#i doubt you read my post lol

[extraordinarilyextreme]

MLCB Concert: XSY's Farewell

In truth, I really don’t like this part, because it also represents that we are bidding our characters farewell for good.

In the morning, when I was getting my makeup done - in an instant, I returned to that summer. I felt that, to be together with good friends, and then having experienced as sweltering a summer as that…

Such an ardently hot-blooded jianghu was presented to everyone; to stand here today-- Because… Because, during the time of Mysterious Lotus Casebook’s initial broadcast, everyone and all the lianluorens must also be thanked. I know there must have been a lot of difficulties when it was first broadcasted, right? To have reached this step today, I think is already very good. I think it is a result of every person’s hard work.

Just now, when we were off-stage, Yan-laoshi said something I really like; in an instant, I lost my composure. I don’t think fate is something that will come with enough waiting, or something that can be insisted on having. It’s when there comes a day where we stand together and work hard to strive toward a common goal. The sentiments of that moment, I feel, last forever.

I hope, however many years later, everyone is still together - that lianluorens can still be together. Thank you, everyone. This summer, thank you to every person. Thank you to all my good companions; thank you, every single person.

Di Feisheng! Until we meet again!

【莲花楼演唱会】 Mysterious Lotus Casebook Concert - 20230916

江湖路远   山高水长  祝 「繁华」 似锦！ The roads of the jianghu stretch far; the mountains are lofty, and the rivers are long. I wish your future to be as splendid as an embroidered tapestry! 「追光」 而行  不负初心  愿 永生难忘！ Chase the light as you journey; live up to the original intentions of your heart. I hope this will be unforgettable for your lifetime!

Any mistakes are my own.

#mysterious lotus casebook #莲花楼 #di feisheng #xiao shunyao #my translation #i doubt his studio purposefully intended to allude to FDB's goodbye video bc a lot of wuxia/jianghu sayings are all the same BUT #it makes me feel things nonetheless that there exist so many similarities #青山不改、绿水长流、后会有期 #the jianghu is full of reunions; we will surely meet again #永生难忘: i hope you won't forget this story; i hope you won't forget your friendships #不忘初心 #永生难忘: a promise made with a life - i will always remember you #come the next life we must meet again #i also really like what he said: 缘分不是等来的、不是可以要来的 #if anyone wants some casual reading you should check out the wikipedia page for yuanfen lol #the more i ferment and ruminate the less i feel like “fate” is an adequate translation #but it's the most popular one #oh and if it wasn't clear enough lol his studio posted puns using the songs he performed

[baby5fanclub]

so how come i always liked acesan even after i realized they barely interacted when i read the manga, and now i’m watching alabasta and ace is just?? there???

honestly obsessed with the ace filler + simple ace presence and if he’s gonna have a yaoi moment with sanji in the process you know what so be it.

#my posts #acesan #one piece #lookingback af 90% of the acesan art i like it makses a lot more sense to me why theyre alabasta fitted up #also did not know ace actually lit his cigarette like #i thought all of you shared a gay mass delusion im sorry for doubting you #also i guess im just insane because ive literally reblogged that awful 4kids dub video of the acesan kitchen scene #but i think i thought they made some standalone episode with that or smth. ididnt realize at the time how some anime only stuff is woven #within the arcs right #anyway i have no one to talk to about this so im posting now #it is just… #so funny #especislly when i imagine how it mightve been if i watched the anime first and then saw everything #missing in the manga lol #its definitely been an interesting experience reading the manga and immediately starting the anime after #especially with odd censorship (like zeffs #leg) and moments like these

[ladyluscinia]

Very few people bothered to find out what S1 Izzy / complex Edward enjoyers were interpreting differently than the "Izzy is Kylo Ren / Ed's his victim" crowd that made us like him in the first place, so it figures that now very few people are bothering to understand what a lot of us are criticizing in S2 while the - shockingly - exact same crowd leads the discussion on how it was a beautiful season and Izzy enjoyers are just incapable of decentering their problematic fave.

