for old works.. It's a good way to keep the motivation flowing when you're running thin 🤍🤍🤍

this is honestly the sweetest piece of advice soeone ever gave me. its so detailed and relatable too because i used to be a wattpad writer back in 2021 and then ppl kept on asking for update update update and it was so stressful so I just logged out of the account and to this day i havent logged back in 😭😭

as someone who used to be a silent reader i understand the frustration of needing an update. dont get me wrong i understand. i used to feel that exact way because fics were my only source of happiness at one point in my life when everything was shitty. but now im actually writing them, i know why some writers dont want to update so fast because its so much pressure when theres 5-6 ppl in ur inbox asking for update update update

ik how hard it is to finish a story but also how desperate it can get for the readers waiting for said update. which is the reason im constantly trying to keep writing but now i feel like i just cant. im such a perfectionist i dont post anything i dont feel is my best but rn i feel like none of my works are and its making me slack a lot and i feel like if i dont stop feeling this way then i might stop writing as a whole because its making me frustrated

writing genuinely makes me happy bc i feel like its an escape from reality (which i desperately need bc i hate my life) but i cant write good enough which is making me annoyed because i need that reality escape sooooo bad

and the reason i asked yesterday which fics of mine were peoples favourites, most of them were the series that i had deleted from my page because i reread them and hated it so bad. now im rewriting it but with this lack of motivation its one of the hardest things ive had to do in a while

and i barely talk to ppl about my fics because idk i barely recieve comments about them except for PT 2 PLS. like as much as i would LOVE to write part 2 3 4 5 6 7 etc its not motivating enough since i dont have anyone motivating me to write.

ugh this is a lot i dont except anyone to read this but THANKS FOR THE ASK <3

#why do i love to add unnecessary problems to my life #then dedicate myself to solve them #then get sad when i fail #but im too deep in to just give up #i dont wanna deactivate either that solves nothing and itd make me sad #UGH

[mihwee]

A Crazy Bitch

Fem!reader x Og!Penelope

Fandoms; Death is the only ending for the villainess

Sys; penelope groans, feeling her irritating headache come back once more. she wants to find someone, her friend. Her one and only friend in this goddamned duchy that was only visiting for a week. You, a princess of another but quite powerful Kingdom, and...someone like you? The ill mannered wench is friends with the crazy bitch of the eckharts? Seriously, some people coudnt help but wonder whats your relationship with eachother.

Tags; fluff, comfort, WLW YAAAHHH, proper representation, first love, penelope my love

WARNINGS; Cursing

Settings; Midnight, Guest room

Authors note; YAHHHH PENELOPE MY GIRLLL, nayways yeah check req list (pinned) if u need something, i also have a waiting list! Theres alot waiting to be written rn :D im gnna write reynold sucking pp next but im too lazy AGHH , just... just enjoy pls and req more unholy blood fics

Note; Reader in this fic is she/her!!

MINORS ARE ALLOWED TO READ THIS POST, MINORS UNDER 14 DO NOT CHECK OTHER POSTS!

"penelope?" You raised a brow, looking at her tightly shut eyes. "Y/n." She spoke, you gently smiled, crossing your legs as you make yourself comfortable under the soft plush of the luxurious sofa. "Is there a problem?" You replied back.

"Seriously?" She gritted her teeth, "my head hurts." She sucked the air up, her messy pink hair framing her face perfectly. As you stared with concern, penelope threw the expensive cape on the opposite seat, and sat her body on the same seat you were sitting on.

"Did that pink hair boy nag you out again?" You scoffed, you looked at her as she rambled about how shitty this whole place is. about derrick, reynold, or what so ever. you caressed her hair, fixing anything strangled. But overall, penelope was just a lonely child.

Being reincarnated here wasnt your choice, you werent even any of the main cast taking part in love project. But at least, lets hope this girl doesnt die. So you took up the courage and laughed, if im not one of the main cast. Why not just be with one of them?

being ridiculed and shamed for just not being the blood related child of the duchy is too much, even for penelope. And they wonder why she acts this way.

Penelope scrunched her brows, feeling a lump stuck in her throath. Recently, the assholes in this place have decided to fed her rotten food. And ofcourse, she threw the table making a huge fit and scolding the maid for doing such things, its just reasonable.

