#maybe we watched different shows idk

[comradekatara]

They're blind if they don't see that about Sokka! Like. The other three kids would blatantly waste DAYS at a time, despite their very tight time limit, on whatever random bullshit captures their fancy. They literally planned vacations and even he got caught up in it but like......it's absolutely herding cats. You even see this problem in miniature, with Toph having to constantly hound Aang into earthhbending training. They're all flighty n distractible ish and avoidant in their own ways but Aang is very much the worst and yet also the most prioritised member who overrules Sokka regularly "for fun".

yeah I mean i was just so confused by that response bc it was such a bad faith misreading of what I had actually said, and also just a blatantly incorrect reading of the text??? I think a large swath of this fandom has a very surface level interpretation of the show (which is understandable, most people are not as invested in understanding the nuances of this show while still enjoying it, thats perfectly fine) while also just cherry picking the parts they like/latch onto and distorting the parts they found less compelling to suit whatever narrative they’ve crafted for themselves. which I suppose is their prerogative as audience members, but it’s frustrating to me as someone who thinks analytic work should always stem from understanding the text as holistically and completely as possible. normally I try to ignore such misinterpretations, since if I didn’t I would literally get no sleep, and yknow, I have a life. but i could see people’s tags in my activity feed turning this argument into a moral issue in which my very character was attacked (someone literally said “comradekatara and their followers are bs” which makes it sound like im running a cult or smth. yikes) and so I felt the need to clarify and defend myself in a way that I usually don’t when angry zutarapilled weirdos go on and on about how evil I am lmfao

anyway, to your point, sokka is absolutely herding cats. he is constantly trying to get them to be as economical with their time and stay as safe as possible, and they just straight up refuse to listen to him. I see people make arguments that sokka “wasted time on kyoshi island” by training with suki, but a) I don’t think receiving formal training for like the first time in his life is a waste of time and b) aang was clearly the one who insisted on staying there, sokka would’ve left whenever, but aang really liked it there, and considering this was right after he discovered that his entire people had been wiped out, it’s not exactly like sokka and katara can be like “no more fun for you!” the only other instances i can think of of sokka wasting their time is in “the ember island players” when he makes them all go spend two hours watching a play that they absolutely loathe. in fairness, I think sokka and suki should’ve realized that their friends (besides toph) would not enjoy such an event, but the episode would be way less effective if it had been just them watching it, so for metatextual reasons I’ll let it slide. (and fwiw, sokka’s training with piandao took two, three days at most, so it clearly wasn’t smth that interfered with the schedule.)

so yeah, my original point about sokka herding cats seems pretty obvious to me considering how many detours aang and katara constantly insist on taking (and arguably toph too, but she’s generally less resistant to sokka’s ideas). but then that person had to go and act like I said something I didn’t, and then add on a bunch of incorrect analysis to boot. truly, genuinely, weird behavior. the “momtara who does all the work and singlehandedly raised these children including sokka and has never once had fun in her life because she is struggling under the weight of being the most mature & reasonable fourteen year old girl who ever lived (and also that’s why this one spoiled prince who can’t even hammer a single nail would be such a good boyfriend for her because he loves doing dishes and is so emotionally intelligent & articulate)” koolaid is strong I guess.

#estra-die-ol #asks #maybe we watched different shows idk #atla: the ‘katara has no flaws and sokka is an idiot’ cut

[gibbearish]

kinda frustrating how we've spent the last few months acknowledging how a lot of well intentioned but guilt trippy social justice posts are like specifically designed to worm into ocd ppls brains and then now every single post abt palestine is "i dont care how bad your mental health is, i dont care how bad looking at all this makes you feel, if you don't read every single post you see on this topic in full you are a horrible person and directly contributing to their deaths. 'waaaah my mental health' well at least youre not being bombed, did you think about that??" and its like. i absolutely get where youre coming from but you dont get to complain that guilt tripping is bad then turn around and use it anyways because you think the cause youre using it for is worthwhile. like. everyone thinks the cause theyre using it for is worthwhile, thats why theyre using it. but its still a shit way to do it

