#but on further reflection

[wrenderart]

A tribute to the transmasc body

#my art #transgender #trans #transmasc #trans man #top surgery #needles #ask to tag any further stuff #i really wanted to make something a bit more personal #my school semester is almost over so ive been doing a lot of self reflection

[dailyhatsune]

#hatsune miku #vocaloid #piapro studio #doodle #doodleku #*i am very sorry about disappearing for 3 days i promise things will be back to normal tomorrow aaaaaa* #doodleku will be back home tomorrow #i will reflect on this and actually plan things like this much further in advance #edit to add: also just in case this is not 100% personal hdhfjd this is my oc. she is very grumpy and unfriendly

[wolves-in-the-world]

the thing about eliot spencer as a character, right. the thing about him.

(and as always your mileage may vary on my analyses so if we disagree that's cool actually)

is that he is in fact a somewhat emotionally constipated idiot who is occasionally sensitive about his perceived masculinity and gets defensive about emotional intimacy around other men (largely hardison, who's much more comfortable expressing affection and embracing a softer kind of masculinity), but eliot displays enough emotional awareness and sensitivity and respect for women etc etc that anyone who's been subjected to that era of television will put on rose-tinted glasses without even looking twice.

(and he is, don't get me wrong, incredibly emotionally aware for a professionally punchy guy with enough trauma to sink the titanic. it still startles me to see.)

on top of which we have the layers and the accessories and the excellent hair with the secret braids and the way he barely has an ego and he's good with kids and protective of his team without taking it too far, and some of us never stood a fucking chance.

#eliot #eliot spencer #orig #further discussion in further tags #I'm being perhaps a little critical and there are other ways to read eg the fragile masculinity moments #but I Do think they were intended this way and largely come across this way #I'm quite happy playing with a fanon eliot who's better at this shit is the thing? it feels faithful enough to the original. #but this is something I'm chewing over in a rewatch and it's interesting so far #the fact that he pretty consistently respects women doesn't stop him from treating men and women differently y'know? #the fact that his bantering with hardison expresses affection and gets quite soft over time #doesn't stop him from pushing hardison away on a semi-regular basis. often physically. #the fact that the fandom unanimously decided he's an utter gentleman in matters of dating #doesn't quite negate the time he physically stopped aimee from getting away when he wanted to talk to her #though that's one I might disregard because it's so early and I think they hadn't quite figured out the characters then #and it was admittedly a brief moment followed by very consensual happenings #perhaps. honestly. eliot may be reflecting the attitudes of the show here. #which were very progressive for the time and are still startling on several fronts now but also showing definite signs of age #arguably fanon eliot (as I understand him) is eliot adjusted for inflation. as it were. #there's a lot going on here I'm having a normal amount of thoughts about it I'm. stopping now

[mysillyside]

I got Death Note HTR13 recently and reading it made me realize how there's barely any thematic meaning put into this story intentionally. Same with political commentary. Even (most of) the discussion around morality. Everything remotely intellectual ppl discuss about this series isn't a conscious decision, to a point that both Ohba (creator/writer) and Obata (artist), admit they were surprised by how much ppl had to say and analyze abt it.

Example of what I mean:

Also during the interview sections, there's so many instances of Obata asking Ohba what his creative vision was for this and that and Ohba just nonchalantly admitting he barely put any thought into the story beyond "oh this would be cool" or "oh this kinda fits the vibe".

There's a whole page of the interview where Obata is befuddled how the apples didn't have any intended symbolism behind them after Ohba tells him they were purely an aesthetic choice. Obata is so shocked by this (bc he knows apples are a common religious motif in art) he actually keeps asking Ohba if he's joking, while Ohba keeps stressing he's being serious. (Context: they never interacted while working on Death Note, they only spoke through their editor who'd rely production notes)

Obata for like three pages during his interview with Ohba in HTR13, after Ohba told him apples had no symbolic or thematic meaning in Death Note:

#EDIT: upon further reflection I think it's likely that in some segments Ohba was being humble or vague for privacy reasons #I just wanted to clarify that I no longer think that DN is a happy accident entirely! There was clearly still thought put into it. #(but a lot of it still very much feels like a happy accident at least imo) #death note #death note 13: how to read #tsugumi ohba #takeshi obata #💬 katposts #🤪 sillygoofy #analyses&meta

[thekidsarentalright]

Hey, I've seen a lot of reasonable discussions about Gabe's zionism and I thought his latest comment on his initial post would be worth sharing. It was posted about 20min ago

It's not a perfect response, but I think it honestly is pretty acceptable. What are your thoughts?

thank you very much for sharing this with me! though i’m, of course, no expert on this my initial reaction to reading that is to agree with you- it isn’t perfect, but the level of self-reclection and accountability being taken by him there Is better than anything i could’ve hoped for. it’s a step in the right direction, i think, and i can only hope he continues showing this level or more of growth and education on what is happening in palestine and that his previous behavior and statements were Not acceptable. perhaps it’s the bare minimum or Veryyy close to it considering the harmful rhetoric he had been sharing, but some level of growth from that is still reassuring to witness.

