#And his USE is to SUPPORT CLEAR.

[bonefall]

NEVER STOP!!! everytime I get mad over DOTC I just come onto your page and read your Gray Wing slander and immediately feel better, thanks muchly! 😌✨️

I am but a humble DOTC Slander ranger, riding across the sunlit horizon with a big iron on my hip, putting every hater's formless frustration into the words you felt but did not realize how to say ✨️

#If there's anything positive to say about it #it's that it's at least a SPECTACULAR kind of bad #It's bad in the kind of way that makes you realize what is so bad about other entries in WC #Like the rosetta stone of things wrong with WC #In no other arc is the ableism misogyny and abuse apologia SO apparent. SO plain to see #And of course your mind's immediately drawn to Clear or Tom because they're so obviously awful as characters. #But even the characters they think are GOOD and frame as RIGHTEOUS are revealing!! #Sometimes even moreso!! #though to be clear I end up biting at Gray a lot more often than Clear because he's awful in a less immediately obvious way #but I think clear is literally THE worst character they have ever put in WC. It's not a contest. It's not even a consideration in my mind. #because at the end of the day. Clear is WHY the arc is so bad. #Gray is defending him and doing a shit ton of abuse apologia and generally being insufferable #but as a tool he is being used in the exact way they mean to use him. #And his USE is to SUPPORT CLEAR. #He may not be the main POV but the arc is ABOUT Clear. It's HIS story. EVERYTHING that happens is supposed to be for HIM. #I haven't gotten to Gray's death scene in my reread yet but I should actually reblog it over here on the main when I do #Because it says it. It says it explicitly. That Gray only ever did anything because Clear pushed or bullied him to action. #And the narrative tries to frame that like a sweet and sentimental thing #But it's actually fucking horrifying. That WAS the entire series. #Clear pushing and bullying others until life was worse for everyone. And then they thank him for it. #bone babble #dotc hate

[adrift-in-thyme]

One thing that really got me about this update is that while they’re back on the road now and Twi is alright…it’s not a victorious departure. It’s sorrowful, it’s fearful, and it’s ridden with guilt and regrets about what just happened

Their body language says it even more than their words do. They’re slumped, they’re tense, they’re frowning rather than smiling. Hardly anyone cracks a joke this time around.

Their journey is beginning to take a toll on them. And although the Shadow just suffered a crushing defeat he doesn’t have the same emotional aspect that our heroes have had — and continue to have — to deal with.

I definitely foresee some arguments — maybe even physical altercations — in the future. That alone makes them vulnerable to the Shadow’s revenge (which previous updates have shown he doesn’t hesitate to exact. He’s angry. He’s coming for the heroes. Especially Twilight.)

I look forward to seeing how this will all play out

Credit to @linkeduniverse

#trin rambles #linkeduniverse #linked universe #lu chain #lu update spoilers #also #the unofficial leaders are feeling it the most it seems #time and wars are especially drained #it’s evident more than ever in their expressions and actions and words #they put a lot of pressure on themselves #took the supportive role during twi’s battle #and prolly have slept the least of any hero there #even rulie got a nap #I doubt those two allowed themselves one #having your leaders vulnerable is one of the greatest threats #it’s clear that the other boys can step up and take charge if needed #but the shadow will likely use this weakness to his advantage #before any of the other heroes CAN step in

[decolonize-the-left]

Sick and tired already of American liberals immediately trying to somehow make what's happening in Brazil somehow republicans fault.

It's literally Fucking Democrats.

You wanna be mad at people spreading right wing ideology and platforming extremists? Blame Democrats.

Republicans arent the ones intentionally platforming extremists in the first place. ACTUAL normal Republicans are PISSED that they keep losing to extremists who run on a Republican ticket. And they're even more pissed that most people wouldn't even KNOW about the extremist candidates if it wasn't for Democrats intentionally shoving them into people's faces with campaign ads "raising awareness" about extremist candidates.

Democrats may talk shit about Trump but they love him as a candidate even more than Republicans do. Even fucking Bernie Sanders. Yeah. The "left-wing" socdem everyone simps over? He likes Trump too.

Democrats have incentive to keep Trump supporters and extremists on the ballot and they've admitted it.

Republicans are MORE divided over trump than Democrats are.

Take as much time as you need with that.

Then, when you're over it start demanding that Democrats who pretend to hate Trump in interviews and press conferences only to turn around and fund, platform, and aid far right campaigns... Be removed from office.

