#and I said ''the human condition''

[ehhgg-art]

you ever think about the fact that laios won not by being a monster but by being human.

monsters as we’ve seen throughout the manga are predictable, they have this rhythm to them that, once someone understands, can be used to take them out. take kelpies like anne where laios states that she is just a monster and cannot be trusted. even kensuke is “just a monster after all”, running away from danger when laios needs it most. kensuke is beloved by laios not just because he is a monster, but because laios, in human fashion, anthropomorphized him in his mind (giving him a name, etc.)

but people are different. they are multifaceted, non-monolithic creatures. long lived races are not all pious and apathetic towards short lived races as we see with marcille and senshi. chilchuck actively works against the prejudice against half-foots. tallmen from every region have their cultural differences as we see with shuro and laios/falin. even “demi-humans” like orcs have depth to them, having rich culture and values despite the general idea that they are a violent pillaging race.

even laios’ family and village, the nexus point for his dislike of people, have depth to them. though their parents did not actively protect their children, they did not wish harm on them either. the exorcisms performed on falin by their mother was harmful in laios’ eyes, but helpful in his mother’s perspective.

laios himself, despite loving monsters and hating humans, is so very painfully human. he hates humans but has risked life and literal limb to save his sister and his party. he loves monsters but is aware of their dangerous nature and spares them no mercy.

(big spoilers under the cut)

the winged lion mistook laios as a one dimensional entity, one which only operates on a one track mind without paradox. it thought laios to operate like a monster, and so it approached his desires like one. it believed that laios, being so obsessed with monsters, must behave like one as well, so completely disregarded the fact that laios could have something up his sleeve.

but laios is not a monster, he is human. he has ulterior motives, overlapping beliefs, contradicting values. it is his humanness that made him explain to his party what to do when things went awry. it is his humanness that allowed him to lie. lie to the world about his true plan as well as lie to the winged lion about his intentions.

sure laios WANTS to be a monster, that much is definitely true. but what he IS is a different story. laios is an unpredictable, sporadic, messy human being. it is that fact which the winged lion overlooked, and ultimately led to its downfall and laios’ victory.

#ohh the multifaceted nature of human beings and the beauty of the human condition #ryoko kui really outdid herself #dungeon meshi you will always be important to me #anyways don’t mind me i’m just having Laios thoughts #ignore the fact that i accidentally said two dimensional entity the first time i know language i swear #laios touden #laius thorden #??? #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #dunmeshi #dunmesh spoilers #the winged lion #rambles #ryoko kui #anime #manga #analysis

[a-study-in-bullshit]

i refuse to be embarrassed of who I am and what you once were just because you changed and think I should too

#webweaving #web weaving #the queer experience #queer #trans experience #queer identity #queer solidarity #the human condition #very aimed but shell never see it #recently a friend of mine said she didnt think she liked girls anymore which id no issue with experimentation of gender and sexuality is #smth everyone should have a right to do w/o judgement but shes now acting like i should change as well seeming like shes embarrassed #of what i am and what a lot of our other friends r #bit too personal for this acc lmao #a-study-in-bullshit

[aro-culture-is]

quick note - this blog is gonna be sparse again for at least this week. trying new medications and tbh initial side effects are not super pleasant + actual effects build up. as a result: currently as if unmedicated for mental health, with anxiety+ side effect, extra fatigue, dizziness, and fatigue. it's uh, sure something.

totally recognize that most of y'all know we're absent at times due to health things, just wanted to give a heads up that this one is at least anticipated.

