#(she says idealistically)

[profounddefendorcrusade-blog]

I feel bad for Starlo. (pt. 9)

Star's the Papyrus (both are idealistic & seen as naive) of this game (Martlet is another possible parallel), even though he's got similarities with Undyne too. No matter how broken Ceroba seemed he asked himself WHY she did what she did and I think that's SUPER important.

Ceroba didn't do this. Her first instinct was to be harsh (after being harsh with him even BEFORE he attacked Clover):

called his personality "damaged" before this scene

... you never asked yourself WHY he did the whole sheriff act.

.... you never asked WHY he didn't want to grow up. If it was a coping mechanism, if he wanted to help his community in a way he couldn't as a farmer? It was never on her mind.

Yes he has baggage but he's dealing with it all while uplifting others, Ceroba has baggage but is well taken care of by Star and at least has him, he has no one but himself and his optimism to pull him out of negative feelings, and still gets insulted.

Yeah Ceroba's been through stuff but apparently it's been some time since Chujin passed and Kanako fell down, she should have at least started to support Star emotionally like he's been supporting her (sure, he did so with distractions, but as he said "aren't distractions what's best for all of that?" He did his best). Problem is she DIDN'T realise he was ever struggling with self worth and only assumed he was goofing off. Either that or she did nothing about it aka was too occupied with her own problems (which are valid but still... she should have tried at least a little) Cer's character flaw is being too stubborn and devoted to Chujin. She trusted him blindly and wholeheartedly. Everything else came in 2nd place. This is clear as day.

It hurts knowing Ceroba could never respect Starlo the way she still does her husband. Not saying she shouldn't admire Chujin, but the way she sees Star as a goofy manchild whose lifelong passion can go "too far," the way she sees all this Wild East stuff as him "just having fun," the way she thinks that only someone whose brain isn't developed would ever consider dating him just... ticks me off, tbh. That's why I think the guy needs someone who will be gentle and patient with him, even if that other person is going through tough times.

She DID call Starlo the best sheriff she's ever known (honestly the only sweet moment between them in pacifist, but it is very brief, especially in neutral where he just gets cut off; also I hope she was being genuine here) and said how everyone adored him (but hated his persona, which I've already covered: basically they either hated 'North Star' as a whole, which I hope isn't true, or just how excited he was to meet Clover, which makes no sense to me; already covered it as well)

Bonus: Dina didn't know who Star really was or what he looked like, not before the end credits rolled (when he shows up as himself & she's also seen there; makes sense that he finally came clean to her):

So he's literally been playing this role 24/7, ever since she became the bartender; ever since this town started to exist. It's impressive how he could keep up an act AND use this fake accent for so long

Bonus #2: Star was SUPER worried about Clover's safety; that's what REALLY upset him (he cares about that child sm). THAT's what drove him off the edge (unless he naturally has a temper, i don't think this is it tho). Either way, he was way more patient w Ceroba than I think most would have been in that situation. Sure he snapped a few times, but there was a good reason to. He still TRIED to reason with her. Why did he attack? Worried for Martlet & Clover. I honestly think Star's the type to only get super angry if someone he loves is in danger (minus the stuff that happened which led him to cracking)

#uty #undertale yellow #starlo uty #uty starlo #ceroba uty #uty ceroba #ceroba ketsukane #anti staroba #dina uty #uty dina #not saying ceroba is a horrible person for not understanding star #every character carries some sort of baggage #just that she doesn't understand him #and that he needs somebody who will #he's an idealist she's a pessimist #pairings like this CAN work #but i dont think that' the case here

[themoonofblueside]

ACOK Sansa II my beloved. In her chambers, sees an unsigned note, goes into panic mode thinking it's a trap, tries to keep herself calm and ignore the note but her need for home, for Winterfell is so strong that she just can't help but go to the godswood.

She has no one to trust, if she gets caught she's probably going to get beaten again, but for even the slim chance of getting to go home she'd rather risk everything against her instincts then stay and lose the chance.

