#but at the end of the day

[hihereami]

I think so much of the outlook over fandom would change if many people treated it like it is: a goddamn hobby.

A fandom group is no better nor more revolutionary than a knitting club. It can replicate any real world biases and discriminations and it can also be used to raise money/group people towards causes. It can foster connections that will turn to actual real political action or it can just be a gathering of people who don't know much about each other outside of it.

It can be lovely to experience when you're surrounded by a lovely group and it can be hell when the group is full of cattiness and pettiness . It can be inclusive or it can be exclusive when you're surrounded by bigotry.

Because it's a group of people - it's going to have problems. And when there's a conflict or people are pointing shit out, it needs to be solved so its members aren't spit out in the sake of "avoiding drama". Because it's a group of people, it's not automatically changing the world in a blaze of self grandeur. Because it's a group of people with a common hobby, it can impact its members lives for the better and give them a space to express themselves.

Fandom is a goddamn knitting club. It's not this inherent great, subversive force of good nor this den of evil that's traumatisizing the children. Chill out.

#babbling babbling #its true that fandom has been persecuted by many authors!!!! its true that it plays a bit on the line between copyright and mainstream #its true that it can be lovely and influence media for the better #but at the end of the day #its still a knitting club #it was after all a group of women passing thru star trek fanzines wasnt it

[sketchz]

molly and anne!

#I wish I rendered them but poses r hard ;-; #I think they'd be good friends! #Can you imagine? Anne roping Molly into various wacky adventures in Amphibia? #also at first glance they're really different to each other #Molly is physically weak and malnourished #While Anne is athletically talented and.. not. malnourished #Molly is quiet and reserved #While Anne is outgoing and outspoken #Molly's observant and smart #While Anne's a bit dense and a bit of a dumbass #But at the end of the day #They are both self sacrificial kids shouldering too many responsibilities and burdens alone #I imagine Anne immediately personally cooked a few meals for her after hearing about her home situation #....would Sprig and Molly gain a bit of a rivalry? #Might explore ideas later or never #epithet erased #amphibia #molly blyndeff #anne boonchuy #sketchz's stuff

[cometblaster2070]

i am upsetting myself at ungodly hours by imagining how the scene in apple and raven's dorm room must've looked like after raven refused to sign.

like imagine apple sobbing the night away and raven tries to comfort her only to be rebuffed and she spends the entire night awake and staring at the ceiling while the guilt eats away at her as she hears apple's quiet sobs.

and apple's there feeling so hurt and angry and alone, and in that moment she probably wants nothing more than a friend, a comforting presence, but she can't even look her bsf in the eye because she's just so upset about what's just happened.

idk there's something about the two of them being so steeped in distress and sadness because raven can't force apple to understand her and apple can't comprehend the reasons for raven's decisions.

and the two of them love each other SO MUCH, but right then they're just stuck in that suffocating dorm room with only each other for company, wondering what they're going to do next.

#eah #ever after high #shitpost #it's too late for this #i need to get to bed #raven queen #apple white #listen to me #it's about the ANGST #also again #apple definitely had a crush on raven #which is just making this worse but #idk there's something about the misunderstanding that gets to me #not quite misunderstanding i mean but you get it #because apple has a mental BLOCK when it comes to anything other than destiny #and raven can only explain 'im not evil pls i dont want this life' in so many ways before getting tired #but at the end of the day #it's no one's fault #and they;re just scared lonely children #also yes smth like this might have happened in the books but pls bear with me i haven't read them in a while

[starfanatic]

When your card is declined at therapy and they bring in a young Patroclus and Achilles (they were born to die miserably, there is no saving them.)

#the amount of fix-it scenerios #but at the end of the day #fate would find a to take them out #Patroclus #Achilles #Patrochilles #Greek mythology #The Illad

[cult-of-the-eye]

When does relating my pain to a character's start working? There's a hole in my heart btw and I don't think calling it Jonathan Sims core will make it go away

#i dunno #its nice to see these facets of myself be loved in a character #but at the end of the day #its me who has to live with myself #people might love that about me from the outside #but in reality jon had a terrible fucking time #and so am i #i dont know man #tma #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #tma meta #tma vague #sorry for being emo on main :/

[phantomyre]

Do you think that the devs/writers are going to be leaning more into the “Vincent is the father” theory? The way how he talks about Sephiroth in rebirth is very peculiar and also how an ashamed father would talk. Personally I hope not for many reasons.

Also when Vincent claims that he had many opportunities to purge Sephiroth from the world but he couldn’t pull the trigger, that implies that he died after Sephiroth was born and not before. Of course this could be to do with the fact that he simply doesn’t want to kill a child and or the son of his love, but it’s still weird non the less.

