#hell they all were amazing

[curiousserpent]

the funniest fandom phenomenon is when everybody seems to collectively hallucinate canon better than it is.

#i love reading all of these amazing takes and sitting here like hell yes thats indeed what should have happened #it didnt tho and idk why youre talking like it did...wish i were you

[jade-len]

luo binghe better than me fr i think i would've gone fucking apeshit if the person i loved with my entire soul pretty much said "fuck you" because of my race and pushed me down into literal hell for me to suffer for years

i've said it before and i'll say it again, i really don't think we give binghe enough credit. that man was on concerning levels of forgiving all the way from the start

#this would all be without xin mo eating at my brain btw #were the things he did wrong? of course. can you blame him? absolutely not. #like lets not act like at least half of us wouldnt go insane #i would be devastated #just.. place urself in his shoes ok #like he was able to still change for the better despite all the shit he went through #able to realize his wrongdoings and make up for them #thats fucking amazing and we should not discredit him ok #my ass would probably do the same thing as him tbh. or have a whole mental breakdown. or both #also same goes for bingge i wouldve done the same shit too probably. id fuck shen jiu up #again #not excusing his actions but i feel like people seem to focus on that part of him way too much when we literally see his character growth #and yeah hes still just a little unhinged but arent we all #hell some people are WAY more fucked up than binghe and they didnt even go through #i love him so much can you tell #so anyways yes if he were real i would date him hes so relatable #because then id now that he would actually change for the better and make things up and learn from his mistakes #yeah haha yes hes a red flag whatever all jokes and fun but are we just gonna ignore his development??? #im not a binghe apologist. maybe. #svsss #mxtx svsss #luo binghe #luo bingmei

[dixidin]

MY. SILLIES.

#this was on glitch productions yt community posts if you were wondering #anyways I love them #ZOOBLE AND GANGLE <3<3<3<3<3 #what the hell is that loser Jax doing in the bg (affectionate) #Pomni looks so nervous and scared all the time omg give this girl some REST #THE SCRUNKLY KINGER >>>>>> #Ragatha looks so happy omg #Caine's hat looks so goofy on him omfg😭 #I JUST REALIZED KAUFMO IS WRAPPED UP LIKE A TREE OMG #anyways HOP YOUR CHRISTMAS WAS GOOD YALL (OR ANY OTHER HOLIDAY YOU CELEBRATE. I HOPE IT WAS SO GOOD!!!!) #the amazing digital circus #tadc #tadc kinger #tadc kaufmo #tadc ragatha #tadc jax #tadc pomni #tadc caine #tadc gangle #tadc zooble #glitch productions

[samarecharm]

i love makoto so much but fanon does her so much better (the good parts of the fandom) because in the game her character is so lack luster. they butchered her confidant it is so borning and not even about her. they made her a cop. A COP. they pushed this "canon waifu" role onto her (before sumire came along and did it Even Worse). and it SUCKS because SHE IS SO MUCH MORE!!! SHE IS SO MUCH BETTER!!!! SHE COULD'VE BEEN SO MUCH BETTER!!! the way i feel about canon makoto is the same way i feel about the canon ryuji events post komoshida where he's horribly mistreated and used purely as comic relief: i ignore them <3 my game now <3 never happened <3 my ocs <3

You are so right. I generally apply this to all characters in p5 bc the game does such a shit job of staying consistent with character arcs and personalities. Theres a desperate need to throw in perverse jokes at the expense of female characters and a need to show that the police (as a whole) are reliable people who are not influenced by things like money and power; only the BAD cops do that. Not to mention this obvious fatphobia and homophobia but i feel likes thats a given.

