#but tbh I’m not mad about it

[emmedoesntdomath]

swiftyyyyyyy (take two)

if you saw me accidentally post and then immediately delete the first take, no you didn’t.

ok, so for those of us who don’t know (and who are thus the more sane and normal human beings, so no shame), swifty is a manhattan newsie from 92sies that does a series of ridiculous twists and turns and flippy things.

also- I didn’t even realize this until I was double-checking my infamous history nerd stuff- but his official canon name is swifty the rake???? like, that is the name the other newsies call this man???? I’m just,,, what????

and on that note, we’re off to a great start (I take it back, @sparkedblaze, THIS will be my most unhinged hc simply because of the amount of shit I’m about to pack in), so fasten your seatbelts, kids, because this is going to be a bumpy ride.

swifty became a newsie when he was REALLY young, like around the age of les. his family always had money problems, but it became so bad that they physically couldn’t support him and the rest of his siblings, so he becomes a newsie and moves to the lodging house. he’s a happy, very, very energetic kid, and eventually, someone gets so tired of watching him bounce around that they teach him how to do basic flips and acrobatic tricks.

this is a mistake.

swifty just never walks normally again, basically. no, he has to cartwheel, or back flip, or do a walkover. it’s utter insanity, and something everyone just views with a tired fondness, because for all that he does it often, it somehow makes him just as excited as the first time he did it.

and then we get to the rake part. so, ‘rake’, when used as an adjective to describe a person, is generally synonymous to derogatory words like slut or whore, but instead it’s typically used to describe men. when calling him a rake, they’re essentially saying that he sleeps with a lot of women.

or, that’s probably what they mean. either way, I think it’s funnier to think of it in the opposite way.

swifty is swifty the rake NOT because he sleeps with an absurd number of women, but because he CAN’T sleep with an absurd number of women. no, this man can’t get a girl to save his life (or a guy, actually, but he’s trying that one out behind the scenes, y’know?), and ALL of the newsies know it. not only that, but they think it’s the funniest shit since the baby from brooklyn with two heads. this is a CONSTANT point of discussion.

so poor swifty’s just over here, casually cartwheeling and flipping his heart out, while all of his friends are giving him shit because he’s apparently perpetually single. go figure.

#imma be honest #thought this was going a different direction #but tbh I’m not mad about it #newsies #92sies #uksies #livesies #swifty newsies #manhattan newsies #jack kelly #racetrack higgins #emme’s bad ideas

[bardofavon]

not to be controversial bc I know this is like…not in line with shifting opinions on fanfic comment culture but if there’s a glaring typo in my work I will NOT be offended by pointing it out. if ao3 fucks up the formatting…I will also not be offended by having this pointed out…

‘looking forward to the next update’ and ‘I hope you update soon!’ are different vibes than a demand, and should be read in good faith because a reader is finding their way to tell you how much they love it. I will not be mad at this.

‘I don’t usually like this ship but this fic made me feel something’ is also incredibly high praise. I’m not going to get mad at this.

even ‘I love this fic but I’m curious about why you made [x] choice’ is just another way a reader is engaging in and putting thought into your work.

I just feel like a lot of authors take any comment that’s not perfectly articulated glowing praise in the exact manner they’re hoping to receive it in bad faith.

fic engagement has been dropping across the board over the last several years, and yes it’s frustrating but it isn’t as though I can’t see how it happens. comment anxiety can be a real thing. the last thing anyone wants to do is offend an author they love, and that means sometimes people default to silence.

idk where I’m going with this I guess aside from saying unless a comment is outright attacking me I’m never going to get mad at it, and I think a lot of authors should feel the same way. ESPECIALLY TYPOS PLZ GOD POINT OUT MY TYPOS.

#ao3 #archive of our own #fanfiction #tbh even if I got a comment that said ‘I hate you I’m going to kill your family’ on chapter 75 it still means they read 75 chapters first…. #it just makes me sad to see so many writers shouting into the void #and also see ppl complain openly about the specific types of comments they receive #posting screenshots on Reddit like ‘should I be mad at this’ CALM DOWN #sigh

[bonesbuckleup]

Ten years. It’s been ten years. Ten years. A decade. One tenth of a century. It’s been a whole ass fourth grader. Ten years. Half of twenty. Ten yea

#Merlin #bitter merlin blogging #CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP #Every time I think I’m out some crab drags me back in as it whispers ‘I failed’ and ‘I want you to always be you’ #and I’m MAD ABOUT IT #once and future merlin blog tbh

[poppy5991]

Twice: Why do you want to join the LOV, anyway? Isn’t it great being a hero?

