#it's because it was terrible imo

[mysterycitrus]

u are dick grayson and there are two wolves inside u. one is bruce wayne’s devotion to control above everything and ur uncompromising, debilitating loyalty to him. the other is the titans love for u and how u conflate that with lacking trust in ur judgement and their own attempts at control. u cannot win. u will be eaten alive.

#im editing persephone and it’s killing me #the reason it’s taking so long is that it’s heavy and like. directly engaged with emotional abuse #imo anyway. it’s….. im very tired #bruce Wayne is terrible but not irredeemable because dick grayson loves him. that line to walk is perilous

[chamerionwrites]

A thing about spy characters (and maybe especially likable spy characters that the audience is rooting for) I’ve found is that a surprising number of people have a hard time reading manipulation as manipulation unless it is framed as wholly insincere. Like just because somebody means some or all of what they say does not mean they are not choosing their words and manner in an extremely calculated way to get something they want.

#thinking specifically of angela burr from the night manager and luthen rael from andor #(this is also frequently the scarier kind of manipulation imo because insincerity is easier to clock. #it’s the people who can instrumentalize and perform their v real feelings in just the right way at just the right moment you gotta watch) #like i adore her le carré genderswap of my dreams but i feel like some people missed that angela is kind of…terrible lol #ENTIRELY shameless about fucking with people and very good at it #which is wild because pine explicitly calls her out on it when they first meet #spies #my posts #the night manager #andor

[cas-poisoning]

The way people write John in fic bothers me so much sometimes. Not to judge other people’s writing specifically, just the general fanon characterization of John Winchester. Yes he’s bad a father. Horrible. So much to unpack there. Yet I find it so disappointing when I go to read a fic and he’s like. Cartoonishly villainous. Excluding the fans that actually like John (which is even more crazy), it feels like everyone treats him as like this big bad one dimensional monster which imo is a disservice to the complex relationship Sam and Dean have with them. It’s also a symptom of a broader pattern in media, or even real world events. It’s so much easier to flatly paint anyone bad as inhuman, one dimensional, and just plain evil. Monstrous. But the reality is, every horrible person is still a person. Humans are capable of the evil we do, not monsters.

So when it comes to John, like yes, he is deeply deeply flawed. He really hurt his kids. But often when people write him, it feels like he makes all of his terrible decisions for the sake of being mean and terrible and abusive, which undermines the dynamic because the reality is people can be abusive or neglectful or toxic without being a complete monster 100% of time. It would almost be easier for Sam and Dean if John had actually been like that. But he was their father, who did what he thought was best, and loved them even if he didn’t show it. They have fond memories with him. He’s their father. Which is what makes it so hard for them to actually unpack the trauma they have, because it is so so difficult to realize a person you love is actually actively hurting you. Harder than realizing a villain in your life is just being a villain.

#idk just felt like rambling tonight lol. whenever I read fic with John it’s always like him being as awful as possible #even when it doesn’t align with any character motivations #spn #supernatural #this is a reflection of how we treat morality in media too imo #like there has to be a good guy and a bad guy that is just bad. #and then people apply it to real life. like oh obviously that terrible person is just a monster #but no!!! the people that are kind to you. the people that love you. the people you love. are capable of doing bad things. #and we blind ourselves to realizing when people are harmful by dehumanizing these people because then it be aimed harder to accept #when someone that seems good is actually not

[laufire]

reading lobdell's writing is really confirming that I would take a thousand runs where jason is portrayed as the amoral incarnation of the devil even from age 12 over a single one where he's robbed of his intelligence and hypercompetence. any fucking day.

