#make correct decision

[marksandrec]

Welp.

Anyway happy weed number day to those who celebrate

#4/20 #watcher #mystery files #ghoul boys #ryan bergara #shane madej #correct quotes #drug references #source: the deranged arsonist who filmed their own crime - mystery files #originally the caption was “while making business decisions?” but i worried it was too rude lol

[lover-of-mine]

Buddie Countdown to Season 7:

70 days.

#911 #buddie #911edit #buddieedit #911 on fox #911 fox #911 abc #evan buckley #eddie diaz #christopher diaz #my edit #buddies7 #911hiatus2023 #otp: you don't need to pretend with me #usercam #buckley diaz family #obsessed with the way Eddie doesnt intervene here actually #he does have the this is a test face but its not like he doesn't trust buck to make the correct decision #this is so when you go ask your other parent when one says no #obsessed with them really #911verse

[mania-sama]

"Maybe in another universe, I prevent him from choosing the wrong path..."

The other universe:

... "Nothing in this world can fill that lonely hole you have."

#i was going to do this as itadori & nanami -> dazai & oda #but then i realize that geto and gojo fit them so much better #they both make sense this is just SLIGHTLY better #it's about the active decision and dazai & gojo's failure to correct that decision #itadori never had a hand in nanami's decision #while dazai and gojo did; both oda and geto CHOSE to walk away #bsd dazai #bsd #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #bungou stray dogs #jjk gojo #gojo satoru #satoru gojo #dazai osamu #osamu dazai #oda sakunosuke #bsd odasaku #bsd oda #geto suguru #gojo #dazai #jjk geto #suguru geto #geto #satosugu #gojo x geto #oda and dazai

[moghedien]

it’s so funny to me that people are reviving the “was Joel right” discourse like it’s been ten years and you’re all literally just arguing over the trolley problem

#idk there are interesting discussions about the ending but ‘who was right’ literally is the least interesting one you can have #like at the end of the day it really isn’t about the ‘correct decisions’ #there were no ‘correct’ decisions #there were just decisions that were made and they all had flaws but they all made sense to the people making them #the last of us #the last of us hbo #tlou spoilers

[starredwrites]

i love the new pjo tv show don't get me wrong but i feel like it's missing the like, campiness of the original? that got translated pretty well into the musical but honestly 2-3 lines of witty dialogue per episode isn't really getting the original Ridiculousness of the book across.

like it's been pointed out that they seem to immediately know & recognize every myth they encounter, which is part of it, but like...episode 7 in particular made me sigh a lot because they cut so much of the humor! things like annabeth just immediately training cerberus to stay put and them bald-face lying to Charon that they are all dead, actually, they drowned in a bathtub. Together. it was such a nice like, breather before they get into the Very Serious Underworld Scenes and instead...nope, just more ACTION.

and they took out stuff in other episodes that made the tone lighter-things like percy and annabeth getting grossed out by the mirrors in the tunnel of love ride, the dam snack bar jokes, grover eating cans, them playing around in the lotus hotel, etc. i feel like half the fun of the original books was that, at any given conflict, the main characters were either going to sword fight their way out or completely bullshit their way out in the most convoluted ridiculous way possible. which was hilarious and also suspenseful-is percy going to pick up riptide, or is he going to start talking baseball? and them giving impassioned dialogue all the time instead of goofing around a bit just weighs down the whole tone of the show.

i feel like the show is very action-adventure whereas the original book was more of an adventure romp. i also feel like with the new heaviness that's come with multiple POVs (like seeing percy and sally's backstory) the show would really benefit from like, sad shot of sally and poseidon talking then BOOM cut to percy complaining about getting sand on his favorite pair of jeans while on the beach with ares. or something else.