But back to Makoto. Shes a victim of bad writing just like everyone else. Ryuji during the kamoshida arc was fighting with self loathing and genuine anxiety, and aside from the like. One comment on Panthers outfit in the metaverse, hes more than well behaved. All of that is shelved as soon as Kamoshida is gone and replaced with him being weird comic relief (and the focus of alot of sexual jokes that were nonexistent in the beginning of the game). Anns arc about self love and empowerment is completely dropped as soon as the nasty bad guy is put away (so that its good to be weird about her w the Good Guys). Makoto loses her a chunk of her personality to be the mature waifu which is INSANE to me bc shes like. Not okay or normal at all 😭😭😭 she THINKS shes responsible and so does everyone else on her team, but its an act! She doesnt know shit! And she doesnt know that she doesnt know shit bc shes respectful and adults dont care about anything as long as u respect them!

Its very telling that for literally every single thief (and goro), you can see the exact moment the writers gave up on adding anything of worth to their characters outside of the social links. Its like they didnt know what to even do w the characters at their disposal after their main arcs were complete. No mention of friends hanging out without you, no mention of having group hangouts. Everyone is treated as a core, important member of the friend group DURING their arc, but outside of it, they are acquaintances at best. Theres nothing in the game that convinces you that these guys are legitimately friends who care for each other and do Friend Things. And i describe it like that bc there IS a game that treats them all as friends, and its strikers! Strikers/Scramble genuinely feels like the game p5 wanted to be; a road trip w your team where they stay up at night talking to each other and hanging out and doing things together that dont necessarily include you, the player. Its refreshing and lovely but it sucks that u get that kind of attention to detail in a ‘spinoff’ title

#chattin #i hesitate to use spinoff bc its a pretty big game #and theres an amazing plot with wonderful characterization #and their handling of jails and jail owners is LEAGUES better than the bs they tried to make up w palace users #and all the thieves feel like family. and not in the annoying fandom way; like #were family in the same way a family is forged and tended to. i love you. no one is left behind. no one is made to feel inferior another #its really good and honestly if u want more interactions between everyone i really recommend a playthrough #but yeah #p5 sucks #i love it but i love the version of it i made in my head LMAO #maybe p5r did a better job w the dialogue and some questionable scenes #(i wouldnt know. i didnt play it lol) #so maybe thats what people need to be using as a point of reference #but i only plyed p5 so this is what i have; a group of people who show up for meetings and then go about their life #and that kinda sucks. why make this wholly unique experience in which these teens can only relate to each other #make them bonded over their shared experience w this unbelievable world #and then not only make them NOT interact; but have the end be ‘okay by akira.’ and leave it at that #they just. didnt know what to do w anyone #they needed their girls to be waifubait and the boys to be an afterthought #they needed a buffet of older woman for pathetic men to fuck through their self insert #and they needed a story convoluted enough to keep people stuck trying to figure it out themselves #its bad. its so bad. its so fucking bad. but i have to be here. WE have to be here. #bc who else is going to take these characters out of hell and treat them right ??!!!

[radioactive-cloud]

this photoshoot is simultaneously the best and the worst thing that's happened to this fandom

#all of these photos make me physically sick #kris' photos were majestic and etheral #bojan's photos were raw and painful #nace and jan's photos are tender and loving #(btw i still can't process the fact that they have photos together and i probably never will because wtf) #and there are more to come #there will be more photos of jance and i will not survive them #and i feel like jure's photos will show his more serious side that we don't get to see that often #fucking hell #there may or may not be tears in my eyes #i haven't felt this many emotions (that i can't even describe) in literal weeks #damon baker you amazing bastard #nace jordan #jan peteh #jance #janace #bojan cvjetićanin #jure maček #kris guštin #joker out #damon baker

[cipher26]

I’ll also say, after Team Issylra finally landed after the botched teleport and Christian started speaking in Spanish like F.R.I.D.A. had been reset, that was absolutely fucking hysterical. I cried laughing.

