#<-i'm not really but this is so i don't offend ppl who have these kind of takes blocked

[byler-alarmist]

Disclaimer: I am not anti-Vickie by any means. I think Vickie seems very sweet (although there may be something going on with her we don't know) and I will fully support her and Robin if the Duffers can prove to me in S5 why they work together.

That said, I am going to examine the one, glaring issue I have with Rovickie. If you're not put off by that, read on!

So, most of the criticism leveled against Vickie is that we don't know anything about her. That's true; we don't.

However, my main criticism is:

Does Robin know anything about her??

All we hear from Robin in S4 is that Vickie is the girl of her dreams, but we never hear why. In all her gushing/agonizing to Steve, Robin never tells us what about Vickie makes her so special.

Is she smart? Funny? Ambitious? Kind? Is she a pro at playing poker?

Even Tammy Thompson, whose role in S3 was purely offscreen, got a shout out of traits that Robin valued ("she has dreams!").

We can't say the same for Vickie. All we know is:

-she laughed at one of Robin's (Steve's) jokes

-she likes Fast Times

-she talks a lot when nervous

-she possibly likes boobies

And those last two were only figured out by Robin in the final episode of S4.

If Robin's feelings for Vickie are more than mere infatuation based on looks, wouldn't Robin have told us more than the most surface-level things about her?

And if your immediate response to this "well, she just hasn't spent enough one-on-one time with her to know!" .......that's exactly my point.

The writers have shown time and time again that the shallow relationships where tbe couple got into it without really talking or getting to know each other do not last .

I'm reminded of Lucas telling Mike "you're just blind because a girl isn't grossed out by you." 👀

All this in the same season where Robin is spending one-on-one time with Nancy, getting to know her and respect the things that make her "her". Rather than just looks, Robin gets to see Nancy's drive, intellect, leadership and bravery.

She calls her a "genius", says she is "full of surprises", and learns even more about her when Nancy opens up about her relationship inecurities. Robin sees her complexity.

I don't know about you, but to me, this is the core of why Rovickie is not as compelling as a ship. If they are meant to be endgame, why was Robin paired with Nancy all season?

Surely there could've been some plot device to bring Vickie into the fold, just like Max was brought into the Party back in S2.

Vickie could've been trapped with Robin and the older teens after some supernatural things happened at rhe pep rally or other school function and they got separated from the rest, or she could've been related to the Creels and the gang needed to ask her for help. It's a TV show; they can do whatever they want.

Either way, they decided not to involve her in the main plot of the show at all, preventing both Robin and the viewers from getting to know her fully. I believe this was intentional and will have consequences for their relationship in S5.

One final thought- in early S4, Robin tells Steve that she has found the girl of her dreams but can't get the courage to ask her out, whereas Steve goes on a ton of dates but has no idea what he wants.

I think it would be VERY interesting if their roles were actually swapped, i.e. by the end of S4, Robin is the one who doesn't really know what she wants, and Steve is the one who realizes he has found the (person) of his dreams.

#hope this made sense #it wasn't really meant to be a ronance post #but i felt i had to mention that part at the end #st analysis #robin buckley analysis #stranger things analysis #st thoughts #st brainrot #ronance #stranger things #anti rovickie #<-i'm not really but this is so i don't offend ppl who have these kind of takes blocked #robin buckley #vickie stranger things #st vickie #st4 rewatch #tammy thompson #wlw ship #st ships

[daisywords]

what is "engagement" in the writeblr community?

I guess my thoughts on the matter are kind of along the lines of A) what are we expecting/desiring from this community and B) are those expectations/desires realistic?

idk if I am a minority here (or if anyone's going to be offended by this sorry) but I am here primarily to hang out with other writers and not necessarily as a potential consumer of their work. Like sure I have read the published books of ppl I follow on here and I have more on my tbr! And yes there are some wips that I'm invested in and would love to read when they are finished someday (how could I not?) but at the end of the day I'm not here for more stuff to read. (Seriously my tbr is long enough to last me at least a year I don't need it)

And that means that I don't necessarily expect other writeblrs to engage with my work in that way, either. I'm here primarily for peers, not readers. (Granted, I don't post actual writing that much so I'm not in the same position as someone who is posting like every chapter). I also don't have anything published or soon to be published, so I understand there are different pressures.

But I guess what I'm trying to say is, imo engaging with other writers is a different goal than reaching your target readers (there can be overlap! but! it's not the same thing!)

There are some people I follow and/or mutuals whose actual works aren't my cup of tea but I still find engaging with/relating to/cheering along/learning from their writing processes very valuable! Some people have really great takes and advice and winning personalities and I love to see them on my dash and I'm still not the target audience for their writing and that's okay!

But I think sometimes there is a disconnect in communicating about wanting more engagement. What type of engagement are you looking for? It's not wrong to want more engagement from readers (current or potential), but that's not the exact same thing as bonding with/learning from/commiserating with other writers. However, both of those things are discussed under the "engagement" umbrella, which might be a factor in people getting frustrated.

@blind-the-winds @silvertalonwritblr (I was contemplating replying to one of both of your posts but this was long and tangential lol)

#writeblr #''discourse'' sorry

[my-castles-crumbling]

Hi! How r u?

I'm kinda confused and have had this question on my mind for a while now. So the thing is that I'm straight but i fully support lgbtq community and kids in my school use words like gay or lesbian as an insult which really irritates me. I want to show that I support gay culture ( sorry if that's not a term) so i hv decided to use pride symbols to show my support . But what I am confused about is that, am i allowed to wear a pride pin or keep a pride flag on my desk even though i m straight??

I'm very sorry if this question offends you in any kind of way, im just a confused kid who'd like to show ppl that not all straight people are homophobic.

Thanks!

Hi! <3

This isn't offensive at ALL! I would love to help!

So, you are ABSOLUTELY allowed to wear a pride pin to show that you support the LGBTQIA+ community and that you are a safe space. Pride pins aren't like...specifically reserved for queer people, you know? I think the only downside of this could be like...how do I say this...people might be more likely to think you're part of the community. Personally, if I see someone wearing a pride pin, I tend to think they're queer. And maybe that's my mistake? I'm constantly working to question assumptions I make about people, as we all should. (For the record, I don't think people thinking you're queer is a bad thing at all)

You do have some alternatives. There is a flag that has been made for allies that looks like this and you can find buttons of it. It's...meh. But I MUCH prefer safe space/safe zone buttons (shirts, signs, etc). The reason I prefer it to 'ally' gear is because 'ally' things sort of...separate the wearer from the community completely. Safe space/safe zone buttons say that the person wearing them is someone who is specifically safe for LGBTQIA+ people, and who may or may not be queer themselves. It leaves it ambiguous. It also shows you actively want to support people. Here is a page on etsy that shows a bunch of stuff available. But if you don't have the money (totally valid, I am poor lol) you can also print out signs from online and maybe put them on the front of a notebook or use clear tape to turn them to stickers for a computer!

