#i'm SO glad they didn't marry

[booasaur]

The Dragon Prince - 3x08 || 4x08

#tdpedit #the dragon prince #general amaya #tdp janai #the dragon prince 3x08 #the dragon prince 4x08 #amaya x janai #femslash related stuff #cuuute #so I've actually made a few gifsets from different fandoms over these last weeks that I hadn't posted because I didn't have the time #but my flight's leaving later today so let me get these out at least! #also I'll probably put off asks which I can answer on my phone :o #anyway I love when nerds make stuff because they love their callbacks lol #WN was full of them too #also! I'm glad janai actually knows a good amount of sign language #maybe just not ''marry''

[lady-of-the-spirit]

My fave part of Death on the Nile (movie) is that Poirot didn't actually need to ask Bouc about Rosalie, because he already knew they were in a relationship and only needed to know about Rosalie's life, but Poirot just wanted a chance to ask his friend about his romantic life, let Bouc gush a bit about her, and tell Bouc how happy he was for them. And the way Poirot decided to bring it up was tell Bouc he's too much of a manwhore to not notice Rosalie.

#so glad bouc didn't die and he and rosalie got married :) #death on the nile #hercule poirot #death on the nile 2022 #bouc #xavier bouc #monsieur bouc #i'm saying stuff

[solradguy]

Arcsys having solky fanpages on their old guilty gear website doesn't surprise me imo. the artist that drew the most recent recap manga on their current website used to draw solky art back in the day.

GOD. I can't believe Sol/Ky was like a sneeze away from just being canon at one point. This is hilarious and explains so much about how they're often depicted in official art even here in 2023

#asks #I wonder if ASW never had those issues with the IP and Sega in the mid '00s and if- #-LGBT rights had been further along by then if they would have just made it canon and then did something else with Dizzy #I'm glad it didn't end up that way because (as I've mentioned before) even setting aside the fact that Dizzy marrying- #-Ky makes Sol his father-in-law and therefore makes Sol/Ky... Not great haha #Their dynamic is so much better without them being in a romantic relationship and the age/life experience gap between them is crazy too #It just wouldn't have been a good way for their stories to go imo #But still I wonder... How close was it to ever actually being canon... In a different timeline how would it have played out...

[crazy-loca-blog]

The Duchess Affair spoiler...

At this point, I'm not impressed by the affair and the cheating plot... damn, that man is so awful that I can't care less about cheating of him, I don't think I'll feel guilty... but I can't believe Pixelberry forced us to consummate our marriage to Duke Lawrence instead of giving us a proper choice there! 🤢

#playchoices #choices stories you play #the duchess affair #I'm glad we didn't see that scene though #the worst part is that so far I don't like the LI either #he seems to be interested in saying he's sleeping with a married woman instead of actually caring about her

[sage-nebula]

I'm really glad that Sega has allowed Amy to move out of her harassment phase re: her crush on Sonic, because the way she was written back in the late 90s / 00s with regards to her crush on him is not only uncomfortable and not okay behavior (continuing to push yourself on someone after they've said "no" isn't okay even when you're a girl pushing yourself on a boy), but was also really detrimental to her character. Not only did it give people a negative impression of her (her obsessing over Sonic being her boyfriend / marrying her is remembered more often by casual fans than her actual stories in those games), but it also runs contrary to the fact that Amy has always been a kindhearted, compassionate, empathetic person. We see her compassion and empathy with other characters in those same games (wanting to save Birdie from Gamma, reminding Shadow of his actual promise to Maria, helping Cream and Big find Chocola and Froggy), so to then have her turn right around and completely ignore Sonic's feelings / boundaries because of her crush is just . . . bad. It's a bad look, and bad writing. And I don't hold it against her, any more than I hold instances of Tails having bad writing against him. These are fictional characters, they're beholden to their writers. But it's still not great and I'm really glad that Sega has realized that having Amy harass Sonic isn't funny or cute, and has instead allowed her to treat him like she does the rest of her friends: with the kindness, compassion, and empathy she's known for.

#not rebloggable bc i know how this fandom is & i don't care for the discourse #but i was just rewatching some Heroes cutscenes and y i k e s #Amy being like ''just give up! you're not getting out of marrying me now!'' before Team Rose attacks Team Sonic is like . . . jeez #it's not a great look! #a lot of this was a product of its time; anime from that time period did a lot with ''girl pursues guy no matter how much he tells her no #and this is seen as OK bc teehee women are weaker than men and therefore ineffectual threats'' #see also: Sakura pursuing Sasuke - although decades later she never grew out of that & in her post-canon novel has the ''epiphany'' #that she will continue to push herself on him until his ''no'' turns into a ''yes'' #so needless to say that i am SO. FUCKING. GLAD. that Sega got their heads out of their asses & didn't go that route w/ Amy #i would still prefer Sonic to always remain single bc I'm an aroace Sonic truther - but at least we won't be in a timeline where #Amy just ''wore him down'' - bc she hasn't harassed him like that for years now. she calmed down & they have a friendship #so if they DO make the ship overt it'll be bc she calmed down so Sonic was able to develop feelings naturally #versus she wore him down with the harassment. & her behavior in the 90s / aughts games WAS harassment #but back then it was considered cute & funny in anime (bc again - girls aren't threatening teehee /gag) so. it was what it was #i'm just glad things are different now

