#in a loose sense of the term

[astrobei]

been working on exes fic again

#in a loose sense of the term #this part technically i wrote in one giant uncapitalized unedited blurb when i was drunk last weekend #then woke up to it in my phone and went oops. anyways #first chap is almostttttt (kinda) done but i do want to have a couple completed and under my belt before i start posting #bc. yk me . #anyways #byler #miwip wednesday

[queen0fm0nsterz]

Ended up pirating all of Hazbin for the sake of my younger days (used to be a fan when I was around 14/15, before all the stuff with Viv came out) and I am so surprised by how I felt... nothing for the most part. Like a lot of the show's storylines feel like they was crammed in there with no real pacing. A lot of this should have been season 2 territory, which is a sentiment I've seen echoed around, but also... it feels as if the show is trying to be episodic while also having a long narrative thread, which just doesn't work with just 8 episodes. Especially not when paced like this. So I kinda ended up feeling nothing for the most part. All the events got a "Oh, great, so what?" reaction out of me because there was little to no buildup to most of them.

Sir Pentious was always a fave of mine so I was glad to see they kept him around and, though I think we should have had more episodes with him as a villain, I think how he ended up was fitting for what little of an arc he had. I am livid about what they did to Cherri and Mimzy.

I fucking loved Mimzy, I have no idea why they sent her away -- having someone like her at the Hotel would have been a blast considering how the others are already on the road to redemption. She would have balanced it out by being a regular sinner, someone who doesn't care about redemption and won't probably ever care unless it's in her best interests to. Plus her friendship with Alastor was quite cute, they bounce off of each other very well imo. Plus I could see her have a bit of a conflict with both Charlie and Vaggie because of her ways of acting. I'm so sorry they took that from you girlboss.

And Cherri... dear lord where WAS she? She should have been a lot more present. I used to like her relationship with Angel and I even think Cherrisnake is cute conceptually, but both these relationship had... little to no room to breathe imo.

#hazbin hotel critical #not putting this in the main tag #i wouldnt call myself a fan but i guess i can mourn what could have been #not considering viv and her controversities for a second... the pilot had a very nice feeling to it #that the series was not able to replicate #i think my liking of mimzy should come as a surprise to NO ONE LMAOOOO #i love evil selfish women im sorry ... sue me #we need to save mimzy sir pen and cherribomb from hazbin everyone else can rot #ok in all fairness i will give the show credit for ONE thing #i kind of enjoyed adam and lute as antagonists. adam is insufferable which is awesome #it makes it easy to hate him as a villain. and lute being his right hand woman makes sense #they read like a christian couple (term used loosely) where the man is a misogynistic asshole and the woman just kinda endorses it #which is perfect if you wanna make a critique of heaven and the humans who go in it because they repented or whatever #i always love dumbass villains who are easy to hate (mamoon from helluva being another example of a villain i enjoy) #thats it. thats all i have in terms of compliments #would love to adress the Angel Dust controversy because as a victim of SA (and CSA) myself I think there is nuance to be found in -- #-- having a discussion about how we see survivors and how we portray the abuse they endure #i was an unconventional victim too. i kind of see a glimpse of me in Angel which is why I was LIVID when I got the full picture of the -- #-- situation. but still

[lezbianz]

i think one of the symptoms of being extremely online from the age of 10 is that u will one day no longer be the loneliest little girl in the universe who only has fun doing online fandom discourse. and instead you will have real life friends and a girlfriend and career ambitions. but a part of you yearns for the freedom of being 13 with a popular voltron blog or 11 with a popular frozen fanfiction. it’s so strange.

#my post #like damn i guess having no good friends in childhood and being a weirdo fat dyke at a conservative school #while at the same time finding friends and community (in a loose sense of the term) in entirely online spaces #will cause you to associate the relative bliss of childhood/early teen years with shaladin discourse #and also being incredibly lonely #and you will always kind of want that

[powdermelonkeg]

*editing script* And...Taliesin...and...Shadowheart...are...besties.

#'besties' is a term used loosely here. they like sniping at each other #when tally finally meets astarion Team LDB is gonna be INSUFFERABLE #it's going to be fantastic #other script moments: 'the duo are attacked by a mindflayer--Spidey Sense from tadpole?' #'fried brains are good but these ones seem especially slimy and weird' #'they are both cats that refuse to be swayed' #'Wyll finds Astarion and Auri crouched on the ground around an intellect devourer(comma) having an autism moment(tm)- #-and deciding on the edibility of walking brains' #answer the call #personal #text

[blluespirit]

I sort of like the thought that Zuko and Aang take the Sun Warriors' warning not to tell anyone about the dragons a little more seriously… and they keep it between them. Of course, they trust Sokka, Toph and Katara. Of course they know they wouldn’t tell anyone, but now three people (including Iroh) know the truth about Ran and Shaw. And that’s three too many when you’re trying to keep a secret.

