#general confusion all around

[tadpolesonalgae]

i think it's az-ree-yell bc honestly az-ree-yul sounds weird? to me, like it feel lackluster but also this reminded me that apparently the official way to pronounce lucien is loo-shen but ive always pronounced it as loo-cee-an bc lu-shen just sounds really american and bland tbh

btw english isnt my first language so i feel like i have no authority on how to pronounce anyones names but i will keep pronouncing them how i think it sounds better

(also i have this image thing that has the correct spellings and i'll send it in a separate ask bc it cant be anon and u have to pinky promise to let my username evaporate from your mind - i haven't used that acc since I was 16)

- 🧶

Babes, your secret is safe with me 😌

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I get what you mean? In a way? Like —yuhl goes down at the end whereas —yell goes up so (to me at least) it feels more energised?

And with Lucien, when I first read acotar I pronounced it Lu-si-un, and Rhys I pronounced as rye-sand, until my friend forcefully showed me that guide in the back of the book but once never seen the acomaf one that includes the other characters!!

(Yes I’m going to also continue pronouncing it my own way, and I encourage you to, too—because it’s so much more fun like that 🤭🎉)

(Also I feel like Lu-cee-en also just sounds slightly vampiric compared to Lu-shun/Lu-shen 🫢)

(Another side note, I’ve always said Calanmai as Cal-an-my??? What do you mean it’s —may???)

#🧶 anon <3 #🧶 #name pronunciation #I refuse to accept that it’s canonically an ‘ah’ beginning #respectfully miss Maas #that is not correct #general confusion all around

[askblueandviolet]

Tú, alcalde. ¿Hablas español? Eso sería genial :D

"Yes, I know many languages! Mandarin, cantonese, english, brazilian, french, italian, and of course, spanish!"

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#lego monkie kid #lego monkie kid fanart #monkie kid #monkie kid fanart #lmk #lmk fanart #lmk mayor #monkie kid mayor #lmk macaque #monkie kid macaque #blue and violet #I'm so sorry I had to use google translate for this 😭 #I am unfortunately not fluent in spanish #but the Mayor probably is! #I mean they did spend like 500 years looking for the skeleton key and went around the world #they picked up many languages #many more than the Mayor lists here #they probably know a few asian languages too like indian and japanese and maybe vietnamese too #Idk about russian but they might know a bit #over time they have probably learned and forgotten languages #they might have been fluent in latin once but forgot when people stopped using it #the reason Mayor knows Cantonese is because my family is from that general providence of china that speaks it #so yeah its a little self indulgent #actually if any of you realised all of the Chinese food I mention in the blue and violet series and especially in colours- #-is probably from the Guangdong province in China or Hong Kong #dim sum as mentioned in the latest chapter is a thing that came from Guangdong haha #and the egg tarts too in the egg tart chapter #funny huh? #anyways sorry for the rambling I got a little carried away #Macaque is very confused

[lesbiancarat]

want to give my two cents on the AI usage in the maestro trailer--

i think seventeen doing a whole concept that is anti-AI is very cool, especially as creatives themselves i think it's good that they're speaking up against it and i hope it gets more ppl talking about the issue. i also understand on a surface level the artistic choice (whether it was made by the members, the mv director, or whoever else), to directly use AI in contrast to real, human-made visuals and music in order to criticize it. i also appreciate that they clearly stated the intention of the use of AI at the beginning of the video

however, although i understand it to an extent, i do not agree with the choice to use AI to critique AI. one of the main ethical concerns with generative AI is that it is trained on other artists' work without their knowledge, consent, or compensation. and even when AI generated images are being used to critique AI, it still does not negate this particular ethical concern

the use of AI to critique also does not negate the fact that this is work that could have been done by an actual artist. i have seen some people argue that it's okay in this context because it's a critique specifically about AI, and it is content that never would have been done by a real artist anyway because it doesn't make sense for the story they're trying to tell. but i disagree. i think you can still tell the exact same story without using AI

and in fact, i would argue that it would make the anti-AI message stronger if they HAD paid an artist to draw/animate the scenes that are supposed to represent AI generated images. wouldn't it just be proof that humans can create images that are just as bad and nonsensical and soulless as AI, but that AI can't replicate the creativity and beauty and basic fucking anatomy that's in human-made art?

