#especially tiny ones like these

[muffinlance]

Read "Suki, Alone". Liked it in general. But can they please, please hire someone who knows both the show's actual events and how to follow through on a character arc? Because guys. Guys. That comic is not implying about Suki what they meant it to be implying, and all because of literally one line.

So like. From a writer's standpoint:

What they meant to do: show Suki as a community-oriented person who cares for her people, and believes in everyone succeeding together.

As opposed to (spoilers): the thief girl they set her up in contrast with, who's pretty upfront and consistent on primarily looking out for herself. She betrays Suki for one (1) corn chip to improve her own life at the prison, no surprise.

But the problem is: they give Suki an inspirational line to the effect of "we're all working together and we'll all break out together"

You know

The thing she does not do in the show

So if both the show and this comic are canon, then instead of setting up a compare/contrast with the thief girl, they've just set up a comparison. One were Suki is arguably worse, because she's been leading a significant number of prisoners on with her "we'll all fight and win our freedom together!" business, only to straight up cut them out of the escape loop and abandon them, whereas the thief is only leading Suki on in the sense that Suki keeps telling her what it's morally correct to think and confuses snide replies with agreement

My dudes. My fellow writers. You people actually being paid for this. There were so many ways to fix those awful implications against our girl's character, the simplest of which would be to not include that line. Or they could have, you know, made it canon compliant with what actually happens in the show, so that this comic doesn't set Suki up as a betrayer instead of a community builder. Like... just send all her good prison buddies off to other prisons in the wake of the warden finding out they're colluding. Have it timed to be right before the next new prisoners arrive, thus setting it immediately before the Boiling Rock episodes, so Suki didn't have anyone left in the prison she'd want to take with her on a breakout. For bonus points, include a page or two of her and her Kyoshi warriors opening up the cell of one of her prison friends post-war, thus implying she's tracking down and actually fulfilling her promises. Maybe even show her doing the same with thief girl, who was established as being imprisoned on false charges anyway, and also showing that Suki is A) the bigger person, and B) willing to acknowledge her own role in mistakes (because I cannot emphasize enough how much thief girl was not hiding her own priorities, and it was Suki who approached HER with all this, not the girl ever doing anything special to weasel her way in) (this would also open up an opportunity for paralleling Suki's earlier in-comic mistake of not listening to one of her friend's very valid thoughts and feeling, which lead to the girl leaving their island alone pre-canon; a "seeing people as they are, not what you want them to be" moment)

Anyway yeah enjoyable enough for a quick read but another one for the "this can't be canon or the characters are So Much Worse than they were in the actual show" pile

At least Aang didn't promise to murder anyone in this one

#I also have minor critiques like #Why are all the guards drawn as short and noodly-armed as Sokka pretending to be a guard #Why are the guards the only ones allowed to have funny lines #Did anyone consider using a lack of dialogue in some panels to establish mood and let the visuals speak for themselves (no they did not) #Why is Azula villain monologuing for so long at the start #She does like her villain lines but in the show they're short #And generally aimed at fresh opponents #Not last week's old news #I kept wondering why Azula was even there instead of generic lackeys especially since she had to have been dealing with the conquest of #Ba Sing Se around then. big This Could Have Been An Email vibes #Also as a gardener #HOW FAST WERE THOSE PRISON PLANTS GOING TO SEED AND WHERE CAN I GET SOME #Apparently they needed minimal (almost no?) light and tiny cracks of space and were nutritious and tasted good raw and grew so fast they #Could substantially affect the diets of multiple prisoners within a short time span? #I WANT THEM IN MY INDOOR SETUP ASAP #Screw lettuce I want Suki's Magic Beans #avatar the last airbender #atla #Suki #There continue to be no comics in Ba Sing Se but this was a better attempt than some #Suki Alone

[kagoutiss]

was thinking the other day about how parasites are ganondorf’s solution for so many things. now cant unsee him being a massive nerd about parasites

#parasites cw #trypophobia #ocarina of time #tloz #ganondorf #zelda #nabooru #morpha #barinade #gohma #this makes less sense if u haven’t seen my tweet barrage but yeah oot ganondorf & his silly giant parasites. i love them #yes i know morpha isnt technically a parasite but still #it IS an insanely huge single-called organism tho. which must be why its ‘water’ isnt normal water lol #just the fluid surrounding its nucleus #i think he would have an interest in funny creatures like that especially if they’re distinctly nonhuman #but him being interested in parasites specifically makes sense to me #the idea of a comparatively tiny & insignificant being infiltrating a much larger one. and then wreaking utter havoc on it #while sustaining itself in the process #i think he would be really into slime molds too…..let him be a weird nerd…..

