#which isn’t my case BUT

[sailforvalinor]

Idk if this is controversial, but studying for a English/writing degree at university shouldn’t make you NOT want to engage with writing or literature. Just a thought.

#the amount of times one of my literature professors presented us with the worst reading or interpretation (some of which were just plain #revolting) of a piece of literature almost as if she were expecting us to like it just because it was sensational and me and everyone else #going ‘um. no. sorry. not only does that make no sense but now I kind of want to throw up’ #I just came here to read some gothic lit and honestly I’m feeling so attacked right now. (my fault for signing up for gothic lit I suppose) #her English survey class made me never want to look at the written word again #however I know this isn’t me having an issue with survey classes (although the rate they make you read at is kind of ridiculous and I read #fast: case in point for one of them I had to read Huck Finn in 9 days) #because I took American Survey from another professor and it was really challenging but probably the best course I ever took at university #I was not expecting to develop such a distaste for the academic world at uni but maybe that’s just my university (whenever I complain about #this my mom always tells me I need to watch Dead Poet’s Society lol) #siggggghhh anyway. hoping for some better classes with my exchange program (although none of them are writing/English as I’m almost #finished with my degree) #english lit #university #english #college

[yoohyeontual]

#i thought of something #and I wanna know with which of my favorite animals you associate me with #with an other option in case you all associate me with one animal for some reason that isn’t one of my fave mdbcindj #ok to reblog #alex.txt #polls

[perhaps-mr-collins-has-a-cousin]

Hello praying people, I'm not doing well and would really appreciate your prayers right now <3

#long very boring and unnecessarily detailed tag monologue incoming‚ feel free to skip: #this is going to sound like a silly thing to be hitting rock bottom over #but i’m fairly certain i have a semi-rare skin condition known as sensitive skin syndrome #which is basically where skin gets progressively more sensitive #until it won’t tolerate the topical application of anything at all without getting irritated #usually it happens to people on the skin of their face and i have it there but i also specifically have it on my lips #(which apparently is extremely not normal; i found a dermatologist’s case study from like 2019 of one woman who had it on her lips #and according to this case study there were no other cases of people having it on their lips #in all the dermatological literature he had read) #i can’t follow the protocol which all the journal articles i’ve been able to find say is helpful for the rest of the face which is basicall #leave the area the heck alone for at least a year #because if i don’t apply anything to my lips for more than two or three days they will get so dry they crack and bleed #so it’s looking like one way or another i may be having to deal with dry burning irritated lips for the rest of my life #and i’m not dealing with the thought of that very well #i’ve already suffered so much anguish from extreme sensitivity on the rest of my face #and not being able to take proper care of the skin there #and this is just too much for me #i know God is allowing this for a reason but it’s filling me with so much frustration and panic and despair that i don’t know how to go on #but i must and i will #this isn’t a serious or a life-threatening condition but it’s looking like a pretty hopeless one and it’s hurting me badly #and i would appreciate prayers that it would just be healed or that i would know what to do #i think i will try going to my dermatologist but somehow i doubt she's even heard of sensitive skin syndrome #on a COMPLETELY unrelated note i'm just about to get my period and also for two days i've ''eaten'' nothing but vegetable smoothies #and those in pretty small amounts because they're disgusting #(do a detox my hormonal health doctor said) #(it'll be fun she said) #ok if you read this far you're so brave braver than any u.s. marine etc. #thanks for reading ily <3

[bending-sickle]

y’all i straightened my hair yesterday and my recovering curls and the humidity is giving me these massive old-timey corkscrews and you’re gonna have to take my word for it because selfies make me want to bury myself in a hole

#yes i tried editing out my face #yes i hated it anyway #hair is tooo dark to show the curls #anyway killing time with a coffee befire the train #going for the 1:15 which should get me there at 2:15 and on site at…2:45? #plenty of tine for a 5:30 showing #buying tickets asap just in case #yes this is turning into a whole thing #i don’t trust the train system on a good day #they say my line isn’t affected by the copper theft anymore #but like my brother on the railroad…rain can cause delays. breathing funny causes delays. #randomness

[theteapotofdoom]

The Tsunade arc in Naruto drives me crazy … because it makes me want to grab Kishimoto by the collar and shake him like: "you mean to tell me that you actually CAN write interesting and powerful female characters??? you’re telling me that you actually KNOW how to write women who are complicated and messy but still full passion and ambition??? all this time you could do it but you chose NOT TO???????? AND THEN YOU NEVER DID IT AGAIN???"

