#i dont like using that tag normally but in this case it may be justified lmao

[rnelodyy]

slash ar pee, hot fucking take, c!techno's "The only universal language is violence" speech is the most selfish, cowardly thing I've ever heard anyone say.

Like, imagine being so emotionally incompetent that you start fucking swinging as soon as anyone challenges you on anything.

Imagine being so afraid of the possibility of being wrong that, instead of thinking about whether or not executing a teenager on stage may have been morally wrong, you beat the absolute shit out of that teenager's best friend and pretend that solved the conflict.

Imagine thinking that, as soon as someone wrongs you, no matter their reasons, or whether it was a misunderstanding, or anything you may have done, that's a free pass for you to absolutely fucking destroy their home, their life, everything they care about.

Imagine destroying someone's home, blowing them up with fireworks, justifying everything by saying some bullshit about peer pressure and how violence is the only universal language, and then when THEY become violent towards YOU, talking to you in the only language YOU seem to understand, you become so fucking furious you destroy everything they love AGAIN!!!

Imagine being such a violent, vengeful maniac that the only people who don't run for the hills as soon as they catch wind of you are a fucking immortal creature married to a literal goddess who doesn't ever challenge you on anything, a walking anxiety disorder with a spine made of marshmallows and uncooked spaghetti who is so terrified of upsetting you he won't even confront you about the fact that you MURDERED HIS HUSBAND, and the former tyrant of the server with a god complex the size of the fucking sun and an ego even bigger, who has been in solitary confinement and hasn't had a normal conversation with another human being for the better part of a year.

Imagine thinking that you NEED violence to communicate because it's the "only universal language" when YOU and LITERALLY FUCKING EVERYONE AROUND YOU SPEAKS FUCKING ENGLISH!

Tommy Fucking Innit, an at the time 16 year-old boy with a long, LONG track record of uncontrolled emotional outbursts, learned this bullshit! Tommy has been through three wars, two exiles, he's been abused, he's developed severe PTSD, he's tried to fucking OFF HIMSELF, and even HE realized that hurting the people around him, regardless of his trauma, or what they've done to him, is a SHIT thing to do!

Meanwhile Techno The Blade, a grown ass man, decides to throw a fucking hissy fit, TWICE, the first time because Pogtopia didn't fucking read his mind and create an anarchist paradise in L'Manburg ten minutes after the end of a literal war, the second time because L'Manburg tried to execute him for murdering their president and destroying their country, failed, and then mildly inconvenienced him by hiding his stuff from him.

Imagine how much shit could've been prevented if Techno had just used his fucking words! The whole wither thing, L'Manburg being terrified of this looming threat and the Butcher's Army would've been COMPLETELY PREVENTED if Techno had just said "hey uhh the last time you guys had a president it didn't end well, how bout this cool idea i have called anarchism!" Obviously not everything would've been sunshine and daisies what with Dream being around, but things would've been SO MUCH more chill if Techno had just relaxed for a singular second and actually explained what he wanted and why, instead of just shooting the newly appointed and pretty reluctant teenage president in the face with a rocket launcher and screaming at him that he's a tyrant.

Techno LOVES to preach for freedom from tyranny and everyone being able to live in peace without oppressive governments, while he stockpiles WMDs for fun, runs basically the Secret Police, and everyone except his closest friends is TERRIFIED of what happens when they BREATHE at him wrong. Dream may be a child abusing supervillain who doesn't even see the people around him as human anymore, but at least he still has a fucking handle on his temper!

Techno is the most volatile motherfucker on the entire server, everyone is scared of him, and yet he seems so allergic to, nigh incapable of introspection, he doesn't even seem to realize it. He expects everyone to cater to HIS emotions, HIS wants and needs, while he so blatantly does not care about anyone else, he went around to the community of the child he physically and psychologically scarred for life, looking to see if he could find an excuse to nuke it, WHILE SAID CHILD WAS GRIEVING HIS RECENTLY MURDERED FRIEND!

Violence is not the only universal language. Fucking BABIES understand what you mean when you give them a bottle, or kiss them on the forehead, or sing to them. There is not a single human being on this planet who doesn't understand a hug. You could put twenty people, all speaking wildly different languages, in a room, and none of them would understand shit, but as soon as you put on some music all of them will vibe to it all the same.