I think, no matter what you do, it won't be the wrong thing. You want to show support, and that's what matters. Thank you for being so amazing and being willing to do so. <3

#ask #asks #ask cas

[a-frog-in-a-bog]

We were mutuals for a while and I did really like your blog, but I really can’t tolerate panphobia. I saw a post you reblogged about phrases (that aren’t really used in the pan community anymore because of new understandings of the gender spectrum and trans people) and how they’re inherently biphobic.

Posts like that, stereotypes like that are harmful and make me scared to identify as pan within the lgbtq+ community and I will often just say I’m queer and call it a day. Bi/pan people have more commonalities than they do differences. To me they’re inherently interchangeable and the only difference is what word you feel comfortable identifying as.

Panphobia from people within the community mirrors biphobia in and outside of the community. We experience the same injustices you do, it’s just a different term. I don’t tolerate biphobia, panphobia, aphobia, or any other kind of intercommunity hatred. I’m rooting for every sub-community that are overlooked or villainized. So I wish you and yours the best, but I cannot follow you when you’re reblogging harmful posts like that.

sorry for not answering sooner, for some reason tumblr decided not to show me your ask until today. anyway pansexuality is inherently biphobic and transphobic, the modern usage was literally coined by ppl who thought they were special for being attracted to all genders, even trans ppl, unlike bisexuals. of course bi and pan have more similarities than differences. they're the same fucking thing. the only difference is that bisexuality has always meant "experiences both same and different gender attraction" whereas pansexuality has begrudgingly changed definitions every time a group they offend says "um hey why do you consider trans women to be a different gender than women?" or "why do you feel the need to specify that your sexuality includes attraction to nonbinary people as if other sexualities don't?"

at this point bi and pan mean the same thing bc as pansexuals have begrudgingly cut off all the bigoted parts of their definition the only part that remains is the "attracted to all genders" part which is literally just another way of saying "attracted to same and different genders". y'all just took the long transphobic way and decided to throw bisexuals under the bus while you were at it. now the mainstream assumption is that pansexuality is a more inclusive version of bisexuality or that bisexual is an outdated term.

i see the "well i'm just more comfortable with pan" excuse a lot. but why? why are you (general) uncomfortable with bisexuality? you already admitted that pan is the same as bi so why are you more comfortable calling yourself one but not the other? why are you more comfortable aligning yourself with a sexuality that has transphobic and biphobic roots instead of just embracing a label that has meant attraction to all genders for over a century and has such a rich history? and finally, why do you consider someone calling out pansexuality's problematic rhetoric to be bigotry?

#bisexual #pansexual #bisexuality #pansexuality #lgbtq #queer

[maddy-ferguson]

women will literally accuse women and esp lesbian circles of "not unpacking ""man-hating""" alleged ""misandry" sweetie xo" getting offended ppl aren't appropriately uplifting how "men are amazing and awesome and attractive and i won't be shamed for thinking so" as if appreciating men is a real counter opinion than blame whatever gave women of every sexuality instance to be jaded weary cautious and tired and who'll complain every now and then and continue on with her life until she dies putting up with patriarchy. just welcome to the "woke" internet where misogyny's over and "man-hate" "shamed for not hating men" is worth springing to defences for

yeah i've only seen people talk like men's rights activists and think they're being unbelievably progressive on tumblr it's kind of fascinating. like i can see how seeing people hate on men could mess with people and stuff but you can't demand men appreciation posts that's literally the whole world outside of idk your tumblr dash (or even on your tumblr dash because fandom misogyny from people who think they're not misogynistic at all is really something). men get praised for "babysitting" their own kids like be serious? it's very let men be masculine

i don't think being like men are soooo gross and we hate them is actually constructive and it can definitely veer into transphobia (you'll always be a man/"a male" and thus a danger to women/why would you ever want to become a man they're the enemy and the bane of society etc) and homophobia relatively quickly?

but the way people ON TUMBLR ""combat that"" is often so off to me like if the most basic feminist principles offend you then i'm not really sure where to go from here. i remember seeing a post that was like "men aren't your enemy. they're your friend/brother/father/colleague/neighbor" with a lot of notes and like i don't know how to tell you this but that's literally who's most likely to harm a woman, the men she knows?😭 and obviously not every system of oppression is exactly the same but would you say the same thing to someone criticizing white people like...just very weird

i think women who are attracted to men and dating them making jokes about how they only tolerate being attracted to men because they have no choice and especially the whole i'm bi so i love every woman and only find 1 in a 1000 men attractive (very often said while in a relationship with a man) thing is obnoxious and annoying for like everyone who has to hear it lmao but also when women who date men make jokes about it (not about them being ugly or unattractive or whatever but about them being bad partners in general) it's like. what else are they going to do like you said they're gonna endure patriarchy for the rest of their lives and as girlfriends/wives/mothers they go through the most it's very bleak? idk. it's not like you can date a better man yourself out of patriarchy

of course men aren't a all as bad as the worst guy you can imagine and they're not all out to get you or whatever but saying things like "men don't all benefit from the patriarchy rich men benefit from the patriarchy but jake, 23, is not oppressing you" is like. kind of insane. jake, 14, was oppressing me like have you never interacted with boys in school😭 and it's not like it was entirely their fault we all have to outgrow misogyny it's just you know society etc but some of them never outgrow it lmao and just...the takes you see on feminism on tumblr are astounding i hate it here

#and like i do think that young guys who feel bad about themselves only having people who make them feel worse and who actively make them #worse like incels and idk youtube algorithms to turn to is a problem but like. again it's the same thing as white people who feel bad about #being white to me in a way like are women and GIRLS supposed to coddle them and say it's gonna be okay you're great even when they're #like actually harming them by being misogynistic to them? that's already what they're taught to do always #the notes on that male loneliness epidemic post i reblogged a few weeks ago still haunt me like OH MY GOD #and if you think misogyny isn't as prevalent anymore you're very naive. and probably misogynistic yourself #i'm not even sure young men being more feminist is true (well it's probably true when you compare it to like the 50s) but even #when men ARE like yeah women shouldn't have to do everything i can help with chores (the use of the word help is already a red flag lmao) #when you look at what they actually do they still do way less like i don't have links because these are tags on a tumblr ask but i read #somewhere that men think chores are 50/50 when they're only doing like 30% of the work? like it just seems hopeless #sometimes i'm happy and then i think about the mental load #sorry for not uplifting men 24/7 you can just hang out on the steve harrington tag or something there's actually a lot of people doing that #when someone said um does the ronance fandom not seem terfy to you...because of a post that was like can the lesbian ship ronance #be about the lesbian ship ronance not about steve A MAN #like you can't make this up #i meant it when i said the average tumblr user would benefit from being exposed to more misogyny like i swear they forget it's even a thing #like obviously they wouldn't BENEFIT from it lmao but their posts wouldn't be as dumb and that would benefit me🙏 #ask

[gothmikasagf]

Hi! I’ve been following this blog for a bit and I love that you are having a HH phase, bc same. Can I get a matchup for the event?

