#it's just the facts

[marlynnofmany]

Writing Advice of the Day: dragons make everything better.

Just in case you were wondering.

#it's just the facts #dragons #always a good time #writer life #amwriting #amwriting fantasy #today anyway #I'm sure I'll be back to aliens tomorrow #oh yeah I will actually; I've got a new Token Human story to post #this one is something else #for a Dark Fantasy anthology #it's gonna be great #the dragon can open up her scales into eyes #and she can see through magic like nobody's business #much to the dismay of the villains #haha take that ya jerks #anyways #off to write!

[krello-png]

My own take on Kefla, or at least a headshot

#kefla #caulifla #kale #dragon ball #dragon ball super #dbz #dbs #dbz au #I LOVE KEFLAAAA #scars make every design 10% cooler #it's just the facts #I should do more black and white illustrations tbh #manga style

[kkglinka]

Gonna join in with an, apparently minority headcanon. I think fandom is literally reversing the respective character's needs when it comes to the infamous praise kink.

Any perfectionists can tell you the same thing: when you internalize that excellence is expected, being praised by authority figures becomes meaningless. We hear it as, "you have done adequately and met the minimum standards." Over time, any praise of skill becomes meaningless. This makes true, sincere, personal praise — not of skills or accomplishments, not of acquired social value — becomes dangerously impactful despite being desperately, secretly wanted.

Ava was told for twelve years that she was a useless burden, and therefore had no valuable skills or social value, but overcame what appeared to have been severe depression, rebelled against her abusive treatment, and became secure in her own worth. This is not a kind choice given to anyone with a severely limiting disability, but the alternative is, well... *points at severe depression and its common outcome*. We see this driving need to be useful borne out in how aggressively Ava acquires and implements new skills, along with all those she gained through audio-visual learning when more fully disabled. Because she still is — the halo effectively has a spoon limit.

Now, I get it! Ava visibly enjoys being praised for those accomplishments. She wriggles and bounces around like a puppy. But she's also smug, cocky, blatantly fishes for more of it and is otherwise very open about enjoying that praise. That's someone who has the balls to express open happiness and pleasure when their skill or contribution is recognized. She's equally open with her displeasure when a skill isn't recognized. It's something we're not accustomed to seeing in adults, especially adult women. So we notice it, but as many times as we see that open delight, we were not shown a sexual component. Whether mental or physical, that reaction is what makes a kink a kink. Praise Ava during an intimate moment and she'll just be insufferably smug about it. Hell, given how condescending Sister Francis was, the phrase "good girl" might kill the moment entirely.

Beatrice, on the other hand, internalized that she was unwanted, undesirable, and fundamentally unacceptable now matter how useful. She has subsumed that need for personal validation into service (because acts of service are her love language) long before the audience is introduced to her. That is someone dying to be told that she is good, and worthy, and wanted. (A praise kink does not require a d/s element, which I think a lot of fans are assuming). Praise her during a vulnerable intimate moment and you'll take her out at the knees.

#fandom #warrior nun #avatrice #sorry not sorry #but catholic guilt #and praise kinks #go together like #a mental sandwich #it's just the facts #;)

[metalheadcowboy]

Everyone loves enemies to lovers until they were actually canonically enemies.

#It's just the facts #Tyler Talks

[onekisstotakewithme]

Peg and BJ Hunnicutt bi4bi

#it's just the facts #i've said it before and i'll say it again :) #bj hunnicutt #peg hunnicutt #bj x peg #m*a*s*h #mash #mash 4077 #bisexuality

[zmediaoutlet]

are you okay? :(

Having a sense of perspective requires that I say yes. As far as Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is concerned, I'm doing perfectly okay.

Creatively, not so much, lol. Just trying to come to terms with how the stuff I like and the kind of stuff I can make is not of interest to 99% of this little corner of the world. You know that feeling where you tell a joke you think is funny and most people aren't paying attention, but the people who do hear it maybe do a pity half-smile at best? It's that. So that's... where we're at.

