#The Evergreen

[rhythmelia]

screaming into the void

But I really really REALLY need my fellow non-Black folks of color around the world to just. Sit down and hush about the use of the n-word.

Yes, I believe in a growth mindset, that we are all imperfect humans who have fucked up and will fuck up in the future, and life is a process of unlearning a lot of shit and learning to recognize things like dogwhistles and micro aggressions and macro aggressions and learning how to not perpetuate shit. Making amends for past wrongs and doing better next time.

I'm also aware that our society (thanks, legacy of slavery and colonialism!) is awash in so much anti-Blackness, like it is Baked. In. To so many structural things, and pervades so many cultural things around the world.

So I just. Really really want to call in my fellow non-Black folks of color - like, it is not helping to go harass Black fans about their opinions when our/your faves do something shitty! Black folks are not a monolith, and are allowed to have complicated feelings about what they're willing to tolerate or not when being a fan, given, again how pervasive anti-Blackness and cultural appropriation of Blackness is in pop culture, among other things!!

In my perspective, the n-word is not ours to reclaim, if we're not Black! Plain and simple. The legacy of centuries of slavery, and pain, and ongoing racism and harm today....whyyyyy do you want so bad to be able to use this one word, hmm? Or for our/your faves to be able to use it with no consequences, hmmmmm? Please reflect.

Idk how to end this, this is just a rant and I want to send solidarity and support and positive energy to Black fans dealing with some bullshit.

#my stuff #vague posting #The evergreen #fandom racism #I see you fandom #kpop critical #BTS critical #I love the guys I'm army but I wish there were better spaces to have these conversations #Since antis will only criticize to stoke fan wars without actually caring about Black folks #and a lot of armys are trying to rationalize things away when dude these guys are human #and sometimes will do shitty things and we as fans are allowed to be like 'hey that was not cool' #without getting shouted down as if we were not also fans - who want them to do better as human beings #anti-Blackness #racism #lateral bigotry #But auuuugh ppj's comment that Tae unthinkingly being cool with singing/mouthing words on *live broadcast* #Implying a certain amount of casualness about saying that off-camera #and for me that either nobody around him was calling him in like 'hey that is not cool' or someone was and he was not listening or learning #either way is not great #I'm not going to cancel anybody but that sure does get added to my overall thoughts and feelings about the band I'm a fan of for sure #In terms of paying attention to how they grow (or not) over time given the messages they have in their music and interviews and charity wor #About accepting ourselves and others #Regardless of gender identity - nationality- race - age - religion etc #critical thinking #thinky thoughts #We gotta have these conversations about race and racism and various intersections and confront this shit in our communities #Fandom reflects wider society and this shit cycles over and over -_-

[inbarfink]

When talking about the distinction between Simon Petrikov and the Ice King,  it’s important to remember that originally, the Crown wasn’t trying to turn Simon into Ice King -

It was trying to turn him into this guy.

At the time, the Ice Crown - or rather the Wishing Crown - was programmed with Gunther’s wish to become Evergreen. So everything related to making the current wearer like Evergreen is a very direct result of the Crown’s Magic. The physical changes -

And the obsession with the name ‘Gunther’ -

And maybe some of the irritability and anger issues -

That is something the Crown is very directly forcing unto its current wielder. 

But everything else?

Ice King, personality-wise, was not much like Evergreen at all, or even like Gunther's view of him. And Ice Finn of the Farmworld Universe was also pretty different from the both of them.

At the time, I remember people assumed Ice Finn’s behavior is more indicative of what the Crown is actually trying to do with its wielders. That Ice King is so different because of Simon’s subconscious resistance against the Crown - while Finn’s much younger and dumber brain is a lot susceptible to the Curse’s influence to become some sort of mad world-conquering emperor of ice and snow. 

But, with the context of the Crown’s actual backstory. That doesn’t seem very likely anymore. I think what’s actually happening there is that the Crown is just trying to make its wielder an Ice Wizard on par with Evergreen (who was the Actual Goddam Ice Elemental) and that means pumping the wielder’s brain so full of Magic, Madness and Sadness to a level that is bound to overwhelm anyone.