"Why dont i tell your father about it? Im sure he'll listen to me." You requested, but she groaned in response, "-dont, he'll make everything worse. As if he even pays attention to me." Penelope muttered. For the first, penelope felt comfortable ranting about things with someone. With, a friend.

She layed her head on the head of the sofa. trying not to burst into tears all of the sudden. "Just let me rest here." Spoke penelope. You stood quiet for awhile.

"Penelope." You finally said, with a closed smile. Your hand reached out to hers slowly. "Thank you" you closed your eyes. Penelope tilted her head slightly. "?"

"For trusting me, you know? I believe in you." Penelope raised an eyebrow. All you did was listen to her, but i guess this was a different day. "I know it must be hard, getting accused of something you didnt do just because your brothers dislike you."

"But in the end, they failed to notice how you became this way" penelope snickered. "...became like what?"

"A bitch." You replied back, smilling. As she rolled her eyes, she squeezed your hand tighter.

"So when the original daughter of this house comes back,"

"Go to me." You replied, looking at the luxurious ceilling. "If all their lives they cant accept and teach you, and me. Who only arrived a few months ago became your friend—whats the use? Of trying so hard to reconnect with your fake familly when they dont even try themselves?

"....sometimes. People who recently just arrived in your life are better than people who stayed with you for years"

She looked at you, quietly. "...you really like complimenting youreself huh."

"Im glad you noticed"

"Yeah, cause i know its true." She replied back.

for a moment, you and penelope stayed there. Without letting go of eachothers hand. She hopes you woudnt get dissapointed of her,

Her one and only "Friend"

#death is the only ending for a villainess #penelope eckart #fluff #angst #fem!reader #fem!reader x penelope eckart #fanfiction #wlw #manhwa #webtoon #mihwee🐈‍⬛ #villains are destined to die

[cherrytea556]

She ra is an overhyped mess

I do not get how it was praised so much and was apparently the point were she ra got popular or at least had its popularity grow because there was just so much wrong in s5

The characters are either acting out of character, wasted, used for shipping, have no character development or just badly written

The only characters that i can think of that was well written and not wasted was shadow weaver, angella, mara and lighthope. Mara, angella and lighthope story was already finished so they wouldnt be affected by s5's writing. With shadow weaver, they have her still be a villain which she was great at so that's good at least. But that couldnt be said for the other characters because there stories either was brushed off to never be focused on again, badly written or there was just never a story to begin with.

The tonal issues they have in the later episodes of s5 even though were suppose to take this series seriously. She ra always have tonal issues like with princess prom and those episodes in s4 but it hasnt changed in s5 like in perls of peekablue, their acting like its a fun party when its not and taking control has a sideplot of the rebellion gang going to a party like dont you guys have war rn?

Theres this plothole of grayskull because how its explained in return of the frightzone makes no sense, although maybe im wrong, its coming from memory

How they do redemption with catra and hordax-do i even need to explain further? Like both are shit, catra and hordax didnt change in the end. Hordax may be a worse case because some people say that he wasnt even meant to be redeemed but have an arc about finding himself and acceptance which if thats the intent, why tf would you pick the colonizer that took and brainwash children into harming innocent people? Wheres the thought process in that?

And the romance....look im not big on romances, in fact, i dislike romance but even if i like romance, i wouldnt like most of the she ra endgames writing. Catradora is still toxic as catra didnt change and dismisses all that pain she put adora through for 3 years straight. Spinnetossa was okay because they already were togather but it has a questionable moment to say the least and the closure of their arc in s5 is just poorly worded. Seamista barely has any development for their romance to work plus both wouldnt even be that healthy anyway, seahawk disrespects mermistas boundaries and mermista avoids him and is openly irritated by him so them being canon without much development from the two is really jarring and tbh, kinda ick to me. Now as much as i love glimbow and scorfuma, both weren't so well written, glimbow came out of no where while scorfuma only got a bit of development. Doesnt help that theres no slight indication of them being a couple unlike the rest of the ships so it also kind of came out of nowhere for it to be endgame. The only ship that worked was entrapdak because its healthy, their relationship developed and it doesnt even need to show us a big love confession or something because we as the audience can understand that they are in love so it makes sense for them being canon.