#this is not to elicit pity anons #it's just the facts #i need to figure out what writing i can do that will not somehow make me feel worse #a creative journey that will have to be postponed for a while #answers

[kissmedcadly]

gareth: hey- vic: i am in love with you

#it's just the facts #it's me ya girl: ooc

[lighterlaughter]

Man wearing T-shirt, ripped loose jeans, work boots and backwards cap on a date: Lazy, sad, no effort, doesn’t care about the date, do better, ditch his ass ‘cause he ain’t worth a minute.

Woman wearing T-shirt, ripped loose jeans, work boots and backwards cap on date: Strong, sexy, hot af,  probably put in a lot of effort to make sure the date goes well. LET ME KISS HER! Can I marry this woman now? please!!!

#yes it's a double standard #don't care #she's hot #i'm seriously into this woman #like she's also smart and sweet and interesting and adorable #I could fall in love with her so easy #I think i might be already #am I in too deep? #idk #she's butch #it's hot #it's just the facts #deal with it

[titleofpersonage-p01]

#palestine #free palestine #israel #israel is committing genocide #i understand both sides of the argument in the comments #but the fact that this can even be some what believable is concerning in itself #always remember that an “us vs them” narrative is dangerous #we cannot deny that innocent lives are being slaughtered #i just want this war to be over #but thats not something thats going to be easily done

[lazylittledragon]

can't believe we're all adults being forced into the club penguin level of censorship in 2024

#ramble #if you say unalive in front of me i will personally kill you with my hands #you just can't muffle and censor and hold someone's hand through some things #some things are horrible. and they should be spoken aloud and they should upset you. because they are horrible #the second we started kidzbopifying the world was the end of taking anything seriously i think #i'm not even joking i've spoken to people older than me who won't even say the world sex #this isn't the playground you're not going to get in trouble just let us say the word!!!!!! #how am i supposed to listen to you when you won't even say the thing you're supposed to be talking about #yes this is the fault of the platforms with their censorship rules but the fact that we all just go along with it like it's not dystopian #you do know it doesn't stop with cursing right. people are already having to censor queer terms because they get flagged as inappropriate

[max1461]

Disgust has absolutely no ethical weight. If you are basing your ethical positions on the emotion of disgust you should stop, it is entirely unjustified and leads to a huge amount of harm.

#I've spent a lot of time thinking about the various difficult technical ways in which the world is bad but at some point #you also have to tell people “just stop doing bad stuff on purpose” #because they in fact do this

[qiinamii]

we'll do fine.

#fionna and cake spoilers #what hits me a little is how similar fionna and simon's stories are in the case of finding nuance in their lives #when both have gone through their separate but still valid pain no matter the extent it had been #and its that they met each other they get to see how it compares and they're no less worth of the peace and fun they dreamed of #even in the form of simplicity and just being normal #“i wouldn't have met THE fionna and cake” “we wouldn't have met THE simon petrikov” #it hits me harder that after the dandelion scene would've been their last time seeing each other physically #and how assuring simon sounded when fionna didn't know what to do with the literal world in her hands #tho im sure prismo isnt that much of a rule jerk lol i still drew out the revelation anyway with this tiniest addition #also the fact fionna's world is influenced by simon's thought processes and conditions so now things are a little better for both of them #fionna the human #fionna campbell #simon petrikov #qiiarts #the lil flashback of #betty grof #fionna and cake #adventure time

[charliebugz]

When Izzy first walked out I was worried that he would be made into a joke that the crew would laugh at

but then he started singing and the dancing began and I realized that he wasn’t meant to be a joke at all. This is the most open and happy we’ve ever seen Izzy and the show treated it that way. Not mocking him but instead celebrating this moment.

When we talk about queer representation it’s usually just focused on queer relationships, but what I love about this episode is it shows other sides of being queer. That moment where Izzy saw Wee John doing his makeup and had a realization that he wanted that too? That is what being queer means to me. The crew singing along and cheering for him? That is what being apart of the queer community means to me.

What i love about this show is that it shows queer joy, not in a sanitized way, but in away that is messy, beautiful, and without any mockery or shame.

#the fact i expected him to be made fun of just reflects how queer people are usually presented in media #i was preparing myself for an awkward scene full of secondhand embarrassment for izzy #but then it didn’t happen. And it just made me immediately feel so warm and fuzzy inside. #like he can express the not socially acceptable parts of himself and not be outcast for it #and that’s just so fantastical to me #our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd spoilers #our flag means death spoilers #ofmd s2e6 #izzy hands #rambling #i speak!