And Simon’s and Farmworld Finn’s very different behaviors after putting on the crown is indicative, more than anything, of how their psyche reacts to Madness and Sadness in general. You know, Finn has a very proactive and kinda aggressive personality - and you add Crown-induced-Madness-and-Sadness and a compulsion to use Ice Magic as much as possible and you get all of…. this 

Meanwhile, for Simon, the compulsions of the Crown originally filtered exclusively via the language of protection 

As his madness always manifested as romantic obsession 

And using goofy humor to try and deny the pain he’s going through 

Because that’s how Simon’s mind specifically reacts to being flooded with so much Madness and Sadness.

That’s why there’s so many parallels between Ice King and the sort of mistakes and screwed-up stuff Simon does right now! He’s even kidnapping people again!

Because the Madness and Sadness of Ice King might’ve been induced by the Crown, but now Simon has plenty of personal home-grown Madness and Sadness inside him - and it’s no surprise that Curse-Induced or not, his mind reacts to it in a sorta-similar way. (Although obviously not as intensely, again, there was a LOT of MMS in the Ice Crown).

Now as for Ice Thing, and the fact that he seems to be actually rather well-adjusted under effects of his version of the Wishing Crown. I mean... not by the time of the 1000+ Era, but that’s literally eons in the future and also maybe more Gibbon’s fault. Even if the Crown will eventually take some sort of toll on him, for now he seems to be doing pretty well considering his wish. I mean, there's still some sort of Loss of Identity stuff going on

But everything we've seen of Ice Thing (in the present day, at least) shows him as a friendly and cheerful individual that gets along well with others. A far cry from how maladjusted every single wielder of the Ice Crown acted.

At the very least, if there's any notable amount of Sadness in him, we really haven't seen it yet.

There might be several factors here:

First things first, I should acknowledge the possibility that it’s just that Orgalorg’s eldritch brain is better at intaking all that MMS juice. That could play a part, but I think it’s probably more important, at least thematically, to look at the distinction between ‘I wish to be Evergreen’ and ‘I wish to be Ice King’. 

First in the sense that while Ice King was occasionally mean to Gunter at times - he was generally much kinder than Evergreen ever was for ‘his’ Gunther. So, like, pretty much the one Personality Flaw of Ice King that you can directly link to the Ice Crown’s attempt to mimic Evergreen is the occasional anger issues.

And how they relate to Gunther’s view of Evergreen, so grumpy and controlling and constantly saying ‘NO!’

(Both Finn and Simon’s demonstrable not-crown-induced trauma responses can make them pretty short-tempered as well. So I’m not going to say this is purely the effects of the Crown. It still probably plays some sort of factor at why the wielder of the Ice Crown is Like That).

And that is not a factor in how Gunter views Ice King. For him, Ice King was a doting and loving father figure - so if the Crown was ever trying to implement any sort of specific negative personality traits, this is absolutely no longer a factor. Because the original Ice Crown was a reflection of Evergreen’s abuse, and now Ice Thing is a reflection of Ice King’s fatherly love.

Which is, itself, probably an echo or remnant of Simon’s own strong parental instincts. 

Secondly, while the Crown was trying to make the Ice King just as powerful as Evergreen…. Ice King was obviously not as powerful as Evergreen. Because he was already a second-rate copy of the Ice Elemental’s power, and because Ice King was often just too doofy to use his powers correctly and probably because some remnant of Simon’s original sensible self is subconsciously holding his powers back.

Either way, being ‘like Ice King’ as Gunter sees him requires less Magic than being ‘like Evergreen’ as Gunther saw him - and therefore less Madness and Sadness. Leading to the wearer or, um, the eater being a lot more well-adjusted from the get-go.

And I think that the implication that Ice Thing has fused with the Crown, so there's never going to be another poor sap who puts on the Crown and gets Ice King'd. But if there is one somehow... at least the process is going to be less mentally detrimental that time around?

Maybe one day Simon could look back and appreciate how much he (or Ice King, or both of them, or however you want to look at the situation) is responsible for basically neutralizing the Crown that ruined his life in the first place.