[fallinglikemagic]

Compilation of screenshots of Weiss looking at Penny

because I noticed in my most recent rewatch that there's a certain level of softness in these expressions that I haven't seen Weiss express towards anybody else and it's been driving me insane /pos

#(it's a bit more obvious in some of these than others but still) #I haven't finished my current rewatch so maybe in v9 she'll give this look to somebody else but so far it's been only Penny and that's- #-what's really getting me #she's done soft affectionate looks towards others too of course but there's just like this tiny extra bit in some of these that seems- #-exclusive to just Penny #ESPECIALLY THE ONES FROM V3. WEISS ESPECIALLY DOESN'T DO SOFT LOOKS OFTEN PRE-V5 THEY WERE SO RARE BACK THEN WHAT IS HAPPENING #I'm gonna be thinking about this for weeks sorry- #rwby #frostbyte #weiss schnee #penny polendina

[sonknuxadow]

are people actually mad about the pixel art segments in sonic prime. man literally who cares

#i think theyre cute and a fun way to do little flashback sequences. the one with sonic and tails in s3 was cute #if it was a constant thing or they were really really long id get it but i dont really see the problem with them as they are #it is a tiny bit cursed seeing the classic sprites with the modern eye colors though #especially when the sonic advance games exist so its not like there wasnt a reference for pixel sprites of the modern designs #sonic prime #sonic prime spoilers #iguess. idk #disclaimer i havent actually seen people complaining just people complaining about people complaining #so maybe not many people actually dislike them and its being exaggerated idk

[fictionadventurer]

The more I learn about Civil War politics, the more I'm convinced that Lincoln's most impressive and useful leadership trait was that he never let his pride get in the way of doing his job.

Other people in Lincoln's position would have come to Washington with something to prove. They'd have resented the insults and tried to disprove them. They'd have tried to seize power and credit, rejected help, spent a lot of time trying to reach a certain level of respect.

Lincoln's response to, "You're just a backwoods lawyer with no executive experience who makes too many dumb jokes," was pretty much always, "Yeah. And?" He had no interest in petty personal power plays. He had a country to run. There was a war on. It didn't matter what people thought of him so long as the job got done.

He was aware of his personal shortcomings and was always willing to accept advice and help from people who had more knowledge and experience in certain areas. He presided over a chaotic Cabinet full of abrasive personalities who thought they were better and smarter than him, but he kept working with them because they could get the job done. For example: Stanton was absolutely horrible to him when they were both working as lawyers. Just incredibly mean on a personal level. But when Lincoln needed someone to replace Cameron, he swallowed his pride and appointed Stanton as Secretary of War, where Stanton proceeded to be mean to everyone in the world, but he whipped that department into shape and kept it running efficiently through a very chaotic war. Pretty much no one except Lincoln would have been able to put up with that. He could put up with people who were personally difficult if they could do the job he needed them to do--which he was only able to do because his own ego didn't get in the way.

Lincoln's example is a prime demonstration of how humility isn't underrating yourself--it's being so secure in your own abilities and identity that you don't need to attack anyone or defend yourself to prove your worth. He knew his shortcomings, but he also knew his strengths. He was willing to give other people credit for successes and take blame upon himself for failures if it kept things running smoothly. He was secure enough in his own power that he could deal generously--but firmly--with people who tried to undermine him. In a city full of huge egos, in a profession that rewards puffed-up pride, that levelheaded humility is an extremely rare trait--which is what made it so impressive and effective.

