#i'm trying to see it as an opportunity

[essektheylyss]

hi hello hi I need to scream for a sec but I HAVE A SHORT STORY IN A PRINT ANTHOLOGY! like a real actual physical book!!! the anthology as a whole is about resource scarcity and specifically the moment a resource runs out, and true to form I wrote a funky thing about time and grief and messy familial relationships and gardening. cuz what is there to do when something ends other than to keep maintaining your plants.

this isn't even to say you should totally buy this thing but if you do want to check it out, it's available for preorder

#megs is writing #if there's one thing you gotta know about me it's that I will make a rosebush into a motif at any given opportunity #almost like I grew up with like 20 of them (not an exaggeration) #also for the record aan has REALLY FUN anthologies so if you are looking for funky spec fic from a small press I highly recommend #I'm trying to submit again to their current call cuz I LOVE their anthology themes but we'll see if I get my shit together in time. #I love having a STRUCTURE to write to. would love to just. write commissioned fiction for a living. it'd be great. genuinely I'd love it. #but alas our technocracy that wants to outlaw genuine human expression believes that should be illegal. #we stay silly regardless. mostly by working with small indie presses.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Happy day one of Chatember, starting it off with strong with the Thunderclan (Jin) leader, Jin Guangshan (Lionstar)

(Name and AU credits to @clintbeefwoods!)

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #mdzs au #MDZS Warrior Cats AU #jin guangshan #He's a Persian calico! #Him and Madam Jin are T4T. This is very important and we are standing by it #No matter what it was always in the stars that JGS was going to be a local menace (whore) to the kittypets. #I saw the opportunity to draw JGS pregnant with his kitty nips out and had to take it #Can you fault me? Can't you see I had no choice but to take this path? #Anymeow; The Mythological Figure and dear mutual clintbeefwoods and I have been plotting a powerful AU! #and we have come up with some GOOD stuff. Can't wait to show you all! #I meant to do something for doggust but my life has been very hectic lately (I did Not Know It Was September Today) #I do have a creature (dog in shape cat at heart) whom I love dearly but shes very old and sick. So drawing her made me quite sad #Anyways I'm gonna TRY and finish another comic today to get back on track. It will be late. I'm trying to not beat myself up for it.

[syn0vial]

man, i was having doubts about romancing wyll as astarion (mostly bc karlach is also RIGHT THERE) but then i had astarion confess he was a vampire spawn and wyll's answer made me laugh so much. does this mean he knew the whole time in my tavs' playthrus as well? literal monster hunter immediately clocked that tav was traveling with a vampire spawn and just went, "eh, he's cute though so i'll let it slide." that's perfect. romance activated.

#syn plays bg3 #baldur's gate 3 spoilers #bg3 spoilers #astarion's already slept with lae'zel this playthru #mostly bc i'm trying to play him ICly despite my own plans #and i feel like he'd be pretty pleased about the strongest most ruthless person in the camp propositioning him #like hell yeah i get to secure my position in the group AND i didn't even have to try! #so yeah he seized the opportunity #this is my first time doing a playthru with competing ''love'' interests tho so we'll see how it goes

[daydreamerwonderkid]

My feelings on Barbara as Batgirl in Gotham Knights are so complicated. Because I do genuinely love Babs most when she's Oracle.

I did love Babs as Batgirl, for sure. But my love for the character really set in with her new persona. The circumstances (irl and in the comics) for how she became disabled are very uncomfortable, yes. But magic erasing her disability in the newer comics makes me even more uncomfortable tbh.

Another reason I feel so conflicted is because it's genuinely fun being Batgirl in the game. I get so much enjoyment out of playing her and seeing her interactions with the rest of the Batfam. I love how unique her fighting style is and, yeah, seeing her glide over Gotham is really cool.

But I can't help wondering though if maybe Cass could have filled Babs' role as a playable Batgirl. It would have been a really fun and great way to introduce Cass to the wider Batman fandom/gaming audience and we still could have had Babs being Oracle with Alfred in the Belfry.