★Gender and pref: I’m a he/she and choose how I present myself based on the setting bc I’m not that open with ppl (yeah, I think it’s important to express yourself but realistically that won’t get me far in certain settings in my country); no gender pref but I’m not too fond of some writing choices when it comes to women in Viv’s works, depends on a character though

★Style: kinda rockstar gf vibe? Sometimes softer colours too

★Personality, hobbies: I’m social and extroverted. Usually that leaves me as a leader of whatever group I’m in. I have a little bit of a hater in me, but I don’t show it if ppl don’t encourage it. I do like when it’s being enabled though. It’s not convenient when you’re in a position where ppl ask you for opinions and actually follow your guide, yk, if I manage an event I’m not going to go around shit talking everything. It feels nice to have someone who does that though, makes it easier to join in and not feel like a jerk (or at least be jerks together I guess??). I write my own songs and am in a band as a backup vocal. Kinda proud that it’s my band but I need to get better until I step up as anything more. I’m a bit of a perfectionist. I like to tease ppl if given the opportunity. Others say I’m flirty. Bold with it at that. I’m ambitious too. Kind of a big thing but I have npd (if you want to look it up without reading scientific papers, go on tumblr, bc the rest of the internet is filled with ‘demonic narcissism’ bullshit) and it influences the way I am. I care lots about my image and don’t have a ton of empathy. I don’t go kicking puppies, but it’s noticeable how I lack in this department. Sometimes people say I’m ’too nice to have it’ cause i do well with kids and do all the youth group volunteering. Also, I do some martial arts and other sports. Kinda sceptical of romance at this point cause I had lots of it and I don’t mix well with a lot of people, but maybe I could do something serious for once if I had the right person. I try to be responsible and respectful but I have no issue finding my place at a wild party or something. I'm pretty chill in general, but I can be soft-er if I want, like with children or if the few ppl I actually am close with (I've got many friend groups but I struggle to make meaningful connections) need me. Usually I just stay my highly analytical, laid back self and say my silly little comments every once in a while. Heard I’m pretty funny if I want to be. My love language is acts of service. I like small things and I do them a lot. I can do words too, but I don't care for them in return. Like, you can be an asshole (up to a limit, I know my worth) and it’s cool with me if I see you have your ways of caring like putting on a song I like in the car

★❤️&💔: love movies like Fight Club (my fav), American Psycho and Donnie Darko; hate sharks, they freak me out; my fav book is The Catcher in the Rye; hate it when people push me to open up and be emotional; love music and I unironically had a few guys play songs AT me and I actually like that too, tho I get why ppl clown on that

★My type: I like people who are more negative than me and aren't afraid to shittalk everything. Just saying whatever, not caring if they offend ppl (up to a point, some issues aren’t debatable ik). Don't really care for morality (to a certain point, again) if you're charismatic and fun to be around, I’m along for the ride and happy to support whatever you get yourself into. I think I would get along with someone who had a little npd too, I like to be able to relate to my partner a bit. If they work somewhat similarly, I don't have to struggle with understanding some stuff, bc I already know how to manage an ego or grandiose behavior. As for looks. Idk, I don’t have a set type. I think ppl that are bigger than me maybe? I’m pretty athletic so it’s not hard, but I guess that’s been a pattern? Also, I do enough of leading as is so in relationships, I don’t mind watching from the side and supporting whatever my partner is doing

-★🎶

I love that for us anon^^

I match you with...

Husk!

Man is definitely a hater too. I can definitely see both of you just talking shit about whoever you don't like.

Doesn't mind your flirtations but don't really expect him to reciprocate unless he's out to fluster you.

Silently supportive of your hobbies and your band. He likes that you're a perfectionist but won't let you overwork yourself to the point you forget to take care of yourself.

Demonstrates he cares for you through little things, he won't make a big fuss about it.

Watches whatever movie you like and is there to listen to you if you want to talk about it.

He's pretty chill with anything so you wouldn't have to worry about being judged.

I feel like you would definitely understand each other, he has toned down a lot since his overlord days.

Likes having you sitting at the bar and just be in your presence. If you shit-talk Alastor in front of him he's yours forever.

Hope you enjoyed it and I didn't mess anything up (feel free to reach out if so).

#matchups #hazbin hotel x reader #hazbin hotel x you #husk x reader #hazbin husk x reader

[olderthannetfic]

"I can like a lead OC. I'm just going to judge them by the same standard I use to judge original work. If you rise to that level, great. If you don't, I'm not going to enjoy your OC taking up too much page time." Isn't that a bit weird considering that we're still talking about amateur authors in most cases? I don't get why so many ppl a re so hostile when it comes to oc's (I am aware that people read fanfic for the reason that they want to read about the canon characters. I don't have a problem with that, I do too.) But many ppl in some fandoms seem to be almost personally offended by the idea of oc's. Somebody made an effort. I think this whole oc thing is taken way too seriously.

Almost nobody cares about background names that are made into someone more present in a story which is almost the same thing as an oc. So weird. I'm not a writer but I'm sad for the people who try to create something and then are treated like they did something really offensive.

--

No, it's not weird at all. You're conflating two completely different things:

Will we enjoy this fic as a reader?

Is the fic objectively acceptable to write?

I read fic for entertainment. When I'm looking for something to read, that fic is competing with Netflix and the stack of books next to my bed. The fact that it's amateur is irrelevant: I'm spending my precious free time on it, and if it's not fun, I'll spend my time on something else. Plenty of fic readers won't care about proofreading as long as the fic has their favorite dynamic. Others will. The exact things that make a fic enjoyable vary by reader, but "more fun than whatever's in my Netflix queue" remains.

I don't care if people write OCs. They're welcome to write whatever they like. But they aren't entitled to everyone liking their fic any more than writers of my NOTP are.

"I don't want to read this" is not hostility or a moral judgment.

The fundamental truth is that if you make up a character—yes, including a walk-on from canon to whom you're giving a personality, which routinely cause wank even if you haven't seen it—you have to do the work to make people care. When I read about canon characters, canon already made me connect with them. When you start from scratch, you need to equal that canon, get me to care, and then carry on from there.

This isn't a value judgment: This is how reality works. Canon gives you something to stand on if you're using major elements from it. If you strike out on your own, you have to do more work.

