#I have the hottest take for you

[elbiotipo]

Count Dooku: The Republic is corrupt and undemocratic, and the Jedi are elitist and out of touch, they have opressed us for far too long!

Separatist: I agree! We need to make a new path, down with the Republic, we'll join you!

Count Dooku: Good choice my friend! Welcome to the Dark Side of the Force. My name is Darth Tyrannus. You can join me at the Star Destroyer Malevolence with my friend, General Grievous.

Separatist: wh

Separatist: why are you called like that

#why are you led by a hologram that looks like death #why do you have a red lightsaber conde duque? #cosas mias #star wars #the hottest star wars take I have is that the separatists were actually right #but they were led by darth tyranny general manslaughter and mr. insidious. come on.

[symphonyofsilence]

I was going to yell at people for accusing Jiang Cheng of being classist until I saw some people accusing Mu Qing of being classist...

#the evidence for it being that he hated Hong Hong er #bc ofc you only don't let 14 y/o into the army bc you don't like that they're poor #unlike you who are SO RICH! #twitter contains the hottest of takes #I was going to ask if some people read the Google translate translation of the book but these takes can't even stem from that #they must have outright read the Chinese version without any translation or any knowledge of Chinese #tgcf #mdzs #cql #the untamed #mu qing #jiang cheng #jiang wanyin

[lesbianspeedy]

me when i remember mia left lian alone while star city was crumbling in cry for justice

#yes i get that originally they would’ve both just died #and that mia leaving was how the writer chose to spare her #but like you couldn’t have put an OUNCE more effort in the characterisation there #hottest take with how they treated her after maybe mia SHOULDVE just d-[comically loud buzzer] #mia dearden

[goldencorecrunches]

"I saved your life once. You don't have to do this." "I know," he says, and cuts another slice of fruit to place in her upturned palm. The aristocratic arch of her cheek is softened by the afternoon glow, and here under the sheltering eave of the branches criss-crossed with shadows. He likes to look at her. He's in no hurry. She'll figure it out one day. "Really, you don't owe me any debt." The single ox is getting on in years, and every year slower for it, the road to town longer and sprouting more stops. Every third month he shares the ox with his mother: he's been considering giving him to her outright, and buying a new one– well, new for him– new-old– newer than this– he'll miss him, though– but his mother will take care of him, that's all right– She's refused to ride up on the seat with him, choosing instead to stride beside the wagon, sword perched on her shoulder and wide-brimmed hat pulled down across her brow, for the whole world like a rogue cultivator from his favorite childhood stories. All she's missing is a nasty scar and a stalk of wheat poking out of her mouth. He hides a smile, so she won't raise her prickles at him. Well, maybe she does have the scar. He's been too polite to check. He wouldn't mind. "I know," he says. "Here." It's a beautiful cloth, silk-of-gold, heavy and tightly woven. It was something else, once, that he can tell as he runs it through his hands; there are holes from unpicked stitching. That's common enough in this part of the world, and it's impolite to ask where it comes from, even if usually everyone in the clutch of farmlands can trace the same scraps of precious textile through generations of repurposing. She's not from here. She won't meet his eyes– she keeps shifting back and forth on her feet, smoothing the fringe-ends of her hair. This came from the small sack she keeps tucked in the rafters of the barn and never looks at, except when she's very sad, or very angry. He spreads the cloth out over his knees. "It's lovely," he says. "Thank you. What do you think we should do with it?" "Why?" She is in front of him, towering over— he's taller than her, usually, but he's sitting and she's standing, and he makes no move to match her, simply tilts his head back at the neck to keep watch. 

"Why are you– I don't– you don't need to! Now I'm trying to repay you! Why won't you just take anything?"

"Qingyang," he says, gently, and reaches up a hand. She figures it out.

#cql #the untamed #mdzs #luo qingyang #mianmian #mr. mianmian #my fics #lqq: yeah so the jins and also the whole cultivation world but especially the jin have this whole thing about owing people and #money and favors and reputation and all of that and i'm not gonna DO that i'm gonna #be a cultivator on my OWN and do the RIGHT THING #mr mianmian (self appointed) (to be): very good because I can't use swords. hey in about a half an hour how about a rest for some tea #lqq: didn't u hear me #mr mianmian: we could do an hour if you want to keep going but it'd be better to take a break while the sun is hottest if we're going to #lqq: I don't NEED YOU TO KNOW ME or to PAY ME AT ALL #mr mianmian: absolutely. got it. one hundred percent. i also brought some cakes from yesterday they're a little dry but they'll do

