#it’s too easy for me to hate it

[ganondoodle]

i am still scarred from botw

#ganondoodles #art #zelda #tloz #loz #memes #totk #i knew before posting it on twitter that immediately after doing so there will be comments saying #-oh i love these- #-these are my favs- #-lol these are so easy- #and lo and behold its not been up for a minute and theres already one #this is not a post for you then leave me alone i hate my stuff being taken #master sword trials scars are deep and still too fresh #;O; #i havent done a single one of them yet

[laidenbreecatchall]

Somebody’s jealous…

#this was to draw their wispy little blonde eyebrows #this took me ages drawing doflamingos fucking EYES KILLLED MEEEEEEE #I like it tho he looks kinda cute #they both look cute why’d I do that #donquixote doflamingo #op doflamingo #doflamingo one piece #donquixote rosinante #donquixote corazon #one piece corazon #I do love them… #DOFLAMINGO IS REALLY HARD TO DRAW THO I HATE IT #Rosinante lives in my hand he’s do easy to draw #I could draw him with my eyes closed love of my life #sorry man with a god complex your brothers fucking perfect bitch #anywaaaaay #also this is probably very ooc of doflamingo I don’t care #I’m too tired to care I spent hours on this with no break like an insane person #one piece #art #my art #ryeart #digital art #anime fanart #doflamingo fanart #corazon fanart #one piece rosinante #rosinante corazon #rosinante x reader #doflamingo x reader

[soriastrider]

this has almost certainly been done before, but i think it's funny so i did it anyway

original:

#dirkjake #dirk strider #jake english #homestuck #my art #i drew this right on top of the meme in an effort to make this quick and easy. which was a complete failure #i spent way too long on this and still failed at anatomy lmao #oh well #anyway. dirkjake #thought about making it jake's ass in the last panel but i decided i didnt wanna try to draw ass lol #also it would've been much harder to convey the inherent dumbass boyfriend energy that was the whole point of this #if jake's smug little face wasn't visible #he is expertly restraining giggles #I also had to rotate dirk in the last panel bc the original angle was just not working no matter how many times I tried to fix it #unfortunately anatomy hates me #bg image is from hs p4221

[pa-pa-plasma]

hey i feel like we're really sleeping on that time Danny possessed Vlad & framed him for assaulting a minor

Editing with the clip because people don't believe me. Episode is 41: Eye for an Eye.

#Danny Phantom #i think this ties into my other post i made a long time ago about Danny siccing the GIW on Vlad #like we KNOW in CANON that if Danny was even a tiny bit more like Vlad he would literally become a supervillain #villain is such a stupid word i hate how it's spelled. why is it like that #anyways i need to like. rewatch DP cuz i remember shit & then i'm like #did that actually happen. because that sounds too insane #but like. he Did That. didnt he #i think that's what i love about this character. but a lot of people ignore it #Danny is like. gritting his teeth going ''do good do good'' it isnt effortless it isnt easy he doesnt even want to do it half the time #& sometimes yeah he WILL do crimes or get back at people who've been assholes to him or whatever #he WILL use his powers for bad sometimes #he'll be like ''dont do that it's bad'' but like. he WILL do it himself #the whole ''i'm a hero'' thing he's got going on is like. more of a. how do i put this #it's like when you're drawing or writing & saying ''it doesnt have to be perfect it just has to BE'' #like Danny isn't a hero sometimes. he's got morals & has a general understanding of good & bad #but also he's 14 & being attacked every day #i would start saying bad words & threatening people that annoy me too man #okay i glanced over the scene again for the first time in years & Danny was literally in the middle of outing Vlad to the whole town??? #hello?? are we really ignoring this????? #VLAD TORNADO VLAD TORNADO VLAD TORNADO #this show is so stupid i love it #love how Sam & Tucker immediately backed him up yeah fuck Vlad all my homies hate Vlad #okay you know what. maybe i will do a DP liveblog. i think it would be fun #on daddyplasmius. only posting this on pa-pa-plasma cuz it's kind of just a. weird rant post? kind of? idk

[jingsyuans]

. . . cw ; jing yuan x afab reader, gender/body dysphoria, post-smut, slice of life, unfinished drabble

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You’ve managed yourself quite well during your first time with Jing Yuan. This was something you’d been wanting- desiring- for so long that you knew how to navigate through the pulses. Knew how to redirect his hands when they were between your legs a little too long, knew how to shift your hips so you could ignore the discomfort and focus on the pleasure. Small things that, for the most part, didn’t warrant a second glance.

