#about the 20% mark

[foldingfittedsheets]

I’ve got some friends and my betrothed doing a little book club. It started with one friend and we’d leave a comment in discord with the percent we were at and then our thought under a spoiler. When we read that far we’d go back to read the spoiler and respond. Then their hubby wanted an excuse to read more, and my betrothed heard about it and wanted in.

At which point I slid forward The Scholomance series, which I’d been pressuring my betrothed into starting and so everyone took it up. It’s been like crack. I have always loved this series and my betrothed was like, “This sounds like a horrifying depressing setting why do you like it?”

But now they’re all voraciously consuming it and I’m living my absolute best life. I try not to comment much as I don’t want to color their perception but these books are so fucking good and now I get to share thoughts with several other people who are having a wonderful time.

#ramblies #the scholomance #a deadly education #the last graduate #I’m pacing my rereads to their percentages #but I’m a really fast and voracious reader so I’m finishing several books at once and trying to put off my reread until my betrothed hits #about the 20% mark #everyone’s around 1/2 to 3/4 of the way through the second book so I can read my library books while I wait #every reread I get more out of these books and I don’t generally give recommendations on a broad level cause I like to tailor them #but I feel like most people would enjoy these #if you want a better more realistic magic boarding school that is about hope and cooperation #these are good

[emthepotatocat]

Brennan Lee Mulligan not wanting his children to be drafted into the military industrial complex while still being completely in character is such a Brennan Lee Mulligan™ thing to do.

And, to be completely candid: vibe, mood, and maybe even, same. o7

#I learned how to properly use “candid” in ACOFAF and thought it appropriate! #Note this was posted at the about 1:15:00 time mark fyi #dimension 20 #d20 #dimension twenty #burrow's end #burrows end #burrow's end spoilers #??? i think #brennan lee mulligan #tula burrows end #tula #stupendous stoats #jaysohn #lila burrow’s end #1k

[cuelovecrime]

the fact that mark bition was yelling stuff at the fix that was so full of self hatred yet no one caught that ambition had been corrupted by self loathing is soo interesting. because ambition and self loathing are not similiar concepts per se but look how easy it was for ambition to continue neglecting what's good for the self, how they tied their self-worth to their achievements, how they started to punish the big guy for failing to achieve their ever raising goals. look at how easy it must've been to blame the self for everything that went wrong, to start loathing yourself, "elias hodge is the big guy's biggest problem."

#this season is so wild because it partly feels like a very absurd therapy session #like realizing that fear masks as logic ?? #there is also so much to say about who the big guy is by how he treats himself aka how everyone in mentopolis treats each other #mentopolis is gonna make me go crazy it's so gooood #mentopolis #d20 #dimension 20 #mentopolis ep 5 #d20 mentopolis #dimension 20 spoilers #mark bition #madame loathing #watching mentopolis #my post

[torchstelechos]

I do think its really important to remember that SY was suppose to be the villain character but its only because of his kindness and newly gained life that he didn’t end as one. In the very beginning of the story we learn that Peerless Cucumber Bro often left comments on how SJ didn’t get his dues and needed to be punished more, and only after he transmigrated did he acknowledge how awful of a death SJ had. He also made point to explain that he only read the book for LBH, which he noted to enjoy his decisive actions and deft ability to kill. Markedly, he liked his brutality and personality over the erotica that the majority of PIDW fans enjoyed. Peerless Cucumber Bro is someone who loves action and the ability to cut right to the chase, something that he does not do and most likely has difficulty with in his world.

Speaking of, it is something to note that Peerless Cucumber bro is rich. He had head chefs, he could pay for a 6k+ chapter book of erotica in 20 days, he noted that he could not understand SJs envy and ambition for power since he lives well, and he even noted to himself that his family was well off. He is incredibly wealthy, and it shows. Which is important to note because he, not once, showed any guilt or remorse on dying and leaving his family behind. Yes, he sometimes refers to people as being similar to his family but he never showed any pain for losing that life like he did when he lost LBH. This is important because I genuinely think SY was depressed and self destructive to himself, which goes against popular HC that he was chronically/terminally ill (I do like this HC and like how its portrayed in fanfiction). It would explain how he ended up dying all alone by himself, and how blase he was to his own life and death.