#pjo #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo tv crit #pjo tv series #pjo tv spoilers #percy jackson tv series #tlt musical #anyways. listen to the lightning thief musical it's really good and um. you will cry and also laugh. #also rick hire me to be in your writers room i'll keep you from making dumb decisions. i will also talk about ancient greek culture a lot #i will also Have ADHD in your vicinity. for reference. since the later episodes seem to be forgetting #ADHD would make me take Forever to find the correct ride at the amusement park i can tell you that much

[loregoddess]

so I might be having a blast playing Rebirth, but I'm still thinking Octo2 stuff, and just realized bc of the Dolcinaea fight I could see the weaknesses for every character (except Agnea) and since I can turn just about any random detail into a "hmm, does this mean anything" thought exercise, here's some observations (minor story spoilers):

Throne, Osvald, and Partitio have the fewest weaknesses at 3. This makes sense for Throne and Osvald (professional thief/assassin raised to be a thief/assassin, Throne can't have any openings if she hopes to survive; Osvald relied on his keen observation to Shawshank Redemption himself out of prison, so of course he'd have fewer openings bc he's always keeping an eye on things around him). But Partitio surprised me--although it does make some sense, he had to keep his wits about him to become the best merchant in Oresrush, and he's wicked smart (honestly, Ori's the only one who ever seems able to genuinely sneak up on him, and that makes sense given that she's, y'know, Ori).

Hikari has no weaknesses to weapons of any sort, and only has elemental weaknesses as a result. He is not weak to light or dark though (a reference to Shadow's Hold/Light's Radiance or else his bloodlines perhaps?). On the flipside Osvald has no weaknesses to elements and only weaknesses to weapons (all the weapons he's weak to--polearms, daggers, and bows--are "ranged" in some sense, suggesting his magic maybe makes it impossible to get close enough to attack him).

Throne and Temenos continue to act as foils to each other, with Throne having only one elemental weakness to light, and Temenos having only one elemental weakness to dark. Throne's only two weapon weaknesses are axes and bows, which sort of makes sense (either someone has to get close enough to strike her quickly or they have to attack from a very far distance to get the drop on her; there are also interestingly the hunter's base weapon set, so the only way to stop a thief is to hunt them; also there's a ranged bow counter to her close-range sword and a close-range axe counter to her ranged dagger). Temenos's weapon weaknesses include swords, daggers, and axes, which are interestingly all "close range" weapons to some degree (Temenos never lets anyone get too close to him emotionally, so it makes sense the only way to actually harm him would be to "get close" to him; swords and daggers are also the thief's base weapon set, and given how much assassination goes on in his story, it makes sense he too would be vulnerable to Throne's trade weapons).

Partitio's only elemental weakness is ice (makes sense given how arid his hometown is). He has a weakness to swords and staves, both close range weapons to contrast the longer-ranged polearm and bow weapons he uses.

Castti's only weapon weakness are bows (a long-range contrast to her shorter-ranged axe), but her elemental weaknesses are what's really interesting. She has a weakness to fire (this makes sense, given that she has an ice-based skill, and a lot of water symbolism in her story arc), but also wind and dark--the two key elements needed to create and spread the purple rain that nearly killed her.

Ochette's the only character with a balance of two weapon weaknesses and two elemental weaknesses: polearms and staves (a longer-ranged weapon to counter her short-ranged axe, and a close-ranged weapon to counter her long-ranged bow); and fire and wind (wind makes sense given that it's the usual weakness to thunder, which is the only elemental attack she has access to in her base skillset, but her weakness to fire is more interesting--is it because she lives in a forest, which are historically susceptible to fires? or because she lives surrounded by water, and fire is the natural opposite?)

Hikari is the only character weak the thunder, just as Throne and Temenos are the only characters weak to light and dark respectively. The other major elements all have two travelers weak to them: Ochette and Castti to fire, Partitio and Hikari to ice, and Castti and Hikari to wind.

Likewise, every weapon is strong against at least two characters, with the exception of bows which are strong against three characters. Swords: Partitio and Temenos, Polearms: Ochette and Osvald, Daggers: Osvald and Temenos, Axes: Throne and Temenos, Bows: Castti, Throne, and Osvald, Staves: Ochette and Partitio.