#sidenote but this is why i can't fully sympathise with people who claim to hate jason on roy and kori's behalf tbh #because jason does NOT come out of this looking good imo. non stop failure. constantly dunked on. jfc #rhato v2 has crumbs that could be SO SO GOOD. except it's written by lobdell. and jason's fucking incompetent #and THAT'S where I draw the line #(and it's particularly insulting that the run has him struggling to keep up with BLACK MASK #utrh!jason played black mask like a fiddle. led him by a leash. ugh) #of course -unfortunately- there doesn't seem to be a shortage of stories where he's both terrible in ooc ways AND an idiot #so. moot point :) #talking to the void #my thoughts #dc #dc thoughts #prime earth continuity #red hood and the outlaws (2016) #jason todd #favourites: that fucker

[shummthechumm]

bumble wc is just a piece of writing from this series that TRULY astounds me. like the characters do not acknoledge that shes a living person whatsoever once she becomes a "nuisance" (she is fat and a house pet). and on top of that, to have turtle tail turn her back on her as well??>?? because gray wing has it bad for her and so we have to exterminate the "obstacle" in the way of their straight romance???

like i expect gray wing and clear sky to be dicks but..why would TURTLE TAIL rationally allow her friend (who lived through the same abuse as she) be shunned away from the moor group??

its some of the most mean spirited shit in this entire series and it only exists as a plotline...for what reason??? cause "kittypets are bad you dont want to be a kittypet"?? its not like you remind us every fucking arc erin hunter. because we're supposed to like gray wing and they really wanted him to serve as an adoptive parent to turtle's litter?? like..what???

i dont even have a real point to this post i just want to express my confusion cause what even was the goal. it does nothing but make the entire cast abuse-enabling discriminatory assholes who are willing to send outsiders to easily preventable deaths. and we're supposed to agree with these jackasses??? ERIN HUNTER WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY TO YOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUDIENCE???

#domestic abuse tw #abuse tw #wc #again no real point i was trying to make here #dotc as a whole floors me in how incompetent it is. #'oots is the worst arc' who?? #the only one worst than dotc imo is tnp because thats where a lot of shitty trends in this series were created or exacerbated #like i can point at gray wing being a shitty sad boy protag but if i REALLY wanted to blame someone...tnp came first... #im sure if crow was made a pov he would also be as terrible as bramble in that arc #also tom getting a redemption death AFTER getting turtle tail killed is hilariously terrible. #like yeah we killed turtle tail off to service a male char's arc because shes a woman #but we chose to fridge bumble because she was a woman AND a kittypet. and fat. #shummy screaming into the void

[wonder-worker]

"The newly widowed Elizabeth (Woodville) was exceptionally vulnerable. Several of the trustees responsible for her jointure refused to hand over the manors that were meant to sustain her in her widowhood. Moreover, her brother-in-law, Edward Grey, had seized estates that her son Thomas should have inherited from his paternal grandfather, while her mother-in-law’s new young husband, Sir John Bourchier, had prevailed on Lady Ferrers to settle her principal properties on them jointly for life, ensuring that Thomas would have to wait far longer for this inheritance too. Rivers and Scales were pardoned in July 1461 and swiftly moved into the Yorkist establishment, which perhaps explains the success of the chancery suits Elizabeth launched to regain her jointure. Her son’s inheritance proved harder to recover. By 1463, Rivers was often in (Edward IV's) company and on his council, but Elizabeth needed someone with much stronger influence over the King. She turned to a distant kinsman, William, Lord Hastings, the King’s chamberlain. Hastings drove a very hard bargain for his aid but it was probably amid these negotiations that the King’s desire for Elizabeth was kindled."

-J.L. Laynesmith, "Elizabeth Woodville: the Knight's Widow", "Later Plantagenet and Wars of the Roses Consorts: Power, Influence, and Dynasty"