#fun fact sometimes condensing meds just means poorer treatment of some conditions #this is a re-expansion + new thing #so that instead of poorly treating my mental health and using an unusually high dose SNRI for another (physical) condition #i will hopefully both be in less pain AND not depressed af AND also have an appetite again #i doubt i will be lucky and not have a fucked stomach due to meds but one can hope that an appetite will allow me to eat foods that upset #my stomach a lot less #my health is forever a massive balancing act #every time a medical thing is like 'so what meds do u take' i'm like here i wrote it down for u #and they're like 'oh. ooookay. let me just...' *five minutes of typing and clicking later* #'so! what did you come in for again? uhuh. you said you experience pain daily? with your chronic pain thing? hm. have you tried yoga?' #/gen #like. straight up every time i say 'i am in pain all the time due to fibromyalgia' they are like 'ooh studies say regular exercise helps' #and like. theoretically yes! but also. i would be lying if i said the fibromyalgia studies i've skimmed don't set off general 'bad science' #alarm bells in my brain #like... cool you performed a fibromyalgia study with... all male lab rats? mhmm? so are you aware fibromyalgia appears to occur #overwhelmingly in women? like. data seems to suggest between 70-85%? #(not that the data can't still indicate things but it certainly makes male rats a poor choice of model for tests on it) #also just... idk i've looked at some metaanalysis and been like 'okay cool theory and for all i know about human bio or bio in general that #sounds more or less correct BUT. you never discussed that one study on this subject that did NOT support your conclusion. #and that's 1) interesting when it was the most diverse group of subjects and the exceptions often teach just as much as the 'rule' #2) just shitty science. tell me how your theory is still credible when some evidence doesn't fit the model. #like... 'given that all other studies were primarily conducted on white american women in their 30s to 40s it is possible that this model #only explains (the early effects of fibro since that's a typical onset period) / (a possible genetic link primarily found in white women) / #(a possible sign of bias in diagnosis that demonstrates the possibility that there are different causes) / combinations of all of those #like... idk a paper that just throws out things that don't support it is a pretty big red flag #it doesn't mean the conclusion is entirely incorrect but it is often important to understand the context in which it applies #like... it's very easy to jump to an incorrect conclusion if you used something in the wrong context #ie: thumbs up is a good job / positive thing in a lot of western civilizations. teenage kee once went to china and discovered it to be #neutral to offensive in many areas outside of major tourist locations that were used to it #anyways i gotta sleep

[fitzrove]

Poll because I watched a youtube video and am an annoying elitist

#i feel liek some books actively erase people's ability to think critically AHHSDHFHGHG #and make them have annoying opinions #polls #slightly scared about not turning reblogs off but i'll just delete the original post if it gets out of hand xD #but yeah like. i think some books are the kind where reading them isnt going to challenge you or change your views in any meaningful way #or maybe its more a matter of how you engage with them #anyway i'm aware this is a loaded question and there is cultural baggage attached to conceptualising 'bad books' etc etc #but i swear to god #reading like. fantasy smut. isnt going to make you a more intelligent thoughtful person ajhhdgjkgjghk #reading fantasy smut is still ok!!! i write that shit!!! but it's a morally neutral activity lol like watching tv #it can be fun but for me the worth of reading books is understanding the world and human condition & seeing diff perspectives & developing #critical thinking skills.... #i talked to a friend abt this and she said that someone who watches documentaries for a year & doesnt read books is going to get more smort #than someone who reads 12 terrible romance books in a row hahsdhgnghgj #which i agree with #so yeah

[deathshallbenomore]

“you seem so relaxed, not anxious at all” “thanks! what can i say, i’ve accepted my fate and given up hope😏”

#things that I actually said #I mean don’t get me wrong I might be a little bit anxious about the excruciating and horribly fascinating experience of the human condition #cause I am. but being anxious about a final report [backstory]? I’m past that. I’m no amateur

[fictionadventurer]

August: Day 25

Adventures

Spent way too long at the library

Checked out a book that was so old and hadn't been checked out for so long that it was no longer in the library's computer system

Enjoyed an hour of silence at home resting in the peace of the wind outside and the sunlight and shadows of trees flickering on the floor

Read poetry under a tree in the sunset

Writing

Read part of Ruta Sepetys' book on writing

Wrestled with the desire to write a personal, meaningful novel while having no idea what project could fill that need

