#but i hate that course dude

[liberty-spiked]

The funniest thing about this personality building course (or how to fit into capitalism 101 as i like to call it) is that it does build my personality. into a pissed off anarchist.

Like one sheet. "What are yout ideals?" the guillotine is a nice tool for equality and can help us get better politicians ;)

#half my personality is being pissed about the world but its a government sponsored course so #also the others really profit from it im not gonna ruin their chance to help themselves #but i hate that course dude #christoph (not his name i call him that tho) u dont believe in adhd and anti depressants so fuck you #i could and would write a love song about mirtazapine the only thing that can put me to sleep except coma drinking which is not good lol #he didnt want any ads so theyre bad #without my ads and no matter what else i do i get around 2h of sleep per night #with my beloved mirtazapine i sleep normally - boom easy fix i love it #my mood swings were so severe i was always pissed and couldnt really think clearly #6 months later (my brain needed to rest up ads usually affect you after ~2 weeks) i was a new fucking human #but in his view im an outlier lol #i will never not love this med in particular it changed my entire life :') #more than his stupif course does #well that once again turned into a love rant about my anti depressants (becuz i luv them mirtazapine is bae) #my posts

[maxsix]

#kim hongjoong #hongjoong #ateez #okay #you got me #you win hongjoong #i surrender #you guys know that really cheesy 80s song by Berlin #yeah that #and of course this dude loves Bowie and Prince #of course he does #i hate him so much #Ad Astra stuff #this is so AA HJ coded

[moeblob]

Deacon loves two things: Ymber and digging himself a grave.

Fulj hates one thing: Deacon.

#my characters #waiting on some info on the next commission so i indulged in ocs today bc i doubt i will have as much time for lil comics for a bit #deacon is so devoted hes like yeah i would kill for a deity that could easily kill anything himself but yknow teehee #and fulj just did you tell him you needed therapy also does he even know youd murder in his name #deacon caught red handed haha no of course i havent told him it should be obvious enough haha.... and its in his defense not his name :c #man really does have some issues but i love him so much and hes so devoted but like. unhealthily after a while #he does in fact need a chill pill and therapy but to be fair #ymber has needed therapy for centuries and yet he just bottles it all up and suffers so #its pretty unhealthy until they yell at each other one (1) time bc they are so insecure about things and get mad over very valid reasons #but then theyre like you know what that was necessary and i still want to stay by your side if you let me #and then fulj is like dude hey sorry you seem really happy did you fu- and ymber is like no please stop there we have not #fulj just squinting cause have not is very different than will not but whatever she doesnt wanna think about that with deacon involved ew #and eventually fulj is like hey ymber im sorry to say but i really do hate deacon and i dont even know why but he makes me uncomfortable #while deacon is just. in the room. hearing this and thinking how he knows she thinks hes weird but wow that wording hurts #and ymber doesnt wanna fill in memories better forgotten by fulj which she had forcefully removed #so he just says oh well his hair and clothing are black and you had someone in the past that you might see in him and its not a pleasant en #so you know maybe its that idk #and fulj is then WHATST i was rude to him for someone i cant even remember? lame im gonna try SO HARD to be nice to him now #and deacon just still sitting there with some food like this is v awkward and i wish i could not be here for it #and later he asks ymber about who he resembled and as ymber is descibing her it clicks in deacons head and he gets really sad #that he might somehow remind fulj of the woman she loved before she was punished for loving a mortal #and he feels kinda bad pestering her so much with his curiosities about deities and he kinda gets it #the fact hes close to ymber might remind her at the core that she was once that close with a mortal if not closer #anyway story time in the tags again #im so obsessed with these peeps and i have made them suffer so much but they do all end on a happy note #its still funny and nice to me that while fulj is creeped out by deacon and doesnt like talking to him #he still expresses the most emotions to her - he tries hard to remain serious around ymber and collected and obedient at all times #and when out and about with ymber he has to be intimidating and refuses smiling but fulj?? all sunshine and smiles and emotions easy to rea #and she is just that is so weird go away i hate you

[bookshelf-in-progress]

Daughter of the House of Dreams: A Fragment

Author's Note: This is the opening to a long-abandoned "Sleeping Beauty" retelling that I no longer plan to write, but I still like it as a piece of prose, and it sparked my enduring interest in second-person narration, so it feels relevant, and why should long-dead authors be the only ones who get to have their unfinished fragments published?