#historicwomendaily #elizabeth woodville #Elizabeth really had terrible in-laws #And these people weren't even the worst of them - that particular award goes to Richard of Gloucester #As complicated as her first widowhood sounds it was a breeze compared to the literal nightmare she went through during her second. #Honestly though: part me wonders what Elizabeth's first marriage was like because we know absolutely nothing about it. #The marriage itself is a blank slate but the fact that her husband's parents & siblings were so indifferent and uncooperative #to her - and their own kid-grandchildren?? - after he died indicates that his family may have been rather dysfunctional imo? #Certainly they (or most of them) don't seem to have cared about the wellbeing or dignity of his young and newly widowed wife which #doesn't exactly suggest closeness or support during the marriage itself from their end. #Elizabeth doesn't mention John Gray in her deathbed will either though she mentions Edward IV. She may have thought it was #'inappropriate' to mention her first husband beside her significantly higher-ranked second husband...but she DOES mention her son by #her first marriage - which would have drawn attention to it anyway - alongside her royal daughter so that's unlikely to have been a reason. #Maybe it was simply the passage of time? She and John had been married for very few years and she lived such a different life after that #So it's possible that her first marriage simply seemed very distant and faraway to her. #Alternatively it may have simply been undivided affection for Edward IV (her husband of 19 years who she married for love) #which fits well into the relatively personal nature of her will. #Of course we don't actually know anything about any of this and this is all pure wild speculation on my end...but I'm curious. #It's really a shame how little we actually know about Elizabeth's life - made worse by the very limited primary records of Edward IV's #reign and the fact that his chamber records don't survive. And it's even more frustrating that this is so rarely actually acknowledged #by historians. I'd argue we know far more about the life & interests of most other 'prominent' women of the Wars of the Roses #(sans the Neville sisters) than we do about Elizabeth Woodville.

[anxiously-sidequesting]

So I don't know if it was ever revealed how Duncan felt when we killed Malistaire all three times but I'm wondering if maybe some part of him could hate us for that too. Like you hear that and you go "but why. Malistaire was terrible and even Duncan knew that(?). Why would he hate you for getting rid of him."

But like I think it's so....... interesting in a very, very, very sad way how Duncan so easily latches onto anyone who directly feeds into his delusions of grandeur. And that's no fault of his own that he was manipulated by the nasty Schism but when you think about how desperately clung to the idea that Malistaire, easily one of the greatest necromancers any of us had ever heard of (at that time), somehow actually recognized Duncan's talents (even when canon supports that Duncan wasn't all that talented, at least no more than the next necromancer) and then praised him for it so often that Duncan believed that he would be the next Death Professor is. I mean ☹️

So like with that mindset I unfortunately feel like it would be quite easy to twist even Malistaire's death as something that's horrible and awful and all our fault. ESPECIALLY if the Schism was feeding into Duncan's already broken mind and shattered ego and was constantly telling him that everything bad that ever happened to him ever in his life was Our Fault. That's like a realistic conclusion that someone like Duncan could come to

And like, at this point in time, are Malistaire's crimes even a factor in how he thinks????? Was Duncan ever able to separate Malistaire's talent and skills and prowess from the terrible and awful things he did? If Duncan wasn't able to consciously tell that distinction in the first place I can't imagine it would be any better during the years he was being manipulated and isolated and lied to

Like in Duncan's mind it probably isn't, "maybe I shouldn't idolize a national criminal, or idolize anyone at all for that matter, and aspire to be like someone so harmful when I can recognize my own talent and build from there" it's probably more like, "you (the wizard) permanently got rid of a brilliant mind, an innocent person who just made a few mistakes, and someone who believed in me no matter what just so that you could be the better than me and loved by everyone else" and that's! very sad actually!