Hawks: If I died and went to hell right now…

Hawks: It would take me at least a week to notice that I wasn’t just at work.

Twice: Ok, wow.

#hawks: they blew up the HC and I’m not mad about it tbh #still gonna stab you tho #he doesn’t want to be a villain but he would like a vacation lol #they made him sign a Scientology style 500 year contract for labor #bnha #mha #boku no hero academia #mha memes #mha incorrect quotes #hawks #mha twice

[jesus-said-chill]

People will shit on watcher just trying to make their company grow but turn around and support big corporations. 😭

#I won’t support watcher they say but will continue to support fast fashion companies and mediocre coffee drinks #not to mention artists who put out multiple vinyls of the same shitty album #I’m so upset at the backlash they’ve got tbh #like now it doesn’t even seem like it’s about the money #it’s about being mad at having to finally pay for something that costs a lot of money to make #and YouTube drains content creators of most of their money

[sailor-aviator]

This is what happened, I swear

#I’m not mad about it either #the attention he deserves tbh #ff #fool’s fare #jake hangman seresin #Jake hangman Seresin x reader #Jake Seresin #jake seresin x reader #hangman #hangman x reader

[moltengoldveins]

me, very impassioned: it’s important that friendships in media are allowed to be friendships!! That platonic devotion is portrayed and respected in media!!! It’s important that men specifically are portrayed as leaning on one another emotionally, because they are discouraged from doing that irl and it puts immense strain on their romantic relationships!!!!!

also me: That right there 👉👉 *points at “I’m with you till the end of the line”/“kinda hard to find someone with shared life experience” Steven G Rogers and “but I knew him”/“I’m following that skinny kid from Brooklyn” James Buchanan Barnes* that is the fruitiest pair of ‘straight’’ Men I’ve ever seen, if you see my meaning. Neither of those men are rolling cube dice, if you catch my drift. They’re wearing very sensible shoes, the both of them, if you will.

#Marvel #stucky #steve rogers #bucky barnes #look I’m not Wrong ok #I personally prefer their relationship platonic in fic #But like #that doesn’t mean I think it can really be read that way in canon #Like literally the canon makes it difficult to watch them be ‘just friends’ and buy it tbh #Endgame was the most painfully shoehorned ending to SR’s character #And I’m still mad about it #And a huge part of that was a lack of resolution with his and bucky’s relationship #platonic or otherwise

[badlydrawnbabydirk]

// At 500 I’ll write a robro/reader oneshot. Smiley face.

#/hj #but also not #like I’ll fr do it it’ll probably cure my writing burnout like this blog has with my art block #:) #I like robro too anyways tbh he’d get a smooch from me. I’m guilty wahhh #badlydrawnbabydirk #robro #this blog had become all robro but yk im not mad LMAO just don’t forget about dirk 😭 #I should like. Actually answer asks but that’s lame (I’ll answer a few today :3) #Mod speaks

[whatsagirltoblogabout]

Oh, it has been too long since I've spent time kicking my feet and twirling my hair over this dashingly devious man

#I was having a really bad day today but this episode is doing more to heal me than any medicine #gods I love this show SO MUCH #neal caffrey #white collar #episode 3.01 #went back and checked… it’s been a month. one single month. that’s too long for me to be away from white collar. I’m not mad about it tbh

[dalkyeom]

Joshua deserves only good things. He deserves so much love and support. He’s been nothing but sweet and kind; patient and hard working. He always does everything to the best of his abilities.

He’s helped so much people by giving them joy, by bringing support when his friends or carats are feeling down. He’s shown time and time again how he has a gentle heart who treats this world with so much kindness.

He’s done nothing but love Carats and do his best at his job and you insult him and his group like this? They don’t deserve this treatment. They don’t deserve to be targeted and insulted like this.

#i’m so mad I’m shaking #tbh I didnt want to talk about it but it’s going too far #attacking someone for something so small and insignificant to you #hating someone for what? #i wish you the worse #tbh I’m not a fighter and will channel this energy into broadcasting all the love I have for shua #bc I know for sure he deserves as much love and hype for the right reasons this time around #chia.diary

[synthwayve]

*holds up blorbo like a kitten*

Do you think victor frankenstein and micolash would get along?