And it's once again leading to a barrage of posts lecturing us about why the takes they imagine we hold are wrong and supporting the same toxic fandom atmosphere that aimed to harass us all out for a year and a half. Cool. Glad to see no lessons were learned whatsoever.

Only difference is now we actually might leave, on account of you don't generally put up with extended harassment to support a show you don't even think is being written well. 🤷‍♀️

#it does make sense that the people who liked the aesthetic of S1 and then just wholly made up the underlying story they loved #are jumping to defend a s2 that gives them the look of relationship development - kisses! sex! - but we're criticizing as lacking story lol #like maybe my media literacy is not the problem when you just decide the story is clearly conveying what you want it to 🤷‍♀️ #like i have seen a few izzy enjoyers who also are having fun with it or choosing the most 'benefit of the doubt' reads and good for you all #but i also noticed that S2 has struggled to trend near as much as S1 despite the audience jumping to watch immediately so like. #maybe that says something #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #ofmd harassment #this fandom is so fucking toxic #(an insulting post crossing my dash TWICE from two different barely ofmd bloggers during destiel day really ticked me off) #ladyluscinia

[kaeyapilled]

i really didnt see the way alhaitham is acting in the interdarshan as him not wanting kaveh to win so he doesn't move out. in fact that sounds extremely stupid as i type it. sorry to enjoyers of this dynamic but i dont think thats it at all lmao

#i think hes just. whatever emotion lies between ''worried'' and ''annoyed in an affectionate way'' about kaveh #kaveh and his people pleasing lol #idk if people pleasing is the right term for this case actually #but you know what i mean. the way he basically lets people walk over him at times #and pushes himself to help everyone even if it actively puts him at a disadvantage #and the way all of this comes from feeling responsible about things that aren't his fault and the guilt that comes with that mindset #like all the dialogue about kaveh in this event talks about this. they're introducing the character and setting him up for some development #(hopefully. probably) #also some things ive seen people talk about are just. alhaitham being himself. like buddy that's the autism #i seriously don't doubt he read that championship rulebook cover to cover #kavetham #kaveh #alhaitham #my posts #complaining tag #<- a little

[californianedgeworth]

the amount of people who point out Steven as some kind of money hungry villain manipulating Shane and Ryan in the whole Watcher debacle is so annoying. clearly they just liked Shane and Ryan a lot better and want to take culpability away from them. but all 3 of them made this decision, as far as we know they're all equally accountable. stop making conspiracies based off people's lives you don't know so you can continue to justify your parasocial relationship jfc

#lol i never posted about the channel here so it's kind of out of nowhere. but idk if people rlly read most of my txtposts anyways #but it's so weird. like there are so many comments like “I bet Steven is the one pulling the strings” #like WHAT? #i wasn't really into Steven's personality or shows either. he does kind of give off a materialistic impression with the eating gold #and the Tesla i just found out he has #but you don't know Shane and Ryan either. just bcus they gave off a more favorable impression doesn't mean they can't possibly do this #i find it way more likely this was a decision they all agreed on. if one of them had deep-seated secret doubts they should've spoken up #i really liked unsolved and i watched watcher a lot at the start (all of puppet history especially) but i've barely watched in like a year #like the videos where they had on like bdg and jarvis johnson and the one where they played minecraft #and i started some of the ghost files and puppet history that came out last year but kind of dropped off through the halfway point #so when the streaming announcement came out thankfully i felt like “yeah i'm glad i'm not as into this channel anymore” #“so the idea of buying a streaming service of a youtube channel for $6 a month doesn't even cross my mind” #so the sense of betrayal doesn't really run as deep #imagine if i'd been more into the last season of puppet history or it came out more recently #how much more would i be devastated over this? #my txtstuff

[n0heart]