#whenever I go back to my Naruto phase it always comes with screaming about the female characters #i can’t have one without the others #it’s so frustrating really because all the ladies in Naruto ARE interesting on paper but Kishimoto never does anything #they all have different specialities and fun designs and different vibes #and sometimes you get a glimpse of what could be #but then it just stops #that’s what fandom is for I guess #Tsunade kind of feels like a miracle honestly and even she isn’t a perfect case #i guess it’s a shonen thing but honestly even MHA is way better at this which saying something #maybe I should just rewatch fmab to clean my soul #naruto #tsunade

[yay-depression]

hello! quick reminder that as all the media surrounding demi lovato’s interview where they said they were “tired” of using they/them pronouns show misleading headlines about how demi was “exhausted from using they/them” what actually happened is that demi lovato said it was exhausting having to constantly explain themselves and constantly educate people on they/them pronouns.

#i want to talk about this more but there’s a very specific kind of exhaustion that comes from being out as nonbinary #i detransitoned for several years bc of it and it actively takes more energy (which i already don’t have a lot of) #i’ve talked to a couple of my binary trans friends about it and also one person who came out as a trans man #who then later came out as nonbinary and not a trans man #and there is a specific exhaustion that comes from constantly being a walking educator but also a walking topic of debate #and i specify nonbinary people here bc we face an increased amount of like ‘this is not real’ or ‘this is not correct’ in very medial things #like no trans man or trans woman will have to spend the mental energy to explain to ppl that she/he are real pronouns #they may expend energy in other —equally infuriating— ways. but not on that way specifically #and it’s really exhausting to have to —in the best of exhausting cases— spend time explaining what they/them pronouns are #explain how to use they/them. and also go through the other shit trans ppl have to do #like i know from multiple friends how exhausting being told ‘you’re not a boy you’re just a confused girl’ is but i know personally #how exhausting ‘you’re not nonbinary you’re just a confused girl ALSO nonbinary isn’t real’ is #nonbinary #queer #demi lovato

[theshadowrealmitself]

Me: Okay, gotta go to sleep so I can wake up early and continue stressing over finals, so I’m gonna think calm scenarios with low stakes to fall asleep to

Me: Like…an older captain having a crush on a younger crewmate that wasn’t even ranked high enough to be on the bridge, so the captain of course never said or did anything about the crush, staying completely professional the entire time, but now they don’t work together anymore

Me: And now the captain is wondering if they should pursue a relationship with them, because they aren’t currently working on the same ship anymore, but the captain is still ranked higher then them overall, and then there’s the issue with the age gap, it’s not really a big one, but it’s still There™️

Me: And several other crewmembers have joked about seeing the captain as a parent figure because they act so professional and competent and dependable and stuff that it just makes the captain come across as way older and oh god what if the crewmate is just horrified to find out the captain has a crush on them??

Me: And they’re wondering if they should just not pursue anything, especially since the crewmate has recently accepted to go on a date with another person, but they also kinda don’t wanna give up because getting to hang out with that crewmate more in non-work settings (cause most of the crew stayed in contact and constantly meet up to hang out) has made their infatuation grow, so they quietly and indecisively pine

My brain, for some goddamn reason: Mhm, and then, it turns out that person the crewmate agreed to go on a date with, is actually a huge creep trying to stalk their poor ex using the crewmate as a coverup (claiming to innocently be on a date, totally unknowing the ex would be there (lies)), so not only is the date really crappy, but because this creep isn’t actually listening to what the crewmate is saying, they tune them out about their deadly allergies

Brain: And then to seem like a good date to keep the coverup going, they stop by a flower shop (still stalking their ex, the crewmate isn’t aware of that, but is aware this date sucks and is trying to think of how to politely leave) rushes in, and then comes out and shoves a bouquet into the crewmate’s face as a “thoughtful” gift, and it’s the flowers they just mentioned being extremely allergic to-

#no fandom #humans #surprisingly no one mentioned in this post is an alien #there is some but they’re side characters #wasn’t sure how one of them (like maybe the captain) being an alien would add to the dynamic #was thinking about it but I was like ‘what kind of alien would even fit with them?’ #anyways #my stupid fucking brain. that isn’t low stakes. I’m trying to SLEEP #conversations between me and my brain #still not sure what the age gap should actually be #not something huge especially since I’m imagining the crewmate as 23 #but enough where it does feel a bit like a gap and may make a power imbalance seem bigger #if you wanna know what happens with the flower stuff #my brain has decided that because the stalking creep is also an officer of the organization #that the situation gets pushed to the higher ups and now it’s like a court case where the crewmate is like: #’this was obviously an attempt on my life!! I just said this flower would kill me check the tapes from that area!!’ #and the stalking creep is stuck trying to figure out how to defend themselves without mentioning that their focus was on their ex #because they’re a creep #hmmm I think they should get hit with a space restraining order at minimum and can’t be anywhere in the area #which helps out the poor ex who’s blissfully unaware of this and now doesn’t have to worry about this creep anymore