#so sorry if this isn’t as eloquent as i wanted it to be i’m very tired but wanted to answer this asap!!! #also i hope i’m not coming off as too graceful Or harsh on him or anything it’s kinda like. it’s a reassuring step but i hope it isnt all #we see yk? i hope he engages in more discussion and reflection that helps him grow further and something from fob would still be nice #but still! much better than anything i was hoping for. thank you again for sharing! #asks #alittleannihilati0n

[butchshevik]

no but really the focus on pronouns Determining Actual Gender And Having Unique Social Roles in lgbt spaces is absolutely bizarre and beyond any form of basic material analysis of gender it exists in the real world. like speaking from experience you can literally be a stone butch lesbian who goes out of ur way to exclusively dress in traditionally masculine clothes, who uses a masculine name, who intentionally and explicitly plays a complex and deeply nonconforming gender role as both social performance art and for personal fulfilment, and then get lumped in by other lgbt people in the category of "she/her type" (and, more broadly, if you use she/her and are afab, you inevitably get labeled as 'cis' regardless of your actual gender performance as interpreted by the world writ large) just because you dont care enough about pronouns to determine and enforce the use of any others for yourself

#i think ultimately from a Sincere Gender Studies Position the fixation on pronoun use is a reflection of the performative nature of gender #being taken to its natural extreme by people who read half of gender troubles and both understand that Gender is a Role We Play For Others #and paradoxically wanting to be recognized and respected in that role even though they understand that its a losing game #and further i think that ultimately linguistically pronouns are a hot cultural point in english speaking countries #but the shitty nitty gritty of gender and its identifiers being a construct of colonial import #is that if we lived in a planned culture where such a thing could be mandated we should move to a one-pronoun system without the capacity #for assigned gender roles #not have multiple (countless) pronoun configurations with an Assigned Gender Role for each one #but thats just my two cents

[nattikay]

so I started playing the new Frontiers of Pandora game last night, and was pleasantly surprised that not only did the opening cutscene feature a few lines of spoken Na'vi dialogue, but said dialogue was actually pretty accurate!! Good job game!!

Here’s the lines transcribed as far as I can tell:

Aha'ri: Plltxe po nìtsleng! He speaks falsely/he lies! Player: Ma tsmuke, ftang! Sister, stop!

-

Aha'ri: Ma Nor? Ma Nor, tìtxen si. Awnga ngahu, tam. Nor? Nor, wake up. We [are] with you, it’s ok. Nor: Tsat oel uniltsola nìmun…tsatxon a fol awngat kämolunge. I dreamed about it again…that night they took us.

-

Aha'ri: Awnga kä ne kelku! We go home! Player: Za'u, ma Teylan. Oeng kivä ne kelku. Come, Teylan. We [may] go home.

#lì'fya lena'vi #frontiers of pandora #there was one spot where I initially thought might be a mistake #aha'ri says the “we’re going home” line a couple of times #and one of the times she says it in English to Mercer and then repeats it in Na'vi #at first I thought she was still talking to Mercer in which case it should’ve been “ayoe” instead of “awnga” #cuz “awnga” would imply that Mercer is “going home” with them which….yeah no lol ^^; #but upon further reflection I think the intention was that she’s addressing Mercer in English #and then switches to addressing her friends in Na'vi #in which case “awnga” would indeed be correct #they did also get the awnga vs oeng distinction right so good job!! #(awnga being “we” as in a group of 4+ people vs oeng being “we” as in only the speaker and listener (in this case the player and Teylan)) #on a side note Alma sounds like she’s coughing every time she says Aha'ri’s name :P #welp at least she’s making an effort

[agir1ukn0w]

are you fucking kidding me this kid has a literal twinkle in his eye😩

#yes i know it's just reflecting off the ocean #BUT STILL #noticed this on my first watch and i was like 'HUH??!!' #if there was any fictional character i could point to and say they have a 'twinkle in their eye' it would be luffy #opla just went a step further and made it literal😄 #monkey d. luffy #luffy #one piece luffy #straw hat luffy #monkey d luffy #straw hat pirates #more evidence why inaki is perfect for this role #inaki godoy #inaki luffy #one piece #one piece live action #one piece netflix #op live action #opla #opla cast #op #opla spoilers

[frodo-with-glasses]

DING DING DING TOP OF MORNING

(Don’t worry, Legolas will get him back for this later.)