[nothisislyra]

where my fellow aging millenials listening to transatlanticism and getting sad today

#okay so look. transatlanticism is Such a good album obvi like. you can't JUST listen to the new year #although i think my feelings on the album have clarified somewhat #specifically if my ex and i had gotten married in 2022 passenger seat was gonna be our first dance #so like i can't listen to that song without thinking about that #and GOD am i glad we didn't get married like. breaking up was Hard but the guy i was then could never have imagined my life now #the tragedy is that he couldn't appreciate what he had or might have had and like. i can? #but there's catharsis too because like. now i get to appreciate what i have now (and it's better) #anyway all this to say damn i'm glad i get to be me. shame that guy didn't get to be much of a person but i'm making up for it and then some

[dreamofstarlight]

Every time I remember Kerry and *ndrew's wedding was at the same Cathedral JFK's funeral was at I become filled with anger

#i'm so glad Kerry got out #why didn't anyone say 'wtf' #there are many other catholic churches in DC to get married in #I know St Matthews is beautiful but maybe one that does not have that history

[memoriescut]

fandom calling pudding selfish for what she did at the end of wci don't understand the nuances of being an absolute gaslight gatekeep girlboss who can't help but be messy to further the plot

#she's a gray morality character OF COURSE she was gonna so something absolutely unhinged like erase the narrative #like have you seen who she has to deal with lmao what person mentally stable would say #“hey these couple days were so much fun i'm glad you were my fiancée” to which pudding is ??? bc WHAT ABOUT THE MURDERS #and sure sanji only thinks about the good moments blah blah blah BUT pudding's “evil side” is realistic af #the past few days were a complete shitshow BUT pudding (who didn't want to get married) made sure to cooperate and turn things in her favor #SHE GOT WHAT SHE WANTED IN THE END. she's free from the act and go back to her everyday life even tho it feels stale now #oda said something interesting aka that the most important romance we'll see is the love for an adventure #and that's the point really everything sucked but somehow despite the attempted murders the chaotic side adventure brought joy #but she's not gonna leave that door open of course bc it turns her world upside down and she can't allow that #genuinely think she's gonna be the crew's cheshire cat in the future in the sense that she's gonna aid them on their quest #bc she loves the thrill of the adventure but also be an absolute bastard about how she helps bc it's fun 💖

[vargaslovinghours]

Gosh I am so in love with the dating sim idea <33

Partially because I'm interested in computer programming and partially because, like, the ✨dynamics✨ man!!

The idea of Scriabin internally struggling between "I don't *hate* this person" and "This person trying to steal Edgar from me >:0" is just asdf-

What type of endings would there be?

Could you befriend one/both and not go as far as dating?

Could you date both?

Also love love love the UI concept art so much like the yarn-themed dialogue box and hearts system is so creative aaa

Sorry if this is a lot of questions just <333 going feral over this concept <33

Haha no no, no problem at all ♪ We’re both on the same page here, I love the design side of games, backend stuff is super fascinating to me ♫ Plus I just super love the idea of them in a Dating Sim ah ♥

It sounds like a whole heap’a your questions are answered in my first post in the Dating Sim tag :D

However, since I have The Most fun imagining what it’d be like to write/play a Vargas Dating Sim, I will take this opportunity to talk about it more lol:

As you can see in the Endings flow chart, yes, there are a bunch of different endings, all based on the ✨dynamics✨ that the Player pursues with each of the Vargases. In my current draft there’s not a way to date both exactly - at least, you can’t date both behind the other’s back, they will always be generally aware of the relationship status the other has with the Player, Scriabin moreso than Edgar, but Scriabin can’t help but gloat and they talk in their own scenes, so Edgar still knows. You can positively pursue both of them though, which leads to its own ending!

(You can keep both of them at ~5 ♥s and under, but that will still culminate in the Neutral Ending; at least one of them has to be at 7+ ♥s to get a different Positive ending; so, yes but no but also yes??)

