#mediocre

[a-small-writer-in-a-big-world]

I hate people who are like “AI allows me to do these things I wanted to do but can’t because I suck at it” do you think that every person before AI didn’t suck at what they were good at? Do you think it’s worth stealing other people’s passions so you can pretend you’re good at something instead of trying?

#got pissed about AI again #fuck ai #I fucking hate it #yeah I say shit like I wish I was good at art and get frustrated taht I’m not good even when I haven’t practiced #but I’m not making fucking ai art #and stealing stuff from people just so I can push out something #mediocre #at least if I drew shitty you can tell that there was some kind of passion in it #I fucking hate ai #and if you like gtfo my blog #please #ugh

[asteriass]

The progression of the “Villainess” trope

Y'know, thinking about it, it's very ironic how a trope made to subvert one's expectations & give more depth to 1 dimensional villains in cliche novels by "humanizing" them more & providing their side of the story, eventually became oversaturated with cartoony villains & flat MCs. Thus, completely failing in its goal to "subvert expectations" as it too turned into mind numbing cliche, becoming the exact opposite of what the troupe initially aimed to achieved.

I am talking about "Villainess" series.

I remember seeing a twitter post a while back saying how a lot of the villainess stuff the authors & studios are putting out nowadays lack any sort of nuance when it comes to its characters. And how a lot authors simply switch the roles of the cast (Like: OG MC -> villain | OG villain -> MC) & call it a day. And I 100% agree with that.

This troupe kinda ended up becoming the dictionary definition of the saying, "You either die as a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become a villain” lmao

What could've been an opportunity to write nuanced villains & morally ambiguous main characters, turned EXACTLY into the cliche it was pocking fun at.

In an attempt to reveal how the MCs of your typical cliche novels can also be in the wrong at times, flaws that the story & its (in-canon) fandom may purposefully ignore, the villainess stories ended up doing EXACT SAME thing EXECPT this time it's the "villains" doing it rather than the OG FL or OG ML of the “OG novel”. In an attempt to stop cliche villains from remaining cliche, while we did ended up getting slightly more nuance for the “OG villain” characters, in the process, the OG MCs turned exactly into those flat cliche villains.

Alot of villainess series poke fun at the troupes they themself use, but not in a satirical way.

So many villainess series poke fun at the OG novels for being problematic or stupid & the fandom of said novels basically ignoring its flaws & problems, only gushing over the OG FL. Which yea, is nice & all, but y'know... that's exactly what those villainess series do too. SO MANYY of them borderline have the FLs participating in literal slavery. & More often than not have a borderline colonizer ML. Not to mention the numerous which carry weird undertones of colorism, and many such other things. All the while, the fandom of these villainess series continue to ignore their glaring problems & flaws & instead just gush over the FL and ML.

And I'm not even saying this in a hating sort of way (well, aside from the series with issues of colorism, orientalism, etc). Moreover, this is all not to say that one can not enjoy such stories, because admittedly, there is indeed fun in just reading a simple and familiar story line. But this is all more me being intrigued by this trope’s almost ironic progression as companies rush their staff to produce something which they think will be able to ride the waves of the current trends, only for the vast majority to simply drown in a sea of mediocrity (with many even being canceled due to this)

[Though I mean, something as simple as villainess tropes won’t be the only one to go through this. Like a lot of Shakespearean works, a subversion of the classics & typical troupes back then, got turned into ones of those classics and by many are now considered cliche. And that's just scrapping the bottom of the barrel!]

#manhwa #webtoon #drama #manga #webcomic #fantasy #historical #korean #romance #kakaopage #Villainess #trope #trend #mediocre #tapas #tappytoon #ridi #villain #transmigration #regression #knovel #novel #Adaptation #webnovel #kkp #Japanese #otome isekai #isekai #light novel #reincarnation

[orkbutch]

controversial headcanon perhaps but i.... think karlach would be stinky

#apparently her leathers smell of sulfur. and i bet she'd be just a Little ripe most days. i feel it in my bones. #im not even into stink this isn't personally motivated. if you spent 10 years as a hell soldier your hygiene would be #Mediocre #can you imagine travelling with Karlach AND laezel. those two whiffy jocks. WOOF.

[dreissigconversion]

How fake imposter syndrome bitches look when a REAL talentless hack comes at them

#trite #contrived #mediocre #milquetoast #amateurish #infantile #cliche-and-gonorrhea-ridden paean to conformism #eye-fucked me #affront to humanity #war crime #should *literally* be tried for war crimes #resolutely shit #lacking in imagination #uninformed reimagining of #limp-wristed #premature #ill-informed attempt at #talentless fuckfest #recidivistic shitpeddler #pedantic #listless #savagely boring #just one repulsive laugh after another. #beaposting #this is a joke i promise‚ before anyone sends me a worried msg

[sbrown82]

STOP 👏🏿 REBRANDING 👏🏿  BLACK 👏🏿  BEAUTY 👏🏿  TRENDS!