#all the guests were amazing #i will miss them #i can't wait for them to come back #christian navarro #F.R.I.D.A. #critical role #cr spoilers #critical role spoilers #bells hells #team issylra

[lethal-liability]

LOOK AT MY BACK PATCH BOY

#oh my gosh they were all so amazing #dustin was so cute when i asked him to sign it he was looking all over for it then when he realized it was the centerpiece he was like #'front and center! hell yeah!' #they all kept complimenting my jacket which made me so 🥰🥰🥰 #especially siobhan she was completely in awe of it and was impressed when i told her i painted most of the patches myself :) #anyway #yesterday was good :) #our plane is super fucking delayed but idk im still so happy #starset #ari screams into the void #battle jacket saga #omg i almost forgot! they all kept pointing out my breaking benjamin patch too and being like 'aw ben's here too!'

[akimojo]

people love to use ffxiii’s messy development as a reason to completely shit on the game but honestly the fact they managed to sneak in so many little details in the gameplay in a way that reflects the characters and story despite all the miscommunication between the dev sections is just impressive to me

#was xiii horribly planned out and missed out on a lot of important feedback because of the poor time management? absolutely #does that mean you cant be impressed with what the game achieved regardless of whether you liked it or not? fuck no #also the fact theres next to no bugs (not counting the pc port because... yeah) is amazing all things considered #and the graphics still hold up to this day #the linearity is everyones main issue with the game but look at x dude #x was linear as hell too but it makes sense bc yuna had a pilgrimage to follow #just as how it makes sense for the xiii cast to not have time to stop and explore cocoon while they were being hunted by the government #thats why you have so much more freedom to explore when youre on pulse #theres not even anything objectively wrong with having a game be linear in the first place #and the people complaining about the story being ''incoherent'' are just... wrong? #they give you enough hints within the dialogue to piece the story together yourself while also not leaning on exposition dumps to tell it #and if you cant do that then the datalogs are right THERE #games have relied on ''notes'' to tell parts of their story for ages now and i dont understand why its suddenly bad when xiii does it #i dont like sitting through exposition dumps and i like being able to analyse and theorize about a plot WHILE im experiencing it #and a lot of other people feel the same way so its not an objectively bad aspect of the game's storytelling #you just need to pay attention and be patient and wait for the story to unfold #i went off the rails but ANYWAY #aki stfu #final fantasy xiii

[wormshirt]

The Doctor needs one of those classes they give to expecting/hopeful parents but for humans. Get their ass enrolled in a parenting course. And everytime they get a new companion he has to retake the course.

#doctor who #dw #the doctor #inspired by the deleted scene of her just pushing amy out of the tardis doors into space #while amy was having an anxiety attack. YOU CANNOT DO THAT! #they have access to all of time and space the doctor has to be able to find a human parenting/caretaker course #bonus points if he ends up taking one for human children. #imgine youre travelling with the doctor and he leaves and comes back one day and says they enrolled themself in a human management course #and youre like 'oh thank god finally' #and then she just starts bubble wrapping the entire tardis and locking off entire rooms and giving you coloring sheets and stim toys #when you get bored #and starts taking you to like. fucking parks to play with other humans. #and starts carrying like fucking snacks like lunchables and shit everywhere and giving them to you at regular intervals #and you're like 'hey what the fuck.' #and you ask them what the hell they're doing and you find out they were learning to care for human TODDLERS. #and you're like. jesus fucking christ. explains so much. mildly disconcerting how much stayed the same though. #and so obviously you ask 'do you see me as a child?' and the doctor is like. ah. interesting question. #you know what else is interesting. OOOOOOO TELETUBBIES LETS LOOK AT THE TELETUBBIES OOOOOO EDUCATIONAL GAMES OOOO!!!! #LOOK AT THE SMALL HUMAN ON THE SCREEN WHICH PAIR OF SHOES MATCHES THE DRESS??? CHOOSE FAST!!!!!! #this could also open the door for an amazing bit though #where you start doing all of the same things back to the doctor and it works even better on them than it did you. #turn their ass into an ipad kid. they start arguing too much put his ass on minecraft pocket edition. #she just sits there for 1-3 hours. dead silence. you walk over like. 'hey. um. you good.' #no answer. you look ove rher shoulder. she has recreated ancient rome in minecraft in exact replica and is the reigning emperor. #they are roleplaying the roman senate with sheep and villagers. okay. can you please save the world now. please. #this is not to infantilize the doctor. he is old as shit. they are an adult. but by god can they be easily entertained. #not to mention that a key factor of the doctor IS their eternal childishness. #but they ARE a fully grown adult. beyond that even. ancient 'were you alive to see the dinosaurs grandpa?' ass motherfucker. #they are just also a masive loser. who would love minecraft pocket edition and lunchables. probably. who doesn't though. #bangers