Unless they choose to retcon already established lore, they will not go that route. It adds nothing to Vincent's character, as much as some people want to make it seem it would and here's why.

Vincent being the father and him just sitting back and letting things happen would make him to be worse than Lucrecia and Hojo, turning him into a coward and a complete asshole. This would also vindicate Hojo completely and make Vincent to be the worse villain, not Hojo. People always like to point to their looks but Tifa and Elena use the same model with some tweeking, and no one says they're related. Or how Naio clearly has Tifa's model as well. Whether people like to admit it or not, these are anime designs, they do shortcut their work, and models get reused all the time. However, the one reason why they may have made the decision to have them both look similar may be due to the fact that originally, Sephiroth and Vincent were originally one and the same person. The main villain had white hair, a tall standing collar, and a headband. Either people are not aware of these things or they are stretching a concept that doesn't have any true solid foundation.

Aside from that, Vincent's connection to Sephiroth had always been weak, and there was little motivation for him to pursue Sephiroth in OG. His focus was always Hojo, and his penance was always too extreme in the eyes of fans. He was this sad little man that was just all woe-is-me for a sin that didn't justify his punishment. Lucrecia was always the one pointed at as the least forgivable. And rightly so. At the time, Vincent's only sin was following orders as a Turk and not overstepping his bounds to prevent the experiment. But that was hardly a reason for him to bainish himself to eternal nightmares. Until Rebirth.

Vincent's connection to Sephiroth finally holds more weight in that Vincent idly stood by while innocent lives were being cut off by Sephiroth. He likely knew enough about the nature of the experiment and that the purpose was to create a dangerous being, and then for years on end, still chose to passively allow Sephiroth create carnage. This alone makes Vincent an accomplice of Shinra's evils. While it isn't clearly stated in DoC, the Ultimania mentions that Sephiroth was already a toddler by the time Vincent decided to approach Hojo. So if that still remains canon, Vincent likely saw Sephiroth's early stages of cruelty as a child.

All of this adds plenty of reasons for Vincent to have a strong feeling towards taking Sephiroth down, yet still hesitating because he is the son of Lucrecia. Him being the father doesn't add anything important to him. As a matter of fact, it hinders his character. One of the many reasons why Vincent is so loved is due to his unselfish personality.

In OG, Vincent harbored doubts about Hojo, but his hatred wasn't that deep yet. In the Ultimania, Vincent counted Hojo's experiments on him justified, therefore putting himself lower than Hojo. It wasn't until Vincent learned the truth about Hojo that he suddenly became enraged, and all anger he had towards himself was immediately directed at Hojo. And yet in spite of it all, even after taking Hojo down, Vincent says "rest in peace, Hojo". What person says that to their most hated enemy...? This scene depicted that even towards his worst enemy, he was still gracious. To force in the idea that he is Sephiroth's father would override all of that, and would make Vincent no better than Lucrecia or Hojo, and 'killing his own son' would never redeem him of that. Sparing the life of your worst enemy's child holds more impact than killing your kid (which is also extremely unoriginal and tropey).

Can they play with the idea of him being the father? Absolutely. Will they actually make him the dad? No, unless they want to completely undo what Vincent is. And and far as we've seen, if there's one thing they have been very loyal to and careful about, it's the characters. They build upon what they already are, and do not change what is already established canon. And in Vincent's case, his guilt was something that needed further weight. And that weight is that he was complacent with what both Shinra AND Sephiroth had committed, many times over.

I also go into detail about the depth of Vincent's guilt in this post. https://www.tumblr.com/phantomyre/745158867895418881/rebirth-vincent-analysisbreakdown-1-vincents?source=share

In short, I believe Vincent was aware of Sephiroth murdering the townspeople of Nibelheim, and due to what he says in Rebirth, he was also privy to the suriviors ending up as test subjects. And by way of association, Zack and Cloud as well. This is how they're going to give reason to Vincent's pursuit of Sephiroth. Not being the father.

#people can have their headcanons if it makes them happy #but at the end of the day #it is still just fanfiction #vincent valentine #final fantasy 7 #ff7 #final fantasy #ffvii

[minustwofingers]

*not to be a hater bc i do enjoy her music and respect her art* taylor’s fanbase terrifies me and the amount of people who infantilize her scare me!

#dee overshares #like yes she’s a wonderful performer #and a great artist #but at the end of the day #she’s miss carbon emissions #and is like the epitome of white woman feminism #AND sees more money in a week than what most of us make in our lives #like no need to ride so hard for her on every single thing she does #i promise u she’ll be fine

[thecoffeelorian]

Friendly reminder that NOBODY in canon or fanon still hasn't discussed how Hunter was just fine with never going back for Crosshair.

Also, he STILL isn't getting any better by himself.