#history is awesome #presidential talk #so i went to a teeny backwater thrift store today #their tiny history book section just happened to have an old lincoln biography #i opened to the page about the cabinet #which describes the situation like 'seward was calling himself premier and lording it over everyone' #'blair was causing problems everywhere' #'welles was insulting everyone in his diary and especially hated stanton grant and seward' #'and stanton hated absolutely everyone in the whole wide world' #and as i was reading this i was internally kicking my legs with excitement and cackling with glee because this is the good stuff #i don't know why but i love these horrible petty men #they're like a bunch of raccoons fighting over territory in a dumpster fire it's so great #i read the whole chapter right there in the store #and it impressed upon me yet again how impressive lincoln was to put up with all these guys #(the writer was a bit simplistic and made a lot of these guys come off as worse than they were) #(like he made seward sound like a complete incompetent when he was a pretty good secretary of state) #(he had some grandiose ideas but the man deserves a lot of credit for keeping england out of the war) #(but for a one-chapter summary of these guys it wasn't exactly wrong and it was a ton of fun) #i very much did not want another book especially another american history book #but it was only fifty cents and i have a pouch full of spare change #and the writer's style was so much fun that i decided to take the book with me #i don't plan to read the whole thing (i'm sick of lincoln bios) but it's fun to dip into for things like this #and i had to talk to you about it

[3amsnek]

we will always be here.

happy pride <3

#trans pride #trans positivity #transgender #transgender pride #pride art #pride month #trans artist #lgbtqia #dragon #my art? #did some different/experimental stuff w this one largely bc I rly wanted to make it but Really didn’t want to do neat lines for the flag bc #pain #been trying to finish some form of it all month long :’/ finally got somewhere im ok with #meant to post it yesterday but then I decided it would actually be better if I just ignored the internet completely and made myself a #catboy wizard hat from an old flannel sheet instead #and I was right #gotta make ur own serotonin sometimes. a lot of the time #i rly don’t know what to caption this one. feels like I should Say something but words rly aren’t my strong suit especially ones that matter #but fellow trans ppl know that i am sending you so many virtual hugs even if I can only do it in tiny dragon form #we r going to be ok. somehow

[skoulsons]

Thinking about winter and their physical affection and now literally none of these happen under happy circumstances.

#the second theyre together in their little father daughter unit #it’s immediate proximity and being comfortable with each other #and then it all crashes and burns five days after #but like!! enough that she holds the side of his face trying to figure out what to do to save him!!! #how she holds his hand during winter when it’s an especially bad day and she just wants him home!!!! #HOW HE FINDS HER AFTER DAVID AND IS SCARED AND SHES SCARED AND SHE PUSHES AGAINST HIM BECAUSE SHE THINKS HES ONE OF THEM #BUT THEN HE GRABS HER FACE AND HE SAYS HER NAME AND HE SAYS LOOK AT ME AND HIS HANDS ARE SO GENTLE #BUT SHE KEEPS PUSHING BUT THERES THAT FAMILIAR WARMTH AND FEEL AND SO SHE SEES HIM EYE TO EYE FINALLY #AND HE GUIDES HER TO HIS NECK TO THE FUZZY PART OF HIS COAT AND DOESNT LET GO OF HER FACE TIL SHES SAFE AND SECURE #AND HE WRAPS HIS ARMS AROUND HER BACK AND BEHIND HER NECK AND HERS GO OVER HIS SHOULDERS AND BEHIND HIS NECK #AND HOW SHES COMPLETELY ENCAPSULATED IN HIS EMBRACE BECAUSE SHES SO TINY AND FITS THERE SO WELL BECAUSE THEYRE PUZZLE PIECES #EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY #AND HOW HE’LL PULL HER AWAY AND HOLD HER FACE AND TELL HER HE’LL NEVER LEAVE HER AGAIN #the last of us hbo #tlou spoilers #joel miller #ellie williams #joel and ellie

[amethystcove]

tfw when you’re just a girl missing your ex 😴❤️‍🩹

for day 4 of cdnfweek 2023, visions/dreams (femswap version!)