I dunno if there's any significance to the pattern of: every weapon is strong against two characters except one is strong against three, and every element is strong against two characters except for three elements that are only strong against one character each. But it is some fancy balancing for as far as numbers go.

Anyhow I wasn't going anywhere with this, these were just some interesting observations I wanted to jot down instead of going to bed like I should have half an hour ago.

#octopath traveler #octopath traveler 2 #octopath ii #I kept having to correct to staves bc I call them clubs in my head as part of a mnemonic for the weak point order #speed ABCs--or SPD ABC (swords polearms daggers axes bows clubs) #I have no trouble remembering the order of the elemental weaknesses but it took me forever to figure out the order of weapon weaknesses #so anyhow I kept writing clubs instead of staves #anyhow I'm rambling bc I'm still making questionable time decisions with my night #like I said I was just jotting down things I thought were interesting I'm not trying to make any points here #oracle of lore

[mastersoftheair]

part of raff law's interview with the standard

#'perhaps not deliberately' yeah? this decision still confounds me actually! #like there's So Many interviews from the cast about how they studied to get the accent right- whatever the accent was #(ex. anthony boyle's ohio accent and raff law's arkansas accent + the nitpicking wrt austin butler's own voice!- which he worked on btw) #it's like biddick hails from....the bronx‚ wisconsin? and given all the attention to detail in the past they just. signed off on this? #like it's funny but it's also weird lol. make that man sound like he was in 1996's fargo (not the 'correct' accent but it's much closer!) #anyway. back to raff- yeah lmao i do say 'lidderaly'. i also say 'wadder' and 'meer' and 'whoremovie' #masters of the air #hbo war #interview #raff law

[harryandmeghansussex]

Prince Harry is flying back to the UK to see his father, the King. The Duke of Sussex spoke to him about the diagnosis. He will be traveling to London in the coming days.

#prince harry #duke of sussex #king charles #chuck #as I said to my girls I wouldnt wish the stress or concern of a parents ill health or worry its the end on anyone #i can think charles is absolute prat and still think whatever decisions H makes about his sole living parent are correct #but welp

[allgremlinart]

"I hate the kinds of parents they made Toph and Aang in tlok :/" <- good litmus test for how boring someone is

#now this one is mean. but its true #or 'I dont like Korra because she makes a lot of mistakes/has character regression' <- lame #do u think I liked Zuko as a kid because I loved characters that made the right decisions and never regressed ...? no. same with korra. #although every decision she ever made was correct <333 fyi

[ssaalexblake]

honestly, the absurdity is that Chibnall (and co) shouldn't get any props for just sticking Dhawan in 13's costume in tpotd (I sincerely doubt it's something that even went to the showrunner as an active question?? The scene was him regenerating into her body that was at the time wearing that outfit. You literally wouldn't assume he'd be wearing anything Else other than what was on the body in question to start with because of 60 years of precedent. I imagine that the costume department's only decision was to make 13's costume in a bigger size so he wouldn't hulk out of it).

There was no boundary pushing or much of Anything going on there at all, it was just plain logic. And even aside from the fact that it was just a consequence to an effect, They just had a man wear a slightly silly looking costume made of pants, boots, a t-shirt and a coat. which is not notable. Men wear those all the time.

It's absurd that i'm sitting here irritated that the above is getting a pat on the back when it is an entirely neutral thing that means exactly nothing. And while I am more than aware why the above thing is getting such treatment, it's still not notable as an action at all, up to the point that i I strongly doubt it was even a conscious decision by the production. A conscious decision and an active sequence of choices here would have been Not doing it. Which is what people are really talking about here anyway.