[countess-of-edessa]

the thing about taking advice from anyone on tiktok or instagram including catholic and christian type influencers, parenting advice, relationship advice, etc, or internalizing any stories of horrible relationships and betrayal people tell on those platforms, or reading about all the ways interpersonal relationships can end horribly and be cycled through extremely quickly on those platforms is that you are necessarily then consuming the thoughts and experiences of someone who is willing to put their face and name on a public social media platform to talk at you. and like 1% of those people have a good reason for doing so and the other 99% are completely unhinged. so everything you’re consuming has first gone through the filter of "is this person weird and insane enough to make Instagram reels of themselves crying?" and if the answer is yes maybe their advice doesn’t apply to your life because you’re a normal person who would not do that.

#i don’t know if this makes sense but it’s something i was thinking about today #not that i really live my life according to Instagram reel advice but as a human being when i see something stated as fact i naturally seek #out the parts of it I believe or compare it to my current worldview #and when that person seems to have a lot of “clout” for discussing spiritual things….idk sometimes I’m like wait is this true? should i #believe this? and other times I’m like well is this a real pattern of behavior that can be observed in many people from different walks of #life including my own? this thing that all men do or all women do or the way all couples will eventually behave #this makes it sound like i am constantly on social media consuming hours of content which im really not #I’ll be on a train and scroll a little bit and something gets stuck in my craw #but with me I’m always like am i rationalizing this away because i don’t want it to resonate? #and I think in the case of anything on social media the answer can almost always be no #because im like wait. why would i take advice from someone who has a public Instagram account #im not saying a stopped clock isn’t right twice a day but really how much of my perspective and life experiences can they share in #when we have this totally totally mismatched worldview #(i mean this also applies to basically anyone offering any type of life advice who isn’t catholic about that) #(but when they are Catholics doing this that gives me slightly more pause for obvious reasons I’m like we are on the same team though?) #(and we are but only kind of and i do not have to listen to you because being an Instagram influencer is still cringe in 99% of cases.)

[gumdefense]

What is it with the mangas and torturing Gumshoe

I do like him being treated as a proper character instead of just being depicted as Edgeworth’s pet and a salary cut joke punching bag

But my god

#ace attorney #ace attorney manga #dick gumshoe #detective gumshoe #general my post tag #I think I should provide the context of that guy saying edgeworth got too friendly with him (an incompetent detective) #this is in the same case as this Emi person being dead and him feeling responsible for it bc he was her bodyguard #so this scene isn’t just one of the usual “haha he’s stupid” moments #plus it also takes a dig at his relationship with edgeworth #this happens when he’s already feeling like an incompetent idiot responsible for someone’s death #which is why there’s that panel of him looking horrified instead of like cartoony crying #oh also the guy calling him incompetent is someone he admires #and for the picture before that even Edgeworth is blaming him for it #he meant to stay up all night !! his coffee got drugged !! it’s not his fault !! #that whole case was just the gumshoe angst factory

[g4rchomp]

turns out I have been doing something extremely illegal for over a year and now I have to call the irs. living in the nightmare realm right now

#turns out you are LEGALLY OBLIGATED to susbcribe to a medication insurance here #and you are LEGALLY OBLIGATED to subscribe to your employer's insurance. which I never did in my previous job 🙃 #so now I can't file my taxes bc they ask insurance questions and 'omg oopsies fuck fuck fuck' isn’t one of the answers #I read that I'll have to pay a fine which is ok but I feel like they're gonna throw me in jail and notify my previous employer #who is gonna sue me and ruin my life and revoke my diploma and also kill me #so my weekend is going great in case you were wondering 🥴

[perdvivly]

The all consuming ideological drive to be a moron online is probably not healthy.