it feels very obvious this was not just a way to cut corners and costs like a lot of scummy people are using AI for. ultimately it was a very intentional creative decision, i just personally think it was a very poor one. and even if some ethical considerations were taken into account before this decision, i certainly don't think all of them were. at the very least i feel like the decision undermines the message they want to convey

i would also like to recognize that i myself am not an artist, and i have seen some artists that are totally on board with the use of AI in this specific context, so clearly this is not a topic that is cut and dry. but generative AI is still new, and i think it's important to keep having these conversations

#melia.txt #also want to add that as musicians svt are more directly threatened by AI generated audio than they are by AI generated images #and yet AI generated images is what was used in the video #and i guess the MV director/production company are the ones directly responsible for putting that in there #whether it was their initial idea or not #and they work in a visual medium so perhaps that makes it more 'fair' but idk it just feels like #the commentary is around music. which makes sense. and using human produced music/sound #but then taking advantage of AI images #idk just feels weird #i mean i don't like it either way #like i said in the main post i understand the intention behind the creative decision #and i'm still happy svt are speaking against ai at all i do think overall they're doing a good thing here #i just don't agree with the creative decision they/the production company/whoever made #edit: deleted the part about not boycotting svt over this bc ppl were commenting about boycotting bc of the 🛴 stuff #i meant specifically /I/ am not calling for a boycott because of specifically the ai stuff #was just trying to make a general point that im not making this post bc i want to sabatoge svt or whatever #bc kpop fans love to pull that catd whenever u criticize anything #so yeah just removed that bit bc i dont want ppl getting confused what im talking about #respect ppl boycotting because of scooter/israel stuff but thats not what this post was intended to be about #edit 2: turning off reblogs bc im going to bed and having asomewhat controversial post up is not gonna help me sleep well lol #may or my not turn rb's back on in the morning

[menlove]

me every few years swinging between using bisexual and lesbian bc I thought a middle aged actor was hot

anyway. this is a coming out post. again. lesbian 👍

there will probably be more every few years and at this point that's just my lot in life

#sexuality and gender aren't real I don't fucking know yall! #but we are trying on lesbian again I feel like I'm more settled w myself and understand lesbian history better to feel comfortable here #last time I was pushed into identifying as a femme by my ex and that felt so bad that I took issue w calling myself a lesbian in general #and then michael sheen comphet hit and it was over #as well as not being able to conceptualize wanting to transition and still be a lesbian #but we've come back around into the endless confusing circle of gay to pan to bi to lesbian to bi to queer to lesbian again dhajshdj #it's fine you know? all I know is I'm always a fag and that's all I really need #plus there was the factor of my girlfriends comfort but we have Talked #anyway that's all to say. Who Fucking Knows #but I always wind up back here at some point lmao

[garlicbreadfanatic]

Wolfstar: *making out in Sirius' room*

James: um hello?

Sirius: prongs? *climbing off Remus* what are you doing here?

James: last time I checked I lived here???

#sirius has a room in james' house!!! #as in his childhood home #general confusion all around for this one #wolfstar #marauders era #james potter #sirius black #james and sirius #the marauders #incorrect marauders quotes #marauders incorrect quotes #james potter incorrect quotes

[captaindeinony]

Pokemas canon but

#diino doodle #LISTEN… #ok there was no thought process behind this but like #Lisia and Dawn are friends. everyone makes comments about how similar Akari and Dawn look #I’m just saying it wouldn’t be hard for Lisia to confuse the two while looking for Dawn #plus Lisia is very friendly and might like talking to Akari #plus she needs to wear something besides a uniform 24/7 I can’t imagine it’s all that comfortable #so Lisia probably helps her find something less formal to wear #Rei was supposed to be in this image but I didn’t feel like drawing him. I’m srory Rei #pokemon lisia #coordinator Lisia #trainer Akari #pokemon masters #pokemon masters ex #I’d imagine living in Hisui does some crazy damage to your brain. being constantly told that everything in the area can(WILL) kill you #so Lisia suggest Akari get a little journal to write her thoughts in #and also is just generally a fun person to be around #I think it’s hard to be stressed or worried with Lisia around. which also helps whatever might be wrong with Akari #uh. speculation

[aseriesofunfortunatetexts]

