#it's no big deal

[frowningfox]

Furry hate is honestly cringe. Oh, oh no... It's a ... hobbyist mascot? That's just TOO weird, okay.

#there's mascots all around us in various forms #like i literally met the KC Jayhawk mascot during a school trip once and he gave a talk to my class about mascotting #it was really cool #and not at all weird #if you can do it for a living you can do it as a hobby #and if you can see it on a cereal box you can draw one for yourself #it's no big deal #yes I am a furry #i'm using mascot to mean both suiting and the cereal box type #because not everyone can afford suits #and both are mascots and are more or less the same as the furry concepts #except the furries aren't selling you captain crunch or a bunch of sweaty guys chasing a ball

[vanilla0chinchilla]

I just realized I have a Doctors appointment one day and the next day I have a dentist appointment. Cool.

#it's no big deal #but still I really wasn't thinking ahead

[onaperduamedee]

Hello! I watched the wot show and liked it but I’ve been really curious about all the complaints that people made about how the plots don’t fit with what happens later on in the books. My assumption is that it’s not that major a thing but is just the critique people latched onto and repeat. But as you’re now a way through the series and I appreciate the thought you put in, would you say this might be a problem or is it overblown that some later plots can’t be salvaged already? Is part of it true

Hello, that's a really interesting question!

I’m trying to keep this vaguely spoiler-free with the exception of elements from The Eye of the World and The Great Hunt covered on the show, but this still got long.

I do think it is overblown, but I also liked the changes made, so I might not be the best judge here. I'm trying to approach your question from the angle of what is there and how it affects the story.

From where I stand in my reading, the majority of the changes in the show can be categorized in:

moving forward some arcs (dagger theft, visit to Tar Valon),

new material introducing important groups and dynamics early (Aes Sedai, warders),

plainly streamlining those THICK books (cutting the 14578 villages Mat and Rand visit, merging certain elements)

To me, those changes will serve the story going forward, both in terms of pacing and clarity, and do not affect the core of later arcs. The plot points still happen, just differently or later. The complaints about some changes are honestly hair-splitting, like making the girls ta'veren or Lan not being stony enough: it’s POV adjustment, not plot-damaging.

Some important discarded encounters will obviously come up later when there is more time. I get the frustration of fans who wanted to see those relationships play out now instead of new material (Nynaeve/Moiraine dance battle, how I mourn you), but I disagree shifting them around altered the story. The Eye of The World consists of A Lot of traveling and encounters, with a clear focus on Rand, despite the established five main characters. I think these changes allowed the show to lay the groundwork more evenly, particularly for the girls. 

Now, the biggest change that could affect storylines soon is Moiraine being cut from the source. It could change her arc significantly, short and long-term, but I don't see it as a major hurdle since Moiraine gets a meatier arc that is thematically relevant to book 2. I have qualms about how it could make later arcs redundant, but the execution will do a lot of work here. Mirroring is good in a narrative. 

Another aspect is Siuan/Moiraine potentially affecting their respective story. It may require some reshuffling/cutting characters, which will happen anyway with so many side characters gallivanting. But I'd absolutely argue their love life is not the most important element on their gripping journey in the books. Also, although I loathe admitting it, being together now does not necessarily entail being together always: there's wiggle room here, even if I don't want it.

Giving Perrin a wife only to kill her is dumb, but does not really change his later arc, come on. It will certainly add a certain weight to the story, like with Siuan and Moiraine.

Overall, I find the criticism all the more unfair that fans admit the first book is not representative of the rest of the series (it’s mainly Lord of the Rings references with more innkeepers and jugglers). To me, there's a fair margin of improvement in the books, pace-wise and story-wise. If fans come from the books thinking not one line should be rewritten, of course they're not going to enjoy the show doing away with dated or slower elements. I do. Ultimately, we don’t know how the story will be told: even if certain plots seem barred to them now, it may not be always so.

I hope I answered your question and I profoundly thank you for asking it because I could talk about these books/this show for hours.

#remblai #rescribo #wheel of time #not really meta but hey #I'm not kidding everyone in my family and among my friends and at work knows I am reading these books because I cannot shut up #obviously it's got something to do with the length of the series but also I have many thoughts and no one here has read those books #also shoot me but I don't think damaging certain storylines would be such a bad choice #and certain things in the books don't even fit with other later things because the writing process is like that #lore will shift #it's no big deal #I wonder if my perception will change now that I've read the books #it didn't bother me that much with Rings of Power and His Dark Materials

[wayward-delver]

Monster Hunter Sunbreak, but It's No Big Deal!

