#and Engage doesn’t have that

[fandomseverywhereassemble]

I’m so upset with Fire Emblem Engage and the ages of their characters. Does anyone over there… know what a 45 year old man looks like? Or a 35 year old woman? Because when I saw Vander and Sapir, I thought they were some GILFS. Turns out, they’re just a run-of-the-mill DILF and MILF

#fire emblem engage #Vander #Sapir #seriously though #like all the female characters being children is also a problem #I do like some child soldiers every once in a while #but to simultaneously have all the men be 20+? #it doesn’t sit right with me #the reason fe3h succeeded with the child cast is because of the Timeskip #and Engage doesn’t have that #so all the characters are stuck being teens

[fanfic-gremlin-ft-trauma]

Firelord hair care is so important to me (and Sokka, apparently)

#zukka #zuko x sokka #zukka fanart #atla #I have this hc that touching someone else’s hair is like a huge deal™️ in the fire nation #and Sokka just #does it #Zuko doesn’t have the heart to tell him that the rest of the nation thinks they’re engaged #(not because he’s in love with Sokka what haha that would be crazy)

[shrimpari]

“I made a pact with Vol, a pact of Blood”

Strahd von Zarovich and his very, very good friend.

#NONE OF THE OTHER PLAYER FOLLOWER ME HERE SO ITS FREE GAME TO POST HERE BAYBEE! #I get dm spoilers sometimes because that’s what happens when ur engaged to the dam #no but last sesh our dm told us vampyr/vol doesn’t matter like at all in base campaign and that feels so weird to me because it influences #our every move in our campaign it’s awesome #we’ll have to kill it too after killing Strahd and that’s fucked up #I hate it!!! #dnd #dnd art #strahd von zarovich #dnd Strahd #spoilers #cos #curse of Strahd #curse of strahd spoilers #cos spoilers #d&d #d&d art #art #fan art #my art #strahd #I love him! #vol #vampyr #fuck that guy tho all my homies hate him! #digital art #also this style of art is like way different than what I normally do but it was fun!

[communistkenobi]

I don’t like when people ask how many books you plan to read/have read this year one because I think that’s a weird relationship to have to books and two because I think even reading a chapter or a portion of something is valuable. this is especially true with non-fiction but even with fiction I think any amount you read, even if you don’t read the entire thing, is not a failure or ‘incomplete’

#I read basically exclusively non fiction and every page I read is beneficial like I’m always learning something #like my relationship to reading is often extractive and utilitarian because of school and research #but that extractive process doesn’t require reading the whole text like 99.9% of the time #I’ve only read a third of Orientalism for example but like I have a good grasp of Said’s core arguments and concepts #and like part of how I finished authoritarian personality (a 1000 page book) was by skipping & skimming sections #like the whole is not always more valuable than its components #and also like ‘I read this book to complete it’ is not an insincere way to engage with a text but I feel like it’s limiting #if that’s your primary approach to reading. Like you read a book just to say you read it #& also more petty but I think that if your argument or thesis only works if people read 100% of your book then you’re doing a poor job #of getting your point across #again obviously it’s valuable to read and process whole complete texts not dismissing that but like #I don’t find a lot of inherent value in reading a book just to complete it u know

[mari-monsta]

It honestly really baffles me when people say adrien is a boring or simple character, I don’t understand where that comes from at all. Because I think the main reason he’s so compelling are his complexities, but in the same vein those complexities I think make him someone very easy to relate to. Like it’s fine if he’s not likable or relatable to everyone but saying he’s not complex is really just ???? To me. Just looking at how DIFFERENTLY he acts around different people and situations is so fascinating to me. Of course everyone takes different personas and highlights different aspects of their personality around different people but adrien is the king of doing it around the same people to the extent of which having his two personalities be the same is laughable to those who know him personally in his everyday life.

But it’s not out of no where, seeing his home life and the kind of person he’s made out to be by his situation it’s not hard at all to understand that he’s a person who is immensely self conscious. He’s constantly gauging others perception of him and whether or not he is “safe”. What’s more fascinating is the entirely different way this comes out in chat noir. Because adriens personality as chat noir is also deliberate to a certain extent but it’s deliberate in the way that that’s how he wants others to see him. He wants to see self assured and larger than life because in his everyday life he feels small and self conscious. The fact that this dichotomy is so easy to follow in his character but creates such a black and white image in his two personalities is so interesting!