(and there are other people at the temple as well - like Haru, Teo and The Duke - who, while trustworthy, aren’t as close to them as the others, and when it comes to secrets with as much consequence as this one, you can’t afford to take any chances.)

Furthermore, the culture within the Fire Nation since Sozin’s rein has been warped. The culture is not to respect the dragons as the original firebenders, it’s to conquer and kill them. It’s the ultimate proof of your strength as a firebender. All it takes is one mistake before rumour spreads, and people go looking for the ultimate hunt. It’s not something Zuko or Aang can risk.

Whether Katara, Toph and Sokka (and Suki) ever find out the truth is up to you. But post-war, after Zuko returns from a strange, poorly explained trip with a dragon, and eventually develops the ability to use rainbow fire, either the others have some questions about Aang’s knowing look, or they are finally let in on a monumental secret.

#it’s a kids show so i think for that reason it was played for laughs about keeping the dragons a secret is not necessarily a bad choice... #the show does that sometimes where it says something off hand and then leaves me lying face down contemplating ✨the consequences✨ of that #but there are some… implications there about being too loose lipped with the truth in leading up to the end of and immediately post #war fire nation. just because zuko understands the spiritual significance of a dragon it does not mean the rest of his people will. actuall #its more likely that they'd reject zuko's opinion considering that he's basically coming into power and then telling everyone that #they've been lied to their whole lives. the fire nation is drowning in propaganda. for a lot of people this opinion of dragons and #firebending's true nature being violence and destruction is all they know. fire is LIFE but to most people that's an alien concept #and in terms of keeping secrets - it’s not even a matter of trust it’s a matter of too many people knowing #you might not even realised you’ve revealed some incredible information to someone who has the means to spread it or pursue it #so… i think zuko would be hyper aware of this. since he grew up hearing stories about the 'glory' of dragon hunting #and since iroh has also made a concerted effort to keep this information hidden i think it makes sense he’d be very hesitant to let it #get out to the public #aang would agree i think esp if zuko explained the importance of hiding them even from loved ones #ALSO random but it also makes me wonder what the fire nation said about roku in wake of the war #he had a dragon but he didn’t kill it. he didn’t ’conquer’ it #sozin would have had to work his ASS off to reframe history as him being the more… loyal(?) patriotic (?) of the two #did he frame it as roku didn’t have the courage to kill a dragon??? that he lacked the strength of a true firebender? #the avatar works hard but sozin's propaganda machine works harder 🧍‍♀️ #zuko #aang #avatar the last airbender #zuko & aang #jack talks #sun warriors #book 3 #what is it with me having a whole separate post in the tags 👁️👄👁️

[silverwhittlingknife]

antigone. jean anouilh.

quotations from antigone: a tragedy by jean anouilh. translated by lewis galantière.

comic panels in order are from: battle for the cowl 3 (x3), batman annual 25, batman and robin 5, batman and robin 6, battle for the cowl 3, batman 416, battle for the cowl 3, battle for the cowl 2, batman annual 25, batman and robin 6, under the red hood, battle for the cowl 3 (x2), batman 427, lost days 5.

#jason todd #anyway mmmm still turning it over in my mind BUT #antigone + her sense of principle such that she's willing to take her confrontation with creon to its logical extreme #she knows he'll kill her & it's not that she welcomes it but there's that sense of fatality: she's more tied to the dead than the living #she's basically daring creon to have her excuted in the same way that jason is challenging bruce #jason demanding the mourning for his own corpse. antigone buries her brother but jason is the avenging unburied ghost #come to DEMAND burial. and yet he's also alive so he's also antigone who has a choice - or does he??? #and then dick's got his own antigone side re:principle but in this fight he's sister ismene #ismene determined to stop antigone from getting herself killed but also angry with her #and feeling like if she would just LISTEN then she'd see that ismene is right and sensible and has all order on her side #to her everything that antigone wants sounds like chaos and the breakdown of order #and that mmm i feel like there's this consistent thread where we kinda dance around the question of well. /is/ jason suicidal #he puts a gun to his head. he lets go of the train. and yet back then as a kid he wanted to live so badly! #again like antigone who seems to be hurtling herself toward death and yet it's not really what she wants and yet and yet #anyway many thoughts still much confused but. we'll see. #my comic art but we are using the term ''art'' loosely #since it's literally just copy-pasted comic panels with. like. bad highlighting occasionally sfdsfds #dick grayson

[arowrath]

i love psychoanalyzing myself and i refuse to do anything about the realizations i have

#text #i think i will fixate on people i find both attractive and unattainable #Because subconsciously i think it will protect me somehow. and when thats threatened (by them expressing interest in #me) then i freak out because the fixation was less of a genuine like- what 5th grade me wouldve called a crush- and more of just #finding someone attractive and using that as a shield. Bc if they are presumably unattanable -> they wont express interest in #me -> i wont feel scared &such by them expressing interest in me -> their unattainability means it feels safer in my brain because its an #impossibility. if that makes sense #'unattainable' being a very loosely defined term #and unfortunarelt the 'feeling safer' thing dpesnt. really work anymore. i just get scared anyway #neg #🐀 tag

[sinnahsaint]

The worst part about being sick is that I’m too sick to do anything.

