#Makes some people very uncomfortable

[canisalbus]

For how much Machete is described by others as off-putting, he really is a beautiful dog. Does Vasco ever tell him so? That his eyes make him look earnest, his fur the most comforting shade of white like cream, the way his ears catch light like stained glass? If someone doesn't tell him so, he'd forever think he was ugliest duckling

I think Vasco definitely tries, sincerely and often, but Machete is very reluctant to accept compliments and positive feedback. Especially if it's about something as personal and innate as his looks.

#he quietly spends a lot of time and effort trying to make himself look his best so appearances aren't a trivial thing for him #he's always very clean and neat and presentable #except on those occasions when he's soaked in blood but that's totally besides the point #white fur is kind of high maintenance any tiny bit of dirt or staining becomes an eyesore and if it dries it may be hard to remove #he bathes very frequently way more than average considering the time period #some of the outfits he wears are worth more than the combined lifetime earnings of like six generations of his family #silk was outrageously expensive and the brightest red dye came from pulverized cochineal insects that had to be imported from America #which had been colonized less than a century ago so those tiny little cactus bugs were really troublesome to get and the demand was huge #he doesn't quite have the nerve to wear perfume despite it's widespread popularity at the time #but he makes sure the smell of frankincense burned during church services sticks to his fur and clothes #in general when you spend your entire life around strict emotionally congested highly religious men #you might not end up developing a very healthy self-esteem or body image #once you've internalized that sense of inferiority it's hard to unlearn it #he's so thirsty for approval and praise but when he receives some he immediately gets uncomfortable and distrustful and vaguely angry #he absolutely struggles to compliment people back as well at least on any meaningful and personal level so there's that #answered #anonymous #Machete

[skitskatdacat63]

2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Qualifiying - Fernando Alonso

#half asleep making these istg #yayyyy p9? idk ig i expected him to do better #old man asleep at the wheel whats new 😴 #he was very quick w this interview i wonder if he was eager to get to bed #i certainly am rn #f1 #formula 1 #fernando alonso #2023 las vegas gp #(i wish i could atop feeling insecure abt my gifs. i do it for fun.) #(of course i want them to look somewhat good but i get a bit ill over it) #(there was somw drama on here at some point that made me want to completely stop posting then ngl) #(cause like what is the point if im not as good as others ig :/ this is kinda vague posting but it made me so uncomfortable) #(as i said. i do it for fun in quick time bcs yay jsut wanna post smth i found cute) #(but ever sincce that thing happened its just made me extremely self critical and insecure abt posting) #(idk why im saying this. kinda repressing the urge tk be like 'SRY THESE ARE TERRIBLE. YEAH.') #(i need to sleep. but i often feel like this literally every time i post now bcs some people get on their high horse and ruin people's fun) #(iykyk ig. its smth bothering me lately. but i hate to act so morose. but i still feel bad abt the quality sometimes. i guess.) #we do a little bit of f1

[carlyraejepsans]

saw your most recent post about really good fics that contain uncomfortable kinks and i immediately thought "ah, biscia must be reading the mpreg soriel fic" and almost left a reply talking about it but i stopped myself because i realized that would be an insane assumption to make. needless to say i felt so vindicated when i saw you link it in an earlier post.

like. HELLO?

HELLO???????

#answered asks #''I fear nothing good ever comes of it when it does'' is straight up SEARED into my brain as the toriel line of all time I've ever read #there's some character interpretations I don't share there. like i said i don't think either of them would cry that easily #and while the different conception (badumtss) of sex/gender in various monsters was interesting #i felt like it didn't quite deal with the ramifications of not strictly binary reproductions on social perception of gender like I could've #eg the part about boss monsters being closer to humans in how it works and thus having a different concept of mom/dad compared to skeletons #was pretty nice. but if you establish that skeletons work like ghosts but distinguish she/he ''for some reason'' even though all of them #can bear kids. and then you make a comment about ''the child possibly growing into a woman considering the shape of the pelvis'' it's like #why??????? why. whywhywhy. why would that be a factor. even hypothesizing a certain physical dimorphism. WHY pick the one tied to pregnancy #the ONE ASPECT that you decided was shared between both ''male'' and ''female'' skeletons #it's also like. objectively an argument that is leveraged to hurt and deny trans people irl so it was just. unbelievably uncomfortable #this is what we mean with mpreg and transphobia btw #not that the concept is inherently transphobic or hurtful to trans people #but that that kind of alternative biological worldbuilding implies an alternative social conception of gender role for the characters #that a lot of authors just. straight up miss. because their view of the world is still very cis/perisexist #BUT!!!!!!!!!! #it was still over all a very good fic. I'd rec it to pll not into that for the initial 2 chapters alone