The thing that's offensive is not OC fic, for which there are plenty of fans, but whinyass writers crying that people don't like their really cliched and bad quality leads. The OC fic that is popular operates like pro art in the sense that a major character generally needs some flaws and balance, and you have to set things up to make your reader invested. If it's a pure power fantasy, it needs to be written in a way that invites the reader to share in the mary sue. Romance as a genre does this frequently. The romance novelist is inviting the reader in. The book is aspirational and escapist for both writer and reader.

A particular kind of inexperienced writer, however, tends to write the type of mary sue that is theirs and not yours. It's very much about "Worship my OC! Worship my OC at the expense of everything else in canon!" (Or the original writing equivalent thereof: these bad characters are certainly not limited to fic.) It's not wish fulfillment for the reader: it's the reader being expected to serve the writer's wish fulfillment. That crap is offensive.

I like OC fic fine. I don't like terrible writing or entitlement.

[soldier-poet-king]

Lmaoooooo

Last week had a meeting with someone who is not my boss but who I've been voluntold to help with website design BC I'm young and apparently that means ik what I'm doing (which, to be fair, this is very basic uxd with Squarespace, I CAN do that). Said person was like "oh don't be afraid to give feedback I'm not the kind of person to get all upset and offended"

Me, yesterday: sends feedback, which mind you is hard to do without visuals but I'm a good little grunt and do what I'm told, and I described the integration of hyperlinks as "clunky and unprofessional", in the sense that most modern site design would try to integrate them more seamlessly and it is this unprofessional by current design standards. I also prefaced this with a "I might suggest...." and a "to me, this feels".

This morning. Said person doesn't come to talk to me like the adults we all are, but apparently is so upset that they go to my BOSS and complain(which tbh IS unprofessional). At which point my boss sits me down to talk and tries to be like 'oh some people interpret things in a different light', (no really? I'm a fuckin idiot and don't understand how communication works), shes like 'i didn't read it that way, but PERSON was upset, try to phrase it differently in the future' and she did it in such a way that she managed to once again talk down to me like I'm unaware of the existence of office politics, while also bright red and uncomfortable as if I were to burst into tears and get offended that someone complained about my feedback

Like??? Yeah fragile teen me might've cried. But this is just. So fuckin stupid???? That I can do nothing but shrug it off with a handwave and give my best fake smile and promise to be more politic?? I'm going to have lunch BC frankly this is laughably immature and overly sensitive, and IM THEE MOST SENSITIVE PERSON ON EARTH. Like I even said 'oh it's no big deal' [to my boss, reassuring her I wasn't upset] and she took it as "oh it's no big deal that PERSON is upset and I'm not taking this seriously enough". But in the same conversation managed to complain, in a non politic way, about a different one of our coworkers, and I DEFINITELY knew who she was talking about and she knew I knew

My god. I know it's partially generational maybe. But also. I was EXTREMELY clear in my email, and welcomed further questions if I was unclear in my initial feedback. I didn't bother pointing out that I had been specifically asked for feedback and that person "wouldn't be offended by it because I have thick skin" (my boss was present when that claim was made). I would've been CORRECT had I mentioned it, but it's not worth being accused of being a petulant child bc I can't respect my elders or whatever

Truly this is a clown office and I'm so increasingly goddam tired of being surrounded by ppl who don't value my work because they don't even understand what I do, it's just "archive computer stuff", so they just expect it to be done despite having no idea how to do it themselves, and then taking my work for granted, and treating me like I'm some sort of intern student to be talked down to (frankly, I wouldn't treat an intern like this either)

The only person I work with regularly who doesnt drive me insane and treats me as an equal and values my opinions and actually looks our for my professional interests, not just what I can do for this org, is REITIRING IN THE NEW YEAR and I'm just

Clown behavior all around. Yes I'm grateful to have a job, and benefits, and pay that would otherwise be okay were we not in a rent crisis. But also like. I have ambitions. Workplace culture aside I have no interest in working at this kind of org long term, I will be actively looking at jobs at larger institutions going forward.

I'm supposed to be part of this long term 5 year plan for this org and I'm just like. Hm. I am not planning on being here in 5 years unless for some reason I cannot find a job in my field elsewhere. And sure the higher higher ups are nice, even if I don't think they really know what I do, and treat me sort of like an affectionate grandchild, but also like. I don't work with them directly.

A horrible spiteful part of me would be happy to leave and have them have to figure out how to fill my position on that long term project, but I know that's mean. (Not to mention, any idiot out of archives school with basic knowledge of a handful of common database programs could do my job. They might just not be as self effacing and unfailingly friendly in the process)

#the duality of fran #i am SO smiley and friendly #even when I'm like. bloody murder. #gahhhh #once again. kip mdang i understand u more and more every day #im out here like 🤡🤡🤡 #i know i can be awkward but like. IM not the one misreading and misinterpreting everything and being a sensitive baby #this is a LAUGHABLE thing to. 1 get offended over. 2. go to my BOSS instead of me directly #like im a child needing discplining #i cant tell if im going insane or everyone at my work is #truly ppl cannot be this dense #i have had workplace issues before but never over such stupid shit #and i managed to manage university and grad school department politics with ease #so like. :///// MAYBE im not the issue here

[charmed-and-alarmed]

EPISODE 7 - tangerine trees + marmalade skies (pending Sanji's approval)

Episode 6 right over here

Buggy's improv singing skills are unmatched

Sanji is weirdly confident in Nami's character despite only knowing her as a traitor who stole their map and tried to kill Luffy.

They really smoothed out Bellemere's character in the show, which is a disappointment. She's a very tough, abrasive woman who wants to build a family for herself - likely to make impulsive, dumb decisions (like taking in two kids she found on a battlefield) and I wish we saw more of that

Was Arlong Park always meant to be like a theme park? Bc it's quite an eff you to Buggy

I like that Nami was just predisposed to theft. She always saw it as the answer to her problems, even before the traumatic incident

The pinwheels are sweet but they're supposed to be the Genzo's thing. So now we miss out on a) Luffy's weird obsession with the pinwheel in a hat and b) the adorableness of the scene with Genzo and baby Nami

Changing it so neither Nojiko nor the Coco Villagers know about Nami's plan takes away from her character. It also takes away from the village, bc in the anime they knew Nami was sacrificing everything for them, so they played along to protect her. In general, they downplay how the villagers are always looking out for each other, which is important bc Nami at first appears to be the exception - a girl who only cares about herself - but it's revealed that she is just like them. It was always a community trying to help each other - trying to hide the girls bc they knew Bellemere couldn't pay, trying to get them out safe, etc

Zeff and Garp have more chemistry than is entirely necessary. Why do so many ppl in this show have such powerful divorce energy?? Zeff's wink? Like, what the hell guys

"you don't know women. They never say what they mean" <- Sanji, please stop.

