#I mean It's neither good nor bad

[beatcroc]

there's no way the bathroom at peppino's pizza is actually that big but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . hey ummm anyway.... i care them...... anyway there's a lil ramble on my take on fake pep's like psyche or whatever in tags on the og post if ur into that kinda thing :y

hey! it's a series! fake peppino world tour: [noise] [noisette] [peppino]<-u are here [gustavo] [gerome] [noisette again]

#ramble after realtags yeag. shoutout to serrangelic btw suggesting the silhouettes thing bc i would have Died otherwise #pizza tower #peppino spaghetti #fake peppino #gustavo and brick #arting #pizzaposting #so anyway i think fake peppino has like. a general awareness that he is supposed to Be Peppino and that he was Made to do that #and likewise he does generally try to...do that. the thing he does NOT realize is hes like really goddamn bad at it #not to be mean but like...c'mon. they are pretty distinctly different kinds of guys even beyond the physiology yknow. #he's neither on-brand nor fooling anyone dsjdsjjkgfsd. BUT! #since the rest of the cast generally likes him [at least as I play it] he thinks hes doing just fine #he's like 'oh they r happy with me so i must be getting a good grade in being peppino :)' #so getting told that 'yeah you actually really suck at that but that was never the reason people liked you' #and told that by og model peppino no less--yknow THE guy he's supposed to be living up to #who's already a bit intimidating for that and who ALSO totally wrecked him TWICE in the tower #making him acutely familiar with just how formidable the guy is and how much there IS to live up to.... #it's a Moment for sure. not really a sad or hurt one though. just... contemplative. #thinking abt people liking him for being the guy he's already naturally been being even though that guy is Not Peppino #i don't think he's gonna be super broken up about realizing he has a bad grade in peppino given everything else hes got now #nor do i really think he cares enough to go like reinvent himself or whatever after the fact #he seems to b pretty clearly having fun with it already so i think he just keeps doing that #and in some cases he still has the pre-installed peppino traits/instincts like to cooka da pizza. and that's fine #is this projection. yes. but if youve been following me awhile you know most of my character writing is ghdhfdgf #gonna kinda expand on all this in the gerome one which is...one after next. itll be a bit but man. #anyway peppino will never admit to anyone and especially not himself that he's gotten a little attached to the guy. hee hoo #pep tends to be kinda surly but he certainly has his ways of showing he cares. all of which are on display here #''that thing is not my son'' says man currently watching thing's antics with the 'bemused dad' arms crossed pose. yeah ok buddy. #gus is totally onto him already but hes not gonna say anything. #if u read all this ur prize is not having to go decode fp's rot13. his lines are ''meant to be you...?'' and ''wrong question.''

[anarchy-and-piglins]

I've seen a couple takes on techno being Like That because he went a little insane due to the voices as an embodiment of the blood god and usually we see the blood god as this indifferent if not malicious entity but consider this: BENEVOLENT, KIND, LOVING blood god who saw this feral little kid growing up on his own and decided to make it their conduit because they fell in love head over heels the way parents fall in love when they first hold their new bown baby. BG tried to make a well adjusted adult out of tech but he was never properly socialized before being adopted so he's Just Like That DESPITE the blood god's best efforts

I always love to portray the Blood God in a more possitive light. In mythology, gods related to blood are usually also gods of family, chidbirth, loyalty, victory, wine, fire, or even LIFE. That last one is fun if you contrast it to Phil being the patron of the Goddess of death.