[usedtobecooler]

some of you are way too comfortable threatening people on this app over some stupid shit. this place is genuinely scary and full of toxic weirdos lmao

#before you all start #this is about nothing and nobody in particular #i’ve just been seeing some real untoward shit going on over the last few weeks and it’s making me uncomfortable #there’s a reason why a lot of people are no longer in this fandom and it’s becoming very very fucking blatant to me #this is tumblr dot com #step outside and away from your phone screen nothing is that serious #candy has thoughts

[moonpaw]

the x reader post was worded so nicely, you shouldn't have had to apologize for anything honestly. x reader fanfic writers (esp the nsfw ones) need to understand it's jarring going into a tag and there's 50 posts of fanfics that are trying to make you imagine you're slobbing on someone's knob. like there's a reason x reader writers have such a bad rep on this website 8'^)))

People put a lot of work into their craft and I can respect that, but yeah the nsfw ones especially get me 😭

If there was a single easy tag, I feel like the rep behind these fics wouldn't be so bad because then people can easily filter out the one tag and move on without any lingering negative feelings, while people who like the genre can go about it in peace as well

#mp answers #and to move on for me personally i just reallllyyy dont like fics or stories that puts me as a person into the story? if that makes sense? #for whatever reason it makes me super uncomfortable and there is very few books/stories with this troupe that i can get into #i think that was one of the original reasons why i couldnt first get into homestuck wayyyy back #it took me until the series was pretty much over to get over it and try again #but thats my own little personal problem #its like if gore had a million tags and no one uses the same one #lots of people love gore but lots of people dont #so you tag it to be respectful and understanding that some people dont wish to see it

[mostly-just-sasuke-blog]

Yes, the love between Naruto and Sasuke is deeper in many, many ways.

No, that doesn't mean that it is romantic.

Honestly, where did the idea that deep love=romantic love come from? Who said that friendship is a lesser form of love? Love is as unique as the ones loved. Naruto and Sasuke have true admiration of the other. They are grateful for the other. They respect one another. Sasuke keeps Naruto from being alone at the top. Naruto keeps Sasuke from being alone.

Naruto learned how to have empathy, learned the meaning of having power, learned the meaning of being a hero, from Sasuke. Naruto wouldn't have became Naruto without Sasuke. He wouldn't have tried to empathize with Pain without Sasuke. He wouldn't have been pushed to let go of his false persona without Sasuke. He wouldn't have overcome his selfish ego without Sasuke. Because of Sasuke he gets over his desire to be seen as a good person, and becomes a good person.

And Naruto gave Sasuke the courage to trust again, to love again, to have faith. Because of Naruto, Sasuke can allow himself to be himself. To drop the burden of trying to protect the world on his own. To be in a relationship with Sakura. Naruto reminded Sasuke to value himself. The relationship between Naruto and Sasuke is unique. It could only exist because of who they are and how they connect. Their bond isn't toxic. They both become better people because of their relationship. Both of them, at various times, are willing to die for the other, and it is an act of selfless courage.

Being willing to die for someone you love isn't toxic; love is what makes life worth living.

#naruto #team 7 #sakura #sasuke #Pro Sasuke #Pro Naruto and Sasuke friendship #naruto analysis #naruto ramblings #Friendship love is valid #Stop the erasure of friendship love #For some reason deep friendship makes people uncomfortable and they want to erase it #But by erasing it people don't have to actually wrestle with the real themes and message of the story #Sasuke didn't romantically love Naruto. He was 7 when he started caring and he was very traumatized #Naruto didn't romantically love sasuke. He had the emotional maturity of a toddler at the start of the manga #Just imagine that neither loved the other romantically and yet they were still willing to die for the other #That's deep friendship

[viiinz]

everyday I think about him (Ippolit Terentyev)