#mr. poe #a series of unfortunate events #asoue #asoue edit #texts from last night #I believe that I've proposed this theory before but in all honesty Mr. Poe being a pot addict makes so much sense #the constant spaced out confusion? #the odd cheerfulness at the horrors around him even when they are exposed as horrors? #bad memory? #general uselessness under any sort of pressure/something unexpected happening? #the constant cough despite never being seen smoking!? #search your heart #you know I'm right

[surrealsunset]

the sun always shines on TV

#hello charlotte #vent art #charlotte wiltshire #q84 #charlotte q84 #basically. this song is like. a microcosm of. what hello charlotte is to me #the music video especially gets the point across really well #it’s like i just don’t fucking know what’s real or not #i love so blindly with no direction but i do love and that’s what confuses and scares me #i have these…. masks. that’s all this is is masks. masking. performance #it is real. but it is also fake. and it’s so hard. it’s so fucking hard wearing a mask all the time #because i can’t take it off. i can’t. that’s why i love q84 so profoundly #the mask took over her fucking life. she has no idea who she is anymore #she was never someone who hurt people and now she is and she is FUUUCKED UP about it #but she’s too isolated and alone and unwilling to listen and proud to stop the hurt or the doomspiral or any of it #i feel like that. this gets at a profound generational scream of agony i feel from everyone around me #we’re just scared. we’re all scared. we are all mourning the loss of our sanity and begging for answers and nothing is working #something. idk #i’ve been thinking about this a lot clearly gkshf #it’s just… i just. i want a hug. i just want to hug a lot. that’s all. i think all we fucking want is a fucking hug. for god’s sKe

[fairmoephelia]

i think it’s important to understand that isaac is simultaneously much weirder and much more normal than the rest of the coterie thinks and they will never once get it right. rey thinks isaac is about to start cutting off his own limbs? he just wants to make sure serif is armed for the fight, that’s all. the group thinks he might be vulnerable as he uses his new powers? he’s fine, he’ll just be extending his bones into blades. these conversations happen minutes apart. incredible

#this also relates tangentially to my belief that some of the things isaac is doing that people are confused abt #can be explained by him having a higher humanity than the fandom as a whole has assumed #like i think we all get wrapped up in the tzimisce fleshcrafter human furniture stereotype and forget he’s very young #violence and threats don’t seem to phase him much but that is probably due his time spent with the gang possibly from a pretty young age #being used to it doesn’t necessarily mean he enjoys it or seeks it out #at least not more than the rest of the coterie or young kindred in general #(ofc to be fair this could also go the opposite direction and hint at something much darker like him keeping the coterie around for plots) #i put a whole meta down here damn #new york by night #ny by night #nybn #isaac brooke

[616nightcrawler]

i feel like i see posts like this so much and it's kind of weird bc this applies only to like. a very specific subset of people (ppl who are into phineas and ferb + aware of the "two nickels" thing being repostet a lot) which is like. a subset of people in a fairly specific age range (the right age to have watched phineas and ferb so like. idk 15 - 30 year olds probably being generous) AND are active on specific social media platforms to have seen this joke repeated a lot so it burrows into their memory bc most people who just casually watched phineas and ferb aren't that likely to remember this specific moment (i know i didn't without the meme). and idk this is not a big deal i just find it interesting how often people online will post about something that is extremely specific to them and the social circles they move in as if it's a really universal experience

#im def thinking about this too deeply but i see this a lot w very online young people #even where they'll be like 'omg everyone in gen Z is like THIS' and its like #no not everyone in your generation is a certain way it's just that #you don't really interact with people outside of your specific circles #be it online or physical #like online you probably algorythmically get promoted things that confirm your world view bc that is the things you're interested in #so you get a sort of feedback loop of people in your same age range #who get promoted similar content based on age and browsing habits #and you're not gonna really break out of that unless you really look for it #and physically you hang out with your friends who have the same interests as you and are likely in similar economical and social situations #and are likely at your school or uni so you're in really similar situations #its even happened to me bc back in the day i never liked using twitter but my friends who were on twitter were really confused when #i didn't get the 'twitter idioms' even though we move in similar circles i just hadn't been introduced to things specifically popular on tw #twitter #so things that seemed universal to them were completely new to me #and the other way around too where i think smth is extremely generally well known but people i talk to have no idea what's up #my sister who's two years older than me probably doesn't even remember phineas and ferb that well just bc she wasn't that into cartoons #idk. all that to say. #your experiences are not universal #the life and times of brows