SQQ is a self destructive force who ended up dying three times, and didn’t feel anything about death itself. He was worried about others and the effect it had on them, but for himself it was up and on again like it never happened. He does not care for his health, had self isolated as SY to the point he died alone, and has a horrible self esteem to the point that he continuously agrees when other people put him down and often calls himself the villain. Even though we have seen the evidence of someone who is always being thrust into new situations and awful plots, he calls himself lazy and easy going. He hides his thoughts and feelings behind his fan and has a remarkably thin face. At the very base of his actions and his thoughts, he is self destructive, powerful, and smart. This is the set up for a villain.

However, when shown the actual people in front of him and forced to act as SJ did towards LBH and his disciples, he flinches from it. He notes that it happening in front of him was different. His entire self soothing comedy monologue went quiet when he had to enforce the Endless Abyss scene, and grieved for the childish innocence he killed from one of his favourite people. SY was set up to be the villain and obviously thinks of himself as one, but can not act as one. If he had the choice LBH would have been his sticky sweet white lotus disciple for as long as LBH wished to be.

His kindness, as seen in the book, is what turned him from being “the scumbag villain” to the protagonist we see in the novels. Which, yes, he is a protagonist! He even has the protag halo that LBH has and its very funny in the meta way for SQQ not to realize this, but thats for another post. But he loves his disciples, he loves his peak lord siblings, he loves his Binghe, he loves his new life, and he is kind. That is what kept him from being the villain he sees himself as, his kindness and love for others. Whether that be romantic, platonic, or familial, he loves the people he has met and he treats them kindly. That is why it is important to remember that he was set up as the villain by everything in the story we do not see, but what we do see is him continuously changing the story to fit a new genre that lets as many people as he can save live. Sorry sorry, I just think about SY being set up as a villain so much. It changes a lot of views I have on the series when I remember the duality of SYs story and character development.

#SVSSS #scumbag self saving system #Shen Yuan #shen jiu #shen qingqiu #luo binghe #Meta #I think?? Haha I dont usually do metas but I dont know how to write fanfic for this series #so Im just writing down my thoughts on the characters #Like how if we see this from the PIDW characters POV SY is truly a villain #Its just something that makes me laugh because he is a villain just as much as he isnt! #what a wonderful complex character to write for. This type of story. #I wonder if Peerless Cucumber Bro would forgive me for writing meta about him?? I think he would be kind of happy but utterly disgusted #ew fans that actually think im complex even though Im a really simple person with no hidden motives -SQQ probably #I love this fucking idiot so much I relate to him on a spirtual level and think he was probably depress to the point of having A Plan. #if you know what I mean #because I still think him reading PIDW entirely in 20 days marks a special occasion for something and if its not for the final chapter... #Anyway #I love this stupid sweet potato of a character #Oh! New tag! #Sweet Potato SQQ #for archiving puproses on meta for him #Probably not good meta I didnt even add quotes or page numbers Im just talking out my ass from what I remember #Watch me write an essay on this lmao

[urparty]

the older you get the more every story becomes about coming of age

#the social network #<- sorry. anyway it only works because theyre 20 and feelings are apocalyptic when youre twenty. #facebook could only have been made by a 20 year old. its like mark's arc is about being 20 and having to choose #what version of yourself youre going to become and then choosing that becoming over the people who loved the you from before.

[comicdez]

and then he got a school as an apology yay !

#i changed marks hair style a bit its a slight change but to ME it looks way better #also hi yea can we please talk about the woes of being mind controlled for days and nobody noticing #either meaning no one knew you or cared about you well enough to notice #or that maybe no one noticed because you being controlled was barely different from how you normally are bc youre just that awful #also hiii if you read my tags this far #i actually do have some mentopolis art about the player characters cooking up! #this mark one was just the easiest to finish first fkjgkgkd #mentopolis #dimension 20 mentopolis #mentopolis spoilers #d20 mentopolis #mentopolis fanart #mentopolis ambition #mentopolis mark bition #mentopolis m bition #mentopolis m. bition #mark bition #m bition #m. bition #dezart

[b1gwings]

Could I please get a sketch of a Fantasy high teen of choice with ducks

THIS WAS SUCH A CUTE PROMPT... I have been missing Riz a lot lately. I wish I wasn't so busy, bc if I wasn't I would draw all of them with ducks...

anyway his hat is perfectly nest-shaped :')

if you VOTE GLENN HERE, you can request a sketch from me!