(A celebration of both MH/Amphibia)

#monster hunter #monster hunter rise #monster hunter sunbreak #mh #mhrise #mh sunbreak #monster hunter 4 ultimate #monster hunter generations ultimate #monster hunter tri #amphibia #it's no big deal #no big deal #Disney #Disney Channel #gaming #capcom #rathalos #wind serpent ibushi #thunder serpent narwa #malzeno #lunagaron #garangolm #seregios #gore magala #shagaru magala #anne boonchuy #anne savisa boonchuy #marcy wu #marcy regina wu #sasha waybright

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

i know a lot of people say 'go look at google maps and maybe your vision of the world will broaden' very lightly but i just spend some time on google maps and more specially seeing how mali looks and like. i want to go to this riverside cafe in bamako so very badly please let me go there !!! i would've never thought of wanting to go to mali but now tho...

the place is called h&c resto btw!!!!

#anyways. if i've learned something through perousing google maps is that people are just trying to live anywhere man #everyone is just. living #it's no big deal

[monty-glasses-roxy]

Yeah notifs still broken. There's permanently 99+ new posts on the dash, 1 new ask in my inbox, and 6 new likes/reblogs/comments/mentions. Apparently.

#:/ #it's no big deal #just makes me wanna click em...

[artist-issues]

just finished Amphibia. I hate it here.

#It's no big deal #SPRIG #Amphibia #the hardest thing #Amphibia finale

[instantdepresso]

I think that in HoT Tiarnuin could hear Mordremoth very well but was like,,, unbothered by it in a "yeah grandpa whatever you say" kinda way

#luly's nice little thoughts #my man was already hearing things before #it's no big deal

[spacetime1969]

I'm having thoughts about Amphibia again.

You know how in Amphibia, and a lot of other recent animated shows too, the characters seem a lot older than their canonical ages sometimes?

Well I was thinking about one point when Anne actually acted like she was thirteen

True colors:

In this scene Anne's just lost her best friend, someone she considers her brother, and she has so many emotions that she unlocked her powers.

But her actions and words here are absolutely heartbreaking to me.

"Give him back. Give him back!"

She's asking Andrias to bring Sprig back, asking him to undo what he did.

She's not trying to punish him for what he did, or save Sprig herself, she's lashing out, trying to get him to undo what has already been done. There's no real way for Andrias to save Sprig, but she still continues to try and get him to bring Sprig back.

And that's the most heartbreaking part, the denial. She's like a little kid pounding on their parents' leg, trying to get them to tell her that what they said wasn't true. She's lashing out, because she doesn't know what else to do.

And then when she finally tires herself out, she collapses to the ground, emotionally empty.

#amphibia #true colors #it's no big deal #yeah it's no big deal #this show is just making me cry again #anne boonchuy

[salamie-baby]

Ive had multiple surgeries in my life involving the opening up of my face and that's left a lot of effects on me both good and bad and also traumatic throughout the years but one small neutral thing is that it's likely I've suffered nerve damage to my nose

This isn't very notable on its own but for years after a bone graph I had when I was 9 I could hardly smell a thing, and whenever I did smell something I'd be unable to actually identify the smell correctly and would usually confuse it for something else

I kind of wonder sometimes if my sense of smell is still below average. If it is, will it ever improve? I have another surgery a few years down the line, so maybe it'll all come crashing down again

#0 am thoughts #Came to my mind because I had the idea of “wow wouldn't it be kind of affirming if I had above average sense of smell” #And then it hit me #But like oh well #It's no big deal #cleft palate #Cleft lip #Nose #Surgery

[queerasflux]

man I wish people understood how much it sucks ass to be neurodivergent and trying to find the middle ground where people like/tolerate you. like, I'm either "boring" (trying to wait my turn in conversations, holding space for other people, taking a back seat to let others get some spotlight) or "too much" (too loud/talking too much, getting excited to share, trying to participate in group conversations/activities). No one really talks about how much of being neurodivergent is just sort of trying to make yourself palatable.

I feel like so much of my life has been spent trying to find this effortless sort of middle ground everyone else seems to automatically already know, and I'm always swinging too far one way or the other. I'm lucky to have neurodivergent friends who grok me, but goddamn I wish that I could just like, exist without the constant background script in my brain that's like "you're being too loud. You're not talking enough. you're being self-centered. you're being boring. you're wrong, you're wrong, you're wrong." I feel like I'm back in high school trying to make friends but stuck as the eternal "weird kid"

it's just... lonely and sucks bad.