[sysig]

Uh oh he’s also cute (Patreon)

#Doodles #UT #Asgore #How dare #Lol #Some non-Handplates Asgores for funsies! Mostly for studies tbh but for funsies! Lol #Also an excuse to try out which side I prefer for the orange-blue heterochromia because I mean - I have to in general but which side! Lol #I think I did end up liking orange-blue right-left (or left-right if you're looking at him lol) but it was nice to test ♪ #That first one was actually doodled last but it's more clearly based off his overworld sprite than any of the others so #He's got an interesting hairline :0 Floofs but not very much in his face - but when he looks down! It's interesting like I said lol #I am partial to a pulled-back look just in general haha #Pulled back around his horns is fun hehe #I was also surprised with how difficult I find it to draw his horns?? I tend to make them way too thin but I'm not sure how or why?? #My hand just does whatever and it gets confused lol #It's not like horns are new to me just this shape is confusing #I'm also glad I went back and drew the angel clasp and his pauldrons properly his silhouette was very off lol #Not that he needs them all the time he looks very cute in just his dad shirt! But with his cloak they are Necessary lol #I know he's way closer to the end of the game and I'm nowhere near that but it does make me want to get back to Actually playing sometime #Having never officially met him is funny and strange lol

[sweatermuppet]

Wait why aren't you often introduced as just Silas ??

because i don't pass as male so it's usually "this is silas he's trans pronouns are he/him" & then it's a toss-up on if that will actually be respected. still sometimes go the route of my birthname in front of people's relatives to avoid the embarrassment of it all, which is further embarrassing because i don't respond much to my birthname LOL

#everyone in my life is so accustom to me being refer to with he/him pronouns that when someone uses she/her #we all get visibly confused. it's a bad front all around but it's still employed when necessary #or i just don't get taken home. people avoid introducing me to parents/grandparents in general #anonymous

[skitskatdacat63]

Christopher Nolan making movies: I'm gonna make a film that is so confusing and non-linear

#just watched memento :DDDDD #which i think would be his first bigger movie? #but it was so interesting bcs there were a lot of concepts in it that are so visible in his later films #like watching that after watching almost all of his most recent films was such an 'aha!' moment #lthe whole black&white vs in-color to delineate which part of the story we're in #in memento: black and white is the beginning of the story and then in-color is the rest of the story going backwards #and then he uses that concept again in oppenheimer but b&w is the current events and color is everything leading up to that and after #like yeah its really confusing first time around because you dont know that fully yet but then at the end its like OH!!!!! #and then both also have other stuff interspersed btwn those two sections that you only reallly understand by the end #and then with the plot going backwards. that was the same as tenet right? #like starting with the end of the story and them ending with the beginning of the story #i cant remember inception well enough atm but im sure it has traits of memento as well #his movies are like puzzles ig! like you really have to keep track of all the details and what takes place when #i think theyre really fun bcs more and more becomes clear to you #im not sure what the most confusing nolan movie is hmmmm probably tenet or inception right? #oppenheimer: much more clear in general since its following literal historical events but just in a non linear manner #the only real reason i found it a bit confusing is bcs i didnt know a lot of the characters and also was trying to figure out the timeline #and then interstellar is more just confusing in concept bcs it has to do with time in the 4th dimension and all that #but i think the story is pretty understandable its just hard to wrap your head around the different time/dimension concepts #then again....ive watched it probably more than 4 times by now! ITS ONE OF MY FAV MOVIES EVER #cant say much abt the batman movies bcs they have nolan concepts but arent really like his other stuff #haha someones said he did those movies so he could make absolute bank and then have a blank check to do whatever movies he wants #and someone also said that oppenheimer felt like memento and thats so so so true!!! #its cool that he can make the movies he wants. bcs as i said watching memento really outlines very well what concepts he likes #watching it was weird bcs im like oh yeah this is *so* christopher nolan and then realize this is literally only his second film #i need to rewatch inception and dunkirk and see if i can spot inspo from Memento in them #anyways: yay film!!! yay cinema!!!!!! movies are so fun!!!!!! #catie.rambling.txt