You can also deepen your relationship with one over the other! Those, of course, lead to the Bad and Worst Endings, who could’ve guessed :3c Those are some of my favourites, because who’s “Bad” ending it is really depends on the perspective - the Bad (Edgar) Ending is one of Scriabin’s better Endings, as far as his manipulation and possessiveness is concerned. It’s definitely a Bad Ending for the Player tho lol

While the Best Ending doesn’t get as messed up as the Bad Endings (I mean - ideally lol), there is still definitely a lot of tumultuous emotions! They have to share the Player with each other, and each other with the Player, at least to better get to know each other! Scriabin isn’t the only one who feels possessive, even in routes where the player gets closer to Edgar there are still a lot of mixed feelings about being away from Scriabin, even as he starts to get more violent. They’re always weird about each other, they’re the ultimate package deal! 💕

#💟 #Dating Sim #I am once again shouting my love to Zarla's original doodles that inspired me to think about this concept more #I cannot sing their praises high enough they are unparalleled in my heart ♪ Big inspire #Hopefully this answered most of your questions about the thought I've put into it at least haha ♪ #I really do love talking about it I ended up infodumping to smol about it like a week ago because it's still floating in my mind #I jokingly summed it up as the Vargas Fuck/Marry/Kill game lol // #She also seemed really amused at the Best Ending haha ♥ It made me happy #I'm also very glad you like my UI designs! I like them quite a lot as well :D #I was a little sad because I didn't look over my notes very carefully for Requestober so I forgot the yarn trim on the text box itself :') #But it's mostly there so that's the important part ♪ #It's just such a fun concept ahhh ♪♫

[staarchild]

JUST WATCHED NATM 4 I AM FEELING SO NORMAL RIGHT NOW

#thoughts #im so glad we got to see plenty of the tiny lads again!!!!!!! #and joan of arc...... i stan. #this is now an octavius and joan stan account #(we didn't get canon jedtavius but honestly they're touchy feely still AND still act like an old married couple so that's a win in my eyes) #(also no ahk.... i stg if they make more they better bring him back) #overall i loved it. though the plot is eeehhhhh... i'm more invested in the characters than the plot though so i dont really care xx

[beameized]

If I had a nickel for everytime I may have offended the child of a powerful family and could've died but didn't, I'd have three.

#mei rambles #story time in the tags #when I was in HS my mom moved me into an all girls school now I sat next to this girl who was the friend of my best friend #so I was like yeah let me help you with math and all other subjects I was a smart nerd THEN #and somehow we became the class mandated otp like short fluffy nerd girl tall lanky sports girl ship and she asked me out #but me being 14 years old in my gay catholic repression era told her no she shouldn't do this just cause we are the class mandated otp #so now fast forward like maybe 7 years later I tell my friend about the confession I got and she was like GIRL OMG HOW COULD YOU THAT GIRL #IS THE DAUGHTER OF THE RICH FAMILY IN OUR CITY WHAT THE HELL GIRL #and I'm like huh WDYM she's whooo????? #and then I was so glad I didn't die or anything from that #second one was in college we had this groupwork video presentation now I was doing the editing and asked them to dub the video #but one of the main cast didn't dub properly and there's so much background noises I was so mad I made her re-do it again in the girls #comfort room in our uni AND THEN like maybe 5 years later my friend is like hey remember our classmate she just got married to a soldier #and then she drops the bomb that this girl is a general's daughter #and last was just recently so our uni org holds debate auditions in a applicant vs. all panelists scenario. now this one applicant was #trying to use accounting technicalities to try and argue his way through even though his argument sucks #my non-accounting org mates in lawschool couldn't really argue on that so I had to step in and point out the flaw in his approach #and now I learn dude is the son of a mayor and is rich af #idk how I'm alive

[donuts4evry1]

so awhile ago I finished the “Princess Jellyfish” manga and

hoo boy

was it a ride

(i was not disappointed by the ending tho)

#CRYING #THE MANGA IS. NOT PERFECT BUT I LOVE IT SO MUCH #EVEN BETTER THAT THE MANGA ARTIST IS ALSO A JELLYFISH NERD IM GOING TO CRY SOSO SO SO MUCH #one thing I do have to say tho is the fact that. Tsukimi is 19 and Shuu is almost 30 #what the hell #he falls in love with her not bc she impressed him (though she does impress him later) but bc she looks pretty #and yeah he does accept her later even tho she is not a knock out dead beauty but still.. #like......... those two aren't exactly comfortable around each other yet. why does he want to marry her all of a sudden #i'm glad she didn't go through with it but why did she consider it 😭😭 #anyway #um #hhhh #jellyfish are cool I like that she gets to talk more about jellyfish in the manga than in the anime #mun rambles #princess jellyfish #kuragehime #ALSO I LEARNED THE JAPANESE NAME FOR JELLYFISH IS KURAGE AND THAT WILL BE SEARED IN MY BRAIN FOR ALL ETERNITY #jellyfish #this series scratched my jellyfish itch

[llycaons]