Oh and i forgot horde primes plans make less sense overtime, she ra learnt her new powers way too quickly, catra was forgiven way too quickly, the abliesm in launch was handled terribly, catradora is getting worse than i thought it was and all in all was a dumpter fire that for some reason got a golden platter by critics and fans in 2020

Sorry for the rambling, i still dont get how people call she ra almost perfect when s5 proves otherwise and no one in that time era besides those small creators on youtube mentions its obvious flaws. The whole thing makes me face palm

#anti catradora #antic//a #anti c//a #anti catra #catraslander #catra slander #adora #adoradeservesbetter #spop critical #spop salt #txt #she ra s5 seriously sucks #i dont get how it got that amount of praise

[misc-obeyme]

hello hello, its sibling angst anon again ^^ i loved your response so pls dont apologize for the long ramble, bc i get like that about it too!! also, im glad you liked my song recs <3

speaking of those sibling slideshows i mentioned, for some reason tiktok has filtered them out so when u look them up, they dont show up??? you just kinda get them on ur fyp one day. or atleast thats what happens to me. but if u look up sibling webweaving here on tumblr, ohhh boy. its basically an amalgamation of different types of media be it poetry, song lyrics, shows and movies, and book excrepts all packaged as one that pertain to a theme. my fav is those about mothers and siblings, so unequivocally human. its like walking down a museum tbh.

and agh, i loved your thoughts on the demon bros sibling dynamics. plus yeahhh, its kinda hard to take anything seriously since it is an otome game, BUT who says u cant come up with your interpretations and thoughts? whos gonna stop you? anyway, each brother has a level of depth that is screaming to be fleshed out, but its all very surface level on game. belphegors burdening shame and regret from watching lilith die in front of him, and by extension beelzebub having the same feelings and/or his own guilt. (i remember belph talking about his trauma and the immersion immediately breaks off when an option pops up on the scream, "ask him to kiss you." LIKE. place and time!) asmodeus and lucifer, their entire relationship T_T speaking of which, satan and lucifer?! they're brothers, or say they are and the rest just kinda go with it. but does no one else wanna bring up how satan was even brought to existence? he was literally birthed from luci's wrath during the celestial war. thats like, a gateway for someone to write a long philosophical analysis about him and what it symbolizes. aghhudhwdhwhd i wish i could say more, but i'm literally out of words rn. if i was mc, i'd have to fight everyday to keep it together without breaking down and crying about this. espeically having to live under the same roof as them...ooofff

speaking of complex siblings dynamics, have you see succession? its a show on hbo. its about an ultra rich and powerful family that is ultimately, dysfunctional. theres four siblings and their relationship mean sooo much to me. i wont drop any spoilers just in case you dont know anything, but when i say dysfunctional i meant it!! one of the things i like about this show is that it doesnt have any flashbacks or show the backstories for most of the characters, rather they kinda drop pieces of information randomly and you just go ??? that happened ??? youd think it wouldnt be a good storytelling strategy bc how are you going to emotionally connect the story to your audience? but somehow, the show does it really well. for example, one of the brothers, roman, was heavily abused. and sometimes one of his siblings would go, "yeah i remember when dad used to heavily beat the fuck out of you" offhandedly, like its a cute little fun fact. and youre sitting there like....when did THAT happen??? ofc they wouldnt show it, but if you watch how roman and his father interact on show (roman is so submissive and scared next to his father) it starts to make sense. its like the "show dont tell" but they switch around to "tell and show." subtle interactions like that fully exposes a characters psychology. subtle body language goes a long way. theres also the eldest brother connor, whos seen as the father figure bc their real dad is so neglectful. but tbh connot gets shit on a lot and uuyfuefehfe theres more. i would talk about this all day. sibling angst got me on a chokehold.

anyway, sorry if i made 0 coherent sense but heres the end of the ramble T-T have a good day :3

(if i come back, can i be  🧬 anon?)

Welcome back! And of course you can be 🧬 anon, I will add it to the list!

Oh man, so I did a search for sibling webweaving and I was like woah what is all this lol. I had no idea there was a term for stuff like this, but I'm fascinated! I must not be getting the TikTok videos... admittedly my use of that platform is limited lol.

The thing about the otome game not delving into things means that we all get to speculate and come up with whatever we want. It's a blessing and a curse lol. On the one hand, I like being able to come up with my own interpretations. But on the other hand, it'd be nice to have just a little more depth that what we have.

I have thoughts about Belphie and specifically what happened in the OG with him. That was definitely a situation of, there is so much more going on here than they're bothering to get into. I also get that they can't really do a ton of that, partly due to the medium and partly due to the amount of characters they have to deal with. Like I think they can only choose to flesh out certain characters and the rest kind of end up on the back burner. Which is annoying because there's so much potential for so many amazing stories!