The only thing Techno's brand of violence communicates is "I am going to hurt you. I am bigger and stronger and there is nothing you can do. Don't make me upset." And then he walks away, pretending they've learned their lesson, while the only thing he's done is make everyone just a little bit more terrified, a little bit more miserable, and a little bit more angry.

He's a fucking coward, too scared to engage with anyone properly, for fear of the possibility of being wrong. He builds up concrete barriers around himself, and sits there, his hand on the big red button, ready to press it as soon as someone trips within 3 feet of his wall.

Violence is the only language c!techno is willing to use, because he's too much of a coward to use his fucking words.

#c!techno critical #i dont like using that tag normally but in this case it may be justified lmao #im tired of being nice im going apeshit #i really do like c!techno as a character #i just wish the narrative would stop rewarding him for acting like a violent uncaring asshole #like you did that with tommy! and it was great! #you dont need to give techno a redemption arc #and i would actually encourage you not to because he can be a REALLY fun villain #but b l e a s stop making him look like he's in the right when he nukes another thing and makes things worse for everyone AGAIN

[lovely-english-rose]

@dekuanon: #yes#also#saw your tags#do not care what its about plz give us that rant

aw fuck i cant believe youve enabled me- im laughing but also *cracks knuckles* there is work to do-

now to preface, the doozey of an ice cold take of the week is: the three goddesses are sisters, therefore bearers of the triforce cannot be shipped in any instance because this makes them related so it’s inc*st.

whoof...

are the golden goddesses sisters? yes, yes they are. are link, ganon, and zelda related to the goddesses? no. do they always bear the triforce/does the triforce always make an appearance? also no! link, zelda, and ganon are not descendants nor reincarnations of the golden goddesses. now, zelda is the goddess hylia reincarnated, however hylia is not at all related to the golden goddesses, and iirc they are never even mentioned in the same games? at that, hylia is reincarnated as zelda one time, the rest of the zelda’s are her descendants.

the triforce itself is a relic created by the goddesses, largely as a source of hope for the people of hyrule, but also a means to bestow power on mortals if necessary. it is an item that can be taken, passed, or bestowed upon a user. an example, ganon tried to seize the whole triforce for himself in ocarina of time and as a result the triforce broke itself into three. while ganon managed to claim the triforce of power for himself, the other two pieces went to find their own chosen users because ganon’s own power/wisdom/courage were out of balance with each other and therefore made him unworthy of bearing the whole triforce. there have also been instances where one person did bear the whole triforce for themself (a king mentioned in adventures of link, link himself in skyward sword, king daphnes in wind waker, etc) and even instances of one person bearing two of them at once (a prince mentioned in the original games, ganon briefly in twilight princess, etc).

now, what have we learned so far- the three are not at all related (which should be obvious anyway) and the triforce itself is a superficial feature that can be taken, given, or removed from a person. so aside the power it gives a person, it is largely meaningless for their interpersonal relationships.

now the person of the original take mostly focused on shipping with link and zelda, only briefly adding ganon to the conversation so i will focus on the former here (plus i dont wanna get into all.. That when you add ganon to the mix). now i literally do not care at all if someone likes them together or not, it has absolutely zero impact on me. but it does bother me, not even in this case specifically but in general, when people will make such wild accusations to justify their personal dislike of whatever the subject may be and even harass others instead of just moving on with their life. they aren’t at all related, it is ridiculous to lay that claim instead of just saying you don’t care for it or even just - not saying anything at all because it literally does not matter (shocker!). there are several instances where link and zelda are implied, and even canonly love interests to each other (skyward sword, breath of the wild). it is understandable and reasonably that people would like them together? even if those instances didnt exist like.. who cares you know? it hurts literally nobody if some people ship link and zelda.

people will really come up with the most asinine things to justify not liking something instead of just saying they dont like it or blacklisting things like a normal person- and while we’re at it, i am so so sick of people throwing around the words inc*st and p*dophilia like its confetti- they are heavy, serious words with meaning, and people using them to describe literally anything or anyone they personally do not like waters down the weight of those words and that is extremely dangerous! nearly every single time i see them used online these days, they are never being used properly, and so many people being desensitized to seeing them used.. it’s really not okay.

thank you for coming to my ted rant 😤

#this shit gets my blood! boiling!!!!!! #felix's ramblings #read more bc i threw out paragraphs and its a bit long

[notimeliketoday]

bitchbrows replied to your post “bitchbrows replied to your post ““Sakura is a doormat for Sasuke””...”