#I'm fine #just had a sort of blegh night with some people I'm playing dnd with #not a big deal but man the way I interact with neurodivergent people vs neurotypical people is like speaking two languages #except I'm only fluent in one of them and keep accidentally insulting people in the other #I'm just trying to make friends irl #flux's bullshuit #neurodivergent #autism #adhd #audhd #audhd things #audhd problems

[greykolla-art]

Guys! Can you believe I was gonna just CASUALLY watch Hazbin Hotel???

But it’s way too good. The writing is so tight, all the characters are interesting and layered, ALL THE SONGS:🔥🔥🔥

Alastor is such a Cheshire Cat! Not a characteristic I see often, but it’s always good! Gimme more immediately.👏👏👏

#grey art #fan art #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel fanart #charlie morningstar #vaggie #alastor #radio demon #hazbin alastor #hazbin vaggie #vaggie is dealing with her girlfriend employing the big bad Wolf #and we just have to hope his obvious ulterior motives won’t fuck us over too much #beautiful #can you tell Alastor is my favourite? #asexual king yes baby

[coolxatu]

hey got some important news. the affordable connectivity program that helps poor and disabled people afford internet is going to run out of funding by april 2024 if we can't convince congress to renew it

i know emailing and calling politicians often seems like a waste of time, but this is gonna hurt alot of people (myself included) if this program is allowed to disappear. we really need to raise some awareness and get this program the funding that it needs. ACP is a game changer for literally millions of people. this is the only way many homes can even get internet, and in this day and age internet access is pretty much a necessity for almost everything. its gonna be a huge blow to have this vital program taken away from those who depend on it.

#id appreciate a signal boost on this post cause we really need to get this program secured #i literally dont know what im going to do without it #i really cant stress how big of a deal this is

[pcktknife]

og dungeon meshi readers are so serious about this shit. thistles name was announced as sissel and 100 people fell to their knees in anguish. the anime marcille eyebag diminishment event sent people to the hospital. when they cut the scene of her taking her hair down? oh it was bad for us.

#and ive seen a few anime onlys be annoyed about people complaining but its like you dont understand its Serioussss #kae.txt #edit: I like the english name i just use dunmeshi out of familiarity. ive NEVER disliked the delish in dungeon name im nothing like yall #'its not a big deal' it is TO ME.

[steddiecameraroll]

ao3 (includes pt2)

Eddie knows he’s gonna lose it one day. Every single time he watches Steve put his hands on his hips and reprimands the feral teens, he wants to jump the man’s bones.

He ends up pinching whatever exposed skin he has when the urge hits him, leaving itty bitty bruises behind.

It works for months until one evening when Eddie lets his guard down and is 3 beers deep. Steve is leaning against the wall with his shoulder holding himself up. Eddie is telling him about how he had to haul Mike off Dustin the day before and Steve out of habit slides his hand up onto his hip.

Eddie stops midsentence and lets his eyes follow the long lean line of Steve’s body to his fingers.

“What?” Steve asks in confusion.

“Huh?” Eddie’s mouth is open when he looks back up.

“You stopped talking.”

“Well fuck, man.” Eddie sighs and flops against the wall near Steve, his back hitting flat and puffing out a huff of air. “You-you do that bitchy fucking stance and it drives me crazy. I wanna…UGH!” He covers his face, the beer can he’s holding presses against his cheek.

“You wanna what?” Steve sounds nervous.

Eddie whines and stomps his feet a little, trying to hold back his answer. It’s so close to falling out, resting on the tip of his tongue.

“You wanna what, man?” Steve’s voice coming out stronger like he’s daring Eddie to be honest.

Eddie drops his hands and pouts over at Steve. “Don’t make me say it.” He shifts from one foot to the other.

“Say what? You’re acting weird.” Steve stands up straight and crosses his arms over his chest.

“Oh goooood, then you do that.” Eddie whines. “You don’t even know, look at you.” He sighs and flops his arms in defeat.

“What the fuck are you talking about?” Steve stares like he’s watching a car crash.

“I WANT TO FUCK YOU! You stand like that and-and I can’t think. It makes me crazy. Like-like feral animal crazy. I want to rip your clothes off and scratch my nails down your chest and watch you tell those little shits off. I can’t fucking take it!” Eddie groans, spins on his heels, and stomps away.

Steve stands in shock, letting Eddie’s words sink in. After a brief moment he shrugs to himself and murmurs, “ok.”

Robin’s head pops around the corner. “What’d you say?”

Pt 2-ish

coffee? ☕️🍩💕

#steve doesn’t understand what the big deal is #he would’ve been having sex with Eddie for months #all he had to do was ask #steddie #steddie ficlet #steve harrington #eddie munson #steddiecameraroll posts #steve x eddie #steddie fanfic #stranger things #my writing