#like when you make a tumblr post to your tumblr blog youre not guilt tripping people who disagree with you #youre guilt tripping your followers who if theyre still following you probably already agree with what youre saying #and esp on a topic with so much brutality involved like. yeah OBVIOUSLY theres people who have to look away #like. yall know a bunch of these posts and articles and videos show graphic injuries in them right? #like i physically cant watch news videos abt this bc i will spend days with my brain making me imagine #peoples deaths in graphic detail specifically because it knows that will upset me. and i would prefer not to do that #in fact me doing that helps palestinians exactly as much as finishing my brussel sprouts helps starving kids #by which i mean none. its just a cheap guilt trip to get you to do something you don't want to #which when it's brussel sprouts thats whatever but when its 'deliberately expose yourself to extremely triggering #things otherwise youre a bad person'. not so much #idk i feel like maybe its due to ppl feeling. agitated abt not being able to do anything abt it #like the government isnt listening and we're a world away so physically /all/ we can do really is sit and watch #so i can understand a) wanting to find someone to lash out at to alleviate that feeling #like if you cant stop the actual problem at the very least you can shout down the people supporting it right? #and b) seeing 'not watching' or even just 'not watching as closely as i am' as a transgression #bc well its all we can do so if youre not even doing that you must be bad #and its like. i really do get it. but the whole world is watching right now‚ like this is THE big news thing happening rn #so a few people choosing to avoid to subject will not make a single iota of difference #idk. i guess what im saying is if youre feeling the urge to yell at someone for not looking close enough #just donate some money to a support fund instead itll do a lot more

[mikesbasementbeets]

will in the van scene: i’m different (gay), which sometimes makes me feel like a mistake. but mike makes me feel like i'm not a mistake.

some people: wow... will would be ok with being gay if he wasn't gay for mike :/

will: no no no, i said mike makes me feel better for being different

some people: so tragic :/ gay boy would be ok with gay if only not for gay crush on mike

will: no listen that's the opposite of what i'm saying

some people: poor gay boy :/ so sad :/ let's cry everyone :/

#hi. that post died. it was a bad post the first time it was made. and it’s still a bad post. #loving mike makes will feel like being different is ok actually he explicitly says it. on your screen. in the show. #remember that? #also why do we have to make new posts that just say ‘hey remember this post let me just quote it exactly and make it mine instead’ #idk i just think if you want to claim to understand a character better than other people you should maybe watch the show more than like. One #time total. i think that would help. #anyway sorry byeeeeeeee #(requisite disclaimer I know different in that context is about more than being gay. but for the purpose of this post. yk) #beets posts

[duncanor]

2000's animes just hits different,

There's such an inherent beauty to them. So much love in their craft. Their atmosphere, their concepts, their cinematography,.. is something else truly.

There's a lot of beauty in animes nowadays. A lot of blood, sweat and tears spent to create them. And I'm in awe by each of them, even the worst anime has love of the art bleeding through it.

But it's different. Beyond the sword of capital hanging above the industry, there's a distinct lack something. Something with soul. I can't put my finger on it.

#dunkar rant #Boomer rant #I've watched a more Anime this year than in the past five I feel like #New anime #Old ones #And honestly this rant isn't true for everything #I feel like it depends a lot on the studio nowadays #I don't have that feeling with mappa's work #But most shows even the good ones truly lack something.. An identity of sort. #Idk how to formulate that #Maybe if I was more knowledgeable in animation I could #It's not to say modern anime are bad #This is stupid #But there's something we lost along the way I miss dearly #Something unique with a pulse #2000 anime and older btw #90's and 80's and older work got their own soul #I mean this rant is dumb right #Like yeah of course each gen of Anime is going to be different #I don't mind that #Idk #I wonder if this has to do with the way the industry works nowadays or the modern technics of animation #Or maybe even the way WE consume anime #It's like #How cold and bright and empty every new movie looks now compared to 10 or 20 years ago #And it's mainly due to the high quality of the camera and of our screen? Maybe it's the same here #Somehow #Anyway don't mind me #I'm just lying sick as fuck in bed while (finally) watching Last Exile

[a-flaming-triple-a]

Tbh I'm a little disappointed that the Big Asexual Plans Alice apparently had added up to like 5 minutes total of the season. Like I appreciate what we did get, believe me. But it didn't feel very big to me.

#maybe I'm being a entitled ass but jeez I had to watch all that kissing just for what. 3 scenes??? of issac figuring out his identity?? #i thought there would be at least a whole episode about it. when she said big. #we don't even get to know anything about issac besides that he likes reading. relatable but like. where's his family? future plans? #idk. i just feel tired of watching entire shows just for hints of aspec rep and having it be incredibly minimal. #i thought this one would be different because of alice. #I'm tired of feeling grateful for scraps. #sorry yall apparently I had a lot of thoughts #rant #ace #aro #aroace #heartstopper #aspec

[maddy-ferguson]

in october i read my brilliant friend by elena ferrante and then the story of a new name by elena ferrante and then those who leave and those who stay by elena ferrante and then the story of the lost child by elena ferrante and i was like i hadn't loved a book like this since i was like 16 will i ever find anything i like this much ever again. and i still haven't i don't even really enjoy her other books

