#if you don’t read this.... i am judging you. i am

[mewsmagic]

I DID NOT EXPECT TO DO ANOTHER ANALYSIS THOUGHTS WHATEVER POST BUT ARLECCHINO IS JUST TOO MUCH FOR MY NEURODIVERGENT BRAIN AND I NEED TO TALK ABT IT SO HERE WE GO AGAIN

Spoiler warning for Arlecchino’s character teaser!!!

If you haven’t yet, watch it here!!

Look look. I really did not expect Arlecchino to be comprehensive, understanding or merciful (of her children) since in the Fontaine trailer she was critical of Lyney and Lynette and we did have other harbingers calling her a wolf in sheep’s clothing and things like that

Oh fuck I screenshotted this at the wrong time LOLL anyway

BUT THEN SHE WAS SO KIND WITH THIS GIRL 😭😭

Despite telling her that she told her recklessness would lead to failure, she was not mad at her AT ALL – and I mean, completely fair, girl was literally on her deathbed – and instead decided to deal with the problem herself 😭😭😭😭😩😩😩🤯🤯🤯🤡🤡🤡 I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS FROM A SUPPOSEDLY “STRICT AND UNFEELING FATHER”

Also, this isn’t my main point but the way she showed up like fricking bogeyman and crushed the nasty man’s skull with her HEEL was insane (positively) for me

Anyway LOL then she went, killed him, exposed his crimes and robbed all his money SO SHE COULD ADOPT MORE HOMELESS CHILDREN LIKE PLEASE THIS IS EXTREMELY CHAD AND BASED OF HER

Not only that, but she went back to her child and saw her off herself 😭😭😭😭 this shot of her closing her eyes, gosh this made me really emotional, especially considering what comes next

She did mourn her death!!!! Not only that but she called her “her child”!!!!! Although she appears inexpressive, it must’ve been so hard to see the children you raised part like that.

And considering we’re talking about a whole orphanage, this is definitely not her first time, and won’t be her last either, it must be so hard to be the director of the House :(

Now, I gotta say I like her character even more after all this 😭😭😭😭

I am all for villains who are actually evil and nasty flawed people and I do like characters like that as well, but I feel like in Alrecchino’s case, it was kinda necessary for her to have a softer side?

I mean, again, we’re talking about an orphanage here. Her underlings are literally her own children, children like her who were abandoned at a young age, had nowhere to go and no one to take care of them. Not only that, but she has to train them to become underground agents and deal with dangerous situations at a young age. To become criminals even.

And this is all without even mentioning that she had to deal with generational trauma too. It’s a tendency for this type of children to become the opposite of their parents, and try to do better than them even if they do still have their own flaws. And I think this is shown wonderfully in Arlecchino.

She tries to put a front of a cold and strict father, but on the inside, she’s not as ruthless as she makes herself out to be. Even to the Traveler, who has been an “enemy” of the Fatui in various situations, she did not care about it and instead judged them to be a valuable ally (AND SHE WAS NOT WRONG!!!!)

It's really no wonder Lyney admires her and wants to be like her. Tbh I would feel the same way if I were in his shoes LOL Lynette and Freminet seem to respect her a lot as well, from what I've seen in the Archon quests and the story quests I mean.

I did not read all of the Hearth siblings lore however, so I may be missing some information about how she raised them, and there’s still the story quest and the Boss fight that still wasn’t released and I don’t look at this type of leaks LOL but still, you got my point!

Another point I wanna mention is that this front of cold, unfeeling and harsh could be considered her flaw, even if it’s just a mask.

I mean, it is considered a toxic trait to pretend to be something you’re not. It could be people pleasing (no shame btw I am one myself), could be narcissistic traits like the previous Knave showed, and it could be pretending to be tougher than you really are, like in Arlecchino’s case.

In this case, she’s not only neglecting her own feelings and not letting them out (i.e.: not crying for her child’s death for example), but it can give the wrong impression to her children as well.

It gives the impression that she doesn’t care about them, especially at a young age, and especially considering they’re homeless children who have already been abandoned by their biological parents, and by the world itself.

According to studies on psychology, this situation makes children even more vulnerable to insecurity, low self-esteem, and gives them even more need for emotional connection and reassurance, which Arlecchino doesn't give them bc she's cold.

