#but that's exactly the problem

[smute]

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#i love dracula daily i really do #i think its a wonderful reimagining of the epistolary form #and its great that so many people have signed up to read an old classic #but at the same time its also a bit of a... missed opportunity i guess? #considering some of the themes in the text #like we all know tumblr isnt very good with nuance #and this whole idea of presenting an important work in ''small digestible chunks'' would really benefit from annotations and commentary #of some kind #also a lot of people seem to be unaware of the fact #that stoker's original narrative wasn't strictly linear #its not super disjointed but especially the first few chapters are not told in chronological order #so even though the text of individual letters and diary entries remains unchanged.. it's still a significant alteration #like.. this is very much a new edition #unauthorized by stoker obviously fkkdkg #im curious to see how the chronological order changes the experience tbh #anyway i saw a post earlier expressing hope that this project will encourage critical discussions #but that's exactly the problem #its not a critical reading of dracula #no context no theory no framework #its more of a book club. and that's great when you're reading for fun but this is a 125 year old text #that offers plenty to get upset about #the question is not if but when the first no nuance november tumblrinas are gonna realize that its problematic(TM) #*cough* renfield *cough* #theres one actual dracula scholar on here who's answering asks and posting tirelessly to offer some critical guidance and that's wonderful #but im still dreading the hot takes that are to come #anyway i dont wanna be a party pooper its still an awesome project #but yeah. like i said it seems like a missed opportunity #and judging by the number of posts that are calling this a tumblr university class im guessing that theres quite a bit of interest #in critical analysis #&

[bellandeano]

so like. how many gentle touches do you think they've actually felt in their lives haha

#its fun to be angsty but gortash makes his whole thing people falling in love with him. he's not exactly #like he's not short on people treating him nicely. he's the problem. heart #durgetash #enver gortash #dark urge #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #lord enver gortash #sometimes. i think about them #original durge #durge #bg3 fanart #sfw #z draws #did you guys know its been 5 months since ive posted any art at all. its been abt that long since ive Drawn anything

[egophiliac]

at this point I'm not going to finish this, but I need everyone to know that I don't CARE that it was Kamejim, this scene has been replaying itself in my brain for the past week --

#art #super sentai #kingohger #king-ohger #let them dance for real! #LET THEM DANCE FOR REEEAAAL #me at the preview: oh no i really don't want an episode about himeno romance #me after the episode: i need more exactly like this please #i have. a problem. #you know i won't say i forgot that sebastian is actually like 25 and just wearing old age makeup 24/7 #because i am incapable of ever forgetting the most incredible character trivia of all time #but i was not expecting this backstory. i can't believe they managed to improve on it. #i did however manage to forget that one nurse is named ~elegance maun~ #sorry everyone else you are all great #but i do think ishibana is the best actually #then again we are headed back to toufu next episode. hmm...

[neverevan]

since we only have a couple of days left until the premiere, here's a reminder that if buddie doesn't go canon and if Eddie doesn't come out and even if Buck doesn't come out either, none of that means that the writing is terrible and that the show is bad and that the cast is at fault somehow.

just so we're clear.

#yeah some of the things the boys say are hard to take in level headed #but they never ever said more than that they would be game if it came to it #not that it's something actually happening #and this is an ensemble show #so if you're only watching it for two characters and the story doesn't EXACTLY go the way you wanted it that doesn't make the show bad #that's just your personal problem and you don't have to drag everyone else's mood down with yours #just saying #buddie #911 #my stuff

[fearandhatred]

what hurts about angel crowley is not even just that he used to be an angel. it's the fact that in that one scene, even though it's just him and aziraphale, you can tell that he's so different from the rest of them.

aziraphale is very obviously wary, cautious and maybe even a little standoffish, and he's so concerned about breaking heaven's rules. crowley on the other hand is so innocent and excited the whole time and he's not afraid of anything, and he doesn't see the harm in being inquisitive, rightfully so.

and also, aziraphale at that point in time, and i assume all the other angels as well, are in that small little box where they think everything that they make has to have a purpose to advance heaven's plan: when crowley makes the stars aziraphale is like "okay... but what's it for though?" but why does it have to be for anything? crowley made them because he genuinely loves them, because it brings him joy, because he sees the beauty in things.