Bevause your last oost had panels of sakura and sasuke pre timeskip and for karin & sasuke, shippuden. Obviously theres no competition now with the forced ships canon. You know very well Sakura went in like a fool using ONLY a kunai as her weapon. Why even bother with that? She didnt use her strength and pretty much jumped in on q suicide mission literally after an insensitive fake confession to Naruto whom knew she was bullshitting so her plan b was to smokebomb..m 3 trusted comrades to go over to sasuke and AGAIN fake a join up with him kinda deal which horribly backfired to the point where she had to be saved twice by her sensei and naruto. Karin doesnt have that luxury, she only had herself in tat situation and is not friends with anyone. Maybe if she lived a normal life like sakura and the other rookies, she would know whats behavior is morale and know how to proper consider others. Sakura was too self absorbed With her feelings and its sad when even sasuke acknowledges how shit of a reason she has to love him and visa versa. Saying that to her face and team 7. Compared to karin who had more solid reason because lets not forget she was saved by him in a flashback that was done by the bridge which from then her feelings grew. I dont ship neither, its more so sasuke x alone. But some of yall ss shippers are horrible at attempting to glorify ss thats already by degrading karin. Sakura to this day, in boruto has shown no backbone by opposing Sasuke or even confronting. What happened at bridge cant even be oconsidered that because she couldnt even bring herself to do it and its utter foolishness. Karin was even watching half dead hoping he wouodnt kill sakura, a stranger somewhat to karin. If there waant any competition, why feel the need to oppose sasukarin fandom with petty posts to degrade a threat to your ship. Karin isnt made to be a fighter ninja like sakura. Shes purely sensory, she knows what she can and cant do as sakura proven otherwise in her own case. But anyway, stop waating your time and act like a decent ss fan. Go look at ss fanart, rebl9g and whatever. No need to go shitting on smaller fandoms. Its pretty pathetic.

And? It still doesn’t change the fact that she stood up against Sasuke. What on blazes are you talking about? Sakura was even the first person to tell Sasuke to man up and stop acting like a coward against Orochimaru. And yes, there is no competition. You just got it wrong. It’s not forced ship when we already have part 1 to support us while Karin never got any important moment to justify your ship outside a one-sided lust and not really comparable moments of concern to Sakura’s love. Oh? So now you are adding unimportant bits? We are discussing how Sakura stood up to Sasuke, why are you bringing up Sakura’s desperate attempt to save her teammates? And why are you nitpicking the fact that she just went on a suicide mission by herself? Oh that’s right, because you don’t have any real defense for Karin. And so what if Karin was alone? Sasuke wouldn’t descend as badly as he did to darkness if she had the guts to STAND UP TO HIM which she is a coward not to do. So she is in a way responsible why Sasuke got so out of hand. She didn’t stop him. Period. She didn’t stood up against him when he needed it the most. And hon, we are not here for the headcanons. We are here for canon and manga facts. Canon facts dictate Karin is a horrible character even Suigetsu is her victim, period.