So yeah, Arlecchino IS still flawed and questionable in her own way, the children do feel the effect of this and her “good side” was necessary for her position and done wonderfully in my opinion.

Personally, I LOVE it when villains/anti-heroes are unhinged at the right people/moments but at the same time still have their kind side and their own issues. I mean, questionable people in real life do also have their good side, and this is exactly what makes them fucking nasty when they're nasty.

But I'll definitely talk more about this whenever I do make a post about Firefly from Star Rail! Gosh I have so much to say about her, just wait for me guys!!!

#mews magical texts #genshin #genshin impact #arlecchino #the knave #arlechinno genshin #knave genshin #arleccino genshin #genshin arlecchino #thoughts #character analysis #media analysis #discussion #opinion

[sailforvalinor]

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#hffjfhfhhhhghgh #sometimes you think you’re over a guy but then you have a normal conversation with him like a normal person and proceed to think about it #for the next ten hours #my silly little INFP brain is being insufferable about this #like seriously I don’t want to date a guy who curses like a sailor I don’t #but we just get along so well together? he was homeschooled like me? he’s an lotr fanatic (as in he’s read the books)? he has OPINIONS #about little women? he’s an agatha christie fan?? he had reasonable things to say in biblical studies a couple years ago (which is more #than I can say for 95 percent of the people in that class)? #but I mean it doesn’t matter we’ve known each other for nearly three years and I can’t tell that he’s ever had that kind of interest in me #(granted I am a TERRIBLE judge) #fun fact though he is the guy who read a story I wrote freshman year and read a romance scene and exclaimed ‘that’s it! that’s what love is #supposed to be!’ #I mean how was I SUPPOSED to react #if nothing else he’s definitely one of Anne’s kindred spirits and I think I can live with that #anyway sorry feel free to ignore I just needed to ramble #I drove for like three hours today and it was just swirling around in my head the whole time #will probably delete later because there are a couple people who follow me who know me irl and would probably know exactly what I’m talking #about. they’re not super active though so #(and yes this is Alcott boy. although hilariously before I knew his name I called him Agatha Christie boy) #on a lighter note I may have convinced him to watch otgw because it has Elijah wood in it lol

[ctommyisnt]

Dude sexuality is so crazy like. I’m absolutely 100% bi and I consider myself bi and tell everyone im bi because I AM bi. It’s just how I feel! However I’m definitely (by the definitions of the terms) pan by technicality because it’s like, don’t care as much about the gender just ✨ people ✨ but I don’t consider myself pan in any means. It’s ALSO crazier because I don’t like the bi flag (not a fan of cool toned colors) and adore the pan flag but like. I’m not pan lmao ITS SO CONTRADICTORY I LOVE IT

#I think actually wait while writing this I’ve had a breakthrough #obviously labels are made up and you can do whatever #but I feel like (going by vibes) bi people (me) DO view attraction with regards to gender #like they can obviously be attracted to and ARE attracted to people who do not go by binary #I feel like that in my case I definitely view gender as a way to judge my attractiveness if that makes sense #but the pan vibes are more ‘attraction REGARDLESS of gender’ #which I don’t have those vibes so I feel more bi #I’m probably just making shit up but I’m a logical person and my logic brain likes this explanation so honestly just ignore me #I am 100% not an expert and if you consider me one I’m so sorry for your loss go read a book #(talking to you bestie) #anyways don’t even get me STARTED on gender

[sophfandoms53]

Sonic Twitter is such a trip rn that Sonic Team itself is trending

#this is so much chaos over two videos of footage #I’m so tired reading all of that stuff #like I get it #the more you talk the more of a chance changes can be made #ik ik #and I can agree they could be handling the marketing better 100% #they as in SEGA and sonic team #but bro it’s crazy on Twitter rn #everyone acting like they’re game developers and pain #again I’m not overly optimistic about the game but #I’m also not over negatively bc I just don’t think we know enough to judge properly y’know #am not looking forward to the rest of the news this month anymore #sonic the hedgehog #sonic frontiers

[always-a-slut-4-ghouls]

I would say that the United States, as of right now, has three main food groups (aside from junk food) and those are, Italian, Mexican, and Chinese. All of which have been Americanized here to some extent but differently in different parts of the country. I find this very funny because I have heard people from Italy be indignant about what we’ve done with the stuff (and about good restaurants too!) like, sorry if you guys weren’t creative, mixing things up a bit is great. “What about (regionally popular food)?!” I know we all have those, I haven’t heard of bitches in the south eating lefse, but that’s not my point! What was my point actually? I think I was going to say that, even if we bastardize stuff a lot, I’m super glad we have, as a country, agreed that more seasoning is good. Because if this place had been like “fuck immigrant food forever, we are eating British style” I think I would die.

