#anyway that's my complaints on this.

[monty-glasses-roxy]

I apparently won the bonds again and as soon as I check my emails I have one from YouTooz like "HEY LOOK WE HAVE THE CUTEST FUCKING GUYS TO SELL YOU NOW COME ON YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO SINCE YOU ONLY EVER BUY THEM WHEN YOU WIN COME OONNN YOU KNOW YOU WANT CUTE LIL GUYS WE PROMISE WE'LL ONLY CHARGE A KIDNEY FOR POSTAGE TO YOUR COUNTRY THIS TIME-"

#I need to sort out an income god damn... #someone suggested like a ko-fi or something but like. bro. I make so little stuff people with money care about #what would be the point? #not exactly captain popular over here lmao #need to go get the benefits ball rolling... been meaning too I've just felt like I've been drowning lately #I'm all muddled up so I gotta... figure out what I'm doing #I would LOVE giant cupcake plush though #and I would get it too! #if the postage to my country didn't DOUBLE THE OVERALL PRICE #like come ON #this is RIDICULOUS #why is the US so fucking expensive to get things to and from??? #i may have won some moneys but the cupcake itself costs more than that #what I won wouldn't even cover the postage ffs #AND THE FOXY PLUSH IS ADORABLE #I might go on Etsy and hunt down some good plushies that won't cost me every organ in my body #if that's even possible #then again I've wanted to get into sewing and I was gonna start with plushies so... #could just make my own but I just. is it really such a crime to want nice things? :/ #anyway that's my complaints on this. #onto other stuff #pop rox talks

[wherestoriescomefrom]

rian johnson took all that time, put in all that effort to make glass onion a fantastic period piece to the first four months of pandemic, a prescient narrative that anticipates the stupidity of rich billionaires, and then pulled the rug from under us because the world of benoit blanc just straight up doesn't have the mona lisa anymore

#Some geniuses in the notes are talking about how it wasn't the real mona lisa #And I'm editing my tags because tumblr is a website with minimal reading comprehension #But the POINT is that he went through all that effort to make the world canon complaint with ours #Only to DESTROY a cultural artefact real or not #Having massive political implications for the world #And that's what I was pointing out. Here and in another reblog that presumably no one will care to fish out #It's in the replies for those looking #Anyway I hope rian johnson makes ten of these without the mona lisa #Also as a side note. So many movies have ignored covid #Not this man. He's like no we'll include it. But if we divert from canon reality #We're going to destroy the mona lisa #Love that for him. Icon #hello void this is ridiculosity #knives out #glass onion

[muffinlance]

Wait, what’s going on with Embers???? That fic has been on my read later list since 2021, what’s happened with it???

Brief overview, then I'm likely never touching this topic again, because this is not a Drama Blog:

Context: Embers is a super old AtLA fic that was written during the early fandom days, read widely at the time, and was the origin of the widely-used fanon name of "Wani" for Zuko's ship (kind of by default that it was one of the first popular fics to give his ship a name, I think?), even though most fic writers don't seem to realize it's from there anymore.

"What's Going On": I used to include a link in all my stories to it, because I believe in crediting other writers for borrowed elements, and I was using "Wani" in all my fics. But BOY did I not want to be sending readers that way anymore, so I've adopted a new name for Zuko's ship, and removed all Embers links.

None of the criticisms about Embers itself are new; I'm assuming they date back to when the fic was being written, because this isn't an "it aged badly" thing, this is an "actually yeah this gets worse the longer you think about it and I shouldn't have ignored my bad feelings just because some of the worldbuilding was interesting" thing.

An Incomplete List of Why I Made the Change:

I don't actually like the story that much anymore, and don't want to rec it

I tried to re-read it recently to see if some things were as bad as I remembered and it turns out they were So Much Worse Oh Yikes. More specifically, the treatment of Katara and Aang and their respective cultures has... rather a lot going on. One example: The Fire Nation and Air Nomads are both given multiple backstory elements in an attempt to make the average Fire Nation soldier's participation in the genocide/war in large part the fault of the Avatar and the Air Nomads themselves, and also fully justified from the Fire Nation perspective. And I do mean fully. One of its core tenants is "People from the Fire Nation (and only people from the Fire Nation) who don't follow orders Literally Die, therefore murdering pacifists and babies and continuing the war (and their regularly scheduled war crimes) is the only thing it is physically possible for them to do". I cannot emphasize enough how literal that is.