#asks #thoughts #Technoblade #alternatively I also enjoy it when the blood god is neither good nor bad #maybe more morally ambigious on account of being divine much like kristin #bloodshed is what keeps it alive but that doesn't mean it's malicious #it just means blood will need to be spilled #doesn't matter how or why or for what reason

[rocicrew]

discuss

#the expanse #no pls do bc my brain is not forming thoughts rn & i need Some feedback for the gifset #miller i did not add bc he is nowhere on this chart #neither nice nor bitch but soggy #bobbie does not care abt being nice or a bitch she's direct #drummer will Do the thing she sees no matter if it's right or cruel but that Has shaped her #chrisjen has been cruel and will use any means to get her way but she is nice in a diplomatic way even when she cusses out everyone #clarissa can be very polite but she was also on a life sentence for multiple homicides... #amos 'it was nice not having worry abt being on the right team' therefore edging towards kind he just can't see it #naomi is kind but if you're not one of the 5/6 people she likes good luck she doesn't care abt being nice to you #(but she would still be kind) #prax is a good bean #holden is nice and kind (but also can be a whiny little bitch(affectionate)) #alexs primarily trait Is Being Nice to everyone and cares abt helping people but he's also been a deadbeat bad for 9 books so 🤷‍♀️

[purpleshadow-star]

Apparently there's been a lot of discourse about Nico and Percy on Twitter lately? Idk about here cause I haven't seen much personally, but here are a few facts I think people need to remember, coming from someone who is rereading the series right now:

Nico and Percy do NOT hate each other. They don't even dislike each other

Nico never hated Percy. Nico never really blamed Percy for Bianca's death (he was projecting. This was explained in tbotl).

Nico never wanted Percy dead or to get any revenge on Percy for Bianca's death

Percy never bullied Nico or was even outright mean to him, except for in the Last Olympian

Nico and Percy were on good terms by the end of the Battle of the Labyrinth. They were fine. There was literally no bad blood between them

NICO WAS WRONG TO TAKE PERCY TO HADES WITH NO WARNING. Nico thought Percy wouldn't get hurt because Hades told him he wouldn't hurt him (remember, Nico has no reason not to trust his dad), but Nico still could have at least explained the situation to Percy before taking him to Hades. There was no need to trick him. Percy might have even agreed to go talk to Hades to help Nico in exchange for Nico's help gaining the curse of Achilles, or explained his history with Hades and that Hades was most likely tricking him. Nico probably would have listened! There should have been communication from Nico to Percy

PERCY WAS WRONG FOR THE WAY HE TREATED NICO IN THE LAST OLYMPIAN. Yes, he was stressed. Yes, he was under a lot of pressure. That does not excuse his actions. Him being mad at Nico is 100% understandable. Him holding a sword to Nico's throat and purposely not moving it when he realized Nico was there to get him out is inexcusable, especially when he claimed Silena and Luke were heroes after they got multiple demigods killed and almost killed him/ got him killed multiple times (he called them heroes in the same book, when he was just as stressed, if not more so bc he was literally in the middle of fighting a war and people were dying around him). All three of them took actions to right their wrongs, but only Nico isn't considered a hero to Percy? Why, because he didn't die for him?

Regardless, Nico and Percy DO NOT HAVE BEEF after that. Nico convinced Hades to help and goes and helps in the battle of Manhattan, and Percy appreciates and acknowledges it. No more beef between them

I'm going to stop here because I haven't reread the Heroes of Olympus series yet, and I don't want to misremember anything, but the point is:

Nico and Percy have a complicated relationship. They both have hurt each other, but they've moved past it. They're friends. They're not super duper close, but they do care about each other, and no one can or should deny that.

The faster people accept that they both have done bad things to each other and have moved past those things and don't dislike each other, the faster we can put an end to this ridiculous discourse.

#neither nico nor percy should be hated on. especially not for this #they've both hurt each other. they've both moved on #we should too #i made a post a while back explaining that percy was way out of line for the way he treated nico in tlo and i stand by every word of it #but that doesnt mean nico wasnt wrong for tricking percy in the first place #also saying percy was stressed is not a good defense (as i explain in the post with luke and silena as examples) #and saying nico was just a kid is also not a good defense bc they were both young #sure percy was much older. after all 12 and 16 are very different stages of life developmentally #15 technically but almost 16 #but 15/16 is still very young #so the most common defenses from both sides are just not good arguments tbh #pls just accept that they were both bad to each other and move on like they did. no more blame game. they both take the blame #nico is not perfect #percy is not perfect #i could talk about their relationship all day tbh it's so interesting #more interesting that their fanon relationship tbh #aight that's all for my rant have a good day/night/life :) #nico di angelo #riordanverse #rick riordan #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo series #pjo hoo toa #the last olympian #pjo fandom #pjo

[sans-guy]

What happened to Butch that he is uncomfortable with humans so much?