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#hello i appear again #nothing bad happened i just need to take breaks sometimes #also i'm really happy because #on friday i bought my first darkromanceish book #and it's the first book i manage to read since probably 2017/2018 #i used to be an avid reader as a kid so it always hurt to have lost the ability to focus for more than 5 mins #BUT I DID IT. I FUCKING LOVED IT. AND IT WAS SO SPICY #i also cried obviously because i'm too soft for angst but hello it's DARK ROMANCE #the love interest was such a good fucking dom oh god #i wish i could have had someone eating me out while reading the sex parts because HOLY. SHIT. #the realest ME WHEN #anyways girlies if anyone is on the same dark romance train and is interested #it's the twisted series by ana huang #that's the only thing i have to tell honestly lol idk when i'll post pics again but #wanted to say hi 🤓 #if you read all these tags you absolutely own my heart. i highly doubt it tho

[themyscirah]

If Red Lantern Rankorr has 1000 haters one of them is me. If he has 100 haters I'm there. If he only has 1 hater that is me. If no one hates him I am no longer on this Earth. I hate Rankorr. Fuck that bitch

LMAOO going through my drafts rn and damn I really hated this guy. I mean I still do but idk this is funny to me

#the fact that i have more drafts than followers... #which ok isnt that impressive theres like 30 of you guys but still all my shitty dc drafts #i say shitty but its really just a mix between posts that i feel like i havent read enough comics to back up fully and dont want to seem #ignorant about (comma) stuff thats more shippy than usual (still like incredibly tame though) #and then like the stupidest fuckin future 0 note posts youve ever seen #also like some reading guides and meta in progress but thats split between here and my notes app generally #its so funny though bc i always get my best ideas abt comics like 2 minutes before one of my classes start #and then i forget about it in my drafts #like theres an absolutely devastating (to me) jess one that has like 2 sentences written #which i should like actually write #what was i saying? #oh and theres a lot of reading guides/comic recs thats where i save those #which now after scrolling thru rlly makes me want to read #where tf was this post going again? oh i was laughing at me hating rankorr #if i wrote comics id ressurect him off panel just to kill him again. if hes dead. i dont remember if hes dead but i think so? who tf knows #blah #i can make a vers without my dumb little comment on here btw if anyone actually wants to rb this lol but i doubt it

[tennessoui]

I've seen you get a bunch of shit for WIPs and I just wanted to let you know you don't deserve that. You are an amazingly prolific writer, and a very creative individual. Anything you chose to write is a gift, and fandom is owed nothing from you. <3

aw this is so so kind of you to send!!

i do think every ask about wips is very much sent in good faith and i do keep that in mind when i read them and think about them.

but they can be jarring to get. the last thing i want to do is spend hours of my very real life on a hobby and then feel guilty for not spending those hours correctly on a slightly different aspect of that hobby. you know. like.

i could be learning how to crochet instead or boulder or do peloton classes or something if im gonna feel guilty either way for what im doing in my spare time you know

so thank you for the affirmations <3 they're great to get and read <3

#asks #but i very very much know as well #that i post so much #so quickly #almost all the time #like i get a few asks maybe 3-5 a week asking about wips in a 'when are you going to update this wip' way #and i really can't blame them because i really can't expect people who find my tumblr off of an ao3 wip #and decide they want to know if this fic is abandoned and so they'll send an ask #to do some pre-reading before sending that ask #yes it's a question i feel like i get literally all the time #and i feel like maybe a handful of my followers could probably write my response word for word #but it's not the asker's fault really #i have a very active blog and i have many fics on ao3 #and when people use anon for questions like this #i have to give them the benefit of the doubt #that they just don't know #or didn't see #it doesn't necessarily feel targeted #because i think it's very innocent #i just get these questions so much lol #but also i don't always feel comfortable deleting without answering #because for someone who just sent that ask in with no exposure to my blog or my other works who means it very earnestly #like i want to give them a response #they deserve that

[jeanmoreaue]

what is everyone even reading these days how does anyone find new book recommendations i want to read but i don’t trust booktok or tbh goodreads lol

#i used to crack open tumblr and would see people talk about tfc or the song of achilles and i was like ✍️ #but now all my dash is stuff i’ve already read lol #i doubt anyone will see this post but please feel free to leave your personal favs in the comments if you have the time #books #tbr #book recs

[apollo-cackling]

not trying to be mean but honestly any sentiment that's like "[non-Traditional form/genre of literature*] raised my bar for queer representation so much I can't ever return to Published Books because it's all bad straight stuff/straight people writing queerness/etc" is kind of distasteful to me now. they're there. there's literally plenty** out there now if you just look.