[nostalgia-tblr]

one problem with getting into Fiction Franchises like, oh let's say the MCU, long after they started is that 1) there are things that refer back to things I don't know about and 2) i don't know what i don't know about, and in a way that latter is more of a problem at least for me.

i managed an episode of wandavision and was left thinking "this seems like it's good, but i have no clue what's going on here so it's not going to work for me is it?" and i am reliably told it's supposed to be Mysterious Mindfuckery but i, a noob, was unable to work out without external clarification what i wasn't supposed to know. if you see what i mean.

i notice the mcu movies (at least as it progresses?) don't have numbers on them, and we know when they're direct sequels because there's a subtitle. and if you come at these later you need to get a chart to work out whether you should watch thor: ragnarok before or after thor: the dark world. which is easily done if i am determined to get things in the right order, but any effort is too much for someone.

so while i am willing to consider the idea that the later mcu films/shows are just Less Good than the early ones (personally Doubt so far but I'm not opposed to the idea) it's very easy inside a fandom to lose sight of what your thing looks like to the casuals who make up most of an audience, and frankly the mcu is currently Very Large and confusing.

who are all these Mrs/Captain/Miss/etc Marvel ladies and which of them have already been in films I might or might not have seen? how many ant men are there prior to this one? am i supposed to know who the baddy in this or that film is? which of these side-characters are from something else?

doesn't-seem-related-but-it-is: i was surprised to discover that the general mcu fandom view of the loki series was not that it was some sort of AU situation that could be thought of an entirely separate from the main series of films. because that was pretty much why it was the one to hook me, i think - it explained the relevant backstory with clips and yet also this is a different loki so if i don't want to go and watch however many films he was in i don't have to. i would expect him to be to some extent "out of character" because it carefully explained to me that this is not really the same character as that identical guy with the same name who was in some number of films. there's a woman one and an alligator one but don't worry they're all from AUs anyway.

#that said i did actually assume the alligator was from a comic or somesuch thing #because richard e grant is CLEARLY wearing a comics costume of some sort despite me knowing nothing about comics #but it felt like if i didn't know that it'd be okay cos they're from some Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence thing anyway! #anyway it's very easy to discount the Noob Experience with anything but for older ongoing stories it's crucial to their future #for ex: i didn't know what an infinity stone was but i did get that they were A Big Deal and that the TVA had a silly number of them #idk how that scene worked if you did know but for me it was the right level of 'referring to a previous story' #and i have in the past year-and-a-bit come to terms with the fact that Proper Loki is not an alligator in ANY of the movies :( #thor ragnarok's also pretty noob-friendly from what i recall though it didnt lead to me looking into the rest of the marvelverse back then #hottest take: the problem facing tumblr loki fandom currently is that the newer things are NOT actually completely terrible #so they did bring in a newer audience who didn't know the older material and certainly didn't know The Tumblr Consensus on things #and as mentioned half of them came in via an AU so our perspective was different from the start #and then OH NO DISAGREEMENT AND CONFLICT ENSUES!!!!!! #mcu tag i guess

[katyspersonal]

Whenever I see some statement about a hypothetical male (usually male character? I guess?) on this site I do a 'vibe check' of the post by replacing the gender on female and see if it still works. So like, if someone posted something sexual but kinda humiliating about a 'him' I try to imagine the same post about 'her' and if it is still a fair statement - it is an okay post! But if it suddenly became creepy after this change, I figure that I should not find it funny for a 'him' either and condemn the original post! Or if someone is gloating about how good it is that artists are ""fixing"" a canonically ugly male character, I try to imagine this statement about a female character... and, naturally, that leads to condemning the approach no matter what.

I honestly find it helpful, it is like keeping mind in shape against double standards! It is just kinda an easy trap in online spaces, where people will write and write about how "creepy" and "disrespectful" users can be towards fictional women, only to turn around and show the same attitude (often even worse) towards men. It is just... wrong. If someone wants to make a point about how certain feelings or statements are inherently vile, it should be applied to every person (well, character xd) equally, without distinction by gender! Like- if you can't "disrespect" a woman, you should not disrespect a man either. If you want to grossly objectify that male character, be okay if someone does the same with a female one! Like, whaaaaat, you think women are not important enough for their ""bad"" feelings, actions and words to 'count' as such? :p (I jest because sure they're only "bad" in very narrow near-puritan vision of how fandomry is done, but you see the point about how hypocritical this is!)