Another thing I find completely fascinating about him are his high empathy and how that actually fucks him up more often than not. He’s acutely aware of how other people might be feeling and can easily sympathize. At the same time though he has a hard time understanding certain social cues and situations and seems very out of his element. I don’t think these things conflict at all. Adrien is someone who easily puts himself in other peoples shoes and can imagine and have sympathy for their situation, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to pick up on the social complexities of every interaction every time. Emotions aren’t the same as communication and when it comes to the later adrien works best with simple and straight forward interactions.

In the same vein because of his aforementioned situations he’s also a character who has a lot of repressed anger and frustration that has been building up for a very long time. In his everyday life, he feels powerless, small, and insignificant. He doesn’t have faith that anyone would listen to his thoughts and feelings and actually take them into account, because by all of his experiences no one really has. This creates a defense mechanism where he shuts himself out before he even gets to the point of sharing how he really feels. We see this really easily in his relationship with Nino. He loves Nino DEARLY, but there is something that we have seen in him constantly putting up walls emotionally. He won’t tell him when he doesn’t find something funny, he won’t tell him if he’s unhappy to do something even when it greatly affects his life because he is at his core afraid Nino will not validate those emotions.

As a result, all the frustration he’s built up from feeling powerless in his everyday life we see just. Randomly bursting out of him in inopportune moments as chat noir. It’s not that adrien is such a violent or angry person normally. But he’s so used to repressing and modulating his emotions regularly that when he feels somewhat safe to express any frustration ALL of the anger he feels constantly bubbling under the surface all of the time just suddenly rushes out, like a dam holding back hundreds of gallons of water. This happens repeatedly, and then as soon as he’s realized he’s let himself get out of control he immediately feels immense guilt and he stops the dam up even tighter. This is obviously not a healthy feedback loop but it’s fucking FASCINATING!!!!

A common thing that I feel like I see fans often misinterpret about his character in my own opinion is just how PRIVATE of a person adrien is. Adrien loves sharing his love and appreciation for those around him because he knows how it feels not to know, not to be sure of that affection. But in the same token, Adrien rarely if ever actually shares his real feelings with those he’s close to. He doesn’t like people prying into his life or his feelings and he is very private about most things. We don’t see him talking about what he likes, we don’t see him sharing with his friends his anger or frustration. And in the end Adrien is the one character who has kept his secrets most closely held to his vest. This is all despite being so grandiose and loud mouthed as chat noir. Even as chat noir, adrien rarely is entirely open about things going on in his life.

To me Adrien as a character isn’t interesting or compelling because he is shy or cute or sweet, but because there are a number of different facets to his personality that I can easily see reasons for and understand where his feelings come from. He IS sweet, but not without misplaced anger, not without repression, not without mistakes and messy emotions. Not without pain that we can both easily see the roots of but also have a wide spread variety of consequences from. We see how his formative experiences affect every aspect of his life even in ways he audience wouldn’t necessarily expect, but make complete sense. That’s so fun and interesting to me!!!! Let characters be messy but try their best anyways!!! Let characters hurt each other and try to put the pieces back together one shard at a time. People have complicated emotions that come out in ways we can’t always foresee or help, people make mistakes because of that. But despite everything adrien is a character who cares deeply for those around him and tries to do right by them despite all the rest of it, and despite sometimes not really knowing how.

It’s things like that that keep miraculous being an extremely engaging and compelling story to me. Most of the general things about adriens character are also things that I find interesting about marinettes as well! Of course the intricacies of her character are completely different, but the general hows and whys and complex motivations for her actions while maintaining the best of intentions are what make them both so interesting to me. So this is just a little love letter to adriens character because I wanted to talk about that and why I find him so engaging!

#I feel like I see people act like #oh adrien is just a white male character what is so interesting about him #when it’s. like. just a characters baseline identity does not . dictate if they are interesting #I’d also argue that adrien as a white male character that falls into so many feminine females character tropes is also FACINATING #BECAUSE he is a white male character #being a white male character doesn’t make a character interesting by default either tho obviously #any character should always have the depth and work behind their story to make them compelling no matter what #adrien is particularly interesting to me because of his dichotomy #but the same could be said about marinette #she deserves praise for being an engaging and compelling character just as much #ANYWAY. IDK WHY IVE BEEN RANTING SO MUCH LATELY. #THIS JS MY SECOND MIRACULOUS INSPIRED RANT IN THE LAST 24 HOURS

[teeth-cable]

As a short person, seeing both the fandom and critical side infantilize the hell out of Niffty, when the infantilization in the show is a little suspicious at most, is infuriating to say the least.