But when it was all over, heaving breathes and sweaty skin, it was a little harder. Jing Yuan was loving of course, pressing kisses on your skin and his hands making smoothing motions on your hips.

But then he started to pull out- because it was over now, and that’s what you normally do. Yet your breath hitches, hand darting to grab Jing Yuan’s arm. That’s enough to make him stop entirely, which you’re grateful for.

“Please… wait,” you swallow, feeling all kinds of fresh vulnerability and insecurity despite just having sex with this man. This is different. “Please don’t move.”

“Alright,” easily, Jing Yuan agrees. His golden eyes carefully sweeping across your body, analyzing you as his voice goes soft. “Can I touch you?” His hands previously on your hips begin to move away, but you’re quick to grab them.

“Mm,” you nod, leading the comforting warmth of his palms up your torso. “Up here. Please.”

Jing Yuan smiles, slowly leaning down and careful not to move his hips to much as he does. “May I kiss you?” He asks next, hands already busy distracting you with the invisible patterns of comfort they trace along your skin. You can’t help but let out an amused puff of air, eyebrows furrowed. Tilting your head up to meet him halfway and sink into his kiss.

“Of course,” you murmur against his lips at some point. You’ve just laid together, after all, and a kiss is completely reasonable considering everywhere else your mouths have been on each other’s bodies. Yet you still appreciate the question all the same.

Jing Yuan continues on like this, touching you and kissing you for several minutes as your body starts to relax. Despite not knowing what’s going on in your head completely, Jing Yuan is a smart man and he seems to know just what to do.

Knows exactly when you’re distracted enough that he can slowly slip out of you, and this time it doesn’t ring alarm bells in your head. You still grunt against his mouth all the same, soreness and that same discomfort you can never describe in pulsing from between your legs. But it’s not as bad.

“I’m going to go get us some water,” Jing Yuan says quiet against your cheek. “And a towel.” You huff but kiss the side of his nose and let him leave the bed anyway. You are quite thirsty, and focusing on that rather than everything else is good. In the time you wait for him to come back, you sit up and spread your legs on the bed, tilting your hips to find the most comfortable way to sit where you can’t feel your sex and your clit as much as possible. Despite the pleasure being shoved into you minutes prior, you can’t help but sigh and feel the agitation burning in your chest.

You wish you didn’t feel these things. While it doesn’t ruin the experience of being with somebody, it certainly isn’t something that you enjoy.

When Jing Yuan returns, he’s careful as he shuffles back on the bed, as if aware of your situation and not wanting to interrupt your position. He hands you the water first, which you take greedy gulps of.

It’s only when you’re halfway through the glass that you stop, eyes wide.

“I’m sorry,” you hold the glass toward him. “Did you have any?”

Jing Yuan’s eyes crinkle when he smile, an amused kind of love in them that makes your heart pound. His hand meets your wrist and pushes the glass back toward you. “I did when I was getting you a glass. Go ahead, it’s all yours.”

You hum your thanks quietly as you drink the rest, and then your eyes move down to the rag and your lips purse.

“I usually take it upon myself to clean up my partner after everything,” Jing Yuan starts. He meets your eye. “Would you rather do it yourself?”

This man. You hate how perceptive he is, but love it as well. “I’ll do it,” you sigh, handing him the empty glass when he gestures for it. “Thank you. I’m just going to wait a minute. Is there anything I can do for you?”

Stretching languidly across the mattress to put the glass on the nightstand, Jing Yuan relaxed beside you and puts a hand on your calf. You can’t help the giddy flip in your stomach when he does- loving that he isn’t too scared to touch you.

You like the touch. His touch especially. There’s only one area that bothers you, but the rest is free rein really.

“I’m completely fine, though your consideration is appreciated.” He smiles warm, resting on his side with his arm propped below him as he continues to rub his hand up and down your leg. “Would you like to tell me?”

