#it's a nice dichotomy

[misc-obeyme]

Hello! :D

I simply can't stop thinking about Barbatos being insanely attracted and so deeply in love with MC that he don't make the effort to hide it anymore, but the problem is: MC doesn't actually think that he feels that way.

(I'm using female pronouns for better explanation, pardon my english 😔🫶)

Like, MC lives with many ancient and immortal beings who have lived for many many centuries and she is only a human who lived for a few years. In mc's conception, she doesn't see a reason why any of them would be attracted to mc in any way, so she just lives peacefully with them, not really expecting any romantic approach.

Mc and barbatos have a friendship, and mc is attracted to Barbatos (who isn't really?), but doesn't do anything about it. Kinda like the attraction you feel towards your favorite idol, you don't really make a move, but you wish you could get married.

Barbatos notices and kinda feels the same way, sending discreet signals when they were together. He finds it strange, because he sees her obvious interest in him, but doesn't do anything about it.

As time passes, Barbs feelings grow stronger and he grows frustrated and is determined to show MC his interest, his discreet moves now are obvious (only when they were alone bc its barb, cmon). When mc is talking he is just staring at her with such lovestruck eyes, blinking slowly and repliying to her in a flirty way. Mc only grows more and more flustered, not making any moves still.

It gets worse in a degree that once barbatos corners her against a wall and stares deeply at her soul, saying something bluntly urging her to do something since he knew she wasnt oblivious to the situation. Maybe in a teasing way, maybe serious.

I dont know if my ideas came out clear and I honestly think I'm a little lightheaded bc of anti-allergy meds, but this plot has been haunting my mind and I had to tell someone. Stay safe!! 🫶🫶🫶

Hi there, anon! While I'm a little concerned about medications making you lightheaded (like omg please rest and I hope you feel better soon!), I do think I understand what you're trying to say!

Because ahhh Barbatos he's so reserved. When I wrote my long fic, there's kind of a theme where the MC character doesn't believe that Barbatos returns their feelings. It's the cause of much angst and anguish, especially in the later chapters.

I think this is because Barbatos doesn't really express his feelings all that much. He's always calm and collected. He doesn't really get worked up about much of anything. Even when he's mad, it's like hidden behind a smile. The only time we really see him get truly angry is with Solomon in Nightbringer. (I mean there may have been other times but that's the only time I can remember.)

Anyway, I love the idea that he finally picks up on MC's feelings and realizes he has to start being more expressive with his own feelings. I kinda think he might realize that he only has so much time with MC, assuming they're still mortal. Like he's gonna hafta do something because time is short!

I personally am very fond of Barb being a tease, so I like the idea of him kinda teasing MC about it at first. But eventually he's going to get serious. If he thought MC really didn't understand how he feels and wasn't picking up on his teasing and maybe couldn't respond for some reason, he would choose to get serious and direct with them.

So yes, I think this is a delightful scenario and I am always rooting for Barbatos to confess his true love to MC lol!

#what can I say I love a serious man #who can also tease #it's a nice dichotomy #obey me #obey me nightbringer #obey me barbatos #om barbatos #anon asks #misc answers

[cemeterything]

#🐉 #genuinely curious #personally i find numbness more frightening because its easier to get lost in #inb4 the nice dichotomy idiot comments start: i know its complicated but humour me anyway

[sharkiegorath]

while i'm at it. while aziraphale is christian programming personified, i don't think he views crowley as 'bad' or lesser or needing to be 'fixed', especially not in present-day S2. not even subconsciously. the crazy thing is, i think he's almost absolutely sure that crowley is good. crowley is the best thing in his life, the keystone reason why he still believes in the underlying goodness of the universe. in aziraphale's rigid thinking, he wants crowley in heaven because heaven is pretty bad when it 'should be' good and crowley is 'actually good'. aziraphale doesn't hate that crowley is a demon - he thinks he never should've been considered evil at all. he doesn't prefer the long-gone angel crowley - he just wants to see him that happy again. aziraphale doesn't want to fix crowley so much as he wants to fix the system for crowley. but 'fixing' and good vs. bad are antithetical to crowley's worldview; that absolutism is part of why crowley fell in the first place and why crowley refuses to go back. that's why it's so heartbreaking and also i'm shitting drywall

#nice dichotomy idiot what lies outs #good omens #aziracrow #good omens meta #good omens spoilers #'i forgive you' bc that's how they resolved issues until now!!!!!! forgiveness fixes things right?!/!?!/ #otp: consenting bicycle repairmen

[thatssroughbuddy]

I will forever love aangs optimism

“Right. Why has no one tried fighting the fire nation with fun??” “I don’t see why not”

“Maybe instead of saving the world you can go into the jewelry making business” “I don’t see why I can’t do both”