[edit: I want to clarify that I don't think published books are inherently better than any other forms of literature and that I'm not trying to say people should always aspire to have a media diet of only 100% Published Literature (the assumptions inherent in which create a false dichotomy anyway bc plenty of published queer books I've read are fun romps whose themes are incidental to the main goal of being fun)

I just dislike the sentiment I've seen around that mainstream queer stuff is either just subtext or written Inauthentically because it's just. untrue. and it cedes ground to queerphobic people saying the only ground queer stories can occupy is artless smut/popcorn trash with no meaning (which isn't a bad thing to be in and of itself, but it's hardly like queerness can't be artistic)]

The Darkness Outside Us came out last year. Ophelia After All came out this year. The Honeys came out this year. the second book of Burning Kingdoms came out this year. Zachary Ying came out this year. Delilah Green came out this year. This is Why They Hate Us came out this year. And that's just the few on my 'anticipated of 2022' GR shelf (+ The Darkness Outside Us because goddamn that book was good).

it's completely fine to be dissatisfied with how the publishing industry (/mainstream media but I'm mostly read so) is! I also have many gripes with it! but it just feels distasteful to demean Published Books on the whole as if it (/other mainstream media but again see above) is a monolith and diminish the the very queer queer books by queer - gender and sexuality - authors (Ocean Vuong, Akwaeke Emezi, Victoria Lee, CB Lee, Ashley Herring Blake, Shaun David Hutchinson, need I go on?)

it's mostly a massive pet peeve of mine but it just feels kinda. lazy? obviously if something like this's post date was like 2010 or if it was a situation where access not awareness is the problem etc that's a different situation but like. most of the posts/tweets/etc I've seen of this are recent and most of them have the tone of "it's perfectly safe for me to read/watch queer media I just couldn't find any" which

I really started reading queer books in 2020ish. I googled 'queer fantasy' (because I like fantasy) and found a bunch of different booklists, took a few recs and just started there. I found lgbtqreads. I followed a few queer folks on GR (once you look through a certain type of books' reviews a few common names start popping up) and noted down the books they were reading and now I have a bunch of queer books that I need to get around to.

I just. if you're into books there's plenty of queer books literally right there (and recently enough big publishers have started publishing them that they're appearing in libraries too). it's not a dichotomy. you don't have to read Published Books if you don't want to but it's not all straight there goddammit. and this isn't even bringing up self-published books

#*fanfic，d/nmei (chinese bl) etc #<- to avoid maintagging #**still not a lot on a percentage basis of total books published (aside from self pub) yeah publishing industry bad but still plenty #in general I dislike the idea that any category of media is inherently anything #also the phrase 'd/nmei raised the bar for queer stories for me' is a bit funny to me bc. these are webnovels. most of them 80+ chapters #and like from what I've seen most of them are either 100ish or 300ish chapters #I don't think they've really gotten popular until recently either too so I doubt most folks have fully read more than two lol #imagine if I watched bloom into you and said 'anime changed queer stories for me' lol #the specific post I saw that got me to put this into words was this one post on the d/nmei subreddit about how reading western quote 'BL' #feels off compared to d/nmei bc they felt like badly written wattpad fics and unrealistic wrt queerness which I was side-eyeing pretty hard #eh it bothered me for a few reasons. some of them I think are fair - the ones I made this post for #some of them I'm not sure is fair which is why they're in the tags #specifically that the specific post reminded me of the stereotype of the straight girl completely uninterested in the messiness and #complexities of queerness or exploring queerness at all (unless it's aestheticised suffering) and just wants to see pretty boys together #but I'm not sure how fair that is because I'm not transmasc and I'm not mlm lol #anyway yea lol #my rambles #queer stuff #media #10n

[terpia]

I think I may finally be ready to read Assassin's Fate. Reading The Left Hand of Darkness made my ROTE brainworms return something fierce, and as a result I started re-reading all my fav parts of all the Fitz books, as happens periodically. However this time, I'm mentally set to find out how his adventure ends (I mean do already have a general idea of how it ends because I've never been that careful about avoiding spoilers, but I don't know that much about specifics).

