#Going to keep positive though <3

[masquenoire]

Stolen from @ratwhsprs and @umtplex!

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#💀 || aesthetics #💀 || dashboard games #💀 || musings #Couldn't focus on much today but I did have a lot of fun with this meme! #Got work tonight and tomorrow and some long shifts incoming next week so my motivation is a bit whiffy #Going to keep positive though <3 #fire tw #fire cw #gun tw #gun cw #I know Roman isn't an OC but even so #Good game friends

[surreal-duck]

treasure

#regularly scheduled mdyzs as the chokehold they have on me is . yeah #duck scribbles #doodles #midoyuzu #yuzumido #enstars #ensemble stars #from another drawing session w a friend hi ducky if u see this ily <3 #yuzuru fushimi #midori takamine #damn if theres one thing keeping me going lately its fake scenarios and random thoughts abt these two #my mental health has dropped Severely as of late ! god forbid a duck be happy and content i guess #okay now it also just struck me that huh i sure draw them a lot huh #i feel kinda bad but also who cares. i like them a lot and im making that everyone elses problem #though another kinda funny thing to me is that doodling them a lot kinda did make me like my art a bit more. idk makes me happy seeing my #own dumb doodles of them or whatever and im not really in a position to be picky so #thanks for that fictional characters in my brain

[lucalicatteart]

Poll adventure (paventure? lol) Day 4: read the small story tidbit below the poll for more details, OR just vote based on initial impression

(✦ see past poll results + further information HERE (link) ✦)

The winning option of yesterday's poll was that the adventurer should offer the Well Creature some bread and soup ….

"Completely unsure how to even begin to interact with the strange creature from the well, The Adventurer recalls reading in a book once that 'food is a universal language', or uh.. something like that.. thus, some hearty soup and bread would surely bridge any communication barriers... probably. He serves the little cannister of broth cold, straight from his bag just dumped into a wooden bowl, mostly because he's far too nervous to try and start a fire with someone watching.. hopefully they won't mind the food not being warmed..

After gently placing a single bread roll next to the soup, he steps back, gesturing towards the meal with an uncertain smile. The creature pauses, sniffs around, then promptly disappears back into the darkness. Just as The Adventurer begins to sulk over his apparent rejection, something stirs behind him... With a rush of creaking and plopping noises, the creature resurfaces, revealing it's massive serpent-like body as it hoists itself over the crumbled stone of the well's edge with it's many arms. It cracks open it's mighty jaw just far enough for a tiny blue tongue to slither out, then politely slurps at the soup, delicate enough not to spill any.

Stumbling backwards in shock, The Adventurer simply sits there staring the entire time whilst the creature happily (and rather quickly) enjoys their meal... Seemingly appreciative of his kind offerings, another strange slinking arm creeps up from the depths of the well, daintily opening a velvet sack with it's claws and laying out a small assortment of items onto the grass. Still a bit shaken, but also never one to turn down a free gift, The Adventurer senses that the creature intends for him to take any single item of his choosing... but, which one?"

#paventure posting #polls #choose your own adventure #what can I say.. I like the trope of a smaller creature actaully being a much larger scarier creature which you just dont see because the #creature is in a place/position where most of it's body is obscured lol #sometimes a little guy is actually secretly a much bigger guy of mysterious origins that spans the length of an entire #underground cave system obscured by the facade of a simple well #AND MOST important of all.. the cat is scared.. :( bapy... #also I hate writing for these it's so impossible for me to be short and simple with writing. I always want to make it #extremely detailed and 500 paragraphs long. Giving myself a limit of like 3 paragraphs and a time limit of 20 minutes #is actually impossible for my brain gjhbjhbhj #but I have to post it anyway otherwise I'd spend forever on it and never actually get these done but..hhhh #Just know I am going into my evil vampire library to collapse onto the fainting chair in anguish each time after I hit post #Telling a chronically longwinded details obsessive rambler to ''keep it short'' is like telling a cat not to meow. not to run around the #house at 3am. not to be round and perfect. It is simply against nature #ANYWAY. These items might be useful later. As he continues on his journey - he does indeed have an inventory in my mind #like he can lose and aquire things. has a limited amount of money. Can change his outfit or etc. depending on the choices #people make in the polls. These may not have an immediate purpose (though some can) they'll be factored in down the road