Demand they stop HELPING trump's picks. Republicans are NOT fucking doing that. They're doing the opposite. Why? Cuz it's costing them seats. Which, sure okay might be a little biased of a reason but at least they fucking have a reason. At least they're TRYING.

No, I don't want Republicans in charge of anything either but you know what I would NEVER risk to stop it? Putting a fucking white supremacist on the ballot and helping right-wing ideology spread globally JUST so a Democrat can have a seat instead.

Like WHAT

#brazil #amercians shut the fuck up forever #florida #bolsonaro #capitol attack #like to be clear Republicans are also awful and im aware that supporting trump is still common in the GOP- #..... but they do materially support trump and his picks Way less often... so... #liberals #democrats #us politics #us government #usa

[grantwilsonenjoyer]

something so funny about matt saying "its just like shooting a deer!" about grant killing the chimera. and freddies "yeah but no one has had to TELEFRAG a DEER"

#dungeons and daddies #dndads #grant wilson #also #gestures to all the hero oak swallows garcia art about her having to kill deer specifically #matthew you did not reach your target audience with that one LMAO 😭 #i get what hes saying & how he wouldnt necessarily think abt the impact of it in the moment when he suggested it #HOWEVER i also disagree bc i feel like after Listening Back to that arc it is quite clear how that would be traumatic idk #i agree w freddie. like shooting something is one thing but ?! #idk . IDK i am just rambling #i am giving matt some grace though bc I understand his frustration w/ people using the chimera thing to make darryl seem like a horrible da #darryl wilson my beloved u are such a good father #idk i think people ignoring how much darryl changes in his efforts to talk to grant r ignoring a major part of grants character #which is that no matter how much someone loves/supports you it isnt going to suddenly get rid of ur trauma #ahem. Anyways. darryl is a wonderful dad and grant loves him very much 🩷 #I should write something about them hmm

[seaofgoldensand]

...xavier why does your part of the senior hunter contest gotta have the PROTOCORE CLUSTERS

#i am TIRED #its fine #idc if i 1 starred it #its cleared #get out of MY FACE #rafayel and me just fighting for our damn life #rafayel hoverboarding his way around places #until i drag his ass to use his support skill #pls the way i had to try to keep a straight face #⁠xavier #⁠xavier lnd #lnd xavier #⁠xavier lnds #lnds xavier #⁠xavier lads #⁠lads xavier #⁠xavier love and deepspace #love and deepspace xavier #love and deepspace #lnd #lnds #⁠lads #love and deepspace rafayel #⁠rafayel love and deepspace #⁠rafayel lnd #lnd rafayel #⁠rafayel lnds #lnds rafayel #⁠rafayel lads #⁠lads rafayel

[crossdressingdeath]

Can I just... okay, there's something that's been percolating in my head ever since the Durgetash patch 6 crumbs dropped and I think I can finally put it into words. Because everyone was getting so mad about Durge (and it was about Durge, not Gortash; it was an origin character getting their backstory acknowledged in the game at a point where it should've been from the start, saying it was about Gortash is like saying... I don't know, any unique dialogue Cazador gets in Astarion origin runs is Cazador content) getting five or six new lines when Wyll got nothing and... well, personally I think that's a little silly, first because adding a few new Gortash lines to Durge runs would not be taking away from Wyll content (the two characters have different writers, VAs and mocap actors, for the most part they would not have been pulling from the same resource pool), but more importantly because... if you want to point at an origin character taking resources from Wyll, don't point at Durge. Point at Karlach.

I mean, think about it. Think about how the game runs with these two characters. You likely meet Wyll first unless you go out of your way to avoid speaking to him until you meet Karlach. He asks you to help him hunt down and kill a devil, and you go and you look and you find her and... now you're doing Karlach's quest. They interrupt Wyll's quest in the middle to do Karlach's quest. And she keeps piping up during the conversation with Mizora afterwards, and it turns out that Wyll got sent after Karlach to begin with because Karlach is Zariel's extra-special favourite mortal, and suddenly Wyll's sharing his post-quest transformation cutscene (something which I think we can all agree should be entirely about him) with a character who wasn't even playable until a ways into EA. You can't even properly commiserate with Wyll afterwards, you can only even be nice to him if you choose to read the lines that way; you spend more time chatting to Karlach about Wyll's transformation than you do Wyll! Wyll's act one quest gets almost completely taken over by Karlach, I'm honestly kind of surprised I haven't seen anyone else talking about it. Even him being turned into a devil is barely about him because Karlach's backstory is butting in! There is a reason why no other origins share villains, but where Karlach's connection to Gortash is overshadowed by Durge in a Durge run here she's overshadowing Wyll in every run except maybe (I say maybe because I haven't done it) a Wyll origin.

