#I have nothing but praise for him

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

The compelling thing about Jason as a character is that I never doubted that he cared about the world just because there weren’t panels of him being overly zealous about “restorative community care”

I’m not coming after anyone who wants to see that kind of stuff, but I do think seeking | that | as confirmation that Jason cares about the world is pretty narrow

#shoving an arc like that into his comics to “show he cares about people” #after having him repeatedly say things like “nothing I ever did was for good. it was all just selfish anger” in recent comics #would be the final nail in the “see! he's redeeming himself! he CAN be likable!” coffin (pathetic) #it's literally what his antis have been suggesting would make his character “so much better” #kelseethe #see also: “people would have a hard time knowing whether Jason loves them” #why did he gift Thomas' watch to Bruce all those years later + possibly even after utrh happened #why is he always silently forgiving the shitty treatment from his family almost like he wants to maintain some sort of relationship w/ them #as for “showing that he cares about the world” #the most obvious “evidence” is right there #why would he continue to fight tooth and nail to have a place in Gotham as a vigilante #both warding off and enduring harassment after harassment from Bruce while hearing the same message every time #“hey. you're doing this to yourself. you can make it all go away if you just do as I say and quit for good.” #“you'll even get to be my son again” #it’s not like he gets recognition/praise for doing what he does either unlike Bruce Dick or Tim #what could possibly be in it for him #wouldn't it be that much easier to “not give a crap about the world” on a beach in Capri instead of in the Gotham sewers every month #anyway Jason should decapitate rapists and poison more child traffickers and not cry about it five seconds after

[total-drama-brainrot]

Alenoah, where Noah cares about Alejandro, more than Alejandro's family did:

Noah: I will now torture you.

Alejandro: Kinky!~

Noah: I think you are brilliant and beautiful.

Alejandro: Wait!

Noah: You deserve to be cared for and loved, despite your mistakes.

Alejandro: No!

Noah: Your feelings and needs are valid, and deserve to be heard.

Alejandro: I need a safeword! 😳

Real.

#almost went on a whole rant here about how alejandro wouldn't know how to process unconditional care and support-- #for himself as a person instead of the praise he receives for his persona/mask/“charming” act #and also how this ties in to him being starved for genuine affection/love which is why it's so ironic shipping him with noah of all people #since noah is not the type to show a lot of affection. at least not publicly- and even when he does it's usually veiled behind a layer of-- #sarcasm and/or prickliness. he's like a hedgehog. #but noah WOULD absolutely break out the big guns once he's realised just how fucked up alejandro's home life and subsequent psyche is #“i am going to hurt you emotionally” #“do your best” #“i love and cherish you as a person and expect nothing in return. i care about you and your feelings. you're my top priority.” #cue alejandro ugly crying into a tub of ice cream #noah's trying to comfort him (awkwardly) but it's making it worse because noah caring about him even at his worst is The Issue #alejandro gets to have a breakdown over finally having a healthy relationship. as a treat. #total drama #td alejandro #td noah #alenoah #others' ideas #ophe's ranting in the tags again #replies

[theloveinc]

yandere!bakugo, essentially, TO ME, is just: "If you're good to someone, there's no reason they wouldn't love you. So i'll be good to them, even if it's by force."

#he genuinely thinks simply liking someone and treating them well is enough to make them love him #ignoring the fact you didn't have fun on the last date or the most recent one -- because you said it wasnt for any particular reason #(except he was dark and brooding and scary #and kissed you a little bit too long when he dropped you off.. his arm a just little too tight around your waist) #so why should he stop chasing you? the feelings are bound to stick anyway! he bought you something nice #and even waited very patiently for your to praise him... even if he had to remind you to and asked to go on a date as real thanks #there's nothing wrong with that!! #so why are u still so shy around him!! and have been so busy lately? it cant be on purpose can it? he made sure to kiss u hard at work #to the point you were squirming bc you didn't want people to see!! #caitie here: he's so pathetic he doesn't realize the more he doubles down the more he scares u #and by the time he decides he needs to show you much you mean to him and how to love him back... #he doesn't know that it will never be love. not anymore. not after how he's weighed you down #but he still things HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG #terrifying #i could go on. but. #this feels like a sloppy medium just ask me abt it lol #shii posts #gen

[bumblingbabooshka]

[TUVOKTOBER: Day 6] Based on this line of dialogue:

#I will forever be like 'what did you mean by that??' jennifer lawrence clip about Tuvok saying he 'spoke out against it' #He isn't??? A politician?? And never was??? #Is his family one which holds a certain amount of sway?? #I need to know if he 'spoke out' in an official capacity - like a way that mattered to the world at large or if he was just talking shit #I tend to assume mostly the latter - maybe talking shit to specific people but still. It reminds me of how in Gravity he says #HE chose to leave Jara and school when in reality he was kicked out and banished - adjusting the facts #anyway one of the things I sincerely love about Tuvok is that he would be like one of many petty Vulcan antagonists* in another series #especially when he was younger but it's not like he's THAT much better in canon #Ex: Though Tuvok agrees & praises the peace treaty he still seems to view B'Elanna unfavorably bc she's Klingon #<- Like what Neelix says 'That's just it!! You don't feel anything FOR me but you feel things AGAINST me' that's him a nutshell #<- Another example is how he treats Chakotay in the earlier seasons: Deliberately undermining him and questioning his authority #He can be very sanctimonious both about him personally and facets of himself without much tolerance for others or deviation #It's a legit character flaw and I do love highlighting it bc I love him even when I want to choke him to death he's fascinating <3 #It's also VERY interesting bc he WAS more of a rebel punk as a teen then he went to the monastery and now he is shown to be very #devoted to Vulcan ways and have a keen interest in monastic life. #I know Vulcan philosophy is NOTHING like christianity or catholicism but like forget that for a second. Ok. Now: 'Tuvok's born again swag? #off the charts' v_v thank you #bea art tag #Tuvoktober #st voyager #st voyager fanart #*And this never changes. Unlike Spock or T'Pol he never has moments (that I can recall) where the narrative's like 'GOTCHA!' #& he's never insecure about his identity as Vulcan. Never desires to feel or be more human. & I /do/ think this is bc he's older! We see #himas an ensign in 'Flashback' struggling with his identity as its pitted against humanity AND in 'Gravity' where he's shown to have disdai #for Vulcan culture & customs. It really makes me wish we had gotten more character-building episodes from him rather than character-breakin #ones where he's not really acting as himself in full. v_v #also one last thing: I recognize that other characters do try2 'GOTCHA!' Tuvok both seriously and lightheartedly but Tuvok is never framed #as being actually affected by this unlike Spock or T'Pol where it's a whole like Thing about their characters (humanity - feeling) #tuvoktober

[celestialvexation]

fucking hate wendigoon, man. thanks to him, i can't ask around for people who've read blood meridian without s/o going "wendigoon made a video abt-" no, fuck off

i just don't like that guy. even when i've watched a few vids from him years ago, i don't like him. could be me being a hater, bad vibes affecting me, idk

#jaunty rambles #he rubs me the wrong way #and i hate how he's always praised and seems to have *a bunch* of whiteknights as his fandom #nothing against people who watch or like him! #i just wanna get this off my mind since people got harassed for not liking him

[maddy-ferguson]

thinking about the haterest tweet i've seen this week that said rachel being on the 30 under 30 list but not ayo is crazy one of them was so much better than the other in bottoms when she (ayo) was literally one of the judges and was on the list last year...

#like now what #and the tweets throwing her under the bus because noah's on it when it was probably made a while ago and even then people were like um he #literally went to israel this summer this is not new like do you think ayo edebiri is frantically checking where noah schnapp travels to #and also. THE TWEETS SAYING FINN SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON IT INSTEAD BECAUSE HE'S THE BETTER ACTOR ANYWAY skDKJSKDJKSJ like OH MY GOD. we were #all here last year and even just six months ago when tweets saying finn was the worst actor out of the kids had tens of thousands of likes #it's like when mila kunis and ashton kutcher (and also debra jo rupp and kurtwood smith) wrote letters for danny masterson and people were #like oh this is why topher grace didn't hang out with them when they were filming that 70s show and everyone praised him for literally #doing nothing because in comparison he was suddenly extraordinary #but like. saying finn deserves it more because he's the better actor is so fucking funny like I REMEMBER #also he was on the list in 2020 and you can only be on it once but just. very funny revisionism #a lot of tweets were also saying what about like millie sadie (who have also been on the list before) but finn was the #funniest. no shade #and like i say: brf slt

[ohitslen]

OHMYFUCKINGGOD ON THE TOPIC OF VASHWOOD IMMM OKAY UH HOW THeY uuUH cooking meals for each other,?,, mhmbqnd yeA h DOMESTIC? ?? Yes but UM UH, more like, sharing a simple moment doing such a simple thing, yet in spite of how simple the thing is they rarely get to enjoy it, and now that they do it’s togETHER— I WILL,, OHGOD….