He’s just got the most balanced attitude in the face of it all and I love that about him

#Aang really said nice dichotomy idiot what lies outside of it? #both of these are jabs from Sokka lmao #gaang #avatar #avatar the last airbender #atla #aang

[there-are-4-lights]

from here

#this has been living in my head the past few days because all you ever see in debates is 'there are 2 positions (trans v conservative)' #and sometimes you get '3 positions (rightwing v trans v 'some feminists)' #and its so interesting to think 'which positions are made invisible here and why' #when debates are like 'youre pro trans or you're a rightwing nazi' then its obviously a 'nice dichotomy whats outside it' situation #but even with 3 positions this has made me more conscious of the secret 4th thing #like how rfsl in their opinion statements are very queer constructionist #but in their practical activism they are trans ideological #and they flipflop between those two positions #and whenever u call them out on it they just go 'we dont care about philosophical wibble we just want trans ppl to live their lives!' #your organisations core opinions are incoherent with eachother and we're pointing it out #jane clare jones

[itsc]

what lies outside it???

prints | originals

#gouache illustration #gouache painting #paintings #cats #artists on tumblr #Okay… nice dichotomy #IDIOT ‼ what lies outside it??? #art

[utilitycaster]

VERY glad that Evontra’vir said “the titans are dead” because like there are currently living beings that will suffer if Ludinus’s plan succeeds and they just don’t seem to matter compared to titans that died a millennia ago??? (After trying to wipe out mortals themselves)

Hey anon,

Agreed. The thing about the titans coming up is that it does, actually, make a lot of sense for the two characters who have been most vocal about it - Ashton and Laudna - to feel this way! But it doesn't come from a rational place; it comes from profound trauma and loss about which they can't be objective.

Taliesin talked about this on 4-Sided Dive: Ashton is grabbing on desperately to the one piece of information they know now about their missing childhood and is "leaning into it...probably before he should." We know this about them; Ashton's been emblazoning themself with the Hishari and Dunamancy symbols without having a single clue what they were. The titans are part of that. Did you notice how he keeps saying "things are changing" and didn't actually like...provide any meaningful information? Again to quote 4SD: "...there's not a lot of judgment happening about whether or not that's a good thing or not, and what it actually means." Like, I think that, based on Ashton's past position of "don't kill everyone for your goals, that is shitty" if they did stop, and process, and set aside that strong emotional factor that's in play (which is not something I'd expect them to be able to do easily!) They'd realize that the titans returning, were that possible, would be cataclysmic. But that's not what they're thinking about right now. I think Evontra'vir bluntly stating that the titans are dead was a needed splash of cold water on that line of thinking.

My thought re: Laudna is that it's slightly more metaphorical. Consider her backstory: a conquering force swept in and destroyed most of what had been there before. She is a relic both of that earlier time and of that conquering force, and the subjugation she experienced never truly stopped, even though Whitestone has moved on. Of course she'd see herself in the titans in the telling of stories about the titans! People like Percy get to return and revitalize and build a new family and grow old and happy and die, despite their trauma, and she's caught between life and death forever. Of course she'd relate to some half-buried thing that people call monstrous and ancient and displaced! But that doesn't actually help her do anything about her situation and it's not a philosophy that really is useful in understanding the larger geopolitical (and, frankly, cosmic) reality happening right now, because, yeah, if you let the titans back, people will die.

For both these characters - who have spoken to each other about being physically altered and left for dead, alone, in ways no one else can quite understand, I think there's something immensely seductive about the idea of something older than the gods, something defeated but could rise again, which both is relatable to their own situations and comes neatly packaged with a reason why it didn't save you when you called out. But it's still a fantasy. It's not real, it's not going to happen, and so it's important that Evontra'vir, who as Jirana said, does not mince words, called it out for what it is. The titans are dead. Something of their essences does remain for you to use to make a choice. You are going to have to do this using your own judgment; you are doing the saving; stop worrying about the dead and start thinking about what you will do to serve the living.

I think an emerging theme of this campaign - and arguably a secondary theme of the past campaigns, and really, the theme of D&D if you think about it, is that the person you developed into because of your trauma, and the coping mechanisms and behaviors and presentation you developed as a result may eventually cease to serve you once you find a support network and begin to be given more and more agency within the world; and indeed, if you cling to these things they will begin to hurt those around you, and eventually you as well. I think "The Titans are dead" is one way to very, very bluntly and effectively communicate that.

