#and yes this applies for all of them

[caitlynmeow]

Modern AU:

When Bela started going to university there was the inevitable question: “why here and not Cambridge or Harvard?”

Many excuses were used to answer the question, but the real answer is Alcina looking at her daughter (this is only done with close family like only Miranda and the other Lords) and saying “She couldn’t handle living on an hour and a half away campus, why do you think she can handle living abroad on her own?”

Because Bela tried. She even has a huge apartment near campus to stay in. She did move there, actually. But on the first night, she drove back to the castle because she felt very homesick and couldn’t possibly spend the night there.

Alcina is a no-pressure mom and also very indulging so she didn’t try to force Bela to tough it out and stay at the apartment. Because she was also having a hard time accepting that one of her babies was old enough to live on her own.

So if Bela feels better staying at home, then she stays at home.

Bela only stayed at the apartment during midterms and finals because she needed the extra time to study and be close to campus (during those times Cass would go with her because wants to keep her sister company and also have access to the university library and all the extra resources that she can use to excel even further in high school). But other than that Bela stayed at the castle and the driver would drive to and back from university every day.

#try as they might to act all tough and independent but they’re all clingy babies who can’t handle being away from their mother #they just can't sleep somewhere for long without their mother being there #and yes this applies for all of them #even cass needed a transition period because getting married doesn’t mean she’ll just move out of her house (she’s an idiot leave her alone #house dimitrescu #cassandra dimitrescu #resident evil village #daniela dimitrescu #resident evil 8 #bela dimitrescu #re8 #alcina dimitrescu #headcanon

[doturtlesdream]

i have a vision

#Like c’mon there’s no way they all like the colors their dad picked out for them as babies #this applies to all the tmnt iterations for the record #not pictured: leo feeling flattered mikey likes blue even though its not his fav color #yes i know raph looks like jenika #tmnt #my art #tmnt donatello #tmnt michelangelo #tmnt raphael #tmnt leonardo #teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt #raph bow

[alithetiredartist]

fanfic writers ily. just thought you should know <3

#yes that means you too person who doesn’t think this applies to them #ily all #you’re the best #you deserve the world #fanfic

[uncanny-tranny]

And another thing that gets me about the human condition is how we weren't even meant to survive this world alone - humans with humans. We chose to trust certain animals, to nourish them, to be symbiotic with them, to love them like we love ourselves. I think a lot of people talk about how selfish it is for humans to take advantage of animals, but I think that's too simplistic. It's closer to friendship - if you do not foster the relationship, then it simply won't go anywhere, and I think the implication that animals can't ever know anything for themselves, for their survival, is also human-centric and selfish (selfishness not inherently being a bad thing).

It's just nice to know that we want to be around people - we want to be around comfort and security and safety so much that we now have animals by our side. Every time I cuddle with my cat, I think that we weren't meant to survive this world alone; she is shaped to fit in my chest, and my arms were made to wrap around her.

#positivity #and i know many people are like 'but we domesticated animals for what they could do for us 😞' and that's not the full picture... #...YES we fostered certain relationships with animals because they are skilled and they are qualified so to speak... #...but we also must prove ourselves in order to keep our end of the deal. would an animal really WANT to do their work if they... #...weren't taken care of? ESPECIALLY if they're stubborn in nature? #it just seems human-centric to think that all animals are at the mercy of us and could NEVER think or feel #and even then!!! we won't ever KNOW because they have different thoughts and feelings and perspectives we won't KNOW ABOUT #maybe we should just bask in the company and love that animals give us without worrying about committing Awful Heinous Sins #YOU ARE A PART OF NATURE. YOU ARE ALSO AN AMIMAL. YOU CAN SURVIVE WITH OTHER ANIMALS #when you take the time and care to learn about animals you can even relate and feel for them and understand a little better #i just love that humans tend to pack bond so intensely that it doesn't just apply to other people #our instinct to love and care is a good thing. our pack bonding will help us survive. #to live is to be 'selfish'. it is you IMPERATIVE to be selfish

[aroaceleovaldez]

emo Nico x scene Will Solace...