She goes and instead of meeting a gallant knight, someone brave and strong to save her or hell, joffrey's man to trick amd trap her, it's Dontos. A scared, drunken fool, who nearly died a just a while ago. Who is only alive because of Sansa, and the fact that an 11 year old girl was brave enough to try to save him opens his eyes to the truth of his job and his life so much that he's willing to risk his life to bring her to safety. This is, perhaps, the first time Dontos decides to act like a true knight.

Sansa does not understand it yet, but her sincere intentions for people to be safe and happy inspires morally grey characters to protect her to their limited ability. She's frustrated that Dontos is a drunken fool, and she quite literally gets threatened day and night by Sandor, but they are the only ones who make her life just a little bit easier.

We also see that from Ned's death onwards, Sansa is forced to abide the rules, trust no one, and get better at lying. Sandor and Sansa's dialogues are always a delight, the last sentence of Sansa II summarizes King's Landing the best: "Everyone is a liar, and all better than you."

#anyways i do not know what i'm saying i just got the urge to ramble about sansa ii the second i listened to it #but i didnt have the time #now it's been like a week so i lost some details #but yeah. such a good chapter i love how childish sansa is tbh #her good chatacter saves her all the time! #but she's so blinded by her idealistic dreams and she doesn't know how to maximize the tools in her hand yet #hopefully she will get better #sansa stark #asoiaf #acok

[willowcrowned]

imagining one sided obi wan/padme where she thinks he’s really hot day one and it only magnifies when she’s old enough that he doesn’t see her as a kid anymore. only she’s kind of insane about romance so obi wan’s like “sometimes when it’s clear someone else thinks you’re soulmates trapped on opposite sides utterly incapable of reaching what you both long for you just have to nod and smile and extract yourself from the situation” while baby anakin is thinking vividly about killing him in the night. on the other hand anakin get get padme to meet with him by talking about how cool obi wan is

anon I have been thinking about this ask for WEEKS unable to reply for sheer inability to add to the genius therein

#Padmé is ABSOLUTELY the sort of person to believe in doomed love #but she believes in doomed love in like... the romance novel way #she doesn't see them as romeo and juliet she sees them as as chad mcrichguy and whitegirlname character from space book forbidden desires #which is to say that padmé fundamentally believes in the all-conquering power of love #and is SURE that sooner or later they'll get together #she's completely incapable of conceptualizing herself as genuinely in unrequited love #because she has trouble with narratives that don't fit into her strict rules about How The World Works #part of that is because she's too young (especially when she first meets obi wan) to really have any experience that forces her to grow #and part of that is because she was born into such a HUGE position of privilege (esp compared to like... the general galaxy) #that no one around her could teach her context #when she gets to tatooine in TPM she's shocked that there's slavery because the republic has outlawed it #now granted she is fourteen and an idealist #but at the same time #is it really so hard to believe that a girl who believes that the republic is an effective and fair government #and that anything can be fixed if you work hard enough and believe in yourself #would grow into a woman who believes that love conquers all #asks #anon #obidala #padmé amidala #star wars #star wars au

[duchessofostergotlands]

How do you feel about Princess Ann? It seems to me that she’s always doing engagements and she seems like a badass.

She scares me but I like it

#ask #anon #princess anne #british royal family #in all seriousness she works very hard #she is by all accounts incredibly on the ball #she does say things i don't agree with #but I do also think she's the most pragmatic of all the royals #she is not idealistic and she actually understands challenges for normal people

[eatingsomegreeneggos]

Looking at Sunny Starscout screenshots on Pinterest and crying because she's literally so perfect 🥺💗 The cutest little horse to have ever horsed, one might even call her a little pony... (altough you'll find she's actually of average height). But yeah Sunny is like actually my favorite pony period. I will stand by this I love G4 as much as the next guy but Sunny is so precious to me! I wish they'd use her character more like come on I want to see her more in mym 😭 (I love her quite a lot in tyt though) But yeah she's so great she's really interesting to me and cute and funny and I would love to be friends with her 💕💕💕

