#Beef Strip

[somewhereincairparavel]

Alright. I came across someone saying that Rick "put Jason in a pedestal" and "overhyped" him by emphasizing how good looking he is and that Jason shouldn't have been so attractive looking. (Tbf tho that person made it sound like they seemed more mad bc their least favourite character was considered good looking lol) but I'll yap about the significance here anyways. Beware of a very long yapping session below.

I do understand their frustration though, because jason getting told that he looks good all the time makes it seem very shallow and unfair to the others.

And let me tell you, Jason is SUPPOSED to be gorgeous looking in everyone's eyes. He is supposed to be conventionally handsome, Rick didn't intend for his looks to be "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder " or something like Percy's (like how Piper didn't find him as impressive) Percy's is supposed to be more authentic. Percy's character isnt centred in people idolizing him, everyone can acknowledge that he's handsome looking, but it isn't in a "perfect" type of way, he's a carefree spirit and that reflects on his looks. While Jason is hardwired as this ethereal looking hero in people's eyes that not even ONE can deny that he looks good, bc ppl in Rome had set him as the "standard". Jason said this before in the lost hero, that him being a son of Jupiter, makes him feel like the support he gets is only because his dad is a very regal and intimidating figure.

That's kind of the whole point, he's supposed to look like this perfect man who can do no wrong. His "Golden noble boy" arc is literally the whole concept of his character. Why else do you think rick wrote Aphrodite approving of Jason's looks saying that he needed no improvement (which she rarely does) ?

Because Jason is supposed to be put like a statue to admire and idolize, that's ALSO why rick made sure to add that Jason looks like a Roman sculpture, bc that's like a metaphor for his inner conflicts. The guy was put like an artifact for people to ogle at in camp Jupiter ever since he was a kid of 4. That's part of the tragedy.

Annabeth said it perfectly “Annabeth tried to hide it, but she still didn’t completely trust the guy. He acted too perfect - always following the rules, always doing the honorable thing. He even looked too perfect. In the back of her mind, she had a nagging thought. What if this is a trick and he betrayed us?” Mark of Athena, page 6.

His mother, whom he's supposed to look like, is also a literal world wide tv actress. So you can't expect anything less either.

Also, Jason is supposed to mirror Percy. And let's be real. Rick put Percy in a VERY high pedestal looks wise, aswell, Not just Jason. And that's okay.

Rick made Hazel mistake Percy for a literal god because he was just that good looking (tbf, in a way, when I was younger, I found this to be a little bit of an exaggeration, bro was covered in mud and seaweed and was compared to a god, it was rlly funny to a 10 year old me 😭 yeah but don't mind this though, this was just a younger me jealous that I couldn't be as pretty as Percy was in mud lol) If Percy can be "hyped" up so "unrealistically" in that particular situation then so can Jason. They are both literal half gods, so unrealistic praise is very normal) and rick also made sure to emphasize that almost all the teen characters had a crush on Percy. So apparently that isn't called putting a character in a pedestal but Jason's is? They are BOTH put in pedestals, because they're both heroes.

Jason and Percy are supposed to be equals, so both of them being in the top two when it comes to looks makes SENSE. Because people are supposed to argue about who is better looking, since they're written as foils.

You cannot expect rick to make Percy look like a god and Jason look like a rat 😭 then there's no point of having them as parallels if one has the upper hand in something. Rick did a good job by conveying that they are BOTH attractive, but in different ways. That's why the Percy/Jason looks debate always have mixed answers.

Jason getting complimented by Aphrodite, the GODDESS of beauty, for his looks and her saying that he didn't have anything to "fix" in his face BC it already looks gorgeous = Percy getting compared to a gorgeous Roman god by hazel. They are both equal comparisons in slightly different tones.