#꧁rambles꧂ #I have to wonder if we watched the same show #You can’t tell me you watched eight EPs of Niffty making consistent suggestive jokes. lusting for bad men. Speak of her love for bad boys- #engages in BDSM. Obsessed with cleaning. Exclaims when in pain. and is into death and murder #Then think. “She’s a child” or “She’s a little baby who doesn’t know she’s being weird” Like no #Niffty is fully aware she’s weird and let’s everyone know #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel critical #hazbin hotel criticism #hazbin critical

[nellasbookplanet]

Do I actually think Imogen is going to turn on the party? No. I don't think it’s any more likely to happen than I did Fjord releasing Uk’otoa, or Caleb returning to Trent and the Vollstruckers.

Given the nature of the game, any character turning fully dark is unlikely, seeing as it would take them away from the party for a time or potentially even turn them into an npc, replaced by a new pc. So far the only time we've gotten close to seeing something like it happen was Yasha siding with Obann, which could only happen specifically because Ashley was gone from the table for a long time (it was also the product of mind control, not an active choice to turn dark, and as such still doesn’t really count as a pc turning on the party in my eyes).

But the possibility is there. The seeds planted. Travis has talked about how, after he threw the falchion away, he briefly considered having Fjord leave the party and retun to the coast and Uk’otoa. Liam has mentioned that, early on, Caleb returning to work for Trent was a very real possibilty. It can happen, if the players and narrative are open to it.

And now, canonically, Imogen is desperately and understandably searching for a reason not to have to fight her own mother. She is, however briefly, questioning whether the Ruby Vanguard might have a just cause. Much as she hates it, she also feels the allure of the power Ruidus gives her. Her closest ally is someone who has repeatedly assured she will stand by her no matter what she chooses, even after she voiced the possibility of letting Predathos get out. None of these parts of Imogen are evil, and all of them are understandable and deeply rooted in pain and ostracization, but they could very easily be turned into justification, were she pushed enough.

The seeds are planted. Again, I don’t think it will happen (she seems firmly against the evil plan when reminded of how evil it is), but there’s certainly nothing strange or hateful about engaging with and being interested in the darker possibilities as presented in canon. It isn't character hate to acknowledge that Imogen has the potential to go dark, much as Fjord and Caleb and Yasha. To me, it’s what makes her character interesting. I want to see her clash with the party, whether because she’s desperate to save her own mother or because she’s high off the power of Ruidus and lured in. I want to see Laudna have to choose between the world and her promise to stand by Imogen no matter what. I want to see the fallout, the slow healing and redemption and coming to terms with bad choices. I eat that shit up, and if it doesn’t happen in canon I'll probably go read some fic about it to get my fix.

#critical role #critical role meta #cr3 #imogen temult #it feels like half the tag is 'why is everyone hating on poor innocent imogen :(' #and meanwhile the other half is engaging in interesting discussion about character choices and gray morality #like sure there's probably people out there who do hate imogen #but the majority of what I'm seeing isn't that‚ but rather people simply talking about her character in ways that doesn’t coddle her #anyway. i do hope we get at least a mid battle moment of imogen wavering #either because she's actually about to turn or because of some subtle mind control #and someone (preferably laudna) having to knock some sense into her #it would open up for some really interesting possibilities for inter-party conflict and tension #as well as character growth and a shift and maturation in dynamics #really give that codependent imogen laudna relationship a good shake to make it reach maximum potential #what would be most delicious tho: laudna facing off with imogen after she’s gone dark #or laudna fully standing by her word and blocking the party as they try to knock imogen out #pleading with imogen as she stands in harms way to protect her #and that utter trust being what makes imogen return to herself #nella talks cr

[oreolesbian]

the absolute lack of media literacy from people who haven’t even seen oppenheimer is making my head spin but whatever