#this is all speculation btw idk if any of this is canon. how duncan feels about all this #i know i keep saying the exact same shit over and over but.... really not a fan of how the game handled duncan! sorry! #i know wizard101 isnt supposed to be about every single character gets a satisfying ending to their arc- #-meaning not everyone in the story will face consequences and/or find a happy ending and like thats fine they dont need to #but idkkkk its just imo really sad how essentially a kid suffers frrom something he cant control by himself (his ego)- #and then instead of getting help he is instead ignored (ambrose) and then manipulated and brought up by a cult #and then when it becomes super apparent how... TERRIBLE his life really is and we defeat him he just... goes back?????? #we.... we LET him go back???? i mean we're not responsible for other people's bad decisions or mental health but bro.... #and then when we tell ambrose he's just like “oh. too bad. well anyways-” AND IM LIKE WELL THATS THE REASON!!!!! NO WONDER HE'S FUCKED UP #NONE OF THIS IS ADDRESSED. NONE OF IT. WE KICK DUNCAN'S ASS AND THEN HE.... GOES BACK TO THE CABAL #i literally just got so desolate when (wallaru spoilers) because. okay. all that for nothing i guess #this isnt me being mad btw LMAO i know the tone probably reads as angry but im not im just disappointed #and tired. what is it with wizard101 in particular and just people suffering with no end. (me as i make my main suffer with no end) #but anyways yeah duncan has been in my head for a while. he's one of the guys that i love a lot BDKSNSKAJ #he's like a son to me and HE NEEDS A HEALTHY PARENT. HE NEEDS IT #not excusing his actions btw. he still committed crimes JRKDJSIEJ #i just have a soft spot for those villains in media who are doomed from the start yknow. (stares tearfully at morganthe and gf spider) #wizard101 #wiz101 #w101 #text posts #duncan grimwater #im not normal about duncan at all he's probably the wozard oc i feel for the most other than malorn and us

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

Should we care about actor’s lives outside of their careers? E.g. if an actor you like watching gets a DUI, would you feel obligated to not watch any of their further works.? Or is there a separation between their work, their lives, thru political opinions, etc? sorry idk if that made sense

I think this is a matter of personal conviction. Personally, I tend to draw a pretty stark line in the sand between an actor and his work, for a few reasons:

There is a lot more that goes into a production than a single actor's work. Someone wrote it, someone directed it, multiple other people acted in it, someone scored it, someone edited it, etc. A Hollywood film has hundreds-to-thousands of people working on it, and the majority of them do not make more than 6 figures.

The actor is going to get paid for his work whether I watch it or not. The contract has already been signed. Sure, there are royalties, etc., but the lion's share has already been paid.

If I were to boycott all movies with pervy, crooked actors, I'd never watch another movie again (and that includes the old classics).

That's not an exhaustive list. But just off the top of my head, Harvey Weinstein, Lena Dunham, Armie Hammer, Woody Allen are all super wack people, but I still watch their movies. Why? Because Midnight in Paris is a genuinely good film about a genuinely good story. Because The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is a gorgeously created caper, and Hammer's performance in it is particularly captivating; why? Because we forget it is Armie Hammer we're watching and not Ilya Kuryakin.

The reason the best stories get passed down through generations is that they transcend the flaws of the people who first told them. We know well enough that Shakespeare was a flawed man, and some have decided to do away with him entirely on that basis. Those people would like to pretend that the course of history is innately virtuous instead of depraved. The sane way to view history (and art), is to seek the good where it exists in spite of the people or culture who created it.

That said, I can understand some folks' urge to boycott a certain movie due to the wicked actions of certain of its creators, and I'm not going to call that wrong. It's a threshold for each person to decide for themselves, but it is a threshold. You're not going to find a perfectly pure movie.

#- HK #x #for awhile I would not watch Lena Dunham anything bc I assumed it would be cringe and bad (which is more valid imo #than just because Lena Dunham is a terrible person) #but I heard a trusted source say Catherine Called Birdy was good and...and it kind of was

[gwydionae]

Anyone have that post about "you ask for better female characters but you couldn't even handle Katara" because after two episodes of the live action, I feel like I need to send it to the writers.

#avatar the last airbender #this is only slightly sarcastic #uh how to tag #netflix avatar #i'll use that in case i post anything else #mild spoilers in the tags #look it's not a terrible show #there are some things it drops the ball on SIGNIFICANTLY though and one of those is katara's characterization #as in: she currently has like zero #i was ready to throw hands when aang had to get HIMSELF out of the avatar state at the end of episode one because God forbid katara do it #was surprised they let her hug him tbh (sarcasm not sarcasm) #sokka and zuko are the standouts so far imo #and i liked the combination of episodes used in ep 2 it made a lot of sense #i won't get into more than that here as i have a lot of Thoughts TM and these tags won't cut it lol #but i had to get that out about katara #i just - ugh that scene from southern air temple was mutilated and i wanted to scream #changes are fine and often necessary but that one was Bad with a capital B #and that rhymes with P and that stands for pool #(that stands for pool) #...don't mind me XD