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

ARCTIC MONKEYS 25/06/23

okay now that i've had some time to (slightly) emotionally and physically recover from yesterday, i need to flail about the highlights:

1) meeting one of my absolute favourite humans who i would never have got to know if it hadn't been for this little corner of tumblr - and then getting to share the excitement/nerves/elation/exhaustion rollercoaster of seeing am with them was just - there aren't even words for it. so special 💖

2) learning how to navigate rain ponchos

3) impulse buying too much merch (but also not regretting it. the glasgow tour poster is going to be the first thing going on my wall in my new flat)

4) the mirrorball starting to twirl just before they all came onstage and sending the colours of the afternoon sun everywhere

5) the sheer rush of the moment they all walked onstage together (also that was pretty much the only time i got to glimpse nick and matt at all 💔 from where i was standing i could mostly only see alex and jamie)

6) seeing alex a few metres away in real life after months of looking at his beautiful, dorky little expressions in photos/videos was surreal in the best possible way- there's just something so different about the way you get a sense of someone's energy when you're in the same space with them?? and as someone who's endlessly interested in people, i'm fascinated by how alex simultaneously gives off really reserved, self-contained vibes at the same time as being such a dynamic and captivating performer - like he’s so good at tapping into emotions without letting them be a door into how he’s actually feeling (if that makes any sense, my post-gig brain is not very articulate) i guess that all very much makes sense with all the stuff he's said about personas/performing, but it was still so interesting to get to really feel that sense of his presence in live time. he's definitely very much in control but in a very understated kind of way

7) a bunch of birds circling overhead on one side of the crowd, alex seeing them and dramatically declaring 'release the rest of the birds' 

8) me and the lovely human i went with turning to each other with expressions of sheer joy when the opening bars of crying lightning were played (and don't sit down. and four stars. and arabella. and - you get the picture. getting to share the sheer delight of your favourite songs being played is just the loveliest feeling 💗)

9) alex doing a quirky little 'ha ha' laugh in the middle of body paint 

10) mirrorball coinciding with the most beautiful pink dusk and half moon just above the stage, and getting to witness alex’s piano playing at the start of it

11) body paint. just. body paint. i think my soul left my body.

12) how much energy and enthusiasm alex seemed to have throughout the set - especially after the last week or so it was just the loveliest thing to see him messing about and having fun. and his voice sounded SO good. how anyone manages to sing like that (let alone sound like that less than a week after cancelling shows due to laryngitis) is an absolute mystery to me

13) alex's theatrical hand gestures for crying lightning (the one for gobstopper was a particular favourite)

14) hearing 505 when dusk has just fallen and you can see the smudged moon behind the deep indigo clouds is the only way anyone should ever hear 505 

15) alex and matt having a giggle about something mid set

16) obviously i was aware of how stupidly talented they all are - but there's something about seeing it unfold in front of you in real time that makes it really hit you. the sound wasn't great where i was for some of the time so i don't feel like i got the best audio sense of everything, but i was just so struck in particular by matt on the drums and also alex with his guitar playing. i feel like when i'm just listening to their records i'm so busy listening to alex's voice that i forget how incredible a guitar player he is and - wow. just. yeah. it honestly took my breath away.