And it gets even better! Remember how originally you couldn't save Karlach at all? Remember when it was death or mind flayer? Remember what Larian did when people complained about that? I'm fucking amazed I didn't see more complaints about that, given the number of complaints I saw about Durgetash getting five whole lines. Do you want to keep Karlach alive? Do you want to end the game with all your companions still breathing and reasonably happy? Well then fuck what you think is a good, happy and/or narratively satisfying ending for Wyll; you're packing him off to the Hells, because that's the only way to keep Karlach alive if you don't want to go with her (which you probably don't if you romanced someone other than her)! Like, I want you to really let that sink in; they made Karlach's survival completely reliant on how you end Wyll's quest. If you want Karlach to survive and don't want your character's epilogue to be "go to the Hells" (which, again, odds are most players don't) you have to end Wyll's quest accordingly. They could've put that into Karlach's quest! Give her an actual character arc (instead of the line-with-maybe-a-slight-curve she got) where you can encourage her to choose life and go to Avernus on her own or... I don't know, go with Dammon or something! Especially since as it turns out Zariel apparently doesn't actually give a shit, which the PC should be able to point out given Zariel's track record in this game of giving barely enough of a shit to make a token effort at getting Karlach back or killing her! But instead the climax of Wyll's whole damn arc has to share space with Karlach. Maybe not in the game's text proper, but from a meta perspective? If the player doesn't want to go to the Hells but wants Karlach to live, that's likely going to be if not the deciding factor in Wyll's quest then certainly a major one in—as with the transformation cutscene—a situation that should be entirely about Wyll.

I don't really know how to end this. I guess... I fully admit part of it is me being super petty about the sheer number of posts I saw getting mad about Durgetash getting literally five or six lines (crumbs! Barely crumbs! Crumbs that didn't impact Wyll in any way!), but it also really is like... people complained about that but I haven't seen anyone complaining about how Larian warped Wyll's whole story around Karlach. And I think more people should complain about it. Wyll's story got dragged off-course the second they started rewriting it, but they wrapped the whole thing around Karlach when they made her an origin companion to the point where at times it feels like Wyll's playing second fiddle in his own arc, and that's... well, honestly it just pisses me off.

#bg3 #the fact that they sacrificed wyll being the main character in his own story for karlach's story when karlach's story isn't even that good #is. also a factor #to be clear it still would've been a problem if karlach's story WAS good #but they made wyll a supporting character in his own quest line and for WHAT? a basic revenge story? #'ooooh revenge didn't undo what had been done to her' LIKE HALF THE OTHER COMPANIONS TOUCH ON THAT #AND IT'S HER WHOLE STORY #THEY DID NOT HAVE A SINGLE ORIGINAL IDEA TO USE FOR KARLACH AND IT SHOWS #also zariel would've been a much more compelling villain for karlach than gortash #if she was too tough for the party the demon who karlach served didn't HAVE to be her #but that's a topic for another post

[hungee-boy]

not gonna tolerate any of the "vote blue no matter who" crowd

imagine your entire family, your house, your school, your work, your parks, your libraries, temples, community centers, neighbors, old friends, current friends, your pets, EVERYTHING

was bombed into nothing

you have nothing and all sides of the government says that destroying your home was a good thing

who are you voting for then?

#the correct answer is no one #this country only has power if we give it power #so fucking take back control and refuse to play their game #you shouldve seen this when they censured rashida tlaib #you shouldve seen this when biden smiled at protesters being thrown out when they interrupted his speeches with calls for ceasefire #you should be seeing this right now as there are countless #countless images and videos #that show clear as day who is in the wrong #and israel still is crying hamas #and the us is supporting that #democrats are supporting that #republicans are supporting that #everyone in power is in support of wiping an entire ethnic group clean off the map #this is the worst nakba #dont fucking vote

[bbpuckdrop]

CAPTAIN QUINN 💙💚🐳🥰✨

bless this unbothered bbgirl💙💚🐳✨

#quinn hughes #vancouver canucks #CAPTAIN QUINN #favorite hughes brother #canucks #i watched his press conference and he is the epitome of “go girl give us nothing” but in the best way #i seriously love him for it #also it's just so clear the team supports him 🥹💕

[platykool]

yeah dude, are you listening to him telling the same story over and over again ?