Is it more like he's desensitizing himself to do his job?

he wasn't raised around them that much

i was thinking this is a world where all the monsters have been on the surface for a while, or were never exiled, so there are communities that are exclusively monster without humans present.

he was raised on a commune/farm where families of monsters lived together, and he eventually moved out when he was around 17-19 and moved into another area away from home, one that had a mixed population.

he was wholly unfamiliar with humans at the time he moved. at most he'd only seen them arrive at the farm to buy/sell product.

i'm still trying to figure out why exactly he's so uncomfortable around them, but if u were to live on a sheltered commune and thrusted yourself into crime filled city life, you'd probably obtain Issues

like i said he has his prejudices, so he's more apt to distrust humans than monster kind, simply because of how he grew up.

over the years, he learned how humans worked and thought for the most part, not out of kindness and understanding, but more of just of a way to communicate and deal with them.

#butch #butch is not a shining beacon of love and compassion #i mean he can change but like #he kills ppl #so that's not necessarily .. a redeemable quality #morally questionable characters that are neither good nor bad but just living their lives in an unfortunate situation my beloved

[girl-bateman]

my brain is funny sometimes bc it's very incessant with its whole "ur an evil bad person actually" thing, all the while it daydreams abt hosting creative writing programmes for at risk youth as like the ultimate career goal. like... yeah ok. im the devil. sure. let's go with that.

#im not saying im a saint or anythjng #but the whole wretched sould cold heart eternal darkness thing is pushing it atp #like yeah ok ive said some mean stuff before. ive been a little violent in my early teens. but i rly dont see the point of #characterising myself like this when the evidence doesent match up #(me while consoling a client and genuinely trying to help them any way i can): god im the fucking worst. im a demon spawn. i have no soul #(me while daydreaming abt being a stable role model and helping kids with their dreams): literally no one is as evil as me #like ?????😭😭😭 #its time to face the reality that im actually just an averagly complex person who is neither good nor bad #god i forgot... the worst part... i even volunteer #how will i ever keep my cold exterior intact when i do shit like this 😩 #personal

[dangerous-advantage]

i refuse to believe mxtx has not listened to at least one or both of the songs 'viva la vida' by coldplay, and 'pompeii' by bastille. i refuse

#this isn't even me like vaguely connecting lyrics to characters like i love to do (see 'third eye' and 'third eye (demo)' for hua cheng) #like istg i could make a full analysis post about how these two songs (especially the latter) #relate to xie lian and bai wuxiang respectively #i could do it right now #and NO this post was not brought about by my ardent desire to have an actually GOOD mash-up of those two songs #that combines elements of both while keeping a fair balance between both songs. #like come on PLEASE i *need* to listen to a mash-up where the person doing it confidently puts together the respective bridges #it CAN be done and if you do everything else at least semi-well and it sounds smooth then you WILL have created a masterpiece #i would do it myself but i have neither the means nor ability #anyway. didn't mean to ramble off on that tangent. #jk i totally did lmaoooo #this post is about tgcf btw. if you didn't pick up on that. lmao #tgcf #tian guan ci fu #xie lian #bai wuxiang #this post is so vague i feel bad tagging anyone else lmao #hob #heaven official's blessing