#adventures in writing #the old book was a lovely old volume of james whitcomb riley's poetry #i loved 'when the frost is on the punkin' in middle school and paging through the book i thought it was perfect for august #i have no idea when the library obtained it #but the copyright page said nothing but 'copyright 1892 by james w riley' #the self-checkout didn't recognize it #and the librarian explained that books will fall out of the system if they're un-checked-out for long enough #which filled me with a secret delight #i was rescuing the poor lonely unloved old book #giving a senior citizen a new chance at life #reading it in the sunset makes me wonder if i could ask the library to sell it to me #they clearly don't need it #and it's such a lovely volume #there's something about reading such an old edition of the book that puts the poems in their proper environment #you can feel the world he was writing about because you're holding a piece of it in your hands #and i just like his poetry #it's sensible poetry if there can be such a thing #not making grand metaphors about nature and the deeper human condition #but just 'there was sunlight on the crick. and a tree. and some butterflies. it was nice.' #plus the country perspective and working-class characters #it's down to earth and homespun and simple and grounded and in love with all the common things of life #and so much of the landscape is so familiar so there's the extra sense of connection #sure some of it gets a bit trite but it's so unpretentious that you can't mind the occasional misstep #and occasionally there's one where the impeccable sense of rhythm he showed in the first poem i loved sneaks up on me and sweeps me away #anyway it was nice it was a good day god is good

[bidokja]

happy labor day i think kimcom should unionize

#mine #orv #'arent they technically a union against constellations' only barely and also i mean they should unionize against kdj- #they are a company and these working conditions are INSANE #one of the best moments in orv was when kdj was forced to take a nap cause all of kimcom came together and was like #ENOUGH. #this post is only partially a joke since kimcom being A Company-- #--and How that ties into the narrative around Money as a Corrupting Power within ORV-- #--sure is a Choice that SS made! #SS said capitalism and consumerism only serve to further rob us of our human connection to each other-- #--yet we are all forced to rely on these systems to survive...send tweet #SS SAID CAPITALISM AND CONSUMERISM INHERENTLY MAKE SOCIETY MORE TRAUMATIZING SHITS FUCKED!!! #tbh idk if thats me simply assigning my own reading/interpretation to what they wrote like idk if they actually Intended to say all that #but uh. all that sure is In There #and it feels blatant enough that i am fairly sure that either they did it on Purpose-- #--or they hold these views and the views leaked into their work without conscious effort on their parts #....ANYWAYS #typical bidokja tag rant is Over asjhdgfj

[itspileofgoodthings]

So sorry if this is bothering you but so curious as well... why do you hate Guts?

Thanks for your time ❤

you’re not bothering me!

I think the simplest way to answer this is with one of Olivia’s own lyrics from pretty isn’t pretty when she sings “none of it matters and none of it ends” because. That is kind of her whole ethos about how life works. She believes that! And so her work, to me, is profoundly cynical and self-absorbed because it can’t point to anything bigger (none of it matters) so it revolves purely around her own feelings. It won’t ever situate itself in a wider picture. And I love whining in a song tbh. I love when an artist captures those uglier emotions —the discontent, the restlessness, the irritation, the blandness and staleness of it all and the railing against it—because those are all part of the human experience. I am continually shocked—it is shoCKING—by how many negative emotions I can and do experience over and over again. But it is thankfully against the backdrop of reality. My bad moods are something that can be so unpleasant to feel and so ugly to witness—I wrestle with how ugly and small my suffering is—but there is a way in which, all discourse about the validity of any and all of my feelings accounted for, those aren’t real. Just symptoms of my suffering and sometimes my convalescence (lol, love a symptom of convalescence) but reality is still always so much realer. It’s always ready to break in a million times a day; the beauty and sturdiness of reality, the texture of existence, as Flannery O’Connor once said, is always there and with enough time (and with patience and help and love) I can get back to contact with it. Not just the state of my own mind full of bitterness and worry and pain, endlessly stewing in its own unhappiness.