#dw shit #i just don't think that implying that anything that Wasn't done here was some kind of Stance is helpful or more importantly i guess #even correct? #it was simple logic that required no Active decision making on anybody's part #and the simple logic has no moral ethical or political stance to it #This half of “The Issue” is not the issue or notable at all #now you can throw spaghetti at a wall and ask if the scene would have happened had 13's outfit been a dress or something #but that would Entirely be a thought exercise #bc we'll never know.

[rotisseries]

i have 3 episodes left to go in jjk s1 so it's poll time

y'all are free to make your arguments for or against either option on this post or argue across my inbox idc

#kind of want to see elli and hella in particular argue about it here though bc they had different opinions #and I wanna see if either one of them can convince the other cause that'll make the correct answer more obvious #whereas if I just refer to my dms I have no idea if one of them would give in and admit the superiority of another #so then the decision would just come down to who's opinion I trust more

[pacificgasandelectric]

has anybody done the meta on how the second kinslaying was probably also motivated by the knowledge that with the Girdle fallen, Morgoth’s forces WOULD make it into Menegroth sooner or later, and they’d kill everyone there and then take the Silmaril, and then the Fëanorians would be Right Back Where They Started (morgoth 3, them 0) but actually in a worse position than before on account of the Multiple Crushing Defeats the Noldor had suffered since arriving in Beleriand

#mine #silm #silmarillion #ill do the Extended version of this later but i wanna get this out here #not to Defend my favorite war criminals but i don’t think the second kinslaying was ‘ill-considered’ or even desperate #i think it was a sound tactical move based on the knowledge that the fëanorions had about the state of things in beleriand #and the respective military abilities of morgoth doriath and themselves. #the main Assumption this action hinges on is that morgoth would go after menegroth Sooner rather than Later #and that the fëanorian therefore had to act quickly (attacking menegroth) rather than taking their time (trying more diplomacy) #which yes is Technically a guess (and we’ll never know whether it was a Correct one) but it’s not a /bad/ guess to make #given the knowledge they were working with. #obviously that doesn’t mean it was the Right move but i’d argue that it was if nothing else a Rational move #because i want everyone to know that my blorbos may be Evil and Make Bad Decisions but they’re SMART about it goddammit!

[sleepylostboy]

I wish I was shorter tbh. I just wanna be a smol little bean 🥺 who can be easily pinned down and tossed around

#this post is brought to you by my cat #who is currently laying on my lap and thus preventing me from going to bed #mytxt #it also took me 20 minutes to decide between “tossed” and “thrown” #I went with tossed because it sounded cuter and gentler #did I make the correct decision? #was my obsessive overthinking worthwhile? #do I get an A+ and a sticker? #all good questions

[darehearts]

i truly can't decide if i should just move blogs for a fresh start or do deep cleaning on a per tag level while cutting down my mutuals list to 100 people or something

#dont get me wrong i have taken many correct steps to make #things less overwhelming with my queue and the whole thing #with shortening threads etc but i can't shake off this /chaos/ #feeling. either scenario sounds plausible. like this blog is only #6 months old anyway i could easily move-- but i could probs #just clean up as easily unlike on my 8 year old previous blog #so many decisions to make but i'm almost there with feeling #flawlessly at peace when i sign on. so progress! #tbd #vent tw

[carlyraejepsans]

with toriel and asgore it's like. they're both flawed and their flaws parallel one another, but they're not EQUALLY flawed... like..... come on......