#SORRY THIS IS SO LATE #i had so much work to do today T-T #my art #dimension 20 #fantasy high #riz gukgak #i don't think i've ever drawn riz actually. this was so fun #at first i thought I would obviously draw fig cuz she's my favorite #but something about this little green dude called out to me #maybe it's because i've been missing murph's d20 pcs a lot since finishing all of naddpod #id in alt #tumblr is not letting me put question marks in the alt text or tags #asks #kronoose

[skitskatdacat63]

2023 Brazilian Grand Prix - Parc Ferme - Fernando Alonso

#EVERYONE LOVES HIMM SOOOOOO MUCH #IM SO FUCKING HAPPY FOR HIM #I WISH they showed him actually getting out of car #yeah yeah max but THIS IS HIS 8TH PODIUM CMON WE KNOW WHOS REALLY IMPORTANT HERE #and god him and mark im still dying #can you beleive its almost been 3 hours?????? #ugh wow what a da #i can never not talk about that last lap #i wanna rewatch the last 20 laps or so but i dont know if my heart can handle that stress again #what a fucking race old man!!! #fernando alonso #f1 #formula 1 #2023 brazilian gp #we do a little bit of f1

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

the doctor isnt neurodivergent or autistic or adhd or nonbinary or genderqueer or asexual. what the doctor is, is Not From Here

#which necessarily of course says something abt their (non)whiteness #(i had all these words in quotation marks first so mentally add those to whiteness too) #but we've them be black for all of 1.5 episode now so #lets see how that develops you know #also i dont think i understand the politics of that part well enough to say much abt it #not that i probably understand the politics of these parts better but #im annoyed enough abt this Thing happening these years. in these 20s i guess. the 'representation' thing #to complain abt it anyway #the dsm isnt real and it isnt gonna fuck you buddy #maybe i'll read some books and then one day i'll write an essay driven by spite and pettiness #i wonder if i can make the thesis statement about the tension between their status of main character #in a 60 year running family adventure show vs this therapy thing we're doing now #like. you cant do that. in terms of like. what story is and does. what a character is and does. it strains #in an interesting way. like im not saying they Shouldnt have done it. im just observing. that you cant do that really. i think #or maybe you can! but i'll find that out #i also dont know shit abt narratology or whatever so. need to read books first. sigh #always have to pause my thoughts to read myself in first its so annoying. esp bc i rarely really do #bc then new thoughts new things to do you cant do EVERYTHING. you can do almost nothing. bane of my existence really #but like you might even be able to say smth interesting here about whether you can call them traumatised at all #remember that article i saw around on tumblr a few years ago i think that was abt like. some scholar in the middle east maybe #saying that ptsd is a western thing bc it necessitates a Post #all of this is western. psychiatry is western. its all stories. how you conceptualise trauma is a story #whos Other is story #where youre from is a story what you stand for is a story who you are is a story #ah. checked the article. dr samah jabr. palestinian. i'll start with her book maybe

[operationslipperypuppet]

Hot take: Fig should get access to the spell finale

#you can mark me down as still bitter about the Callie finale #dimension 20 #naddpod #fantasy high #fig faeth #emily axford

[idk-bruh-20]

Irondad fic ideas #132

Peter loses so many backpacks, Tony starts numbering them like his suits: "backpack mark 5," "backpack mark 13," "here you go kid, backpack mark 49."

