Going on record to say Rings of Power absolutely slaps, as a lifelong Tolkien fan I'm so disappointed the way people tried so hard to judge it before it even aired and wanted it to be bad so much that they've literally convinced people to be afraid to watch it and judge for themselves. The visuals are STUNNING, the costumes are phenomenal, the creature design is haunting and so visceral. And the characters and world feel so *lived* miss me with that shit about it being low effort or budget, you can't judge a show by a handful of promo stills. I'm glad I didn't listen to the bs takes from people who are mostly just trying to hide their bigotry behind Tolkien worshipping zealotry.
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Me: Ahhh, the good ole days, when i was still a female, i liked dudes, and my life was normal~
The "good ole days" in question: *internal screaming, throwing up, kicking, biting, hissing, scratching, external screaming, repeat*
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Every time I think about Crystalized Lloyd, the more sad I get.
Let's recap his life, shall we?
- Abandoned by both parents.
- Bullied at his school.
- Publicly humiliated by the ninja (RotS, ep 1).
- Literally forced to grow too quickly AND to fight his father.
- Loses his dad again.
- Gets betrayed by a girl he liked, who happens to bring back his evil dad.
- HIS DAD DISOWNS HIM. AND ALSO ALMOST KILLS HIM MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT SONS OF GARMADON AND HUNTED.
There's a lot more we could unpack. That's not the point. The point is, I don't understand how people can expect him to be okay?? with the idea of working with his dad in Crystalized. Do we remember in Sons of Garmadon when Misako is commending the fact that Lloyd sees the good in everyone and he responds: "Not anymore"? That line gives us all we need to know that Lloyd is a very skeptical person because he has been hurt so many times. He didn't trust Akita at first once he found out she wasn't a wolf, so why would he trust his father who has tried to end his life many times?
I understand that the writing in Crystalized is just... not good. Personally I think he shouldn't have forgiven Harumi so quickly (if at all), especially since that contradicts the way he acts with Garmadon, but that's a different topic. However, if you think Lloyd faced major character regression in Crystalized I would genuinely love to read why, because I cannot emphasize enough how in character I think he is.
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Ayy thank you all so much for all the support and sweet asks! it means a lot seriously, it made me feel better :)
I just don't feel mentally well for a long time, and I felt comfortable sharing some stuff here and I'm glad you all actually understand. I appreciate it a lot!! <3
I love you all! Y'all are the best! 💙💖💙💖
Pookies :3 - @thewhumpcaretaker @tobytheeggo @evren-sadwrn @mrssimply
Anons who were so sweet, too, and everyone else! <3
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You ever just kinda try and integrate yourself into a space, esp a roleplay centric discord, try and make friends and be nice, and "be yourself". The place preaches good vibes
But every slight thing you say feels like it's put under a microscope??
Your entire character is scrutinized because they had some poor experiences in the past, despite them not even knowing how you write your character or roleplay, let alone having ANY connection with the offenders in question?
Your entire personality feels like it's gonna be put on a chopping block because you don't agree with everything they say
You feel every little thing you say or do is going to be met with judgement, ridicule or disgusting comments in the background because you're not "part of the inner circle"?
This is why I don't really interact with the roleplay community. Because it feels like in many spaces I do go? I'll get treated like I don't belong despite me trying to interact with folks.
If I don't get judged for the character I play, I feel judged because I don't typically agree with a lot of the things a majority of my "community" says. Because a lot of the shit I hear on the daily comes from judgmental people who have absolutely NO reason to throw stones while living in glass houses.
Maybe I'm overreacting, or maybe my anxiety, or god help me, my other mental issues, is making me feel this way. I could be overreacting for all I know because of my past issues.
All I know is in one or two spaces I occupy I try and be social in, I just feel nothing but the worst parts of the community trying to ice me out of it.
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Lately I’ve been thinking about how in the past I would explain my dislike for C//A and some aspects of certain media with the rhetoric that there was something morally wrong with it—the possibility of this still very much a possibility, BUT—I have decided that I don’t need to keep having this run around with my own mind trying to discover a “reason” (and better than that, a *correct* reason) to dislike something. If I don’t like it, I don’t like it. I don’t have to have a reason.
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okay not to like get real or anything (I'm def gonna get real, sorry), but one of the reasons why gale is so important to me is that I've learned to just. like something without feeling guilty over it. like I used to believe having strong feelings for a fictional character is cringe, that oc x canon is cringe and daydreaming abt pixels is cringe when it is. not? I mean I only thought its cringe when I do it, not anyone else, but you know how it is. but hey. I'm learning to just. love. unconditionally. lichrally fictional characters are designed to be liked and related to. gale has gone through a lot of things that I personally went through, like the resemblance is uncanny. feeling like one is not enough and throwing yourself into love so readily, not realising the problem is in the lack of self-love? not being loved in turn and feeling the fault is in you, that you need to be better, that you need to impress, that you need to prove yourself worthy without realising that none of that matters to someone who truly loves you? believing the world will be a better place without you in it? ouch ouch ouch. I know these feelings so well and going through his romance has helped me heal, something I strived to do for so long. I know he isn't real, I know he is a bunch of pixels, but I am real, and my feelings are too, and I am forever grateful for this game because it has opened my eyes and let me process my past as an abuse victim, in a safe and healthy way. I'm not the same person I was before I played the game and I never will be. and that is such a comfort to me.
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i think the funniest thing about almost all stancy and mileven hate is that 98% of it is based on misinterpretation and bias towards another ship, seriously almost EVERY post i’ve read on this site hating on them is something that actually didn’t happened or it’s a misinterpretation of canon, mfs really make shit up and call it a day, it's always the same people putting words in steve and mike's mouth, misinterpreting their actions, and etc.... like u can hate a ship all you want, that’s normal, it’s fine. but stop making shit up and twisting canon to fulfil your narrative, it makes you look desperate and tbh....a bit pathetic
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