17) getting the distinct impression that it provides alex with a sense of amusement to deliberately do that thing where he sings the lyrics at slightly different speeds to trip the crowd up

18) even though i ended up being in significant pain for the second half of the set and had to go find somewhere a little further back where i could lean against the railings (chronic pain conditions and standing for 6+ hours apparently isn't the best mix), nothing could dull how magical it was hearing all the tracks from the car that they played closer to the end. standing there in the dusk and feeling so much about everything is something i'll never forget. it truly brought home to me so poignantly everything about why am's music means so much to me and how much love i have for them 💜

19) being in the exact line of direction alex blew kisses to at the end

20) the hazy post-gig walking in the dark under lit up green trees with the lovely human i went with and our conversations about am and creativity and the courage of sharing music 💖

#i'm honestly still processing the fact that it really happened #it was amazing #though i'm trying not to be frustrated with myself for my chronic pain kicking in when they were on #i had a couple of songs where i was like 'why can't i just enjoy this like a normal person' #but then the music took over and brought me back to myself #so yes #i wish i'd been feeling amazing for all of it #but it was still amazing even if i wasn't feeling amazing for every second of it #and i'm so so happy i went and got to share it with such an amazing human #💜 #i’ve been swinging between riding a high and post gig blues all day so forgive me if any of this is incoherent #also #i know these photos are blurry as hell but i’d still appreciate it if people don’t repost them without my permission #arctic monkeys #alex turner #matt helders #jamie cook #nick o'malley #am glasgow 2023 #lulu posts

[thelioncourts]

if people used anon the way it was intended -- sending notes of adoration to people that intimidate you -- then half of our problems would be solved

#me using anon to talk to weather-mood (bri my love) and themasterletters (toni my other love) #for months while they were writing some of their amazing fics #like THAT is what anon is for #(hell sometimes I still want to send them anons because they still intimidate me) #all y'all sending anons to make and add to drama and fandom racism are wilding people #like anon is for proposals !! trying to start healthy throuples I'm not worthy of being in !!! #the other half of the problems are just straight up racists being allowed to speak when they shouldn't

[samsupernaturalpussy]

Thinking about how a lot of the Supernatural Disc Horse could be resolved if people just realized that both Sam and Dean were violent men living on the edge of society doing bad things and trying to argue that "X is better because he killed fewer people and only did things in the name of family" or "X is better because he's less misogynistic" is an utterly pointless discussion.

Compelling is what these guys are, not good

#Supernatural #Spn #Fandom wank #Ig #Discourse #Think it speaks to media literacy as a whole #Like you get that Dean is aggressively misogynistic right #And has beaten Sam when he was either possessed or not in control of himself #And that his demon deal at the end of S2 which was amazing is technically selfish (or were you not watching him agonize for all of s2 #Over the deal his dad made?) #And that Sam both wittingly and unwittingly killed people #The nurse who everyone talks about (but it's hard to say if she was actually in control of herself) and God knows how many people #By letting Lucifer out #He didn't break the first seal and was heavily manipulated the entire time yes of course #Not downplaying that #Nor the torture dean underwent to break the first one #Idk there are a lot of people who blatantly flatten canon here and that would be fine if they admitted they did #Because it's fun #But they don't #And it's frustrating as hell

[pixelgreen]

i know people are tired of thinking about it sorry but Those two smps could've absolutely coexisted and the coincidence in branding could've just been played off (i know both teams wanted to highlight how impressive or unique their hard work is, but is essentially copyrighting or gatekeeping something like language translation necessary? i mean cmon) and everyone could've moved on and enjoyed their own minecraft experience but no we live in a world where twitter losers control the narrative and everything must traverse through several layers of miscommunication and rage bait hell for no good reason whatsoever

#of course my stance on it is biased. but i think the entire thing all sides included were Too Much #two fan communities that were already having tension and dream mr fear of being misunderstood wanted to clear things up on the hell website #which of course never had a chance of being received normally #and then every small creator and their mother using the situation to get attention which just riled up people who otherwise #would not have even cared #i just wish the similarity in such an amazing concept of language translation could've been celebrated and not turned into a competition #ah. well. life goes on