#irondad fic ideas #irondad and spiderson #trackers have been a thing as early as mark 3 #some backpacks they do manage to retrieve #others.. let's just say not all dumpster-stink fabrics are salvageable #if panic buttons have been included in every single version since mark 1 what of it #peter parker #tony stark #iron dad and spider son #irondad fic idea #also imagine all the problem-solving tony would try to do lmao #backpack mark 20 can fly itself home #(tragically KO'ed by a bird 😔 RIP) #mark 38 borrows scott's shrinking stuff so peter can just take it on patrol with him #(fell somewhere while swinging- never to be seen again) #tony: what if I made a secret bunker for you? you could just put your backpack in the same secure place each time? #peter: dumpsters are a spider-man tradition mr. stark 😇 #tony (tearing his hair out): WHAT ABOUT A BUNKER DISGUISED AS A DUMPSTER? would you use it?? demon child???? #queueueueue

[touchd0wn-boy]

why are you making your wife livestream your elaborate courting rituals with your boy bestie

#they're so in love here (old men making sex jokes about each other) #skye has the patience of a saint fr. imagine 20+ years of this #tom delonge #mark hoppus #blink 182 #tomark

[conschintz]

as a cult survivor, i have immense respect for how @quiddie handled the lukura in burrow's end. specifically in episode 1, the moment that it was revealed that thorn was a cult leader, i was ready to bail, but i decided to stick through the first episode at least just to see if it was something i could handle. and... man. i was genuinely sobbing with relief by the end of the episode.

the problem with so much cult-driven media, i find, is that it dehumanises the members/victims of the cult. they're just there to be vaguely creepy, or to sacrifice themselves for their leader(s), or to die outright to cult doctrine, usually for shock value. they're not actually people.

so you can imagine my fear when the stoats were escaping the poison, that we were going to get some scene where a member has to sacrifice themselves for thorn/viola, or it would be revealed that they all died waiting for orders etc. but we didn't... instead, in their last moments, aabria gave them what cult victims in media very rarely get — agency. viola's anger being met with teedles' "but they have families too," yes... yes!!! thank you! and then "if they ran, it was because they hoped to save them, and i can't begrudge them for that" i just... i don't think i can actually put into words how much that exchange meant to me. it was such a departure from what we're used to. even though most of them still died(?), it was not in service to thorn, or because of their lukura's beliefs. they were mothers and fathers and daughters and sons; they were no different to any of the pcs. they were trying to save themselves. aabria... the woman that you are. thank you.

#nicki.txt #dimension 20 #burrow's end #aabria iyengar #the question mark is only because we didn't get resolution about the lukura turning up to last bast #so idk what was going on with them at that point #(unless i somehow missed it?) #but even if they were dead like it wasn't BECAUSE they were cult members. everyone in the burrow died too it was indiscriminate #man... #even thinking about olliver and teedles across the season makes me feral #i have So Much to say #just meant a lot to me. idk. i had to put these thoughts somewhere

[justletmeon12]

"I said ramen, and it was a mistake, because I was immediately thinking about how good it is to eat ramen."

Brennan Lee Mulligan discussing combat

#dimension 20 #d20 #d20 neverafter #adventuring party #brennan lee mulligan #It's a mark of how charming this man is #that I can hear him make an utterly unremarkable statement about ramen #and feel compelled to put it on Tumblr

[crzyhead-rock-el]

Fully willing to admit that I ship Mark "M" Bition and The Fix in a totally toxic M is the shitty boyfriend at the beginning of a Hallmark movie kind of way

#mentopolis #dimension 20 #the fix #hank green #mark bition #dont ask me about my brain #its broken

[markthemannequin]

Hey!

*I run over exhausted*

What’s the best wood for building a box?

If yer' lookin' for a real durable sort, I bet'cha some Hickory would do the trick!

Might be a bit expensive, but whatever gets th' job done, Har Har!

(d..does this have somethin' ta do with that MR jr. fella????)

#SORRY THID IS SO LATE #Falls over abd dies #i spent like 20 minutes learning about wood for this #and chose hickory in the end because id sound like a nerd choosing one of the stronger woods with big names #💔💔 #rp #rp blog #mannequin mark regretevator #regretevator #regretevator roblox #regretevator mannequin mark #mannequin mark #roblox regretevator #roblox #🪚.mmark