#fandomry rambles #internets #personal #(ish) #I will never forget an asshole complaining that someone wanted to discuss which bloodborne girl was the hottest with them #(correct answer is Gratia btw) #like 'homophobic homosexual' joke is only funny if 'lesbophobic lesbian' is as I said once #this is just.... such a headache #if you go that route figure that words and actions coming from women can deal damage too and not be written off as 'quirky uwu' #us in russia have a saying ты либо крестик сними либо штаны надень #roughly translates as 'either take your holy cross off or pull your pants back up' #never can be said better

[kqluckity]

crazy how zhongli decided to kill morax when venti came back from his hiatus (500 years long coma) just to act like they don't spend their weekends making out when asked if they've ever met

#no i will never shut up about zhongven giving each other compliments especially because zhongli started and finished it #he ate venti up fr he was like “uh baby i'm sorry i ignored you i think you're the best and also the hottest ahah” #and all venti could do was take it and talk about how strong and knoweledgeable zhongli is like #ugh i'm so sick of them now hyv will never make them interact in game again #but at least i have their official art(s) where they're always next to each other #no idc about the reasons he lists as to why he stepped down the fact that he did so when venti came back is very convenient okay #zhongven #gi tag

[0mka]

A little darthfett-ish prompt sketch dump

Piggyback ride // Holding hands // At a bar

#darthfett #darth vader #boba fett #i called it darthfett-ish cause i wasn't sure if the affection came through the drawings #but also i feel like if darth fricking vader lets a person piggyback ride him its assumed that they are married and have 5 children #He probably hasnt touched a person in 20 years #His hottest fantasy is probably being brushed on the shoulder But Not Accidentally (scandalous!) - This Is Big For Him Okay😭 #and i dont think that boba would have the leg strength to pull it off but #theoretically. what if boba turned on his backpack and just gripped vader really hard by his helmet #according to all known laws of aviation they wouldnt fly but just imagine vader taking off in the air mid battle #thats like finding out that that specific massive bug in your kitchen sink can also fly and is coming for you #id just give up at that point id just die #Power couple in a sense that they can assemble like a transformers toy

[companion-showdown]

Option 1 was suggested by @intodarknes

Option 2 was suggested by anonymous

The generic line up will be changed to include companions who have been specifically requested (their may be other changes depending on the tournament, for example option 1 would be a whole new line up, or including robots who don't wear clothes wouldn't make sense in a tournament judging fashion)

Lucie Miller will replace Josie Day (requested by @thenugking)

Hex Schofield will replace Sabalom Glitz (requested by @thenugking)

Alison Cheney will replace Kate Stewart (requested by anonyomous)

If you want to suggest a companion you'd like to join the general line up or just the line up to a specific tournament, either leave it in the notes of this post (or any really, but for the purposes of me being able fo find it easily it'd be nice if you left it here), or send me an ask. This includes anyone who I've swapped out, who you think should stay. I'm especially interested in almost / could have been companions, theres so many I'm sure I'll miss your favourite whenever we eventually get round to that tournament

If you'd like to suggest a tournament then similarly

You can find all suggested tournaments, my ideas, and requested companions under the tag #future tournament ideas

#at some point i'll have to draw the line on companion requests #but there's still enough tv companions i'm comfortable getting rid of #i don't know if there are any eu companions i've listed who i'd feel similarly about #so if there are any whose companion status is highly disputed that might also be a thing to let me know #heres the tag mentioned in the post #future tournament ideas #best fashion sense requires more work in set up #becuase i'd need more images for the graphics to properly demonstrate what we're judging #so if that wins it will take a lot longer for the tournament to start #tagging these polls #up next #from now on so they're easy to find if you miss it when its published #i am considering hottest companion as an option #so we'll see if it makes it on this poll next time #oh and current companions i'm happy to kick out to accomodate requests are #wilf. sara kingdom. chang lee. karvanista. mickey at a push. kamelion maybe. handles. adam mitchell. gillian and john who. katarina #at an absolute push romana i and ii could be listed together #these aren't necessarily in the order i'd get rid of them #i was just looking down the current bracket #i guess id also get rid of benton. yates. river. k9 #the line in the sand is if a tv companion is undisputed as a companion they're staying #those 4 are in the blurry middle where i definitely consider them a companion but their status is disputed by others #anyway ive talked too long in these tags #if any of those are must stays for you it might be worth letting me know so at minimum they move to the bottom of the list #the really important thing here is vote for the tournament you want to see next

[undead-potatoes]

People can complain about """playersexual""" (ew) characters all they want, and yeah sure it would be better rep if characters were explicitly gay or bisexual and not just "whatever", but like

The amount of especially gay men I've seen talk about how happy they are to finally get to have gay romances w character like Wyll and Gale who have these extremely romantic and tooth-achingly sweet romances more than makes up for any surface level of representation we often get from a lot of explicitly xyz character imo