Video games that take more focus than match-3, reading text longer than a paragraph, any sort of physical entertainment like walking down the street are all out.

There’s only so much convalescing I can do without going nuts. (usually one or two days and today is day 3)

#i mean sure #the worst part is #the fear of long term ramifications #covid19 #long covid #These are no joke #hopefully #it’s easy on us and I don’t loose my sense of taste.

[apricote]

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#putting this in the tags so no one can come after me sjlskssjdj #i HATE low waisted pants/skirts with passion and that extends to my sims #so i'm rly not digging the yk2 trend or whatever in custom content rn sjkskssk #idk it kinda makes me feel insecure as a fat woman?? (using the term woman loosely lol) #i know it doesn't make sense but i can't help the feeling 😭 #anyway can't wait for it to be over <3 #💬

[clownkillsyou]

theres literally nothing from their official source that implies happy/skittles is a child

#i can only imagine it was initially kickstarted from the og comic where the skittles nickname originated #since they were depicted as hanks kid and being babysat by dei #but that was fanart. aka like. not from the user who actually made the animation n shit #i remember someone claiming krinkels had 'confirmed' they were a kid #but like. they didnt give a source for that and Theyre Not Canon so krinkels making up sht abt someones oc and stating it as real.. #doesnt make sense? i dont Think he would do that. it would be different if he said that he viewed the character as a child but thats still #not. Confirmation #also using the term oc loosely but they were still a character created by a fan so. it fits for the situation

[nibeul]

one day I will write a normal mother-daughter relationship, but today is not that day

#writing a movie pitch for a Chinese assignment that's loosely based off my broken Mariko #but only in the sense of the road trip with a loved one's ashes #anyway I love non linear narratives lol most of the plot deals with Xin yi (mc) reflecting back on her relationship w her estranged mother #after stealing said mother's ashes from her step father #while the past and present blend together until she finally comes to terms with everything that's happened #writing the script is going to kill me

[jemmaredgravewhore]

looks badass but is actually a sweetheart bf x looks very refined but is lowkey a bitch bf

#ofmd #good omens #i use the term bfs in a very loose sense as in they are beings who are in a queer relationship

[starfruit-baby]

"theres no platonic explanation for this" well if it fits i choose to think there is and theyre still gonna romance because i dont care for romance without a bond of trust and companionship

#ramble #loosely using terms like platonic and romantic because i only take them as vague guidances #even if it exists i dont particularly like a romance thats void of traits that friendship bring #and i dont think every friendship is romantic but i also dont think romantic traits should be off limits to friendships #if that makes any sense to anyone else #discourse #not meant to be an offense to responses abt aro/ace spectrum btw #just my Other take on this

[neon-zoologist]

my biggest pet peeve is when people call tim a stalker. like gathering evidence is not the same thing as stalking, and also he was thirteen trying to solve a problem no kid should have been.

#i guess technically i don't get a say on this because i haven't even read a lonely place of dying or anything yet #but i think i've seen enough panels and read enough info to be confident that stalker is not really the term people are looking for here #and i know most people don't mean it super seriously #and like i guess you could say he's a stalker in a loose sense of the word #but then you could say it about pretty much every hero and vigilante #any time anyone does detective work #anyways main point is i hate it and wish people would stop and that it wasn't a whole tag on ao3 #neon complains

[charmixrukia]

i know exactly who needs to hear this if you hate ichiruki for being weird asf you can’t be shipping rukihime too like?!

let’s make it make sense girls!

#orihime inoue #rukia kuchiki #anti ichiruki #anti rukihime #but in the romantic sense #y’all look dumb asf on top of being hypocritical? #two for the price of one ig #goons being mischievous #i use the term girls loosely

[gaykamenriderdreams]

Had the sudden visceral realization that when everyone else listens to Landslide and thinks sad thoughts about Kuuga they're listening to the Fleetwood Mac version

And not the Dixie Chicks version. WHICH IS A DUET.

#I mean it also has banjos in it but it my opinion that just makes it gayer #I use the term 'duet' in a very loose sense here #But I feel like it's deserved since there's back-and-forth between the singers #kamen rider kuuga #I own a physical copy of this album but I couldn't get it to upload #So yinz get a soundcloud link instead. Sorry