Also the name "Wani" means "Alligator" and is... objectively a pretty lame name for Zuko's ship? Where's the personality, where's the deeper meaning, where's the resonance with Zuko's themes? @tuktukpodfics initially thought I was calling the ship "Wanyi", and that's what I've switched to, because it is Objectively So Much Better. In their words: “Wànyī (萬一): Literally ‘one in ten thousand,’ ‘perchance.’ Used grammatically in Chinese to mean ‘what if’ or ‘just in case.’ I think a ship called ‘The Perchance’ is perfect for a boy clinging to false hope.”

TL:DR; I don't rec Embers anymore, because I don't actually like the story anymore, and there are things about it that get worse the more I think on them. I've removed links to it and renamed Zuko's ship to "Wanyi" ("The Perchance") because our boy deserves a ship name that reflects his character arc.

#for the record if you ever find something kind of rancid in my fics #do please let me know #EX: I've rewritten scenes to be better Actual Blind Rep for Toph based on blind reader feedback #and I'm debating how hard it would be to ignore/re-write the canon issues of Water Tribe sexism (for the Southern Tribe at the least) #because that is a common complaint I see from the people who's RL cultures the Water Tribes was based on #probably I can do more interesting things with that going forward #in other words justice for Hama and Hahn #at least the show itself made Hama excellently complex #anyways back to doing actual writing #please no follow up questions #though I will say anyone who wants to update their own fics to use Wanyi (or any other name): go for it! #all you need to do is plop your chapters in a word editor and find/replace the ship name! it took about 40 minutes to do literally #all of my fics and I had some other editing to do besides! it'll be even quicker for you! #let's sink the Wani #avatar the last airbender #atla #Zuko

[luminarai]

Attempting to get the beast used to a dental hygiene routine is… well, it’s going.

(She stayed that way for a solid 8 seconds despite hating being held belly up so I think it’s safe to say that Mim is not beating the ‘tiny speaker playing elevator music instead of a brain’ allegations any time soon.)

#cecil blogs her life #my art #digital art #artists on tumblr #Mim the cat #cats on tumblr #cat art #comics #black cats #she’s actually pretty good about it normally - like she doesn’t enjoy it but she lets me do it without too many complaints #ofc I make sure to do it as quickly as possible and give her lots of dental friendly rewards lmao #she’s currently sleeping on top of me so I think I’m forgiven #I don’t believe she has any current dental issues so it’s mostly preventative #esp bc we don’t know exactly how old she is or what her life was like before I adopted her #this is probably seven different kinds of heretical but anyway #shout out to Tom my childhood priest who once told me not to take the bible literally after I asked him where the dinos were supposed to #fit into genesis. incredible. anyway I’m a non believing heathen now so meh #who cares #these tags are a RIDE wtf cecil

[ofthebrownajah]

Rand al'Thor:

#wheel of time #wot book spoilers #listen #i know it's a complaint the show hasn't gotten into this yet much #however! #they kinda have to now that rand is officially named dragon #and the prophecies will fully be in play #tsr is really when we start really digging into this kinda stuff anyway #but when we do start getting into this stuff in the show? #oh boy #rand althor #oh rand my poor boy

[eggy-the-boy]

*poking my blorbos with a stick* 

#I was gonna write something after the poking my blorbos with a stick thing but my mind blanked and honestly I'll just leave it #it's still very accurate #I love them so much please stop almost getting yourself killed for each other holy shit #if they don't kiss next season I'm sending a formal complaint to Mr. Netflix himself #anyway I'm still clearly very deep into this fandom #also!!!!! I'm over half way into the 3rd book and FUCK it is so good!!!! ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh #I'm loving it!!!!!!! If I didn't have a full time job I would have finished it in one day I bet you #anyway #lockwood and co #lockwood & co #lockwood and co netflix #netflix #anthony lockwood #lucy carlyle #as usual I hope no one has done this one already

[royalarchivist]

I say this in the kindest way possible, but I think this style of prose is more appropriate for a personal account rather than an update account. I have no idea who's being talked about half the time. 🥲

[ Tumblr meme via @mikaikaika ]