#idk why of all characters he's the one that has left such an impression on me but oh boy #it's been over a year since I've read his 'explanation' and everything that followed and it hasn't left my mind since #ippolit terentyev #the idiot #god all he wanted was some sympathy and recognition #and they just make fun of him #literally all this boy wants is to be taken seriously and no one does #they either laugh at him or beg him to shut up #because his vulnerability and the fact that he's dying makes them so uncomfortable #and he's so ashamed as well over his own vulnerbility #that even when people aren't laughing at him he'll imagine they are #and people blame him for being self absorbed?? like of course he is!! #he's EIGHTEEN and DYING #this is a teenager who's just come to the realisation that he has no agency over his life whatsoever #and that all that awaits him are the cruel laws of nature #he has a right to be upset about that #he's literally the man condemned to death that myshkin talked about #and yes he's ridiculous and awkward and not always right and incoherent and all that #and he can really be insufferable and contemptuous and unfeeling towards others #and even the state he's in doesn't really serve as an excuse for that #yet i feel bad for him #and he's such a teenager too he's so insecure and just wants to impress the people around him #and yes he's doing it for attention #of course he wants attention #can you blame him?? #all he wants is to be heard #to feel like his life mattered #but instead everyone's just begging him to shut up #like they're just waiting for him to kick the bucket so the uncomfortable ordeal can be over with #sorry i just have a lot of thoughts about Ippolit and I'm being very incoherent because i didn't plan on typing all this lol

[northern-passage]

one thing i find really difficult about navigating the IF space is the direct line of contact between readers and authors. we share the same space, and i think that plays a big part in this weird blurred line we have in this community and overall lack of boundaries.

for a lot of people this is a fun hobby and while i personally try to keep it... semi-professional most of the time, it's easy to get wrapped up in having fun on tumblr (or the forums, or reddit, wherever it is that you mainly post/interact) and have a lot of personal interactions with both readers and authors alike - which is fun! i like it more often than not, but i also think that's why a lot of comments in this space can end up being really entitled, over-familiar, and inappropriate.

it's no secret that most authors get really weird messages on here, and while this is also a problem on social media at large and not just specific to IF tumblr, it is still definitely a big problem in this community.

and to be clear i'm not saying that you can't be friendly with authors or readers (i've become friends with a handful of readers myself) and i definitely don't mean to imply that there needs to be a huge divide between us; that's silly - again, most authors are readers, most readers are authors, we’re just people on the internet sharing the same space. but all of us deserve to have our boundaries respected. this is my story, and we are strangers. as a general rule of thumb: if you wouldn't say it out loud to someone you just met, you probably shouldn't be saying it to a stranger online. especially anonymously.

#i also think this is why some criticisms get so messy in this space as well #authors should not always be in the same space as the readers/reviewers #and readers shouldnt be able to directly @ authors with their extremely negative reviews esp when it's subjective #(‘’i hate this’’ as opposed to pointing out genuinely harmful content or other criticism) #for everyone's sake #& on a kinda related note: speaking as someone who has been receiving targeted harassment for *checks watch* over two years now #some people really need to reevaluate the way they interact with certain media #i think IF feels very personal due to the interactivity and the customization of the mc #but not everything is written for you. and it's fine to just not like something #without sending weird harassing anonymous messages for 2 years straight to a stranger on the internet. lol #honestly criticism is another can of worms and that's not really what i'm talking about here #but i do think that's also part of the entitlement and overfamiliarity as well #so imo it's connected a little bit. something to think about #at the end of the day my advice to other authors about this is to know your limits and know when you need to extract yourself #and know that you don't have to respond to every ask #especially if it makes you uncomfortable #and im definitely not trying to sound like the authority here this is something i've struggled with as well #like i said it is hard to navigate #and authors can be guilty of this too. wanting to defend yourself or insert yourself into conversations where you shouldn't #i've done that myself #and i've also had other authors i dont know be way overly familiar with me in the past #all of this is just an unfortunate part of online community i think. but im trying to be more mindful about it #anyways. this post brought to you by the weird messages in my and my friends' inboxes lately #i just think you should not be telling authors about pesonal bodily functions in anonymous asks #as an example. lol #personal

[found--family]

am i the only one who sensed some jilted lover vibes from jensen? 