[girlwiththegreenhat]

who give a shit about tayIor swift

#liz blogs #i saw an instagram post from someone like 'why is everyone who doesnt like taylor swift like mean and boring and sexist' like what . huh #she's just another mid celebrity i literally don't get why she's miles more popular than the next famous blonde_woman.mdl in hollywood #i'm not even being a Hater(tm) i literally . don't get it. i'm sorry. she made like two catchy songs in 2010. is that her whole Thing #'mid' isn't even being a hater it just means like. moderate. neither good nor bad. Middle. #are you guys ok does she have some kind of siren or mind control power #i am immune to whatever she does to people. i don't hate her but i don't really like her either she simply just Exists to me. she is Mid! #i've heard her music! i have no idea what's different about her that nets her this kind of insane rabid fanbase. i am lost #i spelled her first name with an i instead of an L lest her fans act like i just called her a slur and threatened her actual life #instead of just saying i don't get what the big deal is and she's not really any more or less special or talented than the next artist #you'll hear on the radio #anyway this post has been brought to you by 'why tf is she on the explore page'

[theswedishpajas]

Really liked this recording and thought I might as well post it?

There are a some extra high notes in this though so be careful!! I'm a very squeaky goat!!!

#my art stuff #singing #music #ukulele #pure imagination #cover #willy wonka #willy wonka and the chocolate factory #I'm not a pro by any means in neither signing nor playing the ukulele #but I really enjoy both and so who cares how it sounds #Trying really hard to not downplay what skill I do have #it's difficult #I'm in that long stage of learning a skill where I'm good enough to tell when things aren't quite right but not good enough to properly- #- apply that knowledge. you know what I mean #I'm skilled enough to critique myself but not enough to fix it so I end up bashing myself over being “bad” or whatever #ANYWAYS #PMA CUS THE MORE YOU TELL YOURSELF SOMETHING - THE MORE YOU BELIEBE IT AND STUFF #Or at least a neutral mental attitude. better to give yourself no expectations than BAD ones!!!!!

[marshmurmurs]

and im just supposed to be normal after the herald vault???

#also scratching at the walls please please please what is the info on god rework #hoarding the crumbs we were shown #they become aware of you after lv 40 #neither good nor bad #which im taking to mean as like. alignment #charms seem to be connected to the vg #and divine paradox??? #what does that meaaann #iskall is so cruel for making us wait till like friday to get details /silly #also on the like boss fight #divine herald is a banger fucking name #and like i am Looking #it is so fascinating that velaras phase has hoards of mobs and idonas has like passive health drain #bc like s2 fv idonas section was the raid vaults with the hoards of mobs #and in velaras your max health was yoinked the further in you get #but like. it makes sense also #the heralds health being tied to the mobs in vels stage. the mobs sacrificing themselves. giving themselves to the herald #the idona phase being bloodshed but the gods are not on your side. the blood being shed is yours #twin gods of blood. to me. if you care #equal and opposite #says marsh

[outeremissary]

I hate Goncharov so much it's unreal

#it's like a bad joke. I mean. it is a bad joke. but good god the way people behave over it is also a bad joke #every time I see that fake film referenced I think about the post about how it has the best women Tumblr could ask for #because any woman from a made up film can be vaguely girlboss-y without ever having any unpleasantly ambiguous details #all the shallow celebration of the idea of a female character without that unpleasant work of engaging with the complexities of one #without any of the argument or doubt #without having men to pass over her for or complain about her crimes against #that's why I hate goncharov. it's the pinnacle of shallow aestheticization of everything whether or not it's sincere. #historical media without the burden of engaging with history #queer media and queer history without having to imagine messy queerness beyond an online discourse #you can dip your toes into a made up academic discourse without the baggage of the academy #women and queer history and older media and sincere academic discourses surrounding minorities are things I see this site spit on #sure it's not everyone. but it's more than enough to make a guy bitter. #the older I get the more I understand critics who say that the triumph of fandom is when the simulacrum subsumes the real #I don't know. I don't know. it's like some kind of bad reflection. it's neither catalyst nor symptom but just a sad magic mirror of reality #that's the only true artistic triumph of everyone's favorite “forgotten” film. #sorry I have slowly become a serious hater. it was funny at first but now it isn't. #rambling