#could say more but I think this stands on its own #went to max’s blog and there’s a wall of o-k #which is on me because I went to a blog that isn’t on my dash and immediately got confronted with the reason it’s not on my dash #but I think this case is clear cut enough #o-k exists in the same space as a classic internet troll - either genuinely incapable or pretending not to understand any nuance #presumably in order to bait their interlocutors into not conceding points that they otherwise might and looking silly for not #I think anyone who exists primarily to polarise is not worth engaging with - it won’t help your thinking and it won’t change theirs #but the good news is that still leaves a whole bunch of really incredible people who are worth engaging and will engage with good faith #a bunch on this site even!!

[the-monkey-ruler]

I was reading The Monkey King's Daughter (you can read the whole book for an hour) and apparently the protagonist is also Guanyin's grandchild? Can Guanyin be shipped?

I mean I can’t say like what are like the moral implications of shipping GuanYin itself cause that is so not my place but I’m still going to answer this cause it kinda of interesting when it comes to modern media. First off saying that like I have never really seen romance done with GuanYin. At least in a serious way. But if I had to take a guess it can be seen as 'possible' as much as like shipping anyone in Chinese mythos, in that isn't really taken seriously at all. In a lot of modern fan spaces there are a variety of crack ships for more humorous or hypothetical situations like I have seen literally the Star of Venus shipped with Jade Emperor just cause. But I don't see much with buddhas or bodhisattvas in either post-modern media nor in fan spaces. At least that isn't Wukong or Sanzang since they are both Buddhas. And I have done a whole thing about how Wukong for decades wasn’t seen as a romantic figure until like there was a huge character reconstruction, but that isn’t usually the case for most characters.

I would say that the most mainstream instance I can think off the top of my head is The Lost Empire (2001) where it had the main character has a romantic plot with Gaunyin herself. Of course, that wasn't really a masterpiece within itself but this was considered like a 'bad choice' more so that it was just a very strange and awkward romance at that.

Funny enough I think I see more romantic for humor's sake on Guanyin in comic books or games as likes gags at most. Like in Westward comics (later a tv series) Guanyin has a celestial-turned-demon trying to pursue him that he always rejects. Another is more play for laughs but Guanyin in the Fei Ren Zai where people just don't know it's Guanyin and think she is so attractive.

I've seen some games that have Guanyin as like a pretty boy/girl but otherwise nothing even close to a romance plot. Those are more just for like aesthetics of making every character look overly attractive to sell it.

The best I can say is that is just kinda strange and a little strange personally but I can't say that it can be taken seriously. I mean Wukong is supposed to be a Buddha by the end of the novel, so if The Monkey King's Daughter has it that a buddha can have a daughter then there wouldn't be anything stopping the author from having a bodhisattva having kids.

#anon ask #anonymous #anon #ask #sun wukong #monkey king #guanyin #chinese mythos #monkey king's daughter #Wukong is pretty self contained within Xiyouji himself so asking for a little bit of suspension of disbelief can be understood #but Gaunyin has a much longer history that is far more embedded with Buddhist mythology #She isn’t just a character in Xiyouji #and it would be limiting to her just to make it so #but I do think that might be the case in some media when it comes to portraying Gaunyin #esp since most modern interpretations of Guanyin are from xiyouji material just cause the sheer amount of xiyouji content there is #I rarely see Guanyin stand alone moves/shows and there are some trust me but most of her portrayals are within xiyouji spaces #there is a lot of conversation about xiyouji either being a reconstruction or a deconstruction of religion #and while the book is SATURATED in allegorical meaning whether in taoism buddhism or chinese lore it is also seen as satire of religion #people can take xiyouji as pointing out the flaws in humanity but also the flaws of heaven as well as it humanizes both gods and buddhas #this kinda of humanization can be seen as disrespectful to a certain extent but it is what makes these figures more engaging as characters #from a writing standpoint at least #this is me just rambling now about the interesting dycotomy that xiyouji has and has had with religion and how that can be see as today #to a certain extent a lot of directors take xiyouji plots as also their own way to show the heavens in their own way to convey satire #or humor as well depending on what their direction is aiming for #Some even go so far to make that heaven is just straight up the bad guy and that includes buddha as well which is a FAR more wild take than #just having romance in the heavens #But xiyouji does have it that we see these mythological figures have flaws #that heaven can lie or trick or they can take bribes and its up to the audience to interpretation as either satire or if it is critiquing #perhaps religion itself or rather the religious institutions since we do see both daoist and buddist monks as antagonists in the book #this as nothing to do with the ask at this point but i just wanna say my thoughts

[tender-emotional-music]