ALSO being here is giving such a stark reminder of how different my aunt is from my mom bc my aunt was teaching her (admittedly very young) daughter to change lightbulbs like ‘just like that, one step up, nice job, I’ve got you” (very reassuring) and I was forcibly transported back to when I was learning how to drive (very scared) and my mom would say with undisguised disgust and contempt things “can you PLEASE keep the car on the road” like lady. did you think I wasn’t trying

#she made me cry so many times that summer ugh my god she really does suck so bad and im so glad I'm not living with her anymore #also last week we were having a little cider because it's autumn cider is great and she'd like 'well you KNOW cider is very fattening' #my GOD. shut up and let your children enjoy things #she could never bring herself to lie to make us feel better. no of course not #like not even for the silliest and least important things. she would sometimes lie but like. you could tell she didn't mean it #she does not believe in her children and she gives us no reason to believe in ourselves. no wonder we all have issues #all of us have been scrwed over in one way or another but we can't bring it up because then she;ll feel bad about herself which makes #us the bad guys and her the victim #even when we try to make her feel better and shit. we try! what are supposed to do anyway. she's our mom. she's an adult. #she's in charge of herself #im kind of mad at my dad for this tbh. why did he marry this lady #<- as you might be able to fucking tell I experienced an alarming amount of recognition in the jiang family #you do not want to be all three siblings at once this shit sucks so bad #cor.txt

[caffeinesystem]

Being a weird, fat, poorly socialized little mess of a teenager with no friends was bad in a lot of ways, don't get me wrong, but it at least meant I dodged the "comphet marriage at 19 to some church boy" bullet.

#not art #caffeine talks #in my thirties looking around at people my age and younger getting married and having kids like... no thanks. I'm good. #the thought of being pregnant or having kids holds absolutely no appeal for me anymore and I'm so glad I didn't fuck up any kids' lives

[strawberry38]

new thought spiral

Like in 00s movies adapting popular cartoons. Families were watching those movies.

The sequel movie with Obelix, he liked a girl. The bubble clone happened, she didn't reject the guy just went with him but when the clones were dissapearing she wanished too

Ment the original girl didn't go out with him (or for daydreamers: the real one confused that person for another clone 😅😂)

#i'm just remembering this #Because you can like somebody and they reject you #It can definitely affect your self esteem like you are no more interesting is Wasted is a Waste or smth #It's not about rejections perhaps but more about how it is done #You tell oh noes imma poor noes we friends never marry noes (a sassy facebooker once said -im glad you told that because #I feared to hurt your feelings [me imagining: pout face] goaths) #Instead like you could said not ready #They said don't wanna [[meaning: /w uu]] #That dude only wanted a hoickup but ugly regected where realised there's no other option to deal with them and the person is actually cool #they were also a chess master #player (pun? 😅) #So Barbie didn't hurt Ken I suppose (it'd be alright to be a savage unapologetic D Barbie too; the more characteristic's diversity for wo #women the better) #with letting down or advising to change his pace or whatever #She said his relationship is not his core status or label or characteristic which he is defyned by #And she left that sensitive topic at that as a doll and #Since she was a doll then #Not a doll later #Okie #no pressure #He took that advice well uhh not shown upset #though there was a 2 second part where he missed her #(There can be guys pretending to like you getting tight and acting as it feels like they're a child like you need to be nuturing and caring #(? talking about trust and like you have a problem and helping you shit like that) #(so idk #it's a long story whether it is worthy to consider male feelings or they can be tricky so we leave it at that #if you want female feelings consideration-or-not -theory too #she could also be after fame status and your securities etc idk) but it's a Barbie movie #We have plenty male centered movies with fictional mean manipilative fem fatals whose unaware victims are innocent men #What do you want ^_^/`

[wild-at-mind]

I feel very happy and lucky to:

Be in a world where bisexuals are coherant no matter what their dating or sexual history is

Be in a world where trans people who are in gay relationships as their true gender are coherant

Be in a world where the idea of being trans is no longer treated like a ’well only if you really have to or else you will die!!!’ thing

#coherant here i'm kind of using to mean like known about or understood #existing in the lgbtq consciousness #because getting here took a long time and many brave and strong people came before me #i got to arrive when they had already done the work of existing and insisting their true selves and i love them for it #i specifically often think about those posts that say 'bisexuals were always in the gay and lesbian communities' #yes very true many were #however the ones who were in straight relationships and the straight dating world were not #and it is completely understandable why because once again it was a 'if you can date straight then do it for fucks sake #and ignore that part of yourself' #like those bisexuals were privileged in many ways but they still dealt with internalised trauma from the repression and homophobia it took #to get to that place they were in #they didn't have community either the straight community has nothing for them #especially the women #i remmeber when i first joined the bi community by going to meetups....it really mattered to me to do that even though i never dated a woman #because i dealt with such damaging repression caused by the church i was in and the teachings i grew up reading and hearing #so i was really glad i was able to go to join the community in that way #back in the day i'd just have married my first boyfriend and been dead inside