#but that's not true

[normalbrothers]

everyone has their preference so this isn't a genuine issue, but tommyarthur is this oddly underexplored/misunderstood dynamic in this fandom despite arthur being the deuteragonist and also just the sheer fact that he and tommy spent *a lot* of time together on screen. whether as a ship or like just as a regular fraternal/platonic relationship, it's incredibly dynamic and yet ...

#presumably because the general fandom assumption is that tommy doesn't care about him or sees him as a tool most of the time #but that's not true #it's not an onesided emotionally invovled relationship on arthur's part #if the film isn't 90% about them i'd be disappointed ....... #they were meant to burn together ...

[iwouldservehim]

I think the boy called Felix is really significant in Ed's manifestation-of-self-hate Hornigold process. Unlike in real life, Blackbeard is meant to have gone on as a business for decades, and so anything Hornigold did would be a distant memory. That he remembers him threatening to flay HIS skin "and feed it back to him" is one thing, but he remembers the boy Felix, he remembers his name, and what happened to him recounted with righteous disapproval.

Hornigold isn't the vessel of his hated persona by chance, he's the worst he could imagine, and seemingly the one he tried to emulate in his Kraken era as the worst behaviour he could imagine, including a drug abuse to make him not think about his behaviour.

As a captain himself, Ed has clearly stayed away from becoming that before. Yes, he was still revered, but it was inclining towards admiration, most of all for his brains, even while implementing certain stern rules like the pets one, or ordering a British soldier's skin flayed when openly disrespected before his crew, because he will not be seen as taking such audacity lightly.

People act like Izzy was actually doing all the work, but it is Ed he turns to for a "plan" the second time we see them while in peril. If Izzy was there to expedite things as a follower - what a first mate should do - Ed was always the one they turned to to follow, with clearly there being trust there was a reason to.

It's very significant and in line with "I've never seen Blackbeard like this" that Ed trying to personify the Kraken (again, clearly actually inspired by his memories of Hornigold) as "the worst him" was never even him. The real Ed/Blackbeard remembers Felix, some random boy in the crew treated unfairly in a most aghast, judgemental way once he's looking at this "dark persona" from the outside.

#ofmd season 2 #ofmd #ofmd 2 #blackbeard #edward teach #because I see people now overdramatising 'Ed being an abuser' #and how he's been cruel all his life (tears for past Izzy uwu) #but that's not true #he didn't treat anyone like this during his typical captaincy #yes not even Izzy #that's projection

[glitchedstars]

What got you into bmc?

Okay so this once has- quite a few layers to it! My best friend(she/her) and I always listen to songs when we have sleepovers (context: sleepovers are the only time we see each other in person because she lives an hour away) and she and I listened to quite a few BMC songs years ago (even more context: She already knew of the musical I think) Then a few months, or a year (I'm horrible at timeline don't mind me) later I had one of the songs in my head, and I was so confused 'cause It felt like a million(/hyperbolic) songs in one I don't remember what next quite as well, I think I looked it up and actually found Be More Chill (Two Rivers cast recording if I remember correctly) And that was it for me I listened to Upgrade so many times and I just kinda- Well now BMC's stuck in my brain forever and it's all I ever think about and I basically eat sleep and breathe BMC (slightly hyperbolic but also I don't think I've gone a day without thinking about BMC at least once since I got into it) TLDR: Friend got me to listen to songs, songs got stuck in my head, now BMC is stuck in my head

#I always brag about how BMC is my first interest that no one else dragged me into #but that's not true #'cause someone did introduce me to it #I just got into it on my own #idk #201: zay! #be more chill #bmc

[lizarddiary]

Today I saw a post where an important person in the community (you're crazy if you think I'm gonna mention them by name lmao) made a post asking for older members of the fandom to show up.

I got surprised seeing so many familiar names! Positively!

To be honest I have a lot of anxiety about growing up, specially getting older than 30. I feel like real adult life starts there and I should stop doing fun things. Is what I've been told it'll happen, is what I've seen in most of the adults around me.

Seeing so many older people enjoying fandom, being active, having fun... Gives me hope. And makes me feel better about "not being mature enough" at this age I am right now. There is no age at which one should stop having fun. And I love having so many positive examples about it here.

I hope you all stick around, and keep making the life of everyone around you amazing! ^^

#i just want to spread some positive message #but i also didn’t want to answer in that poat bc lmao #i'm 24 i'm not even close to the age bracket they asked for #sometimes i feel like i'm too old for this things #but that's not true #no one is ever too old #just to coward perhaps #keep being amazing! #ash rambles

[iaintkissingnofrog]

I don't think I care about my parents

#it's always felt like they were doing a job #like we're work colleagues #not even work friends #cause my mom called me today and said I should call home to show that I care #then I thought oh but I just don't like phone calls #but that's not true #I call my sister constantly and 2 of my friends nearly everyday #calling my parents feels like an obligation #like a contract agreement to sustain our established dynamic #so they don't feel bad #I don't care about them more than a superficial amount #like if my dad got sick I'd feel bad #and I want him to live #but it's more from a place of me feeling bad for him #and also a fear of the inconvenience of what happens after death #especially since he controls all our finances #idk I feel like a bad person now

[rosescries]

I had another idea for a Taylor flashback chapter, but I don't know where it would fit in. :(

#i am happy with how her one backstory chapter played out #but i kind of wish i fleshed out the beginning of her and the skeletons' relationship a bit more #because a lot of people think taylor never loved them #but that's not true #and she hates herself for it #rosey's nonsense

[dudefrommywesterns]

sometimes i gotta remember that people curate their own experiences and not everything is personal. i haven't done anything wrong.

#it's the anxiety #i get worried I'm upsetting people #and I'm a bad person #but that's not true #typewriter dings

[world-of-horrors-au]

How old are you? (Could answer like :early/ mid/ late 20’s etc.)

This is a kind of painful question to answer...

*sigh* post 20s... I turned 30 last December.

#from coffee #I always feel weird about telling people how old i am these days #because a lot of the internet thinks life ends at 30 and you stop having fun #but that's not true #I'm hoping my life will be better now than I'm out of my 20s #my 20s sucked

[mutalieju]

Prunelle and Gaston for the character bingo?

Prunelle:

Gaston:

They both look good though because of Franquin's art style, Prunelle especially has a nice aesthetic, not cool exactly though.

I still love these two.

#i did consider crossing the 'nothing i like about them is canon' #but that's not true #i perceive truth in canon #what do you mean prunelle is not canonically gay

[a-god-in-ruins-rises]

#man i remember i used to listen to this song #like over ten years ago #there was a music video #i can't find it now #but the music video captured exactly the vibe of my childhood #but man this makes me sad #this is the shit i'm talking about #i grew up being told to be careful what you post online #because it's there forever #but that's not true #so much shit gets deleted and will never be recovered #someone probably has that video out there somewhere #but who knows who #and whether they'll ever post it again #the internet is just a perpetually burning library of alexandria #anyway i remember i used to listen to this shit #sitting in my backyard #writing my cringe poems #while listening to the wind chimes #and the distant train #and listening to this right now brings me back to that moment #can't even remember the last time i listened to this

[jessepinwheel]

I love it when people use "shrimp" to mean "beyond the human range". like "shrimp colors" but applied to other things. "shrimp emotions" "shrimp sounds" "shrimp morality", as if shrimp are living some kind of transcendent existence that humans can never comprehend

#maybe the true eldritch horror is the shrimp we met along the way

[chongoblog]

Me, after forgetting to cut the top off an onion before dicing it: “Aw dammit”

The Gordon Ramsey that lives in my head: “Don’t worry there, this mistake isn’t going to ruin anything. No need to be too hard on yourself”

Me: “Wow, that’s…not what I was expecting”

Gordon: “Of course, you ought to know by now that I don’t shout at cooks just to do so. I do it because the people in hit television show Kitchen Nightmares are putting their services out into the public and claim to be good enough to have the title of head chef. You’re just some guy in your twenties making beef stroganoff for yourself and your roommate. I’m kind of a dick, yeah, but I’m not gonna scream at you for a minor mistake like this”

Me: “Oh….well…thanks”

Gordon: “You’re welcome…cunt…”

#based on a true story #im cooking more which is super cool

[rslashrats]

i hate that this is on “bad two sentence horror” because its actually good

#its also true

[correctopinionhaver]

#humans #true but many take it too far #top

[loathsome-sickness]

"people show their true colours in life threatening situations" no, they show you what they act like when they're mortally terrified, an emotion notorious for literally turning your entire brain off to the point where people who go into those situations as a profession need to be literally trained on how to not have that happen

#am i arguing with random 'philosophical' type villains in my own head? #yes #it's a favourite past time of mine i hate every one of those 'i know the true nature of humans because i did horrible things to them' types #with every part of my soul

[filiseverus]

The Barbie movie reminded me about how when I was little my parents were upset that I kept making my Barbie dolls kiss, so they bought me a Ken doll. The next day they found me having a funeral for poor Ken in the garden, he had died of tuberculosis. All the Barbies were in attendance and I buried him under our rose bush. The Barbies were too poor to afford a headstone (it was 1875) so I didn’t mark where the grave was and I never could find him again. He’s probably still there.

#barbie movie #barbie #feminism #ken #ken doll #i’m just ken #my writing #true story #ryan gosling #barbie dolls #greta gerwig #margot robbie #oppenheimer #barbenheimer #if you ever find a Ken doll wrapped in toilet paper that’s mine sorry