#little appreciation rant #I feel like she deserves it #shes adorable come on #I cant even explain it well I think of her making a bad joke and laughing about it and I just want to cry its so endearing #just so many things about her are so interesting #shes excited and bubbly and confident but also you can sense how shes been effected by her lonely youth and losing her dad #i say all in all she handled it really great #but stuff like her ignoring zipps concerns. not wanting to be an alicorn. being uncomfortable with being apart from her friends #stuff like that #can clearly be traced back to insecurities that she probably doesnt even realize #but also small things like her being a bit of a history nerd and being very idealistic but at the same time shes a bit oblivious and naive #I know that sounds like pointing out flaws but I think its so fun!! I love those things about her!! #and I doubt most of it was even intentional which I guess wouldve been nice if they fleshed this stuff out more #but it doesnt change the fact that I live her so so much #mlp g5 #sunny starscout #mlp

[sdwolfpup]

From the next chapter of Our souls lie down in the grass. I've got two chapters finished and want to get at least one more drafted before I post again, I think, because these are all of a part, thematically, and I've been doing a lot of going back and editing as I figured out stuff. But there is progress!

“Thank the seas that you're all right,” Selwyn said for the third time. He'd been hugging her for a while, easing back occasionally to run his hands over her head and arms before pulling her back in for another crushing embrace. Brienne was starting to think that they should have stayed in Morne another day or two until her bruises weren't quite so vivid.

Over her father's shoulder, she saw Jaime grinning in amusement.

“Thank the seas—and Jaime,” she said, and that sent Selwyn rocking back a step.

“Of course!” He turned on his heel and Brienne had time to see Jaime's eyes go wide before he was enveloped in her father's enormous embrace.

#jaime x brienne #a little lightness #i have overthought this fic to the point of a nervous breakdown #every time i think i have my arms wrapped around the tangled emotional and plot arc #it all falls apart #but THIS TIME #(she says idealistically) #i miss being able to write wips faster and more confidently #ah well #I still get there eventually #it's just much more painful heh

[briliantlymad]

i gotta get this out of my head. anyway guess who had a shit time in class today.

im always up for a discussion, if im wrong im wrong and im willing to learn. but making insane statements, then interrupting every time i try and explain why you're wrong is so annoying.

like im trying to talk to you in a calm manner, hell i even agree with some of the points you make but as soon as i say smth that doesnt fit your narrative you start interrupting and raising your voice? like bro. that's so freaking rude. and then to act like you somehow "won" the debate that i wasnt even trying to have with you is just.fucked up.

As a politics student i understand that not everyone will have the same pov as me. which is great. it encourages criticial thinking and valuable discussion. but only if you approach it in good faith?

you're out here buying into the same sick and dehumanising narrative of palestinian people and protesters, trying to play the oppression olympics and somehow conflating the very real suffering of palestinian people to online hate white women are recieving for crying crocodile tears over imagined scenarios is so ?@#$%????? like i dont even have words.

anyway. my prof stopped me before i could rip into her after that. so. i had to vent this out here otherwise it would just be running around in my head like a rat.

#anyway #people do be annoying #its whatever #why do i always get stuck with girls who think saying the same thing multiple times in a loud voice makes it ok? #it does not. #now you've proved you're stupid and ruined my mood #just the way she spoke bro #the naivette and the absolute idealistic mindset #acting like why cant we all hold hands and sing kumbaya #maybe cus settler colonial states are killing people bro

[the-way-astray]

i must be the only (kind of) unironic aldella shipper in this entire fandom.

(ranting in the tags)