it's exactly these things that set him apart from the other angels that caused him to fall. and they're such human traits too. the curiosity, the passion, the want to create things just because they can be created. anyway that's what hurts thanks for coming

#fearandhatred #fearandmeta #don't talk to me ever again #also all my meta posts sound like i'm dunking on aziraphale so hard but i promise that is not the case #this IS a flaw of his though but that is exactly what will contribute to his character arc. #finally seeing how these harmless and maybe even desirable traits that heaven looks down on IS the problem #good omens #good omens season 2 #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #crowley #aziraphale #angel crowley #good omens meta

[zzoupz]

this is how I feel posting garyjohn sometimes I won't lie

#I swear I only draw them being sappy when I'm tried or sad and needs escapism. the problem is that is entirely exactly why I draw them #being sappy all the time. #.dont even worry about it. #faith the unholy trinity #faith game #john ward #gary miller #garyjohn #zoup art

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

*displays textbook symptomatic behavior of my own disorder that I am well educated on* what’s my deal why am I like this

#I know exactly why I’m like this but why am I like this #I know what’s wrong with me but wtf is wrong with me #adhd autistic #audhd creature #cluster a #cluster b #cluster c #personality disorders #bpd stuff #late diagnosed autistic #cptsd recovery #did osdd #bpd #audhd #adhd problems #audhd problems #borderline personality disorder #complex trauma #mood disorders #anxiety disorders #psychotic disorders #neurological disability #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #trauma disorders #traumagenic

[fishing-lesbian-catgirl]

No one knows what this horse looks like

#nearl #Margaret nearl #nearl the radiant knight #the last one is so close but the face is just so wrong to me #and I don’t even know what exactly the problem is

[scintillyyy]

i was thinking about tim & his interesting (to me) relationship with physical distance from gotham & how he will often choose to leave to clear his head in moments when he's unsure of life or just not doing very well.

& to me the parallels between the fact that his parents used their trips as a way to try to salvage their marriage & how while he had issues about feeling like they left him behind to go on adventures, he also probably internalized some of the need to get away to think from them.

like robin i, we have tim choosing to leave gotham (& his parents, which was very hard and strange for him) immediately after the events of rite of passage and his mother's funeral & him officially getting the robin costume. and he goes to train, but he goes to train because he feels unsure about his place and whether he's really ready to be robin.

and then we have him choose to leave again to finish his training after the death of young el & tim's inability to save him.

and then he leaves again to go help danny temple after bruce gives away his identity to stephanie & he's struggling with the betrayal of bruce & steph with that whole thing.

and then he leaves for bludhaven after his dad & steph die.

and then bruce, dick, & tim leave gotham during 52 to heal after the events of infinite crisis.

and then he famously leaves gotham to go have his around the world breakdown & search for bruce in red robin.

&&for all of these, it's like. the going away is the breakdown, the return is when he truly heals. so it's like to me, i guess. for tim, he has an extremely good head for when he needs to get away and be alone because he's not happy with his status quo or where he is in life. in fact, the first thing he usually chooses to do when he's at a low point or he's not acting like himself is leave to get some distance from his problem, but him being away is also inevitably a sign that he's avoiding his problems & not actually dealing with it (much like his parents going away to work on their marriage was not actually addressing the underlying problem that is the fact that their marriage was fundamentally not working out). and he always comes to the realization after he's had some time alone that he needs to go back to gotham and not avoid the problem in order to actually make headway on dealing with whatever he's struggling with.

because tim is a character where that physical distance is him trying to get some clarity for himself on whatever situation is ailing him, but he can't actually deal with the situation that's ailing him until he returns home to actually deal with it (also related, why him leaving inevitably ends up in him getting wrapped up in other people's problems, so he can avoid dealing with his own). the answer is usually, for him, "oh, i should go home and face it head on". and that kind of tracks for tim in that, imo, that he is not a character where distance heals for him, necessarily, and space isn't what he needs to work things out, he's the kind of person who needs to be there in order to actually resolve the conflict he feels internally. he's a needler--he will poke & prod at the problem until it's worked out to his satisfaction.