#pjo #riordanverse #nico di angelo #will solace #solangelo #i need them to be cringe (affectionate) teenagers okay #give me Will with a hardcore homestuck phase and streaks in his hair dyed with kool-aid and striped armsocks #date night is Will teaching Nico how to make kandi bracelets #if youve been here awhile you may know i am a scene Jason believer and the same concepts apply here #listen i just think. emphasizing Nico being emo and giving him a scene boyfriend #its very important though that only certain riordanverse chars fit the vibe to be scene kids #like i dont think Percy would be as much as i want him to be #its antithetical to his character (internalized ableism/bad self-loathing/keeps his head down) #Will and Jason on the other hand would use XD unironically and have a total ball making sparkledog fursonas #Alex Fierro. DEFINITE scene kid. Magnus is already just kind of a little emo. Sadie is a definite yes. Carter. maybe. #i think he'd be adverse at first but kinda get into it casually yknow. he'd dig kandi bracelets at least. #probably get really into linguistic breakdown of xD rAnDoM speech just for fun #Walt no but he could. like. i think he'd be open to trying it. but its not his default state. #Zia. doesnt have the energy but i kinda wanna see it regardless. i think itd be fun for her but on her own she'd lean more goth #Leo? maybe. depends. he's more into doing stuff ironically. Piper. yes. but specifically as an f-you to conventional fashion #Reyna no. Frank maybe. Hazel yes. Thalia maybe. Annabeth hmm. maybe #i think thats all the main casts. Alabaster? YES and i wanna see it. #anyways thank you for coming to my emo x scene ted talk and character evaluations in the tags

[andromeda3116]

i feel like a lot of Discourse (read: fandom wank) happens in places that have forgotten or never learned the death of the author theory

(which i know is not sacrosanct but it is very useful for handling fandom spaces, particularly fraught ones)

for those who don't know, the death of the author theory goes like this: as far as the work is concerned, the author dropped dead the second that the final word was published, and thus cannot comment, object to, clarify, or expand on anything that is not on the page.

my understanding is that it's most strictly used to mean that that the author's interpretation of the work doesn't matter, but can be expanded to state that nothing which is not on the page matters. imo, the expanded definition is particularly useful for fandoms and needs to be adopted on a larger scale.

because what it means is this:

it doesn't matter what the creator(s) intended. it doesn't matter what they said in an interview. it doesn't matter what the actors think, it doesn't matter what supplemental materials say or imply, even if they're signed off on by the creator(s). it doesn't matter if everyone involved in making it hates your interpretation and says that it's wrong.

they don't get to say that it's wrong. they dropped dead the second the last episode/book ended. their interpretation is simply one more in a vast sea of others.

listen to me, fandom spaces. i am taking your face in both of my hands. embrace the death of the author. you will no longer be bound to the (possibly fickle) words of the creator(s), your interpretation can no longer be the wrong one. if the text can be used to support it in any way, even twisty ways, it's valid. you don't have to jump through hoops to defend it against haters who say you're wrong.

the death of the author. open your heart to it. live it. be free.

#atla #avatar the last airbender #zutara #kataang #tokka #zukka #sukka #yes this is the notoriously toxic fandom i'm mostly speaking to #i've been here since 2010 and the only way i've survived so long is by taking this theory into my heart #but it certainly applies to any work. any fandom. all of them have their toxic purists. #perhaps i am covering myself in honey and walking into a bear cave by making this post with these tags #but i've seen all this discourse before back when we just called it what it is: fandom wank #i participated in it myself when i was young amd full of vim and vigor and believed that my interpretation was The Best One #but there is no best one. no right one. no wrong one. just another one that you may or may not agree with or find compelling.

[stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale]

What can I say? They're my favorite.