#the english titles are so awkward like i kind of get it because the og doesn't have the story in the title for the first book either and i #understand not doing the story of those who leave and those who stay very long. but in french there's no the story of for any of them and #it's much better! #and like i say: brf slt #by december 1st i had read all 4 books twice like i was so obsessed #i haven't watched the show yet i want to i just haven't but i want to i think i will like after i finish watching what i'm watching rn i #hope i like it #and i've read other books i really enjoyed i've read other books i loved. but none that i connected with like that💔 #but anyway. i've read basically all her other novels i read troubling love first since that was her first novel i was like hm. then i read #the lying life of adults and i actually really enjoyed it for maybe the first half or for like two thirds of the book like it had potential #and then? i don't know what happened. the last 50 pages especially made me so mad i was like literally what is this. why do we care about #this why are you ending the novel on this??/!?. #then i read the days of abandonment because i wanted to see if i liked it! i did not. i liked it more than troubling love but less than the #lying life of adults. i just started reading the lost daughter today because i'm a completionist and i'm actually liking it fine maybe #because i've seen the movie so i knew what to expect? idk. but it's so frustrating like the neapolitan novels were literary perfection to #me and her other novels are like very average i don't even enjoy them and they're all short like less than 200 pages (except for the lying #life of adults) that's why i finished them and kept reading them. i was also just curious like why am i not liking it!!!! #but i actually know why it's maybe two different things? the neapolitan novels are about two women it's about their relationship and theres #a lot of things about men in the books but still it's all about the two girls while the others are all about one main woman? #except the lying life of adults which is about a girl and her aunt and i think that's why i liked it more at the beginning. #there's that and there's maybe also the fact that we start in my brilliant friend when they're kids and then we see them grow up whereas #in her other books it's like adult women going through...something. again except for the lying life of adults. i didn't #like that one for different reasons it's different because it's from after the neapolitan novels the others are from before. but anyway #it's not like i'm incapable of reading books about adults but yeah i think the coming of age aspect is what made me me like my brilliant #friend and sequels so much like especially in relation to boys and men like just the way it goes is so good. like lila marrying redacted. #very bad but yk it's just all very good #and i also just don't like the style as much? like there's some things i liked or thought were okay+ in the neapolitan novels that are much #more prominent in her other works and when it's not in lila and elena's story it's just not good to me like it's actually bad #anyway. i'm halfway through the lost daughter because it's only 176 pages long and i'm actually having an okay time. but yeah #and it's been less than six months it's not like it's a lost cause or anything and i HAVE read other books i REALLY liked but...

[mxdotpng]

i think the whole "miles is ALSO spider man" debate becomes worthless when you realize miles is in fact referred to as spider man in every single rendition of him..... except for the ones aimed at 4-8 year olds. which at that point makes your argument mean nothing

#.text #we know hes spider man. getting mad because of a cartoon show for 5 year olds gives the spideys different names #so it doesnt confuse its audience. of 5 year olds. is like. dumb. dont you have better things to do. #it again just circles back around to the timeless debate or whether or not good cartoons should really be labelled as kids shows #like that one post talking. about how at is still a kids cartoon. even if its good. its a good kids cartoon. #like that. #ultimate spiderman is good! but its still made for 10 year olds. #them giving the different spideys different names so the kids dont get confused isnt like #damning. idk why people act like it is. he is spider man everywhere else. its fine. #like he is one of the few other spideys that DOESNT have a real alternate name even #am i even making sense. who cares. this argument is dumb as hell. #i think people should watch or read things meant for adults every now and then. maybe itll open their eyes #and distract them from problems that arent real

[arttheclown]

twicord isn’t a bad ship people are just mean ):

#sid speaks #horseposting #i will probably post a discord (the app not the character) screencap where i articulate this better #but after watching all discord’s eps in a row i’m like how can anyone come away from this thinking they don’t care about each other #that progression and development hasn’t happened for BOTH of them #no you don’t have to interpret their dynamic as romantic but to say it’s irrelevant to the characters is just fucking stupid #and refusing to see what’s on the screen #i COULD put on my shipping goggles and suggest why i feel discord might harbour romantic feelings for twi while i strongly believe flutters #is just a good friend #but that might be swinging a bat at the hornet’s nest LOL. we’ll see #the amount of people i see online saying twicord ‘doesn’t make sense’ or ‘are incompatible’ make me sigh so deeply though #like did we watch the same show at all. idk maybe when you watch all their eps in a row like i just did #specifically HIS episodes #it hits different! idk #‘twilight can’t stand his was’ no sometimes she can’t and who can blame her. he’s annoying and destructive #but he’s still her FRIEND and you can SEE him growing on her #to the point where she laughs at things that used to annoy her or ribs him back #like… let’s not pretend that doesn’t happen. or that discord doesn’t end up being correct to present her with challenges sometimes #by the end his intentions are good! he’s just an idiot