[slocumjoe]

You ever think about Shaun and Danse interacting and cry a lil bit

#theodoor (renamed synth shaun) struggles w/ being a copy of a contentious evil man #and being used as bait #and being taken in by that mans father as a pity child. not what was wanted but there anyway #and feels urges to act a certain way even after gus gets his ideal programming outta there #and resents basically everything and everyone involved in his existence #because he isnt just a lure. hes a doll. hes a toy made by a cruel and heartless man. made to be exactly like him #and every time he feels any negative emotion he feels like Shaun won and got his clone #every time he feels positive emotion he feels like a puppet carrying out Shauns wishes to be the ideal child #and DANSE eventually comes to terms with his nature/himself in general and gets better. and as he slowly starts entering a relationship #with gus he starts noticing /hey this kid is going through something similar/ #/i suffered this but at least i was free to do as i wanted. teddy is a child & hes meant to be a specific child that he cannot possibly be/ #and danse notices that teddy is squeamish around science because he wants to distance himself from shaun #so he takes him under his wing. /you wanna see how a laser works?/ and gets him to see that science is not a force of evil #but a tool to be used. Shaun used it for his ego but Danse uses it to protect the others. Isa uses it to heal the wasteland. #Curie uses science to save people and heal their pain. he shows him /you know better. so you wont become him. you literally couldn’t./ #like. teddy has a lot of issues being put on the spot to be the missing boy come home. but not being that boy #and danse gets it. he had issues after building his existence on being a paladin and model soldier only to be the Enemy #he gets trying so hard and wanting so bad to be one thing or fully the other. not be in that awful middle ground where its all confusing #and danse figures out over time that the Institute made m797 but he - his choices and his experience - made Danse #and its the same for teddy. and the kid gets along better having someone who can closest understand what he feels #ss; alter #bc teddy is gus' kid so he goes in the tag

[arolesbianism]

I hand you a doodle and then go back to dying of the plague

#keese draws #oc art #oc #ocs #furry #furry art #furry oc #Im sick 😔 #I can tell because all my joints are hurting instead of just my knees lol #which actually is strange since usually when Im sick the first sign is my nose being super duper runny #but I can actually breath just fine if not better than usual rn wow #but yeah say hi to antinio theyre a design I got a couple months ago I think #theyre a part of a new ish story I made around the same time that surrounds the other escaped patients of the facility pent escaped from #pent didnt actually go with them tho partially because none of them like her and she doesnt like any of them but mostly because shes more #physically unstable than the others and needs regular goop recharges that kept her camping near the facility until bud and daisy dropped in #but yeah everyone else left together and spent some time wandering before getting lured into the origin place of the goop #this guy is actually quite the unique case among the bunch because they were originally an ocean dweller before they were revived #this basically means they only half understand what everyone else is saying and can't actually talk themself #and also that despite not needing to breath they constantly feel like theyre suffocating and they are generally pretty bitter abt all this #they cant rly go home partially because theyve been dead for too long and mostly because theyd kind of just fall apart in the ocean #even just washing their hands causes their fur and skin to get all slimy #hey they at least have a new bestie even if said bestie is also part of the only half understands everyone party meaning they even less #know how to communicate with eachother since they both speak different languages from eachother #but hey now they can be confused abt whatever the hell applebounce is yelling abt together

[captainderyn]

I’m starting to think that instead of trying to write my grand fantasy novel or my fun and funky paranormal/urban fantasy story that both take significant mental bandwidth I should instead say fuck it and embrace the horse girl (gender neutral) story for adults that’s always meant to be.

All the folks that read and embraced the campy Canterwood Crest books and Heartland ect ect. I feel like we need an adult version lol. Not adult as in explicit adult content just an older writing style with a 20s protag in college or something. Or post college.

#captainderyn rambles #just slowly turning over the idea in my head #if I don’t have the bandwidth for making a story for the ground up why not take all the knowledge and experiences kicking around in my head #and use them for something lol #idk seems like it’d be fun for all the grown up horse girls #is it general fiction or YA if the protag is early 20s #it’s very confusing because at the library we shelve according to Library of Congress #and some books that are YA according to LOC shouldn’t be imo