#twdg #twdg clouis #clouis #twdg clementine #twdg louis #sometimes they creep back into my mind and i'm like 'ah yes' like a crow admiring a pretty stone they found years ago and kept #also thank you pi for the screenshots. i used to have a whole folder full of them but that was when i was doing themed nights #the source for these is me i just have a random document full of dynamics and ship things i enjoy because.....i dunno i like keeping track #and so many of them apply to clouis but there's also an overlap of with clouis and rose/alistair [my warden from origins and alistair] like #alistair's romance route is like an evolved matured and extended version of clouis sksksks gee i wonder if i have a type #look you present me with a character who deflects with humor and isn't taken seriously by the rest of the group and the longer you know the #the more you realize how high they've built a wall around themselves and how *unwell* they really are and how they're not as sunshine #as they present themselves and also they avoid leadership and responsibility until they grow closer with someone who pushes them #and they end stronger and more balanced as a person while finding the affection they've craved #and also there's the daddy issues #present me with that character as a romantic option and i'm in no questions asked okay i don't want the mean broody one that's meh to me #i want the one that has every reason to be broody but chooses not to be because they have a completely different defense mechanism #and a warped sense of themselves and self-esteem issues they leave unaddressed until forced to face them #i'm just saying i'm aware that i have a type i'm always going to gravitate toward clouis nearly checks all the boxes #also the lack of clouis these days? my crops are thirsty and i have too many ongoing projects to do anything about it other than this sksks #so until i make time to finish my long ass louis/clouis analysis this is the best i can provide for now

[vypridae]

btw im gaining some attention so anyone here for vees stuff!! if you think the vees are better off without valentino!! and hate on him constantly!! and say that vox deserves better!! get off my blog!! block me!! i don't want that negative energy towards my babygirl on my page!! i recognize that valentino does awful things, and he is a terrible person, but if you think he's the only one of the vees that's super awful then please go away <3 vox and velvette are literally no better, they AID HIM in what he does (velvette's love potion, vox's advertising of said love potion, not to mention their own personal issues). you can hate him as much as you want but if you want him dead because vox and velvette need to get away from him or you think they're too good for him, please dni!!

#i fucking HATE how val treats his employees and angel but does that mean i hate him as a character? no #he's awful yes but that's the point and its the same with the other vees #anyway sorry for mini rant it came to me in a vision #the vees are all my babygirls and i want it to be known they are ALL awful people and nothing they do is okay #they are fun fictional characters that we can have fun with #nothing they do is okay and i know that #i understand if you don't like any of them for any given reason and its very valid but if you think vox and velvette need better than val #then please go away <3 thank you #this applies to any vees apologists too . go away i don't want people who think their actions are okay on my page because i DONT #SORRY MINI RANT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL ARE CLEAR #xanrants #should i tag this with the characters idk #maybe i will #hazbin hotel

[twistedtrashposts]

Crewel: I can't imagine what you see in him! That man has absolutely nothing going for him!

MC: That's not true! He's got a ton of red flags! Bitches love red flags!

#applies to literally all of them #all red flag boys #yes even kalim and jack #ESPECIALLY MALLEUS YOURE LYING TO YOURSELVES #twisted wonderland #twst #twst mc #twst incorrect quotes #divus crewel

[sincerelytan]

I'm really loving this poster and boy do I have a story behind it

So looking at all the paint splashes on everyone, this is my theory

All the DigiDestined and their Digimons have gathered for an art class for a weekend activity.

Everyone has picked a different canvas and style of art to do with their Digimon.

Everyone is in great spirits and having fun.

Mimi and Hikari are next to each other and are talking, giggling, gossiping and having a blast.

Tai overhears them giggling and wants to know the joke. Mimi and Hikari tease him and have fun. Tai splashes paint on them and the three of them begin to throw paint on each other.

Izzy who was next to Tai and Kari gets splashed and they all quite down because they think he will get angry.

Izzy surprised slowly wipes the paint from his face, while the three of them apologise. Very slowly he dips his paint brush in the can that Tentomon was holding and splashes paint on the three of them.

A full on paint war starts and Mimi goes to splash everyone with all the colours from her paint pallet.

Tai is running behind Agumon as the paint fight continues, because he was teasing Tai that Kari and Mimi got the better off him.

Sora was busy with her work and got splashed by Izzy, Mimi and Kari.

Mimi sees Yamato and Joe working on their art and goes quietly towards them and applies her paint on them.

Yamato starts running behind Mimi, laughing and wanting to splash her for covering him in green, blue and pink from her pallet.

Mimi runs and just as Yamato is about to spray his colour on her, she hides behind Joe, who is now also coloured in Yama's blue. Joe tries to get Yamato with his brush, but Yamato runs away.