If you ever travel to Monetta City, be sure to visit Faraway Lane. Walk past the glittering new shops, and the shoppers in their bright silk dresses and top hats, and you'll find a cozy stone shop at the end of the street. This shop isn't grand and mighty like the other shops. It won't sniff and turn you away if your clothes aren't the latest fashion. It's a grandmotherly old shop that shakes its head at the prancing and preening of the younger shops, and invites you in instead. It holds no wares in its windows; it hardly has windows at all. But it has a warm and wide wooden door, with a shingle hanging above—Alessia Day, maker of dreams.

Don't ponder the sign's message too long—it means exactly what it says. Just slip inside, shut the door behind you, and look. Don't breathe too deeply, unless you want a week of crazy dreams, but allow yourself one gasp of astonishment. You won't be able to stop yourself. No living person has failed to feel awe toward the rows and rows of shelves, longer than streets and taller than palaces, filled to bursting with glass bottles in such bright colors that the dresses in the other shops' windows would weep in envy. Some bottles are the size of thumbnails. Most fit comfortably in the palm. Some are as large as breadboxes or steamer trunks or carriage horses, but the shelves manage to fit them all. And each bottle is filled to the brim with dreams.

If you don't understand, ask Alessia Day. You'll find her at a counter half a mile from the door, polishing bottles and humming a song you've heard but can't remember. She's an old woman now, and proud of it, but squint your eyes and start to daydream, and you'll see her as I remember her—a willow-wand girl with shining brown hair and eyes that sparkle with half-formed jokes.

Tell this girl how pretty she is (she'll laugh and call you crazy) and ask about her dreams. She'll tell you of her stock and sell you any dream you ask for—daydreams and pipe dreams, dreams of love, dreams of adventure, dreams of loved ones lost and loved ones found and people you've never met but wish you had. She'll show you dreams of lush and perfect islands, dreams where fishes fly through the air, and dreams where people swim the seas with fishes' tails. She'll pull down dreams that last a second but linger a lifetime, dreams that fill a month of stormy nights, dreams that fade on waking and dreams that drown out memories. If you let her, she'll talk of dreams until you drift off, and she'll bottle up your dream while you doze.

But if you're smart (I know you are) you'll step to the counter with a clear glass bottle, empty of everything but air, and ask for her story instead. She'd distill it in a dream for you, and be glad to do it—I once saw her whip it up in half a minute, and I'll bet she's even faster now. Buy the dream, but don't drink it right away. You won't be ready for it. Linger in the shop a while. Hear the story first from Alessia Day's lips, in that voice of hers that's sweeter than singing.

You won't believe half of it, but when you stagger from the shop and wander the empty, starlit streets, you'll ponder over passages until you stumble into bed at sunrise. And when you wake, the world will be different—you'll see tiny footprints on the windowsills, know things about the shadows on the walls, tip your hat to creatures in the corner of your eye, and realize there is another color no one else can see. You'll laugh and call it your imagination, but every second Tuesday, you'll start to wonder if the old woman was right, if the things she told you were true.

If you drink the dream she made, you'll know. I'll understand if you don't—some things are easier not to know. But if you do, and dream through her story, come to my house and ring the bell. My man will let you in—he'll know you by the wonder on your face. He'll bring you to my study, set you in my oldest, softest chair, and get us both settled with a steaming pot of tea. Then, once you've finished babbling, I'll close my eyes and tell you my part in the tale.

#the bookshelf progresses #i had completely forgotten the story that this was supposed to be the prologue to #then over the weekend i found the plot summary again #it was actually pretty cool #it was about this girl whose family served as the most prestigious dream-makers in the nation #because they provide dreams to the famed cursed and sleeping princess #and then she discovers that the princess could have been woken a bunch of times over the century #but her family prevented it because they didn't want to lose their cash cow #and then of course she has to find a way to break the curse #i don't know why i thought having this random dude as narrator was the way to go #(unless the story morphed a lot between initial idea and whatever story i intended to write with this prologue) #he was probably in the prince role #and would marry the princess while remaining friends with alessia #beyond that i have no clue what i was going for #(also i don't think i would do the 'he teams up with this girl and marries someone else' plot if i did it today #because i hate marian halcombe situations where the hero develops a strong dynamic with his adventure partner #only to for some inexplicable reason marry someone pretty and boring) #anyway today's a day where i want to write and don't really have time to #so i'm just posting this instead