#why do y'all beef at Jason for being hot like bro it's not that serious. Let him be as hot as he wants pls #why do you want him to look “ordinary” so bad like it would strip off the significance #😭 put your personal bias against jason away from this discussion. #Percy doesn't need to be the only attractive looking guy in pjo #pjo series #pjo #pjo fandom #percy jackson #pjo hoo #jason grace #pjo hoo toa #leo valdez #piper mclean #annabeth chase #hazel levesque #frank zhang #hoo

[deimcs]

COMPLETE: THE PALE ELF / Astarion has become the Vampire Ascendant. He had to sacrifice Cazador, his brothers and sisters, and thousands of other vampire spawn; but he'll never fear the sun or suffer a vampire's hunger again.

#bg3edit #gamingedit #baldur's gate 3 #astarionedit #bg3 #astarion #bg3 spoilers #edits #had to go with this route the second time around cause i made more sense for my tav #but when i tell you i was IN PAIN in seeing him stripped away of his 'humanity' #ready to restart the cycle of power hungry abuse #varian - who only wanted to help him get through with this cause he also has beef with autorithy figures who are abusive and live for #serving retribution so robbing cazador of every single drop of power he once held above astarion seemed right at the time #seeing his friend turning into the exact thing he despise: #🧍🏻‍♂️ i may have fucked up #but the expressions were so sexy tho #the stark difference between the sad softness of his face if you convince him to spare everyone and just. THIS.

[thelastlightningbug]

barnes and noble forcing small booksellers out of business and now trying to rebrand/individualize their stores to look more like the unique little shops they closed is so fucking lame. in my opinion, soulless corporate businesses should look monotonous and shitty to reflect their inner hollowness

#my first job was at an indie bookstore. i am... a bit jaded #if you don't know what the b&n beef is i recommend u read some of alison bechdel's dykes to watch out for strips about bookselling #and i recommend u buy ur copy somewhere other than b&n (which does--ironically--sell the anthology)

[utilitycaster]

As a frequent "ugh, fanon," person it's not that I don't like non-canonical character designs or interpretations as a concept. I love unique and creative ideas about fictional characters that are informed by canon but diverge from it in interesting ways that build upon the original vision! I almost never see this in fanon.

#this is about a bunch of things but rn i'm thinking about halfling tails...uninteresting repetitive pointless and in conflict with canon #more generally i get that fanworks are derivative by nature and that's the point but there's similar and there's The Same. #like. my beef with fanon is not ultimately one of HOW DARE YOU DEVIATE FROM THE HOLY WRIT #it's that it's often dull and poorly executed by people who are gathering around a single kind of stupid headcanon #there are many great individual headcanons out there but they almost never make it to fanon status #bc fanon is not a garden of many new interesting ideas. it's a single dirty pink flamingo haphazardly stabbed into the lawn. #99% of the time canon was better bc it wasn't passed through a committee that stripped it of anything interesting and made it reproducible #anyway follow for more musing on how i believe that while capitalism has DEFINITELY made art worse social media also has #most of my favorite creators end up being the ones who are either very offline or at least have very hard boundaries #and most of my favorite fan creators are involved in fandom but are also fanon (derogatory) people

[elektroblues]

howd u guys choose your fave band member

#i got beef w peter care that mf altered my brain when he got alan on the hugeass screen behind dave during the synth part in stripped #fucking ruined my life #which is why im rewatching stripped rn as we speak #anyway that was mine

[eunuchboy]

it’s evil eunuch winter

#chinese eunuch #ancient china #hanfu #unnamed eunuch oc #yix gallery #digital art #illustration #mlm art #chinese mlm #rest of the tags is just rambling #maybe pov is a righteous official who exposed the eunuch's wrongdoings to the emperor to get him justly punished #the eunuch gets held accountable basically and has to be stripped of his titles and stuff #so he kneels in the falling snow where the emperor would walk by to beg for forgiveness #he knows he will face no repercussions either way since the emperor can't live without him #obviously the emperor caves and returns him to his original status #even helping him up himself #so everything was in vain #except now pov has beef with the eunuch #i think he's looking at pov in the eye in the first panel to taunt him #probably resenting pov for making him sit in the snow for so long too lol #alternatively: pov me and your father #thanks for reading all this