Zoro cutting off Luffy's usual introduction with the lie about being pirate hunters, and Luffy going along with it?? That is a display of trust, right after Zoro's almost death, is so good.

Sanji's flirtatious nature and cooking ability gets the Strawhats a win in the form of intel from Nojiko. I'm glad he has this chance to demonstrate how his skill set fits in with the others, esp since his flirting is embarrassing bad still

I like that Zoro comes onto the roof to talk to Luffy like, "convince me I'm wrong. Nami says she wants nothing to do with us, she left us. I don't have your faith in ppl, so convince me that you believe in her so I can too"

Arlong taking offense at the marine dude's comment about being "smarter than ppl give you credit for" is clearly a tactic he uses often. Why am I not surprised?

Helmeppo is so offended when Koby implies that he and Luffy are similar lol

How does Zeff know Luffy is Garp's grandkid?? How is this common knowledge?

I love the comparisons between Luffy and Gold Roger. It's cheesy and obvious (esp in the anime) but I still really enjoy it

Nami is one of the smartest ppl in the show, esp in terms of street smarts, so the fact that she falls for Arlong's promise is just so much worse. It was the one bit of childish hope and navite she let herself have. It was her stupid dream - the kind she made fun of everyone else for having.

(I am having a moment of reckoning with Nami as a character. Sorry girl for being mean earlier)

Nami's moment with Luffy at the end is so beautiful. Luffy admitting he doesn't know what's going on, he doesn't know the whole story, but that he doesn't need to. He's just on her side. And then he puts his hat on her and we all cry with Nami. He goes and rounds up the other Strawhats, and they don't need an explanation either. Their captain calls, so they're on it

Season finale coming right up!

#opla #opla spoilers

[alykatsevents]

Can I get a romantic matchup from Hazbin? Here are some informations abt me

Gender and pref: I’m a he/she and choose how I present myself based on the setting bc I’m not that open with ppl (yeah, I think it’s important to express yourself but realistically that won’t get me far in certain settings in my country); no gender pref but I’m not too fond of some writing choices when it comes to women in Viv’s works, depends on a character though

Style: kinda rockstar gf vibe? Sometimes softer colours too

Personality, hobbies: I’m social and extroverted. Usually that leaves me as a leader of whatever group I’m in. I have a little bit of a hater in me, but I don’t show it if ppl don’t encourage it. I do like when it’s being enabled though. It’s not convenient when you’re in a position where ppl ask you for opinions and actually follow your guide, yk, if I manage an event I’m not going to go around shit talking everything. It feels nice to have someone who does that though, makes it easier to join in and not feel like a jerk (or at least be jerks together I guess??). I write my own songs and am in a band as a backup vocal. Kinda proud that it’s my band but I need to get better until I step up as anything more. I’m a bit of a perfectionist. I like to tease ppl if given the opportunity. Others say I’m flirty. Bold with it at that. I’m ambitious too. Kind of a big thing but I have npd (if you want to look it up without reading scientific papers, go on tumblr, bc the rest of the internet is filled with ‘demonic narcissism’ bullshit) and it influences the way I am. I care lots about my image and don’t have a ton of empathy. I don’t go kicking puppies, but it’s noticeable how I lack in this department. Sometimes people say I’m ’too nice to have it’ cause i do well with kids and do all the youth group volunteering. Also, I do some martial arts and other sports. Kinda sceptical of romance at this point cause I had lots of it and I don’t mix well with a lot of people, but maybe I could do something serious for once if I had the right person. I try to be responsible and respectful but I have no issue finding my place at a wild party or something. I'm pretty chill in general, but I can be soft-er if I want, like with children or if the few ppl I actually am close with (I've got many friend groups but I struggle to make meaningful connections) need me. Usually I just stay my highly analytical, laid back self and say my silly little comments every once in a while. Heard I’m pretty funny if I want to be. My love language is acts of service. I like small things and I do them a lot. I can do words too, but I don't care for them in return. Like, you can be an asshole (up to a limit, I know my worth) and it’s cool with me if I see you have your ways of caring like putting on a song I like in the car

Likes and dislikes: love movies like Fight Club (my fav), American Psycho and Donnie Darko; hate sharks, they freak me out; my fav book is The Catcher in the Rye; hate it when people push me to open up and be emotional; love music and unironically had a few guys play songs AT me and I actually like that too, tho I get why ppl clown on that

My type: I like people who are more negative than me and aren't afraid to shittalk everything. Just saying whatever, not caring if they offend ppl (up to a point, some issues aren’t debatable ik). Don't really care for morality (to a certain point, again) if you're charismatic and fun to be around, I’m along for the ride and happy to support whatever you get yourself into. I think I would get along with someone who had a little npd too, I like to be able to relate to my partner a bit. If they work somewhat similarly, I don't have to struggle with understanding some stuff, bc I already know how to manage an ego or grandiose behavior. As for looks. Idk, I don’t have a set type. I think maybe ppl that are bigger than me? I’m pretty athletic so it’s not hard, but I guess that’s been a pattern? Also, I do enough of leading as is so in relationships I don’t mind watching from the side and supporting whatever my partner is doing

-★🎶

I match you with...

Husk

~He likes listening to you sing

~He doesn't get flustered much but he has a couple times by you

~Both of y'all are skeptical about the whole romance thing, But y'all are trying

~Likes watching movies with you

~Yall are both a bit emotionally stunted, that's okay though

~He loves your style

~He prepares drinks for you

~You do a lot of the talking between you two

~Yall shit talk together

~He likes your sense of humor

#alykat's matchups #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel matchup #hazbin hotel matchups #hazbin hotel husk

[mgarmagedon]

JO WYSZŁA ZAPOWIEDŹ PO POLSKU do transformersów

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeHH5qBv/

Translation: YO POLISH TF ONE TRAILER JUST DROPPED

Tak widziałem XD Tu jest pełna wersja na youtubie:

I wybacz, że tak późno odpowiadam, ale czekałem, żeby zaktualizowali ich stronę na dubbingopedii żebym mógł upewnić się kto ma jaki głos :V (i mean znam te głosy, ale mam słabą pamięć do imion i nazwisk, dlatego mówię np aktor Optimusa z rida15 albo aktorka Arcee. Oprócz Dariusza Odiji i Jarosława Boberka, ja ich rozpoznan i nazwę o 3 w nocy po wybudzeniu XD)

Ale po tygodniu nadal nic nie ma so YEAHHHH---- I mean ostatnio nawet ta zajebana strona mi się otworzyć nie chce więcej zajebiście. 🤡🤡🤡

Moja szczera opinia dubbing jest meh, mogło być lepiej, ale też jakoś źle nie jest. Najbardziej mnie gryzie głos Megatrona, który brzmi znacznie za staro, a on jest młodym dorosłym XDDD

Oś czuję, że Bee będzie mnie bardzo bardzo wkurwiać po za długim słuchaniu, bo ja jestem w chuj na to wyczulony.