I am not good at that, it takes a lot to get me there. But I guess my point is—to circle back—Olivia’s music doesn’t try and doesn’t want to. Its scope is so narrow, every song no matter how pleasing at first eventually sours (lololololol) because it’s JUST rooted in her own experience, generally her own suffering. And there’s no sharpness or cleverness in the world (she can be both sharp and clever!) that can hide that lack of range. So you hear a song once—for me, it was brutal—-and you’re like YEAH. I recognize this kind of whininess because I’ve felt it before. There is something true to it! But the more she writes the more you watch her do it over and over again (sonically, too, she loves to speak-talk and tbh they’re just sub-par remixes of brutal) the more you start to be like “oh, is that it? We’re not going anywhere with this? There’s no turn or catharsis or bridge or anything that lifts us out of this even for a second?” and it’s just —blegh.

And the thing is there doesn’t even have to be, like, some triumphant girlboss victory where she feels better. I’m not saying her songs are bad because they’re sad and depressing. It’s that they establish no outside contact with reality. They are, for all her clever little film-noir references or whatever, only ever self-referential. And that gets old so fast no matter who is talking.

#yes of course I contrast her with Taylor #Taylor can be beautifully petty and restless and sad and insecure and her songs are never just about her #They are always situated in a broader picture of reality. They go down to the roots of things. Of humanity and love and the human condition #and it’s just. It’s so much bigger. It is not stifling #and that’s the staying power and that’s the inherent hopefulness she has and that’s her desire to know the truth and speak the truth #Even when she’s getting it wrong it’s all still there #anyway it’s funny because Taylor gets accused of what Olivia actually is doing so much more than Olivia #people love to pretend that Taylor is a wallower and self-indulgent #and yes there’s a very human humanity to the expression of her emotions. There IS brattiness there is anger #but the core is so good that those things become what they are —only the endearing and funny trappings of her expression #never the heart #it’s why Taylor wears so well and also why sometimes she is jarring on first listen. You can just hear the dissonance (for me too) #But it’s like that one tweet said. Doesn’t matter if you like a taylor song on first listen. You WILL eventually #and it’s so true. And that’s the quality drawing you in #Olivia (and much of gen z tbh) is kind of the opposite: the humanity is in the trappings #She’s fairly easy to listen to and like ….. at first #the humanity and cleverness and beauty such as they are are on the surface #there’s a deceptive ease and an openness that doesn’t actually lead you anywhere #It leaves you empty because it’s just all kind of built on the fumes of a bad mood tbh #turning off reblogs lol #Anyway thank you for asking and giving me this opportunity to speak #all opinions are mine and that’s what they are. If anyone feels differently more power to you. Go forth and enjoy guts #Just putting all my caveats here

[inspiredrawaw]

I feel like we as humans should be allowed to hibernate because driving in the snow with one eye is scary

#I almost got into a car crash multipl times who said yea let’s have humans drive in snow conditions that’s fine

[bluebudgie]

Alright gw2 peeps, here's one for all of you with a lot of alts:

All your characters of the same class (e.g. all your rangers) are stuck together in an escape room.

Which of your "class groups" is off the worst and who gets the job done with no problem?

#edit: yall did this way more detailed than my word salad so lemme redo this class by class as well: #eles: not awful. overall a relatively cooperative group despite very differing personalities. #wouldnt be the fastest in finding the solutions but definitely are getting out of there without casualties or other damages #necros: shit tier dynamics. hostile charr that wants to be left alone vs. volatile chak madman vs. way too gentle sylvari plant #communication would NOT go well but they would make it out (neljje contributes NOTHING to this) #mesmers: nightmare courtier who is out to be as destructive on purpose as possible vs. just some guy vs. tvekks (enough said) #tvekks will suffer but they'll probably make it out. maybe. im unsure. #rangers: actually competent. if we ignore the hostile inquest rat in the room we're left with a competent charr leader and a #very cooperative norn huntsman (and bobbie but he contributes absolutely nothing). they will get out just fine. #engineers: disaster. there might be dead. too many egos in one room and a poor norn who just wants to get out beween everyone fighting #she might jus solve this on her own while the other three are about to slice each other's throats #thieves: absolute hell tier. mordrem sylvari trying to eat everything he can possble dig his teeth into. #a mildly confused human who probably just tries her best while the asura in the room is suffering psychic damage caused by #the mordrem and the charr that will simply not shut up for one second #i do not see ANYONE managing to get a solution in these conditions even if individually they might just be able to. #revs: awkward atmosphere between happy upbeat asura kid and really grumpy charr but they're getting through it #warriors: also a weird clash of personalities but they'd pull their asscheeks together and get out of there #and finally the guardians: no destructive force in here. just two very mature people and a slightly chaotic but otherwise clever bard #absolute dream team coming up with solutions. peace and happiness. #budgie plays gw2