Like you can very obviously have a Hallmark™ romance for any character regardless of orientation, but there is a tendency to only give those to straight romances, in addition to making it like "9 straight characters and 2 gay ones" where the gays ones have less effort and content to them. So I honestly prefer this option where it's just an ambiguous mess until they figure out how to be less weird about orientation locked romances in general

#Sunny Life #dropping my hottest takes and the leaving to play BG3 #like I try to think about good gay rep in romancable characters and I can manly just think of Dorian from DA:I #and even then it's nice to have some gay romances where it's not an issue in some way and they can just be gay in peace #(not that we shouldn't write stories rooted in struggles of being gay but sometimes you just want some escapism you know) #hey remember when they didn't make Cass romancable by women bc they thought it would be too stereotypical #bc she was slightly more butch than high femme? like that's the kinda bullshit I'm talking about

[romijuli]

gonna hurl this man into the sun

#'oh [dnd site] has a lot of cool homebrew' fucker takes this as a cue to be like OH BEWARE SHITTY HOMEBREW #in a convo with TWO OTHER DMS #ONE OF WHOM DOES THIS FOR A LIVING. #like bro i know you think you're the hottest shit around but i think they're smart enough to tell when shit is broken. #oh there it is 'i have nine pages of homebrew i made that definitely isn't busted' #i acknowledge that this is small potatoes out of context but this man is incapable of having a convo that isn't about himself

[thatscarletflycatcher]

Jane Eyre is a prime example of eucatastrophe.

#jane eyre #eucatastrophe #probably one of the hottest takes I have ever dared post on this site #But I stand by it #you can also argue that Wuthering Heights features the same thing #although an argument fir WH is certainly more difficult to sustain

[twelfth-harbinger]

Y’all, guess who came home… the fic I wrote manifested him 😂 I’m not pulling for anyone else until the next Archon comes. Still on a mission to have them all. 🙁 Venti still hasn’t come home yet and we won’t be seeing his banner for a while, these are sad days indeed.

#genshin impact #genshin impact imagines #I have kazuha now lol time to write ✍️ #I also have that other guy #who I haven’t met yet and I’m deeply in love with #gonna be writing again soon #trying to learn how to write without burning myself out #sorry for the wait guys and the patience #I try to drop quality stuff so it takes a little longer #promise king of thieves is getting a second part lol been a whole year #plus ….. I recently thought of the HOTTEST shit for it so lololololol #I’m also writing for Albedo been doing that since I wrote the Zhongli piece LOL #jeez I’m all over the place #oh well #genshin impact x reader #genshin impact x you #genshin impact scenarios #genshin impact smut

[polaroidcats]

tomorrow is vienna pride and i suddenly have the urge to bleach my hair and dye it blue again

#and also maybe shave some of it off #it's just a struggle not to give into the urge to shave it ALL off when i have the razor in hand haha #and like #i love buzzcuts on other ppl i think they're one of THE hottest hairstyles #but i dont rly like them on my head #like it's a fun feeling in your hands and i love touching my head with a buzzcut #but i feel like my face looks weird without any hair around it #and i always end up missing my curls whenever i shave them off #and then you have to endure the whole growing it out phase #because it takes like 2-3cm of weird angles and cowlicks until my curls look nice again #ramblings #hair stuff #queer

[tiktaalic]

When a woman on tumblr posts a selfie and she’s the hottest woman alive you already KNOW she has 3 distinct DSM diagnoses

#baby girl you are so crazy. and hot. I’m in love with you #I’m. normal on tumblr so you know I’m normal in real life. when someone’s hot on tumblr you know they have problems and issues for real. #etxt #I make this post a lot but this happens a lot. #[the most removed from reality take followed by a vent post that should be classified under hipaa] #[‘btw this is my face or whatever ugh’ it’s a picture of the hottest woman you’ve ever seen. ]

[combinecremator]

that post about how internet safety posts on this site are overwhelmingly condescending also applies to the like. anti-smoking and anti-vaping posts i occasionally see on here. i have never even touched a cig or a vape in my life, i'm as square as it gets but those posts feel like they're insulting my intelligence. it's extremely fucking clear people on this site don't interact with anyone who smokes under the age of like. 40

#leo rambles #hottest take of the year probably but yall are terrible about this. do better. #turning off reblogs for this one i don't want it breaching containment LMAO #'uwu here's how to spot the signs of addiction!!! stay safe babes!!!' have you ever spoken to someone who uses. any substance at all