#like - every three seconds it’s someone talking about how it’s us military prop or it doesn’t cover the atrocities well etc etc #when a) it is so definitely NOT us propoganda- it is so clearly critiquing the us military and oppenheimer himself #and b) it doesn’t cover every small detail of the impacts of the bomb bc that’s not what the film is about #it is a screenplay adapted from a biography on oppenheimer #it is about him - a biopic - and how he got to the point of making atomic weapons and ends on a note of undeniable horror #it is a movie that constantly bombards you with anxiety bc you have the burden of knowing the future #it is not in any way forgiving anything - it acknowledges the fucked up nature of the situation #hell it’s mostly a courtroom drama that shows how fucked up mccarthyism was #i’m a big history buff - so this plays a lot into it #but y’all have GOT to just stop seeinf things on a surface level and engage with media w/ a deeper mindset of just ‘thing bad’ #anyway - sorry it bothers me a lot #there are genuine criticims that can be leveled at both nolan and this film and i have seen them #im not sitting here calling the end all be all of cinema - but it’s a well made movie w/ something interesting to say and evaluate #not wanting to see it is one thing - by all means - but wringing it through the mud w/ absolutely no knowledge of the actual content of - #the film itself is actively annoying #media literacy #oppenheimer #mini rant

[wall-maria-around-ba-sing-se]

THE LEAKED PEPSI PROTAG WAS REAL??

#Nintendo direct #fire emblem #fire emblem engage #not the heterochromia 😭 #Pepsichan von Colgate 😭 #edit: also intelligent systems- stop making the fem version have big baby eyes when the male version doesn’t 2k22

[theteaisaddictive]

ok here’s my take: when the little mermaid isn’t trying to hit every single beat of the animated film it’s a goddamn delight, and every time it decides to do a setpiece/homage to the 1989 movie after under the sea it really kind of drags (so, poor unfortunate souls, the sidekick parts of kiss the girl and honestly the moment between ariel and triton at the very end, in the boat). just. i could have watched a whole film of ariel and eric frolicking around the island bonding over their shared love of exploration and drive to see the world, and then various shenanigans after she turned back into a mermaid

#the little mermaid #the little mermaid (2023) #ALSO ‘stop the engagement’ doesn’t have NEARLY the same amount of drama as ‘stop the wedding!!!!’ #i honestly thought they were going to change the ending though #either having them meeting at the beach OR give her shapeshifting powers like in the sequel #also briefly thought ariel might become ruler of the seven seas after THAT happened

[cookiescr]

Some of my rough shaded commissions for this month! I’m finishing up like 5 left so I’ll be once again opening up slots for May!

Reblogs and likes are greatly appreciated :D

#commissions #commission #dnd #d&d #oc #original characters #art #artists on tumblr #drawing #my art #kuki #sorry my engagements are low but also it might just be because my art is shit or it could be the algorithm or both #but i know tumblr doesn’t have twitter algorithm #i will try to improve my art more at some point when i get the time #ndjdm #undertale #steven universe #digital art

[ashacadence]

God this hurts.

#I get super self conscious when I hardly talk too #like I feel like if I stay quiet too long or don’t engage I come off disinterested or disrespectful #I get nervous when I have to talk some times #I just find it easier to listen #I do my best to try and respond or ask questions or provide positive feedback #positive feedback should be encouraging so the speaker doesn’t also feel self conscious #it’s a never ending cycle

[pansy2005]

i will say i have become much happier by completely logging out of queer Discourse and instead getting into like, public transit and urbanism discourse. i will let the teenagers have the teenage discourse im tryna fix the roads maybe get some more trains going

#perhaps because the people interested in that tend to be over the age of 20 lol #not that i’m actively engaging. i’m quote tweeting people on my private twt and having thoughts with myself and a couple friends #i do still think abt the person i knew for like 8 years who SBd me because i said i was going to continue to call myself a dyke #and they somehow got in the dyke is only for black lesbians side of the internet. what was that all about it. does that still exist. #it doesn’t matter. bcuz i’m an adult. and i am free of foolish things such as online. discourse

[sixoclockuty]

hi everyone do you guys want my headcanon that is canon-contradicting but fun to me so i hc it anyway

drops this and runs

#starlo uty #doodle #YEA I KNOW HE HAD A CRUSH ON CEROBA IN CANON #but like cmon. he is aroace. to me. #i have my own reasons for him THINKING he had a crush on ceroba okay. #‘oh but he locked himself inside his house for days after ceroba and chujin got engaged!!’ he was having a crisis ok #he’s like #‘oh everyone else has crushes. i guess i gotta have one too!!! oh hey ceroba’ #also guys this doesn’t mean i HATE starlo ships or anything. i see the appeal to them. i understand some of them even #but in my vision and mind and thoughts of canon he is aroace #ok bye

[working-dreamer]

It’s wild how shipping culture has changed so drastically over time on the internet.