[daily-deliciousness]

Air fryer steak

#steak #meat #beef #red meat #food #main course #dinner #asparagus #garlic butter #garlic #beef steak #ny strip steak #new york strip steak #easy recipes #foodporn #delicious #cooking #food photography #foodgasm #recipes

[nocturnasnadderaneas]

me when i’m a deathly galeslash chilling in the nine realms just minding my business and some random nightlight shows up and tries to mind control me with an ability they only have because they’re all descended from some god king alpha nobody remembers or cares about and their gene pool is the size of an evaporated rain drop:

#bru can you imagine? i couldn’t do it i’d have to kill them! #temporary or not! #you won’t strip me of my free will just cause you’re cousins with everyone in your family and you’re too lazy to actually fight me! 😭 #what is this? the dragon version of the divine right of kings? #i’m sorry but i’d have beef with every single one of them #nadder squawks #httyd #httyd: tnr #tnr salt

[indecisive-dizzy]

Bedtime has been interrupted by Hungry (and my inbox, im gettin to that-)

sigh i love food combos that may sound odd but aren't.

#cuz hear me out #steak strips. queso. brioche bun #probably the closest I'll get to a sloppy joe #wait. no. if it eas ground beef That would the closest I get #i am a tomato Hater. #just the smell of a sloppy joe makes me want to find a ditch to lie in #but god i love cheese <3 (lactose intolerant) #the other day i added a slice of cheese to go w my steak n queso sammy #didn't do that this time bc im impatient #typing out loud #ugh i want More. I want to time travel just so i can eat it again #ouagh queso my beloved #<3 cheese <3 #gimme some queso with jalapeno n bell peppers and i Will be your friend #thats it that's all it takes /nsrs #steak strips is just. different shaped beef #compared to a burger. which is a normal thing to put queso on (where im from) #so its not really weird. but i feel like if i told someone they'd 🤨

[makerscockandballs]

also why do even left leaning people continuously choose the very worst things to defend in the name of free speech. stop doing fascists' work for them.

"ooh but we should let anyone say anything it's just expressing opinions!!!"

not when those opinions are racist/hateful or directly tie into Nazi origins! there is no place for this in a just society!

#vagueposting kind of i know but i hate beefing w people online #dont think alluding to the Sturmabteilung motto is horrible? #get articles on the Sturmabteilung and the Novemberpogrome and fucking Read #this isnt an accident. its an incitement of the most disgusting kind. #Höcke deserves to be stripped from any office #and to fade into obscurity pathetically. #politics #german

[youngestdaughtersyndrome]

What do you mean raw? You don’t get any illness from that?

I mean uncooked and unseasoned 👍

#my mom also has a thing w raw meat so i grew w it ..... ive never gotten sick from it + im pretty sure my immune system is used to it by now #*grew up #but i also only do beef w the occasional strip of bacon like no chicken lol #asks #hollyws #anon!

[catharusustulatus]

I just literally can’t believe they won’t have Argyle back because he would have been such a good catalyst for blending the Byers gang back into the Hawkins crew. He was such a kind and caring and helpful character who could have had so many amazing moments. And I know they totally removed him so two white boys could be together and they won’t let Jonathan have two friends but imagine if Jonathan had finally come around to Steve because Argyle and Steve bonded! Imagine Jonathan sees Steve and Argyle laughing during downtime and is like “well, I guess he can’t be too bad.” Argyle is pure sunshine and has chemistry with everyone! But nooooo they have to make everything angsty with room for the love triangle.