Mimi comes later on and applies a green on his face as victory and Yama just smiles and lets her apply the paint.

And of course Takeru happily lets Mimi put paint on him

.

#yes i will find mimato crumbs everywhere #dont tell me this didnt happen #you know yamato wont let anyone but mimi apply paint on his face #i love how all of them are having so much fun #Joe and Izzy the usually serious ones are also having a blast #digimon rambling #digimon #mimato #taichi yagami #i love this so much

[radsplain]

“obviously not all men because there ARE some great men out there but-”

now everything you say will be disregarded by the very men you speak of. now women will continue believing that their boyfriend or husband is the exception. stop softening your message to placate the feelings of men

#if they feel offended it likely applies to them #radsplain.txt #radical feminism #radfem safe #yes all men

[uncanny-tranny]

If you want a weird piece of advice on how to treat trans men and transmasc people you know... I think my piece of advice is to hold off on calling us things like "cute", "twink", or anything adjacent to these if it hasn't been made clear that a person is okay with being described in that way. I promise, it's better to ask than to assume we're all the same, because it genuinely sucks when people make the assumption without even caring.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #nonbinary #ally advice #it's actually one of the first red flags for me if somebody calls me something like a 'twink' without even considering how i feel... #...because in my personal experience it means that that person doesn't care about how i feel if it makes them slightly uncomfortable #and YES a trans man/transmasc person can use literally ANY language for themself #but that doesn't mean assuming we're all the same is good either #this also doesn't just apply to cis people because i have seen plenty of other trans people doing this (and also to me) and it feels 🙃🙃🙃 #like it just ruins the words for me and immediately puts me on-edge haha

[tricksterlatte]

I think one thing we should all work harder on is being nice about fictional things you dislike and just agreeing to disagree, or not even bringing it up unless it’s addressed to you directly. I do not care about some ships or characters, but being mean about them or even criticizing them, especially in a public or semi-public setting, is only gonna fan the flames. Ship hate has never won anyone over to another ship, it’s only made them absolutely hate you and maybe resent whatever you’re trying to promote. Also it’s just mean and idk why that’s still in style

#Parker says things #I’m just remembering when someone QRTed a kind artist to randomly bash my otp #but then all the fans of the ship went on to get nasty about the troll’s OTP #and it just upset everyone on both sides even more. we learned nothing #you can dislike something and be normal about it…you can even be nice #why are you wasting precious moments of joy and spending them on pettiness or even cruelty #just raise up people or things you like god #i felt horrible for the multishippers especially #editing to add: yes this applies to headcanons #you can dislike literally anything just don’t be a jerk. I’m shocked this is controversial to some

[anotheraverageotaku]

#ensemble stars #enstars #polls #also yes these all apply to me #theres an explanation for each of them i prommy

[msfcatlover]

*slams hands on the table in sudden realization*

STAR SAPPHIRE DAMIAN WAYNE

#iwctw (time travel) #my writing #mine #damian wayne #damian al ghul #prerobin Damian wayne #batfam #batfamily #batman #bat fam #bat family #// #IT WORKS IT WORKS IT WORKS!!! #HE HAS CARRIED SO MUCH LOVE!!! HE HAS SUFFERED SO MUCH LOSS!! HE LOVES THEM STILL DESPITE IT ALL AND AT GREAT PERSONAL COST!!!!! #And /YES/ that applies to /all/ of my time traveling Robins but Dami’s actively fuckingaround with space shit alright alright #Oh my god imagine meeting the newest Star Sapphire to be active on Earth and it’s this. Fuckin’. 5yr old boy dressed like a magical girl. #The first thing he does after introducing himself is pointing out a major weakness thatmakes it very easy to kill you so you can work on it. #He comes up to your hip. He has a pink fuckin’ lightsaber. You’re pretty sure he’s quietly plotting your murder as we speak.

[scoobydoodean]

Yes I'm gonna be on a cruise ship full of people who think I am sleeping with my costar and want my other costar and my wife to die. What do you mean this could be a bad idea.

#this applies to all three of them btw #yes most rabid con attendees are tinhats that is what i am saying because it’s true #throw a stone at an spn con you will hit a tinhat with a gold badge around their neck #who just bid $750 for a banner with some signitures on it