I was supposed to draw the rest of the background but I realised that I’m too lazy to do it, so I’m posting it like that 

#jjba #jojo's bizarre adventure #pannacotta fugo #narancia ghirga #golden wind #my art #yeah fugo's bitting his nail out of stress #I don't know how I feel about that one #but I tried to use shadows and stuff #narancia would tell the same story several times and fugo would let him #and narancia knows that fugo don't always listen but he doesn't really get mad for it #like both accept each other's quirks and they support each other #but in a siblings way ? am i being clear #probably not #well to me they share some kind of brotherly bond

[always-a-joyful-note]

There really is something special about stories where how ultra talented people decide that rather than shine above the rest, they would rather be a spotlight for those they love

#this is specifically about iori and banri #oh I DID have a fly away shooting star post here #but yeah....something about how iori and riku gave each other what they needed most... #...but they both clash as well because their communication styles are so different #its kind of a contrast to mezzo who clash fundamentally and dont really do communication properly #and pythagoras trio which is...'no secrets and healthy communication' 'lots of secrets and ok communication' and... #...'secrets everywhere what is communication?' #but yeah....iori knowing he is good at things but that not really sparking anything in him.... #....until it became useful to help out his older brother and then riku #its something ok? #idolish7 #fandom spamdom #note's notes #and i want to be clear that this CAN apply to female characters but that its usually not done very well #(im sorry my support/healer women....you deserve a storyline like iori's too) #(by the way this doesnt apply to fma's women who are 'support class' dnd players) #ok ill stop rambling now

[jewishbarbies]

the rock donating a 7-figure amount to the strike after getting shit on for single-handedly taking down the dcu and getting exposed as an egotistical ass for weeks feels like taylor donating to kesha’s legal fund “privately” but conveniently ending up in the headlines anyway

#g talks #I hate that egotistical bastard #any support for the writers/actors on strike is great #I just wish he didn’t have to use this to clear his bad pr #if you don’t know pls google it #anti taylor swift #anti the rock #anti dwayne johnson #swifties dni #mine #/mobile #/okay to reblog

[riverwithoutbanks]

Well, I’m annoyed. The show deserves better. It had a solid plot, excellent cast, fantastic representation, beautiful cinematography, and a lovely team beings it. They all deserved better. And Misha deserves better. He’s a good actor, he’s got range, and according to everyone is a joy to work with.

I don’t understand why the CW makes the choices it makes. I have no idea how it works, granted, but I haven’t seen any clear explanation either. Wrong timing, I suppose. Still, quite shitty. I wish it were different.

I hope that the GK team has a wonderful future. They deserve it.

#I goof and clown like everyone bc it’s objectively funny but I am quite fond of Misha Collins #in a reasonable way let’s be clear #I do not know that man at all #but I find what I see of him endearing and sincerely wish him the best #I feel like he deserves more #I was frankly appalled by how he was treated on the spn set #and I’m frankly amazed by his devotion to using his plateforme for what are undeniably good causes #and for all his clumsiness I always felt like he was sincerely supportive of LGBTQ+ causes and had a good grasp of the struggle faced #especially by trans people #I’m ranting #but what I’m trying to say is that there is a difference between teasing and making jokes #and treating someone like crap like this network did #the cw #Misha Collins #gotham knights

[badolmen]

I just realized that Jesse Pinkman’s address in high school was his Aunt’s house. He was already living with her instead of his parents by the time he was in high school. The timeline of her cancer and death is a little fuzzy, but it’s likely he had to care for her while attending school. If that’s the case it’s clear he didn’t ask for accommodations or even use his Aunt’s illness as an excuse for his poor grades (Walt was surprised to hear she had been sick). Combined with his obviously untreated ADHD, it’s no wonder he turned to drug use and failed to ‘apply himself.’