#burcon #cockles #thoughts #at the start of the panel and through a few particular interactions he seemed very standoffish #he was giving a little bitter and hurt and perhaps even resentful - maybe he only learned of misha's gf #at this con too! maybe it was news to him. on top of not seeing misha for months i can understand #if he was feeling a bit neglected and out of the loop. there's also the matter of misha's gf not being #in a poly thing with jensen and dee like vicki was ie. what she has with misha is seperate so i'm sure #that's another difficult thing to deal with knowing their time together is strictly separate #i've no doubt he wants misha to have a partner and be happy but there's an adjustment period #letting new people into your life and whoever misha's partner is now or in the future is going to #affect jensen on a personal level and moreover his relationship with misha. it's all very intriguing #and while i like what little i've seen and heard about this woman for misha i just think no matter who #she is it's going to take a toll on jensen's relationship w misha. i thought it was plain to see on jensen's face #during their panel: numerous moments where he was giving a poker face that wasn't covering a laugh #but instead like he was trying to smooth out his bitterness. or so my eyes and brain and heart tell me. #just various moments where things looked uncomfortable and jensen making off-colour jokes that didn't land #and which furthermore were barbed and snarky - not in their usual banter way but like he was lashing out #and using the excuse of chaotic panel convo to explain away his comedic pitfalls. but again maybe i'm #looking to much into it? idk. there are some lovely moments! fun and caring moments - but they #mainly came from misha's direction ngl. it seemed like misha was trying hard to keep the peace #while jensen was just running his mouth on comments and jokes that kept not landing - for me #everyone on my dash is loving their dynamic this panel - and i want to feel that love! it is possible that #learning misha has a gf has skewed my perception a little like i'm putting context onto moments #i otherwise wouldn't. but i also think i would've laughed and generally felt better watching their panel #if that was the case. idk. whatever the reason i do think something was OFF between them on stage #and it was coming from jensen from the start. misha picked up on it partway though but things felt #a little strained throughout. like jensen wasn't looking at misha as much as usual or reaching out for him #misha tried to salvage and not react to things. but both their answers to the last Q were passive aggressive af #and when they left the stage together they weren't close or touching or chatting like they usually are...

[nonokoko13]

Call me Mahoro because I also think her brother is hot af Btw the plot twist in this series is that Arajin is going take his crush last name but not because of her. Sorry for the spoilers peace and love in the planet Earth

And could somebody make this Marito teddy bear real? It's a basic and essential need atp

#bucchigiri?! #/jk #look her brocon thing is weird and uncomfortable but she can be funny as hell #can you blame her for liking Marito. Look at him #his design is so cool #and so it is his personality and caring relationship with Outa and how clingy abd touchy he is to people he likes (Ara-teen) #and the nicknames are cute too #and his voice too #move Arajin is my turn #Unpopular opinion: Arajin is also good. Ik he's an ass to Matakara and it's probably completely undeserved and uncalled for but #he has some of the funniest reactions in this show. He's pathetic like a wet kicked cat waiting outside my door to let him enter #he made awful decisions and all to get laid and tbh him letting the hormones do the reasoning it's the most teenager thing ever #Most of us had been annoying af and horrible at processing information and taking hints or making important decisions #He's relatable for all the wrong reasons and he's very real for that. If you dislike/hate him I get it though. Very understandable 👍 #god I wanna talk about why I think he's acting like that with his childhood friend so bad but these tags are already too much #anyway I advocate for Arateen rights and wrongs. Also for the Bucchigiri teddy bear collection #mahoro jin #arajin tomoshibi #marito jin #Mariteen #jin marito #jin mahoro #tomoshibi arajin #♡ — shut up noko #woah imagine it turns out to be true Arajin will be Arajin Jin. Wild stuff. Lmao even

[thedreadvampy]

btw about Neil Gaiman I periodically agree with the 'Neil Gaiman is annoying' stuff bc I feel like both he and Amanda Palmer seem like people who I would go insane stuck in a room with bc we have very different ideas about art and suchlike. and I also do think that the career trajectory he's on lately is cynically redoing his greatest hits and pretending that was the dream all along when it clearly was not. which is at best meh.

having said which

as far as I can tell by far the most common complaint about Neil Gaiman is "Snow, Glass, Apples is problematic/gross/it's got incest and rape and frames the child as the aggressor"

which strikes me as a weird complaint to pull out of a 40 year body of work tbh when that short story is pretty clearly coming from a place of 'how far can I push this'. like you don't have to like the story. I don't really like the story. but it is. a horror story.

like and this is the thing with particularly 90s alt horror right? a lot of the interest is in transgression and sitting in the worst possible perspective and seeing what happens if you pull those strings. like I really like Clive Barker for example but there's a good chunk of his short stories that I'm like I'm not picking up what you're putting down Clive this seems Kinda Off. but that willingness to write some trite or Bad Message horror fiction that doesn't land is imo a side effect of being willing to try writing uncomfortable and unpleasant fiction at all. which is what horror is for, among other things, it's for creating discomfort as a form of catharsis or engagement.