His question is vague, left up to you to decide what exactly you would be telling.

“It’s just… uncomfortable,” you tell him, because you want to. Because there’s no reason not to. “Especially when my body is still… aroused. I can’t describe it. I just…” you sigh, defeated as you rest a hand against your forehead. “Can’t.”

“Mm.” Jing Yuan shuffles closer to you, arm now looping around your ankle as he kisses your calf. You can’t help but smile at the several little pecks he leaves, almost tickling you. Your hand finds way into his hair without much thought and another hum rumbles out of his throat.

“You’re more into dirty talk than I expected,” you say suddenly. The sound of Jing Yuan’s laughter makes you chuckle in turn, cheeks warm and pleased.

“You’re everything that I expected,” he says in turn. You can’t help but raise an eyebrow at that.

“Everything, huh? Really?”

“Really.” His grin is smug, infectious as his eyes shine up at you. You huff out another laugh, hand moving through his bangs almost lovingly.

“Thought about it a lot, did you?”

“Oh, yes,” Jing Yuan goes back to kissing your leg. “I have quite a lot of idle time where the mind is prone to wander. You understand.”

Of course you do. More times than you can count, your mind has wandered to Jing Yuan, and it wasn’t always dirty. Most times, it was just plain pathetic yearning. You have a feeling Jing Yuan isn’t much different.

#obviously a more self-insert than usual #fiction is easy to slide into for an easier narrative on things that aren’t always so easy. no one really talks about how uncomfortable #the aftermath can be #and sometimes the inbetween too #it is for me anyway! I hate feeling like that #so we vent via story #tw body image #tw body dysphoria #jing yuan #jing yuan x reader #hsr x reader #jing yuan reader insert

[skunkes]

(trying to be) happy to be here

#a doodley #1st pic is from last yr #im an easy crier and lately its bc i hate the way my life is going but then i think abt how one day ill be dead and i wont be able to #draw anymore or look at birds anymore or eat things i like anymore and it also sends me into insane crying hysterics #i want to live so bad.... but idk... i shld make the best of what i have. and try to cope with what i have (hence the images) #bc like idk. i want to leave so bad but my parents will be gone someday too so why am i in a rush to not see em...idk. #i dont knowwwwwww chimp image #copium. i have to find anything to be excited about. trying. #sorry its those nefarious 3 am thots -_-

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

mods asleep post dragon Wally

#it was only a matter of time before i gave in #ALSO IM SORRY I HATE GIVING DRAGONS HAIR BUT NOTHING ELSE WORKED #ig we can have a pompodour having muppet dragon. as a treat #he gives me... medieval dragon art vibes #which is acceptable medieval dragon art fucks #hes just a fluffy lil guy #welcome home #welcome home wally #scribble salad #welcome home puppet show #i wasn't gonna give him wings but then i realized i could Make Them Rainbow #and how could i not??? #i made them too small tho #OR DID I #he was gonna be flightless... he could still be flightless with wings... #this makes me want to turn everyone else into dragons but thats gonna take some serious mental gymnastics #especially for characters like frank and howdy #julie'd be easy tho. and i already scribbled a satisfactory barnaby... #into the rabbit hole i go.

[kanrix]

im sorry but i have to unfollow for hazbin hotel. i cant support anybody who supports vivziepops work what with all of the horrible things shes said and done

1- I'm sorry buddy! (Not really) If you think I'm paying to watch it or that I even like her then too bad

2- I'm.... not sure why you felt the necessity to tell me...? It's not an important loss.