What if. Wait a minute. I’m an artist what the fuck.

#they get to use a kitchen and show off what each others maternal figures taught them #Vash rusty as hell but he has cooked and is decent but WW has such a homely seasoning it moved Vash to tears #not even his dramatic for the giggles kind of crying but genuinely moved tears #better yet it’s not full on crying it’s just that. tears slipping out of his eyes and it’s genuine and he is smiling #he doesn’t even praise WW exaggeratedly he just says after the first spoonful ‘this is delicious’ and keeps eating #WW doesn’t say anything he just hums and lets him. eating with him sharing their meal #AAAAAOOOUGHHFUCK GUYS LISTEN I am the weakest soldier in the domesticity war #you have no idea how soft it makes me. it’s peak love for me sharing the mundane #i almost made myself cry writing this. not even the lord can save me #trigun #vash the stampede #nicholas d wolfwood #trigun stampede #trimax #vash #wolfwood #nicholas trigun #vashwood #lenssi rambles #writing for this also. nothing long. something similar to the promises post yeah

[oplishin]

No one in unordinary has a backstory (besides the obvious exception) so here’s my two cents (headcanons) on Arlo’s history

He was born out of wedlock (I promise this is relevant to The Way That He Is in canon)

When his parents met his father was a middle aged very influential government official who did make a bit of an effort to be in Arlo’s life, but had a whole nother family. Arlo was primarily raised by his mom during his early childhood. Arlo’s ability comes from his fathers side, and val is his paternal aunt

Arlo’s father tries to be affectionate, genial old man, but. He’s just quintessentially unprepared to help raise a young child. He’s also in his 70s during canon so he’s very out of touch to what Arlo’s life is even like. Arlo is mostly just standoffishly polite to him

Arlos mother was a broke college student when he was born. She felt like a failure for getting pregnant before doing anything with her life, so she kind of unconsciously externalized that onto arlo- “if I raise this child to successfully enough, I won’t have failed as a parent and as a person”

She was unyieldingly strict and demanding at all times. She always pushed him to get stronger, to raise himself in the hierarchy because it was her way of proving that she was doing something valuable. She loves him, but maybe not as much as the idea of him. I don’t think she was abusive, but certainly just. Not a Good Mom

It kinda works out for them because arlo inherits his dads power and absolutely excels at it. He measures himself by hierarchy but it hasn’t destroyed his self esteem because. Turns out he’s pretty great at hierarchy actually

At some point Arlo’s mom sends him to live full time with his dad because he can provide so many more opportunities for him. It’s a pretty cushy lifestyle

Arlo has 3 half siblings from his dads side that are all MUCH older than him, like 14 years older at the youngest (in canon they are all in their 30s)

In his early childhood they all really resented him for ruining their parents’ marriage. His mom tried to keep him away from that shit, but it got into his brain a bit. His method of dealing with it (like in canon) is just. Repression repression repression baby!! Can’t have problems if you just fight people about them. He inherits his moms perspective on hierarchy: no one can judge you if you’re the most powerful person in the room

Val was the one person on his fathers side that really tried to form a relationship with him which is why he looks up to her so much. Whether it’s because she actually cares about him or it’s because she thought he’d end up as a valuable resource, well. Arlo certainly believes the former

His now grown ass adult siblings regret being shitty to him. They try to reach out and reconnect now but Arlo is Arlo about it and just brushes them off

Arlo ends up the tallest and the most powerful of all his siblings

His mom ends up remarrying and starting her own family too. She gets happiness. She changes from that bad parent from the earlier parts of his childhood and tries to fix things. She’s been able to move on from the toxic mindset she raised him with, but he’s still stuck there with the trauma she’s given him.