[liquidstar]

Yes, Greece still exists, we didn't all die 2000 years ago. Yes, people speak Greek. You people are so fucking stupid for real. So many of you claim to love ancient shit but can't even acknowledge the actual living culture of the people whose mythology and classics you romanticize. You keep leaving annoying comments about how you just forget Greek people still exist, thinking you're being quirky because you love ancient stuff soooo much that you forgot about the people it came from. You think about it so little you don't even realize that an actual Greek person has to read this shit, making it clear how little you actually care about the culture beyond the romanticized (and westernized) mythology. Don't claim you love Greece, don't use our mythology anymore if you can't acknowledge that we're still around without making it about how little you think about us. It's mind boggling that you'd think a Greek person would read this and think you're anything but obnoxious. Explode.

#this post is edited because you're all annoying. maybe I'll turn it back someday #it sucks that people can't even be normal about a funny family story once the fact that we're greek comes into the fold #suddenly its all about blorbofied mythology shit and idiots saying ''GREECE IS REAL???? 🤯🤯🤯🤯'' yeah percy j*ckson didnt make it up #maybe it would be less annoying if they weren't all saying it like I'd think it's funny that they don't know we exist instead of like #disturbing on a personal level. like what the fuck #man if you can't acknowledge we exist in real life just name your oc Icarus something else idgaf #so yeah explode. Skase. Voulos'to. Valto mesa sto katamalakismeno mouni tis mana's sou. Psophise. etc.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

Of the 19 hijackers who carried out the Sept 11 attacks:

15 were from Saudi Arabia (a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

2 were from the United Arab Emirates (also a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

1 was from Egypt, 1 from Lebanon.

None of the hijackers were from Iraq.

None of the Sept 11 hijackers were Iraqi.

None of the 9/11 hijackers were from Iraq.

#9/11 #serious post #not a shitpost #this should be one of the first things kids learn when they learn about the 9/11 attacks #politics #this is just...it's such an essential and brazen fact and i rarely see basic outrage over it #i want outrage. i want fury. i want disgust over the way fundamental facts are disguised and discarded and downplayed #because there are things we should KNOW. basic fact we should ALL KNOW. and they are tucked away in the footnotes. #and no this is NOT to put the blame on other middle eastern countries #we know this was carried out by a specific terrorist organization not a national government #but King George the Second decided (and was encouraged by his cabinet!) to invade a nation! #a nation that was not at all related or responsible!!! #a dictatorship to be sure--but a dictatorship that King George the First had been happy to support #so what changed? why did we go in guns blazing to DEMOLISH a country *we had NO PLANS OF REPAIRING*??? #well. because they wanted a villain didn't they. a nice clean war. clarity of purpose. us the heroes against them the villains #and when you're in that mindframe--truth is irrelevant. you can pick your villain (your victim) by rolling a roulette wheel #truth is irrelevant #worse: to the people in charge #truth is a HINDRANCE #'Alternative facts' existed long before it became a catchphrase #facts don't matter. truth doesn't matter. the impulses of a handful of volatile & rich & power-high people--that's History. congratulations

[yourangle-yuordevil]

That time in ancient Greece when Aziraphale needed a speedy horse and accidentally invented the pegasus

VS.

Whatever Crowley had going on in medieval times

#Crowley just really misses the unicorns ok??? #Also Crowley didn't start from a horse to make a new unicorn #he looked at a horse and was like.... nah #then looked at a goat and was like YEAAAAH LET'S GOO LET'S MAKE YOU BIG AF AND YOU CAN ALSO SPIT FIRE WHAT A GREAT IDEA!! #While Aziraphale is fretting over the fact that he accidentally gave WINGS to a HORSE and every time that the angels asks about it he's lik #whaaat?? PegaSUS naaaah never heard about it. Must be a made up thing. humans...right?? silly little things ahahah *sweat nervously* #good omens #crowley #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #pegasus #unicorn #Do I wanna draw the precious good omens beans? yes. #is this an excuse to draw more horses? also yes. #medieval crowley #ancient greek aziraphale #CAVALLIIIIIII 🐎🐴🐎🐴🐎🐴🐎🐴 #good omens comic #historical husbands