#dreamer talks #dreamer plays #gotham knights #gotham knights game #barbara gordon #cassandra cain #batgirl #dc oracle #oracle #pls don't take this as me saying i want to see barbara sidelined #i just think it would have been a cool opportunity #to introduce cass to a gaming audience #and i just really really love oracle #idk #i'm still trying to make sense of how i feel about this #dreamer queue

[larsnicklas]

2023-24 NHL SEASON SNAPSHOT MOMENTS ↪ WASHINGTON CAPITALS @ ANAHEIM DUCKS

TOM WILSON completes his first career hat trick in his 700th game. His third goal was the game winner as the Capitals defeated the Ducks by a final score of 5-4.

#tom wilson #capitals #washington capitals #hockey #seasonsnapshots #meg.gif #meg.all #meg.caps #new series just dropped babes. cool nhl moments. all teams welcome. i'm just going on vibes but i have a pretty good grasp of the league! #if i miss something you would like to see in this series please let me know and i'll try to add it :) #'megan' you say. 'isn't a goalie goal on this night more significant than some guy's hat trick?' #and to that i reply: i am a capitals fan and this guy is important to me! so i had to make this first!! but i will do the jarry goal also! #i'm an equal opportunity lover of the game and i love goalie goals #also i will do the tkachuk bowl third period brawl with half the players getting thrown out.

[savage-rhi]

Magenta.

#i lost my job #even though they're not saying its because of my disability it is because of it #I've been applying to places and some of the safety nets i had fell through #im scared right now and feel very betrayed #i got enough to get me through the month but beyond that idk what to do #i have resources im looking into and as most know that doesn't put a dent into finances #i need help #i feel bad for asking and i know i preach people shouldnt feel ashamed #but i do get where folks are coming from with that #the shame is powerful especially when you pride yourself as someone that takes care of themselves #im open to ideas opinions whatever folks want to say #i haven't felt this triggered ptsd wise in a long time past homeless experience and work abuse has been creeping in #I'm trying to get to the good but its really hard seeing it right now after getting screwed for the millionth time #for something i can't control with my body #i guess on a good note that partnership meeting went well #it seems like an excellent opportunity but its also an investment and i don't have the means to put into that right now

[ruegarding]

hi! what are your thoughts on the calypso scene in botl? read your tags on the percy thoughts on gods post and wanted to know

short answer:

the scene w calypso exists for the audience and to foreshadow ethan.

long answer:

percy has never divided the world like this. percy as a character already knows the outcome of this conversation; things aren't black or white. percy is an incredibly empathetic, observant, and intelligent character, and in the post anon is referring to, he shows this by understanding why hades was bitter (third quote) while simultaneously calling the gods out for their behavior (last quote). percy has never done something bc "the gods are his family," and that includes retrieving the lightning bolt in tlt, the closest u could get to this. similarly, percy never hated luke bc he was leaving camp or betraying the gods, percy's feelings abt luke are personal, to the point where it's a bit blinding.

as a more specific example using this scene, percy doesn't leave calypso bc of the gods.

percy genuinely considers staying on ogygia and only leaves bc of his personal loyalty to his friends. no where in his decision to leave does he bring up the gods, as family or something good that needs to be defended.

this is one of the reasons he and athena have that conversation in ttc abt his fatal flaw. the gods are scared of percy bc his continued loyalty to them isn't guaranteed. percy's idea of good vs bad is very nuanced and personal and his loyalty is much the same. but the audience, primarily young since the books are middle grade, might not be on that same level of understanding. this conversation establishes to the audience what percy already knows but hasn't said. and the audience needs to understand this bc it's the crux of luke's character in tlo.

furthermore, this conversation foreshadows ethan's character. ethan's primary motivation is getting recognition for the minor gods, his mother, his family, himself. he's willing to sacrifice a lot for this.

ethan knows that nemesis isn't good. he's not siding w her bc she's good. he's siding w her bc she's family and she's the only one who paid him any attention, good or bad.

this is also why ethan switches sides. he's not loyal to a side bc it's good vs bad, he's loyal to whoever will help him and his goals, his family. calypso's words here perfectly set up ethan's character, and makes it easier for the audience to understand where he's coming from.