#let's be serious here. just say you don't like toriel and move on. but don't pretend her hypocrisies were in any way comparable #in size in subsequent damage or in blame to asgore's own #the game goes out of its way to show asgore's actions as wrong. both towards his people and towards toriel. noble yes. sympathetic. tragic. #heartwrenching. narratively impeccable and capable of genuine chance. but fundamentally the wrong choice made by a good man #toriel may not have made the best possible choice at every turn but her final intentions were the morally correct ones #she just did what she KNEW was right. even when it meant leaving her entire life and people behind to live in isolation. #asgore backed toriel into that corner just as much as he did himself #he was a good man who was in a world of hurt and that decision hung over him for the rest of his life but it WAS. HIS. DECISION. #you cannot take that from him. you cannot take the teeth out of his character like that #and you cannot take toriel's role as the person who challanges and refutes his decision from her #her entire character was created as a subversion of rpg motherhood. and how it had so little of motherhood in it. #letting children venture out into the wilderness to face god knows what god knows where #WHICH IS!!! IN ITSELF!!!! A NARRATIVE PARADOX. because it's something that the genre requires for the story to exist #you can't play the whole game on tutorial. the contradictory nature of her stance between morality & ut's genre is built into her character #that's what makes her so freaking interesting to begin with!!!!!! like. #OUGH #undertale #toriel #asgore #entry log

[screambirdscreaming]

At the bus stop one time there was a gaggle of preschoolers waiting to catch the bus for a field trip day, and someone walked past with a couple of friendly little dogs, to great general delight.

But after a little bit, the dogs were getting overwhelmed, and the preschoolers were gently coaxed to back off so the person with the dogs could continue on. Specifically, one of the preschool teachers said, "Sometimes, when you're small, being surrounded by big people can be a bit scary and overwhelming. Even if they are friendly."

This was recieved as great wisdom: after all, the preschoolers were also small, and understood how scary and overwhelming big people could be! And the dogs were indeed even smaller than the preschoolers, so it made sense.

What was funny and charming was that, upon absorbing and reflecting on this wisdom, they all felt the need to tell it to one another. In tones of great insight, they turned to one another and said, "Did you know? Sometimes when you are small, being surrounded by big people can be scary and overwhelming! Even if they are friendly!" Back and forth, without any particular concern that they were all saying the same thing. Have reached comprehension of an insight, it must be shared!

I must say that this behavior is less charming in tumblr users than in preschoolers. Not least because tumblr users, having gained a little analytical skill to misuse, insist on Summarizing and Generalizing and Unifying the insights they repeat, quickly turning any interesting new information into formulaic dogmatic mush.

#i made the mistake of looking in the notes of the beach sand post i reblogged to see if anyone else had interesting comments #And the rate at which it went from like #1) person states with moderate confidence an opinion based on their personal observations #2) multiple people reply with “wow thats so insightful!” (aka it aligns with my preconceived notions of how things work) #3) someone else adds additional personal observations which are not really relevant but which can be absorbed into the narrative #4) people start outright stating the underlying belief on which this bias is constructed as if it were a fresh insight #5) general derisive attitude towards people who haven't seen the Obviously Correct solution to this complex real world problem yet #It's very....... #It's not like it's a high stakes post but it's such a microcosm of the whole dogmatic phenomenon #Also this js a more specific gripe to My Field or w/e #But the degree to which people react to the problems caused by the whole “Control of Nature” era of engineering #with this equally reductive “Nature will Fix Everything” type of attitude #Is sooooo frustrating. #Yes a great many of our current problems could have been avoided if we had not made massive changes to ecosystem processes on the assumptio #That they were simple and we understood them. And that they would respond in predictable ways. #the simplicity in retrospect of “wow we Should Not have done that” does not mean that they are simple to undo! #You can't go back in time. You can't turn back the clock on chaotic processes #Which is. Almost every process ever. #Restoration is hard! Returning to previous regimes of sediment or flooding or fire is tricky and full of foibles! #Moving towards a future which doesn't suck as much even if the past cant be recreated is also uncertain and difficult! #It's frustrating to see people act all high and mighty about how they Respect Nature unlike whoever is making all these decisions #When their understanding of the natural processes in question is AS simplistic as the people who caused the whole mess back in 1910 or w/e #Like I'm not saying there's not bad interests standing in the way of functional restoration on all levels #That's very much a fight to be fought. #But looking at that fight-in-process and saying “wow none of you Respect Nature like me uwu let nature fix it” #Is. #Ugh.