#its so complex

[sizzleissues]

I tried to write something about how what you read/watch as a kid definitely does affect you (based on my experience) and then I'm not calling for all that media to be banned -locked away forever and ever, by me, the fun police- but maybe also making sure your kid watches media that champions what they had just been told is short hand for evil. But also then often the options in that category are more limited because we only figured out diversity matters and its not just token fat black gay best friend, like seven years ago. Us big adult can kill the dead bigot author while watching and recognise what lessons to take and what to discard as bigotry infected garbage (well most of us), children cannot (unless explicitly taught, repeatedly) do this (as well as some adults).

But it got very long. Basicly, teach kids to critically think from a young age and be diverse in the media you allow them to consume. So they learn to love and respect themselves and others?!? And as an adult, also learn to kill a dead author and learn nuance. (Not touching what to do with alive breathing bigots, I don't think any of us have fully sorted that out)

#sizzle rambles #Its so complex #its why I spent an hour trying to tackle it #without doing a oppsie and stepping on a bomb

[jemmo]

bad buddy + my co-star roasting me pt 15

for #badbuddyweek day 5: favourite dynamic - pat and wai (aka i love to hate you)

#i just #i have so much to say about them #i love the tension #i love the hatred #i love the complicated jealousy thats like im not jealous bc i think youre secretly in love with pran #im jealous bc you get to be close to him in a way that is out and proud in a way ive never been allowed to be #and how for wai pat probably personifies all his insecurities and just to top it off he steals his best friend #its so complex #and yet i canonise that they form such a beautiful and meaningful friendship in the future #that they bond over missing pran in a unique way the others dont understand #and they see how much the other genuinely cares for pran and they value that #wai who has always known pran to be heartbroken now gets the man of his dreams #and pat who has always known pran to be this loner kid now gets this best friend that would do anything to see him happy #its that mutual care for pran that makes them butt heads but ultimately brings them together #and yes they still compete over everything #and yes pran still plays them against each other to tease them #but its so great and sincere and aghhhhh #i love messy relationships that GROW #bad buddy #badbuddyweek #made by jemmo

[psyschopompous-lotus]

I may end up writing a long post of The Antlers Hospice album and the dynamic of the abuser vs abused/cycle of abuse

#i forgot how much i love this album #its so complex #both sylvia and the narrator are terrible people in such unique ways #sylvia's emotional outbursts and paranoia towards the narrator #the narrator willingly starting a relationship with a patient under his care and the power dynamics that can come with that #sylvia's previous abuse from her family and her ED #theres so much at play here

[cemeterything]

an angle i enjoy in cosmic/eldritch horror is when, instead resorting to the old classic "the horrors being so incomprehensible that they break your brain and drive you mad" cliché, the premise is that in comprehending the horrors you are so changed by the experience that your new state is indistinguishable to an outside observer from madness. you comprehend the unknowable just fine, but actually communicating that to anyone else is impossible because they just don't have the mental framework required to understand it. the eldritch horrors don't drive you mad. what does is the ordinary everyday horror of finding yourself isolated, ridiculed and doubted at every turn, no matter how hard you try to make yourself heard and understood.

#🐉 #this is why i liked the way tma did it #where the eldritch is more or less a direct allegory for trauma (among other things) #and how those experiences can make the entire world seem like a different place and make you feel crazy #when other people dont understand what seems so clear and obvious to you #apartment 'complex'? actually i find it quite simple. no guys really its so simple you gotta believe me. why dont you believe me.

[beesleeps]

"kabru doesn't even like laios"

meanwhile, kabru:

#i dont even mean this as a romantic thing necessarily its just people do not understand kabrus relationship w laios at all #he was chasing after laios the whole time how could you say he hates or doesnt like laios #labru #kabru #laios touden #dungeon meshi #anyway the characters and relationships in this series are so good and so complex but ppl are incapable of seeing past surface level #and its frustrating

[crafting-mojo]

The Factory!