like I am not a huge fan of the type of sex-horror that pops up in a lot of Gaiman's work and other contemporary horror writers - to me I don't find it upsetting or horny it just ends up feeling kind of edgy and tryhard - but I'm also a bit like. it does seem like a lot of people's beef with Neil Gaiman is that In The 90s He Was A Horror Writer

and this approach to Problematic Horror in Snow, Glass, Apples I find kind of microcosmic of how The Discourse often approaches art in this kind of 1:1 way. if you write a story which seems to line up with rape apologia it can only be because you agree with it. if you write a story about transphobia you're a transphobe. if you write a story that makes me genuinely uncomfortable you're attacking me.

but artwork, especially art like horror that's not necessarily trying to provoke enjoyment as its main response, is necessarily hit and miss. and if what you're shooting for is discomfort then whether it works, falls flat or goes too far incredibly depends on your audience. and making good art - as in art that makes its audience think, art that opens the audience up to discomfort and catharsis and sticks with them and changes them - requires the space to experiment and tbh the space to fuck up. like they aren't all going to be winners and they certainly aren't all going to work for you as a singular audience.

personally I don't see the appeal of Snow, Glass, Apples, less cause it's nasty and more cause it's hack. ooh an edgy monstrous version of a fairy tale where there's lots of rape and cannibalism? you're soooo original Neil. but like. that's fine. I don't really vibe with like 70% of Neil Gaiman stuff I've read but I still like Neil Gaiman because the stuff that works for me really works for me.

idk I think there's a lot of folk on this website who shouldn't interact with horror cause they clearly aren't interested in being horrified. that's not everyone who dislikes Snow, Glass, Apples, but it's a real undercurrent to a lot of the criticism and tbh this kinda vibe is shit for art. making standout art What Is Good also requires being ready to make art which stands out for the wrong reasons. sometimes they'll be the same art to different people.

#red said #not to Cancel Culture this but isabelle fall springs to mind in a lot of how folks talk about stuff like this #like she wrote a transgressive piece exploring her own negative feelings about transness and her anger around a transphobic trope #and she made something which i found really resonant and interesting #and she got torn apart for it because it Might From Some Angles Agree With Transphobia #and I'm not making a direct comparison. because i think attack helicopter is a really GOOD story and i think SGA is gratuitous and hack #but that's the thing right? transgression and discomfort and speaking about unpleasant things in an openended way are KEY #to making art that engages directly with your own pains and angers and discomforts #and that's hard to mediate tbh. but it's also very necessary. #i think as well thinking about Gaiman this is also a thought I've often had about Amanda Palmer #who over the years has written a lot of songs about things i find genuinely uncomfortable or offensive. #and i can engage with 'it's fucked up to tell your ex they transed their gender At You' or 'your partner's suicide is not about you' bc yeah #but #you can't celebrate someone for making confessional music then get mad because you don't like everything they confess #if you only take about your socially acceptable thoughts it's not really confessional is it? #if you only talk about discomforting things that people are comfortable hearing about its not really discomforting #and you can only really discern what's Good Transgressive and what's Damaging Transgressive through doing i think #so if you want challenging art you are going to have to get some art which challenges you and you go hmm no i still disagree #is what i think #so yeah you can hate the artwork but when an artist is specifically setting out to make challenging art it's weird to hate them #for making 50 pieces of art you like and 1 you hate

[uncanny-tranny]

When talking about abuse, please be critical of the idea that abusers abuse because of fate, Scary Mental Disorders, their victims being bad/uncooperative, or because they "can't help it."

What may sound like an explanation for abuse to you honestly just sounds like justification and qualifications for abuse.

#mental health #mental health advocacy #abuse #abuse tw #abuse apologia #not sure if i specifically talked about this but now i am because this is Bothering me #like i'll talk about my stories about abuse and i just hate when the conversation is led to 'oh that was fate!!' or whatever #like i do think that that person wanted to comfort me but it just... sounded like taking the blame off of my abusers #and it just seemed to me like there was discomfort around saying 'those people harmed you. they had no right to do that' #i think some people have a very hard time with admitting that humans can be horrific to each other... #...and then admitting that somebody you *love* was in that position of being mistreated... #...but i don't think that makes downplaying abuse/the experiences of survivors right... #...because that is essentially putting in earplugs and going 'I CANT HEAR YOU THIS MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE'

[orcelito]

ooooookay so i havent seen anyone on tumblr talk about this directly yet so i figured i'd make a post linking to ppl talking about it. im not personally involved, but since this is an artist i recognize & see around, i figure ppl have the right to know

so uh. long story short. @/valdrickvile on here is kinda uhhhhhh not someone you'd wanna interact with, maybe.