#tim drake #anyways tim probably has a very unique view on going away & getting space to try and solve one's problems #given his parents did exactly that #hell even in jack's depression arc after he lost his money he shut himself in his room and didn't talk to anyone for weeks #and only healed once he chose to get over it and come out and be part of the family again #but there's an interesting thread there of leaving to get space doesn't actually solve any of the issues for them #it's just a bandaid. tim needs to be in the thick of things to deal with them #tim choosing to go away to heal is him inevitably realizing that being away is avoiding the problem

[b4kuch1n]

simulated earth (it does not matter)

transcript

#sherlock and co #sherlock & co #podlock #comic #sherlock holmes #john watson #victor trevor #ft. archie (in like three panels lmao) #need to figure out a podlock specific tag for these guys so this doesnt clutter up the main sh tags #bc ohhh boy. I anticipate being insane abt s&co for a While #this comic def a Hot minute post-gloria scott #what is this about exactly? you ask. haha well (there's sunlight bouncing off a window and when u look back Im already gone) #listen I caught up to everything right before gloria scott and holy Shit that case knocked me on my ass #as a chronic adhd (and thus serious memory problems) haver.... (holds sherlock tenderly) #I have not listened to SOLI yet btw I will tomorrow. I wanted to finish this before catching up #Im obsessed with them. Im such an easy idiot lmao Im a sherlock holmes adaptation enthusiast before Im a human #gloria scott.... the way it muses on the limit of the genre same as the red headed league.... what about the victims? #what about the victims. what about the victims. what part of the pain does the process of investigation cure #victor's like. he's between jobs he's between boyfriends he's living with his dad whose caretaker he just became. who does he have #and sherlock holmes is about the truth but john's been about the solution so far. I just. I really like this john watson lmao #listen the way he complains and then refuses to shoot the underlings in red headed league. based. I love him #I can fix him (radicalize him against punitive justice) #(I am refraining from talking abt sherlock in the tags here bc I Will run out of tags before Im done) #(mariana is not here but I care her too!! she will be here more often in the future I swear I fuckign swear......) #(''I'm in a co-op that's sponsoring my visa. also I just witnessed two actual dead bodies like a month ago'' you mean everything to me) #screams. I got attached SO fast this show is targeting me specifically. my broke millenials suffering in london show #I have like a number of sketches too be prepared. theyre gonna show up soon. until then #have a good day lads. be there! be there. #edit: this comic is finished and assembled in full before I listened to the solitary cyclist part one. this has been an update #I have now listened to SOLI part one. I must hit john watson with a hammer

[hoofpeet]

It feels like a lot of the ppl who are asking you to trigger tag the derealization stuff r probably the same people to ask for trigger tags on self harm scars. Like yeah mayb some ppl might be triggered by them but it's also a very real part of someone's body (+life) that they r always living with. And it's weird to ask someone to trigger tag that??? Like what a fucked up thing to say to someone? No you can't have your arms uncovered in your own space because it makes me upset to see that part of you/no you can't make a mild vent post on your own blog because it makes me upset to see that part of your life?? The unfollow/block button is right there goddam. Just walk out you can leave and all that. Anyway ur post really resonated with me and I'm so sorry for all the hate you got over it

YEAH people treating any kind of scarring as some sort of taboo subject is also really annoying to me.. Putting effort into any art starts to not feel worth it when people expect to like. Take everything they want from you while ignoring whatever they don't want to 'deal with'.... very very disheartening to be expected to be quiet about normal parts of my life while. also pouring all my time into making art for other's enjoyment . Like an internet jester

-neway ! Glad my post helped a little at least- it was nice to see others relate to it, so whatever weird discourse it sparked is worth dealing with if it comforted anyone 👍

#mailbox #it's a weird side effect of the expectation that everyone neatly partition‚ label‚ and micro-manage every part of their personality - #to present the most palatable 'persona' possible #to the extent that someone being honest about their lives- including the 'negative' parts #is seen as breaking some sort of unspoken agreement to be quiet about [x problem] so that nobody has to ''deal with it'' #and it gets justified as like. it somehow being 'toxic' to acknowledge parts of your life‚ lest it make someone uncomfortable #some of these things. really make me question what exactly people are getting out of tumblr at all