[yeonban]

Honestly tragic that Light went down the path he did in the 2nd half bc in the beginning Tobias would've really liked him. He wholeheartedly agrees that the only way to bring REAL "justice" is by making sure the perpetrator will never be able to do evil again, which will never be achievable through lawful means like incarceration (especially in cases where they're connected to a bigshot who can bail them out) so the only way to truly get rid of evil is, like Light figured, through kiIIing them all

#muse: tobias. #Ironically enough Tobias thinks Light isn't (wasn't) harsh enough in his 'judgements'. HE would've made sure they suffer WAY more #I think the biggest differences between Tobias and Light are that 1) Tobias doesn't view himself as a 'God' or anything of the sort; #though he doesn't hurt innocent people for fun or money like they do; he views himself as not THAT different from his enemies #I mean sure he's disgusted by 99% of them but he's aware he does many things the faint of heart would never be able to stand looking at too #2) Light does everything as if he's not involved. He sets out 'judgements' to people who are far away; through more indirect means #whereas Tobias is much more involved. He PERSONALLY sets time aside to deliver the payback to the people who are in high positions #Most of the time he makes sure their last ever conversation is w him. Sometimes their death is remote (but still horrible; i.e explosions) #other times it's by his hands in which case they Wish they could've died like that ^ instead bc his torture isn't Only physical #3) Light doesn't care who he has to discard; being willing to kiII even his closest allies who would never think of turning on him #whereas Tobias would Never abandon his true allies like that. He knows damn well how hard to get across they are and he treasures them #so he's willing to take heavy losses to save them if need be; and certainly won't ever discard them the way Light would #4) Tobias knows damn well that by doing what he's doing it means he's eventually going to end up dead like his enemies and he's fine w that #meanwhile Light seriously thought he would conquer the world; have nothing happen to him whatsoever; then die a peaceful death #I should write a proper meta on the similarities and differences between Light (+L) and Tobias sometime bc I keep thinking about them

[sibelin]

i am so close to give up on tumblr entirely 😅

#the anons being shitheads already made me think i should've gone long ago #but i'm not really having fun anymore idk #i keep venting more and more because i have nowhere else to vent but i also see how it impacts my image here yk #and i'm trying to be positive and to reach out to people and just...be there for everyone #then realize i am a total stranger and probably very annoying to most of you #and i feel bad for it even though it's genuine #i'm not going to delete or anything but it all feels very empty #(and i'm not fishing for compliments/replies. i'm just saying what's on my heart!) #anyway good night <3

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

What would the prime tails think about modern tails?

Interesting...

Well, anon, I'll be real with you. From what I've gathered thus far, Modern Tails' characterization is inconsistent at best, so I think it would depend upon which game Prime!Tails gets to know Modern Tails from.

For example, I think if we look at Sonic Adventure Tails, given the fact that Prime does incorporate games canon into its timeline (despite the confirmation that it DOES take place within the games timeline, with the inconsistencies that also poses with timeline stuff and characterization I think it's more helpful to analyze what games canon it clearly pulls from to form its own canon) Prime!Tails would see himself in this version of Modern Tails. Sonic Adventure Era version of Modern Tails strikes me as a plausible younger version of Prime!Tails if you only look at Prime itself and don't consider that Prime is meant to fit within games canon.