#kotlc #kotlc aldella #kotlc vackers #kotlc della #kotlc alden #alden vacker #della vacker #does it matter that i kinda headcanon them to be slightly toxic? no no it does not thanks for asking #they could be so interesting if their relationship was explored more in-depth #and i am NOT saying it's shannon's fault that it hasn't been explored btw i am NOT blaming shannon #obviously since the story is told through sophie's eyes we only get what she sees but augh i want more #hanging my hopes on that short story collection shannon claims she'll write after the series is over #i want more of them from THEIR perspective #just! the lack of trust! the regret! the performative (imo) relationship! the strangely idealistic marriage! the emphasis on beauty! #and! the stiffness around each other! going through the motions! doing their part in the relationship but something feels off! #it's so good i need more i need them to be more fucked up i need them to be more toxic #but in the end they still love each other (or at least they think they do) but it's . . . warped (maybe they really DO love each other?) #the perfect marriage with the perfect children in the perfect family . . . will the facade last . . . and is it really even a facade #just #THEM #they need to be head over heels for each other and yet it's performative at the same time do you see the vision tell me you see the vision #they each NEED to have a side the other has never seen and nobody else has ever seen and they are each terrified of it #and don't want the other to know #because then they'll be less perfect but in reality telling each other would make them stronger do you see what i see #the two-faced-ness would make them more fucked up and less fucked up all at once because they are scared of it but it brings them closer #*shakes you* DO YOU UNDERSTAND TELL ME YOU UNDERSTAND #anyway #*scoots away from you* totally normal about aldella nothing going on here nope no siree

[bbqhooligan]

General Armstrong isnt that understood because of her very contrasting wording. she says Alex "deserted her country" and "is a coward" for leaving the Ishval War, sounding as if she wanted him to stay and do his duty, but with her actions and later on words to Alex its shown she means he should have stayed there, protected the people, and tried to stop the war by any means possible. she says that in Briggs only the strong survive and everyone is to Obey Her without question and thats, the unquestioned authority, is the secret to the power of Briggs, but turns out she preaches initiative and independent force of military, one that will do whats necessary to Actually protect their people and country, no matter who is commanding them, no matter who tries to stop them, a force knit so tight together, with goals and steps to take so clear to all her men they dont even need her above them to act.

from the Armstrong family influence, its easy to see her, and alex as some sort of royalty, her as a monarch, while her head and her heart is full of how to have a people that can, and will, govern itself, with every individual that shares the resolve in their heart able to fight for it, seize the means of production if you will, and all power in due time. general armstrong's democracy for the country is rooted in the men she trains to seize it themselves, while mustangs is given to the people by the powers above.

#general armstrong #olivier armstrong #fma #mypost #roy mustang #alex armstrong #do i even need to say which i like better #shes so insane she doesnt say a single word explaining her goals or politics and yet its so clear #idealistic to say you can radicalize/train anyone into being truly that competent in serving a movement #but who am i to say anything

[cotarded]

SAD to see a bunch of adult women on radblr losing a debate with a 19yo prolifer and just yelling at her the most shocking synonyms of “unwanted pregnancy” en masse

#“okay so REPRODUCTIVE SLAVE didnt work do you think shell fold if we start saying FORCIBLY BRED” #no she wont shes 19 and an idealist

[incoherent-orca]

💭

🐳

#atla #azula #this is about zuko & azula's finale agni kai. while i adore it + it's such a beautiful fight... #i saw a poll about who would've won if katara hadn't been there; and most people were saying it wouldve been zuko #but to me zuko would've lost not because azula wasn't in her right mind but because he wouldve had restraint and she wouldnt #restraint in the sense of... she's still his SISTER so he's aiming not to maim or kill; unlike azula who in that moment has no qualms abt— #—inflicting lethal injuries on anyone present. and it just got me thinking about how we were robbed of their sibling relship #a more nuanced sibling relship at least. like without katara there would we have seen zuko hesitate before dealing a winning blow #would he have seen his little sister who their family failed just as much as they failed him? #because even iroh says at some point that “[azula] is crazy & needs to go down” like... sir that is your niece #idk #i wish we could've gotten a zuko who not only fears envies pities and opposes azula; but also loves her in some way #they're constantly pit against each other and i wonder if the younger idealistic compassionate zuko wouldve been protective of her #up until his banishment; then a once loving relationship (if strained) becomes so horrifically complicated #like the narrative spent way more time establishing azula as a terrible manipulative person (which she is) but also glossing over the fact— #—that she's a child. she wasn't born evil & the writing does not condemn ozai at all for his failure in raising her #the writing clearly shows how he fucked up with zuko but not how he fucked up with azula #which is a missed opportunity for zuko to empathize with her. they were both kids under the same abuse; just pushed in opposite directions