#the bad batch #tbb crosshair #tbb hunter #you can slap a shiny suit on a sick abandoned person #and give the sick abandoned person a dog #but at the end of the day #they're STILL sick and abandoned #also everyone can pretend everything is perfect all they want... #BUT THIS NEVER GOT ADDRESSED... #so NOTHING is perfect.

[milesmolasses]

workers working on spider-verse not having good working conditions at sony pisses me off

sick of multimillion dollar companies and their capitalistic ideals. but then again, we live in America.

kudos to those who had the strength to leave sony’s animation team. my prayers to those who still continue to work under such terrible conditions.

#sigh #disappointed the movie got pushed back #but at the end of the day #companies will always put money before people #molasses talks🕸️

[gatalentan]

ACE MCSHANE

in Power of The Doctor (2022)

#ace mcshane #sophie aldred #doctor who #gifalentan #MY BEST GIRL CAME HOME I NEEDED TO MAKE SOMETHING... YOU KNOW... #I'm still not recovered #I'm just not #I can't believe she came back #My fields over the years have contained so many wonderful blorbos #but at the end of the day #it always comes back to Her #THE character of all time

[ryuvnosuke]

i must confess i'm not really into interchangeable boyfriends in bsd (and for that i mean when ppl bring beast aku to the original universe and make him kiss atsushi. or viceversa. althought i never saw it the other way around). specially since i believe beast sskk to be married here where sskk are trying to understand each other

#i just think that the beauty of sskk in any universe is them being rivals #but then getting along even with their differences #and ik even if they were on the same there would still be differences but. it's not the same? #maybe i just like the drama #but at the end of the day #i think the shared story between them from the same universe is worth more than anything their other universe's self can bring #make them meet and being completely out of it because you look the same but you aren't!!! #ela.txt #bsd #bsd beast

[spotify-official]

what do u have against taylor swift 😭😭😭

A lot, hope that helps!

#look #she is a celebrity #and does as a celebrity does #I have some personal gripes #but at the end of the day #I don't have enough time #to fully lay out my problems with sources rn #I will in the future tho #spotify #spotify official #ask spotify

[ponytailcoby]

Coby 😭😭😭

#he's matured so much over the years #but at the end of the day #he's still coby lol

[chuthulhu-reads]

[ID: a panel from Trigun Maximum. Vash is looking up at Livio, and the reader, with a grim expression. The last time we got a full-face image of him, his hair was entirely blond in the front and black in the back, but now some of his hair is black in the front, too, over the left side. End ID.]

Another hard-hitting hair reveal shot, so much harder because this time we know what we're looking at. We know Vash's life has just shortened significantly, and the question is: how????

[ID: Six panels from Trigun Maximum. The first is a shadowy image of Vash sitting hunched over on the white couch. Wolfwood's body is in entirely black silhouette and Vash's expression is shadowed, but there are leaves beginning to sprout from his right arm. The second panel shows a small cut with blood spurting out of it. The third shows Knives with a shocked grin, revealing that the cut is on his cheek. The fourth panel is a birds-eye view of the orphanage, peering down through swirling wings and clouds. The fifth panel is a birds-eye videw of the couch, Wolfwood's body and Vash reduced to stick figures. The sixth panel is a close-up of Vash's expression of absolute fury, black hair over his left eye making it look even wider and angrier. Cracks are creeping up Vash's left cheek and chin, and plant feathers are swirling in the air around him. End ID.]

That FACE gives me chills. You get Livio's perspective, wondering "how is Vash so calm", maybe have that angry bitter thought for a moment that maybe he didn't even care... and then you see that no, Vash is fucking angry, and burned up a chunk of his remaining life to make sure that Knives fucking knows it, with a wrath that Livio mistook for thunder. Vash is experienced in controlling and processing his emotions, sure, and we're lucky he is, because in the moment when his grief and rage were freshest and most potent and he let it all out, his emotions cracked the heavens in half.

#Trigun #might've been better for Gunsmoke if Vash had a bit less emotional control and maturity #and Cain'd Knives' ass 150 years ago #He's furious that Wolfwood is dead here #but do you think he's also angry about how Knives used Wolfwood? #How Knives and the EOM took advantage of Wolfwood's better parts #his love of the children in the orphanage #to make him make choices and take actions that made him hate himself? #He was willing to die to get Vash used to killing so he could stop Knives #Terror of Knives and self-hatred pushed him that low #The Eye of Michael came for him because he saved Vash's life #There's gotta be some guilt in there on Vash's part too #but at the end of the day #all this is happening because Knives wanted Vash to suffer #well you sure fuckin achieved that didn't you #you might wish you hadn't

[gemstarstarlight]

IDK if you've seen Crown of Candy yet, but it's treatment of Not-Christianity is much better even if ultimately still negatively-oriented. It's more centered around the historical institution with Not-God being more of a force than a sapient being, and the pagan representation turns out to be sinister so it's consistent in not endorsing any strain of divinity in particular. Ravening War likewise does some interesting stuff with church-drama that doesn't cast genuine faith in a bad light.