^ this thread goes into it

& in case anything happens to the tweets, here's the big document that goes into it. ive read thru a good amount of it and uh........... yeah.

im not sharing this as a call to harass the people involved (Please Dont) but just. people have a right to know. so pls just block and move on.

#speculation nation #adding the disclaimer there. i am NOT doing this as some toxic callout post or anything. #there's just some... really bad shit in there lol & it makes me personally very uncomfortable with interacting with his stuff anymore #so. people deserve to know. #i contemplated posting this in main tag but decided against it. bc i really dont wanna poke the hornet's nest lol #but for my followers. Here You Go. #twitter goers have probably seen this already but i havent seen this on tumblr yet (aside from a vague mention of it that alerted me to it) #had to dig. ended up getting this post from someone in my server sldkjfsldkfj #SO. sharing so u guys dont have to dig for it. #i spent too long reading thru all these screenshots and just. eugh.

[mylimoji]

fanon kim practically working as harry's psychologist vs canon kim who sighs and says something along the lines of 'it is what it is' when harry's literally having a mental breakdown. the delusionism...... that man doesn't know how to comfort people, stop making him this 'talking about your feelings' person.

#disco elysium #ok this is literally the last post i need to sleep now. #it's so annoying i love kim he's such a fun character but why do you all portray him as some kind of angel #let him be a constipated man in peace. #plus if he was expressive like that he wouldn't fit his macho cool persona he always portrays #you people are weird. #al.txt #edit: i was more concerned about his characterisation which often flanctuates between 'he's an angel who helps harry in anyway possible' #vs 'he's an unemotional human being and doesn't care about harry at all' #he does! he does care about harry! i just think he doesn't do this in a 'let's talk about our feelings' way. #he is always very uncomfortable with it but he does soften up! he sees that harry is capable of so much and he stands beside him #the swings scene. him taking care of harry after tribunal. him suggesting harry to sleep in the island #u know. nfjdjdhd #i decided to make this unreblogable because it kinda started to annoy me and i think i wasn't clear enough in the post #but i seriously don't think kim is unemotional. its jokes...

[fereldanwench]

this watcher stuff is an absolute trainwreck that i cannot turn away from

#i finally watched their goodbye vid and shane looks rly uncomfortable in it esp when they're on the couch together #and the way ryan recoiled when shane was like 'share passwords for the streamer' lmao #you always gotta be mindful not to parasocial too hard here #but i would like to believe that shane 'eat the rich' madej has always been sincere about his beliefs #and i appreciate that sometimes your ideals conflict with your reality #i just struggle to see him actually being on board with this #and the handful of 'oh so you don't think artists should be paid' comments i've seen #you fucking knuckleheads it has nothing to do with that #plenty of people want to make sure they get paid! #hence their very successful patreon! #it's about being completely out of touch with your audience #no one watches for the slick production #it's for the banter and the chemistry #and tbh although fuck buzzfeed i enjoyed the unsolved format more than the ghost/mystery files format #there's TOO much production in some cases #i like the boys a little unrefined #anyway if they follow through with this move i'm definitely out #shows: watcher #t: wench.txt

[tibli]

it's bizarre to me how homestuck fans always talk about how like. you've got to go a little deeper than surface level to fully understand the characters and how they are. and then these same people will go on and on about how dirk is some uniquely terrible master manipulator and abuser. like. cmon man

#homestuck #dirk strider #dont misunderstand me he did do some questionable stuff #but a lot of his more troublesome behaviors are EXPLICITLY the result of miscommunication rather than just his actions alone #also his 'manipulation' is usually just uncomfortable at most. even including brobot bc jake wanted someone to spar w #sorry i just get annoyed bc people just like. have their minds clouded by bro's behavior #and seem to forget that the narrative makes it explicitly clear that dirk is very much not like that at all #outside of. again. a surface level interpretation based on his deeply negative perception of himself #im not including anything post canon in this btw bc they made him weirdly misogynistic for some reason