[mindshelter]

miguel being a lapsed catholic makes me wonder if his quirk of using "oh my lord" as an exclamation like a little old lady that saw a streaker during high tea rather than "oh my god" is an old habit. minced oath king

#because catholics do try to avoid oh my god. as far as i know #it's a fun quirk imo #marvel comic blogging #miguel o'hara #the moment he catches tyler and conchata is TERRIBLE but the oh. my. lord. makes me giggle a bit

[brother-emperors]

I love your art so much, especially the context and comparatives you make! I read Plutarch bc of your art, but unfortunately, I also read the sixth book in Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series and was so upset by her portrayal of Cassius and Brutus that I've crawled over to lick my wounds via obsessively scrolling through your blog.

!!!! I'm absolutely 🥺 that my art inspired you to read Plutarch, but also I'm cackling a little bit because it sounds like that Masters of Rome book was an Experience ™ (I've never read them, but I can relate to books being Experiences™) I'll pull a comic of Brutus and Cassius out of my vault of unpublished Cassius&Brutus comics and post it for u

in the meantime tho, if you don't mind a bittersweet ending and a secondary love interest for brutus, might I recommend The City War by Sam Starbuck 👀

#they have sex in this book. its very very good #also the secondary love interest is a trans man if this is a selling point for anyone and imo its done very well #ngl about 60% of why i started drawing brutus and cassius was because Terrible Movies Hurt Me #begging literally anyone to do cassius justice even a little bit. then i realized that i might not be able to do him justice #but i also wont commit the worst narrative crimes ive ever seen on screen with him #ask tag

[longagoitwastuesday]

person obsessed with Jack: "I'm getting big Jack vibes from this guy!"

#I read Firefly Wedding yesterday while eating because twitter suggested me a tweet #in which someone stated the couple was super toxic‚ which is catnip to me‚ and posted two gorgeous panels #I didn't even look for a summary but given the art I expected the guy to be some sort of supernatural being‚ but no‚ he's just a normal guy #Anyway... They are sixteen and eighteen years old‚ and at first I scoffed because come on‚ #with the themes it would have made more sense for them to be a bit older. Except this time no‚ which was pleasant #The protagonists act entirely like teenagers and I feel that's the point? They were indeed toxic but it didn't strike me as negatively toxic #But as kids with a terrible life in a terrible situation. I couldn't help but be endeared by the deranged guy #I wanted to adopt him so bad xD #The girl was also quite out of it too and could get quite violent too but it was downplayed after some chapters I feel? #Which is a pity because it justified her bond to the male character #Anyway... I get they they are kids in a bad situation that makes the bond grow strong in a short amount of time #but one of the things that I am not sure is entirely well justified is that she falls in love with the swordman guy and not her bodyguard #The bodyguard is devoted-deranged‚ has always been with her and they're childhood friends. They also share in some ways that 'bad situation #that bounds us together' thing. I initially thought it was justified by the fact she was after all a rich kid takin him from granted #but right now it doesn't seem to be the case. So... why? I get the worst option for a story is the most interesting one but I like choices #to be in character and justified and this one didn't really convince me? The bodyguard is deranged enough to be interesting and nice for her #(who wouldn't have to deal with the bloodbaths and mood changes of the firefly guy) without her having to give up #on the obsessive devoted deranged thing she obviously digs in a relationship lol. It would he arguably more real too #Because (although again the manga right now seems to have forgotten about it) the firefly guy could have loved anyone in the same situation #(there were some scenes that were soooooo deliciously Jack and Lacie). The bodyguard loves her for her. Because they're friends #I enjoyed it at first more than I thought I would. I liked the characters initially though not so much in these last ten chapters #I think it got worse and more typical. The art is absolutely beautiful though and I love the character designs #The protagonist and the bodyguard look more normal but the male lead is interesting and the secondary characters are wonderful in design #The clothes are so beautiful. I love the prostitutes. The expressions of the male lead are great and the perspectives at times are fantastic #The story and characters are honestly better than I was expecting (I was expecting funny toxic not 'damn poor kids I want to adopt you') #But I can't say it's good given idk the way the characters change their goals and ideas so easily in a barely justified way #The art is truly very beautiful. Probably I won't keep reading because like with the Apothecary Diaries I just read these things #for a couple of hours while eating and then forget about them forever. There's Lakan and Fengxiao in the Apothecary Diaries though but yes #Anyway... It wasn't bad. It was unexpectedly better written at first imo. I am sad they are making it more what I actually expected from it #at first. 'Funny toxic' I meant typically sexist stories that are so silly you have just to laugh for a couple hours. I expected that