#answered #Anonymous #critical role spoilers #ashton greymoore #laudna #re the last paragraph i do find that this campaign the fandom voice in favor of NO WHAT IF I NEVER NEED TO CHANGE is louder #or perhaps i just had it better tuned out in c2 or perhaps the nein made a more inhospitable growth medium for that particular breed of mol #anyway. evontra'vir was right. titans are dead. nice dichotomy idiot. what lies outside it. #critical role

[kujakumai]

Marik Ishtar will experience an emotion he doesn't want and go well there are two options. i can break everything in sight about it right now or i can bottle it in a neat little compartment for one thousand years. and if you try to explain to him there are more choices than that he simply will not hear you

#nice dichotomy idiot #as evidenced the compartment is not actually very neat and also kills people. but y'know

[gaywizardemporium]

In the Wishverse, the Wishborn setting, wizard magic is categorized by function. There are eight major magical taxa represented by eight major Guilds:

Elementalism: the art of controlling nature itself - air, fire, water, wood, earth, and metal. The Association of Elementalists is really a dozen smaller Guilds in a united front.

Summoning: the art of beckoning spirits to your aid. The Coalition for the Summoning of Otherworldly Entities is similar several schools of magic working together.

Bardic casting: Expressive folk magic unified under the umbrella of Bardic working. The Society for Creative Spellcasting and Magical Self-Expression welcomes anyone whose magical expression is through a creative art.

Artificing: the art of physical spellcraft. The Guild of Artificers and Mystic Weavers makes magical items or embeds magic in physical things.

Necromancy: the art of speaking with the dead and mastery over memory. The Somber Order of Speakers with the Dead are all priests of Finality, the God of Death, and serve them personally.

Illusionism: crafters of beguilement and other spells that baffle the senses. One of the youngest major taxa, has a sudden swell of membership in The Sworn Kinship of the Beguiling Arts when there was a boom of children with an illusory affinity fifty years ago.

Potioning: the smallest of the major Guilds, but a major Guild no less. Potioning is a complex and difficult art, mastered only by the dedicated - but there are quite a few dedicated, as the membership of the Union of Arcane Chemists and Apothecaries attests.

Foresight: Future sight, clairvoyancy, prophesy and other oracular powers , the Seers membership only outranks the Potioners by the slimmest of margins. The Oracular Union of Foreseers and Clairvoyants supports anyone whose vision looks forward in time as well as ahead.

There are forty-eight recognized minor taxa, and countless others unrecognized by the Taxonomic Order. Wizards with uncategorized magic join the Freelancers Guild, if Guild life is for them, or must demonstrate a skill in one of the other taxa, so the wizard may serve them instead.

The Freelancers Guild has the membership to be counted as a major Guild, but has been barred from official entry on account of a philosophical disagreement among the highest wizard council: If the Taxonomic Order permits uncategorized magic, it would then no longer be taxonomic. But, is not the act of categorizing the uncategorized in and of itself taxonomic?

The subject is reopened for debate on the New Year and has since become a part of the festivities for the last fifteen years.

#wishborn #the wishverse #Magic #original setting #original fiction #Wizard #wizard lore #My wizard lore #magic system #The Taxonomic Order of Wizardry #spellcasting #original writing #queer fantasy #queer fiction #nice dichotomy idiot #What lies outside it? #It's a queer fantasy so you can imagine why there's so much importance placed on fitting neatly into categories right #Right?

[popstart]

normal courtney fans and normal duncan fans should hold hands and frolic

#the dichotomy of these groups is wild. can we be normal on the internet and have fun and be nice #ps talks

[starmist]

To me Alchemy of Souls is very much a “they’ve been dead from the beginning” story

Like,,, Cho Yeong died that day with the rest of her family, Master Lee declares her dead and Kim Dojoo even holds a jesa for her.

Naksu dies, if not the moment she shifts her soul/has it stolen, then in ep18 when she lets go of the ice stone and chooses to live a normal life. She herself even says in ep5 that “now Naksu is also dead”.

Hell, she even lives as essentially a vengeful ghost. A cold and empty existence, her only purpose to avenge her family. The entirety of s1 is about her learning to live and want to live which is what makes her fate so tragic.

Jin Buyeon died in the womb and later, the girl that was born through the power of the ice stone, is thought to be dead by everyone save for her mother.

(Nice parallel of Cho Yeong & Jin Buyeon where Jang Gang, like Jin Ho Gyeong, obsessively looks for a little girl thought to be dead by all but him, because of his grief and guilt)

And even her name belongs to a woman’s dead granddaughter. Though I’m only looking at this through a s1 perspective, Jin Seol Ran, Jin Buyeon’s original identity, has also been all but dead for centuries.

A twice over dead girl, inhabiting the body of another dead girl, uses the name of yet another dead girl, and shares a body with a two centuries long dead woman.

She was never going to survive. How much she changed, everything she did, was all futile in the long run because she died long before the story started, there was never any saving her, she was dead from the very beginning.