[goldensunset]

Envy is absolutely the most cringfail sin. it's about spending your energy NOT minding your own business and being obsessed with what other people have. and it's the only one that grants you no pleasure. it's just misery. completely pathetic

loving the fact that you have an opinion on this and needed to say it. mutuals please sit down it’s time for the philosophy and ethics socratic seminar on tumblr dot com

#listen they’re all pathetic as long as you understand what they actually truly mean #and not the oversimplified broadened media ideas of them #like you see i don’t think jealousy is necessarily bad if it’s 1. something objectively good to have and 2. something with no scarcity #i.e. like if you wished you could be as kind and patient as someone you know so you seek to emulate them #you’re jealous of them in a way that hurts neither you nor them but leads you to greater personal virtue and appreciation of them #of course if it’s not a situation like this then yeah you’re right it is pretty pathetic #but i consider envy to be something different #jealousy is wanting someone else’s happiness #envy is resenting someone else’s happiness #envy says if i can’t be happy you shouldn’t be happy either #envy is that toxic person who refuses to make any effort to improve themselves #who just whines all day in the hopes of annoying you so they can take a minor comfort in your misery #this is also related to sloth though too #sloth is not refusing to participate in grind culture or whatever it’s never taking a stand and doing the thing when it’s needed #sloth is the person who’s too afraid of facing difficulties so they always have to be neutral. aka they’re useless. #alternatively envy is the guy who’s in love with this lady who’s already taken #and he retaliates by killing her boyfriend/husband (possibly as well as her too) #so yeah envy is definitely pathetic at best and downright monstrous at worst #but like don’t get me started on pride. that is peak immaturity #y’know the people who are like ‘I WILL ATTACK AND DETHRONE GOD’ yeah i’ve never met a happy and peaceful person who says that lol #it’s just weird… #pride is just about making it all about yourself #the thing is that being full of yourself is a problem of course #but then there’s also the toxicity of hating yourself #constant self deprecation is just as damaging as a huge ego #like the way to counter pride is not to be like AAAAAH I HATE MYSELF I’M GARBAGE girl stop. pick yourself up #ppl like that are still making a scene and making it all about themselves. it’s not healthy and they should seek genuine help #like just. chill. literally. go talk to someone. go do something. being trapped in your own mind can go one of two bad ways #asks #thanks anon

[itsmetheabnormalone]

Can everyone pls stop taking testing results seriously. Testing is a scam. You cannot trust anyone. Save your psyche and wait for Q1 Bahrain.

#I scroll down on twitter and every post contradicts the one that came before it 😭 #as a merc fan I do not perceive testing results #I distrust everyone. including lewis and toto. #and I mean that affectionately. but i will not be tricked into believing anything about that car. #neither it being bad nor it being good #f1 #formula 1

[alasblogpoetry]

two

i do not remember dying, but i know that i am dead, words have changed in their color, joy has got a diff'rent smell, anger melted into something that i do not understand, hell is frozen, love is liquid, death is dying, life is dead, earth is spinning wrong direction, i and i are not the same, i like thinking i am perfect, but i know that i am not, maybe that is why i'm death'd, maybe why i'll die again, i can't fathom how i'll perish, but i hope i get the chance.

#the mind of a poet is one that is all over the place all the time #it is like a thousand ping pong balls bouncing around the room #sometimes i manage to catch one of the ping pong balls and put it into words #this particular one has been significantly harder to catch than most others #several months ago i noticed that something has changed #and i couldn't figure out how to feel about it #on one hand i knew that everyone changes in one way or another #on the other hand i did not like the direction i changed in #on the third hand i realize that i changed in several directions and that the mean average change was most likely neither good nor bad #simply different #on the fourth hand the logical mind could not overcome the emotional mind #the mind of a poet is one that is both logical and emotional #and a poem is a conflict between the two minds hoping to be resolved #i believe writing this piece has put a very big conflict within me to rest #yes i miss the old me #i think he was a better person and i would want to be friends with him more than he would want to be friends with me #but i also realize that however hard i try i will not be him again #and that's okay - change is not about going back #it is about going forward #it is time i work on becoming a person better than both the old me and the current me #the mind of a poet is a fluid one #it uses poetry as a way to grow #i caught the ping pong ball #it is time i catch another one #thanks for reading <3 #alasblog #poetry #alasblogpoetry #by emerald