[moralorelconfessions]

would've liked to see clay and danielle together just to see if clay was gonna be as abusive to danielle as he was with bloberta. just to see how things would play out, maybe clay would have been able to change for danielle but seeing how danielle enabled clay's addictions I doubt it

#moral orel #moral orel confessions #clay puppington #danielle stopframe #imo any ‘positivity’ in clay and danielles relationship was fueled by the latter’s obsession frankly #so if and when danielles obsession halts it’s a further complicated #toxic mess waiting to happen #I wouldn’t exactly compare it to Those Two however because their issues are like 60% Terrible Het Relationship Things and a whole other thin

[gideonisms]

I think the thing about ntn is, it's like making a friend who you broadly agree with on the most important things but who you HARD disagree with on some of the details

#ntn spoilers #i'm at the point where i can have actual opinions now i think. #paul. paul. #i loved the campal tragic moment i loved everything with pyrrha and nona's reluctance to remember the ways she'd been hurt the #compartmentalizing of identity the acknowledgement that sometimes we just are going to become someone vastly different #the question of whether love can overcome that or why love matters if everything's just going to change and end and restart again #and the conclusion that it did matter because it mattered in the moment #love as this huge imperfect force of acceptance for others vs love as a determination to cling to them the way you think they should be #all of that was so good #even the stuff with gideon kind of. felt like it belonged in a different book but i agree with the broad character strokes of like #the horror of what's been done to gideon the way she is trying to become a different person making her own terrible decisions etc #but still trapped in this awful framework for her life & death where she only matters as a symbol for others #and her reckoning with that is messy and awful bc of course it is! #but it did feel like it needed more space than the brief chapters we got & hopefully it will come to the forefront in the next book #like all of the elements didn't necessarily mesh well and i think the humor she was trying to go for with the silly name didn't really work #and the stuff with judith was like. the most boring way to handle that imo. did she have to be unconscious the whole book #she's got so much potential as a character #and! my top pet peeve when harrow lobotomy girl nonagesimus is like i'm going to find the real god you suck #iconic yes but it reveals #she's had the agency to walk away from john the whole book and has sat there listening and now is going to find alecto when? #like?? #the point of the lobotomy was that she is rejecting the framework for her previous life bc she's decided she cares more about the human cost #like??????? #if she was just sort of drifting in the river having alecto's dreams that's one thing but i refuse to believe #she wouldn't be trying to figure out where gideon was the whole time #maybe if she hadn't done the lobotomy i would buy it but she did do the lobotomy!!!!! she literally did do the lobotomy #you have to do a lot of work to get harrow from only caring about gideon's life and i guess religion kind of to just hitting pause on #thinking about gideon for an entire book! #this is not even my shipper brain it makes sense gideon has other priorities is in mourning for her previous self the things she's lost etc #but harrow literally did the lobotomy if u needed to get her to the 9th for plot reasons there were better ways to explain it!!

[katyspersonal]

Headcanons on.... being justified? sorta

I threw a couple of headcanons in a salad so I could rate the Soulsborne men that messed with the things not meant for humans and got ridiculously big body count, from most justified to least

#5 Laurence - He genuinely cared for betterment of humankind, even if that meant great sacrifices and risks, although he took things to such a far point that these actions on themselves destroyed his humanity and defeated the purpose. He is a tragic villain! Good intentions road to hell all that.