#ask #anonymous #i don't like hazbin hotel and i hate the creator too much. offends me that you think id give her money. #good for you though! #now if anyone is considering using prime to watch hazbin- #pirate it. it's so easy

[bumblingbabooshka]

Context: Transporter Accident Species Swap Kathryn. C'mon. Patreon | Ko-fi

Episode where Janeway and Tuvok have their species swapped by an accident or entity and while everyone's figuring out how to undo it they expect Tuvok to be the one acting different but he's generally the same* meanwhile Janeway's newly Vulcan brain is terrorizing her with nightmares and violence 24/7. *He has trouble with his human body more than any emotions. Like, he keeps burning himself on things he'd normally touch without thinking. He can't stay up and stay focused as long as he normally would (two days straight) and he isn't as strong as he was before. Anyway, Janeway's sort of suffering with both. She has telepathic abilities that would be normal for a Vulcan of her age and this along with the intrusive thoughts and overwhelming emotion are...a lot. Tuvok: Have you tried meditating? Janeway: I'll rip your throat out. Sorry. Sorry. I've tried. Tuvok: Allow me to assist you. Janeway and Tuvok have a conversation about how she's not a bad person and Tuvok has to struggle with and control these sorts of intrusive, violent thoughts all the time. What makes someone a bad person? To what extent are someone's thoughts 'them'? What does a 'true self' mean? Basically Tuvok's like "These Human emotions have literally nothing on me" meanwhile Janeway's getting the shit kicked out of her - DAMN! These Vulcan emotions have hands! They also retain their personalities because they're still the same people. Janeway doesn't suddenly become stoic & logical and Tuvok doesn't suddenly become more outgoing. Tuvok also does not immediately turn into 100-year-old dust because it's a star trek episode and certain things are handwaved. In the end Janeway's like "Well that was absolute hell but in some ways it was interesting to get an up close and personal look into the Vulcan mind and I feel closer to my good friend Tuvok!" whereas Tuvok learned that he actually likes rum raisin ice cream. The B plot of this episode is that there's a certain light that keeps flickering in sickbay and everyone keeps passing off the task of fixing it so eventually the doc tries to fix it himself but he ends up causing a black out (which effects the A plot) and at the very end of the episode Harry's like "THERE. It's fixed."

#bea art tag #st voy #st voyager #star trek voyager #Tuvok #Janeway #Kathryn Janeway #there is rambling under the cut #fake voyager episodes my beloved #Tuvok: (free of violent intrusive thoughts) Logic is actually even easier than ever before now. This reminds me of kolinahr studies. #Janeway: If Chakotay keeps SITTING there I'm gonna kill him. I hate how he's sitting. I'm gonna blow up this whole fucking ship. #Tuvok: -sneakily eating rum raising ice cream- Captain please try meditating. -tries to lift something that would be easy before but is #now too heavy- ah.........the difficulty. #There is a brief moment of collective tee hee hee-ism where Janeway just lifts a whole bunch of heavy things up #including everyone on the bridge (not at once) #Doctor: =_= Guys. Guys. Guys. This is SERIOUS people!!! #<- they can't hear him over the fun

[luck-of-the-drawings]

DISTRACTIONS sometimes its the drive to help and save our friends that pushes us to learn and to succeed. unfortunately its normally ''unethical'' to replicate that in a classroom setting. I ONLY JUST FINISHED THE LAST PAGE HERE, THE FIRST TWO WERE LITERALLY FROM LAST YEAR, N A FEW MONTHS APART. LOOOOK AT MY EVOLUTION. im very proud of this and bled REALLY HARD FOR THE LAST PAGE. PLEASE ABSORB THIS.

#gillion tidestrider #jrwi fanart #jrwi show #jrwi riptide #the last page honestly just took super long bc i dropped it for a long while. only recently wiped the dust off o it. #IM RLY PROUD OF ALOT O THINGS ABT THAT LAST PAGE #LIKE THE PERSPECTIVE N THE WIDE SHOTS OR WHATEVER #IT WASNT EASY BUT I MADE IT LOOK GOOD!! IM SO HAPPY WITH IT #I ALSO just really love drawing gillion as soooo small #just a little guy with the weight of the world bolted to his tiny tiny shoulders #n yknow what while im here ill talk abt the first two comics aswell. i like taking inspo from JTHM for this kinda stuff #more specifically SQUEE n the way his dad was just sooo honest and cruel to him. 'yeah its your fault my life sucks' n all that. i imagine #that gillion prolly dealt with alot o that too. i know weve already seen the elders #but i did initially imagine them to be very much like the Tallests from invader zim. they just hate this little guy. hes so small n lame #hes prolly had teachers like that im sure. i like thinkin about gills experience in school!! #i fell in love with him the moment he said that he wasnt good at being a student like girl ME TOOOO WAAAAAA #HE SUCKS In school and everyone is just sooo tired of him but they gotta put up with him bc hes the Chosen One #but GOD they wish they had someone more competent i bet. it was prolly a relief when they banished him #could u imagine being that? someone so insufferable that people sigh in relief when youre gone. poor poor gillion #ANYWAY THATS ALL MY THOUGHTS #TALK ABT UR THOUGHTS IN THE TAGS TOO DIPSHIIITT CMAAAHHNN