This country has historically treated immigrants like shit, but we do tend to cave eventually and go like “actually,

your food is really good” a kind of shallow prize I guess, but I’m glad we actually start doing it eventually because I WILL mock British food and I WILL be sad that the only good family recipes my family has from before immigrating are all desserts. Don’t get me wrong, I love sweets, but I’m pretty sure there is a reason we stopped making other stuff

Wait, I re-read this today and realized I sound like my family is British. We are not. What even are British desserts? I bet they don’t have enough cardamom. Although lefse doesn’t have cardamom and i like a lot of things without it, my point is that their holiday and special event foods probably don’t have enough! Which wouldn’t surprise me tbh because apparently the only place that went crazy for the stuff outside of where it originated seems to have been Scandinavia for some reason. At least some maps I looked at seemed to suggest it. Which rocked me to my core

#emma posts #and I know that there are Native American foods that were really here first #but the three most popular quisenes (idk how to spell that) on a country wide scale #are those three #and also. I’ve seen a few Italian recipes from Italy and you guys don’t always use enough seasoning #I don’t care if that’s insulting #foods should have depth if they are going to be good #and I think people (at least around here) rely too heavily on cheese #even aside from the vegan thing. since i have diversified my diet more I am like #cheese is not a substitute for other flavors #this is my hot food take #my take on hot foods though is that I thought I couldn’t handle hot spiciness but then #I heard about British people reacting and also ate with older people here and was like ‘oh my god. that’s so sad’ #my mom thinks udon is too spicy :( #i hope this doesn’t come across wrong but this IS the bad reading comprehension website #going to a local Scandinavia festival and admiring the arts and the sweets and then they start talking about other cultural foods and I’m #just like ‘why would you do that to fish?’ and judging my ancestors #in THEORY I understand why. food preservation and all that. but in practice… #like I said. there is a reason dessert and bread recipes are what my family still has from before America and I’m not really mad about that #being the only food #we’ve all heard the old people talk about lutefisk and we are like ‘nope’

[johngravessimcoe]

ok ik i’ve not been around much, it’s because i’m STILL freaking out! WOO

#simcrows #i am slowly becoming simcoe and you will be hearing about homicide cases soon #sorry though ugh idk why i’m just always so. stressed?? #you’d think since it’s summer break it’ll be ok but nope #dread is consuming me daily! (starting to suspect this anxiety is slowly generalizing. asshole) #but not to worry i’m not abandoning this blog. i’m still here :3 #just lurking! watching. judging. i see your every move. #anyway i’ll like. reblog some memes tomorrow maybe #idk i never know when i’m being too much so i don’t do anything and it’s annoying lmfao #you followed this blog therefore you follow my rules. i WILL be annoying #if you read all of this: MWAH. sleep well/have a great rest of the day

[peapod20001]

Haha don’t pay me any mind oho

#vent #ok. so #I was! fine for the most part today! but then! idk what happened! #I’m like sad now! depressed? like. I kinda don’t feel real #I think I was giving myself anxiety over thoughts. got really clammy. literally shoveled goldfish crackers into my face #now don’t judge me but #I’ve been looking at things that make me feel bad for like. at least 4 hours now haha.. #I dunno man it’s the adhd I got one thought about thing that made me upset and now I’m hours in and my emotions are fried #and. shh don’t tell anyone I feel things but I know have a fantasy of someone I can cry around #whehe how pathetic is that. scraping the bottom of the barrel here looking for another human just let me cry @ you #hmm. how did I go from thinking up poems for valentines only to. feel so cold and alone #I’m not crying. but. I definitely need to later haha maybe this all kickstarted from my two whole hours of sleep last night 😎 #mhm so uh. if your reading this with the most cold unfeeling monotone voice then you are exceptionally accurate!i am currently not all here #can’t sleep now tho gotta. do other shit I guess #I’m laying in bed for a second though. my legs were very cold to the touch. unfeeling unhuman #oh and I might be balding potentially but that’s still just a theory. my dad noticed and pointed it out #haha what would I be withought my hair? another germ just populating this Earth? #oho ahh. hm. I’m just a trying to say I don’t fell right now if that makes sense. anyways