The only issue with that is a self-imposed one. I created the foolinandfitzin sideblog to document my way through re-reading the first eight Fitz books in the series before getting to the final one (as well as the Rain Wild Chronicles, which I also still haven't read - more on this in a sec). However, my liveblog abruptly stopped in the middle of book 3 - I tried picking it up again, however I decided I won't publish more posts until I'm fully done with the book and can be sure I will actually finish the liveblog this time.

I don't want that to stop me from reading Assassin's Fate, however I still would like to liveblog at least some of my experience of reading it for the first time. So my plan is this - I will read Assassin's Fate now and make posts as I go along (although you probs won't see them until I'm mostly/fully done with the book anyway). This will satisfy my current itch, but will not be a fully complete experience - since I haven't read the Rain Wild Chronicles yet, I expect I will be quite confused/lost by some of the things going on with the characters related to that series. THEN, after I finished Assassin's Fate, I will go back to the other books in the series, including the Chronicles, so that when I get to the Assassin's Fate again I can do a re-read with the full context of what happened in the Rain Wild books.

At least that's my plan for now - I definitely still want to finish my book 3 liveblog since I don't like leaving it unfinished, but may very well decide that I'm done with liveblogging the books after that, at least for a while.

#not that i'm under an impression that anyone is waiting with bated breath for me to finish that liveblog #it has been two years since my last liveblog post i doubt anyone cares #but it is a project that i created for myself and i do hate the way i just left it unfinished #getting to the end of book 3 at least would give me some closure #and i did make that blog specificially in anticipation of getting to read assassin's fate one of these days so i definitely want to share #at least some of my experience of reading it on there #personal #you may be asking why am i posting this here instead of on the blog that this post is actually about #the answer is that i'm very bad at following through with my plans lol #so for now i will just post it here (primarily for myself) and then if and when i do actually finish assassin's fate i will reblog it there

[skenpiel]

i could spoil the national newspaper for tomorrow if i wanted to

#I WONT DO IT!!!!! but i just wanted you to know i have that power #also posting this is kinda risky but. lol i doubt the government is gonna read my tumblr blog #dont reblog this btw obviously lol

[adoseofdidreality]

also my blog name wasnt to pretend to be you but to make fun of your username because i think "a dose of did reality" (or even a "a DIDose of reality") is funnier than didadoseofreality

genuinely just replace the word DID with "the shot" or something wild and "a dose of reality" can become a really clever pun for antovaxxers. i think if the op is actually an antivaxxer they can steal that idea and try to come up with a better primary title to be followed by the subtitle "a dose of reality" :P

it would all be really silly shouty lies by an old man/woman/erson who's scared of The Furries Oh my Gosh!!! and it's hillarious

#also i highly doubt this was any good advertisement #me when stretch the truthor perhaps even outright lie on the internet #500 followers to What Blog Exactly? #is it one of the 5 random likes on your posts? #the only reason im interacting with you (outside of the whole 'engaging in syscourse is unhealthy but i like to argue my point anyway' bit) #is because you are so ridiculous and you don't evne cite any sources #you just vaguely say “the DSM removed fictives and social media from the criteria” #when 1 u didnt say what was changed and where we can find proof that it was changed in the way u say it did #and 2 even if it was changed to not directly call out certain experiences... its because other people dont experience that #like. some systems dont have any fictives #some systems have never touched a social media ever #to have that be part of the criteria itself would be silly #although having it as diagnostic examples in some form would be good #but i dont think im trusting this user to diagnose anyone properly anyway so. lol #they cant even find the block button jNKDSN #like oh wow i asked questions on a side blog i amde 5 hours ago because you dont hve anons on #ITS TOTALLY ADVERTIZING #the MOST i did was talk to someone else who's actually debunked your claims in some kinda-indirect way jnfkshjfh #but like. i dont think they care too much #i am using too many tags tumblrs gonna get mad. if ur reading this drink water. unless ur didadoseofreality then drink p-