[indigodawns]

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#aren't hyperfixations funny like. i must think and talk about this all day everyone i know should also watch this #and then WAIT ACTUALLY having someone watch/listen etc can feel terribly vulnerable or anticlimactic #or like some of the joy of ohmygod secret new thing just for me disappears right?? bc then it's a Thing #(at least for me all of these can happen to varying degrees for different things?) #and it's just interesting to witness it with friends as well like we watched one of my friends' dnd show today #and she's so down to earth and laidback but she was definitely having conflicting emotions about it i think #and then she was like we'll watch your mafia show too im curious!! and i love her #and also yes/no/yes/no/yes yk? (probably yes HSJSHS) #please read this as lighthearted im just musing but yk #and then getting into your friends' hyperfixations also always feels a bit like intruding while also being exhilarating and fun #and idk it's just interesting to see it go back and forth and i hope im okay about it both ways #(if not please tell me dhdjdjjd) #but yeah! #again this sounds so serious it's all good dhsjshdh and i maybe seem possessive or something and no i wanna share (and by god do i GSHSHS) #you just notice your own/others' reactions and it's Something #ive now repeated myself enough times g'night i hope you're all well <3 #tell me about your most recent hyperfixation or interest/fandom if you want <3

[trainer-blue]

for a duck kinnie i LOVE healthy & all the shit that comes w that ep. like no i cant handle blurr’s death YES i adore watching duck get vivisected. idk man

#maybe it’s like…. IDK IDK #maybe it’s how b.lurr’s thing seemed jarringly dark in the show but this is just like. hell yeah thats the vibes i expect & want when i #watch this media #?? #MAYBE I LIKE GUTS #IDK BUT THEY FEEL SOOOO HILARIOUSLY DIFFERENT TO ME #actually wait im a dummy. part of it is we have the new series etc we all know d.uck’s fine & vibing #he can die as many times as he wants & it’s nbd #regardless dont send me b.lurrcube jokes but DO send me #stuff abt this bird gettin Eated #// #dhmis mention #kin stuff #tw death #tw vivisection #tw cannabalism

[a-walking-fandom-reference]

sometimes i feel like i’m way too autistic and aspec to understand tv shows

#this is about all media but rn it’s about 911 #i’m like i literally don’t know what i’m supposed to understand from this so i’m just gonna translate it to what makes sense in my brain #i watch tv with my dad who sees stuff so differently then me and it’s like we are watching two different shows #because we are because we process the information and seeing different emotions in things #idk i’m just thinking like that joke are we even watching the same show but like now that i think about it arent we all like watching a #different show because we all see things differently idk #but also maybe it’s just i’m autistic and everyone else understands #rey is fucking confused #rey actually speaks

[perenlop]

ive seen get out the movie now... goddamn

#spoilers for the movie in the tags bc u should watch it urself #it was very different from the screenplay like more than i thought and i like the changes that were made #like fun fact rose and jeremy swap places in the climax and i love the movie version wayyyyy more #like originally it starts w rose trying to wheel him into the surgery and chris kills her first #and jeremy literally shows up to kill him 3 times. yeah i like that hes not that in the actual movie #bc in the screenplay i was like ''wtf why wont he go down why is he the main threat'' #and in the movie jeremy goes to get him and hes attacked. comes back and THEN gets blugeoned #which i like better bc we get the scene where rose is trying to find her next victim andshes like cold and calm throughout the climax #which is infinitely scarier and more thematically fitting bc SHE did this to him SHE sethim up SHE is the main antagonist #idk its very different but a REALLY good change that i really really like #the one rose related change i didnt care for is that they took out the bit where she manipulates him with a fake pregnancy #tho ig i get why it was taken out. ig ppl wouldve gone ''omg he killed a pregnant woman'' and that wouldve been annoying #idk if youve seen the movie i recommend reading the screenplay the changes are really fascinating #also the gore didnt scare me as much as i thought it would. i think i psyched myself out too much #+ its more descriptive in the screenplay. huh. maybe i CAN handle breaking bad. just if i read all the scripts beforehand #if anything like that is possible tho idk #echoed voice

[eugeniedanglars]

it’s been 6 years but good god the scene where they find will’s fake body in the quarry still hits