Likewise, if Prime Tails looked from SA era Tails, to Sonic Boom Tails, to Sonic Lost World Tails, to Sonic Forces Tails, and then to Sonic Frontiers Tails, I think the inconsistencies in characterization would also probably confuse him a bit (basically, "if these are all 'modern Tails' why are they so different in how they act or how independent they are?"). I think Prime!Tails can absolutely understand any given version of Modern!Tails' wish to be able to be as strong as Sonic and stand on his own. I get the vibe from Prime!Tails (especially compared to Nine) that he is a valued part of the team and can pull his own weight fighting, but that he isn't as effective as Sonic on his own (unlike Nine, who had to both learn to be effective in combat AND in strategic planning). So, to me, Prime!Tails is in sort of this in between phase. He can keep up with Sonic, he can fight on the front lines with others, he can sit back and play strategist or give advice, and he builds tools and fixes the Tornado, but (either perhaps from settling into his current role for so long or from coming this far only to stagnate) he isn't quite to the level of hero who can work alone and at Sonic's side effectively. In this way, I think he can understand how SA1/SA2 era and Sonic Frontiers Era Tails feel.

So...I guess my verdict is this. Prime!Tails would be simultaneously confused by the inconsistencies in characterization, but I think he'd actively try to sympathize with the versions of Modern Tails (either by relating to them with his past or his present as well as he can). With that being said, though, we unfortunately didn't get to see much of Prime!Tails in Sonic Prime Canon, so I think I could have a more solid answer if we perhaps knew more about him.

#anon interview #sonic prime #sonic the hedgehog #modern tails #tails the fox #miles tails prower #I just be ramblin #To be honest‚ most of the difficulty in answering this question lies with 3 things #1. That we don't get to see much of who Prime Tails is as a character #2. Modern Tails is so inconsistent #3. By all accounts Prime Tails technically *is* Modern Tails. So it's both like wondering over how Sonic Forces Tails would see Sonic #Advance Tails (for example) and it adds to the characterization inconsistencies #In a perfect world where Modern Tails is handled better though‚ I'd like to think that Prime Tails and Modern Tails are both in a position #where they've stagnated so to speak. They can go on solo missions if they wanted. They could learn how to be a powerhouse or work to be like #Nine. They could really change things at any point and seriously persue a dream of being able to be as strong as or better than Sonic and #independent. And yet...my personal interpretation of modern Tails is that he chooses not to. To me‚ his original wishes to be strong and #independent and to keep up with Sonic all served to allow him to be with Sonic‚ be useful to Sonic‚ and to not feel weak. So to me he could #at any point choose to perfect himself as a hero on Sonic's level who ultimately doesn't need him‚ but instead he's more comfortable in this #position of always being able to be Sonic's little buddy who gets to be with him #No offense to Sega‚ but Tails has long grown past the wish to be able to fight on his own or go on solo adventures. He obtained these all a #long time ago. Rather‚ I think the conflict could comes in the difference in lives Sonic and Tails are going to want over time #Haha sorry accidentally went off there #Anyways if things were perfect then Prime Tails and Modern Tails would just be basically the same guy (and I honestly kind of treat them #that way in my head) #Thank you so much for the ask anon! I love talking about my fav‚ so if you have any other questions about Tails or my headcanons/opinions #regarding him‚ feel free to send me another ask😊💖

[ziracona]

Finally! Vindication for my boy Anders.

#dragon age inquisition #Anders #da anders #Anders dragon age #Tiva Hawke #though HIGH key judging the dev team for making the /MOST/ positive thing a Hawke set to ‘romance-saved-condoned actions’ is ‘he’s #complicated. not like people say. he isn’t just a monster or a hero. or maybe he’s both. he was trying to change the world. he knew it #couldn’t happen peacefully’ UHM?? is ‘condone’ a joke to you? in DA2 my Hawke got to straight up say she’d have helped him if she knew /in/ #the text of the game? devs for Inquistion chopped their balls off ethically speaking. what happened to allowing us the freedom to have an #opinion other than ‘centrist all the way’ or ‘I’m evil’??? like. >.> #her real text would be ‘A good person under too much pressure alone for too long. he was fighting a war in isolation for years and he ran #out of time. Sometimes the good options all leave and you’re stuck with bad and worse. he did what no one else was willing to do to make the #world a better place. maybe if I’d done more it could have been different. But what’s done is done. Someone acted and the world /has/ #changed. he was right. I only wish he hadn’t felt the need to do it alone. I wish I hadn’t made him feel that.’ #he WAS right and there was literally no better way by the end of Act 3! there was the right of annulment ALREADY sent for before the chantry #AND Justinia was taking an exalted march! there were no better doors left. change only comes through the use or threat of force sorry but #no vile power structure has EVER changed in history bc you asked super nicely. you have to apply pressure to move something. he was right. #and he made the world better and it’s going to keep getting better too