[jovalencia]

not to be dramatic but I literally feel like I’m going insane lol

#first of all I must acknowledge the percy of it all. I don’t know how many of you are reading those posts and honestly I’m not conveying #how I feel very well but I’m so deadly serious when I say I feel sick when I think about those books and not even in a bad way necessarily #just nauseous whatever. second most pressing issue is the whole “am I going to drop out transfer suck it up or kill myself” #okay I’m really not considering that last one I have to live to see dani in july but I haven’t the slightest clue what I’m gonna do next #year. on one hand I hope this school explodes on the other transferring sounds so unfun but back to the first hand I hate this city #and I hope it explodes to and I have nobody I know to live with off campus next year and tbh I would rather die than live w sarah suitemate #which brings us to sarah suitemate. how in the hell is my only friend in this god forsaken city like kind of subtly homophobic #In addition to kind of being a bad fucking person. like lol! yes ladies six months deep with no other friends and I Am that desperate #also it’s the very beginning of the quarter and I kind of hate all my classes. okay I know they just started and it’s very early to judge #but I already feel like I’m going crazy I preferred my other two quarters where I was eating literally 12 credits I was satisfied with that #I’m just scared and lonely can I say that outright is it embarrassing to admit that outright at 11am on tumblr #the only thing that gives me comfort genuinely is just repeating that “everything works out in the end” saying bc I really do believe that #even though I hope my closest friend within a reasonable radius of me drops dead and I’m directionless and I want to kill myself #whenever I think about the book I’m reading it will all be okay #anyways time to eat the pastry I got from the campus market is not a good time to tell you guys I didn’t eat breakfast or could you tell #carmen.txt

[tvrningout-archived]

before i go to bed, i just wanna say that i know i take forever to get writing and messages out, but i always always always am excited to interact with y’all!! i’m always happy when y’all show interest in my characters, when you wanna plot and ship and put in the effort to create a dynamic that we both can yell about!! i always appreciate when y’all reach out for the first time bc i know that’s hard, and i appreciate y’all indulging me when i get an idea stuck in my head!! no matter how long i may take, pls know you guys make being here so fun and rewarding and my snail-like pace is just bc i’m a slow writer with a small social battery!!

#also also also bc i know some people stress about it bc sometimes i do too #i’m never judging your muse selections!! if you happen to be interested in my male characters (few as they are asdfg) don’t sweat it! #you want my kny muses but not my jjk muses bc you don’t know read/watch that series?? no big deal!! #like pls don’t ever stress over choosing a muse bc i’m happy to write everyone on my roster and i know there’s a lot to choose from #and with that it’s time to try and sleep again! #this has been bel’s impromptu 2 am psa 💜 thanks for reading and pls have a lovely and safe night/day 💜💜💜 #get ready to ramble | ooc

[iron-cutting-meteor-sword]