[headless-horsepossum]

you've heard of hot hands/cold hands and gives pickles/takes pickles. well this weekend i discovered a third form of Friendship Symbiosis: wants dog attention/Does Not Want Dog Attention. brought to you by me and my friend couch surfing together and him being grateful to me for keeping the (biggish) dog off of his air mattress and me being grateful to him for Letting Me Have Dog Friend On Couch With Me All Night :D

...it should be noted that this does not work with cats bc given the choice between someone who wants their attention and someone who doesn't cats will pick the one who doesn't want them every time. cats have eight senses and one of them is 'who least wants me on their lap rn'

#about the possum #Friendship Equilibrium #i am not a big dog person but pete the pitbull is. perhaps the perfect dog #very sweet. unusually courteous couch-sharer i would say. softer than other pitties ive petted?? #and also the absolute PRETTIEST coat pattern i have ever seen in my whole life. unreal creature. im obsessed with him #we were in nyc for mocca fest and stayed with one of his friends. it was amazing but also its TRAGIC bc that means pete is SO FAR FROM ME 😭 #chillest prettiest dog. 3 to 4 hours of inconsistently-accessible trains between him and me at all times. im in hell #THAT SAID they have monthly life drawing classes at pete's apartment and i am going to try so hard to go #40% bc i love and miss life drawing and 60% bc Pete

[hellhouse]

worlds 2024 crowd

so we went to worlds! i never make posts but i needed to talk about this. i might make a post about the rest of the event somewhere else but i NEED to vent about the thing that pissed me off the most of the whole event - which wasn't even anything to do with the skating!

i've seen a million people talking about how amazing the crowd was and like. i don't know where they were or what their experiences were but mine was largely miserable.

i was in a fantastic seat (even tho it was not the seat we originally bought) but the section was full of, largely, the worst people i've ever had the misfortune to share an audience with. people distracting skaters, talking to them on the ice, disrespecting other people's spaces, talking loudly about irrelevant things during programs, WALKING BACK TO THEIR SEAT DURING A PROGRAM, saying blatantly racist shit about asian skaters, kicking people out of their seats during a program, calling security on people for seat hopping (without even trying to talk to the person first), threatening security for someone taking pictures... you name it, we had to deal with it.

like i generally avoid most fs fan spaces because people online are annoying as hell and i'm picky with who i follow/check for news. but the real life crowd? is so much fucking worse. it was just disheartening to feel like no one really respected the skaters on the ice.

i don't really have a point with this, but like... it was just so frustrating and such a bummer on the whole experience to have to put up with people who i felt weren't there to enjoy or support skating, but instead to be entitled pricks or catty assholes that made the vibes horrendous

#and this isn't even touching on the woman who harassed kaitlyn hawayek #who was indeed in my section in front of me #who TOOK CALLS DURING PROGRAMS/THE GALA #TALKED to rikuryu during their fucking program #and spent the entire men's event trying to take a selfie with jason brown with her trump beanie on #that woman was of course particularly despicable and we all hated her #but it wasn't just her! it was everyone! #i saw so many comments about the amazing supportive crowd and i was like....where were they.......not near me......... #except for the couple of folks in front of us with the ipad. y'all were cool as hell. #figure skating #world figure skating championships 2024

[solvicrafts]

Fuck it. Break's over.

#I am going to be utterly insufferable as I go through this Menzoberranzan boxed set #and the modules I got outside of it #YOU GUYS THERE IS SO MUCH FUN STUFF TO LOOK AT #a lot of it is probably unintentionally hilarious for all the wrong reasons and that just makes it even more fun #but also there's just a lot of genuinely fascinating content in all of these #like the giant maps with all the businesses in Menzoberranzan on them #SO MANY MASSAGE PARLORS. FOR A CITY OF 20K DROW #I knew there were a lot but daaaaaamn #and don't get me started on the artwork #some of which is amazing because it's gorgeous #and some of it is amazing because it's funny as hell