[loverscrossmp3]

hey hey hi i wanna see you be salty you’re always so lovely!! but 10 and 14 xx

i am blushing while also shouting bc i accidentally deleted lana’s ask like an idiot and as i was bashing my head with a chair repeatedly, i clicked on here and found u two asked the exact same questions!! soulmates i’ll say!

10. Most disliked arc? Why?

remember when j*r tried convincing us snape was a good person? LOLOL fuck that. he can rot in mud for all i care. oh also when harry like? forgave him? and named his fucking SON!!!! after him??!!;:&;$; (AND dumfuckledore ??:&:!) let harry hate ppl i say!! let him hold grudges and never ever forgive the shitty ppl in his life!!

14. Unpopular opinion about your fandom?

hmm honestly, i think this goes more with the ppl on tiktok and/or the younger, more annoying ppl (if you’re a younger follower: hiii! this isn’t about u probably, just a very specific targeted audience xx) but i’ve noticed that they won’t let characters have, like, nuance? with a lot of characters it tends to be very black-and-white and it’s like? people are shitty sometimes, so let them be! let them fuck up and make mistakes! idk. i just think most (if not all) characters in hp are honestly very complex, and by taking away this complexity, putting them on either the Good Side or Bad Side is just. boring?? there’s always a grey area i think everyone should explore. not to say in order to like them, but just to gain a better understanding, in a way, for why they are the way they are!

salty ask list

#laura tag #lana tag #too bc i still feel bad for accidentally deleting their ask xox #on my knees begging for forgiveness lana. wrote a whole apology in my drafts and just before i clicked send i found this! unbelievable!! #ask game #few more thoughts #for the ​last question: characters like peter for example. he’s oftentimes sooo dumbed down or left out completely in fics (have seen him #replaced by regulus too? huh??) and it’s just. he was their best friend!! and then he let his fear get the best of him and made a stupidly #bad decision. he’s neither good nor bad! idk this can go with sooo many others even if it’s like. james who sometimes gets his actions #excused too. like. he was a bully! he was mean! but he grew up and became a better person. neither saint nor devil. sorryy thought way too #hard about this and still didn’t fill my thoughts out correctly. oh well!!

[abnormalpsychology]

Sometimes this site gives me a much brighter flame of hope for the future and sometimes it makes me a whole lot worse. I think that’s worth being transparent about actually

#aandddd the shitty parts of this site are really really shitty #there’s this strange agreement on some things as if tumblr is a hive mind yet #like there is not one agreed opinion and idk #i forget there’s no real answers to anything because I’m not even trying to find answers I just want comfort #i feel like a bad person for enjoying things all the time just because of being here #despite the common claim of ‘renouncing cringe’ #shame is so deeply entrenched in nd people and society that it just seems so hard to let go of #it’s literally perfect for oppressed people to use to make fun of others like ‘we’re the good kind tho not them’. #the purity culture of this place is so insanely insidious because none of us will ever be clean enough for each other. #that’s why we’re human beings and not. products #tumblr’s isolated but it’s not nearly as free as anyone here would like to believe it is. nor superior #other ways to cope with shame besides more shame would be nice you know what I mean #personalposting on main sorry #LMAO AND ME NEITHER! #and I’m hypocritical just by sharing this much rn to cope lmaoooooo #i post everything I post with the hope that it might help someone #and of course I’m fucked too! #insert that article that’s like ‘we should know less about each other’ lol #the commodification of the human spirit etc etc #existential dread and capitalism and etc etc etc #vent #bbge.vent