#stranger things #when ur actively watching everything you loved about a show be stripped away #I love Argyle and he deserves better #squash this stancy jancy beef already!!! #why can’t Jonathan have two people in his life #and you know they’re going to make Steve snarky towards Jonathan even though in season 4 he expressed he wants to be friends #I already wasn’t going to stream the show but now #I might not even watch

[unproduciblesmackdown]

enjoy some pencil drawings for once

screenshot study and what amounts to a conceptual illustration of a writing idea

#bravely Didn't try working on the ol wip last night; drawing program needed the laptop restarted anyways; dicked around thusly #like Yes i wanna draw my funny little guy who is the heart & brain's default lately (last several years) nice to do anyways #and naturally imo you can see the [been working on that animatic] influence. don't often manage to draw a thusly stylized winston #he would have the winstache here theoretically but no way was i trying to draw that in lol. nigh guaranteed erasing & v little space for it #for the erasing i mean. further disclosures for Interest: negligable / par for the course digital cleaning up includes getting rid of Some #stray marks like particularly annoying out of place specks. hard to do any of that & pick a stopping point though. yet i did... #more significant tweaks were moving winston's mouth up & one pupil iris Mark over both by like 5 pixels tops lol. still better =) #& then naturally the second pic's Colors are all added digitally. texture & that like shade gradient from top to bottom are courtesy of just #the lighting in the pics picking up paper texture / being itself uneven so there was more shadow further down.... #pic one only had lighting & contrast adjustments (slight increase on both)....i don't think any of this was very interesting lol but hey. #winston billions #corned beef #technically: #riawin #i don't know if i quite adequately indicated winston as upset in a frustrated kind of genre as well lol.... #but then i reacted afresh to The Pic as i was adding the colors like ah it conveys the intended emotion To Me...& i am the intended audience #could look like oh he's just like very elevatedly & transparently like ''ah jeeeez *Eye* messed up [pensive]'' lol but isnt meant to be so.. #hand on back of head not to be sheepish or chastened but rather an ''agh christ i wanged the back of my head'' kneejerk reaction lmao #for once in our lives the fun lil stars are the comic strip language of Oof Ouch Physical Pain indication #the other half of [reacting to what literally just happened / has arisen] being like And spilt my drink on my self #and b/c it's winston & it's his life there May be undercurrents of ''ah jeez. did *i* mess up here / so as to be at Ultimate Fault'' #that is the assumed interpretation of Anyone Else at him at any time. [Autistic Character Alert] babes.... #meanwhile. re: pic one's ref i took the screenshot for whole other fun casual reasons & eventually realized like oh hey fun bust profile. so #an exercise in Shading. which is sure smthing i'm a lot more practiced doing via pencil than digital means

[raindropsonwhiskers]

The Silver Knights are judging me, I just know it

#stupid demons and their stupid fucking lightning damage >:( #I JUST WANNA GET TO THE BONFIRE WITH SOLAIRE. I KNOW HE'S THERE DAMN IT. #I MISS HIM #my lil strip of beef jerky is suffering so hard #also shoutout to the lefthand Silver Knight for not giving a shit if I kill his buddy so long as I don't bother him when I go past #I appreciate it dude. makes my runback to get my souls a little bit easier #anyway how are the silver knights easier than the stupid little demons. grr. #dark souls #my art #anor londo #can kiss my ass

[dailyachewood]

when you're just. so angry. May 16, 2002

#achewood #daily achewood #ray #roast beef #05162002 #eggs and milk minder #classic strip #CLASSIC FUCKING STRIP

[noisemachinedotcom]

MISERY!!!! acoustic guitar and MISERY

-- official leonard cohen

#forgot what he does to me. uh oh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #the Effects. the Effects. oh man the Effects #i found leonard cohen from an achewood strip about roast beefs workout mixtape #his workout mixtape was suzanne over and over #looked it up to get the joke #was then Hooked #forgot this was like the essential breakup sadboy moment #potentially just nostalgia but like oh shit dammit #i love it. im rolling around in it (the pain)