[wilsonsmcgillsweatshirt]

I can't get over Wilson straight up dragging Cuddy and House to Cuddy's mom's place and forcing them to make peace with her. He's got House actually giving a decent apology even though he doesn't mean it, and Cuddy completely conceding and giving up control over the situation by telling her mom she was wrong and they could compromise. And then when they attempt to go off the script Wilson gave them, he's just standing there glaring at them threateningly, and suddenly they snap back in line. That's why he's so scary. He's got everybody on a fucking leash lmao.

#Hes insane and everybody knows it #so they just go along with whatever he tells them for their own safety #Cuddy and House know Wilson the best and thats why its so easy for him to drag them around #you cant tell me they werent TERRIFIED of making him mad in that scene by not saying what he told them to #Like the laundry scene between him and House where he tells House he could make him do his laundry if he wanted #Mans got power and hes not afraid to use it #its definitely pretty privilege too lets be fr #house md #house #greg house #james wilson #hilson #wilson #hatecrimes md #hate crimes md

[urostakako]

i have nothing new i want to share... have a wallpaper...

[ID: A drawing of Satoru, Shoko, and Suguru from Jujutsu Kaisen. Suguru and Satoru have their arms slung around Shoko’s shoulders, who smiles around a cigarette in her mouth and whose hands are in her pockets. Suguru, on Shoko’s right, makes a three-fingered peace sign with his right hand and leans slightly down. Satoru has his legs crossed and his left arm up in a fist, mouth open in a smile. In hiragana written above them is Sashisu! (さしす). ]

#posting is honestly such a pain which is a shame cause i have so much takayuki shit ive drawn that i desperately want to share #and yet the horrors prevent me from doing so.. if only someone could do it for me i hate drawing #anyway dont expect too much from me i spent four days and nights on my art final if i have to draw anymore ill explode #insert are things never easy sasuke gif #anywayzzzzz at least one of you use this as a wallpaper or ill be embarrassed forever </3 #sashisu #geto suguru #gojo satoru #ieiri shoko #shoko ieiri #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #jjk fanart #hanancouldyounot #hanancouldyoudraw

[bonefall]

Is there a cat in cannon who got a good death who you think didn't deserve it? Especially if they committed crimes?

Tom the Wifebeater and his redemption death. No question. It's not even close.

Not only do I reject to the "redemption death" on the grounds of it being Tom the Wifebeater who is bullying others until his dying breath, even taunting Thunder about Turtle Tail is dead and the kits must be very torn up about it, but I reject "redemption through death" entirely. I don't like it in stories. It's a theme I deeply object to.

And again it's fucking wild that every time a character is a father, even if they are a wifebeater or a child abuser, the writers think that it bestows a glimmer of goodness into them which every abused child is forced to appreciate and cry about. Breezepelt, Thunder, Tallstar, Tom's children, all of them forced to reconcile and admit how much they wuv their papa.

Abusive dads in WC regularly get redemption deaths, too. Clear Sky dies saving his grandchild, Sandgorse died saving a rando in a tunnel, Tom the Wifebeater saving his daughter.

But Tom the Wifebeater is the worst example of it. Hands down.