[spiderfroggo]

liliths seem to hate eluard for some reason 

#afk arena #afk eluard #afk palmer #well maybe hate is a bit strong word #but i just feel like eluard is the least appreciated church of light member #especially when palmer dolly's corner issue came out #yeah dude of course belinda and lucius are your favorite students no shit #it's not like we have any other church of light characters right #anyway now i headcanon palmer as being like a dad to all light clerics #and hating my boy eluard for no reason #украрт #укртумбочка

[margindoodles2407]

In Defense of King Rhoam

okay so before I start this I just want to say, before you go dissing me in the comments just hear me out. I know that some people absolutely despise Rhoam, and I'm not trying to change their minds because I completely understand why. I just thought I'd offer my perspective on his character and why I don't hate him as much as other people do.

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I will defend King Rhoam to my dying breath.

Not his actions. Of course not. The way he treated Zelda was a way no parent should ever treat his or her teenage daughter. But even though we focus so much on Zelda's pain- as rightly we should- we tend to forget about her father's.

As far as we, the players, know, Zelda was an only child. Unless she was a miracle child conceived in old age, that means that Rhoam and his wife were married probably at most two years before she was born. Therefore, if she was six when her mother died, then Rhoam and the Queen had been married probably at most eight years. They were newlyweds. And, let us also not forget that the Calamity's return was prophesied very shortly after Zelda's birth.

Imagine being the head of a huge country, home to six major races and thousands of people. Imagine that your wife has just had a baby girl and that whole country celebrates. Imagine that, on that occasion that's supposed to be so joyous, an evil so old that everything about it but its name has been all but forgotten is said to return soon.

Imagine, then, that that wife whom you love throws herself and her sacred power into the work she must fulfill, because if she doesn't, those six races and all those thousands of people could die in a heartbeat.

Imagine that, one day, she suddenly dies.

Imagine that your six-year-old daughter doesn't even cry.

(We know why Zelda doesn't cry. We can't forget that Rhoam doesn't.)

Rhoam's in grief. He mourns his wife, and as everyone knows, when you're in grief you become blind to the pain of others because yours is so intense. But he also knows that his kingdom is still in danger, and that his wife must have passed her sacred power onto their daughter.

Zelda didn't cry. But she's six years old. She doesn't know how to tell him why. So he jumps to conclusions, and assumes that she's just mature- because she's SIX, and she doesn't know how to express her emotions- and so he sends her away to start her training.

Zelda tries, and she tries, and we KNOW that she tries; we know she tries her hardest, we know that she passes out in the freezing water of the Sacred Springs because she's trying so hard and nothing's happening. But we also need to remember that, because of this, she's away from home- where Rhoam is- all the time. Rhoam only gets to see her when she's at the Castle- which isn't often- and when she's there she wants to do the things she loves and not worry about her destiny. She's sixteen. She she still doesn't tell Rhoam how she's feeling, and since he can't see her trying her hardest, he once again jumps to conclusions and assumes that that's all she does when she's gone, too.

And Rhoam is running out of time. It's been ten years, and he doesn't know how seriously the princess takes her duties, so he keeps pushing her because he also has six races and thousands of people to look after.

He has to sacrifice being a father to be a king.

And we can see the whole picture, so we're quick to judge him. And to be clear, yes, the way he treats Zelda by jumping to conclusions isn't a model of parenting that any parent should ever follow. But, unlike us, Rhoam can't see the whole picture.

Not until it's too late.

Rhoam probably dies first when the Calamity hits, and then suddenly, as a ghost, he can see his daughter. He sees her flee the guardians with her knight, he sees her slip her hand from his, he sees her sob in wretched agony as she chokes out that the terrors around them are her fault because she couldn't access her cursed power. He realizes that she did take everything seriously, that she cared so much- that she probably cared more than he did.

He loves his daughter, he always has. But he realizes that he never showed it.

He realizes that he was a terrible father, and that is why he is stayed to the earth as a poe.