[k1rishiki]

ppl will preach the importance of media literacy and then act as if saber lily is a child but castoria is a-ok for sexualization

#while 'lily' has evolved to be an indicator of childhood takeuchi has gone on record saying that she was more like salter in that #she's an alternate saber that stayed 'pure' idealistically. which means her age is the same as saber and salter's #(or at least Was pre-fgo. jusssst in case fgo decided to change things up while i wasn't looking) #meanwhile like. castoria is conspicuously the youngest saber babes. look at how she's drawn + how she acts. that's a kid #romeo.txt #this isn't me coming out as like. a saber lily fucker or w/e but moreso just disbelief abt how these two got flipped around #like saber lily ig it's easy to assume her whole thing is the same as any other lily but castoria? rlly?

[mishkakagehishka]

Doing the laundry. Realising there's something deeply and inherently wrong with me. Shrugging and continuing to dig around for the Perfect Clothespin. Something something adulting

#it's like. the amount of people who have called me cruel or implied i am cruel throughout my life #multiple people across many years and all agreeing on the fact that i'm cruel #i do my best to be kind and nice and i'm like certain i have empathy #but sometimes i'll say something so. normal? and instantly get called cruel #and not that i believe there's smth inherently wrong with me bc of that #but because i just. cannot understand /how/ or /why/ i'm supposedly cruel #like ''oh you'd date someone you don't like romantically? that's cruel'' i don't understand how? #granted i now know i was referring to a qpr like connection but i still don't get it because i did say if i like a person enough i don't #have to like them romantically to date them. and i don't understand how that's cruel #and all of my ideas on interpersonal relationships. in kindergarden i get called cruel by an auntie because i said i don't value #friendships to an idealistic and unrealistic degree and years later i get called cruel because i say i don't mind #not talking to someone if her friend is jealous and she gave her an ultimatum. i still don't get how i was cruel in trying to compromise #and literally seeing that i don't even matter as much to the girl in question like i'm doing you a favour here you got an ULTIMATUM #but whatever. i don't know. i don't get it at all #maybe i just have a problem of never seeing my own faults. but it's not that i'm ignoring it #it's like. i don't /understand/ at all????

[demonicimagery]

i’m not yet fully sure how to annunciate this but satine kyrze in clone wars is written in such a way that the writers misogyny is inextricable from her character for me and it’s very hard to like her or hate her or really cohere what she could have been. like the relationship that damara has to hussie’s racism in homestuck but without the handmaid. maybe it’s my own thing but all portrayal of her positive or negative falls flat to me bc it’s so removed from what her character is or it’s too fucking sexist to stomach

#satine kryze #it’s hard to explain but like: #they’ve basically made “oh this ideology sounds good on paper but is unsustainable” #into a character #they do this by oversimplifying an ideology #not thinking particularly hard about the ramifications of her actions #making her set dressing for obi wan every time she’s on screen #then when she’s captured she’s portrayed as almost naive? despite her age and experience? #like as if women being overly idealistic and irresponsible rulers wasn’t loaded #it’s not like they set her up as an individually flawed person #because they barely set her up as a person at all! #and then she’s fridged for obi wan #then people are like “hey her ideals are a bit fucked” #which makes sense! #but then they’re like “because she’s trying to do a cultural genocide of mandalore or she’s too stupid to understand the consequences” #”of her own actions” #which also suck and are almost always sexist #i’ve seen fic that basically says “shut up the men are talking” #uncritically #this isn’t super well phrased bc it’s like 1am but i was trying to look through bo katan’s tag and was so fed up by the misogyny #also i hope the damara comparison makes sense #me tag #star wars

[daisyachain]

Sam Guthrie is a character I love very much but don’t often talk about, I feel like we’ve seen about as good as we’re going to get for him that’s possible in comics in X-Force 19, there’s nothing really more to worry about because he’s already achieved the perfect writing condition. Still I do have a proprietary fondness for him that means I will complain about how he’s currently written. Sam I think is a character driven by fear, or more specifically awareness. His reaction to the hardships dealt to him is to remember that they happened and try to avoid the same situation. His memory is long. He’s cautious but not cowardly, he’s awkward but not dumb. Every move of his is made after carefully considering what to do, and why, and what could come ricocheting back at him if it goes wrong. Doesn’t mean he notices everything. Does mean that what he does notice, sticks.