#black people #black culture #black women #black girls #black beauty #black beauty trends #black hairstyles #black makeup #corny #non blacks #culture vultures #mediocre #white women #non black women

[pwuppies]

maid mio akiyama layout!! ₍ᐢ× ༝ ×ᐢ₎

#k on #mio akiyama #akiyama mio #k on anime #maidcore #maid outfit #mediocre #black and white #black and white layouts #anime moodboard #anime layouts #2000s anime #aesthetic layouts

[oneinchbarrier]

#the night is short walk on girl #adulthood #mediocre

[werejusthereig]

Made Stu Macher and Billy Loomis for a friend 🫶 (Ik it’s not the best but I tried 😋)

#stu macher #billy loomis #scream #art #for a friend #little gay people in my phone #mediocre #digital art #i had fun #thats what matters

[bitchubby]

i just saw this tweet about roommate geto and as you know guys, i have been breathing these past few days just thanks to the existence of geto suguru

so the idea of chubby reader x roommate!geto suguru daammmnmnnmnn

#chubby reader #plus size reader #fat reader #getou suguru #geto suguru #jjk geto #jujutsu geto #geto x reader #suguru #God just didn't create geto suguru as an individual because he knows what a thirsty #mediocre #prideless bitch I would be

[besos-y-lagrimas]

#escritos #libros #citas en español #vida #mediocre #sentimientos #vacio y soledad #ignorancia #pereza #desmotivaciones #fiodor dostoievski

[gramarobin]

#mediocre #funny #philosophy #good enough

[sadistic-girls-blog]

“Aceptamos el amor que creemos merecer”, esa frase resuena otra vez, porque hay ocasiones en las que sabemos que no pertenecemos a situaciones que nos hacen sentir humillados y a pesar de que duele, debemos saber cuando retirarnos. La misma frase la uno a “cuando todo te importa demasiado, siempre te sentiras con derecho a estar cómodo y feliz en cualquier circunstancia”.

@sadistic-girls-blog

#humillación #amores #mediocre #comodidad

[oceano-de-letras]

A veces no sé por qué sigo insistiendo, si no soy buena haciendo nada, todo lo hago mal, a medias, mediocre, y siempre cayendo en el conformismo. Estoy tan cansada, y espero un milagro, como si fuera a a solucionar algo de esto, aunque en realidad mi respuesta es fácil, ya no quiero seguir.

Arrow.

#arrow #citas #notas #frases #textos #escritos #a veces #cansada #mediocre #siempre #cayendo #fácil #respuesta #realidas #solución #confotmismo

[mangotalkies]

why do some people, including myself, enjoy in certain novels, biographies, and historical works the representation of the “daily life” of an epoch, of a character? why this curiosity about petty details: schedules, habits, meals, lodging, clothing, etc.? is it the hallucinatory relish of “reality” (the very materiality of “that once existed”) and is it not the fantasy itself which invokes the “detail”, the tiny private scene, in which i can easily take my place? are there, in short, “minor hysterics” (these very readers) who receive bliss from a singular theater: not one of grandeur but one of mediocrity (might there not be dreams, fantasies of mediocrity)?

- i just love ethel wilson: reparative reading of the innocent traveller, misao dean

#the innocent traveller #ethel wilson #quote #daily life #mediocre #mediocrity #literature #quotes #commonplace excerpts

[meriendilla]

aA 💥

#missasinfonia #fanart #dibujo #drawing #mediocre #xd #missasinfonia fanart

[lesser-mook]

My Adventures with Superman, More like (Invincible Lite Edition) Ft. Lois-Chan

Lois-Chan acts like a Genki anime character stereotype which is code for "annoying af anime character that smiles 24/7 and drinks sugar for breakfast", zero presence, LOOKS like Luz. headass

They went for a upcomer Lois, cool, yet ended up with a stock anime minor character tomboy fetishists worship in their basements.

Missing the point of Lois entirely and just made her into a caricature.

And the best part is, because this version got a haircut, now everybody is praising how she's a tomboy now....

"Now?" Hello?

This is why i hate normies, Lois Lane was always a Tomboy. A haircut & wearing ass rider pants didn't suddenly turn her into a tomboy, lmfao.

Imagine, that's all it took? A haircut.

ayoo im ded

The fact that she's a tomboy but wore heels, skirts, whatever the fuck she wanted (Usually the same shit unless there was an occasion, cause TV rules) was the entire point. Tough woman that didn't fit the stereotype.

So her dressing the part of the stereotype, fitting the stereotype is apparently what makes her a tomboy now lmfao.

Okay.

Before the big post comes, imma say this now. The Show so far is not dogshit. Solid 5/10, generous 6 if you count the animation and some good SFX decisions. And conflate wholesomeness with writing quality, which most people are doing anyway. SO Far. It's fine. I keep saying "so far", cause ONLY 2 episodes are out, only 2. So we'll see where it ends up.

Cause like Invincible: How it starts, might not mirror where it ends up. Adult swim and what not.

"So far?" Not impressed. All it did was put me back on The Animated Series and appreciate everything that show did right.

Imma prolly get MAX to see that in HD Remaster. I need to see the Remaster at some point.

#lois lane #smh #lois-chan #not it #lessermook #off my mind #my adventures with superman #mediocre