I can’t stress enough how much of a waste of time it is to get into arguments with melvins/people in general on the reddit sub, or twitter or something. Obviously we can clown on them and can call it out when they’re homophobic etc, but if they’re not coming in with the intention to have an actual discussion it’s just a waste of time, especially since there are so many trolls and rage-bait accounts. When I get a Melvin post on instagram, I just click “not interested” and move on; if posts come up on my dash I just block the tags/blogs I don’t want to see. The show has been written and will speak for itself. I don’t need to waste time arguing with people online

#there are specific cases where this might not apply #but I see screenshots of idiots in reddit and twitter #and there’s just no point I promise #don’t waste your precious time #block and move on #if they don’t want to actually have a discussion about the show #advice I wish I could give my 14 year old self lol #Byler #< intended audience #and this goes both ways because I have seen byler shippers be rude in the comments of Melvin posts before #which isn’t nice

[mattodore]

hi river !!! 🫶🫶 i may have asked you this already so please disregard this as i have but im thinking about trying to get into the sims for the first time again and was wondering if you knew of any masterposts or blogs to help get someone new to the sims started? either way thank you for your time & wishing you + ur ocs a good evening/day !!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

hi jo <3 i’m so bad at answering stuff like this but thankfullyyyyy there's actually this gameplay guide on google docs i know of that links to some good gameplay mods along with editing resources, tips from other simblrs, and graphic mods! and you can look at resource pages that some simblrs have like nova’s resource page here for links to cc and mods that might make your game more lively.

as for personal recommendations i'd say to follow the “#ts4 gameplay, #ts4 cas, #ts4 story” tags, follow some cc finds blogs, and follow some other simblrs whose posts you like! i’d also say download ratboysims’ ratsave file to play in so the world looks more lively!! alongside getting the @.k-hippie terrain replacements for better world visuals (unless you dig the cartoony look of the sims worlds). also northernsiberiawinds’s better in-game lighting for your sims.

#river dipping #asks #ahaura #i don't think you've asked abt this before or if you did tumblr eviscerated your message before it got to my inbox </3 #i’m assuming you mean like… simblr. #unless you mean you’ve never played the sims and are totally unfamiliar……. in which case i’d say play the sims 3 first instead 😭 #ts4 is notoriously not as good or complete as ts3 #mind you i’ve only played ts4 but i’m more into the game for oc reasons anyway #and can make my own fun even when the game’s uhhh. not very fun without gameplay mods #sorry if this isn’t helpful btw 😭 ik i only made this blog a year ago but i actually have been into ts4 since the demo dropped #so i kinda don’t. really remember what it was like to first try to get into the game… #ummm but there are a TON of videos on youtube about ts4 like there are tutorials and cc recs and mod walkthroughs #like the community is very helpful generally speaking so !! #also pirate the dlc… i’m being serious don’t spend money on a game that’s incomplete by design and to this day still has issues #hopefully this helps……….. 😭 #i’m like half asleep typing this out so idk 🧍

[just-honey-dewd]

If Lola isn’t wearing the pants in the relationship, then you done fucked up.

#my posts #my art #artists on tumblr #testing out new tags #looney tunes #bugs bunny #lola bunny #i took those outfits and roughly based em on their fits from one of the live mascot performances #also lemme just put my two cents in #lola in both space jams tend towards comfy wear that accomodates for movement and agility #i’m mostly convinced that she isn’t one to dress formally or in an overtly feminine way unless it’s for marketing #(in which she’s not a character anymore) #or tlts #her outfits and portrayal in live shows are pretty ooc in general #mostly cuz we never see Lola portrayed in significant lts media as a performer at all #only in mentions at best from obscure media #the other lts get to acknowledge or distinguish themselves between the media where they’re acting and the live shows #where it’s entertaining the audience mainly #but she is a case that apparently six flags #movie world #and most other lts writers can’t crack #so without really tackling or addressing that issue in any meaningful way #i took it upon myself to conclude that Lola’s comfortable in any clothes she’s in #but god forbid she wore a blonde wig atop her already blonde hair #my final notes: #it’s been almost 30 yrs and they still haven’t gotten her mascot design right. for shame!

[little-leaf-man]

Draw ur babygirl in this outfit which I lost the original image for so. yeah. I don't wanna draw frills again for a good while.

Anyway smash or pass

#ask if u need me to tag suggestive just in case #paranoid about peoples bosses coming over and being like WHOS THAT GAYBOY ON UR SCREEN #which I know isn’t likely but. you can never be too careful #gw2 #hosea slei #my art #kit art #sylvari