#percy actually doesn't change his pov much from tlt to tlo #it's actually pretty interesting bc moments like this might have u think that he does but mostly what changes is #1) he has more positive experiences w the gods #and 2) he has more ability to respond to what he's seeing (both in confidence and opportunity) #he isn't in a position to change things until tlo but he recognizes the corruption almost immediately #as u can see in the og post anon is referring to #percy's arc is less abt recognizing the system is bad and more abt learning how u can change it. break the cycle. #and unfortunately that gets lost after pjo #percy jackson #ethan nakamura #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo hoo toa #pjo books #percy #ethan #min talks pjo #answered #hopefully this makes sense i'm trying to put together multiple lines of thought so it's a bit long #and i mean. the absolute shortest answer is rick is inconsistent w his writing but. i'm answering assuming it was a purposeful decision

[spaceratprodigy]

🎉 [ Art from 2022-2023 ] 🎉

Happy Birthday to my most favorite person in the world, the love of my life 🖤

I still can't believe this'll make our 10th year of being best friends and even more I can't believe we get to celebrate our 8th anniversary this summer 💖💕

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#I was gonna type out more but I decided I didn't want to be too sappy and emotional on main #so much has happened in these past 10 years #I can't believe I made it this far I really did not think I was going to have a future #but I did and I do #I have the most wonderful partner who I connect with in a way I never thought was possible #I am capable of being loved I am capable of loving in return #I learned how to love myself and be unapologetically myself for myself #I lost a lot of people and some very much for the better #I've become so so much happier my god I never thought I'd ever know what this felt like #I'm still angry and numb and having to battle depression but I've grown I've finally become someone worth being proud of #I'm no longer letting that anger and grief and everything that comes with it take over #I can't believe I've actually become gentler and kinder #I can't believe I've actually made genuine friends with people who are nice and caring and supportive #and are actually happy to see me and not trying to take advantage of me at every opportunity I'm finally seen as a person #I can't believe I'm finally in a safe environment I don't have to be terrified anymore I'm not going to be hurt anymore #I can't believe how far I've come creatively bc of how much bf has supported my every passion wholeheartedly #he is the reason I have a drawing tablet he is the one who encourages me and cheers on everything I do #god I still don't know how I could ever in my life thank you enough for every goddamn wonderful thing you do for me #you have changed everything for the better none of this would have ever happened if it wasn't for you #it's always been you #I fucking love you #more than anything in this universe and the next #forever and always #my art #glad I listened to my first tag lmao

[miracleofunicorns]

Got done watching Blue-Eyed Samurai and I'm making it everyone else's problem by writing gay samurai fanfiction with a love triangle until I get my season 2!!!!

#leosagi #this post is about leosagi #leosagi everywhere #rottmnt #it's more like a love angle since Leo and Mikey don't have a line #I love Mikey but idk who to set him up with lmao #the closest ship I had for Mikey was Leatherhead in the 2003 show but I shipped Leatherhead with Donnie more #Mikeysagi???? #give the boi a boyfriend #btw I love Mizu and see so much of me in her/him/them #not too attached to being a woman but not a man either? #Mizu is constantly trying to tell people their secret but pulls out at the last second every time #Mizu looks odd with their hair done up like a woman's but looks absolutely beautiful when their hair is only half way up and playfighting #I want to be Mizu but maybe Mizu would want to be me too and have the opportunity to choose like I do #anyways I'm rambling in the notes bye #blue eye samurai

[aroandawkward]

It feels kind of magical to happen across other aspecs in the wild. Once I heard a friend of a friend talk about aesthetic attraction so I tentatively asked if she was aspec and her face lit up with a "Yes!" Another time I was chatting with someone that I'd sat next to in the first lecture of a new course and (because they were talking about queer stuff) I mentioned that I was aroace and they exclaimed "No way - me too! I've never met another one!" and we were both so excited. Even just learning through the grapevine that an acquaintance (e.g. a family friend I played with when we were kids, and a girl I was in a writing group with six years ago) is ace and/or aro makes me feel so warm and happy. It reminds me I'm not alone. It reminds me that other aspecs don't just live on the internet. They are out there in the world, living their own full and rich lives.