So you create a headcanon that Karin may not be as cruel as she is if given the right opportunity to grow up with the Rookie 9 but you demean canon Sakura by calling her self-absorbed? Kishi emphasized Sakura’s selflessness and kindness many times. What drugs are you on? I’m curious. 😂 😂 😂 😂

Aww.... it’s so pathetic that Karin has to have a reason to love Sasuke. By that logic, she really didn’t love him for who he is rather for what he did for her. Her love is fake then. Thanks for confirming! 😂 😂 😂 😂  And stop playing the neutral party. Bitch, you’re clearly a SK fan. Don’t try to deceive people here. I’ve seen you lurking in the SS tag and blogs and bash them at any opportunity. And you dare call yourself neutral? Wew, and I’m a long-lost princess of the British monarchy. 😂 😂 😂 😂 

Besides, we don’t need to degrade a character who’s already degrading herself just fine without our help. 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

I can give lots of Sakura moments standing up to Sasuke as far back as part 1 when she was weak and not much of a ninja. Even removing the bridge will still have many others to stand in its place. As far as I’m concerned, the one panel I gave where Sakura stands up to for Naruto against Sasuke also happens in Land of Iron too, the very same bridge you’re so adamant in discrediting.

Sakura tried again to kill him but couldn’t because of her feelings. If she couldn’t stand up to him, she wouldn’t entertain the idea of trying to stop him much less contemplate the idea of killing him to stop his misery once and for all. How many times must I drill that into your thick skull?

Trust me on this hon. We don’t see SK as actual competition. It was never in the running. But it sure is entertaining to debunk your silly misinformation, twisted facts and delusional ramblings with manga and canon facts.

Yeah, thanks for confirming Karin is weak. 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂  Thanks for confirming she never stood up against Sasuke. At least you’re consistent on that one. 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

Why don’t you try to be a decent SK shipper and stop lurking in the anti tags. Do what you advice and keep them to yourself. I don’t need to read such from a hypocritical, double-crossing wolf in a sheep’s clothing.

I’m calling BS on you.

#anti sasukarin #anti-sasukarin #anti karin uzumaki #sasusaku #sasuke uchiha #team 7 #sakura haruno #naruto uzumaki

[sarahburness]

Don’t Settle for Living Half-Alive

“Who you are is what you settle for, you know?” ~Janis Joplin

I spent several years in a state of light depression without noticing.

Why was it only “light”? Because I was functional: I went to work every morning, I managed to feed myself (mostly with convenience food, but still). My house was reasonably livable, though far from sparkling clean. And I wasn't particularly sad, nor was I ever even remotely suicidal. It was simply like my life had been wrapped in a thick layer of cotton wool, with nothing much ever getting through to me.

Why didn't I notice? Because I told myself I liked it this way. I was honestly convinced that I was happy going to work every day, coming home in the evening. and then sitting down to read or play a computer game.

I'd kicked my friends out of my life, and any required travel was an inconvenience, even if it was to see my family. I preferred being alone, and if it hadn't been for my online gaming friends, I would have had no social contact at all.

I'd become highly proficient at appearing “normal” to my colleagues at work. I even invented friends I was seeing at evenings or weekends so they wouldn't think I was a loner. To be honest, I can't even remember how I justified this to myself; in hindsight, it seems like I refused to even think about it. Denial can be one of the symptoms of depression, and I was very good at lying to myself.

The Awakening

There was an outward reason for my isolation, and that's a sum of money I was paying back from a near-bankruptcy years earlier. I simply didn't have the cash for a lavish wardrobe or nights out on the town because every cent I earned went into repayments. But that's only half the truth—if I'd wanted to see friends, I could have met them for home-cooked dinners, after all.

The truth is that I used my financial situation as an excuse, yet another reason not to see the depression that had swallowed me whole. Thankfully, the shell began to crack when this reason/excuse disappeared: I had finally paid back all my dues and began thinking about leaving behind my soul-eating, high-pressure job and moving back to the place where my soul feels at home: the West (of Ireland).

I found a work-from-home role and made the big move across the country. I now had much less money every month, but you can't possibly put a price tag on the quality of life in the absence of stress. I began to sleep better, eat better, take an interest in my environment again—it was like my entire being was breathing a slow, deep sigh of relief.

In the following months, I re-connected with my friends, started dancing again (something I'd loved to do all my life, but “forgotten about” during the dark years), and, feeling rested for the first time in years, got curious about trying out new things.

Healing Through Passion

It took a lot of time. I needed to heal physically as well as psychologically; my body was in the worst shape it had ever been in, not just because of the pounds I'd piled on from all the junk food, but also from spending the last years in a sitting position, apart from walking to the car and back.