[alienssstufff]

get u an earth-shattering grudge on a man that lasts several timelines

#stufffsart #impulsesv #bdoubleo100 #bdoubleo #bdubs #impdubs #trafficshipping #double life #double life smp #dl smp #life series #life series smp #trafficblr #mcytblr #gonna think about that imp n skizz clip for the rest of time what was his PROBLEM (knows exactly the problem) #smth smth one is stubborn to tell him outright (or at least in a way to make it matter) the other is too stubborn to acknowledge #or know tat hes even done wrong #one is driven by the grudge the wrath and when he unleashes it when he finally gets him will it count? will it be enough for him? #'How many times. how many times do you have to kill me to make it even?' I do not think that was just for skizzleman to hear #on other news for a bg i put together in 15 minutes some of the most serene shit ever im astonished

[shitpostingkats]

World’s most nineteen year old girl

#shes angry shes self destructive she yells at her dad she knows exactly what she wants to do with her life and isnt doing shit about it #girl your problems are real and valid but its worth considering that you are suffering from ‘being 19itus’ #more memes from the one piece adventures of spk #shitty edits #one piece #op #black leg sanji

[the-final-sif]

what is your opinion on the situation?

I've been at work all day so I haven't been able to sit down with stuff fully, it also seems like Caiti is planning to release a statement later today with more information I think? So I'd like to get her response there, but based on what I've seen so far I think I fall more on the side of "people made some dumb choices and should learn from them" than anything else.

Consent is messy and it gets messier when people start lying or are drunk. In this case, both Caiti and George were drunk. From what I understand, either Caiti had a 21+ wristband from the vidcon party, or her friend group did and assumed since she was drinking with them, she was also 21+.

Honestly, when it comes to the matter of underage drinking, I don't think it's even remotely fair to place blame on Dream/George for that. The blame there lies with Caiti deciding to drink while under 21, and on her friends, Ghostie and the other person present who were both over 21. Unlike Dream/George, both of them knew Caiti and knew exactly how old she was and were letting her drink. They were also letting her drink with no one sober and no one making sure she got home.

Now, Caiti is 18 and also I'm not a goddamn square, I'm not gonna stand here and be like "oh no drinking at 18 clutch my pearls" but like, if people are going to blame other people for that situation, that very much lies with Caiti's friends who knew they had an underage person drinking with them. I feel like people are weirdly assigning blame to Dream/George for not like, iding every person they hang out with (particularly if she had a 21+ bracelet at vidcon, which would mean she already got IDed). While completely avoiding placing any blame on the people who 100% knew they were taking an 18 year old drinking without a doubt.

Putting that aside, from my understanding George's side is he believed at the time that she was having fun, and the most they did was cuddle on a couch with other people there. He believed at the time that everything was cool, and that she later decided she was uncomfortable with what happened.

Honestly, I don't really think that's an unfair reading. At this same party, her best friend was there and from Ghostie's own words, she also didn't realize Caiti was uncomfortable until several months later when Caiti told her. If her best friend didn't notice she was uncomfortable or see anything wrong, then I find it hard to think anyone else would pick up on it.

There's certainly risks taken here that I wouldn't have taken. I think that George needs to do better with checking for consent and maybe vetting the people you're hanging out with. Although I also understand that doing a full background check on everyone you ever meet is an absurd requirement and if, at the time, they trusted the person that they actually invited, I get how that shit happens. Per consent, given that he was also drunk, I get how it may've appeared to him that he had consent. I do think it's still something to work on, but I'm also perfectly aware that in real life, people are often going off vibes and social cues, and sometimes those don't mash.

I also think that Caiti's friends have been pretty shitty throughout this. They take no responsibility for having let an 18 year old drink and then ditching her. They are absolutely milking drama out of this shit and they have a weird obsession with blaming Dream for shit he had no fault in.

As for Dream, I don't think he did anything wrong here. Full stop. If Caiti's best friend didn't notice that she was uncomfortable or unhappy, it's insanely unreasonable to expect Dream to have managed that. He was also drunk and hanging out with people, and he had no way of knowing Caiti was underage. None of that shit was his fault, and his statement seems very measured and reasonable. People are trying to blame him for things that he had absolutely no part in, and the UK group are absolutely trying to pull that shit.

Overall, sounds like several people involved made dumb choices, I hope they learn and grow. Otherwise all of this honestly sounds like shit that should've been talked out privately and not tossed to the internet for speculation. Human beings are messy and will fuck up sometimes. This feels like a case of miscommunication and people making risky choices that left people with some hurt.

Again, I may change my mind with further evidence presented, but that's how it feels to me.

#dreamwastaken #georgenotfound #discourse #sif speaks #sif answers #idk man I think I just have more irl experience with these sorts of situations #like #shit happens in real life #and I think maybe part of the problem with like twitter #is you have a lot of 15 year olds that have never been drunk or fucked in their lives #who are totally sure they know exactly how consent works and how sex goes in real life #I really liked the greendot talk I got about it back in college #I should find a recording of that sometime for people #It laid it out really well that consent is not an on-off switch #It's a door that you're opening #and depending on the circumstances you take risks with how you're opening it #0 risk is like the two of you have a formal plan #and have signed contracts #and then you start to move up through situations that can be more risky that something goes wrong #and someone gets hurt #And honestly for irl consent I found that was so much more of a valuable framework to look at things through

[brainworms-all-night-long]

Sonic's ideology of living in the moment and dealing with the consequences as they come has dealt some fair share of consequences my boi was not ready for in the moment

#sonic prime #''And thats exactly your problem! you just jump into situations with no idea about the outcome.'' #the worls. Im thinking about them #nine gave sonic a vibe check in lot of ways but my dumas brain caught onto the most inconsequential one #cause this is core value of Sonic's that hes not changing any time soon #but like it is interesting to think about fron Nine's and perhaps by extension Tails' perspective #miles nine prower #nine the fox #sonic the hedgehog #prime sonic #silly brainworms

[sergeifyodorov]

i’m in desperate need for a scholar to undertake the jhughes thesis

Jack Hughes has all the arrogance of a true American superstar, but none of the vulnerability. Jack Hughes has all the grace of an undersized, injury-prone forward, but none of the caution. Jack Hughes has all of the social status of a chosen one, but none of the leadership.

jack hughes is a middle child and despite my own lack of siblings i can Definitely tell -- the vicious competitive drive that made him become that good. quinn takes his stick and pulls out jack's braces. as much as the endless hughes brothers fascination can totally grate and i Get That you HAVE to look at each of these three as once part of a unit (especially Luke because he was drafted after Jack, and to his team -- he will only ever be in Jack's shadow, unless one day one of them leaves).

the hugheses are not a huge family -- that is, not a family of very large people -- and they've made a name for themselves as smooth-skating, agile skill players in spite of that, or perhaps to make up for it. jack as a result is notably smaller than a lot of other players both on the devils and in the league and you can Just Tell he's insecure about it. the skill his hughesness afforded him has made him better than other players his age when they were All small and size was less of an issue. when he wasn't so much of a boy among men. it was for this reason he was picked first overall, you see. when he made the NHL he was suddenly confronted by a faster game, of players who could and did just knock him to his ass, and he was suddenly thrust into a world where he wasn't the biggest fish in the usntdp pond and it threw him.

you see, that's another thing. skill in hockey means social status. they like to tell you that it doesn't, but there's a reason that the captain's most likely to be one of the best players on the team, if not outright the best. and in the usntdp jack was The Best. so he was made captain. so his teammates flocked to him. so it was allowed to all go to his head, so caufield and zegras -- the cady and gretchen to his regina george, and i don't mean that in a fun way -- congregated to him.

and now on the devils he might be the star but he's not the captain and because hockey players are Supposed to love their teammates he loves nico but nico's bigger than him and nicer than him and can grow real body hair. and jack's the darling of every teenage-girl devils fan, a fact which i understand and have minimal opinion on but fifty-fifty he either soaks up attention from or resents, or possibly both.

so yeah he's a greasy insecure uncharismatic controlling arrogant frat boy, and because he has a cute perfect smile and scores PPG people love him, and because he is not the archetype of the ubermasculine hockey superstar he believes that he is barely clinging to this thread. and i love him too don't get that mixed up

#asks #jack hughes #in this context love of course means Let Me Study Him Like The Bug... interesting > perfect #but i digress #like i don't think his problem could be exactly described as nico envy #but it's not not nico envy. he's envious of what nico represents more than nico himself really #also he is an IDIOT like im sorry dr lexi brown i understand many hockey players can read. i dont think he's one of em