[dcmksecretsanta]

Just a little psa that I tested positive for covid once again and might be a little less online/reply to messages more slowly. I’m gonna try my best to get all the mails out by tomorrow anyways and get this event started on time! But I thought I would post this anyways, just in case that things might be a little slower than normally. 

#at the beginning of the year I tested positive at the end of the event #and now I tested positive at the beginning of the event lol #I'm gonna try my best to keep everything going though ! #I have about 20 mails left to send #and I'm quiet positive that I'll be able to get them out until the 25th #but I just send some and because I feel super dizzy I kept making mistakes *sighs* #so i'm gonna take a little break but i think i will be able to get it done anyways <3 #news22 #event22 #cw covid

[softboiledwonderland]

Just got a good grade in oxygen saturation, something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve

#it was 100! which the doctor said was Excellent and Very Rare #meanwhile the cough part of this virus will probably keep me up until 3 am again but we're focusing on the positives #what's this about tumblr dying btw what have I missed? #I don't want to go anywhere else I'm set in my ways #haven't seen it announced via the supernatural meme yet though so. hoping it's fake news

[mistninja]

One day i woke up with the confidence to talk shit on here and i havent shut up since. Thank you everyone for listening to my rambles and silly thoughts :) theres a lot of stuff i cant talk about irl and i appreciate having a place where i can share my interests with others and have fun

#i was a ghost here before i never posted only left comments on the tags and didnt interact with anyone #but you know what. deciding to just say what i want when i want has been a positive change in my life #i have no self confidence im the girl that ends every sentence with 'if that makes sense' and 'nvm im just being dumb' #this was a huge step for me #so i will keep being dumb on here <3 #also its nice to make friends because my irl friends dont want to talk about anime and fantasy books! #i guess fandom spaces CAN be fun if you curate your experience correctly #this was a long and hard year for me there was a lot going on and its been though but it brings me a lot of joy to have made friends here

[le-velo-pour-dru]

AUGH I JUST REALIZED THE NIMONA MOVIE IS COMING OUT WHEN I'M GONNA BE AWAY FROM HOME 😭💔 AWWWWWW- I guess once it's released, I'll just have to block the tag until I come back. The trailer looks awesome though, I'm getting hopeful about it again :3

#dru speaks #my opinion of it keeps going back and forth #but i'm feeling positive about it for now :3 👍 #the trailer was SO FUN- 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 #i miss goldenloin's long hair though hehe 🤭

[molotovmetro]

I'm very much not used to pc gaming and I already died like 3 times in stalker on the lowest difficulty 💀💀💀

I think I'm going to connect a controller next time lmao

#IM GETTING BETTER THOUGH #JUST USED TO CONSOLE #also finding my mouse would help instead of the mousepad on my laptop because thats a bit of an awkward position sometimes #i keep just going around talking to people which might bite me in the ass one day if i just walk up to like a bandit or something #but for now im making friends #giving everyone my medkits but at least they appreciate it #i love the npcs in this game so much #i gave fox my medkit and then he thanked me again for staying to helpwith the dogs #like my guy ofc theyre attaching me too #also shoutout the the 3 random npcs that were shooting up a bandit camp with me but gave 0 context when talking #'tell me something interesting' and its always the like 3 same things lmao #im having so much fun #stalker #stalker shadow of chernobyl #molotov talks

[dovesfree]