I also have a lot of thoughts about Satan and his relationship to Lucifer and everybody. It's like they give us just enough to make the story dramatic, but in the end everybody loves each other and so on and so forth. I'm not saying both Satan and Belphie shouldn't be able to reconcile what happened to them and move on, but it just happens so fast. It seems too easy. So I kind of headcanon it as, they hide everything. Not just those two, but all the brothers have a certain level of trauma that they just bury deep or at the very least don't display in front of MC. I know they make MC out to be the demon therapist, but nobody resolves their issues in one session and that's all they're normally limited to. But of course they don't have time to get into things that deeply in a mobile otome game lol.

I have not seen Succession! It sounds pretty intense. I think it's always interesting when media use different techniques to tell their story. Of course I have very little knowledge of how TV scripts are written, but for story writing, the way a character reacts can imply all kinds of past history, even if you don't know exactly what happened. Flashbacks are helpful, but I think it's interesting to have a bit of a mix. A character is always going to tell the story of their past a little differently than how it actually happened. And I find that it can reveal a lot about character just to see what they change or leave out when telling it. Of course, who they're speaking to can affect that as well. But it's definitely an interesting concept!

No worries, you made plenty of sense lol! You are always free to come back to my ask box if you so desire! <3

#I think OM would be twenty years long if I was the one writing it lol #because I'd be like listen here we gotta address all this stuff #and there are just too many characters for that #tw abuse mention #cw abuse #tw abuse #uhh just felt the need to include those but there are so many #obey me #🧬 anon #misc answers

[nicegaai]

I MISS MY BOYBAND AU. I MISS IT. I MISS IT I MISS IT. i dont even remember where most of my au rambling WENT like is it buried in my notesapp or on this blog or my other blog or maybe a google doc..

anyway. im at a point in my fandom experience where i want my daydream universes down in writing so other people can see my visions. im gonna talk about my canonverse compliant nordic5 boyband au with no pairings, just vibes. all i want in life is for these guys to hang out and banter and get progressively more miserable. and (most importantly) torment iceland because i love him soso much. if theres no romance its not interesting i UNDERSTAND this and thats ok i just need to write my love letter to canonverse and play with the n5 like dolls

for anyone unfamiliar w the setting, its a public d-list celebrity nations setting, and the boyband thing was an april fools joke that got a very positive response online so theyre forced into time off from office work (yippee) into at first just releasing a real single, then an EP, then they become an actual touring boyband against their will for tourism promotion purposes (?) — so ofc they all feel the need to outcompete each other in stage presence, its a matter of national pride. none of them dance that good, their singing is...average, most of them need alcohol to get through practice, and in the end, by taking the bit too seriously the band bombs and becomes a cringefest they wont live down for a thousand years. also norway is the designated rapper of the group (hes got a bad case of white boy flow) but the others genuinely think hes doing a good job and hype him up. this au is my baby do u understa n d ......

i dont know if id actually write the intro / setup to how they get into this situation or if id just start from "theyre doing album promo photoshoots and grumbling about it" lmao

the reason im talkin ab this again is bc im gigglin n kickin my feet rn thinking about them being told to do a sexy calendar photoshoot and them being like. we were told this was just a normal calendar :/ and the managers being like yeah that was so youd show up. and then norway going mom mode ICELAND IS A MINOR how DARE you. and iceland going NORRRR STOP IM GROWN and nor going YOU ARE TOO YOUNG FOR THIS. GIVE HIM SOMETHING APPROPRIATE TO WEAR . and then they end up doing a fully clothed calendar photoshoot and iceland will never live this down

#fanfic rambling. no not that one .. the other au #p

[enigmaticcattic]

consider this ask to be me enabling you to ramble about anything you currently have down/anything you decide on about your Pokesona owo - @clxckwork-sun-n-moon

AAAAAA-*le dies*

Seriously first haiii! Nice to talk to you :3. I wanted to for a while but was too shy lol

Secondly, I actually dont have much lore for my pokesona rn, but im working on drawing a reference for her!

WIP for actual reference:

And magma doodles!

...looking at her now the design just keeps changing XD i also have her team:

I did some research for those names so if you're interested in what they mean look it up its interesting i think!