#tango tek #tangotek #hermitcraft #minecraft fanart #mineblr #hermitblr #hermitcraft 10 #hermitcraft tango #tangotek fanart #tangotek s10 #hermitcraft season 10 #hermitcraft smp #low key regretted doing 1pt perspective for this but it was too late to change it lmao #the layers of this house are so damn complex ugh #this is fun tho wanna do more of these #and thank you bdubs for actually like. getting really wide shots that may be screenshotted your a real one for that #btw if you saw me reblog a bunch of stuff no you didnt im still getting used to having a side blog okay its hard! #bitter content #fanart #hermitcraft fanart

[transfagged]

i actually love that stede refused to give izzy the time of day. fandom can have their izzy redemption but its really important that at least at this point, stedes inherent kindness does not extend to someone who tried over and over again to completely ruin his life. stede doesnt owe someone who went above and beyond bullying (turning him in to the AUTHORITIES) anything at all actually, especially when it was to get in the way of not just his happiness but also to try to control ed

#ofmd #our flag means death #stede bonnet #edward teach #blackbonnet #izzy truthers do not interact /hj #i think hes a really interesting character and his relationship w ed is so complex #but enjoying a villain does not mean they are actually a good person. its ok to say you like him but acknowledge his flaws #mine

[lazycranberrydoodles]

i do not remember the plot of scum villain because i read it in 2020 and it feels like a fever dream now so my characterization is entirely based off of the fanon on my dash.

hualian are my favorite but i do feel that bingqiu deserve the win. tgcf is VERY yuri, but svsss has gender as a main theme and both characters keep getting compared to maidens. overall there are more explicit references to women regarding bingqiu.

#this is the first time ive ever scumposted yayyy #theyre also more toxic and weird and reserved about each other. in a good way. #to anybody else hualian is insane but compared to bingqiu its an honest and straightforward relationship #both have complex facades built off of society and trope expectations but hualian drop theirs immediately #and to this day sqq and lbh are still fighting tooth and nail #in my experience yuri can be. a horrible spiderweb of expectations and assumptions and not wanting to make assumptions #hualian have the plausible deniability right up until the end (their romance is literally SO lesbian coded) but . after like 15 minutes #they can tell when the other person is lying #and honesty is less yuri than whatever bingqiu is going through at all times #tgcf #svsss #my art #i guess lmao #art #hualian #bingqiu #guy yuri poll #mspaint #ms paint #cringetober 2023 #cringetober #lmao

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

He was just being a silly little guy!

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #jin guangyao #wen ruohan #nie mingjue #lan xichen #JGY's character is the zigging and zagging guy of all time #We love a little meow meow that can bite and scratch and kill you. #We also love a little meow meow that can mewl pathetically! #'He's evil now and torturing his former friend?" ZAG TIME: He's a spy and feels soooo awful about it!! #ZIG TIME: He (probably) didn't need to go that deep into the role and kill as many people as he did. #Something I really love about the sworn brother trio is how they reflect how our feelings distort our perception of others. #Lan Xichen represents how when we love/care about someone -anything they do can be endearing. They aren't manipulative: they are clever. #Its less about rose tinted glasses and more about reframing every look you get of them. The constant justifications you make for them. #They just need a space to be loved! “They care for me so I will stand by them no matter what to show them I'm there for them!” #While NMJ represents how when you dislike someone - Everything they do is an affront or proof of their foul character. #Everything is a sign. Everything is 'proof' they are just as awful as you want them to be. Every 'good trait' is twisted. #The problem is that most people are just human. They are flawed and they are capable of good and bad things. #Meng Yao's motivations are very complex. Yet he's extremely human all the same. He isn't the saint nor the monster of the story.