Heres the goober (or at least my version of the funny corpse animating man):

I LOVE YOUR VERSION he looks like he is ready to commit crimes against nature. And to answer your question- oh my god yes absolutely. Frankenstein is one of my favorite novels(though, Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer stands at my #1 spot) and I can definitely see the similarities!

I think they’d get along swimmingly, though if I’m being honest, I think Micolash outclasses Victor on sheer accomplishments alone. If we accept the hc/theory that Micolash created the Carrion Crows alongside the Brain of Mensis AND The One Reborn, that’s 3 animated corpses(and that’s being generous to Victor- I’m not counting every corpse in the corpse pile of The One Reborn as an individual) to Victor’s 1. I also think Micolash would not have abandoned his creation the way Victor did, he’s a little too unhinged for that(assuming this is nightmare Mico we’re talking about, post-ritual).

TLDR; yes they’re both nerds and they’re both pathetic and they’ve both done horrible crimes against nature. I think they’d hit it off. Maybe swap recipes. Victor can teach Mico how to make less ugly puppets and Mico can teach Victor to grow a spine.

#asks #micolash host of the nightmare #victor frankenstein #bloodborne #frankenstein #doodles #these two series share a lot of thematic motifs tbh #Victor is like. if Micolash’s mad science and Laurence’s hubris-turned-deep-seated-regret fused #I think Micolash would freak Victor out #but they’d definitely get along #nerds #lmao #they probably talk about what kind of stitch is best for stale tissue #while Damian/Edgar and Clerval look on in horror #that concludes night blabbers with synth #TY FOR THE ASK BY THE WAY #I love getting asks they’re such a treat and I’m so honored every time ;0;

[kaseyskat]

related to my other post about sparrows unhealthy devotion. i cannot stop thinking about how fucked up it is that like. sparrow goes along with larks plans because at least he can be there to tone down the worst of it and he truly believes lark would do it himself if sparrow openly disagreed. and then lark MAKES bad plans because he’s so convinced that he’s irredeemable that it gives him the grace to make bad decisions for the sake of the people around him- he can be the one to take on the burden because he doesn’t have a chance at being a better person. and to lark, sparrow helping him is proof that it’s working. and to sparrow, helping lark is keeping him from losing his humanity altogether even if sparrow doesn’t agree with larks decisions. and together if they would just fucking communicate-

#dndads #kasey rambles #sorry. it’s 3am and i’m emotional #sparrow oak garcia #lark oak garcia #dndads spoilers #i think we’re about to see that unhealthy devotion from sparrow #where like. not his plans not his decision but he’s going to go along with it to keep lark from doing it alone #so he will get equally blamed #and like tbh i think that’s a fandom thing too #hard to blame lark when everyone knows making bad decisions is in his nature #so we don’t get mad at him we just get mad at sparrow for enabling it #idk. it’s in my head

[that-fanperson-meg]

you wanna know what would be even crazier than the Kirby OC family tree?

a timeline that involves all major points of each of the Kirby OC on the tree’s lore.

#I’m not gonna be doing this (bc it’d be madness lol) #But just think about it #Because while TK is busy fighting Nightmare Fylass is time traveling or something??? I’m really not sure tbh lol

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

There’s always been something that bothered me about whenever I try to explain the concept of Hatoful Boyfriend and most people’s immediate reaction is “oh! Like Doki Doki!”. My response is always just “…I guess?” because I could never quite explain why that felt wrong to me but I think I finally can put a finger on it now.

(To be clear, I’ve played and enjoyed both games. They’re both fun - this isn’t a criticism at all! I just think they’re, at their cores, two very different things. Also I don’t spoil anything for either game here beyond the obvious; that is, that these games are not what they seem to be at first glance, which I’m pretty sure most people know going in. If that amount of spoiler still bothers you, then stop reading here and play the games first!!!)

When people compare the two games, I 100% understand where they’re coming from. It’s the same gimmick I suppose: cutesy looking or joke visual novel actually turns out to be a smokescreen to hide the horrors within. But. Like. I feel like that’s where the similarities end.

See, DDLC’s whole point is to be shocking. It’s intended to make you jump and disturb you. It’s primarily a horror game with you, the player, as its focal point, and as a result the characters are only really there to be used by the story. The majority of the characters, with the exception of one, are pretty straightforward and lean heavily on the tropes commonly used in dating sims so the game can later distort them in increasingly horrific ways - with the intent of shocking and scaring you. The characters are more tools to be used to tell the story and create the experience than fully fleshed out people, which I think works out well thematically for DDLC. It’s effective in the sense where the characters aren’t really what draws you in, but rather the premise and the anticipation of getting a good scare out of it, with some existential stuff mixed in there for a pretty cool experience. You came to get scared right? Well that’s what you got.