I’d decided ever since I first got into Lupin that I was going the completionist route and consuming all the media from it that I could find, but there are some bits that I am dreading going into lol. Despite this I am determined to find something useful and or enjoyable about each Lupin thing I find, because there’s always something you can pick out from them and because to me that’s a fun way of gathering little bits of info and meta on the series and characters, and seeing how they interact or oppose each other. This isn’t to say I’ll ignore the shitty stuff that’s waiting there, but I’m also not going to be writing a post about every bit of awful shit and how I disagree with it for every post I talk about appreciating something, because I trust we all understand and agree that that is clearly not what anyone worthwhile likes or approves of about the series. I may even consider making a meta post talking about the worst recurring themes and content that has stuck around in the franchise over hundreds of different development teams due to negative influence from the various different and levels of cultures involved as well as time period, lack of gender diversity, and internalized bigotry; but also discuss how the series has worked towards visibility on certain issues like queer men in media and even more recently touching on the short hand Fujiko had been drawn for so many years by her getting an entire series for herself written by a woman, and how there is clearly a wide array of people that have touched the foundations of the franchise to make it what it is and how these positives and the negatives sometimes intersect on their way to the surface. It’s such a nuanced subject though and I really don’t want to make a post about that just on the fly. Not to mention I’m certainly not the authority on all the subjects that would need to be covered for such an analysis and I’ve certainly not “arrived” in any sort of way in terms of progressive understanding and analysis of themes and narratives in media, but maybe one day I can start a decent and good faith discussion about the different views on consuming media like Lupin the Third that is so chock full of content that should be left in the past and rightly criticized. Tangent aside, the point is I may talk about or reblog posts about or from some of the less popular installments of the Lupin franchise, and talk about some of the stuff I liked and disliked. Its my opinion that there’s something to be gleaned from each piece of Lupin media, and it all constitutes the giant tower of content that makes the series, even the foundation, the original manga. Despite all of its massive, massive problems, and like it or not, the manga is the reason the anime exists, and it’s history and influence on the series (and the history and influence on the manga itself) can’t just be thrown aside or ignored, as it still influences the series to this day! I think by the logic that is is the foundation of the franchise, there’s clearly something informative to rip from the pages. You just have to join the queue of people waiting to piss on Monkey Punch’s little clown grave after you read it.

#samurai sharkie speaks #I’ll tag the specific media i reblog as always so if you want to blacklist it you can #I hope this makes sense and it doesn’t come across with attitude or anything it’s more just a heads up #and I want to be clear here in saying that if you don’t want to touch the manga I am NOT judging you dude. holy shit not at all #there’s some vile content in there that I have a hard time just reading about #stuff that i will most certainly be wary of and I will not treat that lightly #I’m just. well I’m the type of person who when I get really into something I devour everything I can find down to the marrow #as an art history nerd it’s hard to not be fascinated w the manga and how it’s influenced the series #and how it’s even brought a resurgence of that old Japanese cartoony art style #also I need to be clear in saying that talking about the art style and appreciating its history and style is not approving of monkey punch. #nor is snorting at a stupid bathroom joke that was written by the localization team. #i need to make that clear bc when I’m engaging w the series it’s nice to find something to laugh at. #thinking dick jokes or absurdism or cartoony humor is funny doesn’t mean I like or agree w monkey punch and his disgusting foul scenes. #i say this bc I don’t want people taking me talking about things like the manga in bad faith #and start assuming just bc I chose to engage w things like the manga I condone it. #rest assured I’m not going into the manga and such w/o being aware of all the extremely uncomfortable content I’m in for #but I can’t exactly compile it all for a callout post or anything bc the man is dead. the man can’t do anything anymore. #at this point I can read the manga and see where the anime came from and that’s what I want to do with it #also. not looking forward to watching Harimo’s treasure #my friend found a dvd at a thrift store w/o knowing it had one of the more offensive movie villain caricatures I’ve seen #i know there’s some great gang interactions hidden in there though #so I’ll be looking forward to that #at the very least

[wait-im-not-out]

I always find it so hilarious that I am (very, VERY) asexual, yet what was the book that got me back into reading? Red white and royal blue

#rwrb #red white and royal blue #don’t judge me #I know it’s probably not the smuttiest book out there #but it’s the smuttiest I’ve read #bc I am ace and generally it makes me uncomfortable #but yet this book #Casey how did you do this?

[kingofmyborrowedheart]

pride and prejudice

never seen it | need to see it | hate it | ugh | it was okay | LOVED IT | asdfghjkl

Send me a film!

#asks #got something to say to you* #w0nderland #magical mutuals* #I’m waiting to read the book because I am one of those people #I’ve got a big book that has p&p/Emma/persuasion and a few others that I’ve been meaning to dig into #I know I’m going to get judged for this one don’t smite me 🫣