[mortysmith]

try not to think too hard about the fact that your grandpa (the worst person you know) was literally exactly like you when he was 14 (pr/ship dni)

#rick and morty #rick sanchez #morty smith #im imagining a scenario in which morty meets young rick and hes like Ohhhhh i get it so its all over. #like idk. he already probably has some complex over not ending up like rick #but then seeing how similar they used to be hed probably start feeling like its inevitable #like obviously it isnt. but idk. could fuel some interesting character drama guys im just spitballin here!!!! #something about the cycle of abuse and seeing yourself in your abuser

[gunstellations]

In the world I love

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In a different world

#vanitas no carte #vanoé #doomed yaoi save me...save me doomed yaoi #play on the opening song + visual sequence + the fact that vanitas could only ever be happy in an alternate universe also #+ the other fun little fact we learn about him from episode one #i have complex feelings about this anime #its pretty damn fucking good #but im a leeeeetle iffy about the way it developed the female characters.....they had potential and i was actually excited to #to see some good solid female characters even the respective romances with their l/i's felt good at the start #not jeanne obv. they fucked up a perfectly good woman and her whole dynamic with v could have gone sooo well without the reall #really forced flirting behaviour.... i liked the more serious relationship they had it made me actually not hate what they had at the start #but yknow. whatever. sorry about going off about another ship on this but im just....i love jeanne a lot. i wish they didnt do her so dirty #my girl deserves better than this asshole #you want white/black dynamics??? let her get married to domi and then we can talk #i enjoy this show and i enjoy vanoe a lot #very yuriyaoi if you ask me #my art

[breesperez139]

Dc x Dp Prompt #3

Immortal Ghost King Au:

Daniel Fenton was crowned as High King Phantom of the Infinite Realms on his 16th birthday. He knew many were opposed to him being crowned at such a young age (he was too), but the Realms had gone too long without a ruler and it was getting restless.

The Realms were sentient to some extent. It can not run itself as it has no form but it chooses a host, a King if you will, to fulfill its wishes. It may have lived on an entire millennia without a ruler, but it was only out of sheer luck and the contributions of countless gods that it had survived. The Infinite Realms needed a King and Danny Phantom was the only contender.

So the people were ignored and their boy king was crowned. However Phantom was young and naive, a child as both a human and a ghost. Even worse, he knew nothing about being a king. But the little godling would learn and learn he did.

Most kings were taught before they were coronated, but Danny had no such privilege. His coronation came and left with the wind. His private lessons overshadowed any thoughts he had left of mortal schooling. And Danny gave up on living a normal human life.

That last part was perhaps the easiest for Danny. Amity Park was already considered too liminal for them to have any “sentience”. The GIW had all but declared war on the Realms with their continuous violent actions upon his people and the land itself.

It wasn’t difficult for Amity to give up their “rights” and “humanity” either. They said good riddance to the world that never helped them, to the heroes that ignored their cries for help. And they bowed to Phantom, declaring him their King, just as he declared them citizens of the Infinite Realms.

He welcomed his liminals with open arms, vowing to protect them from any harm that would come their way, just as he would with any of his other citizens. He gave them a home in the Realms, an island- no a haunt of their own should they wish to truly reject the land of the living, and they accepted. Not many wanted to try their luck against the human government.

But with a God, no, their King on their side, they knew their safety and happiness was all but assured. After all, it was Phantom who protected them even as they turned their own backs at him. It was Phantom who fought against foes that could have erased him from existence.

And of course it was Phantom who would now receive any and all support he could ever want and need should he declare war against the humans of Earth. No, there was no need for people of the Infinite Realms to worry. High King Phantom was a God after all. It was only ever his right to exact divine punishment onto those who opposed and threatened his will. It was not their fault if the humans actively went against his will. No, the humans had no one but themselves to blame for whatever came for them.