I slept. I fell in love with whole, gorgeous foods. I took up mindfulness meditation. Then I slowly, very gradually started exercising, and when I say “slowly,” I mean five minutes of stretching on some days and nothing else.

These first few months were mostly about well-being, feeling good and comfortable, which astonished me because I hadn't even realized how long these feelings had been absent.

As the healing progressed, my emotions returned. I'd been numb for years, but now I remembered that I'd always been a highly sensitive and highly emotional person. There were some very dark weeks to get through, in which I mourned all the wasted time and some actions I was ashamed of, such as not being there for my best friend when she needed me. Gradually, I made it through the swamp, and on the other side, I re-discovered my long lost enthusiasm.

I have some rather unusual interests, and now I threw myself into them. I signed up for training in traditional archery and historical sword fighting. I kept exercising and dancing every day. Suddenly, I began to experience levels of happiness the likes of which I wouldn't have thought possible a year before.

What I've Learned

I wish I could tell you that I lived happily ever after, but that's just not how human lives work (and anyone who tells you differently is usually trying to sell you something). The point is not to be eternally joyful, in any case; it's to experience the full spectrum of human emotions and to show up and sit with them as they occur.

Striving for happiness and joy is a worthy pursuit, however. Like most things, it's a habit that can be cultivated. I've learned that one shortcut to happiness is passion, or rather, radically prioritizing your passion (or multiple passions).

I know this isn't something that's encouraged in our society. We're brought up to be responsible and put duty first; work for a living, pay the bills, be a good citizen. While I don't debate that these things are important, I'll humbly submit that we've got the priorities wrong. What good is making a living when you're just going to exist and survive, rather than thrive?

The lure of mediocrity is strong. I see it all around and it's most pronounced in my own story. If settling were an art then I'd be its master; I was prepared to settle for such a reduced version of my own life, I find it barely recognizable even from the distance of a mere three years.

The Pursuit Of Happiness

The way to fight this is to remember what truly matters in life. Our own well-being, our loved ones, and that elusive state, happiness. To leap out of bed every morning, looking forward to doing things that light me up, is something I'll never, ever take for granted again.

In order to achieve this state, we need to radically and consistently fight against the current thatthreatens to pull us back into settling. Life isn't meant to be “all right” or “not so bad.” It's meant to be ravishing, beautiful, and filled with joy.

Whenever I feel myself slipping, I pull myself back up by putting a passion front and center. It takes some courage to say “no” to anything else until my passions are looked after, scheduled, and happening. Only then will I look at social commitments and distractions. The only thing I consider with a comparable priority to passion is my work—but then, the work I do today is a passion, too.

I certainly don't know everything, but I do know this: If I don't fall in love with life all over again at least once a week, then I'm doing it wrong. It may feel like constantly pedaling a bicycle up the hill, but boy is the view from the top worth the effort.

How You Get There

If you feel like you’re just getting through your days, take some time to discover what needs to be in place in your life for you to prioritize passion. For me, it was the job and where I lived, but what you need to do might look completely different.

Take some time to “audit” every area of your life—work, finances, self, relationships, health—and find out where you need to make changes in order to accommodate your passion(s).

You may not be able to do everything at once, and that's fine. It took a long time for me to be ready for my radical downsizing. You may also need to accept that there are some things you can’t change any time soon—if, for example, you’d like to move by you need to stay where you are for your family. The point isn’t to change everything, but rather to change something.

Make a realistic plan to put all your steps into practice, and set down a time period for them too. Get the support you need, be it from a professional coach or from friends or loved ones.

Just be sure to insert passion today while working toward your plan. If all you do is to plan, you postpone your joy to the future and never achieve it in the present moment.

It's always possible to find pockets of time. Be ruthless with this! Cancel other commitments if necessary, because your well-being comes first, and being joyful also enables you to be a better partner, parent, friend, or co-worker to others.

About Sibylle Leon

Sibylle is a trained and experienced life coach who empowers fellow wild spirits to prioritize their passion(s) and align their lives with their unique purpose (wildspiritscoaching.com). Her own passions include music, people, and changing the world one heart at a time. Sibylle lives in the beautiful West of Ireland.

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