[ramudamemura]

hi guys

looks at you like this

#look at this image it’s so image #don’t mind me i’m just stressing bc i go back to school tomorrow #i am kinda nervous for the spring semester #i actually think it’ll be better than last semester bc last semester was kinda ass but like #still nervous yk #fling posse save me fling posse #i think my hyperfixations (whatever they may be. rn it’s obviously hypmic) will become less aggressive once i go back tho #bc then i’ll have work and my social life AND school yk #which is kinda sad but kinda a good thing bc i am running out of fics to read and fanart to look at lmao 😭 #i’m ab ready to start posting fling posse meta (don’t encourage me i have so many drafts) #it’s ok i really do think this semester will be better than last #the way i’m posting this while i’m supposed to be doing assignments 😭 goodbye #shut up diana #one of my professors is gonna b assigning daily quizzes #another one assigned an 84 question pre assessment to do before the first day of class #it was to let her know a baseline for our skill level which does make sense but i think 84 questions is a little excessive #like why are you being a try hard who r you trying to impress. the other professors?? 😭 #rosho would be disappointed #anyway ik im being harsh and i shouldn’t be judging professors that i haven’t even met yet #but like. giving an 84 question pre assessment is giving that boy in middle school who tries way too hard in gym class and cries if he lose #like can you chill. pelase. please. chill lelkasepleazewi oh hmhod i am only one person i #i rlly wanna start this semester off right tho #like i’m gonna start drinking more water my goal is to finish my water bottle every day OUTSIDE of what i drink at meals #and i’m gonna go for walks more since they make me happy :) #and i’m NOT gonna be hard on myself when i can’t focus or procrastinate or take forever to do smth (hashtag adhd) #that’s gonna b a hard one tho #anyway sorry 4 spam if you r reading these tags ignore me #i just need somewhere to put this lmao #maybe i should get a diary or something #i can be like greg heffley

[strohller27]

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#I think I am learning just how important clear communication is to me #Because um. I don’t want to fucken have to try to read someone’s mind or play mind games to figure out what they want #the next person who tries to make me do that can enjoy me blissfully ignoring them and not feeling a lick of guilt about it #‘oh! you’re gonna go eat at a restaurant all by yourself??’ #yeah.. bye! #you want to come with me learn how to use your words like an adult please #also I’m sorry but like. i came to this restaurant to eat a nice dinner not to listen to you #complaining about the conversation the people behind us were having or complaining about the food or judging everything that moves #maybe I just want to enjoy a nice dinner what would you think of that??

[herbofgraceandpeace]

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#Yall #just watched ladybird for the first time #With two friends—one of whom was also watching it for the first time and the other friend loved it and was showing it to us. #…………. #and I disliked it so much? Not necessarily that I think it’s bad or wrong but it made me so miserable. #And I didn’t find the ending happy or consoling or whatever. #And here’s the thing. #I am so so deeply affected by words and I’m constantly afraid that others are judging me #(Because I myself am a judgy person alas) #And so it was very hard for me not to read ladybird’s mother as deeply cruel to the point of villainy #I cannot imagine living with someone who treats you that way #I wanna cry just thinking about it #And sure ladybird’s an idiot and a jerk but she’s such a child?? And how can you treat someone you love like that?? #Anyway I think i probably just don’t Get the film rn #I need time and space and meta to process #But at the moment I hate it and I’m feeling sooooooo vulnerable lol #And okay! #maybe I’m totally the problem! #(it’s me hi) #Because as Aslan would say “I’m telling you your story not hers.” #And to a certain extent the movie was very much just about Ladybird’s growth #Sure the supporting characters had stuff change and go down but the movie isn’t about her mom. Which is fine. #But ultimately her revelation and connection to her mom IS VERY ONE-SIDED— #Because her mom does NOT succeed in reaching out! She tries too late (deeply sad) and the dad makes a way by going behind her back. #Again that’s fine #But it means that MY issues about how terrible of a mother she was have gone unresolved by the narrative. #And yeah that’s because I would die if anyone treated me that way let alone my mother #But also I’m just very dissatisfied overall. #The love is attention message can be very good and beautiful BUT #I’m unconvinced that the movie didn’t equate just tearing someone down with being attentive.

[rosereign]

There are Christians on TikTok saying people who use they/them pronouns are like the demons in the Bible who only refer to themselves as we/us they/them.

I have one question….in the very beginning of the Bible it states that god made us in “our” image. Does that mean the Christian god is a demon?

#am I a good Christian yet #don’t call trans people demons. #Jesus wouldn’t judge them and neither should you. #personal #I’m not done reading the Bible yet