Anyways, as far as lore goes, she's just some random forest girl who everyone takes for a witch (and may or may not actually be one) and lives tending to her forest with her pokemon. Most of which are ghost and plant types cuz she became their friends while she was living there. The sylveon was found recently injured near the end of the forest where it meets the open road. She took it in and cared for it and now she unofficially declared it hers. She found the group lost in the forest one day and decided for the most part "These guys look like they have a lot of shit goin on. Sounds interesting! Count me in-" and tags along for the hell of it. Not sure how personality goes, but surprisingly very rough hands due to forest dwelling lifestyle

That's about it, so let me know what you think <3

[kingzephy]

Man. I just keep thinking about Dead Souls and how much I fucking love it. Im just gonna ramble about it under the cut

Im not finished w it yet im almost finished but. Its so criminally underrated and it sucks that it hasnt gotten a proper good localization or port that isnt janky and laggy. I dont regret buying or playing it in the slightest.

Yeah its absolutely got some issues and I could talk about them for a long time, but it scratches this itch for me that I just cant explain well. I love it. I love cheesy campy media thats so bad its good which is honestly a big reason why i like it. It doesnt take itself too seriously at all. In a way it almost reminds me of some games I grew up playing, like re4 and house of the dead in a sense. Its really nothing like those games but you know what I mean

I actually dont mind the controls too much (though to be fair I had to switch to the type b control scheme and that feels better to me). Not being able to do the auto aim and walk at the same time doesnt bother me as much as i thought it was going to but it’s probably cuz im used to that from re4. Thankfully theres multiple aiming modes which makes up for that and you can walk around with the strafe aiming which is actually mostly accurate and feels good to use

Some of the weapons like Majima’s shotgun or Ryuji’s gatling gun especially are really satisfying. Even if theres a few enemies in particular that drive me insane (the monkey boys and especially the molotov cocktail zombies are so annoying they are the bane of my existence) overall i dont have too many issues w the combat aside from. Heat snipes being difficult to trigger sometimes, the auto aim can be a little glitchy every now and then, and occasionally getting overwhelmed by hoards of zombies but thankfully theres good weapons and attacks for that. I like that they included shit like chainsaws and flamethrowers

I love all the characterization they squeeze in for Majima and Ryuji especially, Its always great getting to play as Majima of course and I kinda think hes at his best in this game in some ways for several reasons, despite the weird localization. Hes just out there living his best life and I love that for him. Its good getting to see him like. Actually kinda happy for once. Its always nice getting to see him interact with characters like Akiyama. AND it was good getting to see more Akiyama and Hana together ofc

I really love the hostess conversations and the nonchalant and casual banter, I eat that shit right up. So much interesting dialog. I really enjoy the substories quite a bit, some of them more than others but i love how they poke fun at certain tropes. Theres a few real stand out ones. The main story is enjoyable and funny in a ridiculous way, even if the pacing can be weird and the plot is objectively not done well but I love it anyway for its cheesy edginess. Theres a few scenes that have really stuck with me. I think its funny how a lot of the citizens are in denial or are straight up just unaware of the outbreak and act like life goes on like normal which is something that I think. Aged well. Given the current state of the world rn

As a fan of other survival horror games its fun seeing the very obvious references to other games and such (L4D, RE, etc). I like getting to see Kamurocho in a state of complete disarray, I think the idea of separating the unaffected areas and the quarantine zones is smart and a cool idea so theres not constant zombies everywhere, the game gives you a bit of reprieve (even if it means theres some backtracking and taking the long way around things sometimes). I like how the zones move and change over time as the story progresses and more areas get infected.

Anyway. I dont really care if a piece of media is objectively good as long as Im personally having a good time and having fun w it and I can definitely say Ive had fun. If I wasnt a yakuza fan I can tell you for a fact I would not like this game but. I dunno. I am not immune to its charm. If youre a big yakuza fan and you haven’t played it I recommend at least checking it out on an emulator or something

#my stuff #yakuza #this is barely coherent i just have a lot of thoughts about this game

[chisatowo]

Y'know, not to make all the yukiran enemies to lovers fanatics scream and cry or whatever, but I rly do think the fandom exaggerates their rivalry a lot. Like I get why it happens, since their attitudes towards each other in the stories can be a bit all over the place sometimes, but it's not like they like. Hated each other. Like really the only one who ever carried any real resentment towards the other was Ran, and even then they aren't even always actively aggressive towards Yukina, like these two are in event stories together where they're just hanging out without being at each other's throats y'know? Like don't get me wrong, they do argue and bicker sometimes, but like they seriously don't actually argue that much, and most of their bickering is more like banter and them being dramatic lil losers who like to play up their rivalry, I really don't think there's any actual distain between the two, at least not much anymore in Ran's case.