Ghosts are the souls of people with unfinished business. Rhoam's was that he was a bad father- and so, by extension, a bad king. So he haunts the plateau where his devoted Sheikah bodyguards buried him, and 100 years slip by like sand in an hourglass.

Link awakes from the Shrine of Resurrection, and Rhoam decides to atone for his past mistakes. He as a ghost can't save his daughter, but Link's alive. Link can. And so he becomes like a father to this boy he knows but who doesn't remember him, guiding him along his way, providing him with direction, food, and shelter, and he tries to fix all the mistakes he made in his life.

And when Link completes the shrines and meets him in the bell tower of the Temple of Time, Rhoam provides him with the Paraglider and the story of 100 years ago. He pleads with the boy to save his daughter, to be the man he never was.

When Link agrees, Rhoam can finally pass on.

He can't tell Zelda that he's sorry. Not yet, not until her time comes and she peacefully passes over into Hylia's realms of light. But he can send her someone, someone to care for her like he never did.

He can only pray that she forgives him.

#okay dude you messed up and yeah #you were a really bad father #but I understand where you are coming from #the legend of zelda #tloz #breath of the wild #botw #king rhoam #after the great plateau and all the ways he helps you I don't have it in me to hate him #i totally understand why people do and I respect that #but it never really made me hate him #mostly i just felt sorry for him #i mean he obviously loved Zelda it's just that he was also stressed #I'm NOT excusing how he treated her of course #but I think he deserves a little less hate and a little more of people being like #anyone else wanna join the 'we don't exactly hate king rhoam fan club'?

[nordfjording]

have you considered that the flavour might be the fuckng problem

#i fucking hate the whole gotcha thing that comes with not liking onions and garlic #the 'oh but you ate that thing i gave you and there was onion in it and you couldnt tell so you DO actually like it ;)' #of course i tasted the fucking onion but heres the thing i am a grown ass adult and adulthood means sometimes #doing things you hate with a straight face like dude im just trying to get through my day over here #if that means putting the veggie equivalent of cat piss in my mouth then well. situations are temporary.

[dhmis-autism]

i feel like the original series was red guy centered, the first season was for yellow guy, and i am BEGGING AND PRAYING that season 2 will be more about duck!! i will probably cry if anything happens to him though lol 💀 everytime writers break a comic relief character i just OUGSHGS.. it gets me.

h well I don't think you're wrong about that! Webseries being Red Guys time to shine, S1 of the TV show being for Yellow (esp the last two episodes I think? Even thought outside of that, he does get a lot of focus/he IS the one who talks to the audience the most directly). From what I remember hearing, the pilot was pretty Duck-centered.

But I think even if he GETS his big moment in the sun, so to speak, it's NOT going to be as emotional as the other twos. On top of him just not being a very um… let's say sentimental character, he's just not the make-you-cry type! It's just not him imo!

IDK, I operate under the opinion that… in his weird little head, the most important thing that he values over everything is keeping the three of them together. Both because he thinks of them as a weird little family AND because he really doesn't have anyone else outside of the trio. We also know from the interview, and you could maybe argue from the Family episode ( Who do you love?/Anyone who loves me back., I asked every member of my family who they loved the most, and they all said me ) that being loved is something that he actually values QUITE a bit! More than you would assume on first glance! He's weirdly upfront about it haha!

In that way, I imagine that if they were to TRY to pull something to put him in the spotlight in the way you're imagining (i.e. something emotional and focusing on his issues like they did with Yellow & Red) it would either focus on his desire to be loved OR his dedication to keeping the three of them together. But I would argue they both already did that in the Family episode AND put him through the worst case-scenario in regards to those more emotional aspects of his character ( here I think the worst case scenario to him is the other two rejecting him, harshly, unambiguously and to his face, multiple times and the three of them separating ). AND THE THING IS… THAT ALREADY HAPPENED! THAT DIDN'T BREAK HIM!

He had his little pout over it in his dress and was like FINE! I DON'T NEED THEM ANYWAYS! So, I really don't think that big "character-breaking" moment is coming. If the Family ep didn't get him I honest to God don't think there's anything else the house could throw at him that could get under his skin.