A Elita jest meh, like cieszę się, że nie jebneli znowu Anny Szymańskiej, bo jak ja oglądałem Earth Spark po polsku u Pyczka, myślałem, że siedzę na krześle elektrycznym i za każdym razem jak Nightshade albo Elita się odzywali czułem się jakbym kurwa umierał. I ja tutaj nie chce urazić pani Szymańskiej, uważam, że jest cudowną aktorką! Ale jako Strongarm XDDD i do tej jednej baby z Cyberpunka, etc. ale błagam uratuj ją ktoś z Earth Spark!!! Tak samo z Barwińskim, boże on jest cudownym aktorem, uwielbiam jego głos ALE NIECH KTOŚ GO URATUJE Z TEGO ZAJBANEGO GÓWNA.

Poza tym tak mnie wkurwia to, że lektor czyta te zajebane napisy. Jakby one są już kurwa po polsku TO NIECH KURWA NIE WYDAJĄ KASY NA ZASRANEGO KURWA LEKTORA.

Translation:

Yeah I saw it XD

And forgive me for replying so late, but I was waiting for ppl to update their TF one website on Dubbingopedia so I could make sure who has which voice :V (I mean, I know those voices, but I have a weak memory for names and surnames, so I say for example the actor of Optimus from RID15 or the actress of Arcee. Except for Dariusz Odija and Jarosław Boberek, I recognize them and name them at 3 in the morning after waking up XD)

But after a week, still nothing, so YEAHHHH---- I mean, lately even this damn website doesn't want to open anymore, it's awesome. 🤡🤡🤡

My honest opinion on the dubbing is meh, it could be better, but it's not that bad either. What bothers me the most is Megatron's voice, which sounds way too old, and he's supposed to be a young adult XDDD

I feel like Bee is going to annoy me a lot after listening to him for too long, because I'm really sensitive to that kind of thing.

And Elita is just meh, like I'm glad they didn't cast Anna Szymańska again, because when I watched Earth Spark dubbed on Pyczek website, I felt like I was sitting on an electric chair, and every time Nightshade or Elita spoke, I felt like I was damn dying. And I don't want to offend Mrs. Szymańska here, I think she's a wonderful actress! But as Strongarm XDDD and for that one lady from Cyberpunk, etc. but please, someone save her from Earth Spark!!! The same with Barwiński, dear God, he's a wonderful actor, I love his voice BUT SOMEONE SAVE HIM FROM THIS DAMN CRAP.

Besides, what really pisses me off is that the lektor reads those damn subtitles. They're already in Polish!!!

#transformers #tf #transformers one #tf one trailer #tf one #movies #trailer #tf one spoilers #spoilers

[villains4hire]

Blog Revamp.

//Going forward while I'll tell I want to stop talking, I'm going to be less talkative about it and just say it and then do it and then block. I'll give a vague idea of why I'm doing this, as I'm ceasing ooc interaction to some degree but not entirely. Triggering content below and I guess drama? I'm not going to name drop. You can skip the context and simply head to my new disclaimer called 'This is the low bar before my rules, if you trip it. You're gone and I may confront you'.

//Last night I blocked 4 ppl, 1 of which whom was the main offender and not involving the other group of 3 had been involved and I will not be saying what happened other than the main guy as it was bad enough to do what needed to be done to keep myself safe, while the main guy involved had been doing weird stuff in the bg with other muns against their wishes or interests that involved underage stuff then p much admitting to me privately while also being pretty dis-genuine to me for our end convo and in general for the good faith I had for them and speaking good of their character, but them basically admitting 'It's not like I advocate for this in real life' that ended in me telling them to fuck off as if it was my opinion or something? Bc this guy kept doing weird shit to involve ppl or getting outwardly handsy in a way not okay without asking with his adult characters toward minor characters or making weird ass commentary.

//The other 3 I will not be saying anything on, these people while I disagree with them in some aspects, I still needed to take action to protect myself. But I do care about them, but my self-preservation will always take priority bc being trans is death by association to me for a p bad topic. I don't care who you are to me, at that point I have to react, I can't say I didn't know, it obligates me to take action. And even morally I can't really stand with it or risk it.

//The resulting aftermath just left me incredibly drained even if I wasn't outwardly upset or raging or something, then I went numb emotionally and began trembling violently for some reason and I didn't really understand what was happening to me. I just laid down light-headed as it got worse and worse and eventually it stopped. I couldn't feel emotion or really was even sad, or know what that was but it was enough to me to realize I need to just set some hard limits down which I thought was pretty clear but I guess not.

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This is the low bar before my rules, if you trip it. You're gone and I may confront you:

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You're a proshipper or friend or otherwise of one of some kind involving pedophilia or rape porn or noncon ship or adult x child/teenager ship. I don't care how light it is, I can't associate with it, everything shipwise is 18+ for me. I won't go after people simply for interacting with people without knowing but I'm not obligated to say anything. This is tiring, so yeah, sorry if you end up finding out the hard way for anyone.

You openly or privately reference sexual content to my characters involving other characters that are minors.

You try to start drama with me that doesn't involve hard-hitting topics such as what's mentioned above or bigotry or try to drag me into drama I'm not apart of. If I know you on discord and talk with you frequently or have in the past, it's fine to vent about drama but always prepare me for the topic before going in so I have subtext beforehand of what it's about.

You have a political or religious agenda with me and try to talk politics with me, I don't care if people mention it or talk about it on dash. Discord friends are exempt from this but I will say that leaning too deeply to one side will make me block you probably.

You spam me too much other than for rps and I don't have you added on discord. Discord is my main chat program, just come in, ask for an rp, plot with me then we can rp, banter a little maybe and be done with the convo. This one I give a proper warning for before doing something.

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This is my main disclaimer up above now. It pretty much has replaced many of my other disclaimers that I'm pretty much whatever to anyway at this point.

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I am here to have fun and make my friends and girlfriends happy and feel safe and loved. Involving me potentially into dangerous shit whether it's an opinion, your fetish or otherwise that could seriously harm me if it came to my association with you to me being pursued irl for identity wise is just not worth it to me or considering my well-being. You're not obligated to care but neither am I, this goes toward more than just one person. I would say in the past week I've also dealt with a few ppl that approached me that also turned out to be into rape or something.

So rn I'm going to be a bit grumpy now for for the next few days for what I'm starting to feel but I'll be fine within three days or so, consider this a warning if dming me on tumblr but not discord.