#adventure time #atimers #adventure time fionna and cake #adventure time simon #ice king #simon petrikov #simon adventure time #the ice king #fionna and cake #fionna and cake simon #fionna and cake series #fionna and cake show #ice thing #the ice thing #adventure time gunter #gunter the penguin #adventure time gunther #gunther the penguin #Urgence Evergreen #simon and marcy

[bludragongal]

never mind

#anyway #if you see me deleting any posts this is what happened #art #autobio #i originally drew this for twitter last year but it's evergreen after all

[probablyday]

millennial nerd bertie wooster for some reason

#congrats to the ten people on tumblr who get all the references #jeeves and wooster #pg wodehouse #bertie wooster #reginald jeeves #florence craye #bobbie wickham #ttrpg #d&d #florence craye would be an indie game designer whose work 'explores the human penumbra' #bobbie wickham cannot be contained by mere 'genders' #spode is still a fascist #that part's evergreen :\ #woosterposting

[helgatisha]

ОБИТЕЛЬ

Download: simfileshare | patreon | boosty

ID helgatishagame

Residential or Residential Rentals

4 units

30x20

No CC

Evergreen Harbor

Use bb.moveobjects

▶ add the files to your “Tray” folder

please read and respect my tou

Linktree

#helgatisha #sims 4 #ts4 build #sims 4 build #sims 4 for rent #sims 4 residential rental #sims 4 evergreen harbor

[willowfae82]

happy 2nd birthday to all of the Ever Given memes. you gave us a good laugh in the middle of shit times.

comment with your favorite Ever Given meme.

#memes #ever given #evergreen suez canal #mid-demic fun stuff #evergreen memes

[twistcmyk]

#this one's evergreen

[orofeaiel]

The vibes on this hike were impeccable.

#artists on tumblr #original photographers #original photography #pacific northwest #hiking #nature #nikon #washington #pnw #orofeaiel #north fork skokomish river #moody landscape #goblincore #fog #mist #foggy #landscape #evergreens #trees #forest

[iinryer]

morning mantra

#spock’s gay is evergreen thank u gay spock #911 on abc #evan buckley #iinryer talk

[gbiechele]

Winter Reflections

Minolta MD W.Rokkor 24mm f/2.8 Minolta MD 50mm f/1.2 Sony A7

#winter #snow #original photographers #photographers on tumblr #original photography #lake #woods #forest #reflectons #winter landscape #evergreens #water #reflections #ice #frozen #newengland #landscape #trees #new england #nature #vintage lens #minolta #rokkor #sony alpha #guy biechele

[acnologias-ass]

The rest of my color palette requests! Didn't expect to draw so many tbh 😆 (p. 2)

#some of them look nice and then some of them hurt my eyes lmao #cobra #gray fullbuster #irene belserion #levy mcgarden #lucy heartfilia #meredy #loke #acnologia #evergreen #rogue cheney #frosch #doodles noodles #fairy tail

[rachelpedd]

Realistic Home For a Family of 4!

A slightly dated, yet cosy home for a family of 4 Sims.

Completely CC-free.

2 bedrooms | 1.5 bathrooms

§60,150

20 x 15 lot (Evergreen Harbor)

Partially play-tested.

“bb.moveobjects on” will need to be input before placement.

Now available on The Gallery! Origin ID: RachelPedd.

Download (SimFileShare)

Happy Simming, everyone!

#The Sims 4 #TS4 #The Sims #Sims #Sims 4 #RachelPedd #Evergreen Harbor #Realistic Family Home #4 Sims #2 Bedrooms #1.5 Bathrooms #No CC #CC-Free #Download #The Gallery #SimFileShare #Decor #My Builds #Exterior #Interior #Floor Plan #EA #Maxis #YouTube #Speed Build #Voiceover #Family Home #House #Sims House #Youtube

[iingezo]

✧ ✧ ✧

#art #horses #evergreen #omggg i forgot i hadnt posted her: 0 #oc mine

[bklenk]

Tree of my day December 3rd 2023 🎄☃️🎄☃️🎄

#happy little trees #painting #paintings #trees #watercolor #trees and forests #fall #nature #drawing #evergreen #christmas time #christmas cards #christmas tree #christmas #original art #artists on tumblr #my art #artwork #art

[nynph-desiree]

Eyes is nature 👁️

#aestheitcs #eyes #beautiful eyes #green eyes #nature #evergreen #green #moon

[fairydares]

Have always loved how fairy tail does the whole "beauty and the beast" dynamic with its couples but you quickly discover that's mostly purely aesthetic because the women in Fairy Tail are as violent and batshit as the men if not more so.

#fairy tail #my favorite example of this is with jerza....jellal is NOT the beast there lmfao #jerza #nalu #gruvia #gajevy #elfman strauss #evergreen