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#haven’t told that many people but I had a awful pain in my jaw/ear since oct 2022 and I went to so many doctors and by the end of december #I got to bad that I end up in the ER hospitalized and there I found out I have 3 tumors and cancer :)))))))))) #I have accepted it that I have cancer and I’m dealing with it in a positive way but something scary for me #is losing my hair and for some people might be dumb but my hair is something that I really like #my doctor said I wasn’t going to lose all my hair for the type of chemo that I have but I will lose hair #and yesterday I took a shower and my hair keep falling out that I couldn’t stop crying bc I’m scared that it will fall out all of it #I just wanted to let all out even though nobody is going to read it lol

[squishy-min-mochi]

It’s important to recognise that Barbie (2023) criticises both the patriarchy AND the matriarchy. Yes, the Ken’s are just accessories to the Barbies. Yes, they don’t have any say in the government they live under. That’s the point, you’re supposed to feel awful, you’re supposed to want the Kens to have their own agency, you’re supposed to want equality. The Barbie movie explicitly states that the way Barbie treats Ken is wrong, so much so that once he finds a safe space for his masculinity and individual identity he’s so excited to share it with the other Kens.

But they go overboard and replace a matriarchy with a patriarchy and now the same issue exists but in reverse. That’s the POINT!! THATS THE POINT!!! Barbie is not anti-men it’s pro equality PLEASE understand this

13th Aug 2023 UPDATE:

Heeeeey howdy!!

Due to the IMMENSE comments and discussion on this post (thanks ya’ll!!) I’ve decided to update my post with my recent opinions and hopefully clearer explanations!!

First, my original post only considers a very small and very vague analysis of the film!!

Since making this I've read all your comments and learned quite a bit about the matriarchy as it appears in human civilisation. Originally, I was pitting the patriarchy and the matriarchy against each other as though the results of their implementation were equal in the film.

They were not!! Below is the definition of matriarchy I’ll be working off of.

Matriarchy Simple Definition;

Matriarchy is a social system in which women hold the primary power positions in roles of authority. In a broader sense it can also extend to moral authority, social privilege and control of property.

There's a lot to talk about in the Barbie film that would fit better in an essay, so I'll try and condense it into this;

To me, Barbie (2023) is a film about the female experience and the shared connection between women that persists through childhood and adulthood, support and harassment, suffering and joy, mother and daughter.

It uses Barbie as its figurehead because of the immense societal and political impact the doll has had on women, both good and bad (as explained in the film).

The male experience as seen in Barbie (2023) is not the sole focus of the film- rather, it's an accessory (as the Kens are) to Barbie's story, and a necessary aspect of exploration to truly highlight the importance of individualism and healthy personal exploration.

I want to make clear that I in no way think the treatment of the Kens was just as bad as the treatment of the Barbies. I also still agree that the matriarchy fostered by the Barbies wasn’t good for the Kens.

Additionally, I’m aware that this take on Barbie (2023) works strictly within the assumed heteronormative boundaries of gender. There is a lot of nuance in the Barbie film and I don’t think everything can be covered or explained in on Tumblr post— but I hope this clarification helps!!

I hope you're all coming to your own conclusions and analysis of the film in a way that makes sense to you. And for those of you engaging in online conversations and discourse about it, I hope you're keeping yourself and others happy and safe!!!

Much love to you all!! < 3

#barbie #barbie movie #barbenheimer #Ken #barbie spoilers #barbie discourse #barbie conversations #barbie criticism #barbie 2023 #barbie movie 2023 #matriarchy #patriarchy #heteronormative society

[dredshirtroberts]

i did the biggest and scariest of the things on my list (the last thign on my list in fact) and it took like. MAYBE 5 minutes total including login time navigation and page loading.

now i get to have fancy Oreo Poptarts because i'm a big strong boy whose knee is slightly dislocated (it's fine i just went too hard and i'll wrap it up here in a minute) and did a big scary thing and also now gets to fully devote brain power to anxiety about the (potential) hole between two of my heart chambers and the accompanying doctor's appointment tomorrow morning.