#ooc #tbd #psa #//if u want to unfollow that's fine. i'm getting to replies now and maybe try to get back into gear

[themonotonysyndrome]

hello!!! i've been reading the Celica and Castin story for a while now, and I just have to say I absolutely love it!! eating up everything you're writing

however, as a South American person I do have some concerns. according to desmond's community post Intacia (Entosia?) is located in what is South America rn, and while I am enjoying the absolutely treat of getting all these characters being from the same place as me, I am a bit concerned about the character archetypes presented both in canon and in fanwork. intacian ppl (or at least the ones we've met so far) are usually very "sex-driven" if you could call it that, and tbf I really feel like that's coming out of the stereotype that us latin americans are mainly driven by sex and / or are some kind of sex addicts.

this is ABSOLUTELY NOT me trying to attack you, and i really apologize if it comes off as that (I genuinely have a lot of trouble with tones through text), but as fan of both your work and Desmond's, i felt like it was important to point this out.

once again, nothing against you or Desmond, i absolutely love your writing (I for one would also simp for Celica like Castin does) and am just trying to communicate a concern.

have a nice day / night / afternoon / whatever time it is!!!

Good morning, Anon.

Don't worry; I'm not offended or anything. You're very polite and I can tell your concern is written with a heavy mind.

This isn't an excuse, more of an assurance: If your concern is regarding the smut I wrote for the latest drabble of 'A rose's odyssey' & that oneshot of just smut between Castin and Celica, I'd like to give some personal headcanons when I wrote for those two. See, I imagine the Baroness to have a sexual appetite that can match Castin's. She experimented while she was studying at the academy, they're young and she needs an heir that can carry on her Household name.

(Plus, I kinda need the practice when it comes to writing smuts).

I had no intention to put any sort of stereotypes on Castin being from South America. I just see him as a powerful warrior who just so happens to be so in love with his wife that he can't get enough of her and is eager to start a family with her. In return, said wife feels the same. Albeit, won't openly show it due to her upbringing and all that, lol.

If my fics come across as belittling you, then I apologise. It was never my attention. When I started to write the series, I just wanted to flesh out Desmond's world and his characters a little bit.

I can't speak on behalf of Desmond. I just wrote a script for Castin's audiobook because he requested and paid me.

#monotony's rambling #desmond asmr

[cookinguptales]

i agree so much! i had hopes up until 4.09 that the writers were going somewhere with all of these (seemingly) loose threads they've been dangling. but now... it seems like we were just reading into things. i still like the show. but i've seen so many posts bending over backwards trying to convince ppl 4.09 was brilliant writing actually, that it wasn't supposed to be funny or make us laugh and that the lack of humor was by design and not rushed writing or editing. "i'm going to write an episode that is so humorless" said NO comedy writer ever! it failed to balance the dark with the comedy. but ppl defending it saying "that's the point!" give me big annie from community vibes like "the dean is a genius. he has to be. if he isn't i've given two weeks of my life to an idiot and that's unacceptable. therefore he's a genius and i will die protecting his vision!" like... it's ok to admit sometimes writers mess up or things get cut in editing or a subplot gets thrown out that makes things less satisfying that originally envisioned

Well... with the caveat that I haven't been reading the tag or other people's meta very much, nor have I seen much of Community...

I do agree that I just don't buy the theory that the episode wasn't supposed to be funny. They've brought up deep emotional turmoil and such before on this show, but always in a way that was funny. That's one of the greatest gifts that the writers usually have -- managing to pair serious topics with jokes that will make you just about cry laughing.

I feel like there would have been ways to actually signal that this wasn't supposed to be funny episode. Y'know, seeing Marwa's last moments. Getting hints that there might still be something in there left of her. Lingering more on the psychological trauma this might've done to Freddie, dick as he is. Seeing more lasting effects of any kind, honestly. Hell, even just engaging with some of the themes and characterization choices they've been making over the course of the season would have gone a long way in making this episode feel weightier.

But that doesn't happen. Plus, I mean... the jokes are there. They're all throughout the episode. They're just not particularly funny, nor do they distract from the very unfunny (but not serious, either?) shit that's going on. We don't really get any wham moments that aren't paired with jokes that just... don't really land.

I think the closest moments we get to things that feel purposefully not funny aren't in the writing at all, nor the framing, nor the direction. They're all Harvey, who decided he was going to play Guillermo's trauma as straight as humanly possible in an episode that otherwise treated the situation very lightheartedly.

Even that, I think, was probably supposed to be funny to a degree. Like they've tormented Guillermo tons of times before, made him cry, hurt him, almost killed him... and they usually manage to tell him he looks like wet undies at the same time. I think Guillermo's genuine emotions were kind of supposed to be a contrast to the silliness and they were supposed to heighten the humor. They just... didn't.

Like... Guillermo asking if they could turn the camera off hurt, but it's paired with the Freddies' silly Palatine Hill conversation. Guillermo lying in bed desolate hurt, but it's paired with Nandor's dumbass "and so he could have sex with him."

They are attempting to pair humor with these scenes, just like they always have. That humor just isn't funny enough to cut through the very real misery of it all.

To me, there was a surreal sort of disconnect while watching it, and it didn't feel purposeful. I didn't think "oh, they put this moment in for a record-scratch moment; they put this moment in to make us question this character, etc." I thought "oh... they don't realize that this is a topic that isn't funny to most of the viewer base."

Marwa was the biggest offender, obviously, and I really disagree with anyone who said that we were supposed to see her exit as horrifying. We did, obviously, but her treatment in the episode was such a fucking footnote that I think the writers saw her as a disposable plot device and assumed we would, too. But the implications of how they disposed of her were... a lot.

I'm thinking about what I think is probably the best use of "you were supposed to be laughing but you're not supposed to be laughing now" in any piece of media I've ever seen, and I think it was probably Disney's animated Mulan? Where they're singing a lighthearted song about war only to be confronted with the ugly reality of it right in the middle of the song. They stop singing. They do not sing again for the rest of the movie. This moment is treated as deadly serious and no one is telling any jokes, nothing silly or magical or hijink-y is happening. It's just desperately sad.

And no, that did not happen in WWDITS. Nandor kept being a dumb puppy whose stupidity we were supposed to laugh at. Laszlo returning with Colin was segued into a joke about the clown sucking his own dick. Guillermo's final stab in the heart was the HEIGHT of WWDITS's sort of weird hijinks dark humor.

Just... none of it was funny. When you add that to the shallow plot device characters, the pile of coincidences that were easy for the writers even if they didn't make sense for the plot (like Guillermo bringing Freddie back to the house in the first place), forgetting previous details from earlier in the series (Nandor sucking at hypnotizing people), the over-reliance on magic and hypnotism to smooth out plot holes/characterization struggles, and the blatantly awful treatment of Marwa...