#dc x dp #dp x dc #dc x dp prompt #dp x dc prompt #the infinite realms is home to more than just ghosts #like demons and other things too #it uses the king as its host to ensure its people’s survival and in turn makes the king a god #pariah dark went against the realms will #so he was sealed away and not killed because you can not kill an already dead god #the people of the realms were skeptical of having such a young king #but Danny’s a quick learner and turned out to be really good #amity park vs GIW wouldn’t be the first war he’s led #Danny gave himself a god complex bc people respect him more that way #it’s a mask he only uses outside of the realms #he’s acts normally when he’s with citizens of the realms #can a god even have a god complex?? #amity park moved to the infinite realms after the GIW tried killing them all #JL and JLD are struggling trying to find a way to negotiate a peace agreement #but amity park feels abandoned and spiteful so they refuse #lucky for the JL that it’s Phantom who’s in charge #or maybe that’s the reason they’re not so lucky #amity found out Danny was a god and ran with it #this might be a good way to like make this into an arranged marriage au with a person of your choice #make Danny as old or as young as you want #Danny will do what he needs to make sure his people are safe and happy

[cemeterything]

regardless of its other successes or failures one thing i feel that the magnus archives did really well was create a narrative and worldbuilding that refuses to allow you to categorize its characters by the dichotomy of 'abuser' and 'victim' without ignoring major themes that define the shape and course of the entire story. despite one of its most central themes being that "we all get a choice, even if it doesn't feel like one" many of the characters we encounter are faced with genuinely horrifying ethical dilemmas that emphasize just how difficult that choice actually is to make, and allow the audience to sympathize with their plight even if not with their actions and decisions. many of the avatars are arguably just as much victims of the entities they serve as they are perpetrators of the violence they cause, and those who fight them in many cases choose to descend to monstrosity themselves in order to be able to keep pushing back - a choice some of them try to rationalize to themselves by arguing that the magnitude of the threat they face necessitates that the ends justify the means, but which is nevertheless a choice that they make, and one with a devastatingly high cost that is repeatedly, unflinchingly presented to both them and the audience. the human capacity to exercize our free will for better or for worse whilst taking into account the various internal and external influences that may affect the decisions we make is thoroughly explored with a great deal of care and nuance that i appreciate.

#🐉 #tma #i just think that one thing it did really well was create a 'morally grey' horror narrative that actually feels like #it understands what its doing and isnt just trying to engineer a sense of complexity without actually knowing how to do so effectively #it doesnt always hit the target but overall it makes an admirable effort

[kagoutiss]

i love this game

#tloz #ocarina of time #oot #zelda #ganondorf #link #i half assed the chessboard drawing more tjan anything in my life #i didnt have the original meme image either so i did it from memory its fine #can we talk about zelda and ganondorf’s overachiever complexes by the way. yuo two are also autistic as well

[crafting-mojo]

Oh hey isn't that that guy etho's obsessed with?

#joel smallishbeans #smallishbeans #fanart #hermitcraft #hermitcraft smp #hermitcraft fanart #joel hermitcraft #hermitblr #hermitcraft 10 #hermitcraft season 10 #smallishbeans fanart #i know he doesnt wear glasses theyre purely fashion #digital art #i found some very cool modernist japanese runway looks for this one #actually the one on the left is based of a japanese theatre company's production of hamlet #very cool drapery #i wanna do a study of his base at some point but its sooo complex #minecraft yt #minecraft youtube #i dont have any cool like. non humans designs for this guy so he just gets outfits that fuck particularly hard #Bitter Content

[sketchy-tour]

Sooooooooo.... Ponies, am I right?

listen LISTEN LISTEN!!! I've been!!! I've been drawing pony au stuff for the past day cause I felt like combining my comfort medias together for funzies.

OBVIOUSLY I am in no way the first one to design a pony Wally! This is just my design for him!!! Anyway, have some extra doodles below~

Last doodle is pony Dandy with Berrie, an oc owned by @randompony03

Anyway pony blast over! :3c

#welcome home #welcome home puppet show #welcome home arg #welcome home au #welcome home wally #wally darling #welcome home oc #pony au #welcome home pony au #dandy leon #my art #sketches #Spinning them arouuunnndd!!!!! #I've been spamming pony art in a server I'm in and everyone's been so sweet #Its cringe but its MY CRINGE!!!!! #I know pony aus have absolutely been done before dont get me wrong!!!! #This is just mine~ Ya kno?? Does that make sense?? Its not gonna be a big complex au. Just...Just them but they're ponies.