#rat rambles #band posting #sorry Im in yukiran mode rn xysncgjsu #but yeah like. they very much deeply respect each other and if I may be so bold. like each other #but I feel like its very common to wanna write them as actually hating each other for the sake of slotting them into shipping tropes #its what they would have wanted ig but it bugs me a lot ngl dndjdndhg #like I guess the simple way of wording it is that they dont act out of a hatered towards each other but out of a devotion to their rivalry #theyre dramatic idiot losers and I love them #like theyre rivals not enemies and their rivarly is built on admiration not distain #and like again they like. arent always in dramatic gay rivalry mode around each other. they can just hang out sometimes rjdbdjfn #idk I feel like some people would call me boring but I just find their canon dynamic a lot funnier gmfnsjfm #mainly because at first ran rly took it way more seriously than yukina who seemed to be more intrigued by ran than anything #also I think its funny to imagine most of afterglow taking way too long to realise they dont actually hate each other gnfkfndh #bonus points if they dont find out until ran tries to do a low key 'hey Im dating yukina ok anyways-' and theyre like WHAT????? #also I just rly rly hate how much people sexualise the enemies to lovers trope and how that means some ppl are REALLY weird abt yukiran #anyways *shoots lazer beams if death and violence at the yukiran tag* theyre teenagers

[cornflowercanine]

i think one of the 8iggest contri8uters to early t33ns 8eing so... early t33ns, is that one 8ad thing happens or is there and they think its the end all 8e all 8c theyre small and cant s33 past it, and i like to think i'm a8ove it 8ut recently it's 833n crossing my mind that if i lived somewhere else, i wouldn't have to deal with the 8ullshit (from 'hugely concerning pro8lem' to 'lots of tiny annoyances'- stop putting cut onions in the fridge please) my 8io family makes me deal with daily, and... i s33 older adults talk a8t how 8a8y 18 and sometimes 19 year olds are and im like yeah pro8a8ly, 8ut this makes me realize like. oh im 8A8Y 8a8y they arent just Saying that.

#clove rambles #personal #[living with ur parents is fr33 8c u pay with ur soul] and all 8ut wow #when i think a8t that these seriously honestly are a8le to 8e things that are not present in my life anymore; possi8ly EVER AGAIN' #they s33m soooo small it s33ms soooo small #i mean theyre huge thigns that impact my life a lot and i dont think the grudges and general snappiness for these things #will leave me anytime soon 8ut wow. knowing i can just. not have these 8e here IS SO.... #ADULT ADULTS HOW DO YOU LIVE LIKE THIS (POSITIVE) AHHHHHHHHHH #it also makes me realize lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of tiny little frustr8ing things u deal with daily #and furthermore are Literally Physically Surrounded 8y can really fucking wear on you #and that a huge chunk of those frust8ing thigns for me are #-hearing men -smelling men -8eing in the same area as men -looking at men when i dont a8solutely have to #-emphasis on hearing men and the sounds that they make #-in general just; Men #i already deal with so much Men not only outside 8ut online too where i live should 8e a place of solace and therefore #the idea of men 8eing smth optional is relieving 8eyond relieving #im going to 8ed rn hi #i wanna move out and make irl friends for the first time more than anything!!!!!! #8ut im a8solutely fucking mortified of trying to exist in capitalism and prove myself to it and just; existing irl for the first time #jesus take the wh33l (he 8uys me and some cool les8ians a house together and pays my rent and 8uys us food and

[xatavanhalenx]

HA HA

D rinking myself into oblivion is so fun and cool and awesome wow it s not at all like I have repressed emotions that I r relieve by drinkking every nn night then I wake up like oh owwow how did these cuts get here oop guess I relapsed FUCK

#alexs drunk ramblings #please dont take this too seriously because im so drunk rn #i just like to say shit yk #fuck me man #i am so fucked up in the head im honestly surprised im still alive #ive had a suicide attempt #years of self harm #cuts that shouldve had stitches #infected cuts #ive probbaly destroyed my liver at this point #i have literally given myself second degree burns #fuck me mate