#I REALLY TRULY DO THINK HES JUST GONNA KEEP BEING SILLY AND GOOFY UNTIL THE END OF TIME #just forever in the BG being funny and having the best lines #like. worst case scenario came and went and he is both so adaptable AND deranged that nothing is going to come from it ever #ALSO sorry! i think he likes being in the house lol #dude who loves repetition and stagnation and who is a complete social failure gets trapped in a time loop house with two other people? #of COURSE he loves the routine and delusionally convinces himself that the other two love him!! come ON now!!! #my dhmis postings #like im trying to think of what kind of drama can even come from his specific issues and #its like what if he figures out the other two dont think of him the same way? #HE ALREADY DID!!! #and he pushed on it and pushed on it and didnt relent until they were like PHYSICALLY seperated. #then he just convinced himself that HE made the decision to drop THEM actually. #and when that didnt work he got sad. then got over it. #again. i think he would TRY to find new friends but like. socially he is SO SO fucked lol. #hes annoying. hes loud. he NEVER stops talking. hes super upfront and DOGSHIT at communicating at the same time #hes mean. hes abrasive. he doesnt understand social cues at ALL. he has NO filter. and he refuses to work on any of that because to him #NONE of that is a problem. #like he wouldnt be able to get new friends if he TRIED. he is so completely entirely incompatible to anyone outside the group #it makes him REALLY easy to hate and i get why a lot of ppl do. HELL i get why a lot of IN UNIVERSE charas HATE him

[only-one-brain-cell]

PERIOD

#bridgerton #yes every Bridgerton lost their father and Violet lost her husband #but all of them expect for Anthony had been able to morn #while Anthony had to snap into the role of Viscount #imagine at 17 having to choose to save your mother or your unborn sister #man has severe PTSD not only from watching his father die but from that as well #I imagine that he will be extremely overprotective of Kate when she’s pregnant #of course Kate will know why Anthony told her why #also his mommy issues #how Violet had resented him for years #you can see it in s1 how she talks to him #it’s better in s2 but they still never got that closure until Kate’s accident #I love this man so much #every Bridgerton has had it easy (FIGHT ME) because of Anthony and I hate that they don’t see it #yes he’s cold towards his siblings WELL GEE I WONDER WHY #I hate their attitudes towards them EXCEPT for when Anthony paid for Ben to get into school that my dude was fucked up #you could have recommended him without the money and that would have been great

[nutcraxker]

Barnabas is actually a cool character (at least for me) I mean, see how he's a king but at the same time he's the most loyal servant of Ultima? Yes. How he's a human but he doesn't have faith in them. How he actually dislikes human's condition right now—same as Clive—but he seeks different way to solve it? (extreme even) How he actually has his own will but he hates others? This one is complicated but you get this. He hates how humanity is now more corrupted and he then proceeds to follow Ultima's way to rebuild the world (without blight and mostly will, anything to be alive) he doesn't realize, his whole endeavour won't be real without his will. Yes he's more a puppet than a human being but I believe, for him to reach the whole thing that he have now needs a whole damn portion of will. Even after he nearly meets his end, he still trying his best to fulfill Ultima's job that he has given to him. That require not just loyalty, but will, and ambition too. Even though of course that's perhaps Ultima's doing, his will surely has its own portion to make it comes true.

Also, cool thing is that he has always been consistent throughout the game. Even though Clive's words are actually make a lot of sense than Ultima's words, he's not easily convinced to throw away everything he did for his master. He been a menace and will always be a menace. Moreover, he has a cool armor. That's a big plus point.

Another thing that I like about him is that he's just bored about everything so when Clive fights him, he's very exhilarated, excited, animated, elated, moved. Imagine everyday, you have to deal with annoying people (his allies) and nothing interesting. But finally, this guy (Clive) comes out and fights him and Clive is almost as strong as him? No wonder if Barnabas is happy. I guess just let him be

(edited some things but mostly they're still the same)

#barnabas ffxvi #barnabas tharmr #final fantasy #ffxvi #ffxvi spoilers #I WILL and ALWAYS ramble about him no matter what #because he's actually important to the dynamics #he just hates how human changed to this like Clive but his ways are way more extreme #He feels like humanity doesn't deserve a second chance and he believes that humanity is nothing without Ultima #While the fact is... humanity is actually capable of change and of course without the existence of that 'god' they still can do anything #Good thing is yeah Clive managed to change the world like Barnabas wanted #change humanity I suppose #but they still have will unlike what Barnabas wanted #So it's actually a 50/50 solution for both of the characters hahaha #This dude tbh didn't have to go all out for a fourhanded alien but #yeah I guess it's up to him

[worstloki]

Theres ppl who hate TDW. How would y'all like it if fans trashed the dark world as much as fans who hate ragnarok?