#the lack of anxiety about this has been so bad i don't even have my alarms set and for every other dr appointment previously #i had those bitches up a week ahead of time as soon as they reminded me about my upcoming appointment #anyway it's fine it's all fine i'm going to be fine i'll figure it all out please just don't let me lose my health insurance because i move #i shouldn't but. i fear. #and boy howdy i'm good at one particular thing and that thing is being afeared about things #oh sure my knees are fine for years while i have 3 available knee braces #i pare down to one really solid one with intentions to grab a second at some point in the distant future #and i'm feeling froggy right i'm feeling good everything is a-okie dokie so i lend my remaining knee brace out to my partner for moving shi #(cross country long haul style and they're gonna need it because heavy lifting) #forgetting of course that i'm heading into the part of the month where my joint stability (already tenuous) is reduced even further #thanks estrogen! hhhhhhhh #and i keep doing Up And Downs with squats and kneeling #thankfully it's the knee i call my bad knee even if it's both of them relatively equally nowadays #so i'm used to it being unstable and not great to stand on (and then do it anyway) #i'm mainly trying to keep an eye on it and make sure it doesn't swell up real bad like it did the first time i fucked it #when it earned the moniker of ''bad knee'' out of the two i've got #garrett's knee is fine right now but i'll probably end up bracing it when this one goes back to normal for the compensation i'm doing on it #ohhh bottle of naproxen we're really in it now #thank god it's workable though like so long as i'm In One Position and i don't sit with my leg folded up underneath me it's fine #it means i have fewer Gay And Neurodivergent ways to sit than normal but like i'll deal lmao #i just have to get through tomorrow and then i can rest the whole rest of the week until the move crew gets back up here #and then we will help with this #i'm really grumpy the thing i put off for weeks took like. a couple of clicks and a real quick county check #i really anticipated that being a longer process

[microwaving-tesilid-argente]

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#girl i have so many teshes thoughts its INSANE #me starting with haha actually this ship has no basis i just want to Put Tesilid Through It #but over the past few months of brainrotting their dynamic is now like. #what if we were doomed from the start and there was never anything either of us could do to save the other #(not even talking about the regression but rather the stigma bearer thing and how they have no social power) #(but also the regression thing) #what if we loved each other throughout all the lifetimes but there could never be a happy ending. tragedy dogs our footsteps #what if we were 'guy who has a good head on his shoulders and recognises our low social positions and looks out for his friends in similar #predicaments' x 'guy who is way too giving and this is bad bc the world is out to get him and he loves ppl too much to care about #the danger to himself' #what if we were 'guy who is way too giving' x 'guy who wants to protect him but Cant' #doomed ships..... #swings hestio around i like you SO much. i need to put you under a microscope and in a fish tank #(statements that should not ever be viewed by people outside of tumblr) #some of my fic outlines has notes that are like 'wow if they had the transmigrators privilege this wouldnt even have been a problem' #and im suddenly very appreciative of canon #god bless canon tesilid may you be happy. not my fanfic tesilid though im making him miserable #anyway. the more i think about it the more interesting hestio's internal conflict could be #it's about being so acutely aware of how shit their lives already are that he knows having a r/s that is frowned upon would just #make things worse #also i am very much hooked by the fact that like. nowadays i keep seeing ship posts about 'killing myself in front of you to change the #trajectory of your life forever' #for teshes its the opposite. hestio is desperately trying to make sure tesilid doesnt off himself #and also its not hestio dying that changes the trajectory of tesilid's life forever it's hestio confessing #and somehow this inflicts more pain on tesilid in the long run #which is extremely funny bc for all the notes that ive written abt teshes hestio has only confessed like umm. checks notes. 3 times #1. drunk (tesilid is not in the room) 2. the world is ending #like if hestio had managed to take this to the grave like he had originally planned then this could have been avoided #but the tragedy is that tesilid lives thru this multiple times so at least ONE time hestio's going to blab and that forever changes things #crying in fic writing being stupidly hard