(I will note though, I feel like BB was a bit TOO subtle on how things sucked so Laurence would have the need to change them - there are multiple evidences that are yet so scattered that on superficial level it can look as though everything was awesome and perfect and Laurence simply ruined everything! I really don't see it, especially considering how many things could've been wrong in Victorian era... Eileen, for one, arrives from plague-ridden place if her mask is of any indication.)

#4 Aldrich - He lives in the world that is rotting and doomed no matter what you do, he saw the only thing that offered at least some hope for escape and better era and seized it, no matter what it took. He is like.. in a position where moral principles are losing their effect, so everything goes. Similar insight to Rykard's, actually. (I can honestly give him a pass on enjoying his methods a bit too much like sadistic shit that he is, because how you he is feeling besides the point in this context)

#3 Micolash - His world likewise got fucked but what Micolash did was not simply going 'fuck this shit I'm out' and giving up on human values, but also provoking the process that accelerates the humanity's ruin and it can not even escape beasthood WHILE his ritual is ongoing, all so he (and anyone who """understands""") could evolve past human mind. Micolash has more choice and more hope than DS cast, he decided human values (and lives) were not really worth it!

#2 Allant - Not only he gave up on humanity and this world in his despair, but also ensured that everyone else feels this way too deep down and no one's lives matter, so he had to "open their eyes" lol. He is just willing to destroy everything through the same logic in which I used to agree with Frenzied Flame ending - that existence is fundamentally broken, as a concept.. And like, if other people still want to exist regardless of suffering, decay and existential loneliness? Well they're just "dumb" or something.... Very selfish stuff.

#1 Shabriri - The fucker thought the world had it too good and just could not live in peace knowing there was all-destroying power sealed, he saw "No tresspassing" sign and was not able to stop, so now even without Lord of Frenzy, the world still got inflicted with irreversible sickness that someone could get just by fucking being too sad or something. Basically I think he did not face crushing depression and dread that simply 'resonated' with the power of universal despair, but just, like they say, "did a little trolling". Partially I think that because of how his yearning for chaos sounds like manic wish to just see everything burn and not like despair. Partially because I feel like at least one time everything could be ruined by simple curiosity and not sympathetic motivation? But yes, Shabriri is THE worst.

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Also there are complications of 'they unleashed it' vs 'the force beyond humanity called them and of course a human would not be able to resist' with some, which I tend to just write off with the "the call means nothing without the receiver" (so, even if you like saw a dream or found frenzied fingerprints, you could still just say no... so yeah, I did not use this factor in rating)

#bloodborne #dark souls 3 #elden ring #demon souls #soulsborne #woe! fromsoft superwholock be upon ye! #soulsborne headcanons #i don't know how to tag this anymore because it crosses many things #but yes not me analysing terrible men as usual #laurence imo is the most sympathetic of this... type of a souls guy #what do we name it even?

[tempests-bards-and-birds]

wow the barbara-centric fic i was writing that was meant to be haha funny crack surrounding the whole thing of her being Oblivious to venti's identity has morphed into angst surrounding the questioning and potential collapse of the faith and religion that she has built her entire life on only to find out that maybe her god isn't so different from her at all and that maybe they're both suffering and imperfect in similar ways and that. yeah wow who could've guessed that this would happen

#look. i can start the story. i can't control what it does with itself though #also barbara is a criminally underrated character in this aspect imo #maybe if i actually get my arse into gear and write a substantial amount of this i'll post it to my ao3 that is currently as dusty and #unmaintained as my attic. maybe. #if i do though i'll need to orphan or put on anon all of the old ml fics i posted because. jesus christ are those things Bad lmfao #i like to think that my writing has improved in the last few years since so hopefully whatever this turns out to be won't be terrible lol #i have written a fair amount of genshin stuff it's just that most of it is only like. 1000 or so words per fic #because i'm not very good at writing actual plot instead of silly little drabbles lol #tempest's dumb thoughts