I don't want to make it sound like I'm trying to be a dick out here shooting down other people's theories in the fandom or something, but like... Like. I personally do not buy that this was on purpose. I don't see anything in the episode to signal that this was supposed to be serious as opposed them trying to make it funny and just not succeeding. I can understand that drive to make sense of the writing decisions, but... honestly, frankly, I think the writers were just sloppy. I hate that it's true and I might be able to look past it, but I'm not going to pretend like it didn't happen. : /

#tbh I've talked about it on here before #but these days I mostly don't read in the fandoms I write in #it interferes with my creative process #sorry to sound like a douchebag but it's true #if I read too much of other people's writing in the same fandom it kills my drive to write myself #and that mostly applies to fic but it's a meta thing too #so I just avoid those things #and hang out in my head and dream my dreamy little dreams lmao #replies #wwdits tag #wwdits s4 spoilers

[sofipitch]

Why so much hatred for the show just because of how ‘inaccurate’ it is? Even the 94 film made some changes not to mention Queen of the Damned which (although bad) is treated as an AU of the actual book; it’s fun and harmless. The books are still there, the 94 film is still iconic, there’s so much fanfiction out there that clearly takes creative liberties (duh). All of these have enriched the fandom simply due to their creative interpretations of the original material (which does have its flaws and it’s okay to want to change them) and I really don’t see how the amc series is any different.

So it's a mix of a lot of things. Racism is obviously the big one. Literally EVERYTIME a character that was previously white gets cast as a POC racists take the time to scream and be disgusting on the internet. It's not a VC exclusive experience, it's happened to The Queen of the Damned move, Star Wars and the upcoming Percy Jackson show. And that's just a list off the top of my head I'm sure an actually comprehensive one exists out there. I think it tends to be WORSE when the race change is for a main character (Finn in Star Wars) or a love interest (Annabeth, she's also a MC but I think the ship is what makes ppl care). Also Rick Riordan, the author of PJO made an awesome statement supporting the actress who got cast as Annabeth and condemning racism. Often times the actors are just left to deal with that shit on their own, as I believe John Boyega spoke out as part of what made his experience with SW so miserable. I do wish the Rices or AMC made a similar statement but unfortunately Uncle Rick is an exception, not the rule.

Louis is both a main character and another main character's love interest which makes the racists mad. Bc when background characters get their race change they don't care, POC should "politely remain in the background and let white ppl take the stage" 🙄 I remember seeing when the casting first came out ppl complaining saying they wish a DIFFERENT character had had their race swapped, like Marius in the Lestat Musical. Which basically proves that this mentality has to do with main characters.

As for ppl complaining about the minutia, I think it's one of two things, they are racists who would just be happy if Louis and Claudia weren't black but don't want to admit it so they attack other details to "explain" why they hate the show. The other is typical "book fandom" bs. Everyone pictures the characters and setting and details differently in their head. Certain scenes and details are more important to them. I think this is the case with a lot of Daniel fans right now. I get that ppl love him, I love him too, but he is also technically just a background character. So I don't get ppl loosing it over him being changed, I think he's getting more screentime than AR would have allowed had she adapted the series, lol. But again, different aspects of the stody mean different things to different ppl.

Where it gets annoying is when book fans kind of get the idea that bc they "read" they are smarter, and they want to brag about that. So they like pointing out that x character's eyes were supposed to be brown instead of blue. Or that this scene was supposed to happen but isn't in the movie. The nerd "um, actually..." instinct, they think it makes them look smart. And most if the time, at the end of the day, these aren't details that matter to the overall story. So yeah ppl shitting themselves that AR's vamps aren't supposed to have blood on their face after drinking is just an example of that. It doesn't matter to the story at all, the detail is an artistic license. But book ppl want to tell you it matters just bc they want you to be in awe of how "smart" they are. (Which is always funny bc usually the books that do get adapted aren't the most highbrow, and I'm sorry if this offends anyone I really don't mean it to but I don't consider VC literature and if I did only IWTV and maybe TVL. I just wouldn't "brag" that I've read VC, you feel me? Especially those later books yeesh)

I also think some people are also just straight up dumb and think hair color = personality. Like I get it, I like to make jokes about hair color too, but again, at the end of the day, Stuart Townsend wasn't a bad Lestat bc he was a brunette, he was a bad Lestat bc of that script and a bad fake French accent.

So yeah I agree with you anon, I'm glad the show took some creative liberties and it's also the nature of literally all adaptations. Details don't matter so much as if the adaptation captures the same feelings, story arc, characters, and most importantly, what you loved about the original. A good example of an adaptation that changed a LOT but ppl seem to love both the movie and the book is Howl's Moving Castle. Like the show isn't out but based on the trailer I have a strong feeling the show will be like that, different, but with the same story and vibe at it's core.

#vc #asks #boy this got long

[musashi]

Ok, I see, thank you for the clarifications! However, I'm not really sure how much advice we can give regarding that. If you act different to your friends vs your anons, and most of what we who follow your blog but don't talk to you see is the latter, then our insights would be skewered.

Again, all I could think of is that people might be worried of making things worse by doing/saying something that upsets you further unintentionally. You always try to be as clear as possible, but since we don't know how you ask for help (anons and blog ppl) we can't tell you what could be useful to make it clearer still.

yeah, that makes sense. i was kind of just hoping that ppl who took the time to send me asks about this would talk more about what they've observed, about like, my personality? just in passing, not necessarily specific interactions i have. but just, like, who i am, not what i do. 'cause i don't think what i do is the answer, since its so situational, i think who i am is the answer. if that makes ANY sense.

Again, all I could think of is that people might be worried of making things worse by doing/saying something that upsets you further unintentionally.

this is something i have trouble understanding. what are people afraid of? you don't have to answer that, i'm just putting it out there for the world to answer.

like, in this hypothetical scenario, someone says the wrong thing to me, maybe they even say something that offends me terribly. what are they scared of me doing? because all that would happen in that situation is i would just say, like, 'hey, i appreciate the thought so much, but this isn't something i can handle/isn't what i need right now.' and then we could talk about what i do need, if they were willing to provide it?

what is the "fear" element here, and what about me specifically fosters that fear? when it comes to heavy talks with my friends, however rare they are, i try to always be conscientious and understanding. i try to always be an active listener, and make sure they feel heard and loved. so i guess i'm just confused, like, what about me makes people scared of me? and what are they scared i am going to do? if i can figure that out, i can fix it.

(again, you don't have to answer this anon, just asking in general)

You always try to be as clear as possible, but since we don't know how you ask for help (anons and blog ppl) we can't tell you what could be useful to make it clearer still.

oh! i mostly just, like, either go into the vent channel on my various servers and ask if there is anyone available to cheer me up/talk to me/keep me company/etc. when that doesn't work, i scroll down my recent dms list looking for friends who might be online and try to remember who has expressed being comfortable with that. and then when all of that fails and i get no responses, i come to tumblr to ask if there is anyone willing to talk to me or distract me, depending on what i need in the moment.

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