#frodo baggins #meriadoc brandybuck #merry #lord of the rings #lotr #my art #fig tree au #i considered doing an artsy long comic of the thunder in frodo’s dream turning into merry pounding on the door #but upon further reflection #nah #this is better X-D

[hello-waffles-are-good]

domestic jayroy things:)

Jason, not looking up from his book: no, Roy, you're not starting a pyramid scheme

Roy: You didn't even consider it- Wait, what, it's not a pyramid scheme!?

Jason:

Roy:

#jason todd #shitpost #roy harper #red hood and arsenal #jayroy #roy: on further reflection it May be a pyramid scheme #but hear me out-

[whaledocboi]

run baby, run, run for your life, ima tear out your heart, it'll always be mine

#big ass drawing #gonna be honest i cant decide if i like it or not i'll need further reflection #shin hati #sabine wren #wolfwren #ahsoka series #ahsoka spoilers #star wars #illustration #character art #my art

[lotshusband]

ship that consists of person A (in love with a divine being that can never love them back) and person B (human husk who used to be possessed by the aforementioned celestial power, but isn’t anymore). both A and B are using the other as a proxy for the divinity they can’t access again 🤩

#nathaniel.txt #ok on further reflection this is just my OCs. #but its still really good

[mysillyside]

I wish some ppl understood that when I say stuff like "L and Near are autistic" or "Light Yagami is not straight", I'm not saying these things because I believe the creator of Death Note intended them to be read this way, in fact I think he'd be against this interpretation completely, but ultimately those are the characters he wrote, intentionally or not.

A detached random example so you'd get what I mean: If you write a female character, who for example, can grow facial hair, it would be correct to say said character is either transfem or has PCOS, even if the creator never intended or realized that the aformentioned groups of women exist when writing the character.

I wish people understood that this applies to queer/neurodivergent/etc. readings of characters in general.

Like yes, I know Ohba wrote Light completely disinterested in women because he wanted to showcase Light's god complex, that Light is so detached from an average man that he wouldn't even indulge in romantic love or sexual desires, as it's below him. I know this is the intent, but when you write a man who repeatedly shows a clear lack of attraction to women throughout the entire story, you wrote a queer man (ace or gay, but definitely not straight).

With Near and L, I know Ohba wanted to write two eccentric genius type characters, but he gave them so many traits that are common with people on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum- that he accidentally wrote two neurodivergent characters.

Intent doesn't matter, it matters what you wrote in the text.

And ultimately, no matter what the author says, when you create art meant to be consumed by an audience, that work becomes shared with every single person impacted by it. Your word is final when it comes to the intended vision, but it is not the only reading that matters. As long as someone is able to make a concrete argument for their interpretation of a work, even if it's completely different than the authorial intent, it still holds meaning and value, although it's a different type of media analysis. (Especially in cases such as this when the text itself supports this reading, even though it's unintentional)

Anyhow sorry for the rant, I was on Death Note Reddit and saw people being dumb about ppl making a queer reading of Light's character or an autistic reading of L and Near and wanted to ramble about how they fundementally misunderstand why ppl say these things. Like we know Ohba didn't intend it, we just don't care!

#edit: upon further reflection I do think near specifically is (very likely) intended to be autistic but my overall point still stands! #oh also by queer man I mean a man who isn't allocishet! #death note #near death note #nate river #l lawliet #light yagami #analyses&meta #💬 katposts #autistic analysis #queer analysis

[madseance]

Donna Noble & the Doctor [orig: tba]

#on further reflection the cropped version looks way better on mobile #doctor who #catherine tate #david tennant #dwedit #the doctor and donna #donna noble

[alicelufenia]

Why I still swear by romancing Minthara in act 1 even though there's a way to recruit her otherwise.

Both have their strong narrative beats, to be sure: taking pity on an enemy Vs two broken people putting each other back together.

I just really like the emotional climax the latter reaches, especially if you continue her romance.

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 minthara #minthara #minthara baenre #minthara bg3 #tiktok #good recruitment can absolutely become an 'enemies to lovers' thing #which I also love #maybe it helps that my own Tav romanced her in act 1 but at the same time doesn't agree with her on everything #she wants to ultimately do good and help people but is impulsive and brash #and prone to following through on the first idea that pops in her head #and seeing the struggles reflected in a fellow Paladin who has suffered and fallen so much further than she #gives her hope that in the end they can both be heroes #if not the kind written in stories to venerate #then perhaps those who were later seen to be necessary

[shitpostingperidot]

fuck it, I’m rereading higher further faster (liza palmer, 2019)

#everyone look at the little Maria reflection in Carol’s helmet it is very important to me #there is no heterosexual explanation for this book honestly #carol danvers #maria rambeau #danbeau #captain marvel #carolmaria #higher further faster book