[always-a-joyful-note]

Me, reading the AtoZ story: None of these guys understand how romance or women (aka, they are literally just humans beings like yoursel - human beings just like anyone else) work. Somehow, this explains so much....

#like guys. you are friends with anzu and naru #they talk like girls are some alien species and usually I'd be miffed about it #but none of them probably know how normal boys outside yumenosaki think too #im surprised they didnt go 'girls like monologes and discussions about the human condition right?' #actually the guys gathered for this are probably....ish your best bet at not hopeless #tho i part of mw wants to say nazuna and maybe tomoya are okay but idk #enstars #ensemble stars #fandom spandom #stuff i say #seriously whenever characters go 'idk how the opposite gender thinks theyre such a mystery' #i lose it #all that said this was surprisingly super wholesome #i live for the many characters interactions and crazy stories that happen

[spleen9000]

the people who are adamantly against ever feeding dogs and cats raw food sound ridiculous tbh if you've ever cared for a carnivorous reptile. there are many people who feed whole raw prey to their animals on a regular basis and there are well established safety precautions to make sure neither the human nor the animal get sick from it.

#reptiles are even more susceptible to many infections than mammals because of their lower body temperature #whole prey is considered the standard and the best option for many reasons and it feels silly to completely push those reasons aside #that said if you ever do feed an animal raw meat BE CAREFUL and do your research and make sure they're getting all the nutrients they need #but that said I don't think it makes sense to be adamently against it the way so many people on the internet are. #make sure that you're getting it from a source you trust that raises healthy animals in clean conditions and freezes them right away #don't mix raw animal food contact surfaces and human food surfaces. use gloves. disinfect tools and surfaces after use. thaw things safely. #but disease is not an inevitable consequence to feeding raw prey #that said like the dog and kittens at my house aren't fed raw but I understand the benefits of feeding whole raw prey #from caring for reptiles. and I would love to give the kittens a frozen thawed mouse every once in awhile as a nutritious treat

[fitzrove]

I think I'm struggling creatively because as time goes on I find less and less motivation to write (and read, tbh!) stuff that's

good wholesome queer representation

escapist everything-gets-better fantasy ("because life is hard enough why would you write about miserable things")

palatable to people who disagree with me

And obviously I'm nowhere near finishing even a single original thing yet ahdfhajf but I've been looking at publishing videos that people who have experience in the industry have made and. Man no wonder that so much milquetoast stuff gets put out nowadays

#not to be a hater and controversial but #the fact that its often straight people judging whether queer representation has problematic elements (and similar situations) #and lots of queer media seems to be made with straight people in mind (at least as a considerable portion of the audience) #and ugh in general/unrelated like. i just want to write litfic about the human condition XDD and structural inequality #but if i do it with fanfic nobody will read it because my most popular fics will always be ones where white men kiss each other for 3k word #obviously i'm grateful that anyone reads anything i write aggdhfh it's very nice to be heard #but fr my most popular fics are NOT my best ones #and yeah like if i write original fiction it's unlikely to do well in publishing because there's no hot sexy straight romance or wholesome #soft high school good representation queer people:3 #maybe i can put in a red herring twink guy idk #also i'm just so bitter about linguistic inequality still XDD like. in a video abt fantasy tropes the person making the video hates they #said that they hate 'overly long fantasy names' that they can't pronounce #which just made me go 'silence anglo' mentally because omfg super often those names are just BASED ON CULTURES YOU'RE NOT PART OF #(disclaimer i know not all english speakers are ignorant hahfjsdhjfj) #but yeah its funny when old english inspired names are too hard for modern english speakers like welcome to being anyone else lol #its somehow considered a minimum requirement of knowledge to be able to pronounce names like george and matthew correctly #but then for other languages it's a special courtesy if people say names right #afujishgfis and this is just one example #rant #writing #literature