But Hatoful is very different because its intent is not to shock or scare you necessarily. Hatoful, since its initial development, has been designed to make you care. Hato Moa made the game intending for people to start it because of its ridiculous concept, but then to discover it’s depth along the way. Hatoful doesn’t want to jump scare you. It wants to tell you a story. It delves into horror, that’s true, but the horror is much more psychological and it stems from the character’s actions. It’s a character driven story at its core, and it does this by taking itself seriously. It knows it’s completely absurd and leans into the absurdity, but the character interactions are real, so that when actual plot begins to happen, you’ll wonder when you started getting so attached. The characters twist typical dating sim tropes again, but this time to ask “hey why is this character like this? maybe it’s not so straightforward as you think”. And then the game goes a step further and reveals that there is an actual in-universe reason for its insane setup of “a human girl goes to bird school which is for birds and dates pigeons”. Hatoful is less tongue in cheek and more completely unabashed about it’s ridiculous premise and plays it straight - which in turn makes its serious moments shockingly genuine. That, to me, is why it works. The point is to delve into the characters. The plot is driven by the characters. It’s horrifying at times because the characters will sometimes make or be forced to make horrific choices. It’s not a gimmick. It’s a cohesive story. It’s just asking you to dig into it a little further to get there.

Tldr; DDLC is a cutesy facade and Hatoful is unabashedly absurd. DDLC wants to scare you and Hatoful wants you to care. DDLC uses its characters as tools for the experience while Hatoful’s whole point is the characters.

Editing based off a reblog that made me aware I was not completely fair with DDLC here (again, still trying not to spoil too much): The experience in DDLC is heavily based on its thematic content. When I say “the characters serve the experience” and “it wants to scare you” I don’t mean this shallowly, and I think it can and has been frequently misinterpreted in this way. In DDLC, the horror comes from the situation. In that sense, it’s thematically appropriate that the characters are tools in that way - that’s actually part of it and you are meant to feel bad for them - their situations, issues, and personalities are thematically relevant and sympathetic. I shouldn’t have juxtaposed “to scare you” and “to make you care”; that was far too simplistic a summary to the point where it is inaccurate. They both want you to care - a story only has power if you care about it. But I do still feel strongly that DDLC’s draw is the terrifying situation it impresses on the player, and the self-aware questions it asks (in which characters are put through the existential oppressive wringer to emphasize these themes), while Hatoful primarily relies on you slowly but surely acclimating to the absurdity so it can tell what is simultaneously an off the walls story that is also genuine and believable for the characters you’ve grown to know.

#if you’ve compared them I’m not mad I promise! I totally get why they’re grouped together when you haven’t played them #I just needed to verbalize this for some reason. probably no one will read this lol but oh well I wrote it for me #whether you think these games were successful in what they set out to do will vary according to personal taste #but the point is that they set out to do very different things here #hatoful boyfriend #not tagging as ddlc because this is more about hatoful tbh and about the struggles I have trying to recommend it 😞 #also hi everyone. it’s been awhile. I promise I have bsd stuff too it’s just been really hectic lately #storyrambles

[androidboy]

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#ive got this awful feeling i just want to scoop out #i feel stupid and sensitive #like ive hardened myself to all this shit so the fact that i’m being affected by it is also making me mad at myself #my family didn’t want me around for thanksgiving and didn’t want me there for the family christmas party and didn’t want to #spend christmas with me because my mom doesn’t want me around the extended family because of how far in my transition i am #and my gf put off asking her fam about bringing me over for christmas for a month #and barely just asked and it sounds like they don’t want me there either #and tbh i kinda knew they wouldn’t #but also i feel like my gf also didn’t actually want me there which is why she put off asking for so long #and idk #i felt like with how far along i am in emotionally and physically recovering from stuff #and then also having a partner for the holidays for the first time #i would’ve left my sad sandra bullock era. but i have not #the only person who wants me around for the holidays is my dad and ive got such a weird relationship with him #and it literally would just be me and him alone #my dads side of the family doesn’t want me there either bc of the trans thing i just feel really fuckin #disgusting #feeling very goop monster

[dark-elf-writes]

UPS has the most unhelpful ass website and their tracking is garbage

#the elf talks #either they’ve given no updates or I’m not getting the game today #either way I’m mad about it #this is why I typically buy digital tbh