In the old days people shipped characters who either had only one line of dialogue with each other, never even met, or not even from the same piece of media. It was the wild west and sure some ships were uncomfortable but people had the mindset to just block the tag and stay away from ships they didn’t enjoy.

Nowadays? It’s more like people have to clarify that their ship isn’t canon compliant, character adjacent, and story irrelevant otherwise they get a flood of comments saying “but this character isn’t like this in canon” and some people legitimately get angry if you’re not following the canon.

Like- shipping and fandom culture from what I understand it is about engaging with media in a way that caters to you. And if you don’t like a ship or show just… block the relevant tags and don’t engage in the ships? The internet isn’t supposed to cater to us- we have to cater ourselves to our internet environment. And no matter how many times people may harass others over a fandom or ship they don’t like, those ships are not gonna disappear.

The internet has just been getting worse when people have decided to place morality in their opinions by saying things like “if you enjoy the ship then you support (insert horrible thing here that’s usually completely unrelated to the ship itself)” when it used to be “eh, not my thing” and people just moved on.

And for the record this isn’t about a specific ship or anything- just an observation of how fandom has evolved (and regressed) over the years and I find it fascinating from a sociological perspective cause we still don’t know how having the internet from birth affects the development of kids and how that affects how they interact with others- isn’t that scary?

I know that’s slightly unrelated but the way people engage in media has been changing over they years and that also involves fandom and the maturity level thereof in the internet space and someone smarter than me could probably write a whole thesis paper about fandom culture and how the internet has hindered the social development of people and how that affects community specifically from a fandom lens.

Just- for your sanity younger internet children: it’s not worth harassing others over something as trivial as ‘it’s not canon that this character kisses another character.’ Just find ships you like. Block ships you don’t. And just enjoy your time doing what you like!

You can’t control the internet but you can nurture your little corner of it.

#shipping #canon ship #non canon ships #reader x character #self ship #I get so tired of seeing shipping posts and the comments or reply tweets are nothing but ‘but this isn’t canon tho!!!’ #sonny when I was your age we shipped characters who never even met in canon! #even with ships I don’t like- I get exhausted seeing people get bombarded by fourteen year olds who haven’t developed critical thinking yet #every day I agree more that people under 18 shouldn’t have access to the internet #this can also apply to people who act like ‘if you dont reblog or boost this post (insert social issue here) then you’re a bad person!!’ #like… no #you don’t have to apply moriality to a stinkin’ reblog button! #sure informing people is important but you don’t have to take the responsibility of the world’s issues #we’re all doing the best we can and you don’t have to prove your morality to be a good person #it’s okay to not engage with those kinds of posts if it makes you uncomfortable- that doesn’t affect your morality in any way #For example: ​I’m never gonna reblog gory posts showing battle zones #does that mean I support war? absolutely not! #I’m just protecting my mental health! and you need to as well #the internet is yours to make it how you want and if you want it to be an escape from the horrors of the world that’s okay #protect your happiness fam

[oliver-queen-apologist]

i’m just gonna say it the fact that so many ppl read jli and jla and come out of it obsessed with boostle but without a single word to say about beatora is proof that comic readers don’t care about women

#lo speaks #don’t get me wrong i love both ships but #boostle doesn’t even have that many if any homoerotic moments in those runs tbh??? #there’s a good portion of the jla run where booster leaves the team and they barely even interact during that time!!! #meanwhile beatora is all but canon #and has the most tragic love story that ppl absolutely eat up when it’s a mlm ship #the last time i said the lack of ships involving women in fandom was tied to misogyny ppl missed the point so hard #i’m begging anyone reading this post to stop and think and use some critical thinking skills #to realize the overarching theme of the fandom’s lack of willingness to engage with female characters in any meaningful way #including when it comes to shipping #bc shipping is one of the biggest ways ppl on here engage with characters