[king-roland-ii]

king roland, may i ask what forms of punishment you have for unruly or criminal citizens in your kingdom (i imagine the crime rate is pretty low because of citizens like carol of the arrow but just in case i commit see a crime, i want to know what happens)

That's, an interesting question.

I'd say based on severity and whether the person is guilty or not, punishment can vary. There hasn't been a crime too grand to deserve anything lethal, in fact, we stay away from capital punishment and instead keep people away so they aren't able to harm others. The best way to prevent crime however, is to understand why crime happens in the first place.

Say that someone steals a loaf of bread. It's easy to lock the person up for theft, but that would be ignoring the actual problem. What if the person didn't have money to afford bread? What if they need to feed themselves or their families? What if others in the kingdom have the same struggle to secure a meal? Would it be fair to lock everyone up because they can't afford to survive? The solution isn't to punish the person, but to make it so they don't have to steal. They might not have enough coins to pay for the bread, so help them find work so they can pay the baker for the bread. Make sure their employer is treating them fair and can pay them a livable wage. Make sure the farmers are able to produce wheat for bread and pay them graciously for their hard work.

Have it so people can live without having to break the law.

#By the way #My wife is teaching me how to bake! #I'm not too good at it at the moment #but I'm slowly improving! #Learning how to bake made me use the loaf of bread example #but as I said #finding solutions to problems is the key to solving crime #because humans are naturally good and poor conditions can make them do bad things #that's why it's important to focus on making things better for everyone #Rollie Responds #King Roland II

[clairenatural]

people are misunderstanding that human!cas post and i haven't said this in a while so let me be clear i AM an angel!cas endgame truther. i think being an angel is integral to cas' identity and sense of self and believe he should have ended the series as an angel

#asdasdasd i used to talk about this all the time but i havent in a while #but like i said i have Conditions for my own personal human!cas headcanons which are: 1. it's his voluntary choice and he retains his grace #(outside his body) #and 2. if it's not his choice it's traumatic and treated as such #love and light to everyone though i love the happy ending human!cas fics too #im not that salty about it but get it right 😤 /hj

[bookstoresmp3]

also, jason is more likely than percy to rebel against the gods el em ay oh

#im right. #percy has always been passive and he’s always focused on protecting his immediate circle #he’s scrappy; he doesnt have the group oriented mindsetof a revolutionary #bc revolutionaries are always for their people and focused on humanity as a whole #percy isnt like that #YOU KNOW WHO IS THO 👁👁 #JASON GRACE #jason literally called zeus unwise and paid the price for it bc he was only thinking of the objective wellbeing of THE GROUP #jason is careful and big-picture oriented. if rick had developed him more we would have seen that jason is a visionary #jason was the one who made that big plan to build temples for every single god #he made those plans #he was the one who wanted to change the condition of demigods for the better! #percy was just tryna survive #and both positions are valid #but it’s SAURRR hilarious to me #when yall try to convince me that out of all of them percy would rebel against the gods 💀 #as if jason isnt standing right there as if he hadnt been fighting for Demigod Rights till his death #naur bc even ANNABETH is more likely than percy #annabeth said it’s on sight hera 🔪 and i love her for it #fr tho like….do yall just not understand perseus’ character??? #the entire thesis of his character is that you do what you must to survive in a system that wasnt made for u #pjo #percy jackson #simi speaks #annabeth chase #jason grace #pjo meta