That’s why he’s the social leader of the New Mutants. He pays attention to everyone’s faults, foibles, needs, wants in a way that Dani has neither the time nor the inclination to and he remembers them. That’s why he cements the split from Xavier in the first place. He can’t reconcile his own experience (hopping from peril to peril to the wreckage of the mansion) with Xavier’s philosophy. To believe that passive defense and non-violence work would require him to forget or deliberately ignore the evidence of his own eyes. He wants to play things safe not in the sense of avoiding conflict, but rather in the sense of anticipating it and heading it off. Any festering issue can spread. The infected portion must be removed. Sam isn’t about to wait around for things to bite him in the ass.

That’s also why he’s a good tactical leader to X-Force. Separated from Dani and Cable, he does hold his own because he can carefully catalogue the ins and outs of a battlefield. However that same attention to detail that makes him a natural mentor also makes it tiring for him to call the shots. He can, does, and will act well as an executive leader, only with more regret over the mess that comes with making decisions that Dani and/or Cable would leave firmly in the past.

Comparing with Sunspot as not his foil (that’d be Dani) but the character who’s always there to mirror him, this driving force becomes more apparent. Sam and Berto both have loved ones die shortly before getting recruited. Sam reacts to his father’s death conscientiously. He steps into his role to bring in income. He knew it was coming, he feared it, he planned what to do to recover.

Berto, on the other hand, is more driven by grief. Juliana’s death was a shock that I think is still the single most important event to him. While his home life wasn’t always the best, I don’t believe Berto ever believed that he could experience the sort of life-or-death hardship his father had until that point. Ever since I think he’s been trying to stop that from ever happening again. Through New Mutants he lashes out in danger, assumes the worst in mishaps (Fallen Angels), shows willingness to sacrifice himself for the greater good. His perpetual state is of surprise and horror at how the world is and a need to intervene.

That’s why his Avengers characterization gets a pass, because it feels like it grows from that solid base where Sam is just [insert normal guy here]. Berto spends that run reacting, lashing out at the idiocy the other Avengers get into. Sam might create a third Avengers faction to nope out of there and productively do his own thing, because he can see the civil war coming. Dani might do it because nothing’s going to get done if she doesn’t do it herself. Berto creates one because he can’t stand watching these people get into stupid spats while the world is ending, he physically can’t stand by.

#kelsey liveblogs comics #am I making any sense. no. #anyway Sam -> the Awareness of a deer in a suburb. Berto -> idealist doomed to grieve each and every disappointed hope #Dani -> unstoppable drive to achieve point B once she leaves point A. will crawl there on bleeding fingernails #therefore Sam -> slow and carefully considered decisions taking a large number of factors into account #Berto -> lightning fast reactions to whatever takes place #Dani -> quick and decisive planning based on key info but not all info #all that is to say: Sam just shotgun marrying Izzy makes nooooooo sense #the guy’s a careful planner and a sensible big brother are you telling me he didn’t spend months thinking about the logistics #of raising a kid in space away from his own family for months.

[virginstoner666]

damn this may be one of her worst songs- but for her, i will keep it streaming 🫡

also, while i VERY MUCH do not agree with her stances on AI, i weirdly like that she's leaning into the uncanny valley aspects of AI art (specifically in the wonky hands, the dead eyes, the disjointed textures nd colors)

#.txt #dont agree with almost any of her stances #but i do think she has some intelligent and thoughtful things to say about technology and war and AI and fame and the age of the internet #i do for sure agree wholeheartedly with the 'id rather be idealistic and be wrong than pessimistic and right' stance #i wish people would try to engage with her in good faith instead of running with obvious bait/rumors/smearing #but w/e #i feel like an old man yelling at a cloud #but you know what i mean