#Aspec #aromantic #asexual #actually aromantic #actually asexual #Feeling kinda down today partly cos of aroace-related stuff so I'm trying to remember moments like this #This has happened to me a lot more since I started being more open about my orientation #because that openness creates more opportunities for these discoveries #But I think I'm also more able to revel in it than when I was less confident in being aroace #like I remember a few years ago seeing someone I knew irl posting on social media about being ace #and just feeling flat about it because I didn't feel connected to them #and I didn't feel like I'd ever be able to talk about that with them even if we were friends #But now I feel more solid in my orientation #I am more able to be like 'same hat!!' #Anyway I know I have been lucky to have these moments #but if you are someone who has never met another aspec person #chances are that you will one day #or maybe someone you already know just isn't out #or hasn't realised yet #There are enough of us that it is more than possible to meet other aspecs by pure coincidence #Awkward aroposting

[thebirdandhersong]

this would be torturous if it weren't so funny :)

#translation: i am focusing on the funny part because if i dont it WILL feel torturous #it is like one of them 1930s comedies where a girl who's doing her best (me) is doing her best to NOT run into boy #because you know you DO have to take measures to guard your heart when things are going off the rails. (i'm not happy about this but i know #it's good for me to at least not seek out every opportunity to see him.) #but who KEEPS running into boy because she keeps trying to not do it #today was the third or fourth time this week i think. Lord help meeeee #i had a >:O moment last sunday when i was congratulating myself on avoiding a 'coincidental' meeting i usually seek out #and was opening the door to leave and bam he was on the other side. i could've wept with hysterical laughter. #the waiting room chapter

[bettertwin1]

Not to sound lame but sometimes I feel obligated to answer certain asks, but the asks really hurt to answer. I'm not sure how to vocalise it or ask you all to stop or how to say which ones hurt but yeah.

#i'm sorry to be a downer #it's mentally draining #i hate the asks that are priposefully trying to get a reaction of some kind #i hate when you guys all jump at the opportunity to ask weird and hurtful things because I cracked abit #i hate when i show abit of vulnerability and you all just continue to tear away at me like it's entertaining #i hate that I let it get to me #its not like any of you know any better #i can't blame you #you see your favourite character and you think it'd probably be funny #i guess it is #aghh #i feel lame #i'm sorry #i'll delete this later

[mokutone]

#my art #naruto #anbu times #kakashi #yamato #tenzō #yamato tenzō #image desc in alt text #this is based on the ''are u okay bro?'' depression version of the ''are ya winnin son?'' meme #something i rlly like about tenzō is that im given an opportunity to talk about hair and haircuts as an act of reclaiming oneself #without having to rely on ''long hair = feminine'' and ''short hair = masculine'' #because he's not a girl when he has long hair but his identity is being severely repressed when he has long hair #kakashis dad sakumo had long hair the whole hyūga clan men have long hair...jiraiya has long hair...itachi had long hair #if we read tenzō as a transmasculine character which obvs i strongly encourage #we do not have to read his relationship to his hair as one which is explicitly gendered and instead represents a different facet #of identity for him #i've been trying to grow my hair out recently to see how i feel about it and unfortunately. for the people around me hair IS very gendered #between this and lack of access to medical transition a bunch of people have assumed i'm detr*nsitioning which is not the case #(that word is only censored bc i dont want a post not about it to end up in the tags for it) #and when i see them take comfort in that before i can assure them that No. I'm Still Definitely A Dude. it's very distressing #my hair is longer now than it may ever have been in my life—I've been growing it out for a little more than two years #and i think i'll have to cut it in may or i'll go crazy. i feel bad abt that bc i do love men with long hair. and i want to be comfortable #with that for myself...+ sometimes i almost feel like a duty to? but that's silly. i have one duty when it comes to presentation #and that duty is to be honest—and. tbh. what i learned is that i hate my hair long—or at least i hate it right here + now. + i must cut it #2 bring it back around. the reason i like this idea of tenzō's relationship to his hair is that its NOT abt gender. but it is abt identity #its like. i guess its like. its the chance to talk about things which are deeply upsetting. without having to like #directly touch the upsetting thing u know? i dont have to touch being misgendered. i dont have to touch gender at all... #but i can still talk about how we are forced to assume appearances for external safety + acceptance at the very cost of the self #it's super possible that the tags of this post are only going 2 be entirely comprehensible to other trans people And That's Okay.