#QSMP #Philza #Edited #Phil #Let me know if this needs an additional tag #I don't think this necessitates a discourse or neg tag or whatever because I'm being silly but I'm happy to add one if folks need it #I won't post this one on Twitter I don't think because I genuinely don't want to hurt anyone's feelings #but. I feel very strongly about this. It's not helpful #I say this as a fan and as a professional writer (who also worked in the Marketing and Communications field for far too long) #The prose is nice! It's very whimsical and they're having fun! But I don't think it's appropriate for an updates account #I recently turned off notifications for QsmpEN and I'm considering muting them because half the updates just aren't helpful to me #I want to be able to speed read through the update thread I don't want to spend an additional 30 seconds trying to decipher who's who #I don't like posting complaints so I tried to make it a funny complaint #because I do think feedback is good! And I know I'm not the only one who feels this way #but at the same time: these update writers ARE volunteers #(As a side note -- I personally think anyone running a large social media account should be paid) #(I did that for a few years and it was hell. I can't imagine doing that and NOT getting paid for it) #But anyways #They're all volunteers so I don't actually wanna go all pitchforks and torches on them (which I wouldn't do anyways even if they WERE paid) #I'm just venting my frustrations in what is (hopefully) a funny way #but you're welcome to disagree! That's ok too #Portfolio

[marshallmigraine]

easy access pants

#rgg ishin #like a dragon ishin #yakuza fanart #ryo ga gotoku #goro majima #kiryu kazuma #anyway I’m playing samurai now #my biggest complaint is that people aren’t applauding when I’m punching someone on the street #guess they’re just used to the spectacle #kazumaji

[utilitycaster]

I understand not being a big fan of the appearance of past PCs, and I shared that earlier on, and even shared the argument that I wanted Bells Hells' story to be about them...but I feel like the time for that argument has passed. As we've gone on, that is in fact the story - that they're a bunch of level 8 adventurers who have fallen into an endgame scenario because of little peripheral threads and because of who one of their companions is. The story is, on some level, about not being about them. They've had so little time to drive their own destiny; it's been fetch quests and pursuit from the start, with little in the way of the odd jobs and proper stumblings one would usually expect.

And I hope that after the solstice they'll get to do that! But I think having Keyleth and the Ashari, Beau, and Caleb there hammer the above home: this is so much bigger than Bells Hells is prepared for, and they're here because a few weird things that happened in Jrusar (which is all that Eshteross ever wanted to look into, and all Treshi ever wanted to do) were unbeknownst to them part of a plot Ludinus Da'leth has likely been working on for several centuries; and because Imogen and Fearne are involved through accidents of birth. In many ways, it echoes Laudna's entire story. It's just people who were minding their own business in a town, and someone powerful and ruthless did things beneath it that affected the population at large because of a plan with cosmic ramifications, and they became involved out of an accident of location.

I'll admit - I do prefer a story where people are actively seeking something, or running from something, rather than caught up in bigger and bigger webs of conspiracy, but that's not the one being told right now, and the version in which far more powerful allies don't appear is a tragic and cynical one, whereas one with Keyleth, Beau, and Caleb says "yeah, this is fucked up, and it's not fair that you're here on your own to deal with this rip current of an event."

#it's interesting like. my complaints about party comp and pre-planning do still hold #in that I think there's a way to have told *a* story in which the party gets there more on their own steam #but also...again. that might not be the story intended #i think people do forget that a dm can be trying to tell not a specific array of plot events #but rather a specific theme and framing thereof. which puts a lot of past complaints in perspective (though they remain valid) #funnily enough the people complaining about the nein showing up...want a campaign much more like that of the nein #anyway as per usual when i have a wfh morning i've shotgunned like 5 cups of coffee and had Thoughts i can elaborate #critical role

[oifaaa]

Now that I'm a good ¾ of the way through one piece I'm gonna complain about something that's kinda been bugging me; I don't like how little time the crew has actually been together - and I'm not saying this in the they get split up each island type way I mean in more the Brook was on that ship for a week before the 2 year gap and its not like the rest of the crew is much better from what I can gather from the time Luffy first met zoro til they arrived on sabaody about 6 months had passed if we're being generous I don't know something about the fact that usopp spent more time with that bug man then his crew annoys me so much