Arlo’s kind of stranded between 2 happy families and he deals with it by!! Pretending the only life he has is the one at wellston. He throws himself into his duties as King and ignores everything else

#arlo unordinary #didn’t realize I had so many arlo mom headcanons #sorry that the tense changes so haphazardly #unordinary #Arlo’s mom is also Asian to me (NOTE THAT I AM ASIAN SHH) #he’s just very white passing and constantly gets shit for it from that side of his family #or it’s the horribleness of being praised for looking whiter than everyone else #uhhh what else #arlo is also even taller in my headcanons than he is in canon #idk how I feel about Arlo’s mom having other kids because arlo just radiates resentful younger child/only child energy #which is why despite his best(???) efforts his relationship with remi is so. mishandled #but yeah #on god I should just make an oc out of this material I’ve done so much legwork #astute jojo fans will note that I just josuked him #to which I say. shhhhh you saw nothing #it’s like josuke if Tomoko had a lot more focus put on her #jeta posting

[lafcadiosadventures]

diderot watching dumas defy reader’s expectations in montecristo like “yesss hahha, yess” (curiously, dumas might be the only french romantic i’ve read that I can’t remember mentioning diderot)(but his tonal shifts in montecristo?? gruesome satire* followed by lighthearted chapter about how Albert can’t and won’t get laid while in Rome?? Denis Never-Give-The-Reader-What-They-Want-or-Expect Diderot might have approved)

*still not over the mazzolata chapter, one of the best yet imo

#montecristo posting #noted romantic diderot fans-> borel nerval gautier balzac and stendhal hugo praises him in les mis #i have no idea if dumas liked him? and I don’t see an influence really xD #it’s just that his whiplash inducing tonal shifts might be something diderot had liked #incidentally i thought albert finally getting flirted at by a girl and deciding to do nothing in response was cute x) #to not seem desperate according to him x) i’m calling bluff on him and the narrator

[thenighttrain]

why the fuck do women get called sensitive when a man's ego is the most fragile thing in the entire universe

#glass and eggs have nothing on male egos #i'm so sick of it!!!!!!! #dad called me emotional the other day and i looked him in the eye like are u serious. #me who can handle insults and arguments without ever crying vs him #who needs praise 24/7 and is as defensive as a tantrum toddler

[yujeong]

Fic snippet #2: BostonNick

All the previous times, Nick had been preoccupied with crying his eyes out to even entertain such a thought. This time, though. This time it was different. This time something clicked in his head as he was listening to the tape. He was calm and relaxed, just out of the shower, and when the noises started getting a little more intense, there was movement in his pants. Oh well. It wouldn't be the first time he jerked off to something that he shouldn't.

#For this one I haven't written more than what I shared tbh but I wanted to post it before the final ep airs tomorrow #I have a few BostonNick ideas I want to work on and I hope I'll get to them soon #I love my babies so much #Nick is my creepy little son who has done nothing wrong in his entire life #and Boston is my son's slutty bastard of a boyfriend and he deserves all the praises Nick will be giving him #I can't believe I want to write fic that isn't for the KP fandom #Insane shit let me tell you #only friends the series #bostonnick #nick only friends #fanfic writing #snippet

[johnny-depplyloveyou]

I know there are many bad takes about Gale on this site, but the worst takes I’ve seen on another social media site in another language are much more abhorrent than anything here tbh, the recent one I’ve seen even gets some popularity among his “fans”... They were basically saying it’s Mystra who make him the humble man he is now, without her influence on him he would be as egotistical as in his god ending, and more than a hundred of reblogs are all thanking Mystra for “training her lapdog so well” for them🤢

Did we even play the same game? Isn’t his god ending a direct result of Mystra making him think he will never be enough as he is, and he can only find his self-worth through gaining more power? Didn’t Tara say he’s not himself anymore and she would no longer be his companion in his god ending, she knew him long before Mystra made him her chosen, he was powerful enough before his relationship with Mystra, if he’s anything like god!Gale at the time wouldn’t Tara just leave him? I’d imagine he would have been more confident and had a more stable self-image if Mystra had never contacted him, therefore he didn’t even need the Gale of Waterdeep persona. He would always have been Gale Dekarios in that timeline. And people glorifying Mystra’s grooming and abuse towards him and unironically calling him “her lapdog” is just... I have no words. But what do you expect from an online space that’s infested with terfs and radfems? They just won’t recognize or acknowledge any abuse from women towards men...