I have watched both of those and I agree with you! It’s definitely a bit better because of all of that. It’s also more my genre anyway, which made it more fun.

It’s so tricky because there’s truth in both Comida and Fantasy High’s depiction of religion. I’ve met the Bobby Dawns and read up on the Belisabeth Brassicas. I understand that God can feel distant, like a force and nothing more. I am so angry and grieved at the damage the church has done to people. Any time there is a grasp for power or a putting down of others or another goddamned cult I want to just cry because this isn’t what it’s supposed to be and it’s horrible to just watch. Also I do believe that as much as possible there shouldn’t be an endorsement of one religion over another in entertainment, so not endorsing any particular religion in Dimension 20 is good.

But I feel such a connection with characters like Sir Morris Brie. Because I’m a Bible-believing Bulbian. I’ve studied my god and I’ve also met him. And he’s not like Helio at all. He loves me. Has always loved me. Has always wanted what was best for me. Has grieved with me when I’ve lost everything in little ways over and over again. Has been my father and friend when I haven’t been able to trust one and didn’t know how to have the other. And I’ve been able to trust the Bible over and over again even if I haven’t always agreed or understood.

And it’s just never represented. D&D has always felt like the closest thing to representation for me, as a Bible-believing queer person. And Dimension 20 (again, understandably, it sounds like Ally’s experience was awful and part of healing has been leaving) rarely if ever portrays someone with genuine faith in a Christian-esque god. Or if they do, it’s portrayed as toxic or ill-informed. And that sucks, frankly.

I get it, I truly do. No one gets more irritated than I do at bigoted ignorant Christians and I will fully doxx myself by saying I have been to the American South and I would NEVER live there willingly because of the culture.

But I tend to listen to the more neutral Dimension 20 campaigns. It took me so long to try A Crown of Candy. Because I don’t just respect my religion; I love my God. And I hate to see the slander, especially because some of it is true and even more especially because some of it is not.

#thanks for the ask op sorry for the vent #maybe that wasn’t what you were expecting but it did make me think #tbh a big part of biting the bullet was realizing some of the best D&D play comes from ACOC #yes I keep watching clips of fhjy every time there’s a cool game mechanic thing done #yes I cackled and said “got him” along with Lou when Zac did Mindless Rage and Brennan realized he was got good #and I may have actually watched the latest episode because it’s all high level combat and I’d like to get better as a player myself #and because watching it fucking rules #but at the end of the day #I wish Christians weren’t afraid to create content that explores their own religion more #(in a narrative way rather than a teaching way) #and I wish non-Christians could see more of the good of the God I know #christianity #dimension 20

[multicolour-ink]

https://youtu.be/hWxq5GYY4oo

https://youtu.be/KUORYcthrnc Okay, what is everyone’s reaction to the Beta Game Over screen from the E3 trailer for Luigi’s Mansion? No doubt Game Luigi would just… slowly bring his hand to his neck, a nasty memory of that illusion of his shadow hanging (it was actually a glitch in the game’s POV but what if it was actually implying something?) while the other versions of him and Mario began freaking out in their own way.

Oh yeah...that thing ._.

Well no doubt all the Bros would be freaked out.

Game Mario/Luigi: Luigi starts shaking as he remembers the terror of the mansion. Mario hugs him tight, and promises him that everything is ok...that nothing is ever going to hurt him again...

1993 Mario/Luigi: Literally both get freaked out. Mario is just terrified, while Luigi screams that whoever did that game over screen was on something!

Paper Mario/Luigi: Well these two have already seen some messed up stuff in their games (seriously SPM is just the tip of the iceberg - there is some dark stuff in the Paper Mario series). They get frightened by what they see, but at the same time it's no different to what they have come across already...

Supershow Mario/Luigi: Luigi goes and hides. Mario says this game over screen is as twisted up as spaghetti.

Movie Mario/Luigi: Neither of them know what to say. Mario stares at the game over screen, unmoving. It's haunting. It makes him think about what would've happened if Luigi had been...Mario starts to tremble. Luigi can sense his brother's distress, and presses closer into him.

#movie mario needs a moment #all the mario and luigi's are distressed #but at the end of the day #the game over screen was only a beta version #thank goodness they didn't use it! #it is pretty scary and wouldn't have done ME good when I was a kid o_o #super mario #mario #luigi #super mario bros #mario bros #super mario bros 1993 #paper mario #the super mario bros super show #the super mario bros movie #super mario movie #mario and luigi #mario movie 2023 #burningmusicfunnygiant #multicolour ink answers