#one piece #dont get me wrong im still enjoying the series #this is just one of those personal annoyances #i think it annoys me aswell bc it makes the one piece world somehow feel smaller in my brain #as i know it used to take ships travelling from Ireland to America 3 months #so knowing it took the staw hats around the same amount of time #to literally travel half way round their world #tiny tiny world they got their #also obviously irl theyve been travelling together for over 25 years #but in universe #im pretty sure those people on that 9 month cruise will have spent more time together by the end of their voyage #then the straw hats currently have #anyway small personal complaint

[kaladinpdfs]

as an enjoyer of violent uprisings i do support all singer wrongs and consider them right HOWEVER. suing the government for centuries of backpay is objectively the funniest thing the azish singers could have done. good for them

#common singer w or whatever #oathbringer #wait was it actually for wage theft or just like. in general. iirc they just filed a complaint and maybe i assumed the rest idk anyway #it doesn’t matter <3 beating my fists against the floor begging for more singer culture and politics outside of odium’s bullshit #attune rhythm of bureaucracy or whatever

[todayisafridaynight]

redraw

#rgg #ryu ga gotoku #ryu ga gotoku 2 #ryu ga gotoku 3 #yakuza series #yakuza 2 #yakuza kiwami 2 #yakuza 3 #daigo dojima #yoshitaka mine #minedai #snap sketches #FINALLY I PST IT #UGH the og's haunted me for months ive always been unhappy with how i did the lineart of it and. i just knew i could do it better #SOOOOOO HAPPY TO HAVE THIS DONE TODAY :] #i dont think i have any complaints.... p content... #i was gonna add the cheeky 'adults only' stamp but. lets save that for if i actually go through with making a full comic ver of this LOOL #anyway shout out to the person who commented on one of the train fics this morning <3<3<3 youre my hero <3 #anyway. ty to everyone who attended stream to watch me draw this for five hours <3

[hauntedtrait]

my simself in the goth kit bc as a real life goth i actually really like the clothes and i think y'all are wrong <3 ( also you can get the kit here for free )

#simself #s4edits #wish i had these clothes honestly #my main complaint is the black not being super black but thats always the case with ea #and obviously the hoodie mesh is a mess #and i wish the masc goth tops fit fem frames well #anyways yall should meet a real life goth i think

[grem-archive]

we call that the yankee doodle dumptruck

#i watch baseball for the plot #of course #jokes aside i fucking love baseball #still can't believe astros won the world series this year #anyways #hetalia #aph america #hws america #alfred f jones #alfred f jones // daring to fly #alpha romeo tango #counting this as a headcanon post for the baseball butt #baseball butts #do i flood the america tags too much? #yes #am i going to stop? #no #i have a targeted market to feed #kiss my grits #file a complaint with the complaints department (it's a trash can) #please go wild in the tags #y'all have my full permission

[imswansong]

It’s kind of ridiculous how the Evilive subs (or the ones I’ve seen at least) censor everything the characters say and water them down. Like why would you have Doyoung say “jerk” when he actually called Dongsoo a son of a bitch? Why have him say “we could’ve remained friends” when he actually said “we could’ve stayed together until the end”?

#its a rated r drama and the characters drop f bombs in korean #idk why you wouldnt let them say bad words in english?? 😭 #anyway thats my only complaint abt the subs #otherwise they seem pretty accurate #evilive #biography of a villain

[ganondoodle]

the more time goes on the more negative i feel about totk, its got lots of reasons but aside from me thinking about what else they could have easily done instead of what we got its more and more bc its so put on a pedestal like its the best zelda ever and also its affecting botw in retrospect, not just by the lore, but the fact that people have been saying even shortly after totks release that theres 'no point playing botw' anymore, and will see botw as nothing but totks "bad" prototype is just SO infuriating to me

you know when you initially feel neutral (or ignorable dislike) about a character but then the fandom for some reason gets so insanely obsessed with them that you just start disliking them more and more over time ... yeah

#ganondoodles talks #i know its da new game so of course its the focus #but its 99.99% just praise and i just dont get it #the only criticism i see is from a few people in my little fandom bubble and from annoying ytubers who just hate without reason #no i am not complaining about idk monster variety or complain that the dodge tech is unfair bc i dont always get it (lol) #im too insane over this franchise to only care about gameplay #anyway #if i dont get this comic update done today i might as well quit #(joking) #i havent dared watching any of the big zelda you tuber guys... are there even any that have similar complaints as me or am i just that weir #... i might just be that weird #i have always been the odd one in my -ultimately harmless but nonetheless very important to me media-opinions anyway