#rant #cw: grooming #cw: abuse #fandom critical #and I lost count of how many takes calling him an abled person on that site #they were like #I don't care that he’s suicidal depressed autistic and chronically ill #compared to a certain elf he’s an abled person and trauma-free! #yikes zero awareness of their own ableism #fuck mystra #don't want to put this in his main tags #I didn’t mean to say that every person who praised mystra here is a radfem/terf #but most people there do share essentialist view about gender and sex #they are very hostile to queer men in fandoms as well #there are anon confession blogs and most of them are males dni #and there’s almost zero content of wyll in the fandom there #racism here is already bad but it’s much worse there and no one talk about it #they liked it when larian made gale doesn’t leave when you denied him medicine #they liked it when they removed the persuasion check in the drow twins scene #it’s kind of a power trip to them #they liked it when they can bully a man they claimed to love and face no consequences #it’s not d/s it’s downright abusive #they’re really saying mystra did nothing wrong in another garbage take #they’re going to excuse a god who sexually exploited a mortal like a tool and then cast him aside because a honest mistake he made #which the said god could easily prevent it by telling him the knowledge he didn’t have about the true nature of the orb #then tell him to kill himself for forgiveness when the god can foresee the outcome which would be unleashing a illithid infestation #the power inbanlance between them is so enormous that no real life situation can be compared to it #he literally can’t say no in that relationship #they’re going to excuse all these just because the god is female presenting #women can’t cause serious harm as men do isn’t a feminist stance at all as they think

[arabian-batboy]

I feel like people who are fans of both TMNT and Batman must be really annoyed with Damian lol, because he single-handedly ruined the-Batboys-are-basically-the-four-turtles lineup since he’s nothing like Mikey.

#neither is Steph really but at least she will fit better than him #but she's a girl so I guess no one wants to count her? #I only watched the 2003 cartoon of TMNT (but everyone praise it as being their best adaptation) #so if that's true then all of them have nothing in common with each other that's not surface level #except Dick as Leo I feel like they match #and maybe Tim being as annoying as Donny #Donnie* #Damian Wayne

[tonya-the-chicken]

Maybe maybe I feel like nothing I do ever matters because my parents never gave a fuck about what I was doing when I was a child so the only lesson I learned was that everything was pointless

#tonya and the adventures of discovering ways in which emotional neglect messed him up #like deadass I have so little motivation because I constantly feel like nothing I ever do will prompt a reaction and I am STARVED #insatiable hunger for attention and praise #personal

[dootznbootz]

Do you have Diomedes eventually being immortalized by Athena in your hcs like he is in some versions of his mythology?

Honestly, I don't really know? 😅 He kind of only "exists" in my writing until he meets once with Penelope at like, 13-14 years of Odysseus being gone. Sthenelus is, ofc, with him. :D And he tells some stories to Penelope and kind of hangs out with Telemachus before they're off again. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

After that, I don't think much or plan much for him 😅 "You played your narrative purpose, now you are free to do what you please, little dude."

Maybe I'll have it mentioned or something? but I don't know for sure :'D

#I'm sorry dear anon. I know I'm kind of “Not the norm” with Diomedes and while I find him interesting. he's also the most #“He's just some guy. A very good fighter guy but still just a guy.” to me😅😂 #The only reason why I DO have thoughts on him is literally because I feel like I kind of HAVE to by the fandom :'D #It was kind of a “Oh shit. I'm supposed to have this guy be a big deal? Oh. uh...Odysseus and him are teenage exes who have beef.” #I'm fascinated by his “I'm Athena's windup toy soldier” aspect and his relationship with Sthenelus but honestly even then I find Sthenelus #more compelling than him to be honest lol #I don't even know why??? I mean Odysseus is my special little guy (Penelope moreso which is why Diomedes gets the privilege #to meet her. He will be grateful.👀) but for the male characters then it's Menelaus then Agamemnon then Patroclus then Dio #Lol in order to get me to like a character they gotta compliment and hype up Penelope xD #Menelaus? Calls her clever and “Godlike” to Telemachus. Good lad. #Agamemnon? Calls her a good woman and good and clever wife. Good lad. #Diomedes? ...Nothing. No praising Penelope. That's a crime in my book.👀 /joking #I wish I had more to say but that's all I got :'D #Mad rambles #shot by odysseus #ask #anon #my headcanons

[todaviia]

Semirelated to that last post

#The morning after the Iranian attack my Iranian stepdad called me to tell me about the (illegal) anti war protests in Teheran #that nobody is reporting about bc it's basically impossible to get non-regime news #and I told him about how we went to an Israeli anti war protest #and how literally all Israelis I know make sure to make it clear that they have no problem with the Iranian people #and then my baby sister asked me if I now don't like Iran anymore (it broke my heart how actually scared she sounded) #and of course I told her that nothing in the world could make me dislike Iran because she's Iranian #but like it's crazy to see westerners (esp westerners who a few months ago posted about mahsa amini before that left the news) #now praise the Iranian government because theyre bombing Israel