#c!dnf #cdnfweek #fem dnf #fem!dnf #dreamnotfound #cw genderbend #brave.art #ngl i had really high hopes for this one but im not that happy with it (cries forever) #lighting wack composition wack AND MY SCANNER DIDNT WORK sooo this is just a photo sorrey #i like their designs though especially the tiny plushie dxd hehe

[aro-culture-is]

Aro-culture is trying to understand why society created the most ridiculous rituals and signs for romance and not finding a single answer/or that makes sense.

(No seriously, all the explanations I find are dumb. Send help)

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#aro culture is #aro #aromantic #actually aro #actually aromantic #ask #mod axel #honestly all i got for u is that romance is a socially described category of emotion #and social categories are notoriously full of all sorts of cultural biases and assumptions and history that got lost to common knowledge #not to mention the human tendencies to create lil rituals that sometimes become big (ie knock on wood / slug bug) #so u end up with like. 'yeah u gotta not directly tell ppl that ur in romo with them immediately because...' #culturally it signals like. moving too fast or it's seen as embarrassing or you gotta do xyz things first #my sister advised me as a teen that in her experience and opinion - delivered like the words of a sage - if someone is bad at kissing #then they are bad at sex #(me [a kissing repulsed aro person who enjoys sex]: uhhh) #and honestly like. especially when viewed from the outside those things are fuckin wild #like... my mom came from a tiny backwoods type of place in [redacted] #and when i moved to [redacted] and one of the biggest cities in my state (though tbh not that big actually lol) #it caused all sorts of fun. she thinks it's exceptionally rude that not every single person on the street smiles and says hi #if there's not a crowd #she also gets really upset that service workers are less likely to make small talk #and both of those come from City Etiquette being more about like... not taking up ppl's time and attention and that being respectful #like smiling and saying hi to every stranger on the street is... honestly gonna be seen as a Huge Danger thing #and service workers do not have the *time* at most locations to chat with you - especially if it's busy - and it's seen as disrespectful to #both the workers and the people in line behind you to insist on it #but from her POV with Country Etiquette #this is equivalent to like. getting slapped in the face and told that you are specifically mad at her #and she gets legit anxious about it in a very 'this means i fucked up' way

[bellowsthebard]

So since 4sd this week I have been thinking about my favorite critical role quote.

"It's about a very long story and we are, even you, a tiny part of it."

Which is from campaign one episode 56 (near the end I could look up the time stamp but I am lazy). It's a Percy quote and it is a CRIMINALLY under rated cr quote cause have you ever heard anything more perfectly describing critical role? Any way my point is I love this quote and it is never included in cr quote lists AND IT SHOULD BE. Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

#seriously i could go on about this ine quote for pages #like the first time i watch cr it was nothing #but rewatching campaign one with the context of what it grows into? #especially since he says it to keyleth #who has been in every cr story even as a tiny part #of not even the story of cr #but like the fandom #and the kickstarter #*I* am a tiny part of the story #and like life to but that is not here nor there #critical role #vox machina #c1ep56 #percy de rolo #cr1 #4sd #talisen jaffe

[skitskatdacat63]

2023 Monaco Grand Prix - Fernando Alonso(ft. Max Verstappen & Esteban Ocon)

#guys i have a pet peeve #with nando specifically people have this habit of being like 'oh god podium with [driver he had past drama with] its gonna be rancid' #and then...it's perfectly fine and actually most times ends up very pleasant and cute #like this podium especially #but then all 3 of them are pretty cute with each other!!! #its always so funny how tiny fernando is compared to esteban hahaha #anyways not my fav race in the world im a little sad but p2!!! first p2 since 2014!!!! #and as they said in his post race radio this is just another step forward to winning a race!!! #so i shall see you next wk at his home race hopeful as always #(i dont know actually if catalunya is suited to the amr i dont think so but im hoping for a podium as always) #fernando alonso #fa14 #max verstappen #mv1 #esteban ocon #f1 #formula 1 #formula one #2023 monaco gp #2023 monaco grand prix #we do a little bit of f1

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

one of Thee funniest tv tropes is "group of people (better if they're not friends) wake up in the same area after being blackout drunk, with it being Wildly obvious that some crazy shit went down & they have to puzzle it out / fix their mess without anyone knowing"