#Though I will say it's not exactly a matter of a crime being 'too bad to come back from' #ANYONE can change. #But these ones DONT. #These fathers are *recontextualized* by their deaths and their victim is pushed into rethinking their anger towards them #IF they even had anger towards them at all. All of Tom's victims were too dead to have those feelings because DOTC hates women #And his children are destroyed when they learn that the guy they met once who kidnapped them and got their mom killed died #And that's why I generally hate redemption deaths. By their very nature they don't display what's so HARD about accountability #The changing of your behavior. Checking yourself. Admitting that your victims dont have to forgive you. #It's hard work! #It's painful sometimes! It's worth it but it's not always easy! #It's also its own reward. Your relationships improve. You feel better. You understand yourself. #but no. a redemption death is the end. You never really have to face what you did. #And I hate the way that lots of storytellers think it means it undoes the violence they did #IT does nothing. They're gone. The victims continue. #Where are my stories with RESENTMENT for that? How DARE you die for me?? How dare you run away from the hole you cut into my flesh??? #You think the end of you becomes the missing piece of me? #Awful. No thankz #Bone babble #Tom the Wifebeater #child abuse #cw child abuse #tw child abuse

[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

[arkiwii]

very sad still see the saria/silence divorce headcanon still going around

have you ever tried to consider that they never dated before lone trail because it would be unrealistic with the timeline and the events and also because it would be overshadowing the actual truth of why they couldn't get along

#i'll elaborate #firstly it's ok if you headcanon this i don't want to invalidate what people think #it's just that I think it's a fanon joke that have been going around for way too long #and I can't help but shed a small tear when I see people really headcanoning it #I personally think it's way more interesting if we consider that they never had something going on before Lone Trail #mostly because it's weird that they started dating in like some months when they barely knew or saw each other #but also because it adds nothing but just makes things even more harder for them #my personal headcanon is that Silence was maybe having feelings for Saria but like #you know these very premature feelings #like just “oh wow she's pretty and nice” #but nothing like really deep #but they never had anything going on before the diabolic crisis #and after lone trail after they made up and saw each other's true person #they start to actually get real feelings #I'm just complaining but I've been still seeing it around somehow and it's sad to me that this joke became a fact for many people #there's still a lot of fanfics about how they had been dating and now they're on bad terms #I think that going on the “they're exes” route is way too easy and actually hides the potential and interesting reason #of why Silence was mad at Saria #it's not because she hates Saria or blame her #it's because she's mad at herself for being so weak #really making them appear as exes just hides this really interesting truth and makes it all seem to be a sad love story #consider that they never had any of this and that this tension between them is because they blame themselves!! #their story is not a love story but above all a story about self love and acceptance #just my two cents enjoy my rambling i go back to bed now #(not putting this in the main tag I don't want to start a war I'm just rambling)

[mai-komagata]

Tendi is a bit of an unreliable narrator in regards to orions

this is not hate of tendi or of lower decks, which I love heart and soul. Just a more realistic take on what we have been told.

But I do think it is important to keep in mind her descriptions of orion society are of someone *extremely priviledged* in the social hierarchy and that orion society is very unequal.

She is the rich international student at a university -- she is right to dispel a lot of myths about orion society perpetuated by the more hegemonic power in the sector. But also realize her perspective is heavily influenced by her position as one of the richest families in the planet. Like its good that her grandmother was a scientist on a science ship, and good on them recognizing orion scientific achievements. But was that a position available to the common orion, or like, something wealthy people were able to access in orion society? It is amazing that she is putting aside her privileged position to join starfleet, but is that a possibility for her only because she is wealthy? Like can the guy whose job is to carry divans all day make the same decision? Is she less likely to downplay aspects of society like hormonal coercion, or the slave trade as part of their piracy operations because the wealth of her family allows them to opt out of those aspects of society? Is she to some degree ignorant of societal inequality b/c of her wealth? She sees a lot of orion society as embarrassing and worthy of critique which is laudable of her. But I do think she might have a bit of a myoptic view, too. If you've never read this medium article on the international school class, it is enlightening: https://medium.com/@rachel.engel/an-open-letter-to-the-international-school-community-our-role-in-the-black-lives-matter-movement-c92ba725d93c (on the transnational capitalist class)

#i dont know #maybe i have a case of taking things too seriously #this is not hate on tendi or the amount of lore lower decks has given us #but it does bring up questions #and i like exploring those questions #im a kid like tendi it was easy for me to go abroad to study #and follow my dreams #it wasn't that i wasn't smart #but money helps #and it is easy to forget how much money helps #and say things like “We aren't that rich” #lower decks #star trek lower decks #dvana tendi #d'vana tendi #tendi #orion #orions