And to think that through all this - taking care of his Aunt, struggling in school - his parents didn’t help; either directly with his Aunt’s illness or indirectly easing his responsibility for her by hiring care givers…

#ra speaks #jesse pinkman #breaking bad #brba #skrungly from my meth lab… #I am feeling shrimp emotions #ALSO also idk how old Jake is supposed to be (I’m guessing middle school?) which would mean Jesse has been absent from most of Jakes life #y’know I used to be in camp ‘Jesse parents are probably good parents and people Jesse just didn’t have support systems elsewhere in his life #to cope with his neurodiversity in a system that didn’t accommodate it for expectations far out of his reach’ #but unless we get some clear revelation tha Jesse was bullshitting about taking care of his aunt while she was sick #his parents really did just. leave that to him. #and the way he accuses his mom of not doing anything for his aunt while she was sick…idk it just feels very real at least to him #*ticks another cell in the ‘jesse pinkman is trans and his parents had him move out to live with his trans aunt #because even though they’re supportive enough to help his transition and respect his pronouns they are still transphobic evangelicals #who can’t fully accept these people in their lives and are looking for excuses to never see them again’

[loubaby52]

I want to talk about Kendall and Shiv (who are absolutely my favourite characters and always have been). Anyways, Shiv looking straight into Kendall’s eyes and telling him he is a good person was deeply fucked up. Like in S2 Kendall begged Shiv to help him in preparation for when he inevitably he fell out of favour with Logan and she decided to help Tom instead and let Kendall go to jail. Then in S3 she published that letter about him which destroyed his vaguely manic high and sent him spiralling. Then in later in S3 she watched him sob in a dirt parking lot and vaguely comforted him as he repeated that he wasn’t a good person. Now she’s using his fears against him to cover her ass. Like something about her manipulating her deeply mentally ill brother while he is trying to be honest with her was so fucked it made my heart break a little.

#succession season 4 spoilers #rachael talks to no one #kendall roy #shiv roy #Kendall was honest with her because he wanted the dems to win the election for his daughter and she used that against him to keep her #position with ‘I need to invent a second India’ Mattson #the most heartbreaking thing is that if shiv would have been honest with Kendall in return he probably would’ve tried his best to get the #dems to win #this is not me supporting Kendall endorsing menken because he was hurt by his sister though to be clear #however I understand why he did it #shiv has been screwing Kendall over since she joined the CEO race and it was going to backfire at some point always #basically what I’m saying is that Kendall’s choice made sense dramaturgically (wink wink) but it made me deeply sad

[alltimewhat]

being a schizophrenic th fan genuinely fucking sucks more than anything ever

#the way the Entire fanbase treats someone who is (supposedly) schizophrenic is fucking exhausting #TO BE CLEAR: i dont view it as like. an excuse for actions etc etc #but the fact that i feel the need to clarify that says enough about the way the fanbase acts about it #no a schizospec diagnosis (if thats what it even is) does not excuse grooming kids. believe it or fucking not. #and it also doesnt make someone inhuman or impossible to communicate with #and also you dont have to “save” or “fix” a grown man who needs an actual real world support system #that DOESNT JUST EXCUSE HIS ACTIONS (matt) #and ESPECIALLY you dont have to brute force send messages to him through weird and unusual channels that would like #very easily be seen as fucking threatening and scary to a schizospec person. if i had an account and a stranger was fucking #uploading shit to my account through a loophole to send me a message i would be freaking the fuck out #it would absolutely induce an episode #it just astounds me like. how a fanbase that is full of people who are like. autistic adhd etc etc. just absolutely refuses to treat #schizophrenia with respect or the care it deserves #also its even more frustrating seeing another schizospec person ALSO treating him like a zoo animal+studying him like a lab rat #just ignore the fucking guy block his account stop giving hiim attention stop talking about him #he uses the attention you give him to do the shit he does that ends up hurting people #can you people just acknowledge schizospecs as human and also use your fucking brain and stop interacting

[llycaons]

house truly is a show of contrasts. really ableist and fatphobic but also hitting hard on things related to abelism and faphobia that other shows wouldn't touch, creating some genuinely satisfying moments

#I was mad at foreman during the ep with the homeless woman but chase is also a huge piece of shit #but like it sucks how the happy endings are x pt not actually ever having been schizophrenic and x pt losing weight #so now they're 'normal' #but also house sat down and listened to lucy when ot was clear nobody else would #and jessica's mom was so loving and supportive. and house pointed out how much shame and pressure she must already feel #and that guy who loved his fat wife and thought it was sexy how big she was #like that's genuinely heartwarming to me. being a horifically bullied 10 yr old was not easy #and its not like that would just vanish bc she lost weight and the problems at school weren't her fault anyway #also whenever house talks about his pain and stands up for his use of meds to control it #like yeah. what IS the problem if he needs meds to function and he gets them. do these bitches know what its like to live in chronic pain #house lb