#without question the best scene in the entire show imo #stranger things #guess who's rewatching the show on her week off! #i technically rewatched s1 and half of s2 back when 4.1 came out but i didn't pay attention at all i just had it on the bg while knitting #and i rewatched the first three seasons last summer but idk something about this rewatch feels different #like it feels almost like i'm watching it for the first time again #maybe it's just because this rewatch was spurred by anniversary posts yesterday that reminded me what it was like to discover the show #but also watching season 1 knowing what we know from season 4 really is a whole other ballgame

[satoumafuyuss]

hi i just need to ramble about tornados for a second

honestly i really think it should be a law that tornado prone areas should have shelters every few blocks or smth. especially for areas where theres mostly mobile homes or houses that dont have basements. so many more lives would be saved if we did that.. even having them in stores like so many people survive tornados by going into the freezer at their job so maybee we should just have those in every building? like maybe make the restroom double as a storm shelter? i get the cost would be higher and thats probably why they dont do it but like.. at the cost of livesss???? 😭 idk i feel like theres so much more this country could do to help people be prepared and safe during storms. considering how many tornados we have PER YEAR here compared to literally everywhere else.

okay that is all. aside from that, I hope everyone stays safe and prepared for the upcoming fall tornado season ❤

#nil rambles #should i have a tornado talk tag.. hmm #i dont really post about them that much on here but maybe i should i am thinking about them almost constantly oh man i love tornados #how about #nilnado? #i was gonna say tornildo but that sounds really.. actually yknow what i like it better its sounds really dumb #tornildo #god tornados are so cool #i cant wait to see some more chaser footage #i hope this season is uneventful with tornados only showing up in the middle of nowhere so no one gets hurt 🙏 #yknow a tornado almost hit my house in like 2020 or 2019 but it lifted like right before it could reach us so that. was close! #iirc it was an EF2 #seeings footage of it years later it so interesting like woooagh tornado #idk why but where i live tornados are way more likely in december than any other time #i mean we DID have a radar indicated tornado warned storm a few months ago too but #yeah #oh btw i hope everyone know the difference between tornado warnings and tornado watches #also tornado emergencies #if you read the tags this far hi ill explain it #tornado watches are when the storm is capable of producing a tornado so theyre watching it closely #but no actual tornado has been spotted yet #tornado warnings are issued when there IS a tornado #either radar indicated or spotter confirmed #this is when you should take shelter if you are anywhere near the path! #and tornado emergencies are rarely issued but when they are its because a violent tornado is heading straight for a populated area #like a city #typically these are issued for EF4 and EF5 tornados which are themselves rare #and then of course its even rarer for it to hit a city #oh wow i should also explain how the EF system works #oh god man i really could go on for ages

[chaos-mybeloved]

genuinely rewatching the show after spiralling through the tags on tumblr for a bit really highlights that some of you also need to rewatch the show

#idk it’s just some of the character analyses I read and was like hmm interesting! then actually came across the episode they were talking #about and had to pause it because?? girl (gender neutral) are we watching the same show??? #and I mean to each their own! we all interpret things through different lenses and I get that but maybe refresh your lens #spn

[neverendingford]

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#reading the staff announcement just feels gross. #I despise being pushed to market to others and I despise being marketed to. I can live without tumblr. I will continue to find new places #there's always somewhere new to learn. somewhere new to follow artists and somewhere new to keep up with current events #the moment we turn into products is the moment I'm fucking out of here. idgaf about whether your app development is profitable #literally not my problem. crying and saying “don't you see? we have to turn you into a product or we'll shut down” doesn't help #then perish. I give a shit about myself. that's it. everything else comes second to that. that's what the people on tumblr taught me #I learned self care here. and if taking care of myself means logging out and never coming back then that's what I'll do #I'll set my queue to something like 5/day and then just fuck off to something else. I'll pick up a new hobby or watch some shows #and I'll find something else to do with my life besides get pushed things that I hate. #maybe tumblr is harder to use. because it requires you to do the fucking work yourself. it doesn't dice feed you #corporate bullshit makes me want to leave and go start a new minecraft server and never come back to this website #idk. I hate the whole situation. I want to leave and never look back. #if things get worse I will go back to living under my rock. I've learned a lot here but I can move on #I don't have a reach. I don't pay artists. I don't really participate. you will genuinely be fine without me. #maybe I make a difference to the few people who follow me. but I can make just as much of a difference to other people other places #maybe I mean a lot to you. I can mean just as much to someone elsewhere. maybe I like it here. maybe I can like it somewhere else too