[mastersoftheair]

Sorry but am I the only one that thought that episode…sucked? Like it was straight up bad. Horrible pacing, no wrap up of all the random characters and plot lines they’ve thrown around all season (the tuskegee airmen, Westgates spying, literally all the guys beside like the main 4). (Seriously it makes me so mad that the three redtails got all of 5 seconds of screen time, almost no lines. Literally what was the point of introducing them other than to pretend the show was iNcLuSiVe) Even at the end of BoB and the Pacific you get a much better idea of what happened to all the remaining guys. In this they’re like what happened to DeMarco or Hambone or Brady or (insert character here) we don’t know! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The concentration camp scene felt shoehorned in compared to how it was done in BoB. Unless that actually happened to Rosie (which i haven’t heard anything about) but it was just like.. ok? It all felt so rushed and emotionless to me. Maybe I’ve just fallen out of love with MoTA but it’s been downhill for me since episode 6 or so.

i already made a little (read: long) post-finale write-up here, where i talk about the use of the tuskegee airmen, l'sandra, and overall editing/pacing issues i felt the show had. but i don't agree with the notion that adding the redtails was in any way insincere or trying to halfass being "iNcLuSiVe", i just think they suffer from this show's obvious time constraints. and to summarize what i wrote in my linked post, there's a limit to what white writers/directors/producers can do when creating a story about black people. there are some stories i'd feel uncomfortable with them telling on their own, truth be told. dee rees wasn't the sole nonwhite director, but she Was the only black one. i think she did her job well given the limitations and i appreciate that they let her direct those episodes, rather than leaving it up to a team of white people trying their best to tell a black story.

the worst i can say about the finale is that it didn't feel like That strong of finale, tho i wouldn't go as far to say it "sucked" or call it "straight up bad". i liked it plenty, it's just the weakest of the hbo war finales imo.

as for the concentration camp scene, artistic license was taken with both shows. unlike what's seen in the BoB, easy company wasn't the first to arrive at kaufering, and there's 0 mention of the all-japanese american 552nd who helped them liberate it). similarly, rosie rosenthal did assist in liberating those camps, though it would've been after the events shown this episode. idk if he saw one in that up-close way seen in this episode, but he could've (i should research this when i have time). plus, it would've felt weird Not having him acknowledge them at all. "shoe-horned" is an odd term to use here imo, as both scenes more-or-less center a jewish character (BoB's liebgott and MotA's rosie). the former show has survivors the characters can help, the latter shows no one left to help. the former has all of easy company there, the latter has rosie there all alone. rosie's scene felt deeply personal in that way. at the end of the day, both scenes are communicating different things. that doesn't make one better than the other when they aren't trying to be identical. (disclaimer, i'm not jewish, so i'd be interesting hearing from the perspective of someone who wrt whether or not they felt it was "shoe-horned")

i can understand if you've disliked the show post-episode 6 (and episode 6 was a very strong episode i'm ngl). eps 7 and 8 were weaker in many ways, even to me, so i get it. everyone's entitled to their own opinion (i'd be a hypocrite saying otherwise). just understand that this blog is run by someone who overall enjoys this show despite its flaws! basically, i encourage you to take this energy and make your own posts.

#masters of the air #hbo war #e9 #asks #long post #masters of the air spoilers #mota spoilers #all the hbo war finales are different. i don't think MotA's is as strong but like #my fav hbo war show is still BoB and even Then i don't think it has a better finale than TP. and i dislike a lot of TP! like A Lot! #and Even Then we don't get a good idea about what happens to a lot of the minor-er characters in TP once they leave #anyone who isn't sledge or leckie (rip basilone) is hand-waved-'they went home'-away #not every show needs a sandlot ending w/ a voiceover going: #'[NAME] got really into the [INSERT DECADE] and no one ever saw him again' like they did to webster (rip webster) #and again! i'm mixed about the redtails. but i can Very Clearly See this show getting released without including them #which wouldve left many people (justifiably!) upset that they weren't shown when they were Literally there in the same pow camp #i'll give the hbo war team a lot of shit about a lot of things (despite the enduringly positive energy i try to keep up here) #but i Have to give MotA props for Trying. i don't see faux inclusion i just see it as not quite hitting the mark but an attempt was made #and i think that's worth Something given neither BoB or TP bothered trying #(like i think there was a missed opportunity in TP not mentioning what's happening to japanese americans on the home front) #this got away from me (i'm also opinionated) but while i can agree with you about how the show feels rushed #i do take issue with the idea that they were pretending to be inclusive. i'll blame money time and covid19 before i blame bad intention #maybe that's controversial here but it Is my blog. so.