#personally I’m a big fan of tragedy #yes happy ending are nice and to me the story ended in ep19 but not everything has to have a happy ending to be good #basically that nice dichotomy! what is the significance of the distinctions post #anyways have a (possibly controversial) speed analysis brought to you by AVOIDANCE! get yours now for only FREE.99!! #alchemy of souls

[nothorses]

How can you separate emotions from reality when you're saying you're a man, which is an emotion and not your biological reality?

oh wow I never thought of it like that! yeah, I guess misogyny is actually fine then since emotions are never relevant to reality, huh? that makes total sense! and that means abuse is fine as long as it's not physical, too, which is so obviously true- I should have realized!

thanks for broadening my perspective! 💙

#imagine interpreting #'we should respect people's emotional realities but that does not mean that they are always reflective of a universal truth' #to mean that emotional realities are just simply Not Reality At All #nice dichotomy idiot #now what lies beyond it

[sluttylittlewaste]

Does anyone else remember how during ACoC people kept trying to prove that Caramelinda was somehow in on [redacted's] betrayal and was actually evil? And do we all remember how many times Brennan had to say "No, she's not evil or Bad or anything, she's just a woman who is trying really hard to make the best decisions she can with the information she has in the heinous circumstances she's in"??? Do we remember Brennan having to tell the Bad Kids that Zayne Darkshadow isn't just some cringefail fucking edgelord but a child who suffered greatly in his life and then DIED?

Does anyone else remember Kalina literally having to snap her own neck to get the Bad Kids to realize that she might not be just *blanket evil*?

I feel like I'm seeing something very similar happening with Porter and Kipperlily and I really hope Brennan once again subverts the idea that just because a character is antagonistic they are inherently Bad or Evil.

Also, just a reminder Protagonist = main character Antagonist = person opposing/challenging the main character

These terms do not possess a moral assignation.

#To be clear this is not about the Intrepid Heroes and how they play the game #This is fully about how easy it is while playing DnD to forget being the main character makes it really easy to assume opposition = malice #and to make character judgments based on whether or not NPCs or nice/helpful/frienldly/agreeable #even though time and time again it has been proven that the nicest people in the world can be the most nefarious #also in the specific case of Fantasy High #they are all so good at playing teens and really leaning into the defensive/reactive/emotional aspect of that #a lot like Ruby in ACoC #there's also something very high school about responding to a person disliking you with extreme defensiveness #rather than simply understanding that sometimes that just...happens #and that people can come to and act based on conclusions about you without all of the information #in the exact same way that you can #but it feels more personal and offensive because you are living in your own head and know your reasons for doing things #so it becomes a flat dichotomy of nice person = good #rude person = bad #and it takes a lot of growth and perspective to know things aren't that flat in most situations #Aabria is actually really good at subverting that manner of thinking #both as a DM and a PC #d20 fhjy #dimension 20 #fhjy #if i die #let me die #thoughts #a crown of candy #acoc spoilers #fhjy spoilers

[magnetothemagnificent]

“Hey ex Christians you may be the victims of evangelical abuse but you’re still a bad person so die!”

That’s how you sound. Go fuck yourself!!!

Shocking! You can be both a victim and a perpetrator at the same time, it's actually pretty common!

A US soldier experiencing PTSD and ableism upon returning home is a victim of the military industrial complex, but they still were the perpetrators of violence against civilians in whatever country they were deployed to. That doesn't mean the soldier doesn't deserve compassion and help, but that also doesn't mean they never committed any wrongdoing.

A person who was abused and neglected by their parents growing up to further the cycle of abuse on their children as a result of the abuse they endured is a victim of abuse, but in continuing the cycle of abuse they are also perpetrators. They may be acting out of pain and trauma, but that doesn't mean they aren't abusive and aren't causing the same harm that was done to them, in the same way it doesn't mean they aren't a victim who needs compassion and help.

You are operating out of a very binary worldview, anon, where all victims are pure and innocent and all perpetrators are irreversibly unredeemable and inherently evil, when that really isn't the case for most situations.

Saying that ex-Fundies should actually put in the work to deconstruct the harm they perpetuated and continue to perpetuate isn't saying that they're not also victims and don't deserve compassion.

#antisemitism #nice dichotomy dipshit but what lies outside of it yada yada yada #ex fundie #ex fundie antisemitism #ex fundie racism #cultural christianity #abuse

[bloodpen-to-paper]

Foolish and Bad being each others' kids' uncles is so funny cause you have Leo being a light-hearted little prankster to Bad and him being very fond and sweet to her

And then you have Foolish and Dapper

#the dichotomy that is Bad being nice while Dapper is a menace #and Leo being friendly while Foolish actively antagonizes people #mcyt #qsmp #foolish gamers #badboyhalo #qsmp leonarda #qsmp dapper

[multigenderswag]

I need to have this on repeat in my brain any time I think about my identity

#am i bigender? am i a binary guy? nice dichotomy idiot