PEOPLE TRASH ON TDW ALL THE TIME??? IT WAS LITERALLY NOTORIOUSLY DUBBED THE WORST MCU MOVIE FOR YEARS

#my dude you can hate on whatever movie you like whether it’s bc u don’t like it or for legitimate objective storytelling reasons #personally I think TDW lacked strongly in the villain department #which meant Thor’s arc was at a bit of a slow growth point #but hey at least it was the right direction #I can excuse him being a jerk to Loki bc I don’t expect Thor to be perfect #+ Loki’s recent crimes + Thor’s been hanging out with uhhhh ODIN???? #of course he’s all wrapped up in Loki Bad thoughts #that plus the recently developed moral bone #it’s no wonder he’s so depressed #slow movie overall tbh I agree Loki + Loki/Thor interactions were the best parts and enjoyed Darcy tho

[foxgloveinspace]

I did what I always do when I get this storm anxiety and I watched goofy videos and reels all day and today ha get like three days and also I’m just so so so stressed about tomorrow night cause my whole family is gonna be split up around the county and I’m so so…. Not ok.

#very much so #uuugh #I hate tornadoes so freaking much. #would feel better if we had a storm shelter of ANY KIND but the closest we have is the half basement in my aunts hous (in the same yard as #us) but like!! NOTHING HERE. we live in a tiny ass trailer house!!! #I’m gonna fucking vomit. #and of course no one actually takes me seriously #like they are predicting SOFT BALL SIZE HAIL. not even tornadoes this time is the main worry 🥎 size hail. #uuuuuuugh. I think most everyone in the family will be home….. when it hits….. but fuck dude I think my sister will still be at work and #she is the BIGGEST liability in this shit thunderstorms do NOT scare her at all and I HATE IT. #and by that I don’t me ‘she doesn’t worry’ I MEAN SHE STANDS OUT ON OUR METAL FRONT PORCH AND WATCHES THEM. #she’s crazy!!!! #I know I’m just….. repeating myself a lot but I’m so terrified you guys. #I don’t think anything will happen and yet…. this is so scary to me #and I’m just…. it’s the first time in a while we’ve been directly in the Bad Zone and it’s so so scary

[junotter]

sometimes researching for avatar redesigns has you 6 layers deep into the Japan's Meiji era allies wiki

#im trying to mess with some of the stuff that feels weird about the ways the fire nation is depicted idk #like i do not feel optically it is good for like them to be so heavily based on japan's imperialist actions #while dressed in clothes that come from places japan colonized #but i dont want it to just be solely japanese though i did draw zuko and azula in hakama but its largely cause i wanted to draw hakama #and like the only place with strong japanese influence being kiyoshi island and my own frustration with the modern day samurai depiction #i think fundamentally it isnt a choice that had as much thought as i am putting in put into it but it does raise an eyebrow for me #anyway i think keeping the thai influence is fine despite the brief invasion japan had into thailand due to thailand then allying with japa #and further allying with the axis due to allying with japan #ugh and ive been told not to think this much about it because its fiction but its also fiction so so so heavily based on real places #and when you base fiction on real cultures you fall into some unintentional pitfalls #i also fucking hate the royal fire nation robes they look so meh and the most costumey out of everything in the show #they look like heavy blankets despite being a supposedly hot nation #theres ways to have heavy robes (heian era japan) but they look like i make them out of fleece and velvet blankets #back to kiyoshi island i think the really only aesthetically japanese reference in the show being an island of noble warriors is lame #plus over done #it feels like nowadays theres a lot of people who get all whiney about people saying fire nation is based off japan #but like dude the creators in the comics and korra like go even more into the japanese influence and clearly it was the original intentions #also i do think you could do some pretty interesting world building by having say there be an older cultural influence on kiyoshi island #from the fire nation especially if the place is established as a central port area then you tie in some okinawan or even hawaiian reference #and gives an explanation that makes sense to why kiyoshi stands out from the rest of the earth kingdom you have long term cultural trading #and it establishes interesting relationships even pre kiyoshi time thereby drawing back onto some real historic references #cause for awhile ryukyu china and japan used to be this trading triangle which could explain some of these various influences going on #i think you can get a really interesting harmony when you create the fire nation out of a mix of japan and thailand #i mean both have these floating buildings due to living on some pretty wet lands and theres harmony in that mix #god i did see one person go like “fire nation is more based on china because theres a lot of red and red is important in china” #my brother in christ red is also important in japan #red is important in like many many asian cultures #i mean of course a lot of that importance stems from china and cultural exchange with china but idk kinda silly to say with your whole ches #like if you want to bring china in then the dragons are the biggest thing like sure some mythos has dragons in japan #but a lot of those comes from china in some way

[ciderjacks]

Can we kill the whole “no attention on artwork is sad and means it was a waste of time” thing? Like Seriously can we kill it. I put a fuckton of effort into my art and it usually gets like, 10 likes, and that doesn’t really matter to me bc I love making it. I’m grateful for nice comments, but I’m gonna keep making the stuff I make regardless.

Like ok I’m not trying to sound all holier than thou here, but the amount of artists online who say stuff like “this artwork was a flop, so I’m feeling really discouraged” is making me go crazy. Is that all it is for you guys? Content? When you’re making artwork are you just making content for an audience? No offence but I feel like that’s a huge fucking waste of time, way more than making art you like and getting minimal attention on it.

#art #discourse #i guess?? #Idk sorry I know I sound like an asshole but dude #the way people talk about art is crazy #Where’s your love for what you’re doing? Who cares if it didn’t blow up like you wanted? You still had fun making it right?? #“Ppl need to start rbing artists more all their effort is being ignored bc ppl hate art” is some hot steaming bs too #Like oh Were you creating for attention? I didn’t realize random peoples approval was that important to you my fault #It’s such an accepted mentality too like “well of course I want people to like my work that I put hours into” is #Seen as a completely reasonable statement which like. on the surface it is. But then u realize they consider 20 likes “no attention” #Is you liking it not enough? Are the 20 people who liked it not enough? Are your friends who gushed over it not enough? #Or do you not actually mean “people” when you say that #Do you maybe just want to feel an ego boost when you see a big number next to that thing you put hours into. #You feel like you’ve earned a big number for all that otherwise wasted time #It’s like a weird twist on consumerism #Where at some point for a lot of you I feel like you’re not making art. You’re making a product. #You’re just a commission artist except you’re not making any money #It’s sad I hate it and if you’re an artist who talks about their art like this then I don’t respect you #And I sure as hell don’t respect your “art”

[teememdee]

I’ve been showing my parents Scavengers Reign while I’m at home, we got to ep10 tonight and when Azi and Mia kissed my dad gasped and said “She [Azi] should be kissing the robot instead!” so I’m glad he understands the show perfectly

#I love Azi and Mia of course but we can’t deny the homoeroticism of Levi’s maintenance #I’m glad they’re enjoying the show! I was afraid they’d hate it but they don’t #my mom really likes Levi #and my dad calls the Hollow ‘evil baby’ #Sam dying did make me teary eyed again. goddamn this show is so good dude #scavengers reign

[purgetrooperfox]

does the presumably large faction of people on here who only consume bg3 secondhand through reader-inserts and gifsets know that astarion is a bastard? do they know that he wants you to do the worst possible thing at every given opportunity and then say it was fun? have they been made aware that he gets pissy if you help people and even pissier if you don't ask for payment for helping them? he is soooo mean 🥰 and SOOOO emotionally unavailable 🥰 love a man who hates the world 🥰

#i love this about him. but do they know #i freed a slave dude and astarion got mad at me DLDBDKNDDKDJ #i won't say i didn't set out to romance him bc i did but i'm also playing the game like a dick and his approval skyrockets when i do some #shit like lie about helping people then kill them and steal all their belongings? or go to extremes for the sake of power? #granted i'm still in act 2 (suffering) and he might change drastically but somehow i doubt it #very funny to me #no hate to reader inserts or gifsets or those who enjoy them!! of course!! just curious sjdbdjdb #imo his greatest flaw is Posh and Former Landlord