[welcometogrouchland]

I am enjoying red hood: the hill, but it's kind of driving me crazy how after they did all that shit in Gotham War, they immediately tried to sweep it under the rug with joker: the man who stopped laughing (even tho the issue wasn't really resolved over there), and now giving Jason a series set in the past so it doesn't have to deal with the fallout...DC please...

#ramblings of a lunatic #dc comics #I heard someone say that the next installment of dc vs vampires is seemingly the last thing Matthew Rosenberg has lined up at DC #which is a shame bc after reading his red hood: gotham war tie-in issues i think he has a pretty decent handling on Jason #the complicated and oft times contradictory line he walks between what violence is necessary and what isn't #but his sympathetic elements and charm are still on display #sigh. i need to read task force z don't i #one day I'll read under the red hood in full to get a taste of full on villain!jason #if i stick w/ GA past the phsycial volume i own I'm bound to come across him again and see if ppl are being normal abt the mia thing #idk I think jason as a character has somewhat suffered due to the fact that his character development was very much connected- #-w the n52 reboot #which worked at the time but now that a lot of that continuity is being brought back #it's making ppl realise that we didn't get a true ''jason putting aside differences to try and work w/ the batfamily'' arc or moment #although I do remember him being anti-heroic in the final crisis tie-in?? with kyle and donna right???? #i honestly think jason just needs a bit of tlc and introspection and this new storybeat provides a cool outlet for that #(someone talk to me about my red hood idea/pitch pretty pleasseee) #and definitely some cleaning up of his continuity (maybe after some more universe altering events. sigh) #but instead of hopping right on that when they have the opportunity we're getting an (admittedly fun) flashback series #in which jason is more of a co-star than headliner #bwahhh

[transingthoseformers]

I'm not sure who to kill for Warlord Twitch, I'm not sure which sibling needs to die. But yes the world ending definitely did help to put Megatron in stasis. Who or what put Megatron in stasis no one know it was ethier Twitch or she though he was dead and it was OP trying to save him I figured you could help me decide.

Evil Twitch is fun, what war crimes will she commit? (Many of them)

I have so many ideas this actually a really fun concept but I like the idea that Megatron wakes up near the end of the war but he doesn't reunite with Twitch until after it. So he gets a small taste of the war and Twitch in her last ditch attempts to win. He still forgives her but he is distraught and disturbed to know that she was able to follow in his footsteps

Probably Thrash ngl

Ohhhh the angst of her thinking he's dead is another parallel i cannot pass up

It must've been such a fucking thing for the war to reignite with Twitch in the center of it.

Y e p p. Megs is gonna have so many emotions about his little bird becoming just like him in all the ways he never wanted. But he won't blame her.

After all, he's done the same.

#maccadam #transformers #tfe twitch #tfe Megatron #tfe optimus prime #i suspect that in this timeline he might've put Megatron into stasis yes but it would be such a thing if he sacrificed himself to do so #(he's Optimus he'll come back don't worry) #I SEE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TERRAN!HOT ROD AND A RODIMUS PRIME PLOT HERE #THAT WOULD BE SO FUCKING INTERESTING #i can see nightshade_ upon being placed in a similar situation as Tara was faction wise_ instead fucks off into the metaphorical woods #we know hashtag is with screamer watching all of this go down #I'm still trying to puzzle out how a lot of the others would fit into this #oooo or if we wanna pit thrash against our warlord!twitch then the sibling who goes is jawbreaker #warlord!twitch au #transformers earthspark