#psych is KILLING it w/ s6ep2 rn #i cant even attempt to eat my tiny cake im cackling too much #especially since its shawn/gus + lassie + woody LIKE CMONNNNNNN #THAT IS SUCH A KILLER GROUP FOR THIS #and its So fucking funny so far already.... #the 'woody & lassie slept together' joke... i wheezed! they did it Well ngl #but man. im 7 minutes in and its already my favorite episode #and here i was Attached to the cinnamon festival ep.... #so much can happen in 24 hours </3 #absolutely unprompted #anyway absolutely iconic quartet of characters i didnt know i needed it but im so glad i have it #the four of them trying to keep their cool in the autopsy room... asdkandjkafkjan TOP TIER #fishtank gun my beloved #one day i hope to write this trope. i hope i do it well #i have many ocs it could work soooooo fucking perfectly with #the idiot squad especially.... #and many media-based characters as well! #honestly this trope can work with anyone. well now that i think about.... the less 'on brand' it is the funnier #like the wh crew? who cares if puppets cant get drunk. that shit'd be hilarious #i just know they'd be so fucking insane about it. the weirdest blackout shenanigans ever...

[jopkajabki]

hi sorry i died again i was busy drawing nothing but prsk characters/vsynths in chiikawa art style for 3 days straight

#hai chat i git chiikawa brain rot. got infected with the chiikawa disease #sorry abt disappearing that suddenly again social media is kinda exhausting especially if u use more than just one..D: #also these r like a few weeks old so i got better at drawing chiikawa^_^^_^ #also got into dunmeshi UGGHHHHHH its SO good why didnt i listen my brother when he recommended me it like 2 years ago im so mad #project sekai #my art #i am not tagging all the characters #prsk fa #pjsk fa #pjsk #also tiny deforei sneak. does anyone heree like deforei i love them i got a special folder just fot them in my gallery #:3 #vocaloid #vsynth #nene is so chinchilla coded you dont understand

[jackshiccup]

this image of the gang amuses me so much the energy it gives is like when ur parents drag u to a family party and u have to socialize with all the kids ur age in another room

#been there... #they were so TINY #and all the same height #also it just makes me laugh bc it looks like theyre a band LMFAO #ESPECIALLY TUFF ON THAT CHAIR like look at him #and snotlout leaning on the wall w one foot up and a scowl askjdhaks #these r my kids fr like i birthed them myself….. #my goobs.. my lalas… #httyd #how to train your dragon #img #hiccup #snotlout #tuffnut #ruffnut #astrid #fishlegs #gift of the nightfury

[moonscape]

genuinely not trying to flex or anything but i have never understood how psmd is considered to be the hardest pmd game

#bwark #like the water continent's economy isn't in shambles like mist's is in gates so items are very affordable #especially when you sell the fresh apples and buy old ones from kecleon as your hunger item #oran berries are even more op than they already were. blast seeds got the biggest buff ever #tiny reviver seeds are plentiful and cheap and make the much more expensive full ones kinda useless for most of the game #this game was the debut of wands. unbelievably overpowered for how much they stack #some dungeons allow you to have up to 8 team members (before dx made this common) #you can have salamence dragonite all of team act and victini as early recruits #emeras (barrage) are very powerful (barrage) when you can find the right ones (barrage) #this game doesn't even have a proper ultimate dungeon #the hardest challenge i had on my previous 100% run were the post game bosses that had other forms to fight like mewtwo kyogre and groudon #and i don't mean any of this as a criticsm because idc that much it's just a take that ive seen a lot (especially when the game was released #) and i just never understood it even back then #i find the original rt harder because of jt lacking the qol of later games (and by later games i mean. the very next one. explorers) #and also gates. not because the gane is actually hard but because the heavily zoomed in camera and awful dungeon layout make dungeon #crawling in that game a goddamm nightmare

[flash-from-the-past]

Grow Island

#eyezmaze #grow island #flash #i loved eyezmaze games. adored them. #and this especially is a classic imo #the alien ending was a tiny bit depressing to me